Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies in 1979, brought to you as a Public Service by your television provider. And as we continue our series on the communicators talking with some of the Telecommunications Associations headquartered here in washington, week were joined by Shirley Bloomfield who is the head of the ntca, the Rural Broadband association. Shes here to talk about some of the legislative and policy issues that her association faces. Ms. Medical bloomfield, what ise ntca, first of all . Guest a National Trade association, and we represent 90 small local providers that are in pretty much every state in this country who provide what used to be, you know, just basic telephone service. Theyre now broadband providers. Theyve also become kind of the onestop shop Tech Service Providers for tear communities. They do video, wireless, data centers, they do whatever Technology Needs their communities actually require. So they actually represent their interests here in washington d.
Is it possible to ensure yourself against the insanity of our elected leaders jo to be immune of the inside the beltway wars . And how much of a weakness weve seen, including today . Its breakdown day. Dropped. Nasdaq, replaced at the feet of the bears in the white house in the gavel. First, lets establish whats happening. We know the fed lowered the boom on the short sellers telling them to be careful because bernanke is still a lover of bonds. If you were selling bonds. Short. Expect them to go lower. Many work. You have the mean whama jama upside the head. A technical term. Theres one problem. This market thinks see xentially and obsesses about the next big, bad event right after the one has been solved. So we obsessed about the fed. It occurred. Like it never happened. Even though it was a positive. Why . Because weve been obsessed about the next series. The budget wrangling. Obsessed about the debt ceiling, Affordable Care act. Whats secrets they come up for us down there in the c
Glad you could jn us on is etion of ewsline. s thursda february 14th. Im Catherine Kobayashi in tokyo. Japans Gross Domestic Product for the final quarter of 2012 shrank slightly in the october to december period. This is the Third Straight quarter of contraction. Gdp fell 1. 4 . The pace of decline was more moderate than the previous period when it was minus 3. 8 . Global demand was dragging down the economy. Capital spending went down Housing Investment showed growth of 3. 5 . Consumer spending was up due to strong sales of winter clotr. Overall p ros1. 9 for the previous year. Thats the first growth in two years. Investors have been tracking the data. Who has the upper hand . I would have said the buyers but its a mixed picture here in japan. The nikkei is trading slightly higher. 11,255. Up 0. 03 from wednesday ease close. Exports related stocks are getting a lift. Some expect the yen will stay on a declining trend for the time being. Others are selling recent gainers to lock in pr
Much every state in this country. Basicvide what used to be telephone service. They are now broadband providers. They have also become the one stop shop Service Providers for immunitys. They do video, wireless, data centers, whatever technologies their communities require. We resent their interests here in washington, d. C. Who are some of your members . We have everywhere from the largest cooperative in the Telecommunications Cooperative in South Carolina with 100,000 subscribers, to numerous small companies, familyhell, locally owned. That have 400 or 500 subscribers a piece. If you looked at the map of the united states, we serve about 40 of the landmass but about 5 of the kinds customer base. When you think about here in washington, where you have a large provider providing service, 130 scrappers, my folks subscribers per mile. My folks average six or seven consumers per mile. Differentr concerns than the verizons, at ts . By definition. When you think about what a Rural Community
Your responsibilities, you can get ahead, no matter where you come from, no matter what you look like or who you love. Obama made the address before a joint session of congress. He said his First Priority is making the country a magnet for new jobs in manufacturing. He said some of those jobs could come through investment and clean energy. He said the extreme weather americans have seen should remind them they need to do more to combat climate change. Obama said america will remain the anchor of strong alliances around the world, as he outlined threats from abroad. He criticized north korean leaders a day after they carried out another nuclear test. Provocations of the sort we saw last night will only further isolate them as we stand by our allies, strengthen our own Missile Defense and lead the world in taking firm action in response to these threats. Obama said americans face another threat at home. He ran through a list of mass shootings. He said the attack in december at an Element