fare increases. this comes under strong public scrutiny and similarities between these and others. the third issue is that the combination is likely to affect a number of important routes and markets. half of the routes affected would be entirely or merely monopolize. u.s. air would create a dominant firm the would restrict service, particularly since the carriers are each other's closest competitors, increasing the risk that the remaining legacies could coordinate capacity and low cost carriers would no longer have a strong incentive to maintain aggressive pricing. low-cost carriers can no longer be it relied upon to save the day. the dwindling stock makes them increasingly unreliable as a source in the industry. they may find it more difficult to enter legacy dominated jobs. in cities affected by the merger in secondary airports the risk may not provide a good substitute for consumers. many midsize communities have seen reductions as results of previous mergers and evidence indicates that they have

than what the lowest fare will eventually be. >> fare pricing is not regulated by the government.he department of transportation does not want to be involved in fares and pricing. >> they let the airlines do what they want with the frequent flyer. they let them adjust prices. they're not a watching these. >> and as despite a plethora of travel booking sites, analyst's biggest tip is to find a good travel agent. >> the travel agent will know when they load the computer with the farees, whether it's a tuesday morning or wednesday morning. they're going to be right on it and check that fare as it changes into the computer. >> the study also found the idea of booking the trip on a tuesday will save you big money? is actually a myth. cheap air found that in fact on average your saving was no more than just a few dollars. >> ama: a celebrate auction but with a different twist. a private let county is putting letters and manuscripts up for sale. marilyn monroe says she thinks she is going crazy. an angry letter written by john len unanimous to paul mccartney. >> let's go to leigh glaser.

the consumers might see higher fares because mergers tend to lead to higher fares. there is government data that shows that. once you eliminate a competitor, it gives the carriers that are left more room to raise ticket prices. host: you mentioned more destinations as a result of this merger. was that the key factor in bringing this merging together was there something else behind it? guest: there had been a move toward consolidation in the industry. most people who watch the industry and care about the industry think it is a good thing. the industry becomes less fragmented. the industry is put on a more secure financial footing. the industry, including the american-u.s. airways deal, we have seen that one deals since 2008, when consolidation starting with delta and northwest. this particular deal, the american-u.s. airways deal, is one that the market has been excited about because of the possibility of combining the two networks and because it moves the industry toward better financial footing. host: our first call for karen jacobs of reuters comes from angel in p

we linked to the paper on cnn.com/fareed.ndinavian welfare system provides a number of benefits, more vacations, better health care, more equality. but when it comes to innovation, the u.s. still wins. for example, if you look at patents filed per million residents, the study shows the u.s. has moved far ahead of scandinavian countries. here's why this is important. unlike a health care system which only benefits people of one particular country, innovation has global impacts. new american inventions spread around the world. according to the paper's authors, scandinavian countries free ride on u.s. research and development. but if the u.s. became scandinavian, it would spend less on innovation, which might reduce global growth rates and, thus, discredit the scandinavian model. the paper has been criticized for using patents, but, even so, this is an important discussion. it ties into many of the questions our leaders are grappling with. does the state need to make societies more equal? does that come at a cost? there is much

lowest fare will be. >> fare pricing not regulated by the government.at the department of transportation does not want to be involved in fares and pricing. >> think let airlines do do what they want with frequent flyer, they're not watching these. >> and despite the travel booking sites, the biggest tip is find a good travel agent. >> travel agent going know when they load computer with their fares. whether it's a tuesday morning or wednesday morning. they're going to be on it and check that fare as it changes into the computer. >> the study also found idea booking a trip on a tuesday i'm told is a good idea, will save you big money is a myth. cheap air found on average savings was no more than a few dollars, that is not my experience. i'll have to double check that. >> what a shock. >> yes. >> thank you. >> from modern day flying. >> and what this plane is doing here in the bay area, we'll take you on a tour up next. >> and coming up at 5:00 major on ska tell preventing working mothers from having it all. a lawmaker steps up to change that. and the maj

