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when i got ready to leave, a fourth grader named jeffery looked me in the aye and he said i've got a piggy bank at home and i'm going to help you build that school. west side school raised 65, 300 pennies. it wasn't the celebrities or the sports heroes or movie stars or if i lan throw pears but children reaching out to children half way around the world to help them build a school. what can you buy with a penny the bay area? probably nothing. in montana you can buy 1/2 tootsie roll. but in afghanistan you can buy a pencil. it's not that's so important but education gives a child hope. you know, if you fight tear riz her rorism it's based in fear but the real enemy is ignorance that bleeds hatred. here in america, afghanistan, africa or pakistan. the way to overcome that i think is through education and also with having courage and compassion. instead of building walls we need to build peace and have the courage to do that. so i went back to pakistan in 94 and brought the school supplies and finally got to the village and the man was again there to greet me. he shook his head and said
when i got ready to leave, a fourth grader named jeffery looked me in the aye and he said i've got a piggy bank at home and i'm going to help you build that school. west side school raised 65, 300 pennies. it wasn't the celebrities or the sports heroes or movie stars or if i lan throw pears but children reaching out to children half way around the world to help them build a school. what can you buy with a penny the bay area? probably nothing. in montana you can buy 1/2 tootsie roll. but in...
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Sep 29, 2010
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genetically modified corn seed isn't yielding as much corn as older versions, according to an analyst at jefferies. the company says it's still very early in the harvest season. big merger announcements took the day off, but watch the possible deal in rental cars. dollar thrifty shareholders are scheduled to vote thursday on an offer from hertz to buy the company. dollar actually has two offers on the table. the hertz deal values dollar thrifty at $50.88 based on tonight's closing prices. avis-budget is offering the equivalent of $53.20 per share. each of them is a mix of cash and stock. dollar thrifty stock is trading below both offers as the market is uncertain about a deal getting down. a big dollar thrifty shareholder with more than 7% of the stock says he will vote against the lower priced hertz offer this week. earlier in the program we mentioned the new high for gold today. it wasn't the only safe haven that was attracting buyers. bond buyers drove down the yield on the benchmark ten-year government bond to 2.47%, its lowest since january of 2009. and that's tonight's "market focus." test.
genetically modified corn seed isn't yielding as much corn as older versions, according to an analyst at jefferies. the company says it's still very early in the harvest season. big merger announcements took the day off, but watch the possible deal in rental cars. dollar thrifty shareholders are scheduled to vote thursday on an offer from hertz to buy the company. dollar actually has two offers on the table. the hertz deal values dollar thrifty at $50.88 based on tonight's closing prices....
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Sep 21, 2010
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jefferies has been given exclusive access. >> fast torpedo boats used by mi6 soon after it was created in 1909. secret agents would be smuggled behind enemy lines. to date for the first time, mi6 has opened up its archives to tell the story of its early years. for the historian invited inside, it was an exciting opportunity. >> it is like a child in a sweet shop. the papers are like other papers he will see in national archives. but what they do is, they tell the secret story of the most secret of the british organizations. >> from the mid-1920's, this building was the headquarters of the british secret service. its very existence was denied by government, and it is here the secrets were kept in the daring operations plans. like this woman, code named ecclesiastic. >> she worked in an era liaison officea liaisonir liaison -- air liaison office coming in she provided her lover what he thought was genuine information. >> and there are tales of bravery, like this man, who spied on german battleships in norway during the second world war. but the operation stopped abruptly in the 19th -- 1
jefferies has been given exclusive access. >> fast torpedo boats used by mi6 soon after it was created in 1909. secret agents would be smuggled behind enemy lines. to date for the first time, mi6 has opened up its archives to tell the story of its early years. for the historian invited inside, it was an exciting opportunity. >> it is like a child in a sweet shop. the papers are like other papers he will see in national archives. but what they do is, they tell the secret story of the...
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Sep 18, 2010
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mike dudas, of jefferies, says the forecast for silver is also a function of economic growth. >> silver is a bit more volatile than gold. it's more industrial, as opposed to gold, which is more like a currency. so, silver is used around the world. so, as economic growth improves in places like india, china and the developing nations, that typically can be helpful for silver demand. >> reporter: the rally in metals has been so strong in recent days, some profit taking is expected. but analysts still see the outlook as positive over the months ahead. >> now that we've broken over these new highs, we have long positions on the comex, we certainly have big builds up in the e.t.f.'s, it's possible that we're going to see some profit- taking over the couple of months to come, but i think as we go into the elections we'll still see the pot boiling on gold right now. >> reporter: even at current levels, gold has a long way to go to reach its inflation- adjusted all-time high. that would be between $2,200 and $2,300 an ounce. scott gurvey, "nightly business report," new york. >> suzanne: setting
mike dudas, of jefferies, says the forecast for silver is also a function of economic growth. >> silver is a bit more volatile than gold. it's more industrial, as opposed to gold, which is more like a currency. so, silver is used around the world. so, as economic growth improves in places like india, china and the developing nations, that typically can be helpful for silver demand. >> reporter: the rally in metals has been so strong in recent days, some profit taking is expected....
