they were in numerous ceo that went over the side and then time warner was pretty turbulent during some of those mergers and the time at warner had a lot of predictions that all of the people would be killed and so on. all that happened. and then the hbo merger also think the biggest merger in dollar terms, to under 65 billion, when it went through in 2000. and the aol site, which was 165, ended up the value that less than ten, which cost 100 billion of write-offs the next year. which is more than what time warner was before the merger. and then the next couple of years after that on the third or so, that is not a success. [laughter] >> what happens when you're in a company that happens, that causes tremendous -- think of all the pressures and strains on the good and bad behavior in a political organization like the company. you throw that into it, and really tests everybodys personality had relationships and confidence, and so from the management wondering who in the hell was responsible for this, up to the board, which came from both the original company's come to put a strain on ever

that is to say, even if one called about time warner and offered to pay more to see the game they could not do so, nor could they receive similar relief from msg. "the new york times" had an interesting coverage of linsanity piracy issue and reports came in there were many up standing is it septembers, including those who had never dreamed of stealing a cd or dvd or going online and downloading or uploading music or movies who went to their computers and watched illegal streams of knicks games and they violated copyright law in doing so. these generally law abiding citizens could not have accessed these games legally on their cable system no matter what they were willing to pay. correct it's legally clear, to watch it streaming from the illegal site is against the law. what is the right answer? well, as they say, it's a little bit more complicated. but what does the future hold? i can confidently say efforts now on going will likely bring about significant positive changes in this area. a few weeks ago sunnis general counsel bill howard and i at 30 rockefeller center to discuss potentia

time warner was delayed during some of those mergers. there were a lot of predictions that the time people would be killed. then the aol merger was such a big merger in dollar terms. the aol side, which was 165 million, but that what it is $65 billion, ended up being the only -- which was $165 billion, ended up being only $10 billion. what happens in a company where that happens, that causes tremendous -- think about all of the pressures and strains in a political organization like a company. you throw that into it and it really tests everybody's personality and relationships and confidence. from the management wondering who is responsible for this up to the board, which came from both the original companies, it puts a strain on everybody. it has been interesting. >> as you look at the difficulties running a publicly traded company, are their role models you have tried to follow, people have done well? >> i did not know anyone personally. i have had so many mentors throughout my time at time warner. i actually think -- i will not name nam

>>shepard: i would use a wi-fi connection if the time warner cable would fix it. it has been six weeks. six wokes. they will not fix it. and i have had it. i could scream at time warner until the cows come home and make new cows and nothing would still happen. because it is time warner cable. that why. >> and it is at&t --. >>shepard: god knows ... look if they let me go and i take the fios i would take that with a smile and say goodbye but i don't have that option. it is a monopoly and un-american and i am done with them. but i can't get rid them. it has been a long road. nice to see you. we will watch for you on fox business network at 2:00 eastern. new concern of smartphone apps. and privacy. researchers say advertisers are getting access to information from you through the ads that are served up with the apps. and now fox news senior judicial analyst. >>judge napolitano: the problem is two fold: one, depending upon the app you purchase you are in adverse. ly giving the server access to everything that is stored in your mobile phone. so you are saying to, from

even with one called up time warner and offered to pay more to see the game, they couldn't do so. the "new york times" had coverage of what is calls the linsanity piracy issue. there were many of those who never dreamed of stealing a dvd or cdc or going online and uploading movies, they certainly violated copy right laws in doing so. these law abiding systems could not have accessed them legally on their cable system. what's correct is clear. streaming from an illegal site is against the law. as for what's the right answer, it's a little more complicated. efforts now on going with likely bring about significant, positive changes in this area. a few weeks ago suni's general counsel met to discuss ways to resolve these complicated issues. i got to the meeting room a little early. one of the things that impressed me most is we sat around the round table for a constructive discussion. there's a different feeling of sitting it the a round table. it set a nice tone. my hope is by continuing to work together we can find creative and efficient methods for higher education. suni understand

