she is so ashamed, she told the "times" she no longer takes her blackberry out at cocktail partys.lly, i think that's a good thing. she said she hides her blackberry behind her ipad at business conferences for fear her clients will see her and judge her. other blackberry owners said they, too, suffer shame and humiliation as they watch their friends on social networks unavailable to them. this is not a commercial for any phone-- for the record, i have a blackberry so i still read paper newspapers but of so maybe i don't count. here's what i wonder about-- if the americans who headed west in covered wagon had cell phones do you think they were embarrassed about brand they owned? they had to find something to eat before dark and indians hiding close by. more i thought about that, the more i realized i really had no word words to comfort those who feel world is closing in on them because they have the wrong phone. maybe they could just take deep breaths or something. back in a minute upon all by cob. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the ai

do you still use the blackberry? you can e-mail us here, worldwi worldwide@cnbc.com, @cnbcwex, let us know what you think nokia might say. could they follow in r.i.m.'s foot steps and post a bit of a rebound if their results fend off some of the worsts fears about the company. >> i still like sending e-mails by blackberry. still to come, it may be the place to go to trade metals, but could the lme soon be offering investors jet the fuel, rubber and coal? we'll find out what they have in store. bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those mugs. can't let 'em see what you're drinking. you know, i'm glad we're both running a nice, clean race. no need to get nasty. here's your "honk if you had an affair with taylor" yard sign. looks good. [ male announcer ] fedex office. save 50% on banners. >>> we're join

blackberry is still the smartphone of choice for capitol hill. earlier this year the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives and national oceanic and atmospheric administration also dumped blackberry for the iphone. >>> wal-mart is facing some tough allegations. according to a federal lawsuit, wal-mart broke labor laws by requiring temporary employees to work overtime without getting paid for it. the suit claims wal-mart made the workers arrive early for their shifts, stay late and work through breaks and lunches. it seeks unpaid wages for the employees. wal-mart says it's committed to ensuring all workers are fairly compensated. >>> fed ex is predicting you're going to spend a lot of your holiday shopping budget this year online. a surge in online shopping is expected to give the package delivery company a boost this holiday season. fed ex expects to move a record 280 million packages between thanksgiving and christmas. it's hiring about 20,000 seasonal workers to help out with all of those packages. >> all right. good deal. >> yeah.

the company makes the blackberry device and has seen its business hurt by apple and google.but last week, it stuck with its pledge to introduce its newest device early next year. earlier, we reported on how mutual fund company vanguard will be changing benchmarks for 22 funds next year. the business loss for its current provider, msci, is estimated at $24 million. but it led to more than a $1 billion loss in market value for the stock. shares plunged 26.8%, free falling to a new low. analysts note the vanguard business may be small financially, but the change could be a knock on msci's prestige. four of thve traded exchange traded products made fractional gains. the s&p 500 volatility note was down. it tends to move in opposite direction of the broader market. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> susie: more than 12 million people are looking for jobs in america, and almost half of them have been on the hunt for more than six months. so, to get everyone back to work, both presidential candidates are proposing ways to help the unemployed sharpen and upgrade their skills. b

analysts say within two years ipads will outnumber blackberries at work. some cys that use cloud service back to normal after amazon servers in northern virginia went down yesterday. pinterest, and four square. new system from greenwave reality allows you to control lighting by using smartphone or tablet, contains a chip with internet address starts at $200 and can control other you disgust me. prove it. enough is enough. d-con baits are specially formulated to kill in one feeding. guaranteed. d-con. get out. >>> here's live doppler, scattered showers out there. more chances in the forecast i'll have details in a minute. >>> 4:43. authorities are trying to figure out the identity of a woman whose body washed up on a beach in san mateo county. a couple spotted it sunday afternoon and called 911. the sheriff's department says the female was fully clothed wearing jeans, black boots, red top, pink braces on her teeth. >>> police this southern california say a man who was set on fire appears to be an innocent victim this is just released video from last friday

