level and it really does effect a business's business. so, to really work with the businesses when you are working to install the bus shelters. and the recommendation six, we have put forward a list of

we want to reach businesses ahead of the business registration dropping. our primary stakeholders are the mayor's office and this board of supervisors, the city agencies and small businesses the chamber of commerce, trade and advocate association and economic organization and neighborhood merchant groups and multiple community based organizations. i want to emphasize something when we reached out to individual they want to be helpful. this has been a collaborative project. so what are rae saying when we get out there. the taxes are changing in 9014 and the best thing to do is get educated and how they're going to change and consult a professional. under prop e it was approved by voters and the larger majority of businesses will not be impacted by the gross receipt taxes. you'll business tax in proportion e my may go on go down in some cases and up in other. this is our timeline. i want to emphasize extremely heavily front loaded. in your packet you have the business 1, 2, 3, 4 flier it will drop at the end of the january and brown will go to the 95 thousan

and as the daughter of two small business owners, i know how important walkable, or small businesses are to to a community in general and neighborhoods. and also i know how hard it is to operate a small business, and the challenges and that is where i get my work from. and you know, we, as walk sf, we see this new partnership as a opportunity to move forward and address some of these challenges and figure out some solutions. and again, you know, we know that walkable business areas are the most thriving business areas and so we want for them. without a doubt, many bicycles will grow and continue to grow as long as the city continues to make bicycling a friendly and welcoming place. and we have our headquarters in our store in south park and soma as well as a store in the mission and no doubt, the biggest obstacle for our ability to grow our business is the lack of infrastructure to make bicycling and walking friendly. particularly in the soma area where we are headquarters and there is no greater impediment to our growth than when there is traffic congestion caused by cars. people wi

level and it really does effect a business's business. and so, to really work with the businesses when you are working to install the bus shelters. and the recommendation six, we have put forward a list of sort of impact analysis, methodology to use, and this can be or we are happy to work with you and work to sort of formalize this or, in project areas, prior to going into the designing the infrastructure. and so, this, i will be very quick but, to insure that the project plans could support the general plan, or industry priorities, of the mayor and conduct the assessments of all business types of the activity in district areas, taking into account the zoning designations and types of activities in those areas. it works with 25 corridors and they have been doing a lot of assessment and so they are able to provide a resource to assist what might be the impacts on commerce before and after construction, the passed and off parking volume and this includes, and it is a soft recommendation of taking a look back three years to assess the histo

there's no business liquor small business like all binge business i know. everything about is is appealing and everything that business traffic will allow. whether you were money out. there's no people like small business owner people they dismissal. whether their business is low. and there's one thing when you pick appointment for this one when you picket for the appointment go there's one thing you've got to know your small businesses motive grow. your small business motive grow >> things (clapping.) that's a tough act to for the purpose i'm here to impress my support support for kathy less than and i've watched her deal with controversial issues. she's compassionate and i think it's important to keep her on board. not everybody is as tuned in into the challenges that the small businesses face. she didn't buckle to the pressure that some other members have done 80 that's it and i hope shows reappointed. thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners i'm pam and i'm a small business owner for at least 14 years. supervisor kathleen dually passion has helped se

areas, the business commerce and the business activity. and so, i think and i just pulled this picture as sort of i think that the classic representation of when you are designing from that last sentence what it looks like and for the business, and for us and for the small business commission in our office and the business community, what is left out of this picture here is really, the dynamic of commerce taking place. and so we don't see, the delivery vehicles, and so, that is what we would like to work with you on. and so the small business needs and problem solving culture among the sfmta staff, we are really happy that currently, the liaisons that we have been working with, have that. and we want to encourage sort of the institutionalization of that so that we have had a need with lacacina and put in the commercial loading zone in front of it and so that there is microbusinesses can come in, load, and unload for their caterers. and the down side is that, there are businesses are so small and the vehicles that they use are not able to g