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including comcast, time warner, cox, and brighthouse.e 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 former pac 12 star athletes and

time warner cable and cox media are testing a new channel aimed at your dog. agreed to "business week" dogtv is to attack dog lovers and even to provide entertainment for dogs left home alone. relaxation -- so far the program is only available to subscribers in san diego but there are plans to expand across the country by the end of the year for $4.99 a month. >> that is all fine and dandy. but if the -- the dog does not purchase things so the advertising, i would be curious about how that would work but an interesting concept. let us get back to the weather. the radar is really messy. a looks like a lot is going on. a lot of it is really not reaching the ground. just about an hour ago we finally started seeing a couple of clicks around the city. we saw reports from union j oppa -- you in joppa very light in general right now. you have to go further south to st. mary's county, around california, where you have accumulating snow which is pretty heavy and has been falling the past couple of hours. it is shifting eastbound into the rural eastern shore, and even o

. >> washington bureau chief, time-warner cable. wz d.c. telemundo. dave nicholson, tsa acting chief of staff. michael bolden, "washington post." tsa deputy administrator. allison fitzgerald and speaker committee chair. i will speak our speaker for a moment. chris mclachlan, office of security operations. al jazeera. rachel oswald, global security news wire. nathan hurst, cq roll call. . >> as the "new york times" noted, soon after he became the fifth head of administration in jlt of 2010, john is the unwitting face of everything americans hate about airport security in a post 9/11 world. every time we are asked to take off our shoes and pull out the laptops or submit submit to a pat-down, we have his agency to blame. he spent most of his career chasing the bad guys and he can take it. as he toll the times, my hope is whatever people want to call me, they recognize we are doing everything we can to work with people to provide the best possible security. the son of a church of god minster, he graduated from anderson university in indiana and indiana un

we're going to start with time warner kpabl. >> yes. >> and you like this stock.you look at the chart here, sue, it's had a huge run-up from the low of about 60 in january up to the low 80s. however, they're focusing on the customer right now. rather than trying to run out and get new customers, they're focused on servinge ining exist customers. in a way a housing play as moving out of homes moving out of parents home we see numbers continuing to pick up and the stock goes higher. it's a buy. >> expedia is next on the list. not such a rosy outlook there as well. why? >> agreed. earlier this week expedia had their largest shareholder liberty sell a big position in their stock. huge chunk of stock up at 34.50 was sold. that is never a great sign. also, expedia online travel, there's 1,000 pound gorilla in that space by the name of priceline. if i was going to be in this space, i would be in priceline. it's a sell. >> you would buy priceline and sell expedia. >> correct. >> phillip morris, you have a hold. a lot of people feel this stock because of the dividend yield

debate to fearmonger about communist style when tell policy is michele bachmann it's not still time warner. our guys it's time for happy hour and joining me this evening lauren lyster host of the capital account here on r.t. and comedian lafayette right hey guys how's it going. did you know that today it might be and not really but there's some scary stuff going on and take a look. listen to this a huge solar storm the largest in five years is already hitting earth today at four million miles per hour now look at the strong winds and deliver a knockout punch to your g.p.s. that will explosion right there that is where the other solar flare in it is all that radiation some of which got here at the speed of light which takes about an hour roughly other which travels at scale so between three and five million miles an hour. i get this point where ok i don't really think anything i just read that i thought of but biggest solar flare storm in your solar flare in six years or something like that would work which would have knocked out the rise in people who . know work take the. crowd of people

order and yet again going back on one of his campaign promises president obama is tonight's told time warner. our guys it's time for happy hour and joining me this evening r.t. web writer andrew blake and mike riggs associate editor at reason magazine and reason dot com. we go in pretty good mike i think you and i are always talking about the t.s.a. for some reason every time my mind and he has a lot of that of that right so this blog or basically he's posted a video online saying that he's figured out a way around those really pesky and basic body scanners take a look and the samples of individuals are concealing metallic objects that you can see as a black sheep on their light figure again late figure black background and black threat items yes that's right if you have a metallic object on your side it will be the same color as the background and therefore completely invisible. i says name jonathan corbett he was the first person to sue the t.s.a. over these machines and he also tried this so a pocket into the side of the shirt took a metallic object excuse me and then just did the whole t

