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ashley: markets trying to end the week in the green.t charles payne with a stock pick to help you end the week with future profits in mind. tracy: as we do every day at this time, see how oil is trading up only 20 cents a barrel. $92.05 a barrel. [ male announcer ] let's say you need to take care of legal matters. wouldn't it be nice if there was an easier, less-expensive option than using a traditional lawyer? well, legalzoom came up with a better way. we took the best of the old and combined it with modern technology. together you get quality services on your terms, with total customer support. legalzoom documents have been accepted in all 50 states, and they're backed by a 100% satisfaction guarantee. so go to legalzoom.com today and see for yourself. it's law that just makes sense. ashley: it is time to make money with charles payne. this hour he has a company that provides electronic health record services to doctors and hospitals. should be a lot of business for that. >> there should be. a couple weeks ago i talked about cerner at

green giant >>> it encompasses my entire soul. >> a san francisco player singing the blues. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson.f with the $11,000 creel low -- cello. but for the student it means so much more. we go to the conservatory of music with john. john? >> the word was out about the cello that was stolen from a locker here. now it is the passion of this student, but he also needs it to make money to play gigs to put food on his table and a roof over his head. >> there is an empty feeling now because criminals came through and rummaged through my stuff and took my most available possession. >> 23-year-old adam young is talking about the cello played for has played for the past 11 years. now it is gone after it was stolen sunday afternoon from his locker on the fourth floor of the san francisco conservatory of music on oak street. >> i feel like my life is put on pause right now. >> the best hope of getting it back is this surveillance video. showing a well-dressed man and woman going floor to floor at the conservatory. the pair spent an hour here before the man walked out with a cello case strapped to hi

those are the headlines on the fox business network and now back to ashley webster and tracy byrnes. tracy: lauren greenthank you very much. we have news on mary schapiro. we was an exclusive. charlie, what's going on? >> apparently, sources close tell the fox business network she was hospitalized last week for a medical procedure late last week. the rumor mill built when she missed an internal hearing and meeting, but hospitalized for what is describeed to us as a medical procedure. we don't know what it is. i pushed the fcc spokesman on what that means, does it mean surgery, he won't go there. here's what they won't -- here's what they will talk about. they will say that, you know, the speculation, and this also came as there was immense speculation that she is stepping down imminently, i think a lot of people on wall street would like to have that happen yesterday, and he denies she has plans to step down. i raised the question whether she may step down depending on who is elected after this year's up, and remember, the fcc chairperson is a presidential appointee, even if president obama is re-electe

ho ho ho ♪ green giant esap [ yelling] hundreds of protestors march through san francisco tonight on the first anniversary of the occupy movement. good evening i'm dan ashleyey have been loud but peaceful as they move through san francisco tonight. they started in the financialal district but have now moved to justin herman plaza along the embarcadero where they first gathered a year ago. we are live tonight with what is happening. >> about 30 demonstrators still here tonight but they continue plan on occupying the plaza like they did last year instead they say they are concentrating on putting more pressure on the banks. one year after the start of the occupy movement occupy demonstrators are back in justin herman plaza. since being banished from the plaza, organizers say they have been quietly pressuring bank to work with people leak daniel. his monthly mortgage of 2500 dollars was reset to 5000 dollars a month and laid off opera sentencinger says the bank is unwilling to work out a payment plan. >> they are being unrealistic about the economy. if they were to help all of us the economy would turn around. this is a lot of bull coming out. >>reporter: ear

ashley: nicole, thank you very much. germany's highest court is giving the green light for germany's role in europe's permanent bailout fundt's ruling paving way for the creation of the esm, european stability mechanism. germany will contribute 190 billion euros to the $500 billion bill euro rescue fund. following the court's decision german chancellor angela merkel said quote to the parliament in berlin today, this is a good day for germany and it is a good day for europe. in effect we now have two bazookas in place as a backstop to the european debt crisis. bailout fund by the ecb to buy unlimited short-term bond issued by struggling countries. european markets posting modest gains on the news. basically flat in london but modest gains in paris and frankfurt. the euro hitting a near five-month high against the u.s. dollar. there it stands exactly at 129. here in the u.s. it is day one of the fed's highly anticipated policy meeting. investors are expecting chairman bernanke to announce more stimulus tomorrow the we shall see. my next guest says a third bond buying program could cause a selloff in stocks. joining me is oli

