Are now calling for an allout boycott. This is bulls bears. Im david asman. Joining me, jonathan hoenig, kristina partsinevelos, Gary Kaltbaum and liz peek. So in the face of a potential loss of billions of dollars in revenue and ad sponsorships, both the nba and the rockets are voicing their regret for darryl moreys tweet. U. S. Lawmakers, however, are supporting the rockets general manager. Texas senator ted cruz tweeting the following. Quote, as a lifelong Houston Rockets fan, i was proud to see darryl morey call out the Chinese Communist partys repressive treatment of protesters in hong kong. Now in pursuit of big money, the nba is shamefully retreating, end quote. So is cruz right . Should the nba have stood by morey . Yeah. Look, unfortunately, the nba was looking at a number, 490 Million People in china watched nba games online last year, and unfortunately, they were slow to react in the right way. What horror to back democracy. What a terrible thing this man did for the nba to
Investments ever. Were closing in on new records in the markets, this amid new optimism for that potential china u. S. Trade deal as you saw stocks are set to open higher. And the tech lash heads to the states a major multistate investigation into antitrust practices at google, set to be announced later on this afternoon. David, kick us off on t. Interesting here. In so many ways. 3. 2 billion as you said the stake from elliott, the largest single investment i believe they made at the company, a long letter comes out this morning detailing the reasons why this could be a 60 stock within lets call it three years or so, 2021 is what theyre talking about. 65 or so upside to todays stock price. They believe 5 in dividends and 55 stock price, you could get to 10 earnings per share grower with significant margin improvement, what theyre calling for. And buyback. Something i want to make sure people understand here, it is interesting, people who know the company well, but sort of are vaguely
Live in brooklyn its a discussion on Nonfiction Books. Before we begin, books by the authors can be purchased in barnes and nobles outside this building and they will be available for signing. Christmas is coming so dont just think of yourself. Buy a book and maybe one for someone for christmas too. At the conclusion, we ask everyone to leave quickly so that the next event can be set up. There is a button under my desk that none of you can see where if your cell phone goes off, it will catapult you into a crocodile pit underneath your chair. The event today is organized around nonfiction which is an annual Nonfiction Book prize. Founded in 19 1999, and it has all the best stories that are true. Sports, biography, autobiography. Eight is my huge privilege to be the prizes director. The award is named for Bailey Gifford which is an Management Firm and i am usually grateful to them and to the organizers of the festival for making this event possible today. I am thrilled to welcome two of
Theres no other word for me to say, im upset. A climatic end to the trial. Two defendants, but neither is found guite of the the verdicts a setback. The jury found max harris not guilty on all counts. He was at the door collecting donations on the night of the fire. Tonight harris has been released from jail. A different outcome for almena, he was not present on the night of the fire. 10 jurors vote for acquittal. The court hat scheduled a hearing to decide how to proceed. Henry lee has been covering the trial. What it like. Many family members of the victims were in stunned silence. There were gasps when the judge declared a mistrial for almena. Jurors were deadlocked on his face with 10 favor oring guilt. Weve talked for a half hour, hes less distressed than i and we look forward to the next trial. Of all 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. This isnt a time to talk about the cent client spent in jail. This is the time to thank the community. The decision came after months of testi
A shell shocked america. A special edition of early today starts right now. Good monday morning. Im Frances Rivera and im phillip mena in el paso, texas. The country is reeling this morning after two mass shoot ings in el paso and ohio claim the lives of 29 people in just 13 hours two cities, 1600 miles apart, both grieving. Here in el paso, a 21yearold gunman opened fire inside a crowded walmart inside cielo vista mall people went scrambling for cover. 20 people were killed and 26 people were injured. We have coverage with phillip in his hometown of el paso phillip, especially when it happens to be where you grew up and where you call home. Its surreal, frances, its something that i could have never imagined would happen here i got the news on saturday and then it hit me like a ton of bricks, especially when i found out i had family members that were i cousin were inside that cielo vista mall when they got word that shots were ringing out and chaos ensued and they were able to run out