way that's ok we're doing ok and the example you mentioned where we managed to impersonate the dow chemical company on the twentieth anniversary of the bhopal catastrophe the world's largest industrial disaster for which dow chemical has met responsibility and we announced to the world that it was finally taking responsibility for this disaster and as you mentioned the dow stock price tumbled by several billion dollars when the world believed that that was true which kind of points to the problem with having markets decide what's right and what's wrong there's something running parallel with culture jamming it could be called capitalism jamming and situation like. crowd funding platforms like kickstarter are kicking the traditional capitalist models and opening it up to for. makers like yourself so it would seem really in the keeping with what you guys are doing tell us a little bit about actions switchboard what's that all about the action switchboard is a platform a human staff the platform that we're building that is going to be available to anybody to launch their own direct actions or

by dow chemical to spy on victims in bhopal having an alternate responsibility for the bhopal catastrophe and these activists wanting to hold out to account what does dao do because tao can't actually do anything legally against them they hire a spy agency called stratfor to spy on those activists so the stratfor this company . spied on the us. because they had no other recourse their emails were hacked and the world found out what they were doing and they just want to say it's utterly reprehensible for a company to be spying on its victims and that's what the world found out stratfor was doing among many many other nefarious activities and whoever did hack those e-mails whoever expose those e-mails from stratfor revealing all this did a tremendous service for democracy and against those who would. impede democracy so whoever did that did a tremendous service for all of us and i want to thank them. all right any because the yes men are two guys and they've done remarkable things in bringing awareness to the insidious and weak and ways these corporations but there are just two guys is ther

>> i would say to you, that is not a dow chemical conversation.hat is a conversation for the country. if that does not get the right structure in this country, we will go to countries where we can and we do. liz: if they got approval, would you pull that texas investment. >> we can see exports coming out of this country off to a certain amount without affecting the price. one terminal does not create and export sector. liz: last time we talked at the london olympics, you were concerned. how does your business look in those areas today? >> we are one of the first to feel it rebound. china is starting to come back. on the other side of china, we should start to see good rebound. that is the premise. here we are in the united states with one of the best economies in the world getting better and the potential to take them off the rails with the fiscal cliff conversation. liz: more than 200 companies have moved up their dividend of dave. do you have plans to speed up your favorites before the end of the year, andrew? >> we have a very healthy dividend

dow chemical is very interesting. >> that's no match for michigan's latest pro-business measure.ork force education. >> jon: yeah, i'm going to guess that's not really educating workers, is it? >> it's the opposite! if your business needs cheap workers to pull long hours, michigan will turn its schools into factories! no more recess, kids, now it's a five-minute smoke break then back to the metal-stamp magazine! newspaper. >> nice try. but indiana has the pension acceleration act. >> jon: for god's sake what are you euthanizing workers when they hit retirement age? >> come on! isn't that brilliant? >> yeah, well we will build you a pit where you can throw your payroll and watch workers fight over it for your amusement armed only with the bones of the fortunate dead. >> jon: oh, for god's sake, what is that called? >> that is the incentive-based compensation bill. governor snyder says he's ready to sign it. >> jon: . >> son of a bitch! >> who's the dingleberry now, jones, huh? >> jon: guys! these measures are creative but they don't create jobs. you're just trying to poach jobs fr

this has been mayan predictions stlat come true, a division of dow chemical. >> i can watch that over and over especially as a patriots fan. good morning. i'm brian schactman. this is a special end of the world edition of "way too early." thank you for being up with us today. we have a lot of news to talk about just in case the mayan calendar turns out to be wrong. plus, it's actually one of the busiest travel days of the year. right now a major blizzard is causing all sorts of trouble in the air and on the roads. we'll have a live report and the latest forecast in just a bit. but first, let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. >>> with 11 days until the fiscal cliff deadline, the house of representatives has gone home for christmas. and negotiations are in absolute limbo right now. in a pretty embarrassing setback last night, house speaker john boehner pulled the plug on his so-called plan b proposal that would have raised taxes on those making over $1 million. the republican-led house abruptly went on recess after boehner realized he just didn't have

the rumor and the neighborhood was that the plant was operated by dow chemicals and the rumor was theyre making household cleaning supplies. my mother thought they were making scrubbing bubbles, and was really apparent for quite a long time what was actually going on. and what happened at rocky flats now is that there has been a cleanup, a very controversial cleanup, the controversial levels of contamination remaining in the soil, and 1300 acres of this site are so profoundly contaminated that they can never ever be opened for human habitation. and the rest of the site is slated to open at the national wildlife refuge for hiking and biking and possibly even hunting. so they're still a great deal of contamination on the site and there's a lot of homebuilding and shopping malls and highways and all sorts of things going on out there. ..

