cigna shares only saw a 1% gain. in another merger, oracle struck a deal to buy "right now technologies" for around $1.5 billion. that's a nearly 20% premium from friday's trading for the cloud- based customer service company. shares of right now technologies were up nearly 20%. oracle saw a 2% gain. in other tech news? texas instruments. after the close, it reported a 30% drop in profit. texas instruments earned 51 cents a share, six cents less than wall street expected. revenue fell 7% from a year ago, but was ahead of its forecast range. shares of texas instruments, rose 4% today to close at $31.69. they fell slightly in after hours. amgen reported after the close as well. at $1.40, the drug maker beat the street by eleven cents. those results excluded a $780 million charge to settle a government investigation into sales and marketing practices. in the regular session, amgen shares closed up slightly at $58.95. in after hours they were basically unchanged. the driver behind the wheel of today's trading was caterpi

i talked to obama and who was at cigna. she actually was in the pension area, so this made it a little more ironic. her pension was cut like that, and she had no idea and so she ran and set up fellow executive at a going away party for someone. she said if you knew how much your pension had been cut you would be sick. she said among well, frankly i was sick when i figured it out because for her it would have been a pension cut for the rest of her career. people didn't pick up on that, definitely. they didn't understand that just the older people were being frozen. you may ask yourself, how can it be legal the u.k. have all the old people be affected by cuts in nighter grip people? well, that is the magic pencil loss. this whole concept call where away has been banned under congress. it can happen any more going for it, but everything that took place up to the time the largest two years ago is deemed legal. so congress finally caught up with it and said we are calling to let you do that. sorry for you folks. it's kind of too

and i talk to a woman he was at cigna. she actually was in the pension area so this made it a little more ironic. and her pension was cut like that, and she had no idea until she ran into a fellow executive at a going away party for someone who said janice, if you knew how much her pension had been cut you would be sick. she said frankly i was sick when i figured it out. because for her it would have meant a pension cut for the rest of her career. so people didn't pick up on that, definitely. they didn't understand that just the older people were being frozen. you may ask yourself, how can it be legal but you can have only older people be affected by a cut and that younger people. well, that's the magic of pension law. this whole concept called where a way has been banned now under congress. so it can't happen anymore going forward. but everything it took place up until the time the law changed two years ago it seemed legal. so congress are caught up with as it were not going to you do that. sorry for you at&t folks and sa

cigna began showers over the ohio valley are headed east down. it had caused delays with the world series. cinelli farther west out toward denver. -- is selling further west out toward denver. that cold will reach us toward the end of the week. today, temperatures about normal in the afternoon, 63 degrees at b.w.i. marshall. the normal high is 64, so we're right there. the normal -- the morning was in the 50's. that was very mild. heavier showers in parts of garrett county. not much to measure, or even record near the lower eastern shore where it has remained dry. 58 at parkton. 61 and hancock. the naval air station is still 70 degrees. tonight in baltimore, claudia and mild, holding in the 50's with a few -- cloudy and mild, holding a 50's with a few showers possible. when its front its drive through here tomorrow afternoon, the cold from the west will be filtering in. friday and saturday, temperatures way below normal. heights of 60-65. the days are rapidly getting shorter. the winds on the day tomorrow, west/nw. western maryland, they have the

cigna is acquiring health spring for $3.8 billion.ying right now technologies for $1.5 billion. mattel is purchasing hit entertainment, owner of thomas and friends and barney for $680 million. and j.m. smucker bought most of sarah lee's north american coffee operations for $350 million. in other earnings, texas instruments slid after hours after saying economic uncertainty would hurt fourth quarter results in every major market segment. when will the bleeding stop for netflix? shares plunged over 20% after hours on its forecast of a sharp drop in fourth quarter profits. netflix lost over 800,000 subscribers in the third quarter alone. since july, when a price hike and a dvd by mail split-off, triggered a subscriber revolt, netflix has lost well over half its value. >>> and finally, mcdonald's mcrib sandwich, which has developed a cult-like following because it's not always available is back at all u.s. locations through november 14th. but if you really need a mcrib, here's some news you can use, it is always available at a mcdonald's

