that's coming up next on "your business." >>> it's not just any business, it's your business. that's why american express open is proud to present "your business" on msnbc. >>> hi there everyone. i'm j.j. hamburg. welcome to "your business" where we give you tips and advice on how to make your business grow. as the health care debates continues in washington, we take a closer look at what health care reform could mean to small business. representative sam graves is the ranking member of the house small business committee and he joins us today. hi there, congressman. thanks for joining us. >> thank you, j.j. >> you met with a group of small business owners earlier this week. what were they saying and looking for out of reform? >> they were very frustrateded. they want their health care costing to be affordable. they're very concerned about the taxes and mandates that are throughout in the bill that's being proposed, and they're worried about going out of business as a result of these things that are going to be required. >> from your perspective, what does reform look like that

pay pal business is, they're off ebay business, grossed 20% year-to-date in this economy. more and more consumers are finding that pay pal offers a safe and convenient way to pay online. where you don't share your financial information. it's accepted more and more places. and merchants all over the world are now accepting pay pal, and experiencing incremental sales. >> it's a high growth business, and certainly has been an important business for ebay. and possibly could command a higher multiple if you were to spin it off, considering spinning it off? >> what i've said for now is that there's still synergies for ebay and pay pal. we have two core businesses and we'll continue to grow both of those businesses and realize the synergies. if at some point down the road, we realize those synergies, we'll do whatever it takes to position both businesses to be successful. >> what kind of growth rate would you expect from pay pal? >> what we said earlier this year is we see pay pal doubling over the next three years to become a $4 billion to $5 billion business. i've said before,

even more, this bill says that, if a small business, if one of the 51% of small businesses with threerkers to nine workers does provide insurance, the government in washington can say that that insurance is inadequate. let's look at the facts there. the bill says, in order to be adequate, first off, a small business must cover 72.5% of premium costs. in the case of a family, it must be 65% of premium costs. 20% of small businesses cover less than 75%. a third of all businesses cover less than 50% of premium costs. right away, you're going to provide and impose this tax. even more, the bill says that, if your employee decides he or she wants to participate in a government exchange and they like a richer plan elsewhere, even though the employer has decided to provide health insurance and is adequate, that employer would have to provide more money toward providing health insurance. it does not make sense. at the end of the day, if you pay tax to a payroll, it is a direct assault on providing jobs in this country. we ought not be doing this. an analysis that was performed by a model devel

small businesses... "the missed opporutniies.. lies with small business... not recognizing.. that opporutnity they have.. their service gov't needs.. and making sure they get in process... fairly complicated " business owners say the process of getting a federal contract can be overwhelming it's a bit daunting.. if i was doing it on my own.. thrown up my hands. .and given up at this point there's a lot of paperwork.. red tape sortinghrough that is overwhelming it's one of those things if you take it little at a time.. recent data shows the government has been improving in its efforts to award business to smaller companies.. in the fiscal year of 2008, 93 billion dollars in federal contracts went to small businesses.. that's up by 10 billion from 2007. but, it's still under the mandate requiring 23% of federal contracts go to smaller companies. "because some agencies had to buy large ticke titems.. from large manfuacturers.. there are no small companies that make jet aircraft.. that will skew the numbers.. " experts say now is the time for small businesses to make a greater ef

a decent business, not a great business.kyworks, david aldrich who stood right over there three different time and told us business was better than expected which is why we caught a double. we got a health care company, an aerospace company, an oil refiner and bank of america. a fastball. i say we've got -- ♪ hallelujah >> that was easy. >> he's more tom brady than he is youkilis. okay, let's go to -- >> caller: linda. >> ever see that? that's youkilis. let's go to linda in new jersey. >> caller: good evening. big boo-yah. >> exit 14. >> caller: i have pfizer, ups, google, goog, pepsico and altera, mo. >> oh, man, i'm ready to go to work on this. okay, let's see. what have we got? pfizer, my least favorite pharmaceutical. remember, this is more about sector analysis than it is about quality. altera, not my favorite in the group. i prefer xilinx. pepsi, finest soft drink company. i own it for action owners plus.com. ups, one of my absolutely favorite transports. kind of waiver on its 52-week wsh dedon't want to see a breakdow

