people who did buy a tic knew of the difficulties and knew that uninvestment is a risk.here is no reason to put rentesers in a home to ease those who took that risk. people who buy a renter's home should not be able to move to more easily displace people from their homes. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >>> good afternoon. my name is ernestine weiss, and i'm here to object to any conversions of apartments in the city of san francisco at a time when affordable housing is priority one. what is wrong with you supervisors? you don't get it? people cannot live here. my grandson had to move to canada. he's a teacher. young man, can't afford to live here. in canada, he has health care, he has housing, a reasonable amount, and he's happy there. why should he have to leave the country where he was born in california because of your priorities being backwards? this is unfair to a lot of -- most of the people who rent. i live in a rent controlled building. my landlord is trying to harass me, and i won't put up with it. i mean, it's disgusting and you guys voted to 8 washingt

people who did buy a tic knew of the difficulties and knew that uninvestment is a risk.re is no reason to put rentesers in a home to ease those who took that risk. people who buy a renter's home should not be able to move to more easily displace people from their homes. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker.

mergers and southwest acquisition of airtran and we learned that the competition made the industry uninvestables now gone. i have invested in two colleges and have two kids there. anyway, the entire country is now like alaska. because there is no real competition anywhere to be found. don't you love that? terrible if you are like a traveler. but in the old days this business was a nightmare. a competent ter of war. life in the airline was nasty, and short. since the airlines were in demnated not a single airline survived without going through bankruptcy. but in constant downward pressure on ticket prices. but after the resent span of consolidation. once the us airways deal goes through. we will be in a new world of hurt for travel evers and heaven for shareholders. they handle over 80% of domestic travel. in short, running a major airline is a viable business proposition. the airline spent a fortune on air fuel. that means more travel and you put more team to work and people do not skimp. the best way to play it is with usair. simple because of the much anticipated merger with amr. just yesterd

in the old days most airline stocks were literally uninvestable and it was not a viable industry. was way too much competition and it forced the airlines to charge consumers less money to the point where the profits were anathema to the group. a whole lifetime and the airlines had no profits whatsoever. bankruptcies were business as usual. hey, listen, let's face it. competition is great for consumers, man, but is it terrible for business and for businesses and shareholders. i used to joke that the companies had no right to be public and no more than the red cross, united way and the sierra club and they made the tremendous support in congress. the airline industry has been transformed into something that is actually worth betting on, thanks to the power of oligopoly! since 2005 we've seen a host of airlines either disappear, there have been more than a dozen bankruptcies got swallowed up by others. in 2011 southwest swallowed up airtran and just last month we learned that u.s. airways is merging with amr, the parent of american airlines, hence why i told you to buy u.s. airways o

and this combination with amr is going to be the game changer and the airlines which have been uninvestableecades will be investable. this is not the one you downgrade. this is the one you buy and i would use any weakness to buy lcc because it will be amr. >> this will be tough, but america west made an acquisition once in this area. it did go up 50% after the deal closed on a bankrupt airline. i am sticking by this. this is not a trade. this is an investment. >> the dow has hit an all-time closing high for eight straight sessions and the opening bell is coming up next. recognize me. but i am your market data. i know what you're looking for. i'm not chained to your desk anymore. i'm faster and smarter now. and so much less expensive. i am your market data. and if i do say so myself, i have never looked better. superderivatives introduces dgx. data done differently. otherworldly things. but there are some things i've never seen before. this ge jet engine can understand 5,000 data samples per second. which is good for business. because planes use less fuel, spend less time on the ground and m