i'm fareed zakaria. we have a terrific show for you today with some of the best interviews of the year so far. a king, one of the world's richest men, a prime minister and a former prime minister. first up, king abdullah ii of jordan. the man in the middle of the middle east. his nation sits in the midst of turmoil between syria, egypt, israel, iraq and saudi arabia. then, the richest man in india. mukesh ambani. the first-time tv cameras have ever been allowed inside his 27-story home. also, two prime ministers. dmitry medvedev of russia on syria and his relationship with president putin and the former prime minister john howard of australia on how his country acted after a tragic gun massacre. what the united states can learn. but, first, here's my take. it's a given that washington is broken. that the two parties seem incapable of coming together to get things done. but here is something president obama could probably do by himself that would be a signal accomplishment of his presidency, end the war o

i'm fareed zakaria. on today's show we'll tackle drones, the death of hugo chavez, the keystone pipeline and china's new leaders. we'll start with the keystone pipeline. # i'll tell you why it should be built. then i'll have one of the most determined opponents, the head of the sierra club tell me why he disagrees. >>> next up, hugo chavez is dead. will his successor continue chavez's antiamerican, antiwestern, anticapitalist ways or is this the beginning of a new venezuela? we have a great panel. including moses nian. >>> also, rand paul is worried about americans killing americans on american soil. he's right. but there's another huge problem with drones we need to start worrying about. i'll explain. >>> first, here's my take. later this year the obama administration will have to make a decision on whether to green light the keystone pipeline. that's the 2,000 mile pipeline that would bring oil from the tar sands of canada to the gulf of mexico. i'm sure you've heard all the dire warnings about it. but

time to find the cheapest fares.of cheap air. >>the best time to buy on average in 2012 for domestic flights was 49 days in advance, seven weeks. if international, 89 days. the day of the week you choose to fly can save a last money, tuesday and wednesday are cheaper than other days of the week. >> friday and sunday are the most expensive, and, in fact, on average, if you fly on a tuesday you save $58 opposed to fly on sunday. >> most of us know the most expensive times to by a ticket is last minute but he says the second worst thing to do is boy the ticket too early. a flight opens for sale somewhere between 330 and 335 days in advance the. >> the starting fares are higher than what the lowest fare will be. >> pricing is not regulated by the government. a travel lawyer says the department of transportation does not want to be involved in fares and pricing. >> they let the airlines do what they want with frequent flying public and they let them adjust the prices. they are not watching this. >> and despite the booking

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fares jumping to 225 -- $2.25 on july 1. the agency considering changing routes to bring more service to busiest line autos more trouble for the carnival cruise line. one ship is stuck in port. a second ship is now having trouble getting home. the carnival legend is the second cruise line affected in the caribbean in just two days. the company says a mechanical problem with the ship's propulsion system slowed the speed. the captain is skipping a stop and heading towards florida. in st. martin a passenger on -- passengers on board carnival dream will be flown home today after a problem on that ship. >> everyone gave me a hard time booking this cruise saying i can't believe you're going ton a carnival cruise after what happened on the triumph. >> last month an engine fire left the triumph stranded with 4200 passengers for five days. all that is happening is that carnival is reporting a profit. >> students in a northern new jersey school have until monday to delete nude photos they've exchanged using a popular app. the brief pe

fares will do what fares do. but as it relates to mergers, nothing in our models have us increasing-- creating revenues by increasing fares. it's all about getting more customers on to the airline because we can connect more people. >> rose: what's your strategy for getting more customers on the plane? >> well -- >> rose: what do we want? >> well, there are a lot of things our customers want. and we try and provide all that -- >> rose: one is price. >> one is price. very important is schedule, particularly to business passengers. "i want veps of schedule." the merger allows us to do that in a way neither of us can do today and compete with two airlines that are doing it better than we are with bigger schedules. schedules are extremely important. being able it fly places people want to fly when they want to fly. this new airline will be able to do that better. passengers want operationals reliability. customers want operational reliability. get me where you said you would get me on time with my bags. the industry

