Not this month. Home Builder Sentiment plunges as the unofficial start to the spring selling season gets under way. Is it a bad time for the Housing Market . We have all that and more tonight on nightly Business Report for tuesday, february 18th. Good evening, everyone, and welcome. Two big stories leading our broadcast tonight. One, disappointing earnings from cocacola after sales in north america lost some of their fizz last quarter. That sent the stock sharply lower. More on the troubles at coke in just a moment. The other big story tonight, a megamerger in pharmaceuticals. Irelandbased generic drugmaker activis agreed to by forrest labs for 25 billion in cash and stock. Come being t combining two of the fastestgrowing specialty drugmakers and possibly a harbinger of more in the health care industry. The ceo spoke today about the changing environment in the industry and the need to control costs. As our environment changes the pharmaceutical space changes, one of the things we know
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Department what is the need for pdr certainly theres a lot of pdr spates its going to stay empty when our asking spaces for pdr they have to contract theres a loopholes now i ask you to stop did madness and ask the Planning Department to do their job. Thank you thank you, sir. Supervisors mike pecuniary trades council ive been a long supporter of pdr under an understanding it has two aspects one passenger door either produces something that produces the needs of the city or the other aspect is that it employes a imply collar wells fargo like supervisor kims. This building whatever its supposed pdr function if house that function right now and it may support that or enhance f it in the city i think its telling in the Planning Departments description of the building that it did service the function at the beginning of the last density but a preforklift type of building. I think then upper left with choosing between biz businesses that serves as one of the proponent testified highend weal