voted "best investment services company." naming programs that can be cut without anybody geth hurt . stocks that will pump you >> 800,000 defense workers fages unpaid leave and 4000 mentally ill untreated and on the street. too many scare tactics coming out of dc ahead of the automatic spending cuttings. but with a 3.8 trillion surely 85 million can be cut without harming? our five are offering up and we'll not be so sure they're square tactics . and that is notted're not cutting in the sequester. >> and that is the low hanging flute and weapon system that is don't make sense. >>i emac? >> the government work force by 10 percent. it has grown under president obama and cut the pay five percent. federal pay did not go down in the great and cutut foreign aid to the brotherhood. >> get rid of obama care and tax hike is going to really hurt the economy. if you get rid of obama care. you can save money . and that is incompetent . and so i say end the drug war. right there you can get rid of dea agents and get rid of prisons that h

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voted "best investment services company." john: welcome back to the students for every conference.nded republicans. now dennis kucinich will defend democrats. >> a nest in a familiar role. john: a liberal congressman for many years. it's true, you have criticized democrats. but you, like most democrats call what government to spend so much money. >> i don't want government to spend money on war. don't want government to spend money sending our jobs overseas to china. john: social security, medicare. >> rock-solid. look. we have entered generational compact year. you know, your parents and grandparents did something to help you get to where you are. part of the responsibility, one generation has to the next, make sure that their grandparents are not going to live in poverty. john: it's unsustainable. i really refuse to die. i'm a baby boomer. i meant a flood one. these and people have to fund my health care, medicare. >> wait a minute. until you social security will be there. >> but medicare is the big one. >> that me tell you. right now the united states spends about $3 trillion a

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voted "best investment services company." >>> it is still likely, very likely, that chuck hagel willenedxt defense secretary but it's hitting snacks. and the latest one looks to set a bad precedent. hagel has enough support to win a confirmation vote. his nomination cleared tuesday on a party line vote and not a single senate democrat has opposed opposition to him. since democrats have 55 seats and since two republicans mike joe haines and thad cochran are backing him, that should be that. but it isn't. because hagel is facing a filibuster. meaning he'll first need to come up with 60 votes before he's allowed to have a straight up or down vote on the senate floor. the resistance is coming from republicans. to the right hagel is a traitor. for 12 years he was a republican senator, a rising star in his party that was touted as a vp prospect in 2000. but he turn ond the iraq war and left the senate, refussed to endorse john mccain in 2008 and teamed up with barack obama. now he is the living definition of a republican in name only. there are other factors too. lindsey graham is leading the

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voted "best investment services company." ♪ . adam: i remember when minimum wage was 2.35.s, me, doesn't it? white house has new prescription for health care workers and they are going full steam ahead to put wage and overtime standards in place for the industry. there could be a ruling next few months but the bottom line, is it necessary? why is the government getting involved in this right now? let's ask kirsten powers columnist with the "daily beast" and fox news political analyst. why are they getting involved right now? is it politics or sound economic policy? >> well, i have to say i was surprised to find out that the minimum wage didn't apply to these workers. i think that the better question to ask is why wouldn't it? these are people who are working hard. the minimum wage applies to a person who works in mcdonald's but yet it is not supposed to apply to a home health care person? adam: that's a good point. the exemption came about, the staff prepared research in the '70s, when we didn't have as large a elderly population and need for as many home health care aids a

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voted "best investment services company." >>> wow. google north of 800.ave fallen from grace, but the high tech world has a new leader in the market race. it's the search engine that today searched out new record territory. 800 plus bucks a share, up more than 13% this year. for now, at least, google gets the last giggle. number one in the high tech parade for now. we still owe and they still hack, and now china is officially out of control. don't look now, but proof today our sugar daddy is a thief. virginia based corporation out with a lin report that links the chinese military with stealing vital secrets from husband. hacking our military contractors or energy companies and scores of other industries, doing is to 10 bray zenly and consistently and so often that it borders on a joke. it's no joke. given the fact that it's china, our biggest creditor and the nation that owes more than 1.3 trillion dollars of the debt creates a serious dilemma for us which could explain the white house's caution, if not tepid response to all of this. because we owe doesn'

voted "best investment services company." liz: now let's take it off the desk where austria people are paying to do this, take a nap. it offers 30 minutes on a couch where you hooked up to a heart rate monitor. this displays breathing patterns. you don't want to look at monitor, you want to sleep. the more regular breathing the clouder classical music gets. the cost? 15 bucks. why not? david: the european union begins their two-day summit in brussels. budget talks are expected to take center stage. a lot of investors are looking at this. the european leaders are expected to mush for more heart think pared down budgets. liz: same store chain store sales. chain stores correspond with roughly 10% of overall retail sales. they're a very good indicator of consumer spending. david: let hess hope for the best for them. number one thing to watch tomorrow, initial jobless claims. economists expect to drop by 8,000 to 360,000. they posted a big kin crease of 38,000. a look at four-week moving average hinted at slight improvement. liz:

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voted "best investment services company." >>> well, today opened with the talk of all-time highs fort after a 200-point drop, what can we expect for tomorrow? 30 seconds are on the clock. let's find out what our gelss think. we have scott carmack from leader capital. mason slain from interactive data and t. doug dale from security. scott, item us what you are watching tomorrow. >> we'll be watching the kay schiller composite index. they are looking for a 6.6% increase yearover year in home values. we'll be looking for new home sales. market expectation are for 380,000. we think both surprise to the upside. this market is concerned about the fed ending qe. we think economic strength begets market weakness. look for strong economic data to drive the dollar higher.