what we're seeing here is the blackberry maker, everybody following the blackberry 10 and that's theoo well. you can see it's down 1/4 of 1%. which only adds to 47% drop this year. on the other hand, apple is having another winning day, up 2% which is tacking on to its more than 54% gain this year. no more blackberries. they are taking the the iphone. back to you. dennis: thank you nicole. just in time for halloween, one in three homebuyers saying they are not afraid -- [inaudible]. cheryl: why one west coast university is spending millions on wine. but first let's take a look at today's winners on the nasdaq. apple, nicole just mentioned it. [ male announcer ] this is steve. he loves risk. but whether he's climbing everest, scuba diving the great barrier reef with sharks, or jumping into the marke he goes with people he trusts, which is why he trades with a company that doesn't nickel and dime him with hidden fees. he can worry about other things, le what the market is doing and being ready, no matter what happens, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense, from td ameritra

blackberrys, pomegranites and garlic.e to have garlic in the house. >> you cook everything with garlic. >> yes. right now garlic in the market there's fresh garlic that's been stored around for a little while. best way to tell, make sure it has a nice white color all the way around, free from any sprouting whatsoever but if there is a little bit of purple. but if there's dark black spots don't buy it, that's like powder in there. when you squeeze it, it will break apart in your hand that means it's been stored too long. >> when do you throw it out? >> after you use it. [ laughter ] >> what if you don't use it. >> just like that. >> throw it out. it loses the flavor. if garlic doesn't have the flavor, why have it around the house? blackberrys. some of it locally grown still coming in. when you buy them the bigger the better and they have to be dark. if they are a little light, forget it. they are going to be terrible. they are going to be all bitter. that's what you want to look for nice and dark. >> all right. pomegranite

blackberry love their keys that you can actually press. but it comes at a cost.erry users the black sheep of the device world, to which they answered in unison -- >> from my cold, dead hands -- >> with special thanks to the late charlotten heston. >>> tomorrow on "today," president obama and governor romney sharing a stage again tonight in a non-debate format. an event going on just a few blocks from here, in fact. the al smith dinner, a longtime political election year tradition here in new york. we'll have all the highlights tomorrow morning on "today." and here's a hint, they got along for the most part tonight. next week here on "rock center," i'll be reporting from the campaign trail with the president during this critical home stretch. we're inside 20 days. >>> plus, the story of what happened to this young hero. very surprising treatment changed his life and as natalie morales reports, a video game could transform how we treat pain. >> going into snow world. are we done? >> how would you rate your pain? >> putting the headphones on shut everything out. so

government hanging up on blackberry. this is official now. >> oh, no. >> this is crazy.igration and customs enforcement agency ending its contract with blackberry maker r.i.m. in favor of apple's iphone. the agency saying it intends to buy more iphones for its 17,600 employees so think about that, 17,600 employees just losing, going straight to the iphone. the agency relied on r.i.m. for eight years but the company "can no longer meet the mobile technology needs of the agency." the iphone will be used by a variety of agency personnel including homeland security investigators and blackberry's one claim to fame besides the keyboard has been security and the government needs to use it -- >> wait -- >> that was always the argument. >> the iphone was not as secure. >> brick breaker is the other. i decided i'm sticking. >> i'm sticking with it, too, but i'm in big trouble, i need to learn how to use the stupid touch screens because eventually the keyboard will be gone. for the iphone there's apparently one you can plug in, a keyboard but that's so clunky. >> yes. no, i made th

it was a report on how blackberry users suffer from shame and humiliation.talked about users who are hide their backberries when they're in public even. even more embarrassing are r.i.m. shares, which are down by 67% over the past year. >>> let's let's look at walmart. no news on walmart today, but i thought it was interesting. shortly after the opening, it rose, which made it hit its all-time high since the 1970 ipo. can anybody say bribery scandal? >> what bribery

