. >> what is amazon up to?e ambition it seems is to take over the systems of comp assumption. >> barnie jobson a reporter for the financial times has just written a book about amazon's extraordinary rise. >> amazon's sales have been growing about 20% to 30% a year and this is phenomenal when you consider the rest of the retail sector is growing at best 5% a year. there is a question that amazon is really the 800-pound gorilla that has got a big head start. >> so much so that amazon had a hand in more than 20% of all online sales for 2011, according to forester research. so much that economic analysts say traditional brick and mortar stores like walmart, radio shack and barnes and noble are scrambling to hold on to customer. >> we have seen circuit city, borders the bookstore go out of business largely because of competition with amazon and there are a number of smaller retailers that have closed down because they couldn't compete with m son. >> amazon was started in the mid 19950 to sell books online and made n

she also said they did not misrepresent the item sold to amazon.ra evans, fox 5 news. >> an amazon spokesperson told us we appreciate the information. under amazon policy we can't comment on individual sellers or buyers, but we will look into this. >>> starbucks has the ultimate gift for the coffee lover. >> and there's a new way to watch disney movies, shawn yancy with your fox 5 top five. >> up first tonight, brian, the perfect holiday gift for the serious coffee drinker in your life. no. 5, starbucks is offering a limited etched steel gift card. the $450 card includes gold level benefits like gifts and freebies, refills on brewed coffee and tea. starbucks will only make 5,000 of these special cards and you can only buy them on the website guilt.com starting friday. no. 4, netflix is teaming up with disney giving the movie service exclusive rights to run disney's movies first. the deal will cost the company more than $300 million a year. no. 3, a heads up to parents if you have a nap nanny or nap nanny chill infant recliner. the consumer product

still to walk you through the amazon at that store. --3 3 is my four letter word. it will download an application will allow you to text it is free, it is called the text +. testing will play pay for itself. i really am trying hard to maintain my composure and a bit of intel, i do hope you appreciate. >>host: c13 the edge with this because we've never seen anything like it in here is the thing, we have about 10 minutes left in this presentation and what to pause for a moment and remind you what is going on, with over 2000 already spoken for, this is the lowest price kindle fire in hsn it is the lowest price tablet that we will seek with the rest of the year here at the network and when these are called, they are gone. it is a one-shot deal i will let you in on a secret, we did not know we were doing this untilhursday, and we hit this out of the park. we've done for shipping, free shipping, $40 on your credit card and the u.s. the connector to connect to your computer the ear buds because it is so much more 8 m, home office entertainment machine internet device mult

to do. [ ringing ] >> amazon? >> reporter: and almost as if on cue, amazon called in the middle of our interview and did just that. >> hello? >> now, amazon did not provide a statement. but did give carol a slightly upgraded tv for the same black friday price. and dell did the same with its oversold computers. now, sam's club gives customers the product and a [ indiscernible ] over the years all online [ signal breakup ] except best buy have made good on their canceled black friday orders. if you have a consumer problem, call us at 1-888-5-helps-u. >>> marine scientists are puzzled by a mass stranding of squid along a california coast. thousands have washed ashore in monterey county near aptos. some people tried to put them back in the ocean but the deep water creatures swam back to shore. a graduate student watching the bizarre phenomenon speculates the squid don't know where they are. >> they don't see the shore very often the it might be they don't understand what's going on around them and they are trying to g

amazon gave the school a $2,500 donation to keep them up to date. >> amazon is always looking for greatls in the local community. >> uh. >> and we looked around. we saw the newton school and what it was about. >> uh-huh. >> we admired the enthusiasm, which it was started with. >> the newton school opened back in 2009, and one of their mottos, students are their number one focus. >>> miriam webster is out with this year's list of the most looked-up words and can you thank the election for most of these. capitalism and socialism topped the list. traffic for the two words nearly double on thedictionary's website this year. other election-related words include democracy, bigon got -- bigott and malarkey. the term vice president biden used in his debate with paul ryan. >> how can we forget that, right? >> this is malarkey when you talk about the cold weather. i don't know if i'm using the word collect -- correctly. >> i didn't look up any of those words. >> i didn't either. >> and that has been nice for awhile and into some cold. >> i don't have any extreme cold. >> when i talk about the --

