caterpillar's doug olberhelman at 8:00 eastern. we'll talk about where the jobs are coming back and what washington could be doing to promote more job growth. >>> we'll talk about washington's looming debt threat with aetna boss mark bertolini. and as far corporate news, the story hits close to home. comcast securing full control of nbcuniversal in a $16.7 billion deal. the nation's largest cable operator unveiling plans to buy out general electric's venture. comcast chairman and ceo brian roberts will join us live at 7:15 a.m. eastern. before all of that, andrew has the other top stories. an through and. >> thank you. that is a huge story. >>> in other news, the international energy agency is now cautioning expectations that higher oil demand growth this year could be overly optimistic. the watchdog group is warning that recent signs of the recovery could be the result of one off factors and not a sustained trend of improvement. so the iea is cutting its oil demand growth forecast for the coming year by a marginal 90,000 barrels a

caterpillar. other industrial stocks actually losing ground here.a global losing than 4% right now. the same thing happened with basic materials stocks. aluminum maker alcoa. down more than one quarter of a percent. these companies trading down to the negative. i just mentioned it. it is on the big board there. walmart. take a look. 70.69. the stock is up almost $1.50 right now. they had a baby in the fourth quarter. another ugly day for the bold right now. stocks have now lost their games for the month of february. does this mean a correction is now underway? let's have a right to the floor show. first to jonathan for the stock show. talk to me about the fear gauge right now. it is fitting new highs. what is going on here. >> clearly, that is a gauge that we watch both when the markets are moving up and down. the sentiment is very much on edge. last time we were down 100 points. the next day the market came back and we were up 100. what does that really mean? i do not think you can really look into it too deep at this point. we need some real momen

particularly a volatile stock like caterpillar. you buy larger and larger positions as the stock goes lower. i used to think of it as a pyramid of buying. if a stock lost a point, i would put on 1,000 shares. another point, 1500. and when you go so low can you hardly believe how poor the stock is trading, double down. do you see what i mean? it's about a pyramid structure of buying. the best investors i have all seen use a pyramid style. the great thing about wide scales is they leave with you lots of room to maneuver. when the stock eventually bottoms out, you're going to want to pour your money in using wide scales allows you to use the greatest number of shares at the lowest price. the best thing is you can afford to be patient. when you like a company's fundamentals, wait for a pullback or sector wide selloff to accumulate a big position in that company's stock as it goes down. make sure the story is still intact. do the homework. if the company is broken, then the stock is never going to be a bargain no matter how low it falls

as caterpillar did because people are so bullish about the second half of the year. sure enough, cummins opens up big and stays up. that's okay. well, because -- and the reason it's okay, there's another analog to the analog and that's timken. cummins went up today but timken didn't. people didn't put two and two together. those who do watch the show bought timken when it was down in the morning and made a quick buck and a quarter when the slowpokes figured it all out. sometimes stocks open up so much, they won't let you in at all. that's okay. i was salivating at the possibility of recommending buying some biogen when it bought out elan this morning. and we had just talked about that with the ceo. at the time we pushed the stock hard because dr. scangos told us they would be able to screen out those with potentially fatal side effects from the drug. biogen was a sell the news story today because it opened up eight points and closed out $3.52. how about wyndham? the hotel chain and time share play known for its incredible buyback and huge dividend boost. sure enough,

second biggest contributor is caterpillar. up 286% for the bottom, 327%. while caterpillar represents the best of manufacturing. in the dark days of 2009, c.a.t. traded as a financial company and a weak one at that. because caterpillar's clients needed financing to purchase the company's equipment and c.a.t. itself had trouble giving them credit. and boy do you ever need credit when you're selling those big machines. so orders truly suffered. now, though, we're on the other side of the moon. c.a.t.'s balance sheet is rock solid, the orders are strong. but you know what? they aren't as strong as they could be later this year if china keeps improving as we heard from joy global, competitor to c.a.t. i think china will get better, caterpillar could easily head back to 116 where it was last year before we heard they weakened. the story makes a ton of sense, don't look for c.a.t. to hold the dow back. next up, frank blank's home depot. that stock's responsible for the third biggest gain in the dow rallying nearly 276% for the bottom or 320% with the dividends.

