he called his creation msg. yep.ou've been conditioned to fear based on that theory that msg-laden chinese food gives you headaches, dizziness, fatigue. >> that chinese restaurant syndrome thing has been debunked among the regulatory and scientific community. >> reporter: the majority of studies, many sponsored that use it, show msg is safe and only a tiny percentage of the population has sensitivity to large servings. bottom line, msg is fda approved. the company puts it in everything from doritos, stovetop stuffing campbell's soup. >> why? >> we are genetically programmed to be umami cravers. that triggers our brains that this is a food that is going to deliver the necessary protein that we need to sustain the function of our bodies. >> reporter: back to those burgers. >> would you ever use msg? >> i've never used it in a restaurant. i would use it at home in something. i don't have anything against it. but i don't use it. to me it's not creative. >> reporter: creative like pumpkin latte burgers. >> that's amazing.

the real moneymaker is the regional sports network, msg and missed= -- msg and msg+. >> get the latest at the top of the hour on bloomberg radio and streaming on your tablet and at bloomberg.com. that does it for this edition of "bottom line." "street smart" with trish regan is next. i will see you tomorrow. >> this is "street smart." stocks dropping this afternoon with utilities leading the decline. whole foods and tesla. "street smart" starts right now. here are the top stories we are watching. in 30 minutes, president obama will be speaking to the press about his plan to authorize military

he called his creation msg., the same msg you have been conditioned to fear based on the theory that msg laden chinese food gives you headaches, dizziness, fatigue. >> the chinese thing has been debunked. >> the majority of studies, many sponsored by producers who use it show that msg is safe and only a tiny percentage of the population has a sensitivity to large serve issings. bottom line msg is fda approved. his company puts it in everything from dor rhee toes to stove top stuffing and camp bells soup. back to the burgers. would you ever use msg. >> i have never used it in a restaurant. i would use it at home in something. to me it is not creative. >> reporter: creative like pumpkin latte burgers. that's amazing. >> yep. >> reporter: i have eating an lot of umami making this report. >> this is smoked onion strings, house made cheese that we put beer in. this is the original. >> reporter: the taste is almost inexplicable ethereal really good. but bacon those are magic words in my book. i'm nick watt for "nightl

. >> madison square garden, msg. on the knicks, rangers, they own msg network, stock's trading near high, but there's a big rumor they're going to have to split that up. if they split that, that stock should go higher. charles: sports teams is and media? >> entertainment will be by itself, and sports and media will stay together. >> if you're talking about b gambling, the way to do it is las vegas sands. 65 percent of their revenue comes from china. the stock's been hammered hard, but it seems like it's bottomed out. there's a good opportunity there -- charles: i like your point, because i think that whole china crackdown is almost over. when china gets rid of whatever they're trying to do, i like las vegas sands and wynn. >> even, you know, domestically baby boomers are going to be retiring in unprecedented numbers. this has to be a favorable development for lodging at popular destinations. new york city, las vegas, wherever, florida. >> i went with debttronics. they make video equipment, audio equipment. they're in

so looking forward to finally getting back at msg and playing. >> in the 160s? >> what was it last year, like 184 to 182. we'll see. i'm guessing in the 140s but a pretty competitive 140. >> are you actually going guard anybody? that's an unwritten rule nobody guards anybody in the all-star game. >> we'll see. the last five minutes, people start checking each other. >> what's the difference between winners and loser's share. do you know? >> i have no idea. >> might want to find that out. >>> we decided to check. the winning teams each player gets $50,000 a man. the losers get $25,000. i don't know about you but i'll play five minutes of defense to get the extra 25 grand. just for shu and drew, temperature outside right now in new york city five degrees but feels like minus 11 with the wind chill factor. it is fantastic back east guys. we'll catch you at 9:00 and 11:00, shu, larry beil, abc7 news. >> news, sports and meteorologist from larry beil. what a week at pebble beach. brand snedeker ran away from the field in the final round. doesn't get any better than t

so looking forward to finally getting back at msg and playing. >> in the 160s? was it last year, like 184 to 182. we'll see. i'm guessing in the 140s but a pretty competitive 140. >> are you actually going guard anybody? that's an unwritten rule nobody guards anybody in the all-star game. >> we'll see. the last five minutes, people start checking each other. >> what's the difference between winners and loser's share. do you know? >> i have no idea. >> might want to find that out. >>> we decided to check. the winning teams each player gets $50,000 a man. the losers get $25,000. i don't know about you but i'll play five minutes of defense to get the extra 25 grand. just for shu and drew, temperature outside right now in new york city five degrees but feels like minus 11 with the wind chill factor. it is fantastic back east guys. we'll catch you at 9:00 and 11:00, shu, larry beil, abc7 news. >> news, sports and meteorologist from larry beil. what a week at pebble beach. brand snedeker ran away from the field in the final round. doesn't get any better than this. thi