amazon appstore is pre loaded, lot amazon is one of the best at stores in the world. 22 million differentto download. [reading] >>guest: this is one of the best web surfing tablet you can have a feature that is read to when you are reading in this press a button and it will start reading to you. that is great for kids or the elderly if you are having trouble seeing. you have all those wonderful features. i have to ogle that word? all of this grain -- screen,this is the size of an iphone screen and this is the size of the most popular screen in the country was 7 in.. this 30 percent harder than typical plastic. great setting for kids it has parental controls. i know if you could hear that big crash. >>host: it is the mad rush for of the kindle fire >>guest: hold them back at the is an incredibly durable6 c13 tablet >>host: is $39 net 9¢ to get home on 5 flex payments --$39.99. than one flex payment makes it affordable. my son loves to read he always has athemselves with heavy backpack these days. grabbed this what you can. it is the last opportunity to get this for the holiday tree. grandp

use the cloud streaming services of amazon which is indicative of what an important player amazon is becoming in that field as well. it's an expensive stock. you're paying an astronomical p and still a dominant player in e-commerce and one of the new areas where it's dominant is the iphone this year. >> two companies we've been following very closely this year. thanks for joining us on "talking numbers." see you later. happy holidays. mandy? >> a quick look at what's happening with the markets right now. the do you is just hitting flat with the down side barely moving at this point. of course, we're counting down to the bell. also got aetna's ceo who says his hiring plans for the new year will definitely be affected by the fiscal cliff, and get this, he also says health care costs could double for some groups by 2014 due to obama care. we've got aetna's ceo coming up next. >>> and also just what our economy needs right now. just how will harsh weather impact your money as we wrap up the year? we'll break it all down for you right here on cnbc. cnbc. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 when i'm trad

>>host: you know amazon you know the name and it is gonna be what's inside a van and amazon will givell you want and we are talking about great great movies and television shows. it is all here for and gives you access to a rental store and not just a purchase or if so when you travel you can choose something to read and take with you on the plight or when you are at your friends and family. you see how quickly laurie is navigating through this is a tablet to a. i see lots of people on the line right now we have a credible offers to offer that are coming included with your purchase today. brandy of those who love the tablet but still above the fingerprint experience and many find it easier to navigate13 stylus that will be included as you will not find that anywhere else included in the price and will also include some earbuds. and usb cable. also you have 5 flex payments to get it home for under $40 plus a free shipping and handling. you are going to love the fact that we have cases available because if you want to give this a get you know what to give it to someone without a case yo

let's start with amazon. amazon sold off and then rebounded with a vengeance. the stock pulled back going into the quarter because it was coming off a big run. but when the company reported october 25th, the market gave amazon the benefit of the doubt, it's been coming back ever since. amazon still has the same terrific story, a company with tremendous growth, that's benefitting from the switch to online shopping. amazon controls 20% of all e-commerce in america, but it's just scratching the surface, only accounts for about 1% of total retail sales. these guys are taking names and amazon so far, we've seen strong data from sales on black fridays, as well as cybermonday. plus the company keeps expanding its hardware ecosystem with new versions of the kindle which encourages people to buy their e-books and music and videos through amazon. trying to digitize the online shopping business and this one is really not done. i think it goes higher. particularly because of sandy, shut-in, buy. how about google? google got crushed after reported disappointing quarter. the

what is amazon up to?the ambition, it seems to take over the systems of consumption. >> barney, reporter for the financial times, has just written a book about amazon's extraordinary rise. >> amazon's sales have been growing at about 20% or 30% a year. this is phenomenal if you consider that the rest of the retail sector is growing best at 5% a year. there is competition, but amazon is really the 800-pound gorilla. a big head start on everyone else, and size generates momentum of its own. >> how much momentum? so much that amazon had a hand in more than 20% of all online sales for 2011, according to forrester research. so much than economic analysts say traditional brick and mortar stores like walmart, radio shack, and barnes & noble are scrambling to hold on to customers. >> here in the u.s., we saw circuit city, the electronic store, border's the book store, go out of business, largely because of competition with amazon. there are also smaller retailers that have closed down. >> based in seattle, amazon

