it's not in our interest as their neighbors or from a business perspective either. there will be other residential customers who will be likely hearing about the cleanpower sf program and they might say even though we're not on their front porch and that is great and we will add them to the list of customers who will receive the opt out notice. there are those from the group they will say "i heard about this and i don't want it". okay we hear you. you're not part of target group and there is a mention of it in the data base. >> we have a question. >> thank you. i'm in the same section you're talking about on the notification piece and i wanted to comment on the new emerging demographic that we all recognized from the last election that i think has huge potential to be participants and be excited about this program and young communities of color and different kinds of communities that before hadn't been as engaged, and it seems like a way to engage and educate those communities that really around social media, and i saw in here there is a big focus working with cbo's

that will help us decide from a business perspective 20 megawatts, 30 megawatts. that will be one of the data points to help inform that decision. so, some of the outreach will need to occur before we answer that question thoughtfully for you, i think. and make a recommendation to you, i should say. >> well, no, thank you. and i guess i had jumped the gun a little bit in assuming you would want to know ahead of time. in party assume some of the pricing influence, construct you would be serving people with. >> yes. >> but it does get into somewhat circular. >> yes. >> the other thing that does occur to me on that, if we went out with a smaller program and if it turned out that the response was just fabulous, and we had an opportunity to do more than we originally thought, the potential problem we have there is that if we have to go back to shelf for a second increment of power, there is no guarantee the second increment will be at the same price as the first increment. >> it does not promise the price will be more or less. correct. >> one thing that occurred to me

that will help us decide from a business perspective 20 megawatts, 30 megawatts. that will be one of the data points to help inform that decision. so, some of the outreach will need to occur before we answer that question thoughtfully for you, i think. and make a recommendation to you, i should say. >> well, no, thank you. and i guess i had jumped the gun a little bit in assuming you would want to know ahead of time. in party assume

something really interesting is going on, something culturally important, is that if my business perspective i want to be part of that. but talk about was how literally hundreds of millions of people are coming online very quickly all around the world, people are becoming much more involved and participating online, but spitting with the internet, also we are seeing literally hundreds of thousands of communities coming together to go in depth on all kinds of topics. it is still quite interesting thing to watch. liz: we ever make a bit of a coin off of this? >> disowned by the media foundation oriented operating it. we have no intentions of changing anything about that. liz: stop online terror sea, where do hope to go with that? >> is completely dead and during an election winded during an election year the fact 10 million people contacted congress that day meant no politician will go anywhere near it for a while, but we expect hollywood to come back again, they always do. i'm hoping this time around the necks and have a conversation about piracy, we will have a more serious conversation abou

reverend, i want to ask you this -- there's the morality of it, but is it our business from a business perspective>> brian, that's a great question. you know, ross perot, a great businessman, said years ago that he would never hire an adulterer because he figured out that if a man would lie to his own mate, he wouldn't have any problem lying to his employer. i think we ought to be compassionate here and realize none of us is immune from this sort of temptation. but the fact is, a person's character counts and you can't isolate their character. you can't say they're going to show great integrity with their board members an shareholders and constituency and show no character at home. a person's character affects every area of his life, and so that's why i think it is our business and the business of sto stockholders and authorities about the character of their leaders. >> well said. jeff, do you agree it basically makes a leader almost automatically untrustworthy? >> it's diminished his credibility to lead. it's the military term for it is prejudicial to good order and discipline. but if you have vi

from caveddavid cote who was ont the press" and explaining why this is so critical from a business perspective. >> right now i'm not that bullish at all. in fact i'd say there's a great uncertainty that's just hanging over the entire economy because we're not confident that our guys can govern anymore. there's a lot of money on the sidelines that people are willing to invest. people like me just aren't hiring now because we're not confident they can do it. >> so i mean you've heard that. i'm sure you've heard that from business and this is one of the business leaders that's been talking to the white house and trying to get them to be more flexib flexible. what taxes do you think we're going to end up with? you've been through it round and round as you said. are we going to end up with a different capital gains tax rate? >> first of all, dave, i've had dinner with dave and multiple meetings with him. i couldn't agree more with him. and that's why, andrea, we have plenty of time to make these decisions. it's just a matter of doing it. we can do it in two or three weeks. candidly they can be made