as caterpillar did because people are so bullish about the second half of the year. sure enough, cummins opens up big and stays up. that's okay. well, because -- and the reason it's okay, there's another analog to the analog and that's timken. cummins went up today but timken didn't. people didn't put two and two together. those who do watch the show bought timken when it was down in the morning and made a quick buck and a quarter when the slowpokes figured it all out. sometimes stocks open up so much, they won't let you in at all. that's okay. i was salivating at the possibility of recommending buying some biogen when it bought out elan this morning. and we had just talked about that with the ceo. at the time we pushed the stock hard because dr. scangos told us they would be able to screen out those with potentially fatal side effects from the drug. biogen was a sell the news story today because it opened up eight points and closed out $3.52. how about wyndham? the hotel chain and time share play known for its incredible buyback and huge dividend boost. sure enough,

. >> the democrats said we had a war on caterpillars and every media outlet talks about a war on caterpillarsn we'd have a problem with caterpillars. >> this war on women that supposedly the gop is waging. >> give me a break. this is the latest plank in the so-called war on women. entirely created -- entirely created by my colleagues across the aisle for political gain. >> entirely created? really? what's created about the silence in the house on the violence against women act? and where's the straw man in wisconsin where's governor scott walker slashed funding for planned parenthood? now four clinics are closing. women will no longer have access to women's health care. in alabama, the house passed a so-called abortion safety bill today. in reality, it would make it a felony for a nurse, nurse practitioner, or physician's assistant to dispense abortion-inducing medications. a felony. in arkansas another bill advanced this week. and in north dakota the republican senate passed the bill to ban abortion after 20 weeks. these attacks on women's health care are real and dangerous. did the right wi

apple, computer, caterpillar, big machinery company. ford motor, auto. should timken and c.a.t. going to say it's okay because timken has enough aerospace it's all right. we have steel, machinery, tech, and auto. i'm going to say that's fine. all right. now we're going to chris in maryland. home of the ravens. chris? >> caller: boo-yah, cramer, from maryland. >> congratulations on that team of yours. what's up? >> caller: okay. by the way, i love your show and i've been watching you since 2006 when i was in college and i can't get enough of your show. >> i'm loving that. we see them in college, we take them all the way through and eventually they become fabulously -- fabulous traders or investors. go ahead. >> caller: okay. i've got ford, ticker symbol "f," green mountain coffee, ticker gmcr, i've got ebay, yelp, and marathon petroleum corporation, mpc. >> oh, okay. i have to say yelp because yelp reported an okay, not great quarter and i have to say ew for green mountain. but that's okay. that's after the bell stuff and we're going to go back and look at the conference calls. w

we had that with caterpillar and american airlines . so it has happened a bit recently. yes, it has . the irony here. four percent growth and unions will be a better bargains position with boeing. >> and so the unions should be supporting pro growth rather than the anti. >> if we were growing and the country growing and down size pulling in our belts more. beaing , be doing better and everybody would be happier? >> yes, that is it all well and good. i am not sure how boeing would be doing better. >> more people would be flying and airplanes needed. >> we are a week away from facing a serious down sizing. >> it is not serious at all. >> we will talk about that in the next segment. >> it is it 44 billion dollars with what we are talking about the sequestitration cuts on march 1st. rick, the bottom line if we are growing faster it is better for boein and the union. >> it is it better for everyone. how that equates of a decent retirement pension benefit is beyond me. >> hold ojohn, 15,000 workers agreed to plan it is it the 7000 union workers that are stalling the. john, go

caterpillar is bringing jobs back from japan. ford is bringing jobs back from plex co-. mexico.year apple will start making maces in america again. >> in fact, apple, ford and caterpillar that got a shout out from the president during his state of the union speech last night. no great shakes on stocks during the response of today's question. but the president making gun control one of his biggest priorities in that speech. as expected a very climactic emotional part to the speech. but in fact, the run up to this only increased gun sales and ham top pearson is at the blue ridge arsenal in virginia. hampton? >> simon, the morning after the president's emotional plea at the end of the state of the union message, the headline here is is that the spike in gun sales after the new town tragedy, it is frankly continuing. bottom line, people who already own guns are buying more guns out of concern that some weapons in the future might be banned. biggest demand for ar-14 rifle and glock 22 handgun. if they can get them at all. >> how big a backlog, how tough to get? >> we are usually we w