the consumers might see higher fares because mergers tend to lead to higher fares.here is government data that shows that. once you eliminate a competitor, it gives the carriers that are left more room to raise ticket prices. host: you mentioned more destinations as a result of this merger. was that the key factor in bringing this merging together was there something else behind it? guest: there had been a move toward consolidation in the industry. most people who watch the industry and care about the industry think it is a good thing. the industry becomes less fragmented. the industry is put on a more secure financial footing. the industry, including the american-u.s. airways deal, we have seen that one deals since 2008, when consolidation starting with delta and northwest. this particular deal, the american-u.s. airways deal, is one that the market has been excited about because of the possibility of combining the two networks and because it moves the industry toward better financial footing. host: our first call for karen jacobs of reuters comes from angel in pla

we have not seen a lot of fare sales. are the airlines jacking up the fares?hey haven't been able to. you will see that the average air fare here in the united states, while it has gone up slightly, it has not been huge. delta, wow. look at that return over the last six months, up 76%. when you compare alaska versus the dow, no comparison at all. til tylor, analysts are expecting a posted profit. >> phil, a quick follow up. fares may not have gone up very much but fees have. >> and that's where they're making their money. and that's the different between some carriers making and others losing money. >> all right. thanks very much. monday is analyst time. they are looking at citi and best buy and yahoo!. today we grade the graders after this. [ male announcer ] the lexus command performance sales event has begun. ♪ featuring the powerful gs. ♪ just when you thought you had experienced performance a new ride comes along and changes everything. ♪ get great values on your favorite lexus models during the command performance sales event. this is the pursuit of perf

i agree with fareed. has the potential to be very significant because it's been since the jimmy carter administration when the united states has had the chance to have extended discussions with any iranian government. we haven't had any kind of discussions like that since then, so we need the time and space to figure out if there's a diplomatic deal and i think it's positive he made the officer, it would be more if the supreme leader acknowledged it. when biden made the offer, the supreme leader turned it down. the other fact here is that iran's having presidential elections in june and while they may be ready for direct talks, it may be they'll wait until june when they have a new president before they're agreed to substantial talks. >> so then what does the state department do as a signal back to iran that says hey, we understand your offer for talks or at least your response. here's how we're going to put it together. >> well, i think the state department is going to wait for us since there's no contac

what is my fare? uber will go home. and i will take over. thank you very much. >> (calling names) >> good afternoon board of directors. we need an app, a universal app for all the cabs on the same app. some of them have flywheel; some taxi magic; some uber, whatever there is something they are doing. when the mca to come up; existing hardware is already in in half the cabs, the software mounted. i have a phone in my cab with flywheel; it works great. if i get to matters and no one is there, my cell phone is programmed into the app, rings with the customer on the other end, you're on 4th avenue, not 4th street. whatever. it works great. even when it doesn't. we need this technology because right now flywheel isn't 700 cabs on that app, i asked people, how long did you wait for this ride, saturday night? 9-10 minutes. it can imagine with 1700 we are going to solve a big demand issue assuming you want to solve the demand issue; you don't want to just throw medallions of the problem. this is a holistic approach, a way to solve the demand issue.

the cab driver pulled over thinking it was a fare and as he did, it got loud. >> the suspects began jumping up and down. and they shattered the windshield of the taxicab. >> he took advice and locked all the doors. few minutes later. he opened the door and left the cab with the keys in the ignition. the 25-year-old suspect took off in the cab. >> you are concerned about driver safety. when i heard the driver was okay. that was my first priority. >>> the cab company's dispatch was able to record the cab's every moment and following it into jackson and spruce where they created a perimeter. they clipped two patrol scars. the officers, fearing for their lives. fired at the cab. >> we located the abandoned cab and we found the suspect and he was taken into custody. >> the cab was found abandoned. each of the yellow cabs had gps&p that was relayed to the police shortly thereafter. he was arrested. >>> our dispatch supervisor got on the phone to the police. told the police what happened. and was able to follow it on his gps screen and tell them where the cab was and track it until he apprehended

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fewer airlines mean less reason to resist fare hikes.are increases have been less than inflation, especially when you consider how much fuel has gone up in the last decade. also, on top of this, they claim that only 12 of the 900 domestic routes are overlapping when you consider both airlines. there is still plenty of process. wilbur, american airlines still in bankruptcy. back to you. dagen: thank you so much for that. as long as the service improves on american, i would vote for them. connell: not saving enough? apparently, a lot of people are not. before here are some of today's winners on the s&p 500. ♪ >> announcer: you never know when, but thieves can steal your identity and turn your life upside down. >> hi. >> hi. you know, i can save you 15% today if you open up a charge card account with us. >>ou just read my mind. >>nnouncer: just one little piece of information and they can open bogus accounts, stealing your credit, your money and ruining your reputation. that's why you need lifelock to relenessly protect what matters most...