she turned to amazon.ought it from worldwide distributors a seller on amazon because it had high user satisfaction rating. the ds areverend and all was well until a month later when it suddenly stopped working. she says she called worldwide distributors and they told her to call nintendo. >> i called anyone ten owe and they say we don't recognize the serial number. this is either a counterfeit product or made in a foreign country and intended only for foreign distribution. >> turns out it was the latter, not meant for sale in the united states. >> i hadn't reported the problem to the seller within 14 days so i was not covered by the a to z guarantee. >> reporter: the product broke the 31st day she had it. so she called world wye distributors back again. she said this time they admitted the product was made for foreign sale and agreed to give her a full refound once she returned the ds. she put the ds in the mail and then posted negative feedback on the seller. that is when she got a phone call from worldwi

what is amazon up to?well, the ambition, it seems is to take over the systems of consumption. >> reporter: barney jopson, reporter for the "financial times," has just written a book about amazon's extraordinary rise. >> amazon sales have been growing at about 20% or 30% a year. and this is phenomenal if you consider that the rest of the retail sector is growing, at best, at 5% a year. there is competition, but amazon is really the 800-pound gorilla. it's got a big head start on everyone else, and size generates some momentum of its own. >> reporter: how much momentum? so much that amazon had a hand in more than 20% of all online sales for 2011, according to forester research. so much that economic analysts say traditional brick and mortar stores like walmart, radio shack and barnes & noble are scrambling to hold on to customers. >> here in the u.s., we've seen circuit city, the electronics store, borders, the bookstore, go out of business. largely because of competition with amazon. >> reporter: based in s

the reduced canopy from the indiscriminate harvest and allows the sun to drythe amazon e forest floort adding to the fire haza. fire and smoke plus reduced vegetion actually chang the micro-climate, decreasing the rainfall and further increasing fires. it's a vicious cycle that is broken by careful tree harvests. as chris uhl learned, e ees grow backif youive em. s scovery len even bigger: if ranchers and farmers could use their land more efficiently and for longer periods of time, perhaps both developmentalting new and environmental needs could be accommodated. it has to do with the difference between extensive and intensive agriculture. and byinnsive" we aning about as a viable alternative is, that a g pofdwiite,l taeaafteyer now, t tineacapoaustainable. of course, narrator: read there are some successfumodels. near belém, small farms have been practicing intensive agriculture for decades. by mixing a variety of crops and by using locally produced organic and mineral fertilizers, thanontinue to farm the same piece of la fony e nepstad: these systems include trees or other perennial

amazon web services? what about amazon with streaming, what about amazon coming out with a mobile phone, beating everybody that is speculated to come out with a mobile phone? >> it's true, but actually, if you look at the numbers for 2012, ebay outperformed amazon. so, the trade worked in '12 and i think it's going to work in '13. i'm not saying just to short amazon alone, but if you want to pair it up against ebay, i believe ebay will outperform. >> colin, ebay hasn't grown really at all internationally in the last four, five years. this is a huge opportunity for them. i'm frustrated because i'm seeing, you know, paypal, murcado -- >> yeah, love that. >> this is really, they are leapfrogging into this type of payment system. they are not even using the credit cards anymore and this is an exciting place and they're missing. they're not growing there. >> you know, at the same token, right, if you want to pick a pocket of strength, the united states is a stronger marketplace than europe right now. and you c

when you access the amazon appstore it is free on limited memory.never have to delete things or say i need to that photo. explain how that works aaron. >>guest: information on the appstore here. one of the best appstore is in the world that you can download tens of thousands of apps on it. [reading] half >>guest: of memory but as3 as you are downloading things from the amazon appstore it is all stored6 c13 cloud so any time he needed it is there. and also will send your tablet.it works like your tablets as analysts memory and you are not paying for it. -- and lessand lessendless memory. >>host: the canon printer the number is at the bottom of the screen. there is flex pay on the printer and it prints like your food developersd the flex pays under $30 to get it home.it not prints photos in less than 60 seconds their waterproof and water resistant. we have fewer than a hundred of those and the flex pay expires that. we are going to head to the phones and we are super busy. this tommyrot to n.c. with tracy calling on. barbara -- this time we are off to

anything you download from amazon will be stored to the amazon cloud. to start deleting if you purchase from amazon, you can buy as many things as you want. it will store it on the cloud for you. over 120,000 that, there are in fact 22 22 million things you can download from the candle store. kindle fire store. usually you would pay 99¢ or more for an application but every day they allow you to download one application for free. there are over 120,000 movies or television shows you can download.if your favorite four- letter word is of free books you can download. and 5 million subscriptions, i do not care your thing is, if you are into gardening if you're listening to music. and there is something everybody on the amazon app store bring this home for under $40 >>host: i was asking my father of the other day what books have you bought recently? he said why would i?they are all free. you'll love this experience. this is the number-one selling a tablet out there. incredible configuraton and it is the incredible value why would you wait and anything else, t

