trying to go private comes with risks, just ask michael dell. the uncertainty around that kind of transaction could send blackberry's fortunes spiralling. whatever they choose to do, the clock is ticking. the biggest buying season for smart phones starts in about six weeks. for nightly business report, i'm john fort. >>> coming up a little later in the program, what are the barning signs that a company you even is in trouble and falls out of favor on wall street. we'll get answers from a successful business strategist. >> the technology blog, all things digital is reporting what john fort just referenced, namely that apple is expected to unveil a brand new redesigned iphone on september 10th. there's speculation that the newest iphone will have a larger screen or see a lower cost model for consumers in emerging markets. there's even talk about fingerprint recognition software in those new handsets. apple as usual declined to comment. >>> a few acquisitions to tell you about, beginning with dole food. they agreed to be taken private by its chairm

trying to go private comes with risks, just ask michael dell. uncertainty around that kind of transaction could send blackberry's fortunes spiralling. whatever they choose to do, the clock is ticking. the biggest buying season for smart phones starts in about six weeks. for nightly business report, i'm john fort. >>> coming up a little later in the program, what are the

michael dell. i'm trying to be a, just like we asked them to be capital allocators, that is our job to represent ours the best way possible and we look at risk adjusted forward returns and how can we achieve the best. and under those two options, that is why we have chosen the other one. liz: well the vote is in sent and we'll be watching all of this and more. we sew appreciate you coming on. david: thank you very much. >> good perspective certainly to hear somebody with that chunk of shares is going to think about this. thank you, donald. >> you bet. david: appreciate it. >> donald yacktman. david: the july jobs report raised new questions about the power of america's jobs machine. what needs to be done to stimulate job creation? carlos gutierrez, former secretary of commerce and vice-chair of weighs in next. liz: his fate was sealed and found liable for fraud. are more traders and bankers from the mortgage meltdown heading to court now? we'll have a former sec panned department of justice prosecutor now that the sec won this one. will there be more? ♪ @@ @ @ @ a. >> of the disappointing jobs repo

michael dell will not be there. you know, that look -- liz: you'll ask him to leave? paint over his parking space?ok, i made a great deal of money, great deal of money replacing ceos that shouldn't be there. and that's one of the troubles in america in corporations today. you have a lot of ceos that boards do not hold accountable. they shouldn't be there. they're not bad people. they just, like having a football player that shouldn't be on the football team anymore. liz: okay. >> that's what you have to have here. hey, look, if i don't get it, i've done, i think i've done a good job for shareholders because we at least got the price somewhat. did better than the board. they kept saying wouldn't get it up. look they're up $800 million. so we have accomplished something but if we get it, i think we'll be accomplishing a lot more for those shareholders that wish to remain. liz: well, you've done a lot for shareholders of herbalife. you've got a 16.5% stake there. carl, there is word on the street you would even consider a tender offer, outright buying the whole company. are you considering buying her

ask you quickly, you have a dog in the dell fight? >> no. >> do you care -- what's better for your industry, whether michael dell gets that company or icahnbody else for that matter? >> i really couldn't comment on that. we don't have a dog in that fight. >> you must be thinking about whether, you know, a company like that is relative to, you know, hewlett-packard, made a bredty good -- i don't know full comeback, but as a stock, it's done well, and optimism given what whitman is doing there now. pcs in general. there's not much to say about what's going on at microsoft. people question the pc side of hp. and you do have the dell thing kind of hanging out there. that has real implications for your industry, does it not? >> well, i think getting that resolved and getting certainty is probably the most important perspective from our industry. >> you're just not going to go there, i guess, all right. >> i'm still dwelling on the fact that the semiconductor -- i mean, to call one of the most cyclical industries of all time perhaps moving in a secular direction. that's interesting, brian. >> yeah, well, i see given the broad range of product -

ask your doctor about spiriva. ♪ cheryl: computer giant del set to report earnings after the bell today as the fight over the company between founder michael dells. let's go to nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange with more on that one. >> reporter: well, the dell story has been quite big. we have followed it so closely day in and day out. we have followed obviously michael dell, who created this company, and foxbusiness.com, who has ideas of his own. meantime must talk about the facts. they will be reporting results after the closing bell. we will see whether or not that actually plays into the offers at all and see what the proposed sales price, about 40% below where dell stock stood in 2007 when michael dell returned as ceo. 2007, over $30 per share. now it's hovering around $13.70. we know that both carl icahn and michael dell have their of -- their own ideas for what lies ahead for this company. obviously they have swedens' their bid in order to try to move forward with this. the vote for the offer will take place on september 12th perry will have that coverage as well. but a year today that boehner. cheryl: surpri