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voted "best investment services company." there. i said it. they don't have pictures of my kids.y don't have my yoga mat. and still, i feel at home. could it be the flat screen tv? the not so mini fridge? ♪ the different free dinner almost every weeknight? or maybe, it's all of the above. and all the rest. am i home? nope. but it almost feels that way. homewood suites by hilton. be at home. >>> we go to it every tuesday. the worst day of the last few months jed. worst day. this market has been getting slapped around for a week now. does it made you should pay or accept the fact sometimes we get hit with corrections and the garden variety pullbacks. perhaps use that weakness as an opportunity to buy certain high quality stocks and lighten up. there is always a better time to sell than in the vor text of pain. that's where i stand on the issue again. i know many of are you still afraid. when the market gets crushed like it has over the few days, it is scary. if you're full of fear, it is not going to go away because you told you panic is not a strategy. the only way to conquer the

voted "best investment services company." >>> just minutes away from history making event.illiams "mo" cowan will be sworn in as the next democratic senator representing the state of massachusetts. he will join republican senator tim scott of south carolina marking the first time in history that two african-americans will serve simultaneously in the senate. so it's 2013 and you have to ask, why is this the case? why did congress get to this point through appointment? with me to sound off is joy reid. it makes you scratch your head when we show a stunning set of pictures display how far we haven't come if we can show where the country is in electing black senators. before tim scott was appointed last month, there were just six in u.s. history. now we have newark mayor corey blocker who is planning to run in new jersey. is it possible in an age of the re-election of president barack obama that we don't have more african-american senators and mo cowan is just a placeholder. he doesn't want to throw his head in the rang. >> governor of massachusetts who has been seen as a poten

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voted "best investment services company." more "likes." more tweets.o, beginning today, my son brock and his whole team will be our new senior social media strategists. any questions? since we make radiator valves wouldn't it be better if we just let fedex help us to expand to new markets? hmm gotta admit that's better than a few "likes." i don't have the door code. who's that? he won a contest online to be ceo for the day. how am i supposed to run a business here without an office?! [ male announcer ] fast, reliable deliveries worldwide. fedex. [ male announcer ] fast, reliable deliveries worldwide. how do you keep an older car running like new? you ask a ford customer. when they tell you that you need your oil changed you got to bring it in. if your tires need to be rotated, you have to get that done as well. jackie, tell me why somebody should bring they're car here to the ford dealership for service instead of any one of those other places out there. they are going to take care of my car because this is where it came from. price is right no problem

voted "best investment services company." ♪ [ male announcer ] every car we build must make adrenalinep and pulses quicken. ♪ to help you not just to stay alive... but feel alive. the new c-class is no exception. it's a mercedes-benz through and through. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. >>> welcome back. markets are up today cheering past the tepid jobs report where the unemployment rate ticked higher to 7.9%. instead investors focusing on revisions to the prior months that added more than 100,000 jobs. the revisions were better than last month. >> very strong, and with the so-so jobs number and negative gdp report we got earlier in the week is the market betting on a fed forever scenario with ben bernanke keeping the easy money coming? >> let's talk about that with our guests. gentlemen, good to see you. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me on. >> ken, what do you think? do you think the federal reserve will be printing money for as long as you can look out? >> yeah. it looks like they are going to keep

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voted "best investment services company." a talking car. but i'll tell you what impresses me. talking train. this ge locomotive can tell you exactly where it is, what it's carrying, while using less fuel. delivering whatever the world needs, when it needs it. ♪ after all, what's the point of talking if you don't have something important to say? ♪ if you don't have something important to say? how do you keep an older car running like new? you ask a ford customer. when they tell you that you need your oil changed you got to bring it in. if your tires need to be rotated, you have to get that done as well. jackie, tell me why somebody should bring they're car here to the ford dealership for service instead of any one of those other places out there. they are going to take care of my car because this is where it came from. price is right no problem, they make you feel like you're a family. get a synthetic blend oil change, tire rotation and much more, $29.95 after $10.00 rebate. if you take care of your car your car will take care of you. >>> want to check on cisco. we told you the