amcx, stars, msg that we put together because we think there's going to be a lot of consolidation in, and i think the failed bid by fox for time warner last year, you know, over 70 billion is just a sign of the consolidation that's going to happen this year. especially now with the spectrum auctions being over. i think you're going to see a lot of companies combine as we go to 2015. >> xwriblg i let you run, another stock we've never talked about before, it's a billion dollar market cap, so it's smaller. ring central. why do you own it? >> if you look at the areas it's disrupting, one of the last areas is phone calls from big corporatings. most of us -- i'm guessing cnbc as well, a big pbx setting in the basement somewhere that routs the phone calls between different areas. what you have seen it wing central is they partnered up with at&t. at&t is over 10% of revenues last year. it's going to continue to grow. a big canadian operator is use aing big ring service. they just launched that two months ago, and then you see british telecom in the u.k. starting to roll out that service in

. >> it's admadison square garden and lebron james talks about playing big when it comes to msg and stefbrothers have ever started in an all-star game together expect they'll do the tip-off at the start of the game against each other and they'll have a few post ups and that should be fun to watch the two brothers going at it against each other and the first three-quarters of this game is always really fun and some of the big men shoot threes and when it gets to the fourth quarter, these guys take this game serious and i asked a bunch of the players about that this week and james harden about it and he said that's definitely the case and this game does get intense when it gets to the fourth quarter. check it out. >> it was definitely a race. we have to go out there and win. the first quarter is all highlights and dunks and fun, but the fourth quarter, guys get serious and just want to win and that's the most exciting part about the game i think. >> so poppy, if you want to see who comes out on top. east versus west. >> guess who won the slam dunk contest, minnesota twins. >> timberwolves!

we talked about msg before you -- before we came on air which media -- >> i've been fortunate as an analystnd as a portfolio guy to know and meet the cable guys and john malone. john malone was a cable guy in the early 70s and everywhere he has fingerprints over time you've done well. he's doing a lot of things that intrigue us. so i look at a company like cable and wireless where john malone shows up, if the deal is done by the end of the year stock is going to do well. so what area do i look at? you look at an 18-year-old, they never want to be on line, don't want to pay the money, learn how to get pandora, pizazz and so on, so there's a lot of changes. that's the whole process of creative structure. that's what you love about american society. >> valuations in these companies or ebitda basis are high at this point. >> cable guys are seven times. the deals, private deals done -- >> i'm talking content players. >> amc look, i mean, you know, better call sal is it going to work. is it going to work? walking dead is -- >> off to a good start. better call sal. >> i watched the first three epi

pros and wayne gretzky wannabes took to raise money for pediatric cancer group band of parents and msg's garden of dreams foundation. it's the second annual play like a pro benefit. >> standard charter naming bill winters says its new and next chief executive ann sdash long line in jamie. >> it's the question -- inside now from two people who know him and know him well former harvard business review editor suzy welsh who was a baker scholar at hbs. her fourth coming book "the real life mba" was co-written with her husband, jack welch, a legendary mentor to future ceos in his own right. also with us the award winning journalist and author duff mcdonald, whose biography of dimon is called last man standing. welcome back to both of you. suzy, let me begin with you. is the notion that jp morningan chase and jamie has minted several ceos now at standard charter, at first data at visa is that a sign that he is a great mentor or that he is deficient at finding ways to keep and retain key and talented executives? >> i think it's a sinl that he is a great leader. i mean as leaders, what you reall

there is for metalhead -- formaldehyde, msg. this screws up the immune system.e have 103 kids who have come up with measles out of 300 40 million people. all of a sudden, it is an epidemic. if you read the brochure on some of these things like the mmr, it says it can shed the virus to others up to 60 days. and another thing they are all scared about people who do not inoculate their child. why should they be scared if they had been inoculated? the lady has out and out lied about the -- guest: thanks for your call. but i am correct on that preservative. what you stated is not correct. primaersol is only in the multidose influenza vaccine. it is not in mmr and has never been in it. what we need to do is understand. your comment about hundred two -- 102 cases. justice is not a word i would put in a conversation about measles. i work in a children's. if i can take you what it is and -- what it is like to see inside the hospital to see the sickest of the sick till june. one child with measles is too many. they will be covered with a rash when they come in. they will