school, graduate business school.kemlin, you're like many of your colleague ins the business school, worked elsewhere, you worked in health care, in decision to get an mba, tell me about your story. >> i was in education for 11 years. i decided i wanted to have a greater impact with health and food. supply change was a practical way of creating solutions. how i can use my mba to help communities access healthier foods. when i came to madison, it's something i could do with this industry and the connections they have. >> this school has specialties for their mba students. they have to choose what they are doing. 1 of 12 specialties. luis, yours is different. you are getting in brand management? >> brand management. >> tell us about that. >> the reason i chose that, i have been involved the last 12 years in the operation side. i was impacting products and services i was giving on the backhand. of the creation of this solution. so, that's how i decided i wanted to go into brand and product management. i wanted to an impa

how's business right now? >> business is definitely improving. we're seeing a much more broad-based interest in equity market. that has helped the business. i think we are seeing improved conditions in the new market, particularly back in the ipo market, which is just starting to come into its own. >> tell me about retail. are they back, are they scared, unscared? are there more buyers than sellers in your retail accounts? >> we don't do retail. strictly an institutional business. >> give me your take on the equities market. >> we see more positives than negatives. there was a discussion about the confidence number this morning. basically flat. housing good. that's what kind of started the whole thing we've been through. we see that as largely positive. i do think corporate earnings will be better. >> top line or bottom? >> bottom. companies that really screwed their costs down tight, we have done that. there's leverage to be gained from that. i think we'll see some surprises there. >> since you don't do retail, i apologize for that. >> used to.

the overhaul of the student loan business... would mean the federal government would originate all student loans... cutting private lenders out of the process - and saving billions of dollars in fees. the hope is that the government's direct loan program... would be able to offer lower cost loans... with direct loan program.. students going to school.. cutting out middle man basically students say any type of reform is desperately needed. i have friend working full time.. trying to go to school.. only afford 1 class a quarter.. that's unfortunate the congressional budget office says this bill would save 87 billion dollars over 10 yeras.. by originating all student loans through the federal government... the savings would be used to increase pell grants and help keep interest rates on federal loans a little more affordable. i think it'll have an impact on interest rates .. i just don't think it'll have that much of an impact on student level.. save 30 dollars a month.. yeah.. savings.. not going to change their life paula luff..

so, we really got into business 30 yeas ago.ad a paper route and tim used to sleep on the floor-- you know he's four years younger than i am-- he'd sleep on the floor so he could help me do my paper route in the morning. >> reporter: the brothers joined the family business in the early 1980s, expanding the company from one store to 13. but despite that growth, the smithes think the commercials have helped the chain keep its small business appeal. >> people will pick up the phone and call you if there's an issue or a problem. that's one of the great things about family business. often times there is that contact. >> we are rolling action. >> reporter: most of the commercials are shot in the stores. tim is the head script writer. >> the early scripts were very heady. and we'd write a paragraph and everyone would say it. and we found the more serious we were the funnier we were because we're just not very good actors. >> reporter: mark says the public instantly connected with their raw acting skills. >> i was in starbucks one time

now, i have no interest in putting insurance companies out of business. they provide a legitimate service and employ a lot of our friends and neighbors. i just want to hold them accountable. the insurance reforms i've already mentioned would do just that. an additional step we can take to keep insurance companies honest is by making a not for profit public option available in the insurance exchange. now let me be clear. let me be clear. it would only be an option for those who don't have insurance. no one one force -- would be forced to change it. it would not affect those of you who already have insurance. based on congressional budget office estimates, we believe that less than 5% of americans would sign up. despite all this, the insurance compansagd,d) they want the thrift i have insisted that the public insurance option would have to be self-sufficient and rely on premiums it collects. by avoiding some of the overhead that gets eaten up, private companies but profits, excess of administrative costs and salaries, would provide a good deal for consumers