president obama cigna build -- >> europe this week. if europe is not growing, that will have an impact on our businesses and our abilities to create jobs. >> stronger u.s. economic growth and corporate earnings contributed to the stock's surge. it is one congressional panel with two very different plans. as the dead planning committee struggles to find common ground -- as the debt planning committee struggle to find common ground, these workers, the pavement. >> that hard year was over. he is finally getting off the bus and coming home. >> the mission complete. these service members are home with their families. we will take a look at the light at the end of the tunnel. >> your forecast is straight ahead. in baltimore, 45 at the airport. >> concern that the super committee might stop their jobs, thousands of workers protested in downtown baltimore this afternoon. they're worried that cuts will result in furloughs and closed offices. the bipartisan panel has until november 23 to agree on a plan or risk automatic cuts to domestic program

cigna is acquiring health insurer health spring for $3.8 billion. oracle is buying right now technologies for $1.5 billion. mattel is purchasing hit entertainment, owner of thomas and friends and barney for $680 million. and j.m. smucker bought most of sarah lee's north american coffee operations for $350 million. in other earnings, texas instruments slid after hours after saying economic uncertainty would hurt fourth quarter results in almost every major market segment. when will the bleeding stop for netflix? shares plunged over 20% after hours on its forecast of a sharp drop in fourth quarter profits. netflix lost over 800,000 subscribers in the third quarter alone. since july, when a price hike and a dvd by mail split-off, triggered a subscriber revolt, netflix has lost well over half its value. >>> and here's some good news for you folks out there -- or maybe it's bad news -- mcdonald's mcrib sandwich, which has developed a cult-like following because it's not always available is back at all u.s. locations back through november 14th. but if you

here's what we're watching for tomorrow: quarterly results from chevron, cigna and merck. we'll also see september personal income and spending numbers. also tomorrow, the u.s. economy is growing and europe may solve its debt problem, but where should you be sending your investment dollars? we'll ask our market monitor. he's gary motyl, chief investment officer of templeton global equity. google is stepping up its competition against the king of the daily deals business, groupon. today, google unveiled big changes with its "google offers" division. it will now gather daily deals from at least 15 other sites, including gilt city-- which concentrates on the luxury market-- and juice in the city-- focused on moms. in 2010, the internet search giant tried to buy groupon for $6 billion but was rejected. groupon is now pitching an initial public stock offering to potential investors, hoping to raise $11 billion. thousands of women want to have a second go at walmart over discrimination. attorneys representing california female workers, past and present, filed a reformulated laws

mergers and acquisitions, cigna has acquired health spring for 3.8 billion. thank linkedin stocks are on the rise, currently a 3%. apple was up 1.9% and hewlett-packard is of 1.8% serious testing >> the first biography for steve jobs will be released today. for roof does seem >> much more ahead, we will take a quick break in be right back. warm weather was the story of the weekend, we will check in with james fletcher to see when the cool down comes. hack best >>george: and nasa reported in san francisco. it is reported at army cesar chavez. the chp reports that only one of them will require a tow truck. cut in the ride is a definitely slowed. it is not brought to a stop. if you are getting to this city and you normally commute to the peninsula, this is a great morning to avoid this central freeway or not get on to the skyway from downtown san francisco. had it towards 63 and use the extension to get out of town. the accident is reported near army cesar chavez. the road we could be cleared in a little while. avoid the inbound central and the southbound james

cigna has acquired held spring for 3.8 billion. we have really strong earnings for coming out from caterpillar. it looks like we could see an earlier flies in trading on wall street here e.f. for justine >> the search continues for a missing man whose kayak capsized in the san francisco bay. this happened around 3:30 p.m., the coast guard tells us they are not giving up. >>justine: occupy protesters are camping despite threats to have them removed. police are issuing tickets to cars to stop and donate to the protesters. rescue teams are for clearing away the rubble in turkey looking for people trapped after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake killed at least 270 people. >>mark: let's get a check on whether to. >>james: temperatures are on the mild side. upper 50s and low 60s. as you head to the north, that is where we see some of the coolest temperatures. here is where temperatures will be this afternoon. a good mix of '60s and '70s. some of our warmest locations will not feel that way. temperatures will cool off as you drive home. here is

