deloitte has con zuducted a sur in the last three years. the results indicate americans remain steadfast to creating a competitive manufacturing. 85% believe that the manufacturing sector is important for our standard of living. ask how they would prefer to create a thousand jobs with any facility, americans indicated they wanted the jobs to be in the manufacturing sector. as part of the world forum, we uncovered compelling research which indicates it is linked to economic prosperity, important link to the prosperity of its middle class. this also indicates that the capabilities of the manufacturing sector is the best predictor of prosperity of the long-term. and trade and the more advanced the manufacturing capabilities possesses. finally, for the benefits that their citizens could derive from a manufacturing sector and this is showing an increased emphasis on advanced capabilities and products. and a parallel effort, deloitte conducts a survey of ceos of manufacturing organizations around the world to gain their perspective, as well as th

leader of consumer industrial products at deloitte. and dr. tyndall from the north carolina biotechnology center. good afternoon. thank you all for being here with us today in front of our subcommittee. you'll each be recognized for five minutes. to keep track of time, please watch the timers in front of you. when it turns yellow, you have a minute to wrap up and make sure to turn your microphone on and bring it comes to your mouth. the audience at home needs to hear you and only can if you're speaking clearly into the microphones. dr. atkinson, you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you madam chairman. members of the committee. it's a pleasure to be here. itif has been doing a fair amount of research on what's happened to the u.s. manufacturing economy and we'll be releasing a report shortly on what we need to do to fix it. as we've shown in our work, we lost a larger share of our manufacturing jobs in the last decade than in the great depression. the consensus among conmiss, is a reflection of superior performance, that all of these j

and i remember mike cook, the ceo coming forward and deloitte stepping out. it was not a safe journey at the time. and what happened was they attracted the best and brightest women who saw that they could have a career path there and have family and have great success because the environment was supportive. and other firms until new york at the time and across the country followed that lead. so when you talk about having an inclusive economy, this is really the same theme. it's about the economic result. we need access and opportunity for all of our terrific people in this country and all of our entrepreneurs because that's how we make the foundation stone for this economy that's built to last. >> we have more women bread winners than ever before. fair to say? okay. so what -- i guess karen and cece, i'd love for you -- we are five minutes away from the jobs numbers, gene. i am watching that clock. what would you consider to be the greatest challenges still ahead for women who want to own small businesses or jump into the economy in some way, shape or form wh

why does this work for deloitte?s be a business model that is echoed around the world? >> [inaudible] we're going to hire up to 18,000 people. 18,000. more than half of that would be women, they are almost all college-educated. that is interested. -- that is interesting. [applause] the brave good man is going to set up a little bit. this, in the end, is really what karadzic talking about, a business imperative. you will not be able to do this without a set of outcomes but the more than half of the people have graduated from colleges, where than half of the people that have advanced degrees are women. we had a ceo who started something called the women's initiatives. let me tell you what the result was. today was today in our firm, we had 5000 partners, we have a firm of over 50,000 people. the principal director, it takes 12-14 years to become one of those. we started the initiative, it was 7%, now is 25%. we just had a minority in ceo. now we have a minority ceo, and a minority chair. our board is 35% women. [applau

uniquely, we have some nontraditional companies this year, google, deloitte.we have a company called imagine creative technology which is focused on helping us understand how the entertainment industry approaches simulation by using nontraditional approaches and helps us figure out how to use our simulators to help teach our aviators. >> to sort of broaden the apperture for everybody associated with the show? >> exactly. >> you guys have some historic partners and naval academy and a bunch of other guys also who partnered with you on this, correct? >> we sure do. uniquely this year, one of the partners that we've partnered closely with this year is the navel institute and the president ceo of the navel institute, retired admirable keith daley will be a moderator of the panel historical foundat organizations that have helped us, including the navel academy alumni association. >> let me take you to what are the big challenges as far as you're concerned for the sea services. what are those big challenges and what are you doing to help each of those services make

why does this work for deloitte?hy should this be a business model that is echoed around the world? >> [inaudible] we're going to hire up to 18,000 people. 18,000. more than half of that would be women, they are almost all college-educated. that is interested. -- that is interesting. [applause] the brave good man is going to set up a little bit. this, in the end, is really what karadzic talking about, a business imperative. you will not be able to do this without a set of outcomes but the more than half of the people have graduated from colleges, where than half of the people that have advanced degrees are women. we had a ceo who started something called the women's initiatives. let me tell you what the result was. today was today in our firm, we had 5000 partners, we have a firm of over 50,000 people. the principal director, it takes 12-14 years to become one of those. we started the initiative, it was 7%, now is 25%. we just had a minority in ceo. now we have a minority ceo, and a minority chair. our board is 35% w

and did you know deloitte, a major health care consulting firm, 70% of physicians were pessimistic abouthe future of medicine, with this terrible law. >> governor huckabee: doctor i have conducted an informal poll, every time i meet a physician i'd ask him, are you for obamacare and i'm up to 162 i've personally talked to, face-to-face, closer than you and i are now and 162, have told me, they to not like it and don't support it. i have had four tell me they liked it and all four university based academic physicians, none in private practice, 162 in private practice unanimously said they were against obamacare and most of the people because what you just said. it really restrict their ability to do what they spent years and years and years to train for as opposed to having a bureaucrat who has never been in medical school tell them what they can and can't do. >> i'd like to say the president has not spent enough time in doctors offices for the point you made. the conversation, going on all across the country, patients are not just asking the president and other leaders, they are asking t

