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abbott labs buying the drug making unit of the belgium solvay. it's not a beer company, for $6.6 billion in cash. good morning, matt. >> good morning. i'm in for mark haines. of course, xerox says this deal is going to transform itself from being just a printer company. earlier on "squawk box," ceo spoke first to the gang about the deal. >> we actually are clearly focused on core document management processes in the office. front office and back office. acs is focused on business process outsourcing. the connection of these two companies is called for by our clients. they've been telling us overtime, as we engage with them more and more, either acs with xerox, we need to bring these two infrastructures together and help them become significantly more significant in their business processes. that's what we're doing with the combination of these two companies. >> it was a 36% premium. meanwhile, abbott labs, they're trying to boost their prescription drug business. what they are getting is a key cholesterol drug which will reduce their reliance on

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abbott, they make a greet deal for them. the street loves it. they buy a company and the stock actually goes higher. my problem is it's been resistant a number of times. came off today. big volume today. but to me abbott with a nice dividends is still a stock you want to be involved in. >> i added to my position today. i love this deal. it will add 3 billion in revenue annually. it takes pressure off humera sales. they're getting exposure to russia and india. the pipeline extends furtherer out to 2016. i think abbott labs is a name you have to add in your portfolio. i see the stock going north of 50. >> look at the way it played out today. one week ago, we had big mergers again. last week, the markets reacted just the opposite. joe would have been here and was here probably pounding the table for the commodities, pulling the market down. the s&p and nasdaq and dow jones were to the down side. today that's reversed 180 degrees. some of that could be what steve's saying, end of the quarter. nobody wants to step in front right here. like i say, thi

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that's certainly true of abbott labs. its $4.5 billion euro class deal is valued at nearly $7 billion u.s. it comes on the heels of a handful of smaller acquisitions recently. and that $1.4 billion purchase of advanced medical back in february. xerox ceo ursula barnes said the acquisition of computer services transformational, giving xerox the outsourcing and data processing capabilities that clients are ke manding. processing paper, she says, is still key. >> i've been steeped in the last couple of weeks in the world of m & a, as you can imagine. if the world is going paperless, i think m & a would be out of business. >> xerox shares got hit today, over 14-piece on the news. $63 a share price marks 33% premium on its closing price on friday. acs, on the other hand, was up just about the same amount, nearly 14%. but if ursula burns is expecting burning of documents is to be a revenue stream, she might have to wait a while. we've seen nearly $5 billion in deals according to thompson reuters. that's down nearly 40% from thi

abbott labs in a $7 billion deal. bertha coombs joining us with more on the new m and a lan scape. >> it's interesting. the theme behind both of these. perhaps about the landscape is biding your time. the ceo of abbott decided to take over the cholesterol treatment development partner. the move valued at nearly 7 billion u.s. dollars. xerox ceo calls the company's $6.4 billion awy sicquisition transformational. >> in the last couple of weeks in the world of m and a, as you can imagine, and if the world is going paperless, i think m and a would be out of business. >> yeah. well, you got to wonder about the m and a business. xerox shares getting hit today on the news. s&p's rich peterson says we've had about $60 billion in deals announced in the past five weeks. but 2009 is on track for the third straight year of declining m and a volume. year to date we've seen nearly half a trillion. $500 billion in deals according to thompson roiter. but that's down nearly 40% from this time last year. just ahead of the financial sto

>> i like abbott labs.heir ear drops and they work well and i love stocks that pay a high dividend. i think everything adam knows the market knows. >> that is for darn sure. neil: that was a mean thing to say. ben, what do you like? >> i like e.e.m. everything about it is in the market price, too, but asia continues to surprise with its growth. south america has been more resilient than we thought. africa more resilient than we thought. i can that the developing economies still have a long way to go. their balance sheets as nations are much better than ours. >> i like it but if you want to be specific and ben brought it up i would rather be in china, india and

