steve ballmer to be replaced. einhorn points to microsoft's stock performance as a reason for ballmer to leave. einhorn owned nine million shares of microsoft as of late march. let's talk about performance under ballmer. ballmer has been c.e.o. for more than a decade. this is the past 10 years of m- s-f-t shares. they're down 30% from the late spring of 2000. today again with a slight rally. the luxury business is treating tiffany well. its first quarter earnings came in a dime per share above estimates. sales were up by double digits and margins were higher. a wicked combination, and tiffany saw green. up 8.6%. it led the consumer discretionary sector today, which was the strongest stock group. the rally takes tiffany to a new 52-week high, which is also a new all-time high for shareholders. it wasn't the only higher-end retailer to sparkle. signet jewelers, owner of jared and kay jewelers, was up 5%. earnings came in better than expected. this is a new 52-week high for coach, up 5%. and polo ralph lauren recover

steve ballmer is willing to set aside 6 billion euros for the takeover. microsoft has already introduced a new system for its mobile phones but says google and apple remained one step ahead. >> let's have a look at some marketembers. in frankfurt, the dax closed up 1.2%. the dow jones industrial average closed up word -- upward. the euro is trading $1.44. first greece, ireland, then the portugal will get a rescue package worth 78 billion euros. portugal is the poorest country in western europe and agreed to the cash injection from the european union and the international monetary fund last week. pressure on the country is mounting. >> portugal has agreed to do some serious belt-tightening. the plan includes widespread privatization and a broad liberalization of the labour market. the european union predicts tough time ahead. >> it has always known these programs will be not any kind of sunday walk in the park. they will be very difficult and demanding. >> in return, portugal will pay its rates of about 6% on its loans. far lower than without the european

happened. >> yeah, on tv but i do know when i was at microsoft several years ago, and i saw steve ballmer and this was before google had gotten really big. he said google is an iso- company. i'm like, what you mean? we used to be a nice little company and suddenly we were monopoly. this is what he said to me so clearly i would remember that because as i watch them move forward. how do you see google's recent multi-million dollar pass to retain employees affecting morale? >> that is a great question. there have been reports to keep some of its key talent, google is giving remarkably huge sums of money. certainly, there is a huge competition now for the most talented people. google has very talented people and they turn out to be good employees for other companies. and i think it could be a big problem. people come into google, especially the past two years, they don't get their financial gain that there early google ears had. you are at google and in the earlier days, especially couple of years before that, you were at a given financial level than even someone who got a very nice package c

detailing this deep is of the slopes to determine ballmer build team, and what areas are prone to slides. >> week wrote weak rock, is more prone to landslides, then a strong rock. along the front of the hills, part to the santa cruz mountains, those areas are at the highest. >> the darker corners areas on the map are at a higher risk for landslides. the map does not include information on landslides, on transfer of funds. --dirty events. >> the forecast, a foreign land to us storm season, projects 14 storms will be named. last year we had 19 named storms, 12 of which became hurricanes. from june 1st to november 30th, no major hurricane has made u.s. landfall in five years. >> this weekend is going to be really nice for you in terms of whether, not a lot going on michigan you why. or walking through zero or expecting this weekend, today partly cloudy mild temperatures a hair color the yesterday but still rise. saturday continue partly cloudy, cooler still, leading up to sunday we'll have picked up wins and a possible strike system moving through. we should enjoy the nice day even on sunda

benjamin ballmer, by 1860 southerners were defending slavery as not a necessary evil, but a positive good. it was a positive kid because it was ordained according to palmer, ordained by god because southern slaveholders bought the slaves to christianity. they saved their souls. not only did they bring the slaves to christianity, but they provided them with sustenance. they also lifted them up from the barbarian of africa. so slavery was a god ordained institution. if in fact slavery was the same, then god will take care of it on his own with time and did not need the help of more of an evangelicals to do it. so what happened? well, we all know what happened 150 years ago today, the firing on fort sumter that brought about the civil war. here is a depiction of that war. you know, we get the word nasty. and this picture, i think, but it does a good job in showing how northerners and southerners view the civil war as a holy war. rhett butler, you all remember gone with the wind. great book. he said all wars are sacred because if they wouldn't be nobody would fight the. did they wanted t

the hedge fund manager david einborn saying the microsoft board should replace steve ballmer, sayingware maker suffers from charlie round management. they have been hemorrhaging share to apple and google. apple ipad taking a huge bite out of p.c. running microsoft windows. so the market this morning feels like preholiday trade here. we're quiet. we are slightly lower across the board. the bloomberg business report -- the silicon valley. next time you head to berkeley you might notice people with nose in a book. it's third well-read city. live at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news. >> all right, jane. thanks a lot. >>> 6:47. let's make it. if you suffer from allergies, and they seem worse than usual this year, you can pin the blame on climate change. our media partner california wash cites a study that shows temperatures get warmer, and more carbon dioxide released in the atmosphere, plants boost their pollen production. the study by quest diagnostics indicate in the past four years there has been a 21% increase in ragweed allergies in california. doctors tells

when it appears the head of microsoft may have said too much too soon, ceo steve ballmer, you said ina will go on sale next year. shortly afterwards he said not true not yet, microsoft is probably concerned that he was stopped by and windows 7 software if they know that something better is coming soon. and they also said that employees are hard at work on the next version of windows, and it will be released on slate, tablets and pc. now take hal is suing to will, they say that two of their former executives told confidential misinformation from the mobile payment unit during a came just hours after will unveil wall-to- wall it. that let people pay for things using their cell phone. a for two years, how is a pal and google have been taught for them to provide the payment system but then they stop the deal and build their own system. the facebook founder mark a circle burn-home market observers were--mark zu ckerberg and was they the animals has sacrificed their lives. and will deal wouldn't thinks that a killing the mistake of them. now we want to know what you think of his diet plan.

looking good in ballmer, partly to mostly sunny skies with temperatures in the low 80s.urday a risk of storms. texas to illinois. wet weather in the northern plains. beautiful on the eastern seaboard with a few showers left in the northeast. sunday-sunday, a strong risk of strong storms from texas into michigan. >>> boy, our neck of the woods is socked in with fog. hey, we are still going to hit the 70s. upper 70s in places. by noon, 64 degrees. we lose the cloud cover. we'll really lose it by 4:00 p.m. mild conditions in the city. 69 degrees. elsewhere, 70s in the east bay and south bay. more mild later. 72 degrees in santa cruz. great beach weekend. >>> we hav >>> we have a bachelor . who's getting married? when is the wedding? >> june 25. >> what happens in new york stays in new york. >> thanks, al. >>> coming up next, the deadly dangers of a new, popular drug marketed as bath salts "dateline's" hidden camera r af. "datelin "dateline's" hidden camera investigation after this. liquid. it's a revolutionary way to grow a great garden. liquafeed makes feeding as easy as w