economy, look no further than this company waste management.te management stock hit a record intraday high earlier of $107. even though quarterly profits were down 12%, the waste and environmental services giant still beat on both the top and the bottom line. now, the stock's reversed a bit, down 61 cents at the moment, but first on fox business to tell us how his company's continuing to turn trash into treasure and how he in a separate way can take the temperature of the u.s. economy by looking at what we all throw away, is waste management ceo jim fish first on fox business. good to see you. welcome back, jim. thanks. >> thanks, liz. how are you? liz: i was thinking about this. i would imagine you see volumes of trash that fluctuate with the economy. tell us how the u.s. is doing when you look through your particular prism. >> well, it's a good question because we really are a pretty good indicator for the overall economy. we touch every segment so when you look at our volumes that we reported today, the commercial volumes are a good look int

we are looking at trash collector waste management, who agreed to buy rival waste disposal in a $3 billionl. the merger combines the number wasted number four u.s. management companies. here with moore's romaine bostick. romaine: you do not think about trash collection much. this will be a $57 billion a year industry this year. -- in terms oft the revenue side, this deal will only increase revenue about 10% to 15%. what it does for waste management, which already operates in every u.s. state, it will pick up key states that operate there, primarily in tennessee, places like minnesota. these are areas waste management has been lighting behind -- has been lagging behind and it will give them a foothold. david: you have the number one and the number four, antitrust attorneys get nervous about that. laura: -- romaine: the next largest competitor controls 18%. two analysts have said they expect private investiture's will be in the cards. i should point out that advanced disposal did a deal, a much smaller company, they tried to do a deal in 2012 and the justice department force them to do dives

this means improving waste management and recycling. the u.s. is taking a leadership role in these areas. at epa we held our first ever recycling summit this past november. the summit brought together leaders from all levels of the recycling value chain to discuss ways we can strengthen the recycling industry and markets. we will reconvene the summit this year and address our progress. i'm also proud to report that epa and the u.s. trade representative led the u.s. negotiating team from the environmental chapter of the usmca, the new nafta, which contains the most comprehensive set of enforceable environmental obligations of any trade agreement to date, including first-time provisions to address marine litter and debris. one of epa's key programs in this space is our trash-free waters program. we work directly with states and municipalities and businesses to reduce litter, prevent trash from entering waterways and capture trash that is already in our waters. for example, we are directly supporting the installation of trash traps in the mobile ba

the move would expd waste management's footprint in the eastern united states. it is one of the biggest solid waste company acquisitions in more than a decade. both stocks rose in trading today. advancedsa dis was up nearly 18%. >>> drug manufacture is buying paragone bio svices for a little more than $1 billion. the all-cash deal wil t helpm expand its gene therapy manufacturing operations. a fast gwing area of health care. geneai therapy id to replace defective genes with healthy ones. shares got a 13% boost today. >>> apple and qualcomm are facing off in court. the two companies began their massive multibillion-dollar patent trial today. it is a lo-simmering dispute that will nown be o full display for all investors to see. josh lipton is at the courthouse in san diego tonight. >> apple andom qua have been fighting each other for more than two years with billions to-dollars on the line. they're expected to be star witnesses from both sides. the best known appleim ceo cook and qualcomm founder erwin jacobs. at the heart of this case, apple claims that qualcomm

this means improving waste management and recycling. the us is taking a leadership role in these areas. at epa we held the first recycling summit this past november. this brought together all leaders of recycling value chain. and, we will refund -- redress our progress. the epa and us trade representative led the us negotiating team for the environmental chapter of the us and ca, the new nafta, which contains the most comprehensive set of enforceable environmental obligations of any trade agreement to date. .. one of the most cost-effective solutions is a let

environmentalists feel that the government should not just pos regulations but also improve waste management from where i sit i think that parts you could do a little better in terms of planning and what we need to think about is long term management of this kind of material and how they are going to be disposed of. in the event that they're not useful anymore. to the economy. kenya still lags behind in waste management with recycling eva done by private companies or informally by people who work at dump sites. but still no alternative to the non woven bags perhaps this latest ban will force kenyans to be more aware of the impact they have on the environment. to but it's like a soccer now in frankfurt have made it five league wins in a row they overpowered stood guard to move into fourth place for bottom of the bundesliga table is nearly as tight as the top but first let's have a look at. the frankfurt faithful were hoping to see the home side continue their run and leap frog log back in the standings. and the host duly set the tone from the opening whistle with luke to you a bit shooting ju