you can get the audio podcast for free or you can buy the video version. itunes.com/fareed. this week's book of the week is david shambaugh's "china goes global." one of the world's top china experts talks to chinese leaders, uses detailed research and demonstrates the nature and extent of china's global power and ambitions. but perhaps most surprisingly, its limitations, if you think china is about to take over the world, you need to read this excellent book. now for the last look -- tensions are high enough between israel and post revolution egypt, but now they threat ton get truly biblical. you see the sinai, the border between the two nations has always been a point of contention, it's historically been one of israel's toughest spots to defend against illegal immigrants, against would-be terrorists, now there's a new kind of unwanted guest, swarming over the border -- locusts. now, if you remember your biblical history, it was egypt that was plagued with locusts, along with many other things. back in the pharaoh's time and when the plagues were over and the israelites we

over and we won't raise the fare. >> john: but of course, government did.w the government builds subways, construction takes longer. this subway was supposed to be done in 1938. then he they said, 1980. now they say 2018. it's taken so long, that the subway cars built for it, which cost a million dollars each now won't be used because they know longer fit the track and we no longer need the ultraviolet lights they have to kill polio germs. so private companies did it faster 150 years ago. without this modern equipment. why? because they had competition and their own money on the line. >> i want to recognize upfront a number of official-- elected officials. >> john: politicians have different senses, like sucking up to other politicians. >> counsel member jessica-- >> and government workers have time to stand around. yet, despite the delays, despite the billions lost, government wants more trains. >> it's rail, rail, rail and rail. >> john: up next, do you like these beautiful homes? >> you should, you probably helped pay for them. >> finally, our top myth.

we have a much lower cost structure and we when we enter a market we bring much lower fares than theket is typically seeing and we tend to add capacity to carry the growth we create. so we're not out there to take share from other airlines. we're there to grow the traveling market base and we carry that growth. so while consolidation is good for the overall industry we're independent of that and will continue relatively independent of that. >> which brings me full circle when i first started buying stocks in the early '80s. i bought people express and the reason i bought that they were a low-cost producer. they were just trying to take share from the higher cost producer. is it different that the take share game is a sucker's game? >> well, it is. what you have, one of the things that's true in the airline business and you know this, jim, average costs tend to be very high and marginal costs tend to be very low. so if the seat's going to be empty and it will be available anyway, they'll sell it for any price and that creates price competition and that's why if you're in a share steal

>> southwest average fares are much higher than spirit's and what southwest will really isn't tellingthat the cost of your bags is included in the price of your ticket. so the reality is if you check a lot of bags southwest may be a good value, but if you're not checking bags you're paying too much for your ticket. spirit, we let you pay if you take the bags and we save you the money if you don't take the bags. so we think our process is much more customer friendly. >>> >> in your conference call you addressed what i talk about on the show, the consolidation. even though i've been pro-consolidation your story isn't about consolidation at all, and it's about where they're not! >> yeah, you know, consolidation in the industry has stabilized the industry in a lot of ways. it's a reduced total capacity and it's reduced the number of competitors in most markets and that has created a more stable environment for the industry, but it's largely as unaffected spirit's growth and we have a much lower cost structure and we when we enter the market we bring much lower fares than the market is typ

one site offers to family who is can't afford the cost. >>> today, pope said his fare well. >> the reign of pope benedict's reign is over. the man who had led the catholic church greeted supporters today. >> i would still like, with all my heart and my love and my prayer, my mediation and all inner strength to work for the church and the community. >> promising them his obedience to his successor. >> as he prepares for a life of prayer, he gave no hints as to what might be the leader of one million catholics around the world. >> logic tells us he has to look for the right person, who is the most adequate which is so important for the church and the world. >>> the cardinals will meet on monday to decide exactly when the conclave begins, a secret process by which the cardinals choose one of their own to be the new pontiff. >> they would like to see a new pope in time for holy week, which is march 31st. in rome, fox news. >>> catholic congregation in the bay area joined others wide with a special thanksgiving mass today. another former san francisco archbishop is currently in vatican city w