daniel henry, chief financial officer of american express and robert bass, vice chairman of deloitte. they will serve on the audit committee along with audit chair, replacing howard schultz and another board member, and they will stand for election at the company's board meeting on may 19th. groupon trading well below $20 but its lock up expiration is may 2nd. shares bouncing back a bit after hours. but that lock-up expiration could make for more volatility. over to you. >> wow. that chart shows you how way down that is. see you later. bertha coombs with the latest on broupon. >>> next, carl icahn will update us on his take of cer energy. >>> also ahead, billionaire investor eike batista gives his outlook on brazil's economy and tells us whether investors should be concerned about the nationallization of oil in argentina. you're watching cnbc, first in business worldwide. >>> welcome back. all day on cnbc, we've had some of the biggest activist investors on wall street. talking about the bedroom wars they are waging. f >> we're in the end game, so, may 17 ng is the shareholder meeting

and did you know deloitte, a major health care consulting firm, 70% of physicians were pessimistic aboutof medicine, with this terrible law. >> governor huckabee: doctor i have conducted an informal poll, every time i meet a physician i'd ask him, are you for obamacare and i'm up to 162 i've personally talked to, face-to-face, closer than you and i are now and 162, have told me, they to not like it and don't support it. i have had four tell me they liked it and all four university based academic physicians, none in private practice, 162 in private practice unanimously said they were against obamacare and most of the people because what you just said. it really restrict their ability to do what they spent years and years and years to train for as opposed to having a bureaucrat who has never been in medical school tell them what they can and can't do. >> i'd like to say the president has not spent enough time in doctors offices for the point you made. the conversation, going on all across the country, patients are not just asking the president and other leaders, they are asking their docto

shouldn't have a hard time finding workers, except take a look at this president in a recent survey from deloitte companies identified a shortage of qualified workers as the most significant challenge facing their organizations in the coming years. i recently sat down with alcoa's ceo. he says the u.s. economy is making a come back but that we need to do a better job training our workers for the jobs of the future. >> even from the perspective of a german i'm extremely optimistic and maybe even because of it, i continue to be super optimistic for a whole host of reasons. first of all the plant closures that we've announced on the smelting side, they affect two places here in the u.s., but those ones have been curtailed before, so there's no job effect involved in that. if you look at our job growth that we had worldwide, the -- over the last 12 months, the majority of this was in the u.s. 1,100 jobs we had created in the u.s. why, and where did we bring them? one example i gave you already. i gave you two, but one i spelled out. the auto industry. you know. and the auto industry finally has come

and did you know deloitte, a major health care consulting firm, 70% of physicians were pessimistic about medicine, with this terrible law. >> governor huckabee: doctor i have conducted an informal poll, every time i meet a physician i'd ask him, are you for obamacare and i'm up to 162 i've personally talked to, face-to-face, closer than you and i are now and 162, have told me, they to not like it and don't support it. i have had four tell me they liked it and all four university based academic physicians, none in private practice, 162 in private practice unanimously said they were against obamacare and most of the people because what you just said. it really restrict their ability to do what they spent years and years and years to train for as opposed to having a bureaucrat who has never been in medical school tell them what they can and can't do. >> i'd like to say the president has not spent enough time in doctors offices for the point you made. the conversation, going on all across the country, patients are not just asking the president and other leaders, they are asking their doctor

among the tenants in the building, merrill lynch, commerce bank and deloitte. very relieved it was just a toy. back to you. >> any indications as to whether this individual was just doing this as a test of the security? or was it just the idea that he was buying this novelty grenade, sending it to himself so he could take it home and do whatever he wanted with it? any idea there? >> reporter: that is what is not clear at the moment right now. authorities aren't saying. they aren't saying who sent it to himself here. certainly it wouldn't be the smartest idea to do that especially when you know that things are x-rayed here. and being right across from the world trade center, security down here is always paramount. >> if you're going to order a novelty grenade, have it sent to your house. not to the office. bertha, thanks. >>> now, let's switch on the "power lunch" power serge and drill down on the stories driving the day. some of the most powerful members of the federal reserve speaking today about where the u.s. economy is heading. the talks come on the back of

the board is adding accounting expert daniel henry and deloitte vice-chairman robert bass who will serven the audit committee. who is out? starbucks ceo howard schultz. and a story that cnbc broke earlier today, delta airlines closes their deal to buy the trainer pennsylvania oil refinery for $180 million. delta received 30 million in state subsidies for that payment. the refinery is expected to provide 80% of delta's jet fuel needs in the u.s., reducing its fuel costs larry. this is a first. it's really quite an interesting move on their part. >> all right. many thanks. cnbc's bertha coombs. >>> later on "kudlow," the paycheck wars. team obama tries to stoke a false war on women, arguing that women make less money than men. but we've got facts that speak otherwise. >>> and up next, too much economic pessimism. we found somebody who says america's decline is a myth, like steve austin and the $6 million man, the u.s. is better, stronger, and faster than anywhere else in the world. believe it or not, we can rebuild. we have the technology, economic strength versus economic sputter. our exp

the ceo of deloitte, the world's largest professional services organization.ddress leaders in business and academia. and the white house council on women and girls is releasing a full report on where women stand in today's economy. and some facts for you, more than $3 billion were granted to women-owned small businesses through recovery loans. and an estimated 4.9 women were kept out of poverty in 2010 because of expansions and refundable tax credits. in higher education, april 2.3 million women received pell grants since president obama took office. and when it comes to retirement, most of the $13.6 billion that were given to seniors and veterans through the recovery act went to women. also worth mentioning at the forum today, deloitte will be announcing it's committing $60 million additional dollars to nonprofits helping women and girls such as girl scouts and things. >> so as you can tell, they see a hole, and they are driving a big, a huge truck through that hole. >> it's not a wenl. it's a truck. >> it's a mack truck. >> and they are going to focus on thi