caterpillar has such a wide range of this guidance.e not sure what will happen over the coming months. while we talk about growing economies and better housing and better numbers, the truth is, you have some of these big companies that seem a little bit unsure. back to you. cheryl: thank you very much. see you in another 15 minutes, of course. january sales blowing out expectations for many of the retailers. i want to start with macy's. they had an incredible month. same-store sales up 11%. the rest of the sector is down. >> macy's gift no respect. they have not moved at all. they have had a great year. they had a great finish. they are relatively cheap. nobody wants to all of them. it is a lack of interest. it certainly is not a lack of performance. it is a great start. it is a great company. they are doing all the right stuff. cheryl: i am watching some other stocks right now. just like macy's, they upped their guidance. what is happening with these numbers? >> well, tjx is pretty close to its all-time high. the numbers were pretty m

a canadian manufacturer took over the plant to produce parts like caterpillar but had a hard time finding qualified workers. >> no job in america should go unfilled because somebody doesn't have the right skills to get that nobody, nobody. >> reporter: the president is asking congress to fund the training for 2 million workers so they can get the advanced skills to land new manufacturing jobs. army veteran kurt fulmer is getting the kind of training the president is talking about. >> hoping to get my associate's degree in computer integrated machining and get a job here in asheville. >> reporter: fulmer is involved in a local community college course to help the business expand, but congress is not warming up to another government program. >> higher taxes and more stimulus spending. >> reporter: the gop says the best way to create more manufacturing jobs is with fewer regulations and lower taxes. there is also a big social media push. tomorrow the president will hold a google hangout where he is expected to take questions from an online audience. >>> also during last night's state of the

if you had that old playbook, as i call it, which included caterpillar, included joy global, freeport-macey benefitted from this tail wind in china. it's changing fairly rapidly. i think the services sector, or industrials in commodity complex, the mining complex, that's been overbuilt to a certain extent, to service china's growth is now going to start to see returns diminish. just simply going to be too much capacity. iron othre may be the best exame of that. >> okay, thank you so much for coming and joining us. >> thank you. >>> okay, c nbc's jane wells now joins us with a look at what is next on "fast." jane? what's cooking? >> mandy, how soon before you can play poker online for money, legally, in nevada? the first state to legalize? when ceo weighs in after the break. ♪ [ indistinct shouting ] [ male announcer ] time and sales data. split-second stats. [ indistinct shouting ] ♪ it's so close to the options floor... [ indistinct shouting, bell dinging ] ...you'll bust your brain box. ♪ all on thinkorswim from td ameritrade. ♪ a talking car. but i'll tell you what impresses me. a talk

. >> take a look at shares of caterpillar trading down by 1 1/3%.n the month of january is looked like things worsened tremendously versus december. they saw big declines in north america and asia-pacific. that's a wide swath of the world, jim. >> waiting for china. david, office max/office depot, announcing all stock merger of equals. hold it. did they take it back in? >> holy cow. >> but the cat's important, because everyone's waiting -- i have -- i have hanson tonight, he's waiting for china. we're all waiting for china. when is china going to speak up? >> we're waiting for them to speak up. >> place some orders. some people say they're placing orders. >> now they're trying to cool the property market. there's talk that they'll start doing price curves in terms of property. look at some of the copper stocks for the last couple of days, while this chatter has been growing. and we've seen the declines in copper over the past couple of sessions. i don't know what we're waiting for at this point. >> yesterday dan fulton, not from queens, but said on

the stocks that led the dow, caterpillar, boeing, microsoft, laggards, hewlett-packard and mcdonald's. let's get to josh lipton who has more highlights. >> risk on, the stock market charging higher today. let's dig into what worked. in the s&p 500, the industrials led the way, and within industrials joy global took the gold. the mining equipment-maker saying big projects are coming back to the market. the material sector came in second. names like air products and chemicals and air gas both rising. your best performer in the s&p, dollar tree, the discount retailer pleasing investors posting strong sales growth. there was also a list of names making all-time new highs today, many in the consumer space like clorox, general mills and kellogg. as for the dow, the charge higher led by blue chips like ibm, caterpillar, boeing, chevron and jpmorgan. of course, not every stock did finish in the green of the first solar fell hard on weak guidance. target slipped as fourth-quarter profit missed the street's estimates. maria, back to you. >> all right, josh. thanks so much. much more ahead on th