abbott labs agreed to buy the pharmaceutical unit of a brussels based company. analysts say it will give abbott full control of a cholesterol drug and clougher its dependence on the arthritis drug. johnson & johnson agreed to purchase an 18% stake in a dutch drug maker. they plan to jointly make a flu vaccine and treatments for other diseases. but joj son & -- johnson & johnson, a lower court decision that their patent doesn't adequately define how to use the drug. treatment forrals salz big business. researchers at johns hopkins university say the number of alzheimer's patients will quadruple to almost 63 million by 2050. stocks closing lower on the session. we did extend the market's biggest weekly drop since july. and right now stock futures very quiet, looking at a steady start to things today. ahead of reports this week and there are a lot of them, economists' survey says employers probably cut fewer jobs this month than last. manufacturer, they believe, may have expanded for a second month. and another report show household purchases jumping last month tha

abbott will have control of tricor and other cholesterol lowering drugs, heart and hormone treatments, a flu vaccine and other drugs. a man charged with recovering monies from bernie madoff's victims, he plans to sue madoff's two sons, his brother and niece this week, trying to recover nearly $200 million. the trustee has already filed lawsuits against madoff's wife ruth and several big investors. >>> a surge in early retirements caused by the recession is put ago strain on social security's finances. social security will pay out more in benefits than it collects in taxes the next two years. that's the first time that's happened since the 1980s, it's finances being hurt by an increase in disability claims and the loss of millions of jobs. >>> movie goers got their fill of meat balls with the second week. cloudy with a chance of meat balls game in first in the box office with $25 million in ticket sales. surrogate opened in second, an updated version of fame debuted in third. >>> michael jackson is still drawing huge crowds. tickets to advance screenings of his documentary sold out in

abbott laboratories is buying the prescription drug unit of belgium company salva.al is worth nearly $7 billion. it gives abbott control of two cholesterol pills the company sells together and several other drugs. >>> well, a surge in early retirements caused by the recession is putting a strain on social security's finances. social security will pay out more in benefits than it will collect in taxes in the next two years. that's the first time it's happened since the '80s. its finances are being hurt by an increase in disability claims and a loss of millions of jobs. >>> don fisher, co-founder of the gap empire, has died after a battle with cancer. frustrated they couldn't find jeans that fit, fisher and his wife opened their first gap store in san francisco 30 years ago. that grew to 3100 retail outlets in more than 25 countries with sales of nearly $15 billion last year. don fisher was also a philanthropist and avid collector of modern art. he was 81 years old. >>> meatballs were in the forecast at the weekend box office. the animated movie "cloudy with a chance

we've got abbott labs, xerox both announcing multimillion dollar deals.when you see ceos buying it leads to investors having a little more confidence and doing buys themselves. nasdaq up 2%. here we are with our discussion. we want to talk about going wireless. apple hits another milestone, announcing its app store has seen more than 2 billion downloads. the stock is trading higher. a gain of almost 2%. $3.47 a share. what does it mean for these wireless wars and where should you be investing now? senior analyst at broad point and principal analyst at emerly group. great to see you guys. >> good to be here. >> apple clearly the leader in this space. it's also clear that we have very much hit a new technological age with people really downloading movies, downloading music, downloading everything on to their iphones. my question is, is there room for anyone else at this point in this space? how do you compete with apple at this point? >> if you look at the market share numbers, both nokia and research in motion are actually larger. apple gets all the mind s

abbotts field flannel donated the jerseys and hats and stirrup socks and everything. they finally arrived. the mcclatchy news service got this photo of the team for us. it's very cool. they wrote today and said, i can't tell you how great it feels to see them finally being worn by the guys. it's very cool. i should also point out that if you would like to have an iraqi baseball team jersey, you can buy one from abbotts field. >> very cool. >> very cool. we have the link posted at rachel.msnbc.com today. and the cool part of it, if you buy one of these jerries, a portion goes to iraqi and afghanistan veterans. >> great. >> i'm so happy. thanks to abbotts field and the folks in the south bronx for donating the other gear. it's been so cool. thanks. >>> "countdown" with keith olbermann starts right now. >>> which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? the max tax. the baucus compromise. insurance premiums for middle class families to be deducted directly from their paychecks. 13% off the top right to the insurance companies. the republicans rejected the dem

jude on one hand and abbott labs. who owns it for actionsalertsplus.com?cted friday they would have a merger? was it kyle my stage director? it was me. ruth in pennsylvania. ruth. >> caller: jim, new york mets boo-yah. >> i'll give you a boo-yah. they can't hurt me because they are not in my conference. that said, i must tell you that rex ryan is a great dad and a great member of the community. i don't want to reveal where he goes on friday. then everyone will follow him. that guy is for real, man. he's for real. so is qadry. >> caller: i'm excited about them this year. my symbol is dry ship. >> you come to me with the jets then you suddenly hit me with the kansas city chiefs of dry ships? what about the oakland raiders of the shipping group? nordic american put out a great release today, and you come to me with the kansas city chiefs and -- you know what? even the bengals are better than your team. i want you to sell, sell, sell! i am not kidding. the dolphins even with pennington, without pennington better than your pick. cat in texas. >> caller: boo-yah

xerox, abbott labsjohnson & johnn, and others announced transactions worth $13 billi. the most talked about ontoday: xerox. it's paying almost $6.5 llion in cash and stock for "affiliad computer services," a provider of mputer services fobusinesses. the acquistion is xerox' bigst in its 103-yeahistory, and a bold move by the cpany's new c.e.o, ursula bus. when i talked her a short while ago, she explained w the merger is a "gamchanger" for xex. a.c.s. is the world'sargest diversified busiss products firm in the world. xerox captain largest documen firm ithe world. these two sets ofapabilities put togeer makes us a powerful match for anybody out there with a leing company for document and business-process managent in the world. >>s. burns, as you look out five, 10 years, wl xerox be more of a services companyand le of a copier company? howill xerox look? >> it's aeautiful question. i love it. it's great. xerox's strategy all along -- before we bout a.c.s-- was to become -- not even10 years out, evenloser than that more of a servicescomny. we are growing -- docunt-servic

. >>> abbott laboratories plans to announce it will acquire prescription group sole say. >>> the economic report investors will be watching this week, data from the labor department due out this friday. although analysts predicted the government's monthly tally of unemployed americans will rise, the number could send markets into a tailspin. >>> wall street keeping an eye on ben bernanke thursday when he testifies on regulatory reform. some weary investors will be listening for any additional word on the federal reserve's plan to tighten the economic stimulus policies. >>> investors will look at how nike is weathering the recession, when it reports quarterly earnings tomorrow. >>> speaking of sneak ergersnea fifth annual vendee awards top slot for the best fair from a street vendor went to a taco sta in brooklyn. on average, $6 a plate. best street meat. >>> a long-awaited win for the detroit lions after a two-season losing streak. >>> plus, a big night for the new york yankees after they sweep their biggest rivals. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> our monday we

in another $6 billion deal, abbott laboratories got a 2% boost after announcing it will widen its footprint through the purchase of solvay's drug unit. >>> the dow had its biggest gain in more than a month the best quarter since 1998. analysts looking ahead to when the dow might cross 10,000. >>> apple shares rose 2% following news that its popular iphone will hit the shelves in china and france in the months ahead. cisco systems led the day on the nasdaq. the network equipment maker gained more than 4% after an annual upgrade citing demand from the telecom market. >>> dow chemicals received federal approval to sell off morton salt. that's all in an effort to raise funds to buy rome and haas down the road. >>> the average price for a gallon of regular gas dropped to $2.49 on monday, that's $1.13 less than it costs the same time last year. investors will be watching later this year when an updated consumer confidence report is released. consumer spending accounts for 2/3 of the nation's economy. >>> and finally, you know that wildly popular line of $95 dolls that's reached cult-like status a

rival abbott laboratories for 4.5 billion euros. solvay investors in belgium were not happy with this news today, the share's trading almost 2% down at the moment. of course, abbott laboratories is very interested in solvay's vaccine activities. now we are going to singapore with adam. >> thank you very much, carolina. >>> japan led the markets down today as we saw, the eight-month highs versus the u.s. dollar. the finance minister's comments saying he didn't think the movements were normal, but they continued to watch what happens with the japanese yen versus the u.s. dollar. and rose to about 88 plus versus the u.s. dollar. particularly the autos and the consumer electronics. many of these companies have budgets between 90 and 95, and for every one yen movement versus the u.s. dollar against them. of course, this is a negative for their overall operating profits. meanwhile, we also saw a bleak picture for the financial stocks on more prospects that, of course, financials will have to raise more money to boost their capital ratios

