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Mid-day Update

Playing games with shareholder ownership

David Brancaccio Feb 10, 2016
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Mid-day Update

Playing games with shareholder ownership

David Brancaccio Feb 10, 2016
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On today’s show, we’ll talk about Fed chair Janet Yellen’s first appearance on Capitol Hill since the Fed raised interest rates; a setback for President Obama’s attempts to cut greenhouse gases; and Allan Sloan of the Washington Post joins us to talk about the Johnson Controls merger with Tyco, and how playing games with shareholder ownership can have beneficial tax results.

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