arkansas, utilized by walmart, kraft, tyson and their vendors; and victoria, texas, used heavily by caterpillar and shell. natca president paul rinaldi criticized congress for "compromising the safety and efficiency of the nation's airspace." getting to the gate will take longer, too. at more than 450 airports around the country where transportation security officers screen nearly two million passengers a day, the head of the tsa warned that delays would be inevitable. "if it does go into effect, then the longer it goes, the greater potential impact it has for us." the tsa has had a hiring freeze for federal air marshalls for nearly a year-and-a-half. sequestration could expand that further. "we would look at a hiring freezse for the tsos, security officers and then cutting back on overtime." in washington, president obama has called a meeting with top congressional leaders for friday, the same day automatic spending cuts begin. "he hopes to have a constructive discussion to prevent sequestration." the cuts would be widespread. according to the white house, the sequester would mean 2100 fewer f

we had caterpillar up earlier because of their outlook.at goldman sachs now to the downside. you talk about tyson foods. think about chicken. think of delta air lines and mergers and acquisitions and what is going on in the airline industry. as far as names looking at them, s&p has $20 price target and buy rating on delta. fitch talked postively about tyson foods. goldman sachs at new 52-week high. that and citigroup would be another name that would go along with it. so we are seeing some names despite the fact we've had volatile trading here over the last week. we are to the downside today but you are seeing some names with green rare rose -- arrows talking those 52-week highs. much like the markets. touching all-time highs and taking a breather and pulling back a bit. back to you. >> nicole, thanks so much. national transportation safety board is sill not not certain what is causing the battery problems on the boeing 787 dreamliners. what did they say? >> they are not sure as you mentioned. they still have no diet for a conclusion. they

intel, mcdonald's, merck, caterpillar, exxon-mobil and i.b.m. all get at least half their revenues outside the u.s. figuring out the international exposure of your potfolio may not be as simple as it once was. but it's still important. foreign stocks typically don't move in lock-step with u.s. stocks. and that can help reduce the risk in your portfolio, if the u.s. market turns south. erika miller, "n.b.r.," new york. >> tom: we'll have more on emerging markets in just a bit with market monitor guest marshall front of money manager front barnett and associates. stocks struggled to gain ground again today, as we learned the nation's manufacturers tapped the brakes in january. production slowed from november and december's robust pace with factory output falling 0.4% last month. on wall street, the dow rose eight points, the nasdaq fell six, the s&p down 1.5 points. the major averages were basically flat on the week. the dow and nasdaq down less than 0.1% the s&p 500 up 0.1%. in washington, this week's theme was the middle class. president obama u

caterpillar is bringing jobs back from japan. ford is bringing jobs back from mexico.s year, apple will start making macs in america again. >> but with the strengthening dollar, can u.s. companies actually afford to bring jobs back to the states? and is reshoring as it's known a trend you should be investing in right now? let's take a deeper dive with the chief investment strategist at fifth third bank. jeffrey, great to e so yosee yo. >> obviously, it's not as easy as flipping a switch to bring jobs back here, so, what is sort of the price, the baseline price, which would make sense, this reshoring trend continues when it comes to nat gas being low? >> i think it clearly makes sense in here and probably for the next decade. if you look, it's also, it's not just the price today, but it's the trends going forward, both in currency, gas prices and labor costs. >> hey, jeff, it's tim. currency, this is a place where i'd be concerned. i think the best days of the weak dollar helping manufacturers and the fed, they won't say this, but the weaker dollar has been their best f