abbott labs, down 20% in a year. johnson & johnson is down 18%. you've got three world class drug company, yet all are faring far worse than the smrkt overall year to date. the specter of obama care has held down the entire health care sector. health stocks lag behind the s&p 500 for the year, doing only half as well. let's run the odds of a turnaround with our bolden bears. ben, long-term bull, short-term worrywart. what's your take on the stock? >> we think the worst is priced in. we're definitely buyers and we're overweighted positions. our favorite stock is tava, but we also like j&j and abbott as you mentioned earlier. we think the valuations have been compressed, similar to what happened in the clinton plan discussion and that discounting the worst case outcome, that's very improbable event. >> other people out there don't like drug stocks because they say pharma will lose with obama care. >> i think pharma will do quite well. he'll get a scaled down version of the public option. they won't have much teeth. they won't cut costs very much whi

. >> my target companies are abbott labs, zebra technologies, u-line. >> reporter: leunig says networking has gotten him some good job leads. still, the seminar's organizer cautions landing a job could take several more months. >> i would say our average length of time that someone is out in this group, in this category, is about 13 months. >> reporter: leunig knows his job search could take awhile, but he's optimistic he'll find a position soon. >> cup of coconut? >> cup of coconut, please. >> reporter: so, for now, he's making the best of a bad situation. >> i love to bake. with jennifer, it's a pleasure. we do it as a daddy/daughter thing. i'm a fan of chocolate chips. to some extent, i think she's going to look back on this summer and say, "this was the best summer i ever had because daddy had a break." >> reporter: diane eastabrook, "nightly business report," gurnee, illinois. >> susie: tomorrow, diane introduces us to a former technology professional who, at 54, is out of a job for the first time in her career. >> paul: employment is also a tough issue for young workers. according t

and drugmaker abbott labs, bought a pharmaceutical company r nearly $7 billion.those are boosting stocks in asia this morning after lifting wall street. tokyo's nikkei average jumped nearly 1%. hong kong's hang seng is higher. in london, the ftse opened slightly lower. wall street starts the day, they got back on the winning track monday, snapping a streak of three-straight down days. they jumped 124 points. its biggest gain in more than a month. the nasdaq rose nearly 40 points to close at 2130. >>> gas prices have fallen for seventh week in a row. the nationwide average dropped 5 cents in the past week, to $2.50. the prices at the pump are 31% lower than one year ago, thanks to growing supplies and slumping demand. >>> starting today, you can get starbucks coffee in an instant. the upscale coffee chain is rolling out its invant coffee nationwide today. via, will be available in two flavors. and it costs just under $1 a cup. it will be available at starbuck stores, as well as other retailers. and via will be in supermarkets next year. >> $1 a cup, is something w

> and we've seen a renewed interest in merger and acquisition activity this week, xerox involved, abbottabs involved, the cusp of earnings season beginning over the next three weeks and the federal reserve beginning to take its foot of the gas a little bit. what is not to like. >> what we saw yesterday was chalk it up to one very thin volume with the jewish holiday. also as you mentioned the m&a activity this market hasn't seen with names like that in a while so it is very positive, responding to that information. but if you look across-the-board, you've got unemployment still peaking out which will continue to go higher. gas and crude, as well. so as long as we're seeing some numbers reflecting how the economy is doing on trading on the lower side, again, crude oil coming off that $70 a barrel level and possibly going to test $60, we will see things pull back and ton take a breather, one step back and two steps forward. i'm always a big fan of that and right now we're one step back. we finally hit a stopping price we've been experiencing in the s&ps here, the stopping price at 1070 as w

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and drug maker abbott labs will spend 6.6 million to buy a pharmecutical company.investors see it as a sign that businesses are confidence about a recovery. and the housing recovery at the center of a plan being considered by the obama administration. it would use the tax payer dollars to help agencies continue to provide in orders to low number families. it could announce a plan later this week. the price at the pump is tumbeling. that's down a nickel and down from a month ago. >>> social security will be paying out more in benefits than it collects in taxes. that has not happened since the 1980s. applications for social security are up 23%. many people laid off decided to retire early. the pool still has a surplus. for more information go to money watch.com. >>> a spectacle in grand rapids as planes come down from buildings. people packed the street to witness the competition. it was organized by college students who has worked the past year to invigorate the creative side including pillow fights and a record-setting zombie walk. >>> will a movie director answer