>> publishers will also say their complaints against amazon is amazon is trying to tell e-books as cheap as possible to sell the kindle devices they sell and that is what they really want to do. the irony is one of the other developments is amazon has gotten into traditional publishing and is beginning to sign some big-name authors using its data to -- amazon is competing with publishers on many levels and is creating all kinds of tensions. >> what is interesting with respect to an unpublished is some of the names they felt were big enough to sell have not sold. penny marshall's book, her memoir my mother was not switch sold for a high 6-figure amounts, wildly underperformed and the new york operation has been interestingly enough getting some critical acclaim. the problem is many retailers including barnes and noble and independent bookstores are not stocking these titles. amazon's publishing operation when it comes to genre fiction, science fiction and romance have been selling well because those do very well as e-books but competing with the big six they have not shown themselves to b

could it be amazon? >> how does amazon have to take it to the next level? do they need a phone?> what they need to do is elevate the platform. apple has the entrenched platform. google has the entrenched plalt form. amazon has to go out and spend to get the platform to the level that apple and google is at. when you look at price mer form mans to me, spending would be the most of a drag. >> anybody can take this last one? what about facebook? this is a conversation that largely covers hardware versus software. the only company that doesn't have hardware out of that group is facebook. does facebook need a device of some sort? >> i don't think so. devices bring you lower margins even though there are rumors out there they are avenue working on a phone. just by the fact that you're asking that question, you see them converging. the software companies go to software and the software companies go to hardware. they're getting smaller. they're all going after the same thing. >> still to come on half ti "halftime," hold 'em or fold 'em. should you break up with two recent stock market w

netflix shares rebounded today, rising almost 2%, while amazon shares fell nearly 4%. >> susie: amazon was just one of many stocks in the red today. as we mentioned earlier, stocks were dragged lower by the retail sector after a report showed consumers did not go all out this holiday shopping season. that sent shares of some of the nation's largest retailers lower. macy's fell 1%. upscale retailers coach and saks were hardest hit. walmart and best buy were also modestly lower. volume improved a bit from monday but was still light with many traders still on vacation. no surprise, consumer related stocks were some of the weakest performers in today trading. consumer discretionary and consumer staples each slid about 1%. a similar drop for utilities. a few court decisions out today. a win for wells fargo in a california court. a judge ruled the bank does not have to pay customers $200 million in a lawsuit stemming from the bank's overdraft policies. despite the good news, shares of wells fargo slipped a fraction, but they are up nearly 25% this year. shares of marvell technology took a hi

amazon is one big tech name that hasn't gone lower.he opportunity is there for it to trade a lot lower. >> close this case for now. thank you. >>> stocks are rallying meantime ahead of the fed's two-day meeting. curiously gold is not. why is that? jackie deangelis is host of cnbc.com's futures now. >> good afternoon, scott. gold's been on a tear the past few sessions. but the rally has stalled right around the 1700 level. could this week's fed meeting be the next catalyst that gets gold going again? let's talk futures now. rachel chizen is at the cme in chicago. anthony is at the nymex in new york. let's start with you. if stocks are rallying in hopes of some sort of fed action why wouldn't that extend to gold as well? >> i think what's happening with gold is it's separating itself in the fed meeting. its focus is on what's happening with the fiscal cliff. you saw that a few minutes ago. when speaker boehner talked gold actually -- it was a negative reaction of what's coming out of washington. gold bounced off its lows. yesterday we ha