. >> caterpillar is bringing jobs back from japan. ford is bringing jobs back from ford. and this year, apple will start making macs in america again. >> it's a big honor for apple's ceo tim cook. you can see him there. the first lady invited him to be one of her guests tonight. tech analysts say the president's speech was a very powerful nod to silicon valley. >> major players there like tim cook from apple, but he made great inroads in terms of talking about getting students to study sciences critical for developing technology. talked about the state of the union and how it needs to focus on building the innovation of tomorrow. >> now this is the second year in a row the first lady has invited someone connected to an toll the state of the union address. last year you may remember steve jobs' widow sat with mrs. obama. right now on nbcbayarea.com, we posted analysis of the president's address. all you need to do is click on the story on your home page. >> runaway spending. it's a program out of control. >> is big-time college athletics costing higher public educations? t

caterpillar up a little 92 bucks. profit at energy drink maker, monster beverage, the namesake brand continues to grow in the united states and it's up 3.8%, nice gain. better than expected profit and sales at sears, but it's down 10 cents. more money coming across the trans limited brand, victoria's secret company, clothing retailer gave a disappointing outlook, doesn't matter the stock is up. we're on the upside for the dow industrials, 14,083, 82 points from the all time record high. time is money, 60 seconds worth of what else we're watching for you, much more on the phony armageddon that the president was warning about all week. we'll talk to congressman conway next hour on the agriculture committee. we'll ask him, are meat inspections really going to stop as of tomorrow morning, or saturday? really? the left i should say keeps pushing for green energy despite the fact that it's totally unreliable. case in point, california become so reliant on wind and solar it may face blackouts. why? because when the wind does

disappointing sales outlook from caterpillar. boeing shares are higher, though. the aircraft giant has found a fix for that battery problem on its 787 dreamliner that involves increased problems. posted accidently without some of the details and then taken down, people are final being released ten minutes later. into in the meantime, if you want a pair of those google glasses that people have been spotted wearing around town, they are new glasses that let you search the web and take pictures. google is now opening up the process. you can submit your picks for one. it will still cost you about $1500 a pair. still, pretty cool. literally seeing the future. back to you. >> bertha, i like the buy one get one free approach. you buy two, you get one and give me one free. >> i don't know. you get one of those and walk into a bar, you are going to be the coolest cat on the planet. >> or the nerdiest. >> smart is cool. there you go. >>> today is your last chance to apply for a very unique job with the washington nationals. you can be one of the team's mascots. there they

caterpillar down 2 1/2%. deere down 1 1/2%. these are big global companies that.g else that factors into these markets, the global economy concerns about europe. a strong dollar. just the fact that monetary easing not only here at home but also abroad gives you that false feeling and obviously boosts these markets and maybe taken away. they may be pulled back. back to you. ashley: nicole, thank you very much. >> it is the question of the hour is the market rally over? is there still more to come? the markets are pulling back on worries that the fed may put an end to its easy money policy but wells fargo chief portfolio strategist says there are areas investors can make money even what happens. there is lot of questioning what is happening with the markets. we're seeing a pull back, our biggest since november. my question to you is, is this a temporary pullback or have we topped out as a market? >> i think this is just a temporary pullback. i would be looking to buy on the dips in this particular situation. really if you think about some of the fundamentals they ha

construction equipmentmakers were down after caterpillar reported slowing sales for the quarter ending january. but batterymaker gsyuasa reported a fix over long-term battery problems. the shanghai composite tumbled to 3% today. commodity place were under a lot of pressure today after the u.s. fomc minutes raised the possibility of a qe asset. development and cementmakers rose. financials said their losing streak on fears of monetary easing. shares in the hang seng fell 1.7%. belle international fell 15% after learning the profits would be at the lower end of its forecast. the kospi ended lower by 0.5%. steelmakers took the worst hit. the asx 200 lose 2.3%. the fed minutes took a toll on aussie miners ending well in the red. index action on the sensex now shedding 1.5%. back to you, kelly. >> there wasn't a lot of green behind her on the board there and there isn't much green on the board behind me here. maybe about a dozen stocks across europe this morning in the green. what's interesting is this follows a weak session yesterday, too. you can see some people as dennis gartman put it o

boeing and caterpillar flexing industrial muscle. hp bringing up the rear by two pennys.terms of sectors, check out the transports leading the markets higher. dow jones up three points making that the biggest gain since july. not bad. the components, fedex right now, it's higher by two and two-thirds percent. ups up one and a quarter percent. united continental, that airline up 3.5%. nice move there. we really wanted you to look at the railroads. look at cfx, but kansas city southern is jumping by about six full percentage points, but the morgan stanley cyclicals looking good, economically sensitive groups with the performance there moving significantly higher by about 23 points. who makes up the index? like, we just don't throw the stuff out. names here, ford moving higher by four points. just takes a 50% gain for that. eaton up 3.5% making electrical components and power systems, and, of course, the standby, dow chemical moving higher by nearly 3%. what we have here to bring it apart and show it to you, it's strong, and the market rallying, what's it mean with last week

