david benoit with the "wall street journal." >> coming up, why one small business owner's decision to embrace mobile technology is creating a new financial life line for his company. >> the biggest 500 companies in america hold more than $2 trillion in combined profits overseas to avoid taxes. that's according to a study by two non-profit groups. the study also found that by keeping money. other countries, the firms are able to avoid paying about $620 billion in u.s. taxes. apple holds $181 billion offshore. more than any other u.s. company. >>> profits on wall street rose by nearly a third to more than $11 billion in the first half of this year according to a report out today by the new york state comptroller. move hire marks the street's strongest first half of year since 2011. the report also found the slowing global economy could hurt the industry over the second half of the year. >>> mom and pop businesses are embracing change going mobile. adopting new technologies in an effort to avoid getting beat by the competition. in the first of our three-part series, sharon epperson intro

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benoit coeure says the policy makers could ease even further. >> it's premature to discuss it but it'stainly our duty to be prepared to focus. >> bank of japan governor kuroda pours cold water on it and says they have more tools if needed. >> if inflation dynamics change, and if necessary we would not hesitate to adjust our monetary policy. >> twitter tightens its belt with the news that jack dorsey plans company wide job cuts as soon as this jeek investors are revving up for the listing of super car maker ferrari with an ipo road show that hopes to secure a marketplace valuation of nearly $10 million. >>> happy columbus day. on this monday. mondays are tough, wouldn't you say? >> i don't know when you have such an exciting week ahead of you. i disagree. >> also, you get a breather if you're trading in bonds today because on columbus day bond markets are closed. equity markets still in trade. let's check in on how markets are fairing ahead of u.s. open. future is in play. we came off a pretty good week on wall street with the s&p notching its best week in 2015. the dow seeing its best

here to break down results, david benoit, coauthor of "wall street journal" examination of activists. also with us is dan shaffer of schaefer capital management. and elle lexion. >> we looked for biggest companies to have activist, and we found sometimes they're helpful and sometimes great for companies. we've seen really good returns. sometimes not very clear, it is very mixed. you have to talk about it on a case-by-case basis. david: certainly this guy has done a lot for ge and dupont in the last couple days? >> nelson peltz is one of the more successful ones. nelson peltz is very good on getting on boards and talking about operations. that is the people that talk about that, activists willing to put forward plans like that are the best. david: dan, peltz is different kind of person. when we think of activist investors, carl icahn, bill ackman, bigger than life people, very strong, very often go against the will of the board itself. >> he is very gentle and very smart man. he is taking over, not taking over but getting into a company like ge has been a dead weight for years. david: