The Bundestag is the current national parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany. The Bundes- means federal. The Reichstag was the former parliament of previous regimes, like the German Empire and the Third Reich. Reichs- means imperial. No body has been called the Reichstag since 1945. The building built for the Reichstag is still referred to as the Reichstag building but is now occupied by the Bundestag.
Charter Communications. Charter Communications is an American telecommunications company, which offers its services to consumers and businesses under the branding of Spectrum. Providing services to over 25 million customers in 41 states, it is the second-largest cable operator in the United States by subscribers, just behind Comcast.
Charter also sought to buy Time Warner Cable at a lower price last year, only to be outbid by Comcast. Charter will pay $195.71 per share in the cash-and-stock deal â $100 of it in cash with the rest in Charter shares. The offer is based on Charter's 60-trading day volume weighted average price. Charter also will provide Time Warner Cable shareholders an option to receive $115 in cash and shares of the new company. GOOD DEAL: Time Warner Cable fetches 22.3% more in 'new' cable merger. Charter's pre-market shares advanced about 4%. Time Warner Cable's rose 8%. Charter, which is based in Stamford, Conn., also confirmed it's proceeding with an earlier proposal to buy Bright House Networks, a smaller cable company, for $10.4 billion.