caterpillar is bringing jobs back from japan, ford is bringing jobs back from mexico.s year apple will start making macs in america this year. >> the president seemed to be referring to statements made by the ceo of apple. at that time, tim cook announced he would spend $100 million to produce a mac line in the united states. that sounds like a big deal, because while tim cook is quick to point out some components are already made in america, almost every other aspect of apple's production has been outsourced to asia. apple, well, according to labor economist dan lorian, the move will mean about 200 new american jobs. so while apple is bringing production to the united states, and that's a good thing, should they have been congratulated during the state of the union? the $100 million investment is 0.0073% of apple's current cash on hand of more than $100 billion. and if we're congratulating apple on creating 200 new american jobs, we should congratulate leanovo from china, because they said they would make their think-branded computers at a facility in north carolina,

caterpillar makes 70% of its money outside the u.s. apple about 66%. that is amazing stuff.ness. they're not getting the same sort of reception. they get it in certain states like texas. the overarching theme the businesses are nefarious in some sort of way or greedy in some other kind of way. there is a fear that profits should be public domain, rather than belonging to shareholders and employees and going back into their own business. martha: what you're saying, these corporations are looking for the most marketable venues for themselves around the world. they find where they can make money. when they make that money they can hire more employees, they can provide benefits for the employees and do all the things that come along with that. it is interesting they're seeking the opportunities overseas. as you point out texas presented a similar equation for california. hey, come here, because we want your business in other words. >> so much money. there has been calculations on the amount of money california lost out from texas, utah, all these other neighboring states that ar

bank of america, caterpillar down, but what is going on that would cause a 60-point is lost?> on top of all the things you mentioned, you have to sequester on the first of march and the market now up 7%. so i think probably taking money off the table anyway with all these negative things on top of it and this is what you're getting. we were very surprised the market was going up as well but had been most of the day. in the last few minutes the market has come in a nothing we didn't already know. liz: there is the belief that initially there is the first wave of what is happening with the fed minutes, and then it climbed back up, able to get down to about 12 points, 14-point and now 92 points to the downside. it is continuing to get a little worse minute by minute. >> and it will probably continue to do so. we have the fed hinting they might take it away. the economy is doing better than i should be good for stocks, new money to stop the slide, or things continue to get worse and we see we need more qe, that is good for stocks, stocks will go up again. both scenarios will tell

if the spending goes through, it could provide a boost for companies like caterpillar, granite constructionaterials, companies that rely on government contracts. we'll watch the story and these stocks for you. beeter barnes, thanks again. sandra: do you know there's 19 strategic metals and minerals on which the u.s. is 100% import dependent? there's serious demand for the items, especially high-tech ones. up next, find out why government red tape slows growth right here at home. david: we have the materials right here underground. plus, we have oil falling. you are not seeing it reflected at the pump, are you? actually, the cost of filling your tank could be going even higher as oil goes lower. what's going on? we'll tell you why coming up. ♪ @í david: one the few banks that turned down t.a.r.p. funding five years ago was frost bankers, reviewed, even though panicky trading officials warned few would survive, but they not only survived, but thrived on their own. the fed put the bank's ceo on the advisory council. what does he say is needed to grow the economy? good to see you. congratulatio

why don't they pick a snail or caterpillar or fly.f the cutest. >> reporter: sara says pandas are more than cute animals, a symbol of hope for the conservation movement. >> if we truly can not save giant pandas, what does that say about us as a species and how can we have hope for any of the others if we can't save the one we profess to love the most. >> reporter: at chung du, they're convinced the millions spent to save this species is all worth it. >> you can see more at rock sender with brian williams, tomorrow, 9:00 central time on nbc. >>> up next, tricks used by retailers to get you to spend. first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> back now at 8:44 with "today's" style. how to shop like a pro. retailers know just how we browse and set up their stores to get us to spend. if you're smart, you can use that to your advantage. the style editor, good morning to you. people think black friday is the great discount time. no? >> no. now is the time. go out and start shopping? studies have shown the top 20 best sale days of 2012, 15 of those w