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abbott labs bought a belgian pharmaceutical company.ce for gasoline has dipped to $2.50 a gallon. the nationwide average dropped 5 cents. prices at the pump are now 31% lower compared to a year ago. the wait for starbucks coffee get shorter. they begin rolling out its instant coffee nationwide. via will be available in two flavors. it will be sold at starbucks stores and various retailers. some restaurant chains are looking to boost slumping sales by offering cheaper alcoholic drinks. they're hoping to lure stomers back with extended happy hours. some chains are using cheaper alcohol to protect profits. easy holiday savings strategy, things you can do now to afford your guest later. and that is your "money scope" report. i'm jeremy hubbard. >>> 6:20 is your time. >> still to come, the chief leader in chief. the international olympic committee is about to get hit by a wave of american star power. >> a woman who takes thousands of pills a year and shares them up with her son. tracks -- drugs are dragging this family apart. >>> some of the

some big acquisitions for corporations including xerox and abbott labs encouraged investors enough to dow closed 124 points higher. the nasdaq gained 39 points, and the s&p, it jumped 18 points. >>> debate over the government's plan for new national fuel economy standards is about to get a lot loer. a 60-day public comment period on the issue sunday way now, and kristen dahlgren has that story. >> reporter: they are two sides usually separated by a distinct line, but in the past week big industry and environmentalists have been sharing a lane, both applauding the president's proposal for new fuel economy standards. >> a new national standard aimed at both increasing gas mileage and decreasing greenhouse gas pollution for all cars and trucks sold in america. >> reporter: under the plan, automakers must increase average fuel economy ratings to 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016. that's four years sooner than under the current law and eight miles per gallon better than current fuel averages. >> the new standards are aggressive and achievable and ensure that consumers have a full range of vehi

abbott said they would be doing an acquisition. i am putting two and two together and expecting a merger. >> do you think we are really back to a merger monday? >> mutual fund monday? i don't particularly like this market right now. i have been saying get cautious. don't give up the ship. expect the three to five decline. and don't get bullish until maybe tuesday, wednesday. >> that has been a puzzling move. >> i have been thinking the 20% move and i recommend, i always say everyone should have gold. if you have bullion, keep knit the bank. for small time players, there is nothing wrong with gold coins. >> 20% over a long time? i think every time we get through gold -- >> no, don't. the world is changed. there is a lot of reasons why. >> i want to bet you five bucks on the gold. >> over the next couple of years. i think it will give you a 20% return over the next three years. better than a sharp stick in the eye. >> it is significant. hop up and run away. thank you so much. >> you are welcome. >> we will watch your show tonight. ji

takeovers non-existent pen in the last few weeks kraft-cadbury, abbott solvay, xerox-affiliated. the m&a market may have a pulse. if a company sells in asia, like most of the techs, hewlett-packard, intel, all the semis, then it's all aboard. >> all aboard! >> but if it's totally domestic, forget about it. same with the industrials. china exposure? fantastic. domestic exposure, awful. strength in asia along with the mobile internet tsunami is like tech can be good. no other -- at retail the high end's working. that's why we hear good things from ralph lauren, from tiffany. but then walmart gave a speech last night, said the u.s. is lethargic, no quick turn here, although india and china can move the needle for the world's largest retailer. we have an easy bull sxas an easy bear case. you can't do well if you overlook the negative, and you can't do well if you overlook the positive. one way to play this is the cramerican way, diversify. that's why i bought both home depot, a retailer that needs good home data, and al altrialta tobacco company that could care less about new home da

