Buckeye broadband supports cspan is a Publi Service along with these other Television Providers giving you a frontrow seat to democracy. Unitedhealth group ceo andrew witty testified before the Senate Finance committee about the impact of the recent cyber attack on healthcare, a subsidiary of United Health group that disrupted the payment and claims process for providers did he apologize for the chaos resulting from the cyber attack. This is about two hours and 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the finance committee will come to order. This morning the finance Committee Examines the change healthcare hack that nearly brought our countrys Health Care System to a standstill six weeks ago. Joining the committee is andrew witty, the ceo of Unitedhealth Group, which owns change healthcare. Ill put things in perspective. Last year, uhg generated 324 billion in revenue, making it the 5th Largest Company in the country. Overall, the company touches 152 million ind
Extending the new years rally. Today Energy Shares led the way on a rise in oil prices and a strong start to the earnings season thanks to deltas better than expected results and guidance. The dow jones industriae advanced 205 points to 25,574. Nasdaq added 58. And the s p 500 was up 19, rising on seven of the first eight trading sessions of the year. The Worlds Largest retailer is handing out pay raises. Walmart, which is also the nations largest private employer, will pay workers a starting salary of 11 an hour. Employees are also getting a onetime bonus of up to 1,000 depending on how long a worker has been with the company. The ceo says the new tax law is giving the company the opportunity to be more competitive globally. In a statement the company said, quote, today we are building on investments weve been making in associates in their wages and skills development, end quote. In a separate announcement, walmart is shuttering 63 of its samms clubs locations across the country. Seve
The Federal Reserve says the economy is growing at a modest pace. The central bank saw inflationary pressures rising. Will it be enough to raise Interest Rates . Erik schatzker is in washington with the latest Economic Data. Give us the interesting points of the book this time around. The book could have strengthened a case for a rate ite two weeks from now but did not. You heard those words and you said it yourself, modest. The key word in these anecdotal reports, modest economic growth, modest wage increases, modest hiring. Not an assessment that turns doves into hawks. If anything, it raises the stakes for fridays jobs report. You have to figure policymakers are struggling. There is a tight labor market. There are signs of building inflation as a backdrop. You have Consumer Spending just yesterday, home sales, and that surprisingly Strong Manufacturing data reported this morning. Then you have the book you might characterize, as i have, as meh. There is just not a lot to go off of h
For you this sunday morning. How do you feel about governmentpaid family leave, either at the federal leave or the state or the local level . Parents, call this number, 2027488000. Business owners, 7488001. Ll others, 2027488002. Do you support or oppose governmentpaid family leave . If not by phone, you can weigh in on social media. cspanwj, handle is or you can post a comment on facebook. Here is one of the headlines out there today about whats happening around the country. This is in forbes magazine. As new york and San Francisco pass paid family leave, these 20 states could be next. Well get to those states in a moment, but want to talk about the basics here with clare oconnor, staff writer for forbes. Good morning, clare. Explain off the top, the family and medical leave act, the federal law. It covers who . There are some gaps here, correct . Guest oh, are there ever, yes. Well, unfortunately, the u. S. Remains the only developed country in the world with no federal law guarantee
Work and work and you go, he let us down. He should have won. Something happened. He went away. Deirdre that was gop president ial candidate donald trump sounding off after former 2012 president ial nominee mitt romney lashed out at him in 20 minute speech. This is risk reward. Im deirdre bolton. The socalled establishment seeking to dislodge donald trump from his leading position in the primaries. One charge from mitt romney, donald trump is trustworthy. Here it is. There is plenty of evidence that mr. Trump is a con man, a fake. Mr. Trump has changed his positions not just over the years, but over the course of the campaign. We will reason only really know if he is real deal or phony if he releases tax returns and tape of his interview with the New York Times. I predict there are more bombshells in his tax returns. I predict he doesnt give much if anything to the disabled and to our veterans. I predict the told the New York Times, that his immigration talk is just that, talk. And i p