first carol bartz received the news via a phone call. then she wrote a good-bye e-mail to employees. she was sure to mention she was fired over the phone. despite that tumultuous end, she's still a force to be reckoned with. she's at "fortune" magazine's most powerful women summit. marissa mayer on the cover of that magazine. joining us now from the fortune summit in laguna, california, is former yahoo! ceo carol bartz. thank you for joining us. >> good to see you. it's so bright here i have these shades on. i'll try. if i squint too much i'll put them back on. >> i understand. you do whatever makes you comfortable, chairl. thank you very much. your successor at yahoo! just unveiled her plan for the company. she's focusing on personalization, mobility, and investing in projects that reach 100 million users or $100 million in revenue. what do you think? what's your take given your experience at yahoo!? is this the right way to go? >> i think he's right on. i think she's a good choice for yahoo!. she's got a lot of energy, a lot of experie

on closing bell, three huge interviews, former ceo carol bartz joining us, find out if her successor,elissa mayer, can turn around the >> can and new tar kentz vowing to double the revenue the next decade for coca-cola. he will lay out the strategy for the goal and don't want to miss the rare and exclusive interview with the oracle himself, ceo larry emson. find out how he is planning to dominate the cloud and yes, sir going on that personal property buying spree. owns an island, owns now most of malibu. all that and more. maria still in san francisco, i'm still in new york. more at the top of the hour. >>> the comeback in cars, auto sales continuing to be a sign of hope in the u.s. economy phil la superbowl behind the wheel for us. i want to ask you, look on at the on year numbers, don't look barked the on month numbers, tells a different story, doesn't it? >> yeah. month to month has been different than year-over-year, year-over-year, looking at gains between 11 and 12%. look at the numbers for the month of september. um see better-than-expected numbers, generally speaking, hay cros

if you look at carol bartz, scott thompson, they just haven't executed. so now you have a new leader that's kind of provided her vision. >> so give me the honeymoon time period. we're at 1620 on the stock. a year from how, if the stock hasn't moved or if the stock moves even slightly down, slightly up, how long does she really have to make this work? >> i think the question is that i think there's a h-- if the market put as one times multiple, the question is how much do you value ali baba or yahoo! japan. i think the market will give her a few quarters. maybe a year. and i think that gives her some time to kind of improve things at core yahoo!. >> anthony, thank you very much. >>> coming up, we'll go global. we're looking for opportunities at home and abroad. a few options from a top money manager when we return. two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help those affected and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open, and many areas are reporting their best tourism