. >>> and john from abbott cheese joins us with snacks for the little one. don't go anywhere. we're coming right back.  >>> fall is in the air because its time for football. the redskins kick things off on sunday and most agree the key to success this year is going to be jason campbell. >> his off season was well documented and so was the drama. the redskins made no secret of trading for cutler. and now the head coach is standing behind his man. >> i think that he's a grown man and i think he acted like a grown man. and i was very proud of how he has come through that situation and he's still or starting quarterback and he's hoping to have a great year and we're right behind him hoping he does as well. >> and the new season starts sunday. catch the geico redskins pregame at 11:30. the cowboys take on the buccaneers at 1:00 and then the skins take on the giants at 4:15. go skins. >>> the redskin football players aren't the only ones working hard every season. >> the first ladies of football are on the side lines every game pumping up the fans and anne yu takes us inside

a abbott is acquiring solvay. we also want to point out that dow chemical is moving higher. it's approved sale of morton salt to a german company. that's expected to be completed in the next three days. its stock is moving higher on that news, up 4%. the dow up 140 points on a very strong day today and as bertha mentioned earlier, the best day for the s&p 500 in two months. let's go to chicago and rick santelli. >> very similar scenario here, mary, in terms of light volume, end of the quarter, end of the half here in japan. really in many ways they tell me, traders that is, that it's distorting markets a bit. one-week chart of the ten-year note, you can see it's been mostly lower yields. right now as a matter of fact, we are close to the low yields, high price of the day at 330. we haven't had a settlement under 330 since back in may other than intraday tests several times. you look at the dollar index that we mentioned, it's also very interesting that it's really showing up as a pretty good scenario today despite some huge setbacks against the dollar/yen, the lowest level i

when i say m & a, i meant abbott labs, kraft. that gives confidence to the markets that maybe we're on a little better footing than we originally thought. today, it will be more economic repo index coming out before the bell. the consumer confidence report after the bell. that will help drive us early on in the day here. >> let's talk about some of the banking situation that is going on. we've seep a number of smaller banks fail this year. is there concern that a major bank is on the brink of failure? >> there is some concern that it might happen. i don't think the fdic has one or two banks that they've targeted and they're very nervous about but i think that potential is there. the one thing you have is the fdic has the insurance fund that covers all deposits at banks up to $250,000. it is that risking with 95 banks. with 95 banks having closed their doors, their fear is that a big bank could jeopardize their funds and could make them almost insolve vent. no fear in terms of a run at the batchs because the fdic has a $500 billio

and abbott labs get a boost from the news that it's acquiring a unit that will give access to a cholesterol drug. investors like the news as the stock is moving higher. the nasdaq is also stronger. let's get more details on that. and we go to brian schactman. >> thank you very much. we're up across the board. but volume is light. we peaked around 2:00 p.m. dipped slightly. we're still up 1.8%. the two top stories of the day, apple, basically 2 billion downloads in the app store. we don't know in terms of the actual profit. it can't be a negative in terms of pnl. cisco up. and barclays, it was at 4% to 28%. the analysts talking about the improved demand having an impact on other companies in the space. altera up #.3%. they're all getting a boost from that note. you want to know about the broad-based element of it? take a computer, the computermaker up 2.2%. what's inside the computer, intel, up 2%. what you drink on the computer, up 4%. that might be starbucks or a beverage of your choice. what you do on that computer, book a trip, expedia up 2.7%. research in motion, not taking part. it's j

dow gained more than 124 points on word of takeover deals of xerox and abbott labs. that's the latest. now back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." as you have no doubt heard by now, filmmaker roman polanski has been arrested in switzerland 30 years after he fled the u.s. after pleading guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl. polanski directed some of the most acclaimed movies of the '60s and '70s, "rosemary's baby" which was his first american feature film. "china town" in '74 nominated. he had a brief appearance alongside jack nicholson. let's listen. >> very nosey fellow. huh? know what happens to nosey fellows, huh? no? want to guess? >> that's where he cuts his nose. he is presently in a swiss jail. joining me is prosecutor wendy murphy, and san francisco mayor and friend of polanski. wendy, for the prosecution, go ahead. >> this guy admitted to raping a child. we are not talking about sex. we're certainly not talking about statutory rape. the 17-year-old boy had sex with his 14-year-old girlfriend. he was in his mid 40s, gave her drugs, booze,