chemical maker dow chemical was among the weakest in the materials sector as the company held an investor forum today. shares fell 3% on heavier than usual volume. while c.e.o. andrew liveris said they've seen signs of chinese manufacturing picking up in recent weeks, the company continues to plan for slow growth around the world next year. as part of dow's re- organization, the company plans to sell businesses that bring in $1 billion of revenue. competitor dupont also saw selling pressure today, falling 1.7%. this was the biggest percentage loser among stocks in the dow jones industrial average. database software company oracle isn't immune to the dividend gold rush we've seen as companies move to pay shareholders ahead of the new year and the likelihood of higher taxes. but oracle did not declare a special dividend. instead it will pay three quarters worth of pay-outs later this month. it means shareholders will get $0.18 per share, the equivalent of three quarters of regular dividends, in one payment. instead of paying the dividends on a regularly schedule quarterly basis next year, a

there like a private cia they spied on everything from the yes men to people who were opposing dow chemical for what happened in bhopal to organizations like peta they did work for the cia for the israeli army private security company revolving door with other government officials and they allegedly hacked into that jeremy hammond is accused of various computer fraud crimes which could amount as you said to a thirty seven year to life to life sentence he was part of this group allegedly called anonymous interestingly there was a government informant in that group a man made a name so blue and it's very arguable here. that the actual crime was in fact like many other entrapment we've heard of in recent times set up by the f.b.i. they bought the computer for their informants who they actually knew these documents were being allegedly were uploaded to my client wiki leaks and they let it happen in fact they facilitated it so you already have a crime that may not have actually been a crime but the worst aspect i saw was when i went to the bail hearing for jeremy hammond i saw a judge there who

and the ceo of dow chemical doesn't want you to. i don't get this.e are either for or against free trade. >> andrew is my friend as well. but we are for free trade. we are pleased that the white house is for free trade and the department offen a energy has d analysis. the more you export the more benefit to the united states in the form of job creation. so it is a win, win for us and we should play by the free market rules of free trade. what is his beef? i'm trying to understand this beef. is it prices? >> well, it is a mother's belief that if we could keep the price of natural gas at home, it would drive the price down. the price years ago at $13 was dropped to $3 wbecause of the free market. we need to let the free market work continue to produce the natural gas and where appropriate export it to keep that economic activity going and andrew and others will continue to have vast supplies of natural gas at affordable prices. >> if you are exporting, there is going to be global price setting as there is in the oil business. i understand they are on t

. >> dow chemical a huge consumer of natural gas.mental groups fear exports would lead to more fracking more production of greenhouse gases. marquis and dow argue exports could be bad for the economy by raising prices at home. dow ceo says the report offers the baffling con claugs tclusioe better offer using the national gas advantage to fuel growth in other regions verses strengthening the u.s. economy. prices wouldn't rise enough to matter adding dow's opposition is fundamentally unfair. >> what is good for the goose is good for the gander. if they want premarket to work so we can reduce product and market it we should pro vivide same standard from the energy industry. >> some argue it could help bring russian dominance in the market and pressure iran. brett? >> john, thank you. >> the signals are now glaring that president obama will actively pursue gun control in coming weeks. where does washington stand and what about the comprehensive solution ideas after friday's shooting in connecticut. we will look at all of it with the all

. >> that's a model that came right out of the vietnam war and dow chemical.s really good to bring the public's awareness of serberus, they live here among us, and it's a great idea to let the public know if our pension funds and public monies are being invested in those businesses, we want to pull back and say no. >> eliot: and if we stay silent and do nothing we're complicity complicity{^l"^^}. i think we need to say stop, and shut them down. that's my sermon for tonight. jackie hilly, thank you so much for your insights tonight. and sam, stick around so we can delve deeper into the corrosive affect of the you know who's coming on to me now? you know the kind of guys who do like verse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. >> she gets the comedians laughing... >> that's hilarious! >> ...and the thinkers thinking. >> okay, so there's wiggle-room in the ten commandments is what you're telling me. >> you would rather deal with ahmadinejad then me. >> absolutely! >> and so would mitt romeny. >> she's joy behar. >> and the best pa