spies and state surveillance the makings of a thought i flick starring tom cruise sort of from the time warner of today many scenes from the hollywood blockbuster minority report arguably be calm and the reality with life ominously in the changing art your walking down the street at the camera takes a picture of you is able to compare it through facial mapping is able to compare it to your driver's license photo or some other photo be a mug shot maybe a surveillance photo and say all right marina was on the corner of forty second and eighth at three o'clock last saturday in addition to fish recognition new york city's police department is just one of many law enforcement agencies that also require citizens to undergo an iris scan before being released from police custody . in the past six months iris scans have been taken from hundreds of occupy wall street activists placed under arrest by christina gonzales they really don't tell you why they just say it's another form of identification and it's really creepy to have someone holding up the machine to your prey's that you have no idea not only

also tonight, remarks from time warner chairman and ceo jeffrey bewkes on how digital media is changing the way americans live. he's speaking at the economic club of washington live at 7:55 p.m. eastern on our companion network c-span2. and tomorrow, the senate environment committee holds a hearing on nuclear reactor safety in the 21st century. after last year's nuclear disaster in fukushima japan, witnesses testify on lessons learned and what can be done to prevent another disaster. you can see that live tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >>> in about ten minutes we'll show you remarks from national economic council director gene sperling. he spoke earlier today at the economic summit hosted by "the atlantic." first, opening remarks from this event with james bennett who serves as editor in chief of "the atlantic" and richard vague of the governors woods foundation. this runs about ten minutes. >> thank you very much. on behalf of steve clemmons and "the atlantic," i want to thank all of you for your participation in this extraordinary conference. it's frankly a privilege to be

well yes we are likely to see more protests later on today starting about seven pm moscow time warner sets a place just behind me and push guns gaius where there is going to be opposition movements the have really galvanized this discontent and in fact they organized the fed before the election elections actually took place they're continuing on that message and they started back on the fourth of falling on the from the parliamentary elections they say that occasions overlooked. but it hasn't really lost any of that momentum since there has also been the other side to this story during the course of prime minister vladimir putin essentially what's they think he stands for which is the ability financial stability as the as a leader of russia we saw in that piece last night on miners' square where about one hundred thousand people attended a rally in support of the prime minister ushering him in as the future president of russia indeed will likely see nationally out on the streets later today there you food and loyal to the prime minister expected to rival this opposition protest cajeta

all right guys it's time for tonight's tool time warner and tonight it's going to g.o.p. senator rand paul and yeah i know earlier this week we commend him for glossing a vote on iran sanctions because he wanted to put in an amendment that would state that there have to be congressional approval for any military action on iran that was good but this next issue with a entirely different ball game yesterday forty three senate republicans and four democrats protected twenty four billion dollars in tax breaks for oil companies and earlier this week during discussions about the tax breaks rampaul decided to go to bat for big oil if an industry is successful and creates an on point two million jobs instead of punishing them you should walk through encourage though i would think you would want to search your companies what obstacles are there to making more money and hiring more people instead they say no we must. that's where i ran this is all about punishing the companies that are doing well how do you figure it out i mean i'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that the f

many kids don't understand how important these subjects can be that's why time warner cable developeda million to introduce kids in our communities to the opportunities that inspire them to develop these important skills. how can my car go faster? maybe your child will figure it out. find out more at connectamillionminds.com >> the quagmire in syria. what we know is the problem, and it's one we've seen before. a brutal ruler is facing a civilian revolution against his regime and is doing everything within his unchecked power including killing unarmed civilians to maintain his grip on the nation. what we don't know is the solution. should the united states use it's military force to intervene as we did in libya or should we allow it to play itself out like we did in egypt, or perhaps there is no efficient answer at all her here to.here to join me is james trowd. why is syria different. why does it matter more. >> well, syria matters more than libya did, because syria is located next to turkey on the one side, jordan lebanon and so forth. it's also been an instrument for the extension o

