liz: so eager to say bob nardelli because he is in the house. former ceo of home depot and chrysler, here in a fox business exclusion sirf. chrysler is filing an ipo possibly. we're very interested in hearing his ideas about that. he has a big idea that every investor wants to hear. david: tell me what it is. >> i will tell you. david: we'll have to wait. nike first out of the starting blocks with its first report. it used to be alcoa. alcoa is out of the dow. nike is in. we'll take a deep dive into the results and find out whether the bellwether company is on a -- liz: tesla model s sedan will be rented at hertz for about $500 a day. would you rent a tesla from hertz? two seconds just to try it out, right? >> i don't know. liz: log on to facebook.com/afterthebell. let us know. ♪ ♪ [ bell ringing, applause ] five tech stocks with more than a 10%... change in after-market trading. ♪ all the tech stocks with a market cap... of at least 50 billion... are up on the day. 12 low-volume stocks... breaking into 52-week highs. six upcoming earnings plays

>>> up next, bob nardelli and peter orszag, who picks up the call right now. >>> and it is 4:00 on wall street. do you know where your money is? hello, welcome back to "closing bell." i'm maria bartiromo. this month has been the toughest for stocks historically since 1950. news of syria, giving up a triple-digit gain on the dow when key republican leaders said they would support a military strike in syria. the latest from the hearing. when it wraps up, we'll take you live to washington. let's look at how we're settling out on wall street. volume on the light side. no surprise. holiday-shortened week and the jewish holidays this week. nasdaq up 22.74. the s&p 500 up 6.69, about half a percent at 1,639.

he is former chairman and ceo of home depot and chrysler ceo, bob nardelli. bob is an advisor to the founder of his own investment firm, accelerate. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, marie. y. >> how concerned are you about syria? the markets are watching and concerned. >> i think on a number of fro s fronts. first of all, horrific if, in fact, it is proven that they've used chemical warfare/gas on their own -- on their own population. set that aside. i think what happens with syria, maria, is it just adds another layer of uncertainty to the business community that's already somewhat stalled out with the certainty of uncertainty. for example, some of the largest corporations out there are still pulling back, laying people off, holding back on investments. there's a tremendous amount of concern about the second half and where the country's going, the economic policy, monetary and fiscal policies. >> well, the fed has been the only game in town, let's face it. i mean, they are providing the stimulus. that's why this employment number, this friday, is crit

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bob nardelli pocketing $210 million even though shares of home depot moved lower under him.with $196 million after leaving pfizer. and tom preston walking away with over $100 million after the closing of viacom. and stan o'neal, at the helm of merrill lunch, he was ousted after the brokerage posted biggest quarterly loss but that didn't stop him from walking away what is estimated to be $161 million. will this ever change? that's the big question. i spoke to a columbia business school professor who says it ultimately comes down to the board putting together realistic payout schemes that are performance based. >> that makes sense, performance-based salaries. on wednesday when i spoke to google chairman eric schmidt who himself saw hefty paydays when he was at the company as ceo, because if you recall, he asked to get paid in google stock. that paid him off big time. he says the model should be listened to. listen to this. >> we've always had this problem of the agency problem for ceos. how do you get them to act in the best position of the shareholder? the best way is for the

>> well, hampton, you know, yesterday former home depot and chrysler ceo bob nardelli told me exclusivelyw will be a big burden for business. listen to this. >> i was here at the exchange a month ago, and a forum sponsored by ernst & young, and there were a number of small medical device companies in there, and then the reality of the imposed tax -- >> higher tax. >> -- higher tax, went from profit to unprofitable overnight with the imposed -- imposed tax. >> one of our next guests -- sorry, scott. my apologies. >> one of our -- our next guest says the healthcare law will prevent him from growing his business. he's wayne edleman, president of a high-end garment care business here in new york city, 40 employees, and also joining us is our steve liesman, our senior economics reporter. so what are the issues that you're having as a result of the implementation of this law? >> well, we came into the bronx from long island to an economic empowerment zone looking to grow our business and create more jobs, and we have that 50 number stuck in our head. we're adding lines of business, we're growin

bob nardelli of home depot paid $2 million while leaving the firm.ion. maybe he deserved it uhd shares gained 5,000% while ceo and lastly, henry mckindle of pfizer received $196 while shares dropped 36%. back to you. >> thank you so much. seema mody in hk. continue the conversation on blackberry. bring in jeffrey sonnenfeld, associate dean of executive programs at the school of management. good to have you back, jeffrey. >> thanks, carl. good to be with you. >> let's move past the compensation issue for just a moment. i'm just trying to think back six or so months, told us they weren't planning on a sale and then they were. they said they would continue to provide metrics and then they stopped. how much -- how much wrong do you think this company's done? >> i think they have done everything wrong in an honest way. i don't think an effort to deceive. i haven't heard any message to go out of their way to consciously throw us off base. as investors, employees, customers, wasn't misguided intentionally, i don't believe. however, thorsten hype heins w wro