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Market capital valuation if this stayed and god forbid there was a terrorist attack they were liable own go out of business. one bomb. >> do you disagree with joe the terrorists have won, right >> it is not public companies that are owned by individual shareholders goal or job to push forward a stance that is our countrys job. >> you didnt answer the question. >> again, what about a british film company that made a movie about the assassination of george w. bush. >> im not saying the chain of ev...

Is worth $9 million. so thats nothing compared to the cost of a big recall. i understand that. but when you add in the lawsuits and you add in the penalties from the s.e.c., potentially in the gm bailout, lying to the government, fraud, justice department criminal penalties, it adds up. its big-time. of course, the loss of support from their customers who are infuriated about that. >> josh, thats, of course, one of the arguments you hear about regulation which is making defective products should...

Government, fraud, justice department criminal penalties, it adds up. its big-time. of course, the loss of support from their customers who are infuriated about that. >> josh, thats, of course, one of the arguments you hear about regulation which is making defective products should be bad for business. the market should sort of sniff and price that out. this to me is the perfect example of the problem with that argument is cause and effect arent clear to the end user. >> general motors is a comp...

Value. is and if youll our about is increasing shareholder value, you can do that just as well by laying people off as you can by selling more products. there is no more feelty to people who own the businesses and people who run them, unless youre talking about small businesses. >> tomorrow at this time, joy explains why she finds the 2014 senate race in kentucky between mitch mcconnell and allison grimes similar to a greek tragedy. the escalating crisis in ukraine has taken a dramatic turn in...

It was on twitter that icahn announced he was taking a bite out of apple, a big stake in the company, demanding the company spend some of its vast $150 billion cash hoard on buying back more stock to unleash real shareholder value. now word apple has been buying back its stock, to the tune of $14 billion worth, in just the last couple of weeks. enough to satisfy icahn for now, but he is not exactly unloading all his apple stock now. all good for a very patient corporate raider whose impeccable t...

Others, to say, lets establish best practices. do not screen people out of the hiring process just because theyve been out of work for a long time. we just went through the worst recession since the great depression, and so, ill be convening a meeting where a number of these top companies will be coming in, agreeing to these best practices, and well have an opportunity to encourage more people to come in. >> theres a huge amount from this interview that is fascinating. we will have much more of ...

He went to mcdonalds and ate salads. i had the big macs and quarter pounders with cheese. i had sundaes and ice cream cones. we all have choices. its the choices that make us fat, not mcdonalds. >> that makes no sense at all. >> if you choose to eat two big macs a day youre going to get fat. >> if you only eat two big macs a day and keep it to 2,000 calories and exercise you will lose weight. >> yes, its just -- >> who eats two big macs and nothing else the whole day. >> well, this man. >> there...

What do you envision? >> i think that many of my corporate peers are going to make decisions they perceive is in the best interests of their country. my own personal view is at some point we have to ask yourselves what our responsibilities as citizens? it isnt always about shareholder value and the most narrowess form, and that ultimately we as corporate leaders distract profits from these communities, we have to be -- >> minimum wage, not double the minimum wage. >> i personally would support a...

A company we could not exceed the expectations of our customers unless we exceeded the expectations of our people. so, as a result of that even when we were a private company, we put in health insurance for 20 hours a week or more and that covers about 90% of all of our employees, now, obviously this is an expensive benefit. but we have proven over 20 years that reducing attrition and higher level of performance. if you look at our companys financial history two years in a row of record profits ...

I dont think so. you have a closed private group. not a public display. >> carly, is there an advantage that deal with the blue states and red states? howard schultz in some of the things he reached out on with bringing guns in the stores or washington getting its act together. it plays to the brand of the company. >> clearly howard feels that way. i dont think he would do this unless he thought it was consistent with his brand. my guess is he has employee within starbucks that agree with him an...