voted "best investment services company." >>> green mountain coffee roasters shares lower after reported earnings. let's get to herb greenberg and joins us now with his analysis. herb, over to you. >> what's interesting about this one is people thought this would be a blowout quarter. i was sitting here thinking this thing come out. great news. stocks goes up and even though the stock has really risen and some people wonder how the stock got to where it is today from where it was, but it's interesting is k-cup sales were below expectations, and the gross margins were sort of -- i sort of was galvanized on that because you have five percentage points of gross margin from lower input costs and lower warranty reserves and lower returns. so really even though the gross margin went up, you could argue it actually went down if you wanted to look at it from a quality perspective, and the company also said while they expect growth will continue to moderate in the overall total coffee and espresso maker category, they expect their share of the category to continue to increase to which i say what

voted "best investment services company." >>> welcome back. aig just out with earnings. let's get to mary thompson with all the details. >> the company's operating income, 20 cents a share well above analyst expectations. they were looking for a loss of eight cents a share. the company's net premiums earned in its core property and casualty business, $8.6 billion. pretty much in line with expectations. the company's ceo saying the firm managed the profit once you take out charges linked to hurricane sandy despite the largest catastrophe in the u.s. one thing i do want to note is premiums in both the life insurance as well as the property and casualty insurance did decrease from the last quarter. aig beating the street. i know you'll have more with bob benmosche. >> thanks very much. let's get the story behind the numbers. joining me right now is a cnbc, conclusive is aig president and ceo bob benmosche. thanks so much for joining us. let's talk about the quarter and what drove it, the impact of hurricane sandy. what can you tell us about the most recent three months befo

voted "best investment services company." no they don't. hey son. have fun tonight. ♪ ♪ back against the wall ♪ ain't nothin to me ♪ ain't nothin to me [ crowd murmurs ] hey! ♪ [ howls ] ♪ e >>> well, it turns out yahoo! strategy to drive revenue growth apparently involves a deal with rival google. julia boorstin explains for us. julia? >> reporter: well, bill, they are not rivals. they are frenemies, and they are teaming up. yahoo! will begin using google's massive map network to show contektural maps. yahoo! will be able to deliver more targeted ads to its visitors. users won't notice a difference. this is a change to the back end. the ads should be more effect you have. google will take a cut, but yahoo! will get the majority of the ad revenue. this should be a win-win, but analysts say since yahoo! needs the help it will benefit more, and it will now be able to focus its energies on creating content and on a small number of ad partnerships. >> thanks so much. which stock would make you more money if you bought it right here, yahoo!or google? we

voted "best investment services company." how do you keep an older car running like new?stomer. when they tell you that you need your oil changed you got to bring it in. if your tires need to be rotated, you have to get that done as well. jackie, tell me why somebody should bring they're car here to the ford dealership for service instead of any one of those other places out there. they are going to take care of my car because this is where it came from. price is right no problem, they make you feel like you're a family. get a synthetic blend oil change, tire rotation and much more, $29.95 after $10.00 rebate. if you take care of your car your car will take care of you. >>> time for the good, the band the ugly. starring our very own guy adami. first, we hit up the good. last month, guy was taking a hard look at blackstone. here is what he said. >> backstone, look at that today. first time it's been over 18 and i can't even tell you how long. blackstone continues to perform. i think that stock is another one to watch. >> i love it when the graphic is delayed and you have t

voted "best investment services company." >>> markets up 57 points just off the highs of the session right now, and we would point out if we close above 14,000, it would be the first time since february 1st that that has happened, and the last time we closed above 14,000 it had been five years. >> yeah. >> since we've been back to that level. yes, the nasdaq is lagging today. apple one of the big causes there. there's dow, up 57 points at 14,029. as president obama gears up for his state of the union address just hours from now, our ron insana says that speech could be a catalyst for a market pullback, so what could he say, the president, to trigger such a move, and what does mr. obama's former budget director think about that notion? >> ron insana joins us along with peter orszag, the vice chairman formerly with citigroup. >> what are you expecting to be the crux of the president's speech tonight? >> i think he's telegraphed what he's emphasizing, immigration and something on economic growth. what we'll be looking for is what is the solution here, for example, on the sequester that

voted "best investment services company." >>> welcome back to "fast money." we're watching the ratings agencies, the worst performers on the s&p 500 today. cnbc, as well as other news outlets reporting that federal and state prosecutors planning on bringing several charges against stan ard and poor's for wrong doing in its ratings of mortgage bonds prior to 2008. s&p saying the lawsuit would be entirely without factual or legal merit. still waiting for the actual details of the lawsuit from the doj. mcgraw-hill, owner of s&p, suffers its second-biggest one day drop ever. it's rival, moody's, falls double digits. melissa, back to you. >> josh. karen, you are long -- >> i really like this name. this is obviously not what we were looking for. i really thought we wouldn't see a big deal out of this. a settlement, i don't know if this is negotiating or they're going to take it to court. that may have well be the outcome. as much as i love the name, i would not jump in right here to think, okay, i have a good handle on it after two hours, would not be realistic. i

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