amazon is producing six comedy pilots selected from 2,000 ideas submitted to amazon studios.hich have tv industry veterans involved. amazon the post the shows for everyone to watch inviting feedback. crowd sourcing the green light process. the completed series will be available exclusively to subscribers to amazon's $79 amazon prime service. now, amazon prime is trying to add subscribers as its competition with hulu and conflict both which are some original shows. netflix secured access to disney content blurring the line between what is television and what is digital distribution. amazon's ability to draw tole hollywood talent, including daily writers and big bang, they overhaul the way media conglomerates think about television. >> thank you. as long as they use content, i'm happy. >> competition tore them, and for the consumer. >> next on "street signs," why big it comes to cars. >> think only when it comes to cars. >> exactly. in that time there've been some good days. and some difficult ones. but, through it all, we've persevered, supporting some of the biggest ideas in

on the flip side with amazon, look. amazon is eslings taking over the online world and while there will be some kind of competitor eventually my own personal anecdotal behavior which is indicative of everybody's would suggest that amazon is dominating -- i think i bought my entire christmas on amazon this year. >> well i agree it is dominating. revenue of $15 billion a year or something. where is the profit? >> the only thing you have to worry about is the valuation of the stock, either 2,000 pe or 200 depending how you calculate the earnings. that is alarming right? it does go up and down even as it's gone up. so i would wait for that opportunity of pulling back 10% which it might do and i think, you know, you're not going to do badly having this for a very long time. >> right. well i think those are all very valid points. for best buy literally it will be an event even as the founder can come back as he is trying to do and get the thing acquired if you will. then surely there will be a bump. that is a heck of a card t

>> guest: they are complaining against amazon that amazon is trying to sell e-books as cheap as possible to sell candles and that's what they really want to do. they want to sell the kindle. one of the other developments this amazon has got into traditional publishing and is beginning to sign some big name authors, saying it is using its data. set in the sun is publishers on any levels and creating all kinds of tensions. >> guest: was interesting that amazon publishing of some of the names they felt to be big enough to sort have not sold. penny marshall, was sold for a very high six-figure amount, wildly underperformed end both the new york operation has been getting interestingly enough some critical acclaim from the problem is retailers including earns a noble and independent bookstores are not stocking these titles. amazon publishing operations when it comes to genre fiction, science fiction, promis had been selling quite well because they do very well and e-books. trying to compete with the big six have shown themselves to be a worthy competitor quite yet. that may change in 2013. >>

amazon prime, i go there every single day. a look at that 200 p/e- > > i like consumer spending as an indicator, and obviously we have come back to 2007 levels, so people are feeling a lot better- > > so what's your stock? > > i like - it's not an american stock, it's making money in china - yum! it's coming back after a big sell- off- > > yum!? it's slowdown in china. that's not retail. it's restaurants! > it's tacos! it's the chicken and taco play. > > he goes to taco bell or pizza hut over there- > > it's a comeback! it's a comeback! > round three: big blues - ibm is changing its 401k contributions to a yearly lump sum. good idea or bad? > > i just think that if people see this, they might take ibm as a leader in the industry and other companies might do this. i don't think it really matters. ibm is such a great job at a great company to work for, anybody that has that job will take it any day of the week. > > yeah, but you have to understand, if you leave your job in the middle of the year, you don't get- > > you're going

we have a whole chapter on the case of the amazon in northern virginia. amazon was assessed large fines. it was around $200,000. that is very high in the world. you do not see find that high very often. -- fines that high very often. they were not getting the environmental permits for those generators. they were running them and causing emissions without getting the proper permits. they tell me they have now obtained those permits in northern virginia. that is what amazon told me when i contacted them for this story. >> james glanz, the quincy experience, how is it that quincy has become a growth area for these data centers? >> that's right. half a dozen. yahoo is right there. microsoft is the biggest. these data centers tend to cluster. part of the reason is that if energy prices are low, you'll get a lot of these data centers coming in. but you have other factors that come into play. one is connectivity to the fiber-optic. there is a lot of fiber optic in quincy. other things like tax breaks are very important to these companies. you mentioned -- we men

