he chose to express his sentiments about time warner with a poem in his native time. >> time warner.reporter: that was beautiful. what does that mean? >> (beep), (beep). ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: a ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: welcome back. my guests tonight are former newspaper reporters. they currently work as political opposition researchers. their new book is called two insiders who see the dark side of american politics. please welcome them to the show. ( cheers and applause ) hello, alan and michael. come and sit. thank you for joining us. my first question is, who are you working for? now, even the fact that you've put it out in a paperback gives it a sense of intrigue and c.i.a.-type free. like i'm supposed to put this in a bag and then deliver it to somebody in a park and then they read it. it's all very nerve wracking. you're the guys know show up at a local courthouse and say, we were wondering if you have any information on so-and-so? >> exactly. >> jon: do you tell them who you're working for? >> that's why we call the book nobody. because when we go in there an

spun off from time warner cable nearly three years ago, time warner cable is a fortune 150 capital-intensive domestic company that provides high-speed data, video and voice services to over 14.5 million customers. we have over 48,000 employees in 29 states. we offer our workers secure jobs and wages and benefit packages that are competitive and that support families, dreams and retirements. last year we hired over 7300 people including hundreds of veterans. we're part of our nation's communication's backbone that enables domestic companies to compete rooij naturally, nationally and globally. we help small and medium-sized businesses grow and thrive. time warner cable spends about $3 billion a year on capital improvements a third of which goes to wages. in 2012, we're continuing to extend our network to even more businesses and families. our investments also support a national network of suppliers including nearly a quarter of a billion dollars spent annually with minority and female-owned businesses. our effective tax rate is historically around 39%. while our cash tax is paid is lower drive

or put pressure on time warner to do a deal with msg. time warner saying they don't want to deal with the 53% price hike. msg says that's not really true. and msg despite having the 31% revenue decline on the sports part of their business because of the lockout hitting highs today. so 52 week highs. so it's going to be an interesting question. this is like the basketball version of tebow. and it's pretty crazy right now. i can tell you that. >> darren, quick question. to me it seems like the nba's big dropoff in viewership. but still when you look at espn and disney being the biggest thing there is in cable. 44% margins. here you're dealing with the largest sports market, it would seem to me. don't you think that will put more pressure on? >> there's big potential here. and obviously espn's making their money because they run highlight after highlight. they pay for that. but it's the cheapest programming in all of tv. the amount of times that espn runs those highlights. i think there's going to be pressure to get something done here. at

i'm the senior vice president and chief tax officer for time warner cable. i'd like to first tell you about our business and the impact of taxes and tax policy on time warner cable. then i'll explain why we believe that less complexity and a lower rate will benefit our investors, employees and customers as well as the overall economy and americans at large. time warner cable is a fortune 150 capital intensive domestic company that provides high speed data, video and voice services to over 14.5 million customers. we have over 48,000 employees in 29 states. we offer our workers secure jobs and wages and benefit packages that are competitive and that support families, dreams and retirements. last year we hired over 7,300 people including hundreds of veterans. we are part of our nation's communications backbone that enables domestic companies to compete regionally, nationally and globally. we help small and medium-size businesses grow and drive. time warner cable spends about $3 billion a year on capital improvements, a third of which goes to wages. in 2012, we'

time warner had been in a fight with madison square garden over what time warner pays to carry the m.s.g. network. m.s.g. shares continue hitting new highs thanks to the lin- sanity excitement. and time warner cable finished at a seven month high. and that's tonight's market focus. >> susie: no hard landing for china's economy this year. >> she has predicted stable growth. between presidential meetings in washington and stop in california the presumed heir apparent of china vilts-- advice thed the corn bill. from iowa public television andrew-- reports. >> reporter: this was a return visit to iowa for xi jinping. but times have changed significantly since his visit in the mid 1980s for the agriculture economy and the business between america's farms and china's kitchen tables. for midwestern growers, the rising demand from china shows few signs of cresting anytime soon. over the past decade chinese purchases of all iowa commodities have skyrocketed, from less than $25 million in 2009 to nearly $600 million in 2010. >> how do you read market signs and signals? >> that is probably the toug

schichtel, given that time warner is a capital intensive business, would you care to comment on that as well? >> yes, thank you. we care tremendously about timing issues like accelerated depreciation. for us, it's enormous. well, we have crunched the numbers and we've looked at all the different policy proposals that are out there. we clearly care about the impact on cash flow. i think lowering the rate clearly does improve our cash flow over the long run. if you get to a low enough rate, i think somewhere around a rate that's consistent with the developed world, say 25%, i think it's a clear winner for us as well as the economy. >> and you could get rid of all the other -- >> yes. >> okay. i'm glad to hear that. >> look, i'm not delighted to. i would love to keep it. but i'm a realist as well. >> ms. hanlon, in his testimony mr. heenan argues that promoting investment accelerated depreciation is, perhaps, a more powerful tool than lower overall tax rates. you, however, say with respect to targeted tax incentives such as bonus depreciation, there's very little evidence that these poli