that honestly from a small business perspective is what we need to do. we were very adamant. we said, look, you need, as democrats you need cover. we understand that. you need cover to do the kind of reform we need. as republicans, you need the kind of cover to protect you from grover norquist. to do what we thinks needs to be done on revenues. the centrist approach has made this country prosperous for hundreds of years and that's the approach we should take. >> are you willing to pay slightly higher taxes to get a year done? >> i would gladly pay higher taxes to get a deal done. >> really. >> yeah, i would. listen, we have hundreds of thousands of trushcks on the ros all the time. we use the roads, we use airports, we need the tsa and the infrastructure to keep the economy moving. i consider it an investment in the things we need do business, the same way i invest if my country every year. one of the things i love about philadelphia -- >> we need better roads. >> we need better roads. we need better airports. >> we do. people don't realize you don't need to repave the entire

we want to talk about a business owner perspective. you see a win for your employees. make them happier people when you are talking about a small business. >> i think retention is the biggest thing in terms of wanting to grow small business and you don't have -- be able to grow with your company for a long time. the ability for a small business to offer health care, comprehensive health care for the individual and his or her family is a boon for small businesses here as kate said. once everyone gets their skin in the game, we can figure how best to control the cost. >> a nice preview you gave us this morning. we have time, if you want to get another preview online. go to hb x dc.com. and thank you for having us in for "viewpoint." enjoy the rest of your day, everybody. now back to news 4 today. >>> everyone knew him. he had a big impact on everyone. always the one that was there. >> friends and family remember a teen robbed and killed at a metro station this morning. what happened moments before his death and the people arrested for the crime. >>> and a shocking revela

bill daley will bring that business perspective, the president will be better for it. >> well, you know, i think -- getting people to serve in government is very difficult, charlie. and, again, another big difference than the last ten years and that would apply, i'm sure republicans would say the same thing. it's very hard. so getting those sort of people to come in to give up a lot, be b subject to what they're subject to is very difficult. my sense is that there will be changes both in the administration in the white house, it's just natural. but i think it's more about the policies and let me just say this about the business community. i know there's a lot of energy over the last couple of years and anger about the president, his plans and all that. now is the time for them to say, okay, he is our president. >> rose: right. >> there is no question on his validity. there's no question about -- and he wants to work with people. that is his nature. it truly is in spite of what may be said in the campaign. the business community has to come together and say okay, we may disagree but ther

that line in the sand -- when you think from wall street and a business perspective seems far too bright given somebody has to pull back from the brink. >> you're saying that their sides are to distinct -- >> on this one issue. they drew a clear line about an issue is revenue inconsequenceal. you don't get to this by raising taxes on the wealthy. we have made this an issue. >> the president made it an issue. >> in our exit polling where he has the aagreement of people. not necessarily popular because most people would like to see no one's taxes go up, but 46% or about said they want it or would be in agreement with meem who make over 250,000. >> the polls aren't important -- what's important is he won a huge election. does that give him a mandate to do everything he ever said? of course not. saying that people like obama and governor romney should pay a little more is something he said in all three debates and said it over and over and over again in every stump speech. he has reason to believe that 125 million americans have now validated that. >> that's why i think the polls are importa

>> i wouldn't necessarily take the political stance but i look at it from a business perspective. income as businesses make money, please make money. i think also technology wise it helps us be a little bit more innovative. we're trying to make the experience of black friday be a little bit better. it's moving in to convenience and reliability, so you don't have to go to a physical store, you can be at home and do this as well. however, the day signals a day of buying and giving, and you can still do it in your own home, if you will. >> john: you are referring to cyber monday i guess? >> yeah, they are actually kind of blurring. it is more the weekend that gets everybody on a rally cry. we have seen a lot of brands blurring the line and saying we're going to have same pricing. whether it's online or in the stores. the stopping experience is shared on both. people are researching online and going into stores versus buying online. it's more like a big festival of maybe buying for other people. >> john: we want to know your thoughts out there in bill press radioland. please give us a