amazon pays some or all of their rent in some areas. and in an area recovering slowly, they are good for business. it's boosted his sales 10% to 15%. >> without amazon, you know, the whole city would be in trouble. >> reporter: all right. who are these work campers? a lot of older people, retiree jim melvin is 68 and walks miles to the amazon warehouse every day to shipping items to ship. they love this on the road lifestyle and the people they meet. >> the hard part is i'm done in two weeks and i have grown to know a lot of cool people. and i'm really going to miss them. >> they're fun. they're really -- they're really a lot of fun. you see the same people. >> what do you do for fun? >> sleep. >> so you work how many hours a day? >> right now we're working 11 1/2. >> and what do you do in your time off? >> sleep. >> i sense a trend here. the pay is about $12 an hour, plus o.t., which is better than rivals they say. sharon wants to use her earnings to fill her winnebago. >> wow, get a look at my amazon packages in a whole new light. you

the amazon appstore.. it is incredibly resilient. this material is more durable than plastic. 2 is something called kindle free time. you still want control over it and to supervise it. whenever the rules are enter house you can apply to tablet and kindle has thought of everything. it is the kindle fire and quickly i want to show you guys the feature from top to bottom -- features [reading] >>caller: has the kindle silk browser. 6 c13 appstore it is backed up on the amazon cloud so it is really a limited storage on this.you could buy movie after movie a couple dollars apiece and you will be access them all on your tablet. and not have to delete something. the kindle fire appstore and built- in e-mail. i think what people really use kindles (...) the most as for give to this christmas because things we used to do on our computer like open and view enright e-mails you can do it now on a tablet simply and it weighs only 14 ounces. 9 hour battery life so things like opening up your e-mail (...) has a full they're ready to go. you can download software will likely to view create a

bumper taxes and welfare cuts but everyone is feeling the pinch profiteering multinationals like amazon and starbucks are managing to exploit tax laws to the fullest so the public wants payback and as artists are first reports they're telling the government it's not doing enough. people from all of the people tend not to put this conference with this company it's like starbucks and apple google at the moment it's really part of a much larger picture welcome to the world of tax avoidance illegal but morally suspect way the companies and the wealthy have been dodging paying their fair share most people are due to discuss these companies do not the very taxation which is a criminal offense but are void taxation basically use existing facilities and legal loopholes in the different regulation and taxation between different countries to their advantage companies like amazon they head office is based in luxemburg which they claim is the center of the economic operations which is handy as luxembourg's the well known tax haven where companies can enjoy a low tax rate but hang on a minute we're

when you access amazon appstore basically it is unlimited memory.hing you buy from the amazon appstore, let us talk about that in our last minute or so. this is our preview show as we have been saying. have something to show you about the amazon appstore, there 22 million different things you could download. tens of thousands of applications. whether it is banks, games, cooking, exercising, art, soap operas. you name it. appstore. >>host: we are going to say hello to fill list quickly. phyllis from new york. >>caller: hello i got the kindle a cannot wait to get it. i mainly want for books because i have a hard time reading. >>host: the books pay for it. but is it not going to be fun to have the tablet computer that does all this for this price? >>caller: oh yes. i have a laptop now but this, (...) >>host: i think you will be like me.you know i have got it all. think you will find you use this more and candidly i think you will enjoy it more because it only weighs 14 ounces. my laptop does not. >>caller: you cannot carry it with you. the doctor's off

everyday amazon gives you a free application. >>guest: today it is a conundrum.>>host: like gary from michigan who called he said i have been thinking about getting a tablet computer, one of those $500 and jobjobsthis has unlimited memory he said for $40 of i do not like it i will send it back. that is why we have thousands of new shoppers. if you do not love it if it is a gift even for yourself i love how you guys shoppe because that is how i shopbuy it for yourself but try it. if you are not blown away put the return label on the box and send it back. we will refund your purchase price. not a store in america who wants haggle? a lot of times you have until january 31stfirst? we give you until january 31st.the bottom line is you are going to love it and use it and wonder how you ever lived without it. but you do not let somebody else get kindle.your can polkindle. $25 of simply to impress, the usb cable to charge through your computer or you could get an adapter to plug-in to your wall, stylus earbuds remember it is more durable than the plastic toys your kids a