green. connell: breaking news would be the closing of the european markets. ashleythusiasm continues to wane in europe. they lost ground for a second session in a row. "the closing bell," let's take a look. nothing to severe. the ftse down about two tenths of a percent. the tax and frankfurt also off a half percent. uncertainty builds over spain. talking about spain, the pressure growing on the economy. formally asking for a tale out. the markets in limbo. the ten year bond rise 6%. the latest report shows spanish banks and july were holding $221 billion in risky loans. by the way, italy trying to appease union affairs by saying that he will not be closing car factories in italy. europe's car sales falling 8.5% in august. ford and gm are already considering factory cuts in the region did we shall see. dagen: thank you, ashley. the federal reserve, of course, pouring even more hooch into that punch bowl. my next guest already sees that inflation. he oversees $700 billion in assets. good to see you, bob. do people talk about the effects of all of this lease money that

ashley: here is your fox business market check. the dow is nicely up. typical software, information corporations, up 1.3%. betting big on the big data companies. right there, all outperforming ratings. that is why you see greens the screen. tibco software. steve told us that the economic situation is the biggest concern for investors. what are they betting on now the amount of people using mobile tools it has grown incredibly. >> it has probably grown at the same pace. we have seen 200,000 people on a weekly basis using this to do their business. >> that is right. whether they are transactions in or doing research or keeping up with what is going on. it is a staggering number, post about 8% of our trades per day we talked in the previous segment about engagement. i would argue that they are engaged but not active. these mobile applications and devices they are on have given the capability to watch things anyway they are, anytime day or night, and they can jump in and they do jump once you give them a catalyst. ashley: technology has changed everything. would you like? >> when i talk about the sectors, i'm just talking about 5.6 million clients. we watch what what they are treating them what they like and wha

ashley fink from "glee" will grace the twitter and facebook posts as well. and katie psychiatrstrickland f "private practice." the dress code here, black shirts and black pants and holding greenhe keep it growing theme. this don't take it for granted push could reflect drops seen on social media recently. both of their twitter political indices which measure tweet sentiment dropped since the conventions. and a week on from the 47% comment which you were just mentioning there, they saw a 17-point spread at one point. that difference now settles to predust-up levels. the president still leads by other measures. facebook likes, for instance, romney has 7 million. romney, 28 million. on twitter last hour, obama has 20 million followers. romney, 1 million. but not all of these followers are real, says social media company status people. their engine finds that just 24% of obama followers are good, and 55% of romney's in these little areas here. now, still the good ratio when you look at it with obama is 7x, if you were to do the math there. either way romney has an opportunity here, says an article entitled "is romney homsocial?" 57% to 80% of these users dominated by women. and r

ashley: back to nicole petallides on the floor of the stock exchange. nicole: looking at the nasdaq composite and the s&p. turned into the greenlosely. the nasdaq up 1/2% after being down 1/2% earlier today. we got news out of apple. september 12th will be the day they are out. san francisco is the place so everybody is waiting so maybe they will learn more about the i phone 5. easier to do texting and so much more. look at $673.91. the high is $6.80 and change and the major market averages along as well. the democratic convention giving a boost to charlotte's economy. we have the head of the chamber of commerce and special guests next. ashley: today's winners and losers. ashley: commodities beat equities, bonds and the u.s. dollar public its second consecutive month the longest streak in the year. will the trend continue into september. sandra smith joins us with today's trade. sandra: that is the big question. where's the money going to go the rest of the year? commodities last couple months, is the money going to go into the car for the last two month? >> we will see a rally in commodities especially greens. they have the s

ashley: it just keeping rolling. thank you, brian. appreciate it. >> thanks. tracy: i know you're sleeping out tonight. she's taking you through the last hour of trading. jeff greens her in a fox business exclusive and why he likes the banking sector right now. "count down to the closing bell" is next. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you engineer a true automotive breakthrough? ♪ you give it bold new styling, unsurpassed luxury and nearly 1,000 improvements. introducing the redesigned 2013 glk. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. ♪ liz: i'm liz

ashley: exactly. it is a quarter til, let's head back down to nicole pelt lee tease, the dow just turning positive. >> reporter: that's right. take a peek, take a look. the dow now in the green day look. it's been red and weighed down, and we've had a stronger dollar which didn't help things, and here's a look at the dow now, a whopping seven points to the upside. it's telling, and it shows we can come off our lows, and we're seeing some of the names such as pfizer, jpmorgan, 3m, helping to move the dow into the green. i wanted to take a look at verizon as part of my next story, verizon and tivo e coming to an agreement. this was a patent lawsuit, and now they finally have a settlement where verizon has agreed to pay at least $250.4 million over to tivo to settle this patent litigation. now, they continue to work together in other internet and service projects, video projects and such, but just the fact that this is done is good news. back to you. ashley: good stuff, nicole. tracy: coming up, the fiscal cliff and the presidential election will greatly impact your tax bill. how you can start preparing for i. ashley: all right. but, first, let's take a look at some of today's