the koch brothers who've given fortunes to the republican party to refocus the part on billionaire astin and banks there's like paul saying or a john paulson is billionaire harold summonses now making a fortune story nuclear waste in the united states not in the billionaire stan areas of course he's given tens of millions to the republican party there's foreign casino magnate sheldon adelson who spent more money than anyone in the history of our elections trying to get republicans in office he wants to make sure the united states justice department can get its hands on him across the border in billionaire . but. understanding the republican party in this way answers a lot of questions about how that party is behaving today why the republican intransigence on capitol hill as our nation hurdles toward self-inflicted economic wounds good question well it's because residents of billionaire astin don't give a damn about the so-called fiscal cliff or the debt limit billionaires taxes are going to go up because they'll pay the same income taxes the working people do they have their carried inte

how much did the '64 astin martin used in the bond films go for at a 2010 auction? $4.6 million.ome are comparing it to the original 1960s batmobile. barrett jackson says batman's wheels could sell for millions. >> worth every penny. >> well, after 15 straight quarters of positive u.s. jobs data, hiring is expected to continue at the same steady pace in the first few months of the new year. well, that is at least according to the latest manpower survey. 17% of u.s. businesses plan to hire in the first quarter of 2013 conspired to 8% who plan to cut staff. >> concerns about the fiscal cliff have been holding them back from hiring even more workers. let's talk about this manpower survey with ceo jeff joerres who is joining us again. >> great to be here. >> we just had a ceo on very concerned about job hiring for next year because of the fiscal cliff and all the costs associated with, that and yet your numbers here seem to suggest that at least statistically we're not seeing that much an impact, or am i misreading this here? >> no, you're not. when you look at it it's actually sligh

and, of course in ford's case, we had purchased astin martin and jaguar and volvo and we spent less inpromise is not only a complete family of best in class fords, but also a complete family of luxury vehicles under the lincoln motor company brand. and the mkz you're seeing here today this is our first one, and will be revealing four more over the next few years, and the response to this vehicle has been just tremendous. >> what is your favorite part about it? pick one thing. what is the -- >> i love -- i love the styling. the external styling. it just looks so good. it is so simple. the inside, simple, easy to use, but the sunroof, a -- the largest sunroof ever in a vehicle is just absolutely smart design. >> alan, quickly on china, i know you're going to make a big push to sell lincolns in china, setting up this sort of all dealers network. does china loom larger for you because of what we have seen economically in europe and with the looming fiscal cliff? >> absolutely. if you look at the markets worldwide and the economies and the auto industry, nearly a third of the market will be