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. >> i got a timer here, let's see how long it takes you to whip out your blackberry and iphone and .nd go. >> here we go. one, two, let's see, let's see. and we are still doing this. and he is looking. and there it is. nine seconds. let's go, let's see how much it take me to get my wusa e-mail. the pressure is on. i got to go, 11 seconds. done. >> from the west end wusa9. >>> i'm guilty of this. >> i think we all are. just to make sure that all of you are not complaining. we do care what our facebook friends have to say. >> as a matter of fact we want to know, they are always plugged into work. laura writes i am committed to my clients. tonya says i am on maternity leave and check e-mails and john says it is not a healthy way to work or live. you need balance in life. john, do you check your e- mails, that is what you want to know. we know it is not good. by the way we want to hear. go to facebook and join the commerce station. >>> the jacksons are back tonight. jackie, tito and germane kicked off a unity tour. they paid tribute tonight to michael. >>> that is nice. >>> i like that.

i carry the blackberry and the iphone. >> isn't that embarrassing?kberry comes out becky will be happy and everyone will carry blackberries again in. >> no, it's possible you may be buying it. there may be a niche market for you. >> who don't care about appearances. it's not that, it's just not the most embarrassing thing let's say, me carrying a blackberry. so what? >> they will be bought by somebody eventually. >> who is going to buy them? >> the stock may be much lower when they get bought. hp has been saying we need a smartphone. >> are you writing them off, too? >> they have very challenging times. >> who else are you going to write off? make some more friends. >> microsoft. >> microsoft? >> microsoft is in trouble. the world is moving to mobile. last year profound change, more smartphones and tablets sold than pcs. the value of microsoft's platform which was so powerful in the 19930s, they got dragged into court by the justice department is eroding by the day. >> everybody says this new operating system is awesome. >> they're going to sell zill

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. >> iphones, blackberry, all of them. >> reporter: it's the subject of a new report. it highlights the fact that some 20 employees of the prison system were fired or decided to resign after it was determined they wered smuggling phones -- they were smuggling phones into the prison. >> you have sex offenders on these phones that have internet capability communicating with young children on these social networking sites. so it's a very, very serious problem. >> reporter: in some cases, inmates have struck up romantic relationships with medical personnel or other lower paid employees. next thing you know, they've conned them into bringing phones onto the property. in 1 case, a female guard was believed to be sexting an inmate. but it's much more common they smuggle them in other ways. accomplices sometimes throw a bag with a phone inside just over the fence knowing an inmate work crew will be coming by later to pick up litter. >> the prisons are miniature cities just like any other city. you've got trucks and people coming in all day long. and there's a million ways for

. >>> agents of one large federal agency are turning in their backberries -- blackberries. the u.s. immigration and customs enforcement agency intends to replace them with iphones. the department has more than 17,600 workers and that purchase will be worth more than $2 million to apple. i.c.e. says it's making the change because blackberries no longer quote meet the technology needs of the agency. >>> and keep an eye on yahoo when the markets open up. yahoo's ceo melissa meyer had better than expected third quarter results to share. she announced yahoo earned $3.2 billion in the quarter ending last month. that sent shares up nearly 5% in extended trading. right now looks like it's going to open up about 4 1/2 % and if the stock hits that price in the regular session, it will be the highest level since meyer took over as ceo. >>> time now 6:22. scientists have been charged with manslaughter. where a controversial verdict was handed down after an earthquake killed more than 300 people. >>> plus another pg&e controversy. whatcom is blaming for an error involving bay area pipelines. you

blackberry girl. >> well, in a may be a good thing because they have more problems. -- that may be athing because they have more problems. >> reporter: yes. a glitch in its new software is us canning thephobes to con -- causing the phones to consume massive amounts of cell data even connected to wi-fi. yesterday apple posted instructions on its website on how to fix the problem but you will remember on friday apple was apologizing for its new problem-plagued mapping service so all apple fans are having difficulties. it makes me happy to have my blackberry. >> i just bought one two nights ago so hopefully they will figure it out before i get it. >> ashley morrison, cbsmoneywatch.com, thank you. >>>samsung filed a motion to add the iphone 5 to its patent battle with cupertino-based apple. they say apple's new phone infringes on eight samsung patents. the two companies are battling for a bigger global share of the smartphone market. >>> an animal rights group is suing a petaluma egg producing saying it's using misleading packaging. they say that judy's organic eggs packaging shows carto

