our burners are being asked to come into centers of various cities for aetna. -- right now. whehowever, as soon as things gt better, they are escorted out. but we might begin to break that cycle. it is just wonderful to walk out on the street and see the world walking by. >> are you giving the twitter deal? >> yes, we are. we just founded a new nonprofit. black rock arts foundation, which is dedicated to spreading interactive, a collaborative art throughout the world. now we have founded but we call the burning and project. -- what we call the burning man project. it eventually leads to the event itself. this is a wonderful opportunity. the thing about burning man, when you look at the variety of people that go there, when you look at this environment, where all the normal boundaries are down in every department of human knowledge and endeavor. if you ask what possible application that we have created that may be useful loud in the desert, -- what would it have an application to? education, urban planning, disaster relief. needless to say, we are ambitious than we think we c

descending europe's largest and most active volcano has its risks, to peer out aetna has unpredictablyted 24 times in the last year. but she was happy to accommodate her guests. the team completed their dissent without harm. a memory worth keeping. >> you have been watching newsday from the bbc. >> a quick reminder of our main news appeared in greece, the caretaker prime minister has been sworn in after the main party failed to form a no government. thank you for watching newsday. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation and union bank. >> this is kim. about to fill one of his favorite sensations. at shell we're developing more efficient fuels in countries like malaysia that can help us get the most out of our energy resources. let's use energy more efficiently. let's go. >> bbc world news was presented by kcet los angeles. by kcet los angeles.

the hmos, aetna, well point, united health group. some of the worst buyback offenders. we'll use them to illustrate. these are the kind of large companies that you would expect to pay good dividends. they kept their dividends small. why? in order to have massive buybacks. some were selling stock at the same time the company was buying it back. if you ever believe buybacks are beneficial to shareholders, these three hmos surely proved that wrong. the buybacks were far less helpful than paying meaningful dividends. all three companies could have had yields of over 3%. a level where the yield becomes accidentally high and makes stocks far more attractive, particularly in the kinds of sell-offs we had. wellpoint paid billions on buybacks. with the hmos, some of the worst cases of companies buying back stock in order to generate earnings per share. a buyback can we a great way to create the perception of growth. what about the notion that a buyback can help cushion the stock's fall in a bear market. by ensuring that they are ready to step in and purchase stock. i thought thi

we've got abbott labs, aetna, tiffany, target, pmg.k by the diversity. >> it's very diverse. >> in your index. and for the average investor, who may be risk averse in a market like this, where you see a whipsaw down 155 points on the day, i would think that this might be an index that would appeal to them. >> it's a pretty steady group. and we're not pretending that a lot of money is going to track it or it's going to be the s&p 500. we just thought it was a nice moment to celebrate companies that have had longevity. and as bill said, you don't have to be young to be cool. these companies were all founded more than 100 years ago, and you've got honeywell. you've got ibm. you've got png, coke, pepsi, these are companies that have been great companies and will be great companies. that's really what we're try dog celebrate. that's all. >> last question, i'll make him flinch for a second. it has to be bittersweet to watch the hoopla over facebook, a company i don't cotted. >> we wish them the best, period. we've been in touch with them thi

and aetna crushed. down after soft earnings and guidance. several stocks are getting clobbered after missing estimates. for example, green mountain, weight watchers, opentable, one of the stocks we did a feature on yesterday. herb has been warning you about green mountain. and he's back here to tell us how to avoid the next big miss. you were on this, right? and you were looking for the red flags. just run through very quickly what kind of red flags brought your attention to green mountain and what could also help people in the future to avoid falling in a trap. >> look, everybody has their thing. often it usually starts with the numbers, you can see it in the numbers, but not every company is the same. with green mountain, there were really a number of things. nothing was more telling to me in recent weeks than a report out of goldman sachs about starbucks of all companies. as i reported at the time the analyst believed k-cup sales stabilized and the entire k-cup industry may have reached a plateau. that was such a tell. since this was abou

aetna in time, when you're heading -- at noon when you are heading to launch.-- you will see a 80 degrees. down by 4:00 you will see the red area we will be in the '90s in some areas but not as much as yesterday. here is the 7 day around the bay. it is to be warm and dry. >>george: for continuing to keep a close eye on 101 in the south bay this morning. it's fairly heavy for the north bound ride. the leave it or not the drive times are actually improving a bit. coming at coyote creek it's still have a. is still have a. we're still looking at a 34 minute drive time on of 101. it is only a is low spot. in central iran self well between 37 and 580 there is some slow traffic. the bridges-the bay bridge and the westbound drive is starting to even out some. its 14-16 minutes. the golden gate bridge ride is heavier now near presidio park way and the new doyle drive bypass your is >>mark: 210 people will be laid off in instructional position -- not instructional position. there were also 100 teachers and teach the hiatus that also reseat thinks street slips. stay are f

would make this so burdensome for the government that they simply wouldn't be able to let them go to aetna or somebody like that. also these folks will get a subsidy, but it won't be enough money to cover everything they need. there's going to be a lot of political pressure on the government to let them all into medicaid. they'll call it something else, but it'll be the british health care system, here we come. megyn: you know, what do you make of the argument that we heard from one of the gentlemen in jim's piece suggesting they're not going to do this even though, you know, on a pure, you know, math basis it may make sense for them, they're not going to do it because they need to remain competitive to get the best and be brightest, to get the most talented workers, and part of that recruiting package is employer-sponsored health care? >> let's look at the major automobile companies. they are no longer offering their white collar employees any kind of reasonable pension benefits because they couldn't afford to. if your competitors drop health care because they're pressed in a business cyc

these are the misses, healthnet, aetna, coventry, humana. people aren't going to the doctor.d out last year. now the money they have to spend per patient has been going up. the other thing that's really important is the supreme court is going to rule on the affordable health care act probably june 25th. if they vote to uphold this, 30 million people are going to come on the roles for hmos. that's going to be hmo positive. but the indication is they may vote against it. that's very important for hmos. a lot riding on that. here's the hmo index the last several months. as we've gotten these misses the last week or so, it's coming off its highs. this is understandable and the uncertainty about what the supreme court is going to do is really what matters. i want to move on and talk about the alternatives, people going into other thing. let me show you a company that does simple medical supplies. qvidium. as health essentials have been moving down, this has been moving up. this is a simple medical supply company. they supply stuff to doctors. a simple alternative to hmos. a lot of