Last night, a couple different issues. This puts them as the second largest tv company in the country. 5. 7 million tv customers at at t, 23. 3 million in the u. S. As becky said, its a 10 premium. It is actually a 30 premium when you look at the price relative to when rumors of the deal first came about. And let me tell you a couple thing that is randall told me last evening. He said mike and i have talked about this deal on and off for quite some time. They have been, quote, trying to assess the regulatory situation as it relates to this transaction. And he said the more we peeled back the onion, quite frankly the better we felt about it. Heres a standalone tv business and we are for all intensive purposes in mobile and broadband business, we are not, and he said this several times, we are not in the standalone tv business and we dont even really sell that product today. He also said they have been talking for years but interestingly enough they stopped at one point. They didnt do th
Im frances rivera. Happy super tuesday, 2014. The polls are open this morning in six states from coast to coast. The key races to watch are in kentucky, idaho, and georgia. The primaries there will highlight the republican establishment versus tea party battle. In kentucky, state republican leader Mitch Mcconnell is up against Tea Party Challenger matt bevan. Mcconnell leads him by 20 points in the latest bluegrass poll from the career journal. A win for senator mcconnell today would set the stage for one of novembers Top Senate Races against democrat allison lund lundergan grimes. In georgia today, a crowded seven way Senate Primary field will be narrowed down to two with a runoff to be held on july 22nd. Recent polling suggests david purdue and Jack Kingston are most likely to face off then. And finally in idaho, matt sincen is poised to defeat brian smith. Today, primaries will shape the ballots for critical contests this november. New this morning, in a surprise move, thailands arm
Unrest has nearly paralyzed the government. The army chief cited a 1914 law that gives the authority to intervene during times of crisis. Well, charges of cyberspy rg3 putting a strain on relations between china and the u. S. The Justice Department charged five Chinese Military officers with hacking into the computers of several u. S. Companies to steal trade secrets. It is the first ever criminal charges against officials of a Foreign Government for stealing u. S. Economic secrets by computer. Cybertheft impacts real people in real and painful ways. The lifeblood of any organization is the people who work, strive and sweat for it. China says the charges are based on fabricated facts. Well, with the resurgence of polio in pakistan, the white house is promising that the cia will never again use
immunization programs for cover for spying operations. It comes three years after they staged a fake program in the hunt for osama bin laden. The pakistani doctor who helped to run the campaign h
Bret, how did all of this come to light . Well, jon, this was the result of a foia request by the Washington Times, the specific story youre talking about in regards to when the Obama Transition Team was briefed about the problems at the va. The other scandals that have, the allegations have come up for at least 11 states now. And investigations are ongoing. So this is snowballing as you have lawmakers on both sides of the aisle calling for more in depth investigations and bringing in the fbi. Jon there is a former member of the va staff, high level staffer, who had this to say to congress a few weeks ago when some of these allegations first came up. I want to play you for this now. To date, we found no evidence of a secret list, and we have found no patient who is have died because they have been on a wait list. That was dr. Robert petzel, undersecretary for Veterans Affairs. He said at the time we havent found any evidence of secret lists. We havent found any evidence that people die
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