pirates right according to scene at major internet service providers like comcast cablevision horizon time warner cable and more they've all been secretly plotting behind closed doors with r.a. and the n.p.a. to find a way to stop copyright infringement and apparently they've been plotting this since last july proving these people know how to keep a secret that is until this week when they are a c.e.o. cary sherman decided to spill the beans and reveal that the major i espied will all be on the same page and ready to attack by this summer this even though there's ample evidence that policing the web for pirates isn't the best way to handle this issue but of course not surprisingly sherman doesn't see it that way and in fact he told the tech site seen at the companies have been working behind the scenes to develop a streamlined method of finding the infringers sherman explained each i.s.p. has to develop their infrastructure for automating the system they need this to establish the database so they can keep track of repeat infringers so they know that this is the first notice or the third notice s

that is to succumb even if one called up time warner and offer to pay more to see the game, they could not do so nor could they received similar relief from msg. "the new york times" had coverage of what could be called the linsanity piracy issue and a report came in the many upstanding citizens, downloading or uploading music or movies, who went to the computer's and watched illegal streams of games and the certainty violated laws in doing so. is generally law-abiding citizens could not have access to these games lately on the cable system no matter what they would've been willing to pay. so what's correct is legally clear. to watch the knicks from a site, is against the law. as they say, it's more complicated. but what does the future hold? i can confidently say that efforts now ongoing will likely bring about significant positive changes in this area. a few weeks ago suny general counsel and i met with david greene at her next speaker, rick cotton, at 30 rockefeller center to discuss potential ways to unpack and solve these complicated issues. this is not an exact rendition of the m

many kids don't understand how important these subjects can be that's why time warner cable developedon minds. to introduce kids in our communities to the opportunities that inspire them to develop these important skills. how can my car go faster? maybe your child will figure it out. find out more at connectamillionminds.com new 5 rpm gum. stimulate your senses. ♪ ♪ [ radio announcer ] he puts up the shot for the win! ♪ ♪ [ mayhem ] it's march and it's mayhem. and if you've got cut rate insurance you could be wishing it was february. so get allstate. [ dennis ] dollar for dollar nobody protects you from mayhem like allstate agents. [ male announcer ] cookies with smooth caramel and chocolate. ♪ ♪ hmm twix. also available in peanut butter. ♪ >>> he reminded me of kenny rogers a time when to hole them a time when to foal them. i think it's time for people to get behind this good man. >> kenny rogers. that's former president george wh bush and wife barber endorsing mitt romney. you are back inside "the war room," i'm jennifer grandholm. the bush/romney endorsement was the biggest news fr

but time warner is there, too. interesting list. no doubt people that work in business are afraid of this president and his policies. >>neil: but some are hedging their bets. >>reporter: the bans are figuring, how much worse can it be unless gingrich or santorum wednesday, and where the banks say, okay, and i am coughing as i say this, this is no way they will win. we have to show more support to the president, but i don't see them even hedging that much with the president, they don't --. >>neil: but when it gets close to the election and it looks like the polls are showing the president will be re-elected will they say, all right, we don't want to be on the wrong side. >>reporter: i don't see that. the sentiment is so against the president, he bashed them and supported occupy wall street, and he has taxes galore aimed at them. i don't thing they will make that case. i don't. but who knows. but so far and the republicans are beating themselves up good, with the numbers going to particularly romney. >>neil: thank you, buddy. now to t

time warner charging for internet based on use .a month if they agree to a five gigabyte cap. those google privacy changes go into effect today. google pooling all customer information from various services like search, gmail and youtube and using the info to help advertisers. stocks falling yesterday one calling it a knows bleed after bernanke threw cold -- it a nosebleed after bernanke threw cold water on -- >> graphic anti-smoking images of rotting teeth and diseased lungs won't be appearing on cigarette packs. federal judge has thrown out a mandate requiring companies to place anti-smoking images like these on their products. congress passed the law in 2009 ordering the adoption of the new label regulations scheduled to take effect in september. cigarette makers challenged that decision. a u.s. district judge agrees saying health warnings are a violation of free speech. the government is expected to appeal. >>> if you believe we are not alone in the universe, then s.e.t.i. is urging to you do more than just talk about it. s.e.t.