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. >> that's a model that came right out of the vietnam war and dow chemical.s really good to bring the public's awareness of serberus, they live here among us and it's a great idea to let the public know if our pension funds and public monies are being invested in those businesses, we want to pull back and say no. >> eliot: and if we stay silent and do nothing we're complicity complicity{^l"^^}. i think we need to say stop, and shut them down. that's my sermon for tonight. jackie hilly, thank you so much for your insights tonight. and sam, stick around so we can delve deeper into the corrosive affect of the nra on the gun debate. that's next on "viewpoint." democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. >> eliot: the almighty national rifle association would like you to believe that it is the formidable political force but is the nra's bark worse than its bite? mayor michael bloomb

obama met with ceos from g.e., hi, former bosses, american express and he thinkna and xerox and dow chemical and ibm and she have ron and proctor and gamble. then home depot, goldman sachs, merck, coca-cola, macy's, yahoo, comcast, hi, current boss, marriott, at&t, it is not quite the entire fortune 500 but it's close. it is about to get closer. tomorrow there is a third meeting. the president speaking to another 100 or so ceos in washington. that makes three meetings with ceos in four weeks. this personal attention from the president has led to lots of positive statements from business leaders. for example, the head of marriott calling the president, quote, resoundingly reasonable. and yes, that is same marriott corporation that just put mitt romney back on the board of directors after his loss in the presidential election to that resoundingly reasonable president obama. mr. romney may have lost african-americans and latinos and women and young people and gay people and single people and independents and everybody in the country who makes $50,000 a year or less, but you know, mitt romney di

taking a look here, dow chemical, its ceo andrew liver speaking at the company's investor forum today saying that the company is taking "swift and decisive actions to protect its growth plan and to drive near-term value." specifically, they are cutting a number of things. they've accelerated interventions to reduce costs. they expect to deliver $1 billion in cost interventions in 2013. >>> 108,000. that is how many civilian defense jobs are at risk if we go over the fiscal cliff. that's according to the center for strategic and budgetary assessments. >> the defense industry is sounding the alarm. dozens of industry leaders are in washington, d.c. taking their case to congress and the president and going over that cliff could be a threat to our national security. let's bring in david hess, president of pratt and whitney. david, how severe is the problem? critics will say that the defense industry has grown pretty much every year for the last 20 years and that we probably spend way too much on defense anyway. >> it's hard to understand that comment. quite honestly what often gets missed

this has been mayan predictions that have come true a division of dow chemical. >> all you can do istill here that's >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald >>> it's 7:26. i'm michelle griego. four people are being treated for injuries after a hit-and- run in san francisco. it happened just before 9:00 last night in the twin peaks area. one of the victims has injuries considered life-threatening. investigators have detained a suspect and are looking into whether drugs or alcohol were factors. >> police are being called out to several bay area shopping malls this morning to combat big crowds. it's all in response to the release of the new air jordan 11 shoe. very popular. stay with us, traffic and weather in just a moment. [ laughter ] [ girl ] wow you guys have it easy. i wish i had u-verse when i was your age. in my day, we didn't have these fancy wireless receivers. blah blah blah. if i had a sleepover i couldn't just move the tv into the playroom. no. we had to watch movies in the den because that's where the tv outlet was. and if dad was snoring on the couch, we muscled

dow chemical just proposed building the largest chemical plant it has in the world here in this countryse of the competitive advantage of natural gas. imagine if we could liquify, ship it to europe, ship it to the far east. not only would we have a huge impact on trade balance but actually help the economies out too. game-changer. harris: you mentioned cash on the sidelines. where is that coming from? >> corporate america and consumers, and we saw it this past christmas now with sales, have been holding onto their cash. they are worried. you can plan for anything as long as you know what the ground rules are going to be. washington has not given us the ground rules. once that clarifies i know it will have negative impact short term. corporate america will say, you know what? we will go ahead and build the plant. we'll go ahead and hire. we'll put money into the economy. it is estimated between one and $3 trillion sitting on the sidelines. harris: tell me what the deal is so we can go forward, is that it? >> higher taxes and entitlement cuts. harris: before you go, i hear a huge however,

senator ron wyden, congressman ed markey of massachusetts all lining up in opposition along with the dow chemicaltion. these three arguing that exports could raise the price of natural gas domestically and hurt industries like dow that use an awful lot of it. here's what the ceo said about that. he said, quote: the report, the department of energy report, offers the baf ling conclusion that the u.s. would be better off using its domestic natural gas advantage to fuel growth and jobs in other regions versus strengthening the u.s. economy ask through manufacturing and benefiting consumers with lower energy costs. that brought this reaction from the oil and gas industry. >> what's goose is good for the gander. if the chemical industry wants the free market to work so they can produce product and export it, we should apply the same standard to the natural gas and oil industry. >> reporter: so how much natural gas do we actually have? well, according to the industry, about 900 years -- 100 years' worth, so much so that in the u.s. could become energy self-sufficient within the next few years. the curr