remember, we make our business your business. if i can impart one lesson to a new business owner, it would be one thing i've learned is my philosophy is real simple american express open forum is an on-line community, that helps our members connect and share ideas to make smart business decisions. if you mess up, fess up. be your partners best partner. we built it for our members, but it's open for everyone. there's not one way to do something. no details too small. american express open forum. this is what membership is. this is what membership does. >>> the most important thing we knew before today about the chris christie scandal was sent from bridgette ann kelly to a christie appointee saying, for some reason, quote, it's time for traffic problems in ft. lee. they control the george washington bridge, the busiest bridge in the world responded to that apparent order by saying, got it. that was the most important thing we knew before today. for cover, before today, we have mr. wildstein and somebody else

going into the sir business are you interested to go into the sir business?ted and businesses enabling us to do things for the first time. that is what we built the franchise on to abc new opportunities for us but what is happening as a result we are able to develop technology that enables us to go into more and more businesses. we have not announce anything on the sir business liz: but you would not say no? >> that capability you have to develop for a strong business with the smart phone industry is the same asset. that is good for us. liz: only the third ceo in history. the founder then it jacobs said his son paul jacobs. how will you differentiate yourself? >> when you were there 20 years your fingerprints are already on the place so i think it will be fairly natural. the team is familiar to me. a lot of the things you are familiar with high has been involved in. you will see the same type of things but what differentiates us is we've tried to get into new areas quickly when we need to make change and we have been successful over the last two decades and i

it's the small business where the new jobs are created. >> in past recovers, small businesses in the first year of a recovery will create something like three-quarters of the new jobs. as steve forbes points out they have been missing in action in the recovery so we have unemployment rate around 7.5% and the abysmal job participation record. the president is on the record for saying the election is about punishing your friends and rewarding -- punishing your enemy and rewarding your friends. small business owners are in the main republican. it's not really a surprise that the administration has been anti-small business. >> that is an interesting charge. i'm sure rick would dispute it. what do you think about that? is it coincidental that people hurt the hardest by this are republicans? >> i'm not sure i buy the premise. small businesses are the ones that will get a special tax credit for the first time to helm them to get more people they employ in the program. that is a big deal though you may not want to acknowledge it. that is not my idea of trying to punish anybody. >> but steve,

be a busy few weeks.ring to announce that air asia has been given the license to run it in india. >> the first time a foreign company has been allowed to run in india. but, it took me seven years. i was blocked by the government. patience is a virtue. the prize is a big if we get it. the timing. i hope in the next week or so we will hear something. approval and hope we can keep the airline up by the end of march. >> welcome back to "countdown." i am mark barton. >> i am anna edwards. from thepicks newspapers. david tweed joins us. you take away. >> i have a little stake in this story. when i came to work yesterday on my bicycle, the temperatures dropped to minus two. it was a drive. after i left, berlin was covered with a sprinkling of rain that turned the entire city to an ice skating rink. people come to work after i arrived came with stories about slipping over on the black ice. there isrs at no nothing funnier than pictures of somebody falling over. they sent their photographers out all over berlin to

however, maybe, all small businesses don't have that. so, can you tell me a little bit about what the out reach has been in the small business comment. in information in regards to this new. >> yeah, i can speak briefly to that. and we do have, the office of labor standards has an hot line and an e-mail address and i have been answering the questions about these issues on throughout the fall and into this year. and we also have a e-mail list of 5,000 e-mails, people who are interested in the healthcare ordinance and we did send out an e-mail notifying the people to check the website on guidance to these issues >> thank you. >> we may have to think. >> there has been no out reach to the community groups on this. >> especially the merchant groups in the city. >> not to get through our office. >> okay. >> commissioner o'brien? >> yeah, ways just wondering. if we wanted the experts here could tell me, if we were to close out the healthcare ordinance, would that leave a gaping hole of people not covered? >> i think that it came in and i think

there's very few businesses we don't want shoe repair businesses. we're keeping locals away it's been a magnet for danger. we've got fights and the impact is real in our community. we want to let our safety and other improvements to take how old this is a limited scope moratorium it doesn't stop liquor licenses and it doesn't negate entertainment. with 17 liquor licenses >> your time is up and you, get our liquor if you want it. last i think i of (calling names) >> so, you know, we think this is really a special neighborhood. it's the original entertainment zone in san francisco; right? we want to keep it. we're not anti entertainment our preaching to the choir when you talk about more turmdz but broadway has to be a little bit more nuisance pr bureau ban just signed a lease. he says i was approached before you it wasn't the right the time time but things on broadway have gotten better he's signed a lease. this is how we are going to attract more people. we're getting our arms around this thing the life and a safety issues on broadway. what would ha