disney time warner, janney is upgrading disney to buy from neutral, downgrading time warner to neutralore vulnerable to risks posed by the growth of internet protocol, ip tv. >>> coming up we'll add another market master to the mix this morning, pimco's mohammed el-erian joins us in a bit. >>> and former imf managing director john lipsky on the global economy, the greek debt deal. "squawk box" will be right back. [ horn honks ] hey, it's sandra -- from accounting. peter. i can see that you're busy... but you were gonna help us crunch the numbers for accounts receivable today. i mean i know that this is important. well, both are important. let's be clear. they are but this is important too. [ man ] the receivables. [ male announcer ] michelin knows it's better for xerox to help manage their finance processing. so they can focus on keeping the world moving. with xerox, you're ready for real business. >>> >>> duelling squawk masters of the market, mohammed el-erian will join mario gabelli to find the smartest investments forever your portfolio. >> former imf chief john lipsky on the greek

if they didn't pay for it, time warner would get the message. >> but backlash, your new book, congratulationsgood to see you. >> thank you, good to see you. >> the president says we can't drill our way out of the energy crisis. a new report may have him changing his tune. and tonight's position as we vet obama. we rereal how a new executive order gives the white house absolute power over every aspect of your life, even during times of peace. this and our great american panel later tonight. >> our government ought to be open and transparent. transparent. >> i'll make our government open and transparent. >> i want transparency. >> we will do it in a transparent way. >> i will hold myself as president to transpirecy. >> tonight the vetting of the president continues as we bring you another edition of the real obama. he shine the spotlight on an executive order that the white house was hoping you never learn about. he signed the national defense resource order friday afternoon. it gives the president of the united states absolute power over any and all american resources during both times of peac

parsons was the longtime former ceo of time warner. his departure is seen as a confidence in the remaining ceo vikram pundity. if you just want to take a look at the reaction in terms of after-hours share price, we're sitting at $34.07. citigroup has lost about 94% of its value since its all-time high which was back in 2006. so it's an incredible fall from grace in terms of shareholder value. >> it certainly has been. thank you so much, mandy. let's get more on sunday's presidential election in russia. joining me via skype is former world chess champion and chairman of the opposition movement, united civil front of russia, garry kasparov. thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks for calling in. >> the election obviously sunday, everybody is saying is putin is certain to win. number one, is there any chance he doesn't win, and talk to us about the feeling on the ground right now, given the massive public protests against fraud and against putin coming back. >> i'll be very cautious of calling this election. it's more like a special o

it's owned be i our parent company, time warner. they orange namely named "luck."and nick nolte. it canceled after third horse dying. do you recall anything like this ever happening before? >> i know of shows being can selled for controversy and divl things but not specifically animals, and beloved animals. people love horses. this was a p.r. nightmare. the show didn't have huge ratings anyway for an hbo kind of show. but it had great pedigree, great actors, but i don't know. maybe it was going to eventually be canceled anyway and this was an excuse to get that done. i don't know. just sad and kind of tragic for the whole production that this had to happen because there were great people attached to that project. and i'm sure obviously it had its followers and maybe over time would have built an even bigger audience. it wasn't a boardwalk empire or the "sopranos," and luck ran out. it's sad about the horses definitely. >> it sure is. paul, thank you very much. nice to see you on this saturday morning. >> thank you. i appreciate it. >> the news doesn't take the week

i was in the time warner center, a little shopping mall near my house. there was a woman pushing a stroller with a 2-year-old. she said do you want to go inside or outside, honey? inside -- please, tell mommy. tell mommy. it was going on forever. you're watching something and like, oh, my gosh. we went to a restaurant upstairs and a child at a table and big family around. do you want bread, do you want bread, do you want bread? constantly. it was weird. it looks like the pendulum is sort of swinging obviously -- >> people are doing that not for the kids but for the people that are watching you with the kids you know? >> oh, yeah. you're probably right. >> yeah. the best thing you can do is take that kid home, you want to go out next time, you behave. otherwise you stay home. >> yes. >> they want to go. they want to be -- >> no. you're right. you're right. >> until all of a sudden they're 21 -- cody will be 22 this month. >> what? >> and there's nothing you can say about pretty much anything. and it's so frustrating. the things about -- you wish you could

