if at&t was so good, it would have bought sbc. so why did you not use the sbc name? mr. stephenson: the first thing i would like to correct is when you use that legos, don't use the name dominant. mr. rubenstein: ok. mr. stephenson: we were sbc and we were largely original company , five stick literally, arkansas, kansas, texas, oklahoma, and missouri. buy don'tortunity to at&t, and when we were acquiring them, we asked, what brand should we assume? at&t had been in radical decline when we bought them and there was a debate that went on. mr. rubenstein: you were starting out at southwestern bell, then sbc, and then you bought at&t. you are a dominant telecommunications company? mr. stephenson: not dominant. [laughter] mr. rubenstein: why are you in the entertainment content providing business now? you spent $85 million recently to buy time warner and it took two years plus to get it approved by the u.s. government. what was the theory about why you wanted to be in the content business and buy time warner? mr. stephenson: i will simplify it. as we watched our customers an

if at&t was so good, it would have bought sbc. so why did you not use the sbc name, since you were better and stronger than at&t? mr. stephenson: the first thing i would like to correct is when you use that legos, don't use the name dominant, in this town particular, because we are not dominant, but, look. we were sbc and we were largely originally, five states, literally arkansas, kansas, texas, oklahoma, and missouri. so the opportunity to buy at&t, a brand, and keep in mind, they were in radical decline when we bought them, and there was about a three-minute bait about taking on a global brand that was well-known, and as you said. david: you were starting out at southwestern bell, then sbc, and then you bought at&t. you took their name, at&t. you are a dominant telecommunications company? are a largeon: we telecommunications company. david not dominant. : [laughter] david why are you in the : entertainment content providing business now? you spent $85 million recently to buy time warner and it took two years plus to get it appr

once approved by the sbc the businesses must maintain their physical features or tradition to stay on the registry. for armstrong linoleum company flooring and coverings and for world market it's eastern european goods and for yuet lee restaurant it features restaurant fare. i'm happy to answer questions. there's business representatives in attendance who would like to speak on behalf of the applications. >> thank you, richard. do you guys want to go right into public comment? okay. we'll open this up for public comment. let's hear from some of the business owners. >> the clerk: would supervisor fewer like to begin the public comment? ? have >> commissioner: first, thank you i'd like to recommend new world market. new world market used to be located two blocks from my own home. i frequent it all the time with my daughters discovering a lot of russian foods we had never experienced. when it moved to the current location on geary boulevard it expand the variety of foods it offers. in my district i have a large concentration of people who have immigrated from russia and they are russian

by commissioner adams to direct the city and county of san francisco to support resolution 001-2019/sbc, ab-364, minimum franchise staff, seconded by commissioner laguana. we'll take a roll call vote. [roll call] >> clerk: motion passes, 7-0. >> great. next item, please. >> clerk: item seven, approval of draft meeting minutes from february 25, 2019, action item. >> i -- i don't know what the procedure is, but i have to recuse myself. motion to recuse. >> okay. do we vote on this recusal? >> clerk: yes. >> okay. all in favor of commissioner laguana -- >> i would actually -- the procedure's a little awkward, but the commission -- you ask for a recusal. we need another motion by another commissioner, second, and then we can vote to do all in favor. >> move to remove commissioner laguana from the approval of minutes. >> second. >> motion by commissioner dwight to recuse commissioner laguana from item seven, seconded by commissioner yee riley. >> voice vote. all in favor? >> clerk: motion passes. >> any sustained? motion passes. before we do that vote, that was on the recusal. so approval of

and then what will happen to sbc lapland. they say that this is lies, that the federal government could still do the thing that the original attorney general did not want to do and sparked this drama in the first place. david: that would take some courage at this point. now we would turn to maria in brussels, because we have heard a lot about huawei here in the u.s., but there is also news in brussels, as i understand it. maria: they are on a charm offensive in europe, just opening facility in brussels. and there is a reason why the selected brussels, that is because all of the digital innovation, 5g, will come out of the european commission. huawei said the allegations against them are unfounded, they are as good as any american company, and that really the u.s. is playing politics. none this has been proven. the reality is european officials are not naive. they are aware of the practices and they are concerned about the allegations, the industrial espionage, and a lot of it doing with personal information. but there is a tr

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then you have some of the other banks. .sbc falling really helping track the stoxx 600 down. anna?markets,t, european opening lower. in britain, the pound is on firmer footing as brexit plans were rejected by parliament yet again. the new language around the irish backstop failed to win voters among lawmakers. i profoundly regret the decision this house has taken tonight. i continue to believe that the best outcome is that the united kingdom leave the european union in orderly fashion with a deal. >> the government has been defeated again by an enormous majority and they must accept their proposal is clearly dead and does not have the support of this house. quite clearly no deal must be taken off the table. this is a humiliating defeat for the government this evening and this deal should not come back again. >> with your vast knowledge of parliamentary history, can you identify a single case since the american war of independence in which a prime minister has been defeated and continues? today, lawmakers will continue to vote on whether to take the no deal option off the table. , t