which is called ticketmaster must to rival stub hub and a russian turn -- a sharp turn around after testifying's congress in 1999 saying scalping should be separate from the primary ticket business altogether. >> mike, checking out the great skies. it will not last long? >> not as long as last week and the next couple of days it will be shooter so well have warmer weather. there are flight arrival delays because of the clouds, an hour and 20 minutes. you can see ape at the bottom of any page and live doppler 7 hd show how quiet is weather is and there could be patchy drizzle but no one else is getting wet with the lowering clouds over san francisco as we look back to the embarcadero center and you can see the transamerica tower and it will be bright and warmer in the afternoon. we will have lake clouds and coastal drizzle tonight and summer warmth, we have it, most of the weekend. now, the temperatures today compared to average, we are still not quite there for an how of how cool it was last week and through the weekend. livermore is 87 and two degrees cooler-than-average, and oakla

office, and all ticketmaster locations. >> on to bay area sports.ight sharks' innings for his first victory in three months, helping the sampras's coach giants beat the pittsburgh pirates 4-0. buster posey and joaquin arias each drove in a run. the giants put the four game series. >> oakland had gone 105 straight games since april 25th without a long and 10 runs. baltimore crushed open 10-3. a's have lost four of five. they are 2.5 behind a rangers for first. >> on the lap 64 of 85 scott dixon coming out of the pit, hit a tire that a pit crew member of wheel powers, dixon was leading the race, but had to take a drive through off penalty for taking out power screw. well power would win the grand prix of some, for the third time in the last four years, justin wilson was second, and pole winner dario franchitti was third. >> we will be right back. female announcer: female announcer: when you see this truck, it means another neighbor is going to sleep better tonight because they went to sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic event. choose from a huge sele

interesting developments at twitter hiring the former president of ticketmaster, part of a push to enablee to be able to shop through tweets. toddler safe texting is here. leapfrog is among the companies that have given devices for kids makeovers that let toddlers send short text to grandma and watch online videos without stumbling across a miley cyrus performance. the toy makers thing to -- seeking to protect their dominance in the market. the new kid tablets at samsung unveiled yesterday. that is the bloomberg business report over to you, eric and kristen. >> my daughter is three and can tear up an ipad knows exactly what to do. >> those are the gategatedevices. >> the wallet drainers. >> that, too, they are all using the ipad to find out about mike's weather forecast. >> you can see it is not working by look outside. speaking of kids, we are going back-to-school and look how back the school district is from pittsburg andally ton and concord and walnut creek and lafayette and martinez, so the temperatures are around 60 but this afternoon you go from 80 in martinez to 88 in the other nei

office, and all ticketmaster ticket centers. >> on to bay area sports.lsong threw eight sharp innings for his first victory in three months, helping the san francisco giants beat the pittsburgh pirates 4-0. pablo sandoval had two r-b- i's as the giants won their second straight to split the series with the pirates. buster posey and joaquin arias each drove in a run. >> oakland had gone 105 straight games since april 25 without allowing 10 runs. baltimore crushed oakland 10-3. to climb within two games of the a's in the battle for the second al wild-card slot. a's move on to detroit today. line vikings and niners at preseason football action. after a slow start, colin kaepernick completed six straight passes. he connected on a 5-yard- touchdown toss to quinton patton and lavelle hawkins returned a kickoff 105 yards for a score late in the second quarter. the result - a san francisco victory 34-14 -over minnesota >> to the sonoma grand prix on lap 64 of 85.scott dixon coming out of the pits.hits a tire that a pit crew member of will power's. dixon was lead

he ran the company's ticketmaster division since 2010.triking a deal with on line restaurant booking service open table. the agreement will allow users to book restaurant reservations through the social networking application. investors planning to the highest level in nearly four years this month. the survey released by bank of america merrill lynch shows 72 percent of fund managers expect a global economy to pick up next year, up from just 52% in july, and that is today's speed read. liz: american shoppers are slowly but surely opening up their wallets again. tsk -- the fourth consecutive month of gains, but we have someone who says do not expect the same type of shopper. the american consumer is now changing. what are they shopping for? joining me now, ceo and co-founder of price comparison. it is wildly successful. i was just saying, 100 million -own loves, 30 million downloads of the application itself. imaginations. if your amp could talk, would it say about the health of the u.s. consumer right now? >> thank you for having me. i th

live nation and ticketmaster are looking to get in on the resell business but will scalpers go for itstinct shouting ] ♪ [ indistinct shouting ] [ male announcer ] time and sales data. split-second stats. [ indistinct shouting ] ♪ it's so close to the options floor... [ indistinct shouting, bell dinging ] ...you'll bust your brain box. ♪ all onhinkorswim from td ameritrade. ♪ >> i'm cheryl casone with your fox business brief. dole food company and ceo david murdock have announced they reached a deal for murdoch to take the company private in a $1.2 billion deal. the $13.50 a share takeover price for the fruit and vegetable producer will require approval by holders of majority of shares other than murdock. >>> campbell's soup entered into final negotiations with vcv capital partners for the sale of its european business the proposed deal with the a global private equity firm includes campbell's brands of soup, sauces simple meals which have $530 million a year in net sales in europe. >>> rockwell collins is buying aerospace communication unit of carlisle grouplion t combines air, inc.

former ticketmaster executive nathan hubbard is expected to find ways to boost company revenue. that could help justify the $10 billion evaluation. analysts say twitter could go public any time. >>> walmart will offer benefits to the domestic partners of all of its american workers. they made the announcement in a postcard soent to all u.s. employees. now, walmart says partners can be of the same or opposite gender, married or unmarried. partners will be eligible if they have been living together in an exclusive relationship for at least a year and they intend to stay that way. but walmart says no proof will be needed. >>> it may be harder than usual to get fast food tomorrow here in the bay area. hundreds of restaurant workers plan to go on strike. fast food workers nationwide want their pay increased to $15 an hour. that's about $30,000 a year for full-time workers. they say their industry is no lodger an entry level job for teenagers and more of them are supporting families. the restaurants say those higher costs could drive away customers and lead to job cuts. >>> san jose i

twitter hired ticketmaster's former ceo to spearhead an ambitious push into online commerce.sts say the move fuels speculation that the social network could move toward an ipo as soon as early next year. twitter put in place policies that restrict employees from selling stock on the private markets, keeping a lid on the price. twitter shares trade for $20 in the private markets. what do you think and more importantly, if they do an ipo, which we all expect them to, should they make a special offer to all twitter users? >> well, how many twitter users are there? not a billion. >> not a billion yet, but half a billion, i'm assuming. no? >> something tells me they won't do that. >> i don't know. i didn't know that's a curveball you're throwing me. i don't know. i was thinking about this in different ways, in more philosophical ways and i'm hoping twitter is not around in five years. i guess it will be. i don't want to be paul krugman who said the internet in 1998 would have no greater impact than the fax machine and we now know the internet probably is slightly. but are we all s