industry and once again this is another bailout or really you know business roundtable companies like at cigna you know well well point all these big health insurance companies were basically bailed out health insurance policy so you know we have politicians who were more concerned with the american public and that are the people who are going to campaign we would have a much different health care. and we all know it and that's why we're going out on the streets where we're demanding that action is taken and the absolute the real government is going to defend us we realize now we have to defend ourselves and that's what's happening throughout this movement and well we've identified some of the problems david what can be done about all this rising inequality we're seeing these problems infiltrating the political system what is the solution and what can be done. well there's a lot of things that need to be done but i think getting down to the root problem and what you know i. thought relations when you break up the too big to fail banks you know there was a remember. that failed to make it throu

industry is once again this is another bailout for really you know business roundtable companies like cigna you know well well later all these big help insurance companies will basically bailed out health insurance so you know we had politicians who were more concerned with the americans instead of the people who are going to campaign we would have a much different health care system and we all know it and that's why we're coming down the street from where we're demanding that action is taken in the absence of the government is going to defend us we realize now we have. this move we've had to identify some of the problems david what can be done about this rising inequality we're seeing these problems infiltrating the political system what is the solution and what can be done. well there's a lot of things that need to be done but getting down through the rubble and what you know i ninety nine percent of the population when you break the two big bang you know there was a whole remember. that failed to make it through you know last year. last year the legislation that should be reenacted a new

a cigna began subset -- most students do not overpay. a significant subset do. a lot of schools spend money on things they should not. they build buildings they do not need. they hire more administrators than the means. the growth in number of administrators has a vastly exceeded the growth of teachers. those things, unnecessary growth and unnecessary capital projects, have affected the growth of tuition. and there are some wonderful liberal arts colleges where administrators do not earn half a million dollars. where the football coach does not earn $4 million. a lot of liberal arts colleges or the president earned $200,000. there are places that are not committed to overpaying people. these things have played an on ferrol and tuition prices. -- unfair role in tuition prices. >> do they pay you? >> they pay me through release of the courses i would normally teach. >> but you do not get a salary for being president? >> no. . it is an elected position. >> you have been president since 2006. what have you learned? what surprised you? >> more than anything else, and

cigna and walmart wants to encourage shoppers to start checking off their guest list early this year. they are going to match the price of any rival store for any product bought before november 1st and christmas day. customers who find the item can bring in the receipt and add from the other store to receive a gift card for the difference. >> walmart said they won't have to wait. and they can make sure they get everything they want for the holidays. >> time now is 5:52. we are following the occupied san jose protest. live pictures just in. a man has climbed to the very top of city hall in san jose. these are live pictures you are looking at. we will bring you the latest on the scene. coming up. >>> special guest will be at san francisco high school. why carlos santana will be there and what will be celebrated. >>> good morning, north and southbound traffic in san francisco getting more crowded. we will tell you more, coming up. [people chatting] everyone, it's $37 a piece. paying with your smart phone instead of cash. that's a step forward. with chase person-to-person quickpay, you ca

an executive at cigna health insurance company and he talked about hundreds -- millions of dollars they spent hoping to discredit me and attack me and if necessary figuratively, not literally, i hope, push me off a cliff. so i learned my lesson there. it is not a good idea to give them advanced notice what i'm working on. >> and book tv interviewed wendell potter on his book, if you want to see that go to booktv.org and use the search function in the upper left-hand corner. this question: as an iran-american, i am worried about worries you may be planning a trip to iran and the press said you were invited to come to iran and you have accepted and they would consider that a coup if it happens. >> i have been in invited for many years and "bowling for columbine" won the top prize at a film festival in iran and the prize was a beautiful persian rug they sent me. no. i'm not going to iran to the film festival. i don't know if it is really... you know, the thing is, with iran, i have been active in the last year or two, they've had a couple of filmmakers, essentially have been under house ar

cigna is buying healthspring for $3.8 billion as a provider of medicare programs.racle will pay $1.5 billion for rightnow technologies. >>> fedex will hire 20,000 seasonal workers for the christmas rush. they predict a 12% increase in shipping. it rose 2.75% on the news. >>> also on the calendar results from dow components 3m and due pops. we'll get reports on home prices and consumer confidence and that's a wrap of the day on wall street. i'm karina huber in new york. >> now, speaking of it, many americans have a dim view of it. those are the ruts of a telephone poll of 1,007 americans. only 3% said they trust wall street a great deal to do what's best for the u.s. economy. while more than half said they don't trust wall street at all. a whopping 80% said they think wall street bankers are greedy and just 24% said they think wall street is community minded. americans did give wall street very high marks for being intelligent but while americans seem upset with wall street they're deeply divided about the occupy wall street protests. the greatest number of people s