today, bart's board of directors approved a more than 5- percent increase in fares.costs of parking in bart lots, and bart will start charging at a number lots which are currently free. however, the cost hike will not affect the west oakland lot, which already charges a maximun parking rate of 5 - dollars. the additional revenue raised. will be used to purchase new trains throughout the system the fare increase is set to take place starting january 2014. >> jacqueline: saturday and sunday, some cooler conditions. the fog will return. this shifting pattern but first, let us take a look at the satellite. clear skies off the coast this high-pressure is pushing this system to the north. as it continues it will shift away from the north. when we see that pattern we see less fog. it will help with the decreases of the sea breezes. tomorrow, 70's in the south bay. palo alto. 71 degrees in mountain view. a mixture of '60s and '70s for the east today. 70's inland. the same in antioch, livermore. closer to the coast i think we're going to of the influence of those a sea breeze

we've linked them all on cnn.com/fareed. clear, i am not recommending higher taxes on rich people, but it's important to examine the facts. we tend to think california or new jersey made a mistake simply because high-profile celebrities threaten to leave the state. but the facts show that this is more complex. you can question the policy, but not the numbers. taxing the rich, so fart a least, has clearly generated more money than produced losses. this is true up to a point, of course. what about taxes around the world. do people move from high tax to low-tax areas? the data is more difficult to gleam there. i couldn't help but wonder as i watched him show off his new passport in the russian republic, he would need to spend six months of the year in russia to qualify for its 13% tax rate. to do that, he would have to deal with russia's frigid winters and deal with a culture that is not always friendly to foreigners trade french food for russian food and, most importantly, he'd have to give up what is surely one of life's grea

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i'm fareed zakaria. this week america's wars. past, present and future. the korean war has started, again, technaically. could there be conflict? if there is, the united states is bound by treaty to be involved. then afghanistan. the deadly afghan attacks on americans continue from the taliban on the one side and from harmid karzai on the other. is it just time to get out? also ten years on since the iraq war. was it worth it? >> the price was high and i think the price and lives is the one i feel the most acutely. >> an exclusive conversation with paul wolfowitz, who is often seen as the intellectual godfather of that war. >>> from war to love. what countries do americans love and hate. we have an actual list. >>> but, first, here's my take. just when you thought north korea could not get any stranger, it did. and the past few weeks this impositive rshed isolationed nation has tested a nuclear bomb, threatened a preementative nuclear attack on the united states and ended the korean war and declared its intention to rein bullets to its nbaer to the south.

. >>> the board of directors the looking for ways to avoid a automatic fare increase. if they don't it will increase july 1. one of the options the board is considering lowering the basic fare to $2 and changes routes. the board hopes toes have a more definitive plan by next month. >>> several blocks of foothill boulevard, a street and mission boulevard will be converted to one way. it is the downtown loop. center dividers have been change. it's the final phase of a multiyear project. you can go to ktvu.com and click on web links for full details on the changes. >>> toyota is recalling 200,000 suvs due the seat belt problems. the seat belt retractors could come off. the problem involves 209,000 fj cruisers from the 2000 through 213 model years. >>> an ace bay family is picking up the pieces after a house fire in pittsburgh. flames broke out before 5:00 a.m. on the house on hill view drive, not far from buchanan road. heavy smoke was pouring from the home when firefighters arrived. they were abaconned by an -- awoken by an explosion. >> i'm in shock, i can't look at it.