i'm raya abirached and this is world business, your weekly insight into the global business trends shaping our lives. it's almost a cliche, but in the world of business, all eyes are on the east as asia, led by a bullish china, delivers growth, while the developed world flounders.but is this just a temporary blip, or are we witnessing a structural shift in the global economy, and will this boom in the east prove a boon for central asia. world business got the opinion on the ground from the world economic forum in dalian. >>reporter: among the great and good of global capitalism, it could almost be considered a hero's welcome. >>reporter: and that's because, here in dalian, china's premier wen jiabao looks like delivering on what he promised less than 8 months ago in davos: 8 percent growth in 2009, fuelled by a 600 billion dollar stimulus plan that he now vows to expand - and so create new engines of growth. premier wen says the measures are timely, forceful and effective. >>: rarely have governments, global executives, the markets hung on every word uttered by a chinese leader - notably t

business.nd palm up 22% of course, the smartphone maker we just talked about. these are all plays on the mobile internet tsunami and i believe they can all go much higher, and that's what you buy into the sell-off of the next couple days. the stock market, got to have all these -- they have all these stupid half baked double and triple etfs that are so dangerous. they have etfs for every nonsense wind, water sky, like earth, wind and fire. we need an etf for this "mad money" mobile internet. and we will keep connecting the dots every day on this show until i hear someone else anywhere in this world who talks about this trend and understands the explanation and why it's driving all these tech stocks. only then will i perhaps even think about stopping. this is the biggest trend since al gore invented the pc and the internet. it is that big. so let's connect the dots together, and remember that the revolution is what's driving these stocks. the revolution is being televised. it's early on. if this

our small businesses pay 18% more to coverage their employees than large businesses do. somebody said well, michael don't you know the reason for that is that they're small and their pool is smaller and it is harder to spread the insurance risk across a small group of people. and of course that's true but from a business perspective it's absolutely ridiculous. because no small business owner i know would invest 18% more for something unless they were making their business 18% more productive. of course, the reverse is here truce because they're buying the same thing that the large company is except they're in the buying the same thing. it is not as though they are getting 18% better cerage for their employees than the larger ployers: the deductibles are higher and lack of predictability is gre and it's a huge problem for small businesses and it is no surprise between to 2002 and 2007 you can see the drop of the percentage of folks insured at work. most folks in my state and your state, mr. president, are employed bsmall businesses. and they just cannot keep up with the i

businesses know this. that's why i think business should stay at the table and work with us to find the right solutions for them. >> what is the solution? how do you get health care costs low enough so that small business owners, most of whom want to do the right thing and provide health insurance for their employees. how do you get the costs low enough for them to pay for them? >> there are a couple ways. if you can get more people covered, that lowers the cost. you have more people in the program. it lowers the per unit cost. right now, the problem is we're going the opposite way. we have less and less people covered. so, it becomes more and more expensive per person. businesses know this. that's why they have come to congress to me and others and say help us create our own pools. they want to do this and expand. they want to do it in a private sector model, not a public sector model. it's what we are working on. >> what is your opinion on the idea of a tax credit for business that is are too small to pr

we're continuing to invest in our different businesses, internet business. and then, you know, as things get better, so will our business. >> others are banking on a new model. frendfindernetwork of networking sites like friend finder makes 93% of its revenue on the internet. friendfinder will go public in march 2009 in what would be the biggest ipo in the adult industry. and next gen technologies could also breathe life into bottom line, like internet protocol tv or ip-tv. >> free adult industry ip-tv is indeed a match made in heaven. you buy a little box, connect via wi-fi your internet connection, and then suddenly you have thousands of porn videos you can watch on demand. >> fyre tv, the hottest box you'll ever experience. >> companies like fyre tv giving away the ip-tv boxes with a purchase of a $9.95 a month subscription, but the technology is in its early stages. according to the broadband forum, in north america, ip-tv subscribers more than doubled in 2008 to 3.8 million. just 6% of total basic cable subscribers. there are even next gen sex toys that