some had ag cignas which showed affiliations to the hell's angels. whatever the victim did here,dy not know this. >> these are pictures sent to us by a driver on 580. the initial crash brought traffic to a standstill and got some drivers snagged in a circus street snag trying to get home. four hours after the crash nina smith was still trying to get home to modesto. >> they said when they took us off at keller in oakland they said it's blocked all way down to san leandro, and i got into san leandro and every entrance i got to was blocked. >> i talked with it two employees of first transit which is the organization is that runs the para transit van. they tell me there were no clients aboard the bus at the time of the incident. they also tell me tore some reason the driver of the van stopped communicating with dispatch so they decided to try to locate it through gps and that's when they figured out it was one of their buses involved in the incident. in san leandro, abc news. >> this morning an apartment building fire in san jose has left between 30 and

and really, it was a true m&a monday, cigna buying healthspring for $3.38 billion, origin buying rightnowbillion. and mattel buying hit entertainment for $680 million in cash. i guess they just loved barney. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now back to "hardball." >>> i'm here to say to all of you, and to say to the people of nevada and to the people of las vegas, we can't wait for an increasingly dysfunctional congress to do its job. where they won't act, i will. >> dysfunctional congress. welcome back to "hardball." that's president obama today out in nevada with a new approach to dealing with congress. rather than waiting for congress to act, which it hasn't, the president's rolling out a series of programs that he can enact without congressional approval. the new campaign is called "we can't wait," and its first initiative will be to help homeowners who are underwater on their mortgages. he's kicking it off in las vegas, nevada, a state with the highest foreclosure rate in the country. sam stein is a political editor for "the huffington post" and john farris is with "

and cigna begat a slower growth expectations of the next 18-24 months.he crisis in europe imposes a very severe threat and we have been working closely along with the imf to encourage leaders to do more to put in place a comprehensive strategy to stabilize that crisis. the critical imperative for them is to make sure that governments and the financial systems that are under pressure have access to a more powerful financial backstop and it is conditioned on the policy reforms, policy actions that can address the underlying cause of this problem. in the face of the situation in europe and the slowdown of growth, the most important thing we can do, congress can do, is to take strong steps to shrink in the economy at home and we think the most effective strategy for during that is to enact steps now that would accelerate economic growth tied to long-term reforms to restore fiscal stability. the american jobs act provides a very substantial package of tax cuts and investments that, according to the investment would raise growth by 2% and helped create one or

there's still a cigna began foreclosure crisis. can you respond to how much of a current situation is due to the large trade imbalance the country has with china and other countries that also with the effect of the trade deficits that were put into place 2007. >> i do not have a number on terms of jobs. i do think the currency policy besides creating problems for them as a result of the currency policy has been preventing global adjustments. we have a to speed recovery where they have been growing very quickly. some of the more balanced growth plans can be achieved if there are greater currencies. it affects that only u.s.-china relations but their party currency policies as well. you ask about europe. i would take actions to address that problem. i know they're working hard to try to address it. even now we're seeing a lot of volatility in financial markets. is no doubt in negative influence. unless the european situation is brought under control it could be a much more serious situation. >> the impact of the reduction in taxes fo

and i talked to a woman who was at cigna. she actually was in the pension area so this made it a little more ironic, janice amara and her pension was cut like that and she had no idea until she ran into a fellow executive at a going away party for someone and he said, janice, if you knew how much your pension had been cut, you'd be sick. and she's like, frankly, i was sick when i figured it out because for her, it would have meant a pension cut for the rest of her career. so people didn't pick up on that, definitely. they didn't understand that just the older people were being frozen. you may ask yourself how can it be legal that you can only have older people be affected by a cut and not younger people? well, that's the magic of pension law. this whole concept called where-way has been band now under congress so it can't happen anymore going forward. but everything that took place up to the time the law changed a few years ago is deemed legal. so congress finally caught up by the and said, we're not going to let you do that.