. >> slap in the face of dow chemical. of coke, not coke the beverage company. but this was something that was hotly disputed within the romney campaign. he really let this stuff go because the romney campaign had some very big givers that were chemical companies. >> do we know, say, very bad, how much will prices conceivableably go up if we become an exporter of natural gas? is it that great a difference? >> we burn offer more natural gas than we use. burn off, in other words literally, you see those flames, we flare more than we use. so we got a real excess of this stuff. >> the government says that the -- 6.6% of current u.s. consumption. >> why would prices move that dramatically at all? wouldn't they just come down globally? >> the average, our $16 goes to $4. it costs $7 to get stuff from the united states. >> you should argue that they should go down because they went be the only one. dominion has brooif cove, that's the one that's most ready to go. the gorgon numbers, this is the gigantic l & e experts. it's not going to cost $60 billion. these plants co

this has been "mayan predictions that have come true," a division of dow chemical. >> how did they know> i don't know. so weird. >> how did they know that? >> good morning, everyone. it's friday, december 21st. can you believe it? welcome to "morning joe." with us on set, we have the chairman of deutsche incorporated, donny deutsch. and msnbc political analyst and visiting professor at nyu, former democratic congressman, harold ford jr. >> good morning. >> and in washington, msnbc and "time" magazine senior political analyst, mark halperin. >> listen to the song. ♪ waiting for the end of the world ♪ >> good call, kid. elvis costello. "end of the world." >> "end of the world." it's here. no. no, no. >> what's this "new york post" stuff? what's going on? >> i don't know. olympic gold medalist turned prostitute. >> are you serious? >> the thing about the "post," they are always on the pulse. >> exclusive piece or is it in "the times," too? >> here's -- i'm glad it's going on in new york. they're getting ready for the holiday season. >> they've got their eye on the ball. >> i don't know wha

about growth and this is looking good here, folks, and this is why we are seeing this dow component, this chemicalr, liz and dave, moveing to the upside dramatically. it's breaking news, and as we noted, announcing a share buy back of the company stock, something that they talk about, the fourth quarter performance, expected at the high end of the previous guidance. this is basically saying dupont saying, we're doing great, giving nice numbers here, and as a result, the stock's jumping. back to you. liz: thank you, nicole, very much. david: s&p futures closing now, back to lair at the cme. what do you think? >> what i sense is an interesting fact behind me, closing exactly where we were right before the election, and we fell, as you know, we fell 6.5% and rallied since then. what's the moral of the story? we had time to digest obama's misguided policy and adjust the cliff with the hill, and the market marchs on. twelve reasons the market will go down, but concentrating on multiples, the market's healthy, and the trade pain is on the upside. david: don't fight the market or your ideological beat th

dow is down 11. now this. apple, that is the stock of the day. i want to check it chemicaloes come back, its $11 loss. >> reporter: at antelope. not too far off that unchains line. buying an apple back. not necessarily this morning. it looks like some people did that. stuart: down today, but not that much at this moment. i say this stock is down because people are selling to take that profit this year at a lower profit tax rate and there will be in place next year. you say what? >> that is probably one of the reasons. there is also just some worry that maybe apple has lost its competitive edge in there are some technical reasons. a whole variety of reasons. selling began selling. sometimes it becomes a proverbial snowball. stuart: most of our viewers, anyone with money in mutual fund would be feeling this because most mutual funds would have little apple in them. >> ado about a dozen portfolio reviews a week. every find, i don't care what the name is, it has ample and there..3 everyone is holding apple watching this right now. stuart: does that report came out, late yesterd

chemical weapons, but the obama mideast policy is evolving quickly. national security experts joining us to give us their action here in just moments. first, and tonight's "moneyline," the dowtrial wenner, the fifth straight for the dow over the past five days, the longest winning streak since back in mid march. a7-day run. news of possible movements in the fiscal put negotiations can read life into the markets tomorrow. fox news confirming president obama and the house speaker did talk on the phone today and traded proposals. advisers to the presidency the two sides are making progress. as with a market, stocks finied well off of flies, but still up solidly. the dow up 79 points, s&p nine, nasdaq 35. all three indexes moving above their 50 day moving averages for the first time in three months. volume picking up on the big board. three and a half billion shares traded. technology, the principal driver in the market. microsoft up on news it is upn production of its surface table, service tablet to better compete with appe, on a bullish report from merrill lynch about the growth of the smart phone and ipad markets. aig stock up on news the government sold the remaining commo