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Sep 2, 2010
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analysts at jefferies report rowan has two new long-term deals in saudi arabia that pay rowan more than expected. coal miner massey caught a bid, up 7%. coal stocks were strong over talk of strong coal prices in overseas in china. we've seen take-over talk heat up again this week with so much corporate and private equity cash on the sidelines. burger king is the latest focus of merger rumors. the chatter helped the stock jump more than 14% on very heavy volume. according to the "wall street journal," a british private equity firm is one of the interested buyers. the clothing business, from wholesale to retail, seems to be picking up, at least for this trio of stocks. men's clothing retailer joseph a. bank rallied almost 13% on five times its usual volume. profits were better than expected and margins expanded. women's wholesale clothing maker g3 apparel group jumped 16% on almost ten times its usual volume. it makes clothes for others like calvin klein. profits beat the street and it raised its outlook. now come the shoes. genesco runs shoe stores like journeys, and makes shoes too. as
analysts at jefferies report rowan has two new long-term deals in saudi arabia that pay rowan more than expected. coal miner massey caught a bid, up 7%. coal stocks were strong over talk of strong coal prices in overseas in china. we've seen take-over talk heat up again this week with so much corporate and private equity cash on the sidelines. burger king is the latest focus of merger rumors. the chatter helped the stock jump more than 14% on very heavy volume. according to the "wall...
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when the game was over jeffery fitzgerald was carrying a tv back to a friend's boat when he fell in and died. >> at this hour, the johns hopkins doctor who was shot on the job in good condition. the family released a statement expression gratitude for his treatment and asking for privacy. adam may explains. >> reporter: the doctor's condition is improving. >> 911. we need 911. there's a shooting -- >> there's a shooting on the eighth floor. >> reporter: security reviews are underway when an armed gunman shot his mother's doctor, his mother and himself. he had a permit to carry a weapon. >> we don't know yet if it was in his daily row teen coming and visiting his mother that he always had that gun. >> reporter: the shooter's family also left puzzled. orthopedic surgeon, dr. david cohen has been upgraded to good condition. >> i shut are to think what my lower back would be like without dr. cohen's intervention. >> reporter: patients like this one wish him a speedy recovery. employees at hopkins had their last official debriefing sunday afternoon. adam marks wjz -- may, wjz. >>> right now
when the game was over jeffery fitzgerald was carrying a tv back to a friend's boat when he fell in and died. >> at this hour, the johns hopkins doctor who was shot on the job in good condition. the family released a statement expression gratitude for his treatment and asking for privacy. adam may explains. >> reporter: the doctor's condition is improving. >> 911. we need 911. there's a shooting -- >> there's a shooting on the eighth floor. >> reporter: security...
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Sep 28, 2010
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in oklahoma they have already canceled the execution of 38-year-old jeffery matthews. his execution was canceled the night before it was supposed to happen. now oklahoma has acquired one does of the drug, and they have two inmates that are supposed to be put to death now in the next two weeks, and the attorneys are arguing over which one should be put to death first. kentucky has the drug on back order. they are delaying executions. ohio is also delaying executions, and now they don't believe they'll get the drug in time for future executions, now they are coming up, megyn, with a back up plan. here is the ringer. the company that makes it, the only company that makes this says they are against this being used as part of the lethal cocktail, they don't have it, they don't expect to have it until the beginning to middle of next year, and we are talking about 35 states that are now wondering, what happens now. megyn: is the allegation then that this is political on their part, trace, that they are the only ones who make it and they don't like this being used, suddenly it
in oklahoma they have already canceled the execution of 38-year-old jeffery matthews. his execution was canceled the night before it was supposed to happen. now oklahoma has acquired one does of the drug, and they have two inmates that are supposed to be put to death now in the next two weeks, and the attorneys are arguing over which one should be put to death first. kentucky has the drug on back order. they are delaying executions. ohio is also delaying executions, and now they don't believe...