i mean, he's running what i consider 50% of this business, the center of the business. so you and i haven't had a chance to talk or anything. do you wanna be here long-term? >> actually, yeah, i love it here. i mean, i been here seven years now. i mean, i been probably the longest one here and worked every shift imaginable here. i mean, i know the place inside and out. >> how do you like working with andrew? i have to tell you, it seems like you work hard, you're positive. >> oh, i mean, i have to be. you have to be. >> all right, thank you, buddy. >> come on, sooks. >> neil? marcus. >> marcus. nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. what would you say would be the single biggest problem in the organization? >> it starts at the top. it's a really dynamite facility with a well-thought out system. but i don't think andrew is rational. >> yeah, erin told me he flies off the handle...[snaps]... in a nanosecond. >> he has had several explosions in the past few weeks. >> why would someone like you put up with stuff like that? >> i love the animals, but i have my limits. man-to

what stinks for the small business guys is the got did delay what is called the small business shop exchange for a year. so they can't get on that. again, this isecoming a wacamole bil we have to see if the government will step in and do the right thing. >> mike, there are legs to these problems, too, as we say. there are all sort of ways they will affect the economy. maybe it's why the economy isn't growing the way we want it to. right? >> of course. obamacare increases or raises taxes 20 times on small business owners. or 20 dferent taxes that are new or increased. as steve alluded to, you have to ask yourself since small business are the primary engine of job growth in the country, why are so many people not even in the labor force anymore? this is the lowest participation rate since the depression. the president doesn't care. he is only interested in getting in the law, even if he has to lie about it for years to get it passed. >> that is an excellent point. we have are always talking about job and concerned about the job growth. everybody agrees on that. it's the small business where th

clicking on other businesses. melissa: and what happened when you called yelp and said hey, wait a second, some of my good valuable customers went on and wrote reviews and you're not showing them. what do they say to you? >> instead of acknowledging me, they started to trying to solicit and asked me to pay money and different things like that. melissa: so they wanted you to buy ads? >> they wanted me to start buying ads. melissa: and when you said, what was your response to that? >> i told them no, i wanted to focus on my customers. my customers left valued reviews, respectful reviews and, they didn't want to acknowledge that. they told me that it was a computer system. that it wasn't their fault. melissa: and they didn't offer anyway to fix it? because it looks like you have no stars. we know that those are all valuable to people going on and trying to find, you know, sort of any kind of a small business. you know, what did you say about the star system in particular? because you're rated and looks like you're no

level and it really does effect a business's business. and so, to really work with the businesses when you are working to install the bus shelters. and the recommendation six, we have put forward a list of sort of impact analysis, methodology to use, and this can be or we are happy to work with you and work to sort of formalize this or, in project areas, prior to going into the designing

new business? >> commissioner o'brien? >> i just wanted to make an announcement, my current tenure as commissioner is up. and i had discussions with my wife about seeking my appointment renewed with the mayor, and the commitment and we had a long chat about it. my children are older today, than they were when i first came on the commission, my daughter and my son, so i decided not to seek reappointment for the third term with the mayor. it is a heavy hearted decision but i just want to allocate the time that i spend on the commission, the subcommittee time, etc., for a while, i wanted to dedicate that time to my family. so, with that, most likely, this will probably be my last meeting. of course, i will be available if i am required to help fill in while they look and seek my replacement. but, they will be able to do that between now and the next meeting. given that that is likelihood of that, i would like to just make a comment of acknowledgments, one of them is to thank mayor lee, the current adm

