Disney, of course, as you heard by now, buying various assets of 21st century fox in a deal worth dl more than 66 billion when you include the debt david faber broke the story weeks ago that the two companies were in talks and lo and behold, its soup now. Congratulati congratulations. Thanks. We were reminiscing about the various deals youve broken over the years. Yes, you and i go back to my first big one, British Telecom and mci. 2 22 billion deal in inflation . Exactly that got to the finish line on this one, bill a lot of talking going on between disney and fox and also our Parent Company, comcast and fox. Thats sort of where we want to begin today as we head toward the later parts of the day comcast did compete vigorously for these assets people close to the company indicate, or people close to all the companies involved, that being the people who were advising and so forth, indicate that the bid from comcast, in fact, did have a higher value than what fox accepted from disney we
From nbc news, this is a special edition of today, the impact of Hurricane Harvey. With matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live in studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Its tuesday morning, 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. Glad youre with us. Craig is in for matt once again. And weve got a shot over the skies of houston. Downtown houston, this is a look from our drone. And you can see the situation thats unfolding there. Still unfolding at this hour. It has been raining off and on there all morning in houston. But perhaps some good news coming. Dylan said were on the back end of this thing. We will get to her in just a moment. Also some harrowing tales of neighbors helping neighbors as well. Weve got a lot to get to. Overnight developments on this storm. The official death toll in texas stands at three but dozens more are missing at this hour. And that includes six family members who are feared dead after relatives say their van was swept away by the rising floodwaters. T
Guthr guthrie. Live in studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to qualitoday. Craig is in for matt again this morning. Man, does your heart go out to those in Southeast Texas. Ive been hardened over the last 24 hours to see so many scenes, so many stories, of pitching in to help. Random neighborhoods helping out. Lets get you caught up on the overnight developments on this storm. The official death toll in texas is at three. But dozens more people are missing, including six family members who are feared dead after relatives said their van was swept away. The coast guard says it is receiving thousands of emergency calls every hour. Theyve rescued more than 3,000 people so far by boat and air. Shelters in the houston area are filling up quickly. Some 7,000 people spent the night at the citys Downtown Convention center. Officials had planned for about 5,000 people. Is, th so, this morning theyre looking to open up another shelter in houston. President trump is heading to Corpus Christi, b
Out of 30 cabinet ministers who backed a leave vote back in june. She joins us at 9 40 u. K. Time. First things first. Lets check on your markets. We are just three days away from davos. To a lot ofpeaking former Prime Ministers, current Prime Ministers, heads of state, and ceos. The dollar set for a weekly loss. Stocks climbing. Gold a touch on the up. Be the mood in the market that investors are trying to assess whether markets move higher since the u. S. Election may have gone a little too far. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Heres sebastian salek. Sebastian chinas exports remained subdued last month as weak Global Growth laid on demand. Overseas shipments fell in december while imports rose more than 3 to leave a 41 billion trade surplus. The Worlds Largest exporter faces challenges as it braces for potential trade frictions with the u. S. Under a Trump Presidency. Fiat chrysler milan shares are on the up having plunged yesterday after it was accused of cheating
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