we've been zero-summing here for ages, and if they're reaching for manitowoc and terex, not just caterpillar and deere, now you know it's time to rotate out of heinz. don't we like sell sell sell when we buy buy buy. isn't that the plan? i don't know. that's not the plan for everybody. warren buffett, he doesn't care about sector rotations. he cares about acquires brands, lasting brands for less, some sort of consummate wholesale buyer likes brands for less. now it's his. who was really complacent here? i say it was the goldman analysts, not the buyers. how about dell? you really think that dell, which supported slightly better than expected numbers, is that that much better than heinz? once again, here's the stock that's been left for dead. nobody even cares, maybe nobody pronounced it dead, yet it simply refused to die, too much cash, too much cunning. heinz has flatlined for a long time. dell has been going down. you know who cared? michael dell cared, and now he's in a huge fight over pennies on the dollar. dell will get his man, because alas his man is dell. virgin media, third biggest

caterpillar 30.7% or mcdonald's 31.3%. food for thought. this is media double standard makes up to the puke, and ignoring warning of no let than mitt romney make you want to puke even more. bemoaning half of the americans who pay no federal income taxes at all, so many groups were getting their nose out of joint, no one asked, how the heck we do the that number? how is it, that half of all eligible americans are not pay anything federal income tax. some are for a legitimate reason, but half? romney talked about everyone having skin in the pain, ronald reagan share that idea, that is why he shut down so many tax loopholes and special corporate ex semptions in 1986, making sure everyone paid their own fair share. everyone paying at least 2 taxes, everyone having skin in the game. "the gipper" was right. breaks in allowances that allow cool companies to pay not one thin dime in taxes is wrong, i say it has to stop,s to right now. -- it stops right now this super hero, do you not -- you do not want to see in spandex has a warning for you tax do

caterpillar is bringing jobs back from japan. ford is bringing jobs back from mexico. and this year apple will start making macs in america again. >> reporter: we went to silicon valley manufacturing leader flextronics to ask can this happen here? they say yes. >> we love it. we're sitting here in the united states where 6.5 million square feet -- >> reporter: michael mcnamara has been manufacturing gadgets here for two decades and say the future looks even busier. >> here in silicon valley we're doing things like defense, automotive, telecom and datacom. the economics tilt better every year. >> reporter: which means more opportunity for growth and new hiring both planned here which means silicon valley may once again be known as a place where things get made. the group that tracks manufacturing says electronic manufacturing is expected to grow by about 5% this year and that does include what apple does. >>> pope benedict xvi celebrated his last public mass as leader of the catholic church today. dressed in the traditional papal robes, the pope came had in on a wheeled

caterpillar is bringing jobs back from japan, ford is bringing jobs back from mexico.cook announced he would spend $100 million to produce a mac line in the united states. that sounds like a big deal, because while tim cook is quick to point out some components are already made in america, almost every other aspect of apple's production has been outsourced to asia. so it's no surprise that president obama would hold apple's move back to the united states states up as a major accomplishment. every job counts and it's also important to count every job. apple, well, according to labor economist dan lorian, the move will mean about 200 new american jobs. so while apple is bringing production to the united states, and that's a good thing, should they have been congratulated during the state of the union address? after all, apple is the second biggest company in america. the $100 million investment is 0.0073% of apple's current cash on hand of more than $100 billion. and if we're congratulating apple on creating 200 new american jobs, we should congratulate leanovo from chin

a canadian manufacturer, linemar took over the plant to produce parts for the company like caterpillar had a hard time finding qualified workers. >> no job in america should go unfilled because somebody doesn't have the right skills to get that job. nobody. >> reporter: the president is asking congress to fund the raining for 2 million workers. so they can get the advanced skills to land new manufacturing jobs. >> army veteran curt fullmer is getting the kind of veteran training the president is talking about. >> hoping to get my associate's degree in computer education training and get a job here in ashville. >> reporter: enrolled in a local community college program that lindemar helped set up to help workers expand their business. >> reporter: but republicans are not warming up to another government program. >> you know, last night, the president offered up more of the same. higher taxes and more stimulus spending. >> reporter: the gop says the best way to create more manufacturing jobs is with fewer regulations and lower taxes. in washington, tara mergener, wjz eyewitness news. >>