this election is just not the practical matter of fixing these things, but from the business community's perspectivenally responding to the shrill rhetoric coming out of washington and saying look, it is time for business to make the moral and ethical case for business as a moral enterprise. it used to be a positive thing to be in business in the united states of america today. and now it's rather pejorative if one stops and thinks about it. melissa: right. >> seems we lost the education element of this for a lot of people and time for to us take it back. melissa: but, clint, at the end of the day that is the philosophical side and you have to talk about the practical side. you have to run our businesses. we have to make money. we have to feed our families. we have to have a roof over our head. how are you going to do that? will you hire more part-time workers the way the rules of the game are set out? are you going to outsource more? what do you do? >> 1099 will be the buzzword of 201. we'll find ways to outsource every job function. i'm 40ish employees right now. come hell or high water i'm not go

to put it into perspective, small businesses are by definition glass-half- full people.e going to be optimistic. that's why they're in business, and that's why they're taking on these bigger companies. so when optimism is 2-in-3 being optimistic about the future, that's not strong optimism. > > there's always the unknowns, the uncertainties. one big component that had been unknown will be resolved next tuesday with the election. > > let's hope so. i think the election certainly will give some clarity to small business owners about the direction of our economy, about our fiscal and government policies, and that will allow them to play their cards in the way they think is right. whereas right now everybody is holding their cards, waiting to see what happens. > > michael alter with surepayroll. thanks so much. > > thanks for having me. the gloves are coming off. two traders dish on what's really happening in the markets. that's next in traders unplugged. with just a few days to go to the election, traders unplugged is going heavy on the economy today. professional options t

. >> brian: you're talking about from a political point, but i'm talking about from the business perspectivethat affect your business? >> it affects our business in a big way. airlines operate on a razor thin profit margin. we have navigated manmade disasters, navigate natural disasters. we don't need to navigate the fiscal cliff. that will hurt the economy. when the economy is bad, less people travel commercially for leisure, less people send packages. it hurts us and again, razor thin profit margin, we need a good economy, we need the economy good overt long haul. it's good for business. >> gretchen: do you think they were actually listening to what you had to say? >> i think they were. >> gretchen: really? >> yeah. i think it was a good discussion because the business radio he said were talking about what the impact of going overt cliff would be and also with a it would be down the line. >> gretchen: but so much, nick, of what's been discussed in the press is only about increasing taxes. you just got done talking about the fact that a stool falls over unless you have the other legs there.

the entertainment commission january 2012 i was sought out by entertainment businesses along 11th street and offer my perspective on the western soma plan. they expressed concerns that the plan insufficiently dealt with the businesses as a part of the fabric of the neighborhood and low on options with that neighborhood. central to their concern is that while a new entertainment uses are permitted in the proposed plan south of harrison it fails to adequately support the viability of the area for the future entertainment of western soma. the citizen status as legal non conforming uses and continuation in the plan effectively treats these important stakeholders as an after thought. night time entertainment is prohibited in much of the area. it divides and relocated it rather than treating as assets in the community. i have learned to come and respect how professionally the businesses operate and how passionately they care about the community and the impact they have on the community around them and furthermore i am impressed with the work of the entertainment commission, the police department and leaders in the ind

how important is it from a business perspective, where is the opportunity?er the first question first, which is how important an issue is it. i think it's the most important issue we face even though it's one we don't want to. i think if you look at what's been going on in new york, i don't think you can directly relate it to global warming, but i think the right analogy is to a baseball player taking steroids, which is all of a sudden in the '90s people were hitting a lot more home runs and hitting them a lot further, and i think really -- >> thewe haven't had a category land in seven years, first time in a century that hasn't happened. i hear what you're saying but you should at least, the hurricane activity has not picked up, since 2005, it was supposed to be every year and it hasn't happened. >> let me say two things, one is joe, good morning. >> good morning. >> nice to hear your voice. >> okay. >> the second thing i'd say is this in terms of weather related disasters, the cost in the last 30 years has gone up 5x. >> not in adjusted dollars. >> certainl