disney, time warner, anybody who's got content that's pushing it out there. >> why is it necessarily? we're evolving in a world where -- >> i'm not saying it's a bad thing. i'm just saying i don't know if his margins are going to be there. >> in terms of diversifying the model, you have to applaud him for that. the stocks had a great year this year. any pullback you get off is it a buy, but the content you used to have to go to the con tept. it's going to go to you. the competition in that space is only going to increase dramatically. it makes total sense. i don't think it will be just intel doing this. i think there will be multiple people doing it. >> as they digest this especially tomorrow when >>> welcome back to sfz at the nasdaq market site. weak chinese trade data is causing a selloff in one commodity currency. should you bet on a soft landing? let's get your money in motion from amelia bourdeau. how are you? >> i'm good. >> i'm going to toss it to joe terranova. >> the aussie dollar, one of the best to own pulling back. what do we do with it? >> what's happening today is auss

that would be time warner, disney, cbs. you have this tv everywhere talked about consistently. it hasn't taken off yet. when you get an ipad device like this that is so much closer wsh all of those content owners are going to win. assuming they produce good content, you'll have more proximity of that to an hd tv. if they want to retain customers, for netflix retaining as opposed to growing, that's a critical juncture for them. >> gentlemen, thank you so much. we appreciate your time tonight. we'll see you soon. thank you so much. >>> housing investors, home buyers should pay close attention. housing may have hit a bottom. where you can find spring housing bargains. diana olick will break it down when we come back on "closing bell." >>> welcome back. the housing market has been showing signs of life. robert shiller said earlier on street signs. >> home prices are back to a normal level. they could just stay here. and that would be all right. right? housing is very affordable. interest rates are down. prices are down to a normal level. they haven't overshot normal. so maybe in te

right now it's only available to time warner cable and cox media customers in san diego but the israelimpany behind dog tv hopes to expand across the u.s. by the end of the year. they'll charge about $4.99 per month. my dog's only allowed to watch channel 4 when i'm not there. >> my dog's never liked tv. they never paid attention. >> mine sits up shall the ears go back, they go crazy. >> mine does that when there is a storm outside. still to come, they're called preppers. a growing number of people getting ready for doomsday. we'll hear from one survival mom who is helping lead the way. i was shocked to find out how many couples don't sleep in the same bedroom. but in the sleep number store, we hear it all the time. yeah, nine out of ten couples disagree on the firmness they want in a mattress. i sleep on the couch. with our bed, the sleep number setting represents the firmness that you like on your half of the mattress. you can have it your way and i'll have it mine. so we save a lot of marriages. at our semi-annual sleep sale, save $400 to $700 on our most popular bed sets. sale ends

while time warner up 300% in the past years. big winner, cbs up nearly 900% in the same timeframe.the only place cbs number one but for the racing for ad revenue, how does the company plan it stay on top. cbs president and ceo less moones have, les it is wonderful to welcome you to the show. >> good to be here, maria. >> first off, wow, congratulations to you. to what do you attribute this massive momentum with cbs. >> well, it's not over yet. i think the perception of the company changed greatly. we have been the number one network for a number of years but i think the perception is not only a traditional media company but new forms of revenue. such as retransmission consent fees. reverse count from affiliate as well as new digital streams for content where we are getting paid a lot of money for that. >> that's what i want it ask you about, is retransmission and digital streaming opportunities. but first, broad economic issues in terms of advertising. political advertising, what kind of year are you expecting? >> politically will be extraordinarily high. we are seeing signs of the

seeking government approval to buy $4 billion in licenses from cable companies like comcast and time warner. that would give it the space to offer the new service. >>> they say laughter is the best medicine, but it will cost more to fill the prescription this year. the wholesale price of a dozen rubber chickens has jumped 8%. you guys were worried about rising gas prices. the index starlet ted in 1987. laura, back over to you. >> thank you very much. >> the price of rubber chickens has gone up. >>> a disaster preparedness exercise may have led to a massive security breach. four storage devices went missing earlier this month. they contain the private records of 800,000 californiaens. the devices vanished while being shipped between colorado and california. ibm is returning them after testing if they could run remotely. the department is saying people affected make sure to take steps to protect their identities. >>> with about 24 hours until the mavericks window officially closes, it looks like the surfing competition isn't going to happen. the conditions were just not right. but they are st