are looking at corporate tax policy and hearing from a number of executives including fedex and time warner and executives saying they would be in favor of all tax benefits in exchange to lowering the corporate tax rate to 25%. they testifieded on on the panel before the house ways and means committee today which is the chief tax writing committee in the house of representatives all of the witnesses who testified today described the u.s. tax code as something that imposes challenges to businesses, because of the complexity and uncertainty, and michael frit is with fedex and also mark shicktell with time warner school, and also an associate professor joining us from m.i.t., and also, an investor from ernst & young. and diane black is a member of the republican committee from tennessee. >> i do want to add or tag on to what mr. burg has said about the stability. i want to go to one of the statements that you made, mr. fyte that you said was interesting that you want to compete on the merits of business and not the tax code. let me take that further and ask you with the temporary tax incentive

i like time warner. also i think there's a lot of pessimism around hbo that they could dispel. >> time warner alienating a lot of knicks and rangers fans by not allowing us to see the best nhl team. i am dropping you. >> that's the media company. >> i'm just angry. don't correct me in public like that. >> always good to see you. tony wible. it's time warner then you just are foaming at the mouth. next trade here. another record high for apple as speculation is heating up about what an apple tv could look like. the verge.com from a blog published a survey from best buy saying it could include a camera, microphone, access to netflix, youtube. you could use your ipad or iphone as a remote. and then today we get a report from the globe that telecom providers are vying to be the providers in canada. they have a prototype according to this report. and indicates that viewers can control their itv using their voice or hand gestures. >> what? for me it would work really well. i'm gesturing all the time. you've se

his sudden popularity helped end a black-out of the knick's msg network on time warner cable.it's on tonight's "beyond the scoreboard" with rick horrow. >> reporter: there's no way of knowing how big of a catalyst jeremy lin was in settling madison square garden's month and a half fight with time warner cable. what's certain is, in these cable disputes, the sports content providers like msg have all the leverage. sporting events are one of the few things people still watch live, and with most games still difficult to watch on the internet, having access to channels such as msg is an incentive not to cut the cable cord. however, as the costs of sports rights increase, cable subscribers are paying the price. disney's espn, which has multi- billion dollar tv deals with the nfl, nba, mlb, and several college conferences, charges cable companies nearly $4.70 per month to include it on their channel line-ups. by comparison, tnt is the second most expensive national network and receives just $1.16 a month in subscriber fees. the challenge for sports tv is that content providers stiff

spun off from time warner cable nearly three years ago, time warner cable is a fortune 150 capital intensive domestic company that provides high speed data, video and voice services to over 14 and a half million customers. we have over 48,000 employees in 29 states. we offer our workers secure jobs, in wages and benefit packages that are competitive, and that support families, dreams, and retirements. last year we hired over 7300 people, including hundreds of veterans. we are part of our nation's communications backbone that enables domestic companies to compete regionally, nationally, and globally. we help small and medium-sized businesses grow and thrive. time warner cable spends about 3 billion a year on capital improvements, a third of which goes to wages. in 2012, we are continue to extend our network to even more businesses and families. our investments also support a national network of suppliers, including nearly a quarter of a billion dollars spent annually with minority and female owned businesses. our effective tax rate is historically around 39%, while i cashed taxes paid are low

square garden, look at the shares, seeing it spike up after a deal is reportedly close between time warner cable and madison square garden. msg is not commenting at this time. "new york times" is reporting that the deal is done. moving on, certainly last but not least, i want to talk about intel. shares of intel are moving higher to levels not seen since december of 2007. helping to push up the dow to 13,000. again, we're not quite there. at least not yet. maria, back to you. >> thank you so much, courtney reagan. consumer prices making the largest jump in four months since january. the consumer price index pushed higher by rising expenses for fuel, food, clothing and housing. over the last 12 months, core inflation has risen 2.3%. both the house and senate passed a bill extending the payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits. another bill is expected to be voted on this weekend to pay for the first, it allows the government to auction off broadcast licenses used for television, and wireless internet. the availability of spectrum will eventually mean faster connections from mobile devices. a c