the next matter of business is item 4, matters of unfinished business. we have no item. the next order of business is item 5, matters of new business, first can consent jed item 5a, approval of minutes, regular meeting of november 5th, 2013. madam chair? >> thank you very much. is there any public comment on the minutes? >> i have no speaker cards, madam chair. >> okay, thank you very much. i believe we have one suggested change. commissioner rosales, you pointed out one of them? >> it's not so much a change. the minutes reflected did arrive at 1:30. it is more of a question perhaps for our council. can i vote on all items -- vote to approve the minutes on all items except for the item that i wasn't present for or should i abstain entirely? >> i think it would make more sense to abstain entirely than to vote partial. >> thank you. >> okay, that's identifiv. fine. >> i move that. >> thank you very much. is there a second? >> second. >> thank you very much, madam secretary, please call the roll. >> commission members please announce your vote when i call the roll. commissi

we have a runaway business spawning 10 new businesses a day.hey have a 97% survival rate at the five-year point. >> i'm a former fortune 100 officer. when i walked into a boardroom, it was a boardroom. there was mahogany on the wall. the way we did business was a certain way. that is the way you see most business being done today. when i look at your c-suite, and your boardroom, i see this. what is it that you see when you think about the c-suite and your leadership, and how you do this? >> the c-suite is me. you know what i mean? i talked to my wife liked a sounding board, but still, what i say goes. for good or ill. that is how it is. we have an office. we come in there and get on laptops. we do our programming meeting once a month. we kick off the workouts on the website. off you go. >> there is a lot of times in a franchise operation, this is different. sometimes you see more than one location they get territorial. in terms of this guy is encroaching greed are there multiple ones where you are at? does it make a difference for you? >> my ne

>> scott howge,, i just want to bring up the small business community, the small business commission, has supported the task force recommendations that came out regarding the plakards that is a good example that we can work together and show some opportunities for collaboration. >> any other members of the public that would like to make a comment on something that is not on today's agenda. >> i don't see anything, mr. president. >> it looks to me like it is time to adjourn. >> i would like to thank both of the staffs and i would like to thank christian murdock and director dick-endrizzi and for your guidance on this and director reiskin. >> and do we have a motion to adjourn? >> all in favor? >> aye. >> okay, great. okay good after everyone. thank you very much for coming happy new year i'm ed reiskin i'm the director of transportation and happy to kickoff the new year. san francisco has been a dynamic city during the break i was reading the history of muni how things have changed and required the city to view. we're in a lot of change including in our transportation system a lot of c

everything is about small business therefore medium business is the base for goods manufacturer awful it was time to come. the salt in oz a buyer paid special attention to a high quality education system in his annual address to the nation according to the president it is necessary to create the unique educational system of high quality that successfully operate in many developed countries. they will face many challenges to implement in the nation's first of all is necessary to star with improving the quality of national education. his plan to provide one hundred percent of the children aged from three to six years of preschool education. modern training programs and methods as well as qualified personnel are very important for the setting the president of the country said that secondary schools need to improve the quality of education to the level of not survive much all schools school attendees must know screaming which is kazakh russian and english graduate some master critical thinking skills and that any research and in depth analysis. this means. most schools need to educate lit

and you're in business, i'm in business. some of the criticism on social media is not accurate. >> mm-hmm. >> they may have gotten confused with another one. they may just be feeling mcnasty that day. >> right. >> so if it's a total inaccuracy, say, it must have been another restaurant, we've never served duck at this restaurant, and protect yourself. >> right. and be really nice about it. howard, so great to see you. >> thanks. >> this is great, great information. appreciate it. >>> there's lots more ahead on this grammy weekend. as 2010's best pop vocal winner and entrepreneur jason mraz gives us some innovator insights. >>> and jiffy mix ceo howdy holmes says business is easy, it's the people who are complicated. if i can impart one lesson to a new business owner, it would be one thing i've learned is my philosophy is real simple american express open forum is an on-line community, that helps our members connect and share ideas to make smart business decisions. if you mess up, fess up. be your partners best partner. we bu

busy morning.a >> he has had a busy morning. let's move on. me for that. of course. my mistake.ohn malone has a toehold in europe. how and where are european companies going to invest? the shares are valued at 34 euros a share and he is succeeding where carlos failed. and there is ay difference in the company. it iss fixed assets and like a game of musical chairs here. and it isis circling unclear who is the hunter and who is being hunted. companies have a lot of cash and we will have a busy season in the next six months and after the next six months. >> whether these deals come from mobile -- earnings from facebook and amazon. reports.ple you have big headline numbers headline numbers and how many ipads were showed. what are they forecasting for this quarter they have teamed up with china mobile. to be honest with you, it is getting boring. we notice the, massive, and significant. productsevolution of -- e 2010 and we want a about innovation. >> massive over the weekend. there are subsidy talks going on and how they can never -- leverage this number. that is the amount of credi