. >> an ac transit is considering lowering fares and expanding service. they were presented to the board of directors this week. it includes lowering the bus fare to $2 instead of raising it to 2525 -- 225 odds and eliminating paper transfers. they will give the board a more definitive plan next months. riders will have a chance to voice their opinions on proposed changes. >>> bart is kicking off an all access week for bicyclists. that means, you can bring bikes on to trains at any time. the current official policy only allows bikes during noncommute hours. they have been allowing bikes during commute times as a test. there is an exception. it begins next week. bicyclists are being asked not to use the first three cars on the bart train. >>> a plan to ease traffic congestion in downtown heyward goes on tonight. crews will change traffic signs and lightses creating one way traffic on the hayward loop. it begins tonight. on mission and jackson streets. and is expected to continue through the weekend. president obama is is in illinois today. during the past

transit fares! as in the 37 billion transit fares we help collect each year. no? oh, right.'re thinking of the 1.6 million daily customer care interactions xerox handles. or the 900 million health insurance claims we process. so, it's no surprise to you that companies depend on today's xerox for services that simplify how work gets done. which is...pretty much what we've always stood for. with xerox, you're ready for real business. >>> the judge in the colorado theater shooting case has cleared the way for suspect james holmes to enter a plea. defense lawyers had filed a motion with the judge. they wanted him to declare the state's law on the insanity plea unconstitutional. the judge refused the motion, but he did grant a request to explain the consequences of an insanity plea. holmes is accused of killing a dozen people and injuring at least 58 others in a movie theater in aurora, colorado, last july. >>> in arizona, the jodi arias trial is keeping millions of people riveted. and the jury in the case just might be revealing how it thinks -- what it thinks of arias and her t

. >> now for a look at what's coming up in sports, here's ahmed fareed from comcast. hello, ahmed. >> good evening. we're going global. we'll tell you how the u.s. basketball program is helping a young man change his life. that's coming up next. ooh kfc. hey, you're supposed to wait for everybody. you know what, while we're waiting why don't we play a game of hide and seek? right now? yeah go hide. go on buddy. one, two... [ son ] come and find me! three! [ son ] are you even looking for me? i am looking! [ male announcer ] bite-sized chicken's grown up. kfc bites. freshly hand-breaded big bites of premium breast meat, seasoned in the colonel's original recipe. try 10 bites with an 8 piece meal for $19.99. [ son ] dad? [ male announcer ] today tastes so good. >>> i'm ahmad fareed from the affinity sports desk. the u.s. has a basketball center that has traveled a long way from home. we have the story of a chinese freshman and hilz ns new life i america. >> reporter: it is fitting in a city as diverse as san francisco that you would find one of the only chinese board d-

a fare increase is on the way.haaziq madyun tells know >> reporter: these add fare signs at bart stations have taken on a new meaning now that the price of purchasing a bart ticket will be going up >> "what's going on?" >> reporter: off what you need to knownow that bart's board of directors approved an inflation-based-fare increase starting january 1, 2014it will cost bart passengers an extra 5.2% to get to their destinations for exampleright now a round concord bart station to let's saycivic center in san francisco costs$10.70add 5.2% to that and cost increases to $11.26. or longer distance round trip from concord to the san right now costs$20.80next not feeling good about it? >> >> places i don't mind paying >> reporter: in fact bart says the used to purchase new trains throughout the systemin concord haaziq madyun kron 4 systemin conyou can't move the tv there. yuh-huh. we have a wireless receiver. listen. back in my day, there was no u-verse wireless receiver that let you move the tv away from the tv outlet. w

the high cost could be its own undoing, bringing a swift end to the landmark 0 euro fair -- fare. >>hat report brings us to the end of this edition of "european journal." from all of us here at dw studios in brussels, we thank you for watching. we hope you can join us again next week. until then, auf

transit fares! as in the 37 billion transit fares we help collect each year. no? oh, right.'re thinking of the 1.6 million daily customer care interactions xerox handles. or the 900 million health insurance claims we process. so, it's no surprise to you that companies depend on today's xerox for services that simplify how work gets done. which is...pretty much what we've always stood for. with xerox, you're ready for real business. >>> here we go again, another budget from paul ryan, another lightning rod for democrats to attack the gop's economic proposals. remember when mitt romney picked paul ryan to be his running mate? we predicted then it would turn a spotlight on paul ryan's budget proposals and we were right. joe biden and president obama wasted no time using it to bludgeon the gop nominees. >> romney said, quote, it was marvelous, and that had he been president if it passed, he would sign it. now, that same budget, the ryan budget, the "new york times" in the past called him, i quote, the most extreme budget plan by a house of congress in modern times. >> i want to

transit fares! as in the 37 billion transit fares we help collect each year. no? oh, right.thinking of the 1.6 million daily customer care interactions xerox handles. or the 900 million health insurance claims we process. so, it's no surprise to you that companies depend on today's xerox for services that simplify how work gets done. which is...pretty much what we've always stood for. with xerox, you're ready for real business. >>> quick market flash. >> that's right, take a look at shares of verifone. this is ticker pay. electronic payment systems. shares spiking after hours. up more than 8% on the announcement that the ceo is stepping down from his role of both ceo and chairman. he's been leading the company for 12 years. interim ceo is the current chairman stepping in to take over. and shares are spiking on the news about back to you. >> thank you so that. meanwhile activist investors on on a war path to break up the roles across corporate america. the sec telling the bank it has to vote on a shareholder proposal by ctw investment group calling for a split of the chairman

the high cost could be its own undoing, bringing a swift end to the landmark 0 euro fair -- fare. >>hat report brings us to the end of this edition of "european journal." from all of us here at dw studios in brussels, we thank you for watching. we hope you can join us again next week. until then, auf wiedersehen and bye for now. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums transit fares!in the 37 billion transit fares we help collect each year. no? oh, right. you're thinking of the 1.6 million daily customer care interactions xerox handles. or the 900 million health insurance claims we process. so, it's no surprise to you that companies depend on today's xerox for services that simplify how work gets done. which is...pretty much what we've always stood for. with xerox, you're ready for real business. >>> training for a triathlon is no easy task and getting to the finish line requires months of dedication and hard work. for fit nation participant annette miller training had been a triumph. miller lost 46 pounds in 14 months and sanjay gupta tracks her training. >>> two months ago we set our fit nation participants loose on their journey to become triathlete. one of them i will point out started her journey earlier. in january of 2012 she weighed 385 pounds and by the time she applied 230r the program she had lost more than 100. it is 146 pounds off the scale. last week

and now the fare is $2.50 and government built subway construction takes longer.1938. then they said 1980. now, they say 2018. it's taken so long that the subway cars built for it now won't be used because they don't fit the track. we no longer lead the ultra violet lights to kill polio germs. the modern equipment, but why, they had money on the line. >> i want to recognize up front a number of officials, elected officials. >> politicians have different incentives like sucking up to other politicians and government workers have time to stand around. despite the delay and despite the billions lost, government wants more trains. >> it's rail, rail, rail and rail. >> john: up next, do you like these beautiful homes. you should. you probably helped pay for you probably helped pay for what's droid-smart ? with google now, it automatically knows when you need to leave for the airport, how much traffic there is, and can have your boarding pass ready. the droid razr maxx hd by motorola. droid-smart. droid-powerful. are you flo? yes. is this the thing you gave my husband?

board members say they wanted to clarify how the increased fares would be used.he board voted unanimously to dedicate the money to replacing and expanding the fleet of trains, building a new maintenance center and installing a better installment system. >>> a new employee code of conduct begins today at the port of the oakland in the part of gaining back trust. among other things, we learned some port workers spent thousands of dollars of public money at a strip club. >> it is really a milestone and a commitment that we made to the public to respond after we learned of serious challenges that we face and actions that had been conducted by senior leadership. >> the new policy includes tough, new limits on employee spending and travel. it also calls for mandatory ethics training for all port workers. >> new figures released show consumer spending rose in february by the largest percentage in five months. the commerce report showed household purchases which account for 70% of the economy gained almost 1% last month. that's more than economists had predicted. the rep

board members say they wanted to clarify how the increased fares would be used. board voted unanimously to dedicate the money to replacing and expanding the fleet of trains, building a new maintenance center and installing a better installment system. >>> a new employee code of conduct begins today at the port of the oakland in the part of gaining back trust. among other things, we learned some port workers spent thousands of dollars of public money at a strip club. >> it is really a milestone and a commitment that we made to the public to respond after we learned of serious challenges that we face and actions that had been conducted by senior leadership. >> the new policy includes tough, new limits on employee spending and travel. it also calls for mandatory ethics training for all port workers. >> new figures released show consumer spending rose in february by the largest percentage in five months. the commerce report showed household purchases which account for 70% of the economy gained almost 1% last month. that's more than economists had predicted. the repor