environmentalists feel that the government should not just past regulations but also improve waste management from where i sit i think that parts you could do a little better in terms of planning and what we need to think about these long term management of this kind of material and how they're going to be disposed off. in the event that they're not useful anymore. to the economy in. kenya still lags behind in waste management with recycling eva done by private companies or informally by people who work at dump sites. but still no alternative to the non woven bags perhaps this latest ban will force ten years to be more aware of the impact they have on the environment. this is deja vu news live from berlin still to come on the show the wily veteran consoling the distraught broking after formula one's bahrain grand prix world champion hamilton admits he was just plain lucky to get past charlotte on sunday. but first all kinds of jostling in the top tier of the abundance league a seven matches left to play i'm joined by jonathan crane from did a resource morning jonathan byron munich of course g

environmentalists feel that the government should not just pos regulations but also improve waste management from where i sit i think that you could do a little better in terms of planning and what we need to think about these long term management of this kind of material and how they're going to be disposed of. in the event that they're not useful anymore. to the economy. kenya still lags behind in waste management with recycling eva done by private companies or informally by people who work at dump sites. but still no alternative to the nonmoving bags perhaps this latest ban will force kenyans to be more aware of the impact they have on the environment. now in sports in formula one racing lewis hamilton has won the bahrain grand prix his first victory of the new season but the reigning world champion was given a real scare by a twenty one year old ferrari driver who came within a few laps of victory. ferrari charlotte broke the law record in bahrain to secure his first pole and he looked like topping up with a maiden grand prix when until a faulty engine saw his chances spotter wrote with

brooke: waste management? they are tapping the debt markets. lisa: where does it come from? outsource trash collection services to these private companies and then manage it. they primarily specialize is the -- in the eastern half of the united states. isid: the number one player buying the number four player. it is going to have like 30% market share. is there any concern about concentration? brooke: there has been a ton of consolidation in the trash collection spatial -- collection space. there have been a couple deals between progressive and waste connections. that was an inversion deal. at, is something to look there too much consolidation of power? this is an industry where you would like to see efficiency and they are talking about $100 billion. lisa: or jack up the price for governments. david: and the overall pie is growing. the total revenue in that sector is growing by 6% per year. brooke: we generate more trash. just the plethora of amazon boxes we have creates a lot more recycling. lisa: and the fact that china is stepping back from recycling. bloombergherland of

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scores of new casinos and hotels are being built along the coast but serious and waste management systems haven't kept up with the change piles of trash or another eyesore keeping tourists away. and you sense if there's a trying to keep the problem in check but development races ahead blighting the very beach that visitors come for on islands off the coast plastic is washing up right under people's homes much of the way says discarded by locals themselves because there's no service here to pick up trash scientists are testing the health of nearby waters and they've issued a warning. development in places like giving us a good example of what we want to avoid here in the future development. go out into the ocean. that's a real problem for. us is in particular. developers say construction would benefit the region if it's done right. we have a couple of issues that we need to deal with the issues all infrastructure basic sewage sanitation. electricity incineration waste disposal this is the way forward in the way that the city will win and then it can become a world wide destination. but act

waste management will pay more than $33 a share a 22% premium to friday's closing price. ould be one of the largest deals in the waste disposal industry in more than a decade a little movement there. shares of publicis are up. it's buying epsilon for $4.4 billion. epsilon has a trove of data on some 160 million clients, mostly in the united states cat at that lant a drug company is close to a deal to buy perfe paragon bioservices. we'll keep an eye on those shares as trading picks up in the united states. >>> if you've never heard of the chemical safety and hazard investigation board known as the csb, you are not alone it's a small group of people who investigate industrial accidents but president trump has been trying to eliminate the csb for three years and inspectors have quit and some fear that's helped to lead to an explosion, a fire, and even a death >> reporter: two terrible accidents in just the month, both involving dangerous chemicals, both in texas, both may have something in common. >> on march 17th there was a league and the houston ship channel had to be clos

jim fish of waste management comes on the show and often commented the best source of revenue is construction. they announced the acquisition of the competitor and business is good and getting better that is the one to buy. and i'm talking about metal and equipment and fertilizer and the metal is doing well because there is steel but too much competition and coal, not on my watch. and inner mobile that is back in the world of j.b. hunt and some groups that just stink for example, if you trying to figure out where to get your money to buy these, everyone is selling health care. they are obliterated by a panic. and democratic candidates are cracking down on health care costs and many of them embracing single payer but it is unlikely the industry will get slammed, even if bernie sanders wins and takes the white house and in a landslide and picks up senate seats, i don't think he'll have the numbers to make medicare for all happen still there is new political risk portfolio managers don't like it and you know the pain is over when eli lilly and really good companies have money coming out and goin