i have another business and all of our accounts for all of our businesses, both business and personale to shut down. melissa: wow. so you had, you have one dispensary business which is a legal business. what did they say to you when they closed it? it is not like you're, i mean you're not laundering money right? you have a legal business. what did they say to you? >> that is exactly right, after four years being in business they sent us a letter saying due to recent federal pronouncements from the department of justice we're forced to close your account within 30 days. we had some extension that is were granted. we got a u.s. congressman, congressman jared polits involved who wrote letters but ultimately they closed all 21 accounts down. melissa: did you have a legal recourse? or did they have a right to have whatever customers they want and don't want to be theftenned with you as customer. >> any bank can choose business with and they don't and they chose not to do business with us, which is really unfortunate. we're a state legal business. we pay taxes and licensing fees. we are fol

and remember, we make your business our business.i can impart one lesson to a new business owner, it would be one thing i've learned is my philosophy is real simple american express open forum is an on-line community, that helps our members connect and share ideas to make smart business decisions. if you mess up, fess up. be your partners best partner. we built it for our members, but it's open for everyone. there's not one way to do something. no details too small. american express open forum. this is what membership is. this is what membership does. >>> late in the day on a friday, for most people who work monday to friday, late in the day on a friday is the time when you least want to be at work. but if you work in this business, if you work in the news business, late in the day on a friday is the happ, happ, happiest time of the week. because late in the day on a friday is when huge and unexpected news tends to drop out of the sky. and today's late in the day on friday, huge and unexpected news that fell out of the sky, was this.

business registration fees. number 2 many businesses will continue to have a small business exemption for the small receipts tax. a number of businesses that that this commission oversees and is responsible for will continue to have their exemption for the payroll expense tax and i and third our office will be providing forms and instructions throughout this year to help businesses plan for the change for businesses in san francisco. so how do we get here? i were all very well involved in the process in 2012 and i'm sure the processes the decade before that the board and mayor have been grandpa living with this. the mayor and the board working with the business community came up with a business tax change that was in place before the voters in november 2012 that passed with 70 percent vote for the change. the final step is for the office of the tax collector to implement what the voters 0 approved. and it's important we only implement with the voters approve there might not be gaps in the law or a fair reading o

very busy hour including earnings. "countdown to the closing bell" starts right you -- "after the bell" starts right now. david: we have a jam-packed hour. we're set to hear earnings from two industry leaders. tech giant microsoft, will it name a new ceo. steve ballmer is leaving and they still don't have a replacement. starbucks, how has it been hit particularly since the malls have been hit. brock and mortar are down a lot. a lot of starbucks are in the brick and mortars. we'll talk about the numbers when the company comes out. speaking of industry leaders. day two of the world economic forum in davos, switzerland. liz got to talk to fortune 500 titans. who are they, liz? liz: if davos is most international event gathering of world leaders, coming this hour we have two of the most international ceos. we have mukhtar kent, chairman and ceo of coca-cola and bob greifeld, ceo of nasdaq omx. they never stop traveling and try to make their business stronger. two davos leaders coming up. david: we'll look forward to that l

how much more is the dvd business to the overall business? they tried to the two companies and that did not work out. >> no, and analyst said totally written off the dvd business. this company having neighborhood of 7 million paying dvd subscribers around the country, it generated trigger $21 million of revenue in that stretch. andad 39 bit -- is to abuse -- they had 39 distribution centers around the country. -- they are very much engaged in this business. there are pockets of the country where the internet can the spotty and it's not in your a streamingbe using service. that is why the dvd business continues to be relatively healthy in spite of people saying it's going away. jon, our senior west coast correspondent. last -- many residents are upset the buses are stopping. they say that it smacks of elitism. charged aes will be fee of one dollar per day, which means companies like google will ave to pay more than $100,000 year in fees. they will also be prohibited some routes. what's interesting -- the city cannot charge more unless they put