. >> announcer: "today's health" is brought to you by abbott, a promise for life. >> al, thanks. this morning on "today's daily dose," taking health to heart. too many women still think of heart disease as a man's disease, but in fact, it is the leading cause of death among women, killing twice as many in the united states of all cancers combined. nbc's chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman is here with the risk factors and symptoms we need to know. dr. nancy, good morning. >> hi, ann. >> a lot of us think about breast cancer, but not the thing that's most likely to kill us. >> cardiovascular disease is the biggest killer in the country. we worry about breast and ovarian cancer, but every woman needs to worry about her heart. >> basically, it kills 1 in 30 women. >> right. and one in two women will likely have heart disease. >> so, you know, why -- is there any evidence that it's actually increasing in women, in fact, more than we -- we think of it as something that men have. >> we think of 40 and 50-year-old men. i think that's part of the problem. so, one, we are seeing an i

. >>> "today's heart health" is brought to you by abbott, a promise for life. >> this morning on "takinglty. we have a food network host here with a recipe for confetti chili. good morning. we think heart healthy and we think sometimes you're sacrificing flavor, but you don't have to, right? >> you absolutely don't have to. it doesn't mean eating like a bird or a rabbit, you can eat beefy chili. sometimes it's taking your favorite recipes and tweaking them a little. >> adjusting them. for example, starting with the olive oil. >> olive oil is a great heart-healthy choice. so changing the oil that you use is a good step. >> not just olive -- you say extra virgin. >> it has the most antioxidants. just using a tablespoon because all oils and fats have the same number of calories. that's 120 calories per tablespo tablespoon. once you start glug gluging -- >> exactly. you've got to keep that in mind. i tend to just literally pour, and that's probably not the good thing to do. >> measure at least to get a sense of what a tablespoon is like. >> what about the vegetables you're using? they're hea

>> if you look at them, i like biotech here, i like abbott labs. a name that's interesting to me is gilead. guy talk about it all the time. the effect of tamiflu here as we enter the h1n1 season. what do you think gilead does right here? >> well, gilead invented tamiflu, if you will. and it kept a royalty from roche. so it sold it to roche, roche pays it a royalty on sales. definite up side there. >> we're going to leave it there. that's your biotech trade for the fourth quarter. final trade right after this. >>> time now for the "final trade." j.t. >> i like frontier oil. >> guy. >> you know, vertech made some interesting comments after the bell. vrtx. >> karen. >> stock of the day, i'll go with it. bank of america. long. >> teef. >> disney. my daughter emily loves miley cyrus. >> and again the news of the hour, ceo ken lewis of bank of america is stepping down at the end of the year. stay tuned to cnbc throughout the night and we'll bring you the latest developments. i'm melissa lee. thank you so much for watching. see you back here tomorrow 5:00

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i want to express my thanks for the abbott fund for financing the series.have some people here from that organization. what is interesting to me about the turnout for this event is that it really kind of reflects the relationship between the u.s. and vietnam since normalization in 1995. . . >> the other statistic that struck me as interesting and, i think, by the important is the u.s.-vietnam trade, which was less than $3 billion in 2002 and is now over $50 billion last year. in signing the bilateral trade agreement in 2001 and the wto trade agreement in 2007, it has blossomed into a rather fruitful and valuable relationship. very quickly, i will introduce ambassador phung. he's a career diplomat and prior to his appointment, he was the deputy foreign minister at the ministry of foreign affairs. yes it to the deputy prime minister and foreign minister and the client -- in the conduct of vietnam's foreign policy. he served as the deputy foreign minister from 2001 to 2004 and the assistant from 91 until 2000. and he also acted as the committee chairman on boa

so did drugmaker abbott labs. and the news has stocked soaring.session highs but we're going to go home a winner looks like with 8:30 minutes in the trading day, the dow up over 100 points to 9770. >>> gas prices drop doing $250 a gallon. the aaa national average, that's 11 cents cheaper than last month. the lundberg survey says it's because of the recession and fewer people working. >>> an oil spill closed a three-mile stretch of the houston ship channel and the coast guard is working to clean up 10,000 gallons of spilled oil that poured from that ship. it collided with another vessel friday. the coast guard has removed about 4,000 gallons of oil so far. >>> christmas decorations are something you don't usually see in september but they're all over the place at one family's home and they've got a great reason to get a jump start on the holidays. we placed leah's sofa in this glass box... full of black cats... hey, wait... no! to demonstrate the cleaning power of our newest pledge product. i'm gonna clean my couch with this pledge? not that pledge