>> guest: also complaining against amazon they tried to sell to 12 as cheap as possible to sell the amazon can go. they really want to do that. now amazon has gotten into traditional publishing and will sign big-name authors. so now they compete on many levels and it creates all kinds of tension. >> guest: some of the names have not sold. penny marshall's book which i think was sold as six figures wildly underperform to in the new york operation has been getting some critical acclaim but barnes & noble and independent stores are not stalking the title. so with the shot graphics and those are selling well because those do well as the e-books but competing with the big six they're not worthy competitor yet to. that may change. >> host: according to the association of publishers' e-books sales are up 37% but the entire adult books are up 10 .4%. sarah weinman what happened with the google settlement? >> guest: as it stands it is still on going with the authors guild fighting it out. but google did reach a new settlement with publishers. that segment will longer be fought in the court. the sui

hoping as he often does could be an amazon. amazon stock -- you can use your valuation and buying netflix. i talked to people and a lot of people think it is going to fill the gap to 100. if you are going to play along with that then that is fine. valuation is probably the most compelling reason. >> mike is selling a put. usually we buy puts on the show. when you sell a put you want the stock to stay above the strike of the put that you sold before expiration. because you are short the put you could be forced to buy the stock at that put stock price even if it falls below that level and that could mean losses. some people think of the strategy of a limit order for which you get paid. >> i'm looking at selling the january 80 puts for 4.10. the stock falls i could be compelled to purchase the stock at $80 net of the $4 i collect. i am going to own it around the 76 level. that is almost stand still yield of 5% over 40 days. i'm trying to capitalize of the fact that options premiums are bit up. this is a stock that has been moving

in fact we'll add google, apple, amazon to the picture.hey are the biggest and most talked about names as you know in technology and much of their success next year will no doubt -- who has the right stuff? who better than ann winblad to tell us? she joins us live from san francisco. ann, welcome back to halftime. nice to see you. >> thanks. happy holidays. >> same to you. thanks so much. i'm not sure if you heard much of the previous conversation. our traders seem to be split at least where we come down on facebook. and it its prospects for the new year. where do you come down? >> the theater about facebook's inability to communicate its service agreements aside which they need to fix 2012 was a year where major enterprises tried to figure out what social media meant. how do they engage with it and how do they measure it? we'll look closely at how walmart did with their 2 billion ad purchase this last quarter. but what's happened around the cmos, there's been tons of investment for marketing information and customer engagement measurement

netflix blaming amazon's web servers for the glitch. the stock rallied today, but not everyone is a buyer. so, let's have a good old fashioned street fight, guy, the bull, going up against anthony, the bear. so, guy, start with the -- >> well, part of my argument, which, as you mentioned, on christmas eve, we had an out age and given netflix's history, one would have thought on a tape like today, you would have seen that stock down significantly. obviously it wasn't. it was higher. so, i use that as proof positive number one. also, remember back in early december, netflix and reed hastings got a wells notice. they shrugged that off as well. anthony will shoot these guys down on valuation and i agree, the valuation is ridiculous. i would push back, though, that the short interest indicates there might be a short covering rally left yet in this name. i also throw in the disney deal, which i think could be huge for these guys and they staved victory from the jaws of defeat with that. and the wild card, to me, continues to be kacarl. if you

once before you actually made a legally tax avoid it's ok to legally tell you what starbucks and amazon and google have been doing is ok's that you say i said there's a difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion tax evasion is illegal tax avoidance people are using the law to their benefit now if the law is wrong we need to change the law but for now the law continues to allow an exodus of profits made in britain meaning companies like amazon can keep getting away with paying less than the tax payers they're profiting from sarah firth r.t. london. they are opinions three presidents have received this is a nobel peace prize some behalf of member states has been given the award in recognition. for fostering peace even before the prize was handed out to the decisions barred to mass indignations to argue over several previous winners wrote an open letter to the nobel foundation demanding that the blood be stripped of the ward ahead of sunday's ceremony hundreds marched through the norwegian capital in protest john lochlann from the institute of democracy incorporation believes peace i

corporate john such a starbucks and amazon the funding the legal loopholes to avoid paying tax on the huge profits u.k. is leaving billions of pounds as the public demands rich firms start paying their dues more on that a little later this hour. also north korea launches a rocket despite international warnings but as we hear after the break some say world powers shouldn't further isolate the country but instead engage in talks. in the streets. with. the small group. bottoming. out. for. me to be soon which brightened. soon from funniest impressions. from stunts on t.v. don't come. if you just joined us a very warm welcome this is all to live here in moscow britain's losing billions of pounds and turks are some corporate giants are wriggling out of paying their fair share now that is going to the u.k. public which is left to pick up the slack while also being loaded with tough austerity result you sort of first reports the government seems fine with keeping the status quo. people from all of the people tend not to protect this country with this company like starbucks and apple and goog