now, expectations are high that american businesses were busy hiring. an upbeat jobs report could have huge implications for the markets, consumer and business confidence, and federal reserve polic policy. sara eisen has a preview. >> strong hopes for tomorrow's monthly jobs report. in the last 48 hours economists have been upping their forecasts for december from 191,000 to 200,000. the unemployment rate is set to stay steady at 7%. fuelling the optimism, a surprise positive read on private sector hiring. the highest since november 2012. and today's report showing the number of americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, pointing to fewer layoffs. >> even though health care cut jobs, we know that's a long-term job creator in this country. jobs are consistently created there month after month. professional and business services has been taking off. there are many sectors of the economy right now that are adding jobs. >> the reports on consumer confidence, spending, industrial production and employment all point to an economy ga

we then have three smaller businesses, the vaccine business, the animal health business and otc businessir own right. they're very strong businesses but they don't yet have global scale. i want to build leading businesses at novartis. so we announced we were undergoing a strategic review. the first outcome of that review we announce the divestiture of our blood transfusion diagnostics business a few weeks ago. that deal has closed. but for other businesses we're thinking about ways to give them global scale. it could be unique structures. it, so nothing's off the table. liz: joe jimenez of novartis and co-chair of this year's world economic forum. david, i want to know you're ceo after swiss company but you don't ski. you're a championship swimmer in high school? >> yes i was. it is quite a sport. liz: didn't make it to the olympics in sochi, though right? still waiting for the call. >> still waiting. >> thanks very much, joe. >> thanks for having me. liz: david, back to you. david: just to recap what a disaster today was on all fronts, all indices way down close to 2% on the dow jones.

it posed a risk to business there and business here.investment and chinese companies and the upcoming aly baba ipo and others ipo and others. i'm joined by leslie picker and auditfox, who covers web confirmations. leslie, i will start with you. ibaba ipo is considered a big story but they were out of business for a few hours yesterday. >> that is a big spotlight on potentialooking at risks when this company goes public and whether or not they should. being out of commission should be impactful to this office. if you are a u.s. investor who is not used to these issues it may make you think twice. >> i also wonder, the same day as all of this there is news about the auditors and new changes as well as a judge saying that the chinese auditors cannot audit some of these companies now. >> they have been suspended for six months, this will certainly be appealed by those firms but today, what you have is a situation where the accounting firms don't have the ability in china to hand over their work to the fcc and this is going to be usaothe you

it would be out of business, okay? so the fact of the matter is really somewhat of irony we call it the state of the union because what it is it is a short-term set of political and policy priorities rather than an honest, strategic and comprehensive assessment where we are as a country, how do we compare to others and what do we need to do to create a better future. that's what we need. melissa: yeah. noah, you actually conduct ad poll that found most businesses would move their workers to part-time or would cut back on hours if they had to raise their wages. what does that tell you? what did it say specifically? >> it was real interesting. we put a poll up on our facebook page and got a lot of different responses. some business owners would compensate by hiring at low end of the wage scale or potentially cutting corners or raising prices to customers. i will say there were a lot of comments to the contrary, either they were supportive of folks making minute plum wage. the restaurant owners spoke about the shutdown in

the enterprise business is doing well. the consumer business is less bad. price we're seeing different things. >> ballmer came in when the stock was in a tech bubble. bill gates have the common sense to get out. bill has been a steady seller of the stock. one of the intriguing storylines coming out of this is bill gates may be stepping in as chairman. that is an enormous change for the company. >> will that make a difference? how much will it make? >> people struggle with how much of an operational chairman of the board you want. offer nadellacan advice. you want a board that offers advice and you hire a ceo to run the company. bill gates is been very upfront that his day-to-day job as his foundation. tinkering on the little things maybe a little bit overblown. moving from chairman just a board member is notable. >> it will not be totally out of it. he spoke to bloomberg tv last week. here's what he had to say about his future plans. >> my full-time work with the foundation for the rest of my life. we are enjoying that. depth.o do it in i am not going to ch