thiss "nightly business report" for monday, seember 28th. "nigly business report" is me possible by: this pgram was made possible by contributns to your pbs ation from viewers like you. thanyou. >> susie: good evening, everyone. a flurry of mergerand deals today fr some of the nation's largescompanies. xerox, abbott labs, joson & johnson,nd others announced trsactions worth $13 billion. the most talked about one toy: xerox. it's paying almost $6.5 billn in cash and stock for "affiliated mputer services," a provider of comper services for bunesses. thacquistion is xerox' biggest in its 103-year hiory, and a bold move by the compa's new c.e.o, ursula burns. when i talked to h a short while ago, she explainedhy the merger is a "ge changer" for rox. >> a.c.s. is the world' largest diversified buness products firm in the world. xerox captain largest documt firmn the world. these two sets of capabilities put tother makes us a powerful match for anybody out there wit a ading company for document and business-process manement in the world. ms. burns

this i"nightly business report" for friday, ptember 18. "nightly business repo" is made poible by: this program was made ssible by contributionso your pbs station om viewers like you. thank you. ptioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening, everyone. an important devopment tonight for millions of ericans who invest imoney market mutual funds. after today, t funds will not havehe backing of the government. the u.s. treasury created th guarantee a yeargo to reassure instors their money was safe after the sharesf one of the tion's largest funds broke t buck, falling below e sacred one doll level. erika miller takes a look how the expiration of is program could fect investors. >> reporter: if you ha money invested in a money mark mutu fund, chances are you are earning next tnothing. the average annual tot return for these funds isust six tenths of a percent,ccording to imoneynet. and after today, the tasury department will end its ar- long grantee of eligible money market mutual funds. financial planner acy francis says most peop have bet

this is ightly business report" for friday, seember 18. "nightly business report is made possle by: this program was me possible by contributns to your pbs statn from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wp >> susie: good evening, everyone. an importantevelopment tonight for millionsf americans who inve in money market mutual funds. after toda the funds will not ve the backing of the government. the u.s. treasury createthat guarantee a ar ago to reassure investors their money was sa after the shes of one of the nation's largest funds bro the buck, falling bew the sacred one llar level. erika miller takes a look atow the expiration of th program could afct investors. >> reporter: if you haveoney invested in a money market mutualund, chances are you are earning next to thing. the average annual totaleturn for these fundis just six tenths of a perct, according to imoneynet and after today, t treasury department will end s year- lo guarantee of eligible money market mutual fund financial planr stacy francis says most ople have

the future is our business. at&t. your world delivered. . >>> the woman behind the beatles cluesic, lucy in the sky with diamonds, died after a battle with lupus, when john's son came home, he had a drawing of her. the phrase was the title for the picture. she was 46 years old. >>> and stay at home moms don't always get paid for staying at home. but now they're pulling in the cash, while the kids play or sleep. now a look at the businesswomen. >> which game would you like to play? >> i am doing this. >> with four kids, life can sometimes seem crazy. >> if you're not in the room, you will have bad consequences. ready, one, two, three. thank you. >>> amy doesn't have extra hours in the day. but she found time to step into a world beyond her family. >> if you think it is tough enough raising four kids and one on the way, consider that amy is part of a growing trend across the country. she is a mom in business. >> reporter: moms in business work. >> depends on the day, sometimes i'll have like six or seven orders, sometim

this is "nightly business report" for wednesday, september 23. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. 7//& >> suzanne: good evening everyone. the federal reserve is upbeat about the economy but policymakers today kept interest rates at historically low levels again. at the close of its 2-day meeting, the fed said "economic activity has picked up". but it went on to say that activity is likely to remain weak for sometime. on inflation policymakers don't seem worried. on rates, look for those to stay low for an extended period. the fed also stretched the timetable for its debt buying programs, including mortgage backed securities. it will now remain in that market through march of next year. joining us now to help read today's fed tea-leaves is michelle girard, senoir economist at rbs and mike holland of holland and company. welcome to the program. >> good to be here, thanks. >> what is your assessment of the fed's state today? it seems to