but amazon stock is a currency where they can acquire netflix. there's one or two companies in the world that could be true, that you can use your stock. that combined with the disney deal that they've forged here, i think that obviously created a little buoyancy in the stock. i talked to people and a lot of people think it is going to fill the gap to 100. if you are going to play along with that then that is fine. valuation is probably not the most compelling reason. >> mike is selling a put. usually we buy puts on the show. when you sell a put you want the stock to stay above the strike of the put that you sold before expiration. that allows you to keep the money you took in for selling it. because you are short the put you could be forced to buy the stock at that put stock price even if the stock falls below that level and that could mean, of course, losses. some people think of the strategy of a limit order for which you get paid. you have to be careful. mike, what is the trade in >> i'm looking at selling the january 80 puts for 4.10. the id

amazon? >> amazon has been a big winner. they are not only in clothes books and they are in everything. they have this tremendous distribution system so people are buying things. of course at the moment you don't have to pay tax on internet. david: do you like the kindle? >> i do. it is very good. david: they are selling it at basically costs still. >> they are using it as a way to get customers. makes a lot of sense. david: what happens to amazon when they do have to charge -- -- adam: what happens to amazon when they do have to charge --? >> it will hurt them a little bit. adam: but if i can get the same thing for the same price at a brick and mortar store? shibani: it's convenience. >> it takes a little bit off but it's still -- shibani: you can buy diapers and a television set in one -- >> that's right. david: jordan goodman, good to see you. >> thank you. david: coming up next, stuart reads it was the night before christmas. he even tears up a little bit. trust me. you want to watch it coming up. how you doing? my name

watching live from moscow is now at ten minutes past the hour corporate giants like starbucks and amazon are finding legal loopholes to avoid paying taxes on their huge profits and the u.k.'s losing billions of pounds that the public demands rich start paying their deen is a bit more on back a little bit later in the program. also north korea launches a rocket despite international warnings but as we hear after the break some say world powers shouldn't isolate the country but rather to continue to try and engage in the six. zero. zero zero. good speech. i wish i. could live. and. i. find i'm a better living. on the edge of human capabilities. struggling with pain and tree. layouts to become the first. force pulled in the. do we speak your language anybody will not advance. news programs and documentaries in spanish matters to you breaking news a little too negative angles kittens stories. you hear. that try altie spanish find out more visit eye to eye. teeth. it is a pleasure to have you with us here on our to you today as we are broadcasting live in h.d. from brown you studios here in m

cut success untaught success story you expect do you expect google amazon other u.s. multinationals to follow suit or even to broaden this campaign yeah i think the issue here is clearly we're glad that they're getting movement we're getting traction and there's signs that people are starting to wake up to the problem even those people like osborne and alexander who before bury their heads in the sand but the question here is not that is important you know starbucks google and amazon. enter negotiations but it's not up to them to change the law they. you know be covering up massively more but the government should be taken strong action to stop it in the future and have new legislation have new laws to say right this is tax avoidance if it looks like tax avoidance and it smells like tax what it is is tax avoidance and we can have a broad principle that rules out because otherwise what the companies warn they want to think. regulation which isn't just another way where they can hire expensive accountants to get around the law and then siphon their money their into thei

the company being blamed, amazon, shares of amazon are also down today, and what you might see writtenext cup of jo from starbucks. we will tell you what that is coming next right here. david: well, you might start to notice that starbucks employees are not writing your name on your latte, but they are putting a message there instead. a new campaign from a starbucks chief executive is urging his employees to write come together on customers' cups as a message to lawmakers as an effort to urge lawmakers to come up with a deal to avoid the higher tax rates and the spending cuts of the fiscal cliff, we will see how that affects the stocks. u.s. retailers report the weakest holiday sales since 08. sales in the two months before christmas increased .7%. some analysts say that the 2012 shopping season was affected by bad weather and people's uncertainty about the economy. joining us now is keith fitzgerald from money map press. keith, do you think really think that's affecting people's shopping habits? i think they are just worried about the money in their pocket. they don't have as much of