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onstar. standard for one year on 14 chevy models. >>> welcome back. let's take a look at how some of the most widely stocks are faring today. alcoa, stronger on the weaker dollar. retailers lagging here. but all on the upside here. some of the big tech names that you can see. microsoft, one of the few stocks on the downside today. intel, ibm, apple, google, all to the upside but not as strong as the big industrials and commodities. under the radar stocks, seattle genetics, the biotech company ended a lymphoma study because the treatment was unlikely to meet its main goals. mel a knocks technologies boosting forecasts above wall street estimates. represents year-over-year revenue growth of 11%. rpm reporting a 5% increase in profits to $73 million. topping wall street's estimates, thanks to lower expenses. maria? >> if you're betting on a big earnings recovery story this season, at least one strategist says you'll be well served to think small. matt nesto with the lowdown on the little guys. >> yeah. i'm a little guy, maria, right? if you take a look a

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police in california recently stopped a stolen suv in its tracks remotely by tapping into the onstarm and disabling the device. well being the vehicle. for now the new feature is only available on certain gm models but police say it could save lives by stopping carjackings or car chases before they get out of control. >>> some of the appliances with the best energy rating may not be so hot shot after all. our money expert jennifer westhoven is looking out for you. so you go and look for the stickers because they tell you, oh, you're doing something good and it will pay less to run the machine. >> you pay a lot of money, it it'sed to mean the product is saving energy. sort of a seal of approval. that's why you get tax rebates. there are reports a lot of these appliances should not qualify for the energy star rating at all. here is "consumer reports" talking to cnn's mary snow. >> in our labs we found it used a lot more energy than it claimed. >> so can a manufacturer just put on an energystar sticker if it wants to? >> they're supposed to have the products tested and they do, but they