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are we estimating, not only the business recovery, but the business to business commerce transaction that's something of a sleepner this grand scheme of things? >> absolutely. one thing about gdp that's interesting is we don't count business to business. the only thing we really count is final sales. there's actually more dollars activity in the business to business world than business to consumers. the idea the consumer is 70% of the world, only in gdp time is that true. if you look at the checks written, the dollars, the transactions in the economy, business is way more important than the consumer. what's interesting is they're coming off this really panic low right now. that's happening, but even businesses have been a little tentative. i think they're falling behind. businesses are too low. we're going to be rocking here. there's a really good chance this barn burner could see better than 4%. >> you could run 4%, 6% on that scenario. gary, what about the argument that deep recessions breed strong recoveries. that there's a certain math to it. shallow ones don't but deep ones real

give this to small businesses. small businesses an tax cuts. they employ over 50% of in the country. they lift people out of recessions. i'm a small business owner. i have been buying trucks, building websites, hiring people all year long. our government needs to give tax cuts to get these small businesses started. help out the entrepreneurs which is how america was built. >> we're talking about $700 billion that could be thrown out into the economy. that is a lot of money. >> thrown out from where? like this money is somewhere to spend? it has to be borrowed. >> it has already been appropriated. why not? >> we should not spend it. we don't need that much more stimulus. we have reversed the course in the economy. it would be best to not borrow the money to keep interest rates low. to give another income tax cut, most small businesses are sole proprietors and if we're going to borrow money to give a tax cut? we should just not spend the stimulus money. >> john, you're wrong. i'm not talking about an income tax cut. i'm talking allow me to deappr

every big business started as a small business. microsoft was once bill gates and that a garage and an idea. >> george is the corporate counsel of prwt. george, not only respond to what john has said, but talk about it, because a i think you see it as a recession, and how has the recession not only impacted minority businesses like yours, but what is in this current economic recovery act which can benefit businesses? >> i believe there will be a recovery. there will be a surge, but it is a reset. >> i think what is important is that there are two sectors who are impacted by what the government does and what the government can do. there is a sector that are small disadvantaged businesses. this will be able to increase the percentage of guarantees on loans. hopefully the government has gotten into the secondary market. that money is available to the small businesses in america for companies like ours, which have grown beyond the size limits and for many companies. you compete in the regular routine marketplace. there are important le

this is "night business reportfor tuesday, september 22. "nightly business report" is made possibley: thisrogram was made possible by contributions tyour pbs station from viewers le you. thank u. >> suzanne: goodvening everyone. one-sih of the economy is getting a make-or today on capitohill. the sete finance committee has taken up an historic rorm of the nation health care system. and before it was even out o the starting gat it was already being changed. senatomax baucus, the author of the bill s agreed to scale back the t on so-called gold- plated health insurance policies. but darren gersh reports, a key concern remains homuch the erage american will have to pay to buy covage. >> reporter:rom the very beginning, the hard work othe senate finance cmittee came down to balaing the cost of panding health care coverage with affordability strikinghat balance is the job of committee chairman ma baucus. >> no one should go bankrupt cause they get sick. this bill would fix that. >> reporter: todaybaucus added $50 billion over t next decade to he

the toy business is tough. think if i thought this was a toy store, i probably wouldn't have signed up for it. >> wagner says only 15% of what they sell is toys. it's mostly strollers and car seats. the store plans to honor the $400,000 in gift cards before the last bankruptcy. >> why not go on qvc? >> it seems like a natural fit. but wagner says john malone likes to let his businesses operate independently. but at some point down the road we may see this synergy we always hear about. >> let's take you over to the markets with melissa lee coming up on "fast money." >> full show. it is merger monday. we asked who is next? we asked about the potential target on friday. we'll see who is on his radar today. also on the occasion of this nice rally on wall street, we kick off our series "slow money." guy will bring his pick to you tonight. all at the top of the hour on "fast money." >> thank you, melissa. >>> up next, what could move the markets tomorrow. you're watching cnbc. this is my small-business specialist, ta