the nation's largest recycler waste management saw its revenue grow. >> so even with the changes chinare he have knew went up. >> because the company owns the most land fills in the u.s. >> is it better for people to recycle wrong or not at all? >> better to not recycle at all. it costs us more money when they recycle wrong. >> reporter: that cost is passed on to you. >>> president trump and first lady hosted 30,000 people at the white house for the annual easter egg roll. a tradition that began over a century ago. a record breaking 74,000 eggs donated by farmers used for egg racing and hunts. even served on sticks as egg pops. kids had an egg- citing time. >> i'm glad we didn't have too many of those egg things in there. >> not punny. >> i don't know about the egg pops. >> thanks for watching "early today." >> a reminder, check out our instagram for news updates throughout the morning. re news straight aheadmo ♪ living well. do you often wake up with chest congestion? or suffer excess mucus? try mucinex 12 hour. the bio layer tablet immediately releases to thin and loosen excess mucus

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. >> the companyny brought jobs b brought about poor waste management practices. >> it was very clear as much of the major dye manufacturers in that era that they had big issues with pollution. theyey created contamination problems wherever they were and ciba was no exception. ciba een 1962-1966, geigy had about 20 sites. on the days the plant was operating, over five million gallonons of chemical waste wer dumped directly in the river. these were dayays when the phililosophy was out of sight, out of mind and didn't have the proper waste disposal. >> don bennett grew up in toms river and ran in the river as a young boy, just downstream from where the plant dumps. dd >> it was bizarre to a teenage kid swimming in what looked to be just another river. the water was always ice cold evenen in the middle of thehe summer. when you came over here, the swinging bridge, it was a popular swimming place with young people. ifif your nose was working anan your eyes were woworking, you would certainly r recognize something was really wrong. >> don's connection to toms river isn't just water. for ov

epa will provide technical assistance to develop a comprehensive solid waste management program that will prevent land-based sources of trash from reaching the ocean. when i travel to the g7 and friends for the g20 and japan later this spring i will make marine litter a top priority. let's move move on to third anl area, water infrastructure. the unfortunate reality is that many projects around the world never get off the ground due to a lack of funding. not a lack of ambition or necessity. due to budget realities and the skill of our challenges we had to develop greater voice to finance these projects and modernize -- >> if we could get started, please. hello, hello hello. my name is andrea. i have the honor of being the direct of the johns hopkins center for injury research and policy in the department of health policy and management in the bloomberg school of public health. at i am so happy to welcome you to today's daniel raskin memorial symposium on injury prevention. we are delighted and honored you all here with us today, and it's my pleasure to introduce dean emeritus dr. mic

. >> reporter: the call came in about 5:30 this evening from a waste management employee who watched it happen. >> one of the drivers was passing by and saw an officer get stabbed. >> reporter: an off-duty oakland police officer was leaving the police station at the end of his shift when a woman wielding a knife attacked him, stabbing him at least once. >> he was stabbed in the neck. he is bleeding. >> the suspect has been arrested at the scene. and the weapon has been recovered. >> reporter: the officer was rushed to highland hospital and was in stable condition tonight. police and patrol cars surrounded the building as the officer underwent surgery this evening. the chief and the officers family also arrived at the hospital. police say it is unclear whether the officer who was in plainclothes at the time was targeted. oakland police are not identifying the officer. they say his family still needs to be notified. >>> tonight the 49ers made their first pick in the nfl draft. he is defensive and nick bosa of ohio state. not a big surprise . he is known for his playing and his tweets.

target is teaming up with waste management to recycle old car seats and turn them into new products.san jose entrepreneurs found success on "shark tank." >> we don't want to sugar-coat this. we need your money. you have a deal, let's do this! >> so barbara ended up cutting a deal with these two sisters who are behind maven's creamery. the company makes specialty ice cream sandwiches with french style macaroons. the sisters say they practiced their pitch for days. >> it was nerve-racking, it was exciting, it was challenging all at once. >> the product sells in 22 states and now they want to expand to the east coast and overseas. good luck to them. >>> let's take a look at what's going on, san jose at 87. you can see it's pretty quiet there. san jose jumps ten degrees to 81. even oakland jumps up. look at san francisco, 63 yesterday. 73 today. petaluma, 68 yesterday. 82 today this is only the beginning. let me show you the temperatures tomorrow. we are in the mid to upper 80s inland. mid-70s around san francisco around hayward, even 73. look at this, napa, concord, 90. 89 in fairfield