the two companies couldn't agree on how much time warner would pay to carry the sports network. largely because of lin-sanity, governor cuomo made a call. >> i believe jeremy lin did heighten it. and my instinct is, that heightened the pressure because people wanted to see the program. >> the dispute was resolved just in time for new yorkers to see tonight's knicks game against the hornets. and despite a 26-point night from lin, he turned the ball over nine times. the knicks lost to the hornets, snapping their seven-game win streak. >> they actually lost a game. let's bring in henry for our local teams. henry, how are you doing? >> doing great. lin-sanity. no need to argue over the guy. spread the love, everyone. earlier this month, the warriors took the conference-leading thunder down to the wire at oracle arena. today, they tried their luck in oklahoma city. find out why monta ellis had martin jacksonnd a the warriors more worried about his knee. >>> welcome back to nbc bay area. last week, monta ellis had 48 points against the thunder. but the oklahoma city guys got the last

time warner will know what you are doing. quote, i will be watching every movie nude. whatever, john gibson. let's scut this in the equally sceks -- discuss this in the basketballly ekesy, lightning rroooouuunnnd. lightning round. >> here is my only problem with this. it is not year-round. >> that's true. i don't know why we are doing this story. obviously there is an algorithm where people are choosing this and he is in the news at the same time. let's make it a ryan gossling thing. it is just another way to make the doo hickey thing. >> wait a second, this is a specialy vent for ryan gossling. >> why after ryan? first they say bradley cooper is the hunkiest guy in america. the guy is melt in your mouth gorgeous. >> red eye, bill schulz went to the protest -- don't come after us saying we are anti-gossling you are anti-eyeballs. >> he does have -- >> always with wings and a beard. >> anne, are you on the ban wagon or is there another hunk you prefer? >> i think this is what happens when you start letting homeless peach watch porno. it leads to this. >> what is next? >

including comcast, time warner, cox, and brighthouse. if you live in the bay area, we will be part of your basic cable package with comcast. i would like to acknowledge and thank our new neighbor, the leader of comcast sportsnet. for his help in this process. when you live in a neighborhood, some neighbors swap eggs for making cookies. we will be swapping television cameras with ted's group. as part of our programming mix, we will televised 850 live sporting events across our 12 campuses each year. that does not include hundreds more that we will eventually strain on our digital network. our event mix will include 34 football games, over 125 men's basketball games, over 40 women's basketball games, and another 650 olympic sports events which our conference dominates on an annual basis. in fact, the pac 12 has won several competitive championships. what is most gratifying of all, our dynamic student athletes in all sports will be given the increased national exposure they so richly deserved. speaking of athletes, we have quite a list of f

and it has caught investor's attention in madison square garden, because it's in a dispute with time warner, two million people cannot see the knicks play, we will see if that brings time warner back to the bargaining table. >> so they have no idea who jermey lin is then. >> i think they do know. you would have to live under a rock not to know. the retail index hit an all time high today and retail sales later this week, we will know more about the economy later on. >> we have breaking news out of the housing sector. we are in washington with that story. >> well, that is right, bill, the fha is raising the mortgage insurance premiums yet again. got off of a call, and they said they are doing it to strength ten fha fund and to bring private capitol back to the market. more interesting, he added that had the attorney's general settlement, $25 billion and the country wide settlement last yolk not happened those premiums would have gone higher. the fha stands to net about a billion dollars from those settlements in those 2013 budgets, fha asked for $688 billion, and that is the first time it as

the two companies could not agree on how much time warner should pay to continue carrying the sportsork. largely because of linsanity, governor cuomo made a phone call. >> i believe jeremy lin did heighten it. my instinct the is, that heightened the pressure because people wanted to see the programming. >> of course that was governor cuomo. the dispute was resolved just in time for new yorkers to see last night's knicks game against the hornet. despite a 26-point night from lin, he turned the ball over nine times and the knicks lost to the hornets, snapping their seven-game win streak. >>> much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, bird watching on a whole other level. where you can see one of natural weerd. [ male announcer ] what happened when ford owners compared their trucks to a chevy silverado? i can see myself driving in this for hours and hours. i like it. man: i would definitely consider a silverado trade-up from the pick-up truck that i've got right now. [ male announcer ] we dare you to compare your truck to a chevy silverado, the most dependable, longest lasting fu

msg network has been blacked out on time warner for seven weeks. a lot of the customers unhappy. "the new york times" is reporting that they have resolved the dispute and will hear about it at some point today. so far, we have not heard that. that is what "the new york times" is reporting. let's check and see how we rounded out the week. the russell did a really nice job. small caps up 1.9%. that was the leader. the nasdaq and s&p higher, the dow up 1.2%. what a week it was. that's the end of it. we'll see what happens next week. >> i believe cnbc has also confirmed that "new york times" report. we also have that confirmation. we're watching that. have a nice weekend. courtney reagan. u.p.s. trying to make a takeover. that top business headlines. at&t still in talks with u.p.s. after it rejected the $6.5 billion takeover offer. 42% premium offered for the closing price today. at&t faces pressure to shake up the board and increase shareholder value. the nyse is not waiting long to get baek in the hunt for acquisitions. the nyse making an initial bid for the london metal exchange. t