. >>> joining us for the next hour to talk about this election from the business perspective is ken langonean and president of invamed associates. we'll talk about your great charity and the langone medical center in a second. you're going to be with the governor tonight. >> yes, i am. >> and you are, how many electoral votes is he going to win? >> i think 300 or more. >> which states is, in your view will he pick? >> pennsylvania was gone a week a ago. it's now in play, wisconsin, iowa, this, believe me, the electoral college goes both ways, and i think the fact that a sitting president hasn't got 50%. >> in approval rating? >> the votes. >> the votes in one poll i think he has it. >> the only poll that matters is the poll that's happening today and whatever happens we're going to survive as a country. the important thing to me is that if the president wins, gets reelected he's going to have to understand he doesn't have a mandate. he does not have a mandate. >> does romney have a mandate, if you beat an incumbent sitting president, then do you have a mandate? >> no. >> neither will. >> no

underlying business environment circumstances improved or we'll see continued disappointing economic growth and pressure on the budget. we have to go back and redo it and redo it. this is the perspectiveto make these negotiations, i think the business community is really rallying around a rational set of policies, business communities is not imposing higher taxes for personal taxes, the business community is i think finally seeing the larger issue here and we're doing everything we can to bring the business community together. i hope the signals we're getting in washington are going to be supportive of actually getting something done now. >> getting something done and avoiding the fiscal cliff are not necessarily the same. >> no. i think avoiding the fiscal cliff is a critical and fundamental near term step but getting something done would be more of a strategic package of actions that are meant to really restart and jumpstart american competitiveness. all of our data show that the underlying conditions, the underlying costs of doing business in the u.s. are still out of line and we don't look quite as bad as we did a year ago because europe looks worse and japan is really stagnant, b

infrastructure there are hundreds of companies involved in that business they have secret international conferences they have perspectivethey give to the intelligence agencies that we have obtained and published this year together with privacy international the bureau of investigative journalism also the wall street journal has done some good work on this building devices that they advertise to intercept entire nations to install the data from those intercepts permanently strategic interception because it's cheaper so it's a. it's a combined corporate government amalgam that's one of the problems one of the reasons it's so unaccountable is it crosses boundaries these come companies don't just sell to the home country they sell to companies overseas that the shareholdings i have held in b.v.i. and the company might be british registered like b.a. but actually a lot of research and development is done in sweden exactly. and then you also have google and facebook who started out predominately serving the public but also have developed side projects to service the u.s. intelligence committee complex and individuals are cons

on wednesday president obama will meet with business leaders to get their perspective on what needs to be done. then he is going to meet with congressional leaders from both parties on friday. it's clear, however, that there is still a lot of ground to make up to reach a deal. >> i'm open to compromise. i'm open to new ideas. i'm committed to solving our fiscal challenges. but i refuse to accept any approach that isn't balanced. >> everyone wants to get our onomy moving again. everyone wants to get more americans back to work again. raising tax rates will slow down our ability to create the jobs everyone says they want. >> the automatic spending cuts and tax hikes will go into effect january 1st if nothing is done. >>> virginia governor bob mcdonald is already preparing for the worst. he is ordering all state agencies to immediately prepare to cut their budgets by 4%. in a memo to the agencies mcdonald's chief of staff says the process that congress may not reach a deal by the january 1st dead line means they need to prepare. the memo was sent just two days after president obama was re

it seems the small business committee is try to make drastic cuts. from our perspective, the new majority leadership is looking to make drastic cuts, many of the program will hold near and dear to our hearts. the question the leader is continually asking is, show me the jobs. she wants to see house bills come to the floor that create economic opportunity for middle- class -- all of americans. if the small business committee is looking to cut funds from the sba, we see that as a detriment. we do not believe in cutting to create more jobs. we agree with the idea of the recovery act, putting more money out there to get people employed. >> on congressional action, that is not my role. in san francisco, we have been the beneficiary. all small businesses should be aware that we have been the beneficiary of a lot of good resources for small businesses. we have more nonprofits that are funded through micro lending here in the city from sba programs. some are expected to be looked at for budget cuts. some will continue. but we have more of those programs in san francisco, really,

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