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to business transactions. maybe we're going to be surprised at the business comeback including jobs. your quick take. >> one big difference between the '80s and now was that i believe we had a tax cut in the '80s. >> there you go. >> we've got an increase coming now. >> they cut business taxes substantially as well as personal taxes. that's an excellent point. i wonder with tax hikes in 2011, maybe people are going to bring income ahead in 2010. >> i would point out, you've had tax cuts in 2003 and while they helped turn around the economy, it didn't help with it being a jobless recovery. i don't know that we know the recipe for how to take -- >> so jobs took off after the tax cuts. >> but it took a very long -- >> we got to get out of here. >> we don't have the recipe for how to turn the end of the recession into a feel good -- >> listen to what he has. >> thanks, guys. >>> first, there was disney buying marvel and now, speculation is running high that dreamworks could be the next media acquisition. >> we'll

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standpoint, like doctors are forced to run their businesses, you would be out of business. you could not do it. literally. think about what happened 20 years ago it york law firm or think tank, when you are just sitting at computers. -- but think about what happened when you were just setting up computers. basic stuff. we have to modernize the system that allows for the transfer of the information. it is archaic. it is absolutely archaic. i got trouble forcing once you have to spend money to save money. my right-wing friends said look at that fighting, a typical spending got. -- look at tahhat biden, typical spending guy. i.t. is that one area. we put that platform down in this legislation. and beyond that is nothing to do with health care, other than also providing money for health care clinics, expansion of those clinics and increasing services. now, i am now about to go out of my brief. with regard to the question of whether or not or what the health-care system will look like they're bored to get, stay tuned for wednesday. one thing i have learned, do not step on you bo

they leave our small businesses at a disadvantage when competing with your large businesses. and they leave our large businesses at a disadvantage when competing around the world. we will never know the enormity of the costs of our economy that the countless of americans unable to become spre preneuros or to start a small business, to follow their dreams, because they're afraid of losing their health insurance. so to lead in the global economy, we must pass health insurance reform that brings down costs and provide more security for people who have insurance and offers options for people who don't have health insurance. [ applause ] >> health insurance reform will be good for business and especially good for small business. especially good for small business. now, in the meantime, the recovery plan that we passed earlier this year has begun to modernize our health system. so innovation can also help drive down the cost for everybody. we are taking long, overdue steps to computerize america's health records. this is going to reduce the errors that cost billions of dollars and

it's big business these days.et one of mariachi's most successful entrepreneurs. >> hello, everybody. from the "hispanics today" studios in washington d.c. i'm erica ortiz. bienvenidos and welcome. some of the most unforgettable comedies on television dealt with sensitive topics. but somehow, tv found a way to smooth troubled waters and make us laugh. for "ugly betty" star tony plana, the topic he has learned to tackle with grace and humor is immigration. in tony's case, it was not just a storyline read from the script. he brought to bear some firsthand knowledge of the topic. >> action! >> that i will support and defend the constitution and laws of the united states government. >> "hispanics today" was the only media camera crew on the set of "ugly betty" for the making of the groundbreaking tv episode in which the character, ignacio suarez, becomes a legalized u.s. citizen. >> it is a scene that we have been building to for over a season now, and it allows us to do something that is politically timely, that's em

we just won't pay very much for those businesses.. we sometimes refer to that as our three-legged stool where pe put an evaluation overlay over the top of that. the places that we look -- go ahead. >> whar the places? are there areas that look particularly attractive right now? i see you're avoiding biotech and technology.. why is that and what do you like instead? >> well, you know, we've always avoided biotech.h. we really have no capability internally to understand, you know, the nature of those businesses, and the valuations that they put on particularly young biotechnology companies. as it relates to other businesses in the -- in what we broadly think of the technology sector, again, our ability to understand the durability of those individual products is not high. but usually they're accompanied by very high valuations, which we're just not willing to pay. and so, you know, in areas like, oh, wireless telephony, we've been longtime holders of companies like american tower, the perfect infrastructure company in the wireless busin

of diagnostic business you still have the diagnostics? we have liquidated the position at this point. altogether finally starting at networks mobile multimedia efforts cutter. it's also a great play on chided development bond prettier for their data more data-services in china. we continue to hold and think the business is very well-positioned. and start night up by 72 and 51 percent respectively back to the money on the table. we have full position but i would for the portfolio be buying. bring the picks for us here imax. the business of the box office is planning board and the talk about that in the next segment. and 3 d has been booming as well. there at the right place at the right time. for one other reason the cost of disturbing a digital film as lord and the cost of disturbing a print film something like 45,004 traditional film and 604 diddle mort imax digital and we did more profit for imax. hundred and 23% return. i sure think it does. we just did a secondary offering and paying down debt. we participated and we think the economi