i've had a blackberry. love the blackberry, tend to be great i go back to it but it's way too early to call the death of apple. this is not dell. >> hey! nobody's calling the death of apple. we're just saying -- >> the way stock trading down 15%, that's sort of people worrying about it so i agree. >> not relative to where it's been, stephen. give me a break here not relative to the hyperbolic movement it's had. >> i agree, but we're talking about the most widely held stock out there. >> okay. >> bottom line is i like apple. >> facebook, clearly steve, facebook is winning back friends on wall street today. it's posted its biggest intraday gain, the company has since it came to market controversially earlier in the year. for more on the stock valuation now let's bring in aswac aswach damadoran, professor of finance at nyu, a regular on the program. welcome, sir, good to have you back on "the halftime report." is facebook fairly valued here in your view? >> i value facebook three months ago when the last earni

. >> i was driving into work and i got a call on my blackberry and i answered it and it was >tim. he said the president wanted to see me at 10:00 that morning. i went in and was ushered right into the oval office and the president was sitting there in a chair in from the fireplace. there were couches on either side of where he was sitting. tim and larry was sitting there facing each other. i could not figured out what was going on. the president asked me to sit down. he said, did you read about the aig bonuses? it was amazing, they had paid all of these millions in bonuses to these idiots, frankly, who had done all the trading. i knew what i had read in the paper. deborah sitting there looking uncomfortable. he wanted to know if i had any thoughts about what he could do about it. i did not have the facts. favor legally obliged to pay these bonuses. i took that at face value, but i thought it was outrageous. i told him about being fdic's process. we can take control of an institution but sometimes you do need to pay people, but you can control that. i basically -- i tried to be con

research in motion, yes, blackberry ten, first quarter of next year.ght back. ♪ ashley: breaking news. we will bring you the very latest on the nuclear post reporting that mayor bloomberg will pan cars from new york city. now that -- we are still waiting for the mayor's news conference. it was set to start out 1:30 p.m. here he comes. mayor wilbert. mayor bloomberg. >> let me start by saying good afternoon. i apologize for keeping everyone waiting. there are so many parts we are trying to pull together. i am joined by signer pam mitchell. thank you, pam. we are working on getting our city up and running again like it was before hurricane sandy. for all we do to recover, i think it is fair to say we cannot replace the lives lost as a result of the storm. thirty people roughly here in new york city. we may find a few more bodies. everybody here has a heart that goes out to the family of those who were lost in the storm and to those who have lost their homes. my thoughts and prayers are with everyone. we certainly will give our full support over the next

. >>> stop stearing at your blackberry and look around. that's the message from the d.c. artist who launched a unique project that might show up in your neighborhood. fox 5's beth parker explains. >> i hope that you enjoy it. >> thank you so much. >> it's not every day that you get a hug from a stranger, but these two are connected by the snap of a camera and the stroke of a brush. you see, nicole is a d. c. native and a portrait artist. she came here to the southwest waterfront and took a picture. >> he's a character. >> i don't know what they do with their time. >> she returns the finished painting to a place where she met the person. >> it looked light. >> they are popping up all over town. ones leaning on a dumpster off connecticut avenue. >> it is still there. >> i'm attracted to the idea of street art that is outside of the museums and confronts us in the middle of the day. >> each one has a sign. >> the sign says this is you. so i guess if you're the guy in the painting, it's free. >> that's right, all this richness and color is free to the person in the painting.

gee, that is like i have a blackberry rather than an iphone. no, this is typical of this. you take away what you perceive. man. >> he missed a word. binders full of women's resumes. >> the word for the liberals, recycled binders. [ laughter ] >> let's be clear about one thing. the governor is talking about hiring more women. the liberals attack him for what the resumes are in. simple fact it could have been two day story. cnn had this on for two days. carol costello asked facebook opinion polls, does this mean something about mitt romney. >> liberals were attacking the fact that he said he went out and asked for those binders when, in fact, he did -- >> they were making fun of the binders but the "washington post" cartoon, binders and the stories. that the liberals are trying to turn into a major thing. one called it a gaffe. a binder gaffe. >> this could be mentioned in a story but not a two-day story. >> jon: and mentioned that ann romney and michelle obama wore pink. it was breast cancer month. here is headline in us weekly. ann romney wears $1690 dress to the debate. w

