top headlines. an essay later edward snowden holding a news conference via video link at the cbit tech fair in hanover, germany. edward snowden: we were removed from the ability to know that these policies have been enacted without our knowledge or consent. we did not know that we need to think about who we are calling in the middle of the night, what it might signal to our own government or an adversary government something about our own human relationships, our associations. cory: snowden has been given temporary asylum in russia. he previously addressed sxsw conference and has held a reddit q&a. starbucks announced the 2 for 1, with new shares payable april 8. the coffee giant split its stock six times. the last one was 10 years ago.