They are seen read today after having the biggest gains in more than two months yesterday. Take a look at the tao and s p 500. S p down about four points both on track to close the week lower licking at two down weeks in a row. It is lower today by five points. Foxbusiness Parent Parent company 21st century facts take a look at this. Shares are up five and half as new people approach the company. Comcast, verizon and yes even sony. They have reportedly informally approached fox. Following the talks with the company. What parts of the business are and he will break all of this down in just a few minutes. Tesla announcing not one but two new vehicles. The highly teased semitruck. That is due out in 2019. The ceo announcing the new semi can go up to 500 miles on one charge with a full load at highway speeds. They can recharge in half an hour for 400 miles of range. He also unveiled a new 200 thousand dollar roadster. That is due out in 2020. 250 miles per hour. It certainly higher on the
Payment model. And transitioning from a fee for service to a value based reimbursement system. This event was hosted by the National Institute for Healthcare Management foundation. Its about two hours. Good afternoon. So wed like to go ahead and get started. Im nancy chockley. President and ceo of foundation and im just dlieded to welcome you all here today. We have an incredible panel of business and policy leaders. They come at the problems from different perspective. But one unifying theme between all of them is their concern for what rising healthcare costs do to americans. And the need to increase value in our Healthcare System. So each of them will present their own ideas of how to increase value or how they are increasing value in the Healthcare System. A nonprofit nonpartisan organization. And we believe by bringing people together with different perspectives, we can improve healthcare through evidence and collaboration. We have a wonderful audience today. I recognize some of y
A lot of areas where we can move forward. Thank you all very much and thanks for having me again. National Governors Association also held assumption on scripture drug abuse Prescription Drug abuse in the u. S. Mary bona also created the Prescription Drug abuse caucus. This is one hour and 20 minutes. If i could have your attention, lets take our seats so that we can get our joint session started. First of all, i am governors Steven Beshear from kentucky. I chair the mga health and Human Services committee. Welcome to all the governors who are here. This is a joint session of the health and Human Services committee and the Homeland Security and Public Safety committee. Joining me is vice chair of our Committee Governor bill haslam of tennessee. Im pleased we been able to come together with Homeland Security and Public Safety committee for todays discussion regarding the nations opioid crisis. I want to thank the leadership of the other committee, governor Rick Schneider of michigan, go
Were really down. I said, are you kidding me . We got 2900 people to think we ought to run the country. Year after year, and then john sununu came, and we have really gathered momentum. In 1994 we elected a class of republicans who just did not give a whit about their election. They came to balance the budget. It was remarkable. And then after 10 long years in 1997, i was one of the chief architects of allen saying that federal budget. First time we have done it since man walked on the moon. We have not done it since. We paid down the largest amount of the publicly held debt in modern history, and the economy was doing great. Some of you might remember i was a giants Television Star on fox news. [laughter] you are right back, how great i was on fox news. I also worked at Lehman Brothers and learned an awful lot about this, which is so critical in terms of understanding what motivates ceos. So i left. 10 years i was out. Im a believer that if we are really not here to serve others, i do
Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 3 30am in the morning in delhi, where the full impact of the devastating floods across south asia is now becoming clear. Heavy rains at this time of year are not unusual, but the sheer loss of life certainly is. More than 1200 people are believed to have died in the region. Relief agencies are struggling to get help to millions of people who have been affected. The monsoon rains are the heaviest that india, nepal and bangladesh have seen in decades. The bbcs Sanjoy Majumder has this report. Weeks after the worst flooding in decades, a third of bangladesh is still under water. Many villages in the northern part of the country are still cut off. Aid agencies are desperately trying to reach those affected. Its a similar situation across large parts of south asia. The eastern indian state of bihar has been hit the hardest. Heavy rain and overflowing rivers have left large areas under water. More than 500 people have been killed, here, in the la