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this is what time warner subscribers saw. new "jimmy kimmel live," actor josh hutcherson. fillion. [ laughter ] is there anything you need to tell us? >> who do i know at time warner cable? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: do you have an enemy over there? >> apparently, one of my -- i don't know. you reach a certain age and you think, there's not a lot of firsts anymore. you don't do a lot of firsts. that's a first. >> jimmy: there's no leading nathans. no way they -- it's not like sydney, where it can be either one. >> i've been mistaken for gay. but never -- >> jimmy: congratulations on this. >> thank you. >> jimmy: and congratulations. you won best dramatic actor -- [ cheers and applause ] at the people's choice awards. the people selected you. >> the people selected -- i terrify them at work. at work all the time, i say -- not the tuna, the egg salad. it's not my choice. it's the people's choice. [ laughter ] but that was a -- it was very exciting. again, a learning experience. >> jimmy: do you know that you know you're going to win when you get there? it seems like on that show

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time warner and news corp. tomorrow. should you buy the media stocks ahead of their results?e'll talk about that in a moment. i was downstairs making coffee, and we heard it. it just came crashing through the roof, out of nowhere. what is it? it's our ira. any idea what coulda caused this? maybe. i just sorta threw a little money here, a little money there. and i loaded up on something my dentist told me was hot. yeah. ♪ >>> coming up next on "street signs," what part of the world are global ceos the most confident in investing in right now? the answers might surprise you. and we have them. three industries with the most new "help wanted" signs. see who's hiring now. and should blue-chips hike their dividends to attract more investors? "street signs" is next. now back to sue and tyler on "power lunch." >> thank you very much, brian sullivan. >>> let's check out the euro because it's been moving. it's backing off from an eight-week high following reports that a meeting of greek political leaders has been postponed till tomorrow. they haven't yet received a draft at 130 billion

msg they have the dispute with time-warner ratings up 70%, is this going to get time warner to get toat is one of the questions it's down about 1% today, but this is something that i haven't seen in a long time. went to moedell's came with the jerseys, guy was standing there asked for 21 larges. 21 larges and bought them, and so these things are flying like crazy. five games in people are investing in him. >> how many did buy? >> one on the corporate card because i use

time warner/disney or facebook. >> facebook. >> okay. let's tell you about it. two big stories surrounding facebook this morning. number one, there's an op-ed "new york times" in the concerning mark zuckerberg's tax liability. his options, the other -- the other complaints from the california state teachers retirement system. that's simply about facebook's board. they say they'd like to see a bit of diversity on that board. a lot of well qualified members on that board. but not any diversity. talking about a bunch of white men. >> sorry to interrupt. i just want to alert people to the headline running a t the bottom of the screen. 3m is promoting its coo to ceo. february 4th. yesterday they lifted the quarterly dividend by 7.3% to 59 cents. a lot of news out of 3m of late. >> remarkable company. dividend aristocrat. a lot of people wrote it off multiple times. always a big mistake. very big asian leverage. like it very much. good balance sheet. >> circle back to facebook. >> the tax story is just using zucker berg as an example "new york times" in the. listening

. >> hosted by our time warner cable partner, american history tv is in beaumont, texas, this weekendexplore its history in literary culture. for more information on our tour of six city, visit cspan.org/local content. >>> we're standing on crockett street in downtown beaumont in buildings that were probably built around the turn of the 20th century. they were built along the railroad tracks where the railroad came through town. so they were an important part of the business district there. at some point, parts of crockett street became more notorious and they were a mainstream establishment. beaumont had turned a blind eye more or less to prostitution as long as it was in some remote corner of the town. however, this was not. at some point the dixie hotel became a brothel. but it was considered to be a very fine one and the clientele was limited. the employees there were supposed to be the prettiest girls around. and it was not the sort of thing that anybody could just walk in off the street. and patronize. ms. rita was ms. rita ainsworth and she was the madam and she started off in

but yesterday time warner was on wfan.aid that they're not close because they want the 6% increase that msg originally proposed. msg wants the 53% increase. and they really haven't been able to make a move. the question is, because, as you mentioned, so many games are now going to be on national tv, especially with lin. there might be even more games. is there enough to move? but realize, the rangers are playing well. so if this is not an impetus to get together, what is? >> right. one would imagine. msg stock as we pointed out has moved up sharply on linsanity. there's no other explanation for it. again, for those out there in the rest of the nation we're talking about new york city. specifically time warner cable, the main provider. no longer carries msg because of the dispute we're referring to here. so that knicks fans aren't able to watch the game from home. >> melo says he's not a selfish player and that no one who's ever played with him would say he was. >> jeremy lin was on the radio this morning. he said the funny