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this is "nightly business report" for friday, september 11. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> susie: good evening, everyone. wall street is readying for a visit from president obama. >> he'll be on wall street delivering a major address about the financial crisis on the anniversary of the collapse of lehmann brothers. it's the event that many believe triggered the greatest economic crisis since the great depression. tonight, the president's top economic advisor, larry summers, updates us on where things stand with the economy and the nation's financial system. washington bureau chief darren gersh met with summers and asked him how we're doing one year after lehmann? >> after lehmann, the economic discussion was whether the recession would turn into depression. today the economic discussion is when the recession is going to end, and most experts are looking for significant economic growth in the third and fourth quarters of the

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of those businesses. and while individual businesses will fail, the overall basket tends to do well over time. its also important to realize that its not necessarily an all or nothing game. studies have shown that while humans tend to gravitate to an all-in or all-out approach, having some blend of cash, stocks and bonds is most appropriate for the vast majority of investors. don't let the powerful feelings of fear and greed cloud your judgment and derail your long term plan. i'm charles bennett sachs. >> paul: recapping today's market action stocks slip as wall street wraps a winning quarter. the dow lost almost 30 points and the nasdaq fell 1-1/2 points. to learn more about the stories in tonight's broadcast, to watch our streaming video and to take part in our daily blog, go to "nightly business report" on pbs.org. you can also email us at nbr@pbs.org. that's "nightly business report" for wednesday, september 30. i'm susie gharib. goodnight everyone. and good night to you paul. goodnight susie. i'm pau

and business. but small business, too? >> absolutely.wn the pike from cap and trade to health care are going to punish all of us and in particular, entrepreneurs. let's not forget because i'm pro-business. it does not lobby business. but -- big business, small business, really succeeded. and every small businessman wants to be big business. when they go to congress groveling and those are the villains. the villains are the businessmen who use government save us in order to advance. the heroes, small businessmen and large businessmen, are the ones that do it themselves. >> what's interesting, it is so amazing how everything we have done in this crisis is so much like what happened in the book. because what happened in the book is the economy started crumbling and had a financial crisis and the government created one program after another. bailouts and stimulus plans. every bailout in the stimulus plan made the economy worse and worse. there is a wonderful part in the book where the, you know, the hero of the book, finally come to the entr

by overcharging small businesses who have no leverage. and by jacking up rates and insurance executives don't do this because they're bad people. they do it because it's profitable. as one former insurance executive testified before congress, insurance companies are not only encouraged to find reasons to drop the seriously ill, they are rewarded for it. all of this is in service of meeting what this former executive called wall street's relentless profit expectations. now, i have no interest in putting insurance companies out of business. they provide a legitimate service and employ a lot of our friends and neighbors. i just want to hold them accountable. [ applause ] insurance reforms that i already mentioned would do just that but an additional step we can take to keep insurance companies honest is by making a not for profit public option available in the insurance exchange. now, let me be clear. [ applause ] let me be clear, it would only be an option for those who don't have insurance. no one would be forced to choose it. it would not

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business school.ken caveat is the associate dean and a professor of finance and something else? there you go. and also an mba student graduating in 2011. mike, i will start with you. there are some people and maybe some of them in our audience who think that people with business degrees and mba graduates who moved into corporate america may have had a big hand in this economic collapse that we're in right now. has that thought occurred to you and have you done anything in your curriculum to deal with that? >> well, we of course think that we have been teaching the right principles all along but this recent episode certainly highlighted some different examples that we want to draw out of bad behavior and maybe corporate excesses. so there was certainly plenty of blame to go around but we still think that we're a big part of the solution. we think the work that we do is more important than ever. and we think one of the things that the great recession will never change is that skills and knowledge never