but while local governments ar struggling, the nation's largest recycler waste management saw its revenue grow from $14.5 billion in 2017 rly 5 bi last year. >> so even with the changes that china imposed, your revenue went up? >> that's correct. >> reporter: that's partly because the company also owns the most landfills in the u.s. >> the average contamination rate is 20%, 25% nationwide. those are materials that should not have been in the recycling bin to begin with. >> reporter: is it better for people to recycle wrong or not at all? >> it's better for people not to recycle at all because it costs us more money when they recycle wrong. >> reporter: that extra cost being passed on to you. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, clearwater, florida. >>> separated by two years and 2,000 miles, the long awaited reunion that's inspiring america. and pitching lawmakers. the obstacles the a )s hope to bypass -- for building a ballpark in oakland. next. >>> in tonight's very family feared they would never see their beloved dog again until an amazing discovery 2,000 miles away changed everything. here's ker

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waste management buying a smaller reich.nouncing a deal this morning to buy its rival advanced disposal services it will pay $3 billion in cash it's $33.13 per share and you can see right now -- actually both stocks are up on this news, so it's not an arbitrage situation where you're seeing the buyer go down and the seller go up. >> that's cash, right? >> people are happen on all ends. >> it's cash. >> but oftentimes people get frustrated >> that was a rollup, one of the original rollups. >> yeah. >> with waste management, and they are still rolling. >> and we should note we are, of course, awaiting quarterly earnings from goldman sachs. we'll get those numbers late they are hour. the company expected to report a profit of $4.89 per share on revenue of just under $9 billion. we'll have those numbers and reaction as soon as they are out. >> president trump renewing his criticism of the federal reserve in a tweet yesterday the president said, quote, if the fed had done its job properly which it has not the stock would have bee

, 6000 at advanced disposal. 43,000 employees at waste management, 6000 at advanced disposal.day at the imf. >> we think it is important for people to find ways to address the domestic problem while still sticking with international rules of the game, but those rules may have to be changed. we may need smarter rules. >> trade tensions with the u.s. is an external risk. our negotiating group is currently negotiating with u.s. authorities, and we hope we will be able to avoid further escalation of trade tensions. ofwe are doing the question minimal taxation and where we can find to national agreement to do something like this on the international level. this is a common idea of germany and the united states. >> the idea itself is absurd. we must cooperate. the values are so close, but in case, and with president trump you never know, we must be prepared. tom: a clash of civilizations at the international monetary fund. you may have watched "game of thrones" -- king's landing, westeros is not part of the g0 world. ian bremmer is. it has been too long since we have enjoyed his int

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dangerous peons the facts are being felt as far away as australia the president of the waste management and resource recovery association of australia told a.f.p. twelve months on and we're still feeling the effects but we have not moved to the solutions yet. the battle between the u.s. and huawei is still ongoing and according to recent reports one of washington's closest allies the united kingdom has decided to allow the companies involvement in the creation of its five g. network artie's rachel blevins joins us now to discuss the details rachel so what are the reports saying right now about the possibility of the u.k. working with the way race to looks like the decision was made by u.k.'s national security council which is chaired by prime minister theresa may and according to the reports that have come out about it so far they're saying that the u.k. plans to give wall way limited access to help build non core elements of their five g. network so they're taking some of these privacy concerns into account but at the same time they're not completely ruling out working with wall way al

scores of new casinos and hotels are being built along the coast but serious and waste management systems haven't kept up with the change piles of trash or another are still keeping tourists away. and you sense if there's a trying to keep the problem in check but development races ahead blighting the very beach that visitors come for. for solace like me it's quiet very quiet me that. the young people have guest houses where they can work but for me it's bad. and not coming yet my. on the islands off the coast plastic is washing up right under people's homes like in this fishing village. much of the weiss is discarded by locals themselves because there's no service here to pick up trash or scientists testing the health of coral in nearby water has and they've issued a warning. or a set of element in places like seattle feel like giving us a good example of what we want to avoid here in the future check development is saying go out into the ocean and that's a real problem for car race and say crosses in particular. but developers say construction would benefit the region if it's done right

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but while local governments are struggling, the nation's largest recycler waste management saw revenuely ne15 million last year. >> so even with the changes that cna imposed, your revenue went up? >> that's correct. >> reporter: partly because the company also owns the most landfills in the u.s. >>he average contamination rate is 20, 25% nationwide. those are materials that should not have been in the recycling to biegin with. >> reporter: is it better for people to recycle wrong or not at all? >> not at all because it cost us more money when they recycle ong. >> reporter: that extra cost being pass on to you. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, clearwater, florida. >>> separated by two years and 2,000 miles, the long awaited reunion that's inspiring america. >>> in tonight's inspiring america, a strange forces at work? i onyou're referring to gravity-and we covered it. talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ but pragen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials,