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that is the situation of corporate governance type of activism, howard hughes.n a activist comes in tries to get a company sold. strategic is type of transactional activism. maybe they're advocating to sell a subsidiary, buy a company, do a roll-up? cheryl: what about change in management? carl icahn told shareholders to get rid of tom done owe hoe to get rid of him as worst chairman of all time. >> that is he wanted to spin off paypal. there is operational activism, trying to cut cost, get robert marr begins, replacement meant, thanks like that. >> doesn't always work. darden restaurants has kind of a rough go of it at various times. that is one of your holdings. >> nothing always works. darden is way early in the situation. the jury is still out on it. activist situations like darden could be j curve, with where you have to come in and fix things before you start to get better there is a board meeting in the september or november. starboard will try to replace majority of the board. we're very confident they will accomplish that. cheryl: what do you see for th
that is the situation of corporate governance type of activism, howard hughes.n a activist comes in tries to get a company sold. strategic is type of transactional activism. maybe they're advocating to sell a subsidiary, buy a company, do a roll-up? cheryl: what about change in management? carl icahn told shareholders to get rid of tom done owe hoe to get rid of him as worst chairman of all time. >> that is he wanted to spin off paypal. there is operational activism, trying to cut cost,...
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the howard hughes corporation wants to take the center of the mall and transform it into a town center style. it would include 400 apartments and 300,000 square feet. the macy department stores would remain book ending the new developments. you can find the link to more on the plans and how to comment by visiting our website and searching landmark mall. >>> it's a popular way to top off a night in d.c. drinks at the top of the w. hotel, but you'll have to put those plans on hold for a while. the rooftop terrace and lounge is closing starting this weekend. the w. hotel rooftop will reopen in september. both the indoor and outdoor spaces will have a new design. >>> now at a:00, armed carjackers and a deadly escape. >> find out what they did that got two children killed and how they got away. >>> a d.c. police officer accused of brutally beating his wife is held in jail tonight, even though the trial ended in a hung jury. i'm tracee wilkins, coming up on news 4, why the judge thought it >> certainly we're very pleased that judge wallace revoked the defendant's bond ithe. >>> right now at
the howard hughes corporation wants to take the center of the mall and transform it into a town center style. it would include 400 apartments and 300,000 square feet. the macy department stores would remain book ending the new developments. you can find the link to more on the plans and how to comment by visiting our website and searching landmark mall. >>> it's a popular way to top off a night in d.c. drinks at the top of the w. hotel, but you'll have to put those plans on hold for a...
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it is funded by the howard hughes medical institute. for the record, also a "newshour" underwriter..m.i. plans to spend $50 million to $100 million a year for at least 20 years here, giving the best and brightest scientists what amounts to a blank check to do their work as they see fit. >> we could bring an unusual group of people. protect them from the real world, give them a place to work on their science, encourage them to work together on challenging problems and give them the freedom to do it and see what happens. >> reporter: ruben, after a workplace on his resume. the bell laboratories founded by at&t and western electric in 1925, it attracted the best scientists from virtually every discipline, encouraged them to collaborate and gave them the freedom and funding to conduct basic research, even if there was no obvious profit-making application evident. over the years, bell researchers made big strides in the realm of basic science. discovered cosmic background radiation and thus the big bang theory, and also invented game changers in the marketplace including the transistor,
it is funded by the howard hughes medical institute. for the record, also a "newshour" underwriter..m.i. plans to spend $50 million to $100 million a year for at least 20 years here, giving the best and brightest scientists what amounts to a blank check to do their work as they see fit. >> we could bring an unusual group of people. protect them from the real world, give them a place to work on their science, encourage them to work together on challenging problems and give them...
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network interview in a white terry cloth robe from the hotel. [ light laughter ] i was living like howard hugheses finally came. they had been gone through. and i had enough to throw on. knock on the door, he puts his handled forward and says, "hi, i'm ed snowden." and um -- it was really incredible. we started by joking that we were both two american kids who were dropouts from the american community college system. i think he has more credits than i do. my last degree was high school. he got a g.e.d. terrible student. and went into the computer business and the security business, as i guess we now know. very smart guy. but very cagey about movement, entering the hotel, what we knew about him and then he was gone. >> seth: i have to -- what is your fake name when you check into a hotel? >> seth meyers. >> seth: yeah. [ laughter ] that explains -- because i have -- i got a bill for room service. >> yeah, well, if i'm ever in a yert or a bunk bed situation, i go as jimmy fallon. [ laughter ] yeah. >> seth: do you see any circumstances where he willingly comes back? cause he sort of made the case
network interview in a white terry cloth robe from the hotel. [ light laughter ] i was living like howard hugheses finally came. they had been gone through. and i had enough to throw on. knock on the door, he puts his handled forward and says, "hi, i'm ed snowden." and um -- it was really incredible. we started by joking that we were both two american kids who were dropouts from the american community college system. i think he has more credits than i do. my last degree was high...
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hughes. >> in 1937 they landed her first major job at howard university, whur, where cathy hughes created ther one format in the history of urban radio, the quiet storm. >> the quiet storm is the best part of the radio. >> however, when it was time to finance her own station, she heard 32 nos before that yes finally came. >> when people asked was i discouraged, no. 32 times. >> her determination paid off with a $1 million loan to start radio one. >> i really viewed my company as a mom-and-pop operation minus pop. it was mom and son operation. and i never wanted to lose family orientation of my company. >> separating the lines between family and business is very difficult. so ultimately it takes a lot of bonding, a lot of love, a lot of understanding to make sure that you get through those tough and rocky times. and that's been our story. >> that integrated creativity proved successful once again in 2004 with the birth of alfred's brain child tv one. the new station was a catalyst into the spotlight with her own show, tv 101. tv one now reaches 57 million households while radio one hails as th
hughes. >> in 1937 they landed her first major job at howard university, whur, where cathy hughes created ther one format in the history of urban radio, the quiet storm. >> the quiet storm is the best part of the radio. >> however, when it was time to finance her own station, she heard 32 nos before that yes finally came. >> when people asked was i discouraged, no. 32 times. >> her determination paid off with a $1 million loan to start radio one. >> i really...
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. >>> first on this date in 1938, howard hughes completes his 91-hour flight around the world.on" by the stones, number song in america. ♪ i can't get no satisfaction ♪ i tried ♪ if you suffer from constipation, you will likely also suffer from gas. introducing new dulcogas, which starts working to eliminate gas bubbles in minutes for effective relief. dulcogas, from the makers of dulcolax- nothing relieves gas faster. dulcogas, from the makers of dulcolax- we fill our freshly baked flatbread, with bold, unflat flavors. like taste inspired by the freshness of the mediterranean. so you always get flavor that's anything but flat. new flatbread sandwiches, try one today. >>> be careful what you e-mail. congress might come knocking. that's what disgraced irs official lois lerner told her employees. she took the fifth, you remember. in an e-mail, chairman of the house oversight and reform committee darrell issa joins us now. chairman, this came out yesterday, but yet these e-mails, this correspondence was revealed to ways and means a couple weeks ago. you discovered it yesterday. wh
. >>> first on this date in 1938, howard hughes completes his 91-hour flight around the world.on" by the stones, number song in america. ♪ i can't get no satisfaction ♪ i tried ♪ if you suffer from constipation, you will likely also suffer from gas. introducing new dulcogas, which starts working to eliminate gas bubbles in minutes for effective relief. dulcogas, from the makers of dulcolax- nothing relieves gas faster. dulcogas, from the makers of dulcolax- we fill our...