test test test test captioning performed by vitac you don t know what else is coming down the pike. i don t want to oversell these tools. they are useful as a way to ballpark things and help consumers shop and compare. it s still a rough estimate because health care by its nature is an unknown in the year ahead. for those planned events and joel spoke about this the huge variation in price with no discernible difference in quality. we know, for example that neck mris will change from $230 to a tenth of that amount. there are certain instances where we can really come very far along in terms of helping people estimate costs and sort of partake in the favorable economics of smart decision-making. i had one more thing. that s just about this whole issue when we talk about the tools for consumers of choice architecture design. it s how we present this information to consumers and there s been studies that consumers w
the markets in just a moment. plus, we ll be joined by the newsmaker of the hour steve forbes is here. andrew has more of the morning s top stories. one of the big stories that we re watching as joe mentioned at the top of the show deutsche bank is announcing resignations. the management team of anshu jain and jurgen fitschen coming under fire. they re replaced by john cryan. we ll get more from you re colleagues in frankfurt, that s a big one. 39% of the shareholds voted to get them out. syngenta reporting a second takeover of monsanto. the swiss company saying it made no attempts to discuss. jed, monsanto reportedly pay to syngenta if they can t get a deal. the u.s. economy is going to expand at a lower rate than first expected. it puts a 2.4% on gdp growth. that s down for the forecast for the national association for business economics announcing that the soft patch could force the fed to raising rates. what do you think? in noble news today, japan s economy much fa
new automobiles compared to last year. korean brands top the list. japanese autos, they dropped below the industry average, first time that s happened in 29 years that j.d. power has been doing this survey. in terms of who placed it the highest and lowest in terms of countries of where vehicles are coming from, korea leads the pack big way, average and 12 per 112. then european japanese and u.s. at 114 problems per 100 vehicles. shares of toyota honda, nissan the big japanese automakers. what s the problem with new automobiles? not just japanese but overall, people are reporting problems with vehicles less than 90 days old, it comes down those in-car infotainment and electronic systems, number one problem, people are reporting with new automobiles and in particular vis recognition systems, they are not working well and that s a problem for the japanese automakers. top five brands, according to j.d. power for 2015. porscha number one followed by keyia, jaguar hyundai number fo
a new record high for the nasdaq today. it s a violent move away from bonds and into equities. it continues to gain team. yes, the markets, josh, are in the red right now. bank of america was out with a note today. michael hartnet saying they ve seen the largest equity inflows in three years and the biggest outflows in three and a half years, the biggest disparity between stock and bond flows ever. look, nothing brings out positive inflows to the fund industry like new record highs, and i think it s compounded by the fact that people were way, way, way too cautious going into this. when you look at either the protection trades that went on or the people that were fleeing to cash, and i think that s the big take-away, scott. perceived safety has a cost. when you look at the tlt down 7.2% in a week, when you look at gld, gold in general, down 5%, the mine e e minors down a lot . it s not always safe if you are unaware of what the other variables are, says and in this case the
unsolicited stakeover bid led by anbang insurance group. we ll give you the latest. united airlines ceo back to work today but the activists are not cutting him slack. what s ahead for munoz and the airline at large. starwood is up sharply in premarket trading. they received a takeover proposal from china s anbang insurance. it s worth about $75 a share in cash. the board of starwood says it is not changing its recommendation at this point and supports the company s planned merger with marriott, but they have a waiver from marriott that will allow them to negotiate until thursday. people familiar with the situation indicate the hope is they can hammer out a definitive agreement with anbang insurance, which has chris flowers, former investment banker people may have known. and primivera, not an old italian restaurant on the west side, but a large private equity firm in china. some of these names may be unfamiliar, but the $76 a share all cash offer and that 5.50 is a signi