blackberry and cranberries and all the rest of it and we are blind to all the rest of it. [ talking overten, look at some of the hits that some of these videos have. they are in the zone. they are lost. stuart: haven't you ever been young, charles? >> i am more concerned about the 20 year olds. when i walk into a building and see a security guard sitting there with his headphones on. this kid could change his life. instead he will be one of these guys that will stay in the same circumstances. >> i am not worried about this with like berries. >> i am more worried about the internet. stuart: we did not give enough time to that general motors and ford sales figures. they were not good. that is why the dow is down 42 points. this economy is not good. >> l.a. times love thatobama administration. >> it is a disaster. it is a red flag, not a yellow flag. >> in other bailout for gm? stuart: toyota up. >> unfortunately, we gave it away. stuart: we gutted it up. when have the major american i can't think of it to a foreign company with the fifth? [laughter] stuart: our time is up. dagen and

but there is a joke running around in tech circles that a blackberry engineer left a blackberry in a bar, came back four days later and it was right where he left it. >> thank you very much, jokes and fun this early in the morning. thanks, fought. >>> 5:21 right now. talking about the forecast here, pretty nice week ahead for us. we almost feel guilty with what they're dealing with on the east coast. >> waking up with the new world series champs right here, beautiful weather, but we do have 8 rain headed our way. you'll need to pull out that umbrella probably wednesday into thursday. thursday is the rainiest day, i'll tell you that right off the bat. as you make your way out that front door and you walk outside, take a look at that moon. it is just spectacular. almost full. it will be completely full tonight and temperatures are nice and cool. where you can see that moon, it's cold. 46 degrees up in santa rosa. we have a dense fog advisory early this morning. give yourself plenty of time to reach your destination safely. let's talk about the story of the day. we stop the clock on you

compete effecttively from a career standpoint with your actual smartphone, and there are -- >> blik blackberriesoid. really want one of those. those are the ways in which you can -- in terms of technology start to take a look at where the value is in those outside of tweeting and liking, you know, if you are looking at facebook. if you have a small business, you can essentially run your business from a smartphone. it's an ability we have. it's just accessing information to leverage it is where we're limited as well. >> one of the things i know black people are accessing. it's social media. we are over represented. if we don't have anything else, black people are tweeting and facebooking? >> when we only make up 12% of the population. >> if you look at the communication patterns of african-americans on twitter, they're highly unique. if you look at the trending topics on twitter, more than likely you're going to find that there are a lot of cultural significance to what people find worthy of engaging in terms of issues, so a lot of the most popular trending topics on twitter are those created by

so the company may say, "here's your blackberry," and somebody says, "well no, i have an iphone, and i want to use that." so companies are having to find ways both pragmatically and legally, even, to allow people to do work from whatever device they want, whether it's an ipad or what have you. so they're having to make sure that they're agreeing to what you can and can't do on this device and the security and all those kinds of things. > > rex, i see that you're starting to perspire. here's your phone back. > > thank you very much. i appreciate that, thanks. still ahead, how to turn your stock market gains into a write- off! it's the gift that keeps on giving. you make money on the stock market, then use that money to make a contribution to your favorite charity. brian kasal of morgan stanley smith barney is on set with us this morning to talk about philanthropy. good to have you on the show. > > thanks angie, good to be here. > > let's start by talking about people who have made money in the stock market. right? it's been a great year. > > it's been a very good year. so whenever the

subjects were given a blackberry for a week and asked to let researchers know every 30 minutes or so if they had desire to do various activities, including check their social media accounts. the results, well, resistance to facebook and twitter proved the most futile. the bottom line here is becoming harder to escape that desire for one last check. >>> nothing short of a painful start behind the wheel this week. gas prices are still going up fresh off another jump over the weekend. california now has the highest average gas price in theng