directv looked pretty good. latin america's subgrowth may have come in lighter than some, though u.s. is strong. story at directv is about repurchasing stock, to shrink the cap, the amount of stock, repurchase is 1.3 billion. i don't believe the call has begun yet. we're going to have mike on with us tomorrow. >> mike is smart. big international business, right? >> well, latin america is incredibly become and also questions about can you continue to compete when you don't have a full broadband offering so to

>> reporter: after he sailed directv wouldn't reverse the charge, we called the company. directv agreed to cancel the service, refund his money and apologize. >> said we're sorry we didn't know you were a quadriplegic. what does that matter? >> reporter: now, directv says its auto renew process is popular with many customers who like the convenience of being auto renewed at the best price but some customers don't realize they were enrolled in the package since it was complementary when they signed up. if you have a problem, give us a call at 888-5-helps-u. >>> a lot of people would gladly pay for rain. how about fog instead? >> at least there's moisture in the atmosphere. it's a start. like condense and squeeze it out. if it was only that easy. wouldn't be doing this. we had fog today, a big temperature spread. 80 inland, 60 or even 50s at the coast. a live look outside right now shows you what's going on. look at the river of air spilling over the city. it is going to be a foggy evening. but tomorrow will not be as foggy because inland areas won't warm up as much. kind o

by the way, direct tv, also you can put into that camp will be speaking to the ceo of directv in the street." >> content throws off a huge amount of cash. did you see tnt? he says i can run "shawshank redemption" and "the fugitive" and people will watch it every time. >> it's physically impossible to turn off "the fugitive." >> i don't care, get busy living, not busy dying. >> the likes of papa johns, open table -- >> open table, blow away. all these new restaurants signing up, just when you thought that open table couldn't do anymore, 23% increase in restaurant base. i may have to list my restaurant with open table. >> they beat by 8 cents, at 50 cents, sees the current quarter at 53, street at 52. papa john, they raise their forecast, go to a 2 -1 split. >> it's been in a head-to-head battle with dominos. pat doyle says there's room for everybody because it's taking out the mom and pops. a lot of people thought google will come again, a lot of people thought yelp had open table in its sites. this company holy grail because it fills the seats. you want open table at your restaurant.

directv looked pretty good.have come in lighter than some, though u.s. is strong. story at directv is about repurchasing stock, to shrink the cap, the amount of stock, repurchase is 1.3 billion. i don't believe the call has begun yet. we're going to have mike on with us tomorrow. >> mike is smart. big international business, right? >> well, latin america is incredibly become and also questions about can you continue to compete when you don't have a full broadband offering so to speak, robust broadband offering, do you try to consolidate the industry. as for charter, those numbers look okay. let's call it inline. the stock is down a little less than 2% right now. one wonders what they will say about continued consolidation in their part of the industry. we all know the focus being on time warner cable, as i said, last week. now that time warner cable has reported earnings and charter has reported earnings, we will see that a new foray is made. there was a story out saying there were other talks between time warne

>> that would have been true if you didn't see them signing up to directv, at&t and verizon.ave fallen, blockbuster closing up shop, announcing it'll close its remaining 900 stores -- 300 stores. perhaps the bigger question, though, how is it possible there were that many left anyway? texas had a surprising 61 states. while 12 states around the country have gotten rid of it altogether. san antonio had ten blockbusters there. parent company dish network announced yesterday it will close the remaining stores by mid january of next year. the chapter is closed. adam: what a dumb acquisition for that company, to buy a brick and mortar chain that was in bankruptcy and a satellite distributer buys it and says, oh, we're going to set up a storefront. lori: what's bugging dennis? >> there you go. adam: you're getting the last word. intrude away. we continue to follow twitter next year as dennis gives blockbuster the birdie. we want to hear from you. where will twitter shares be six months from now? tweet us all hour long. she lovef the same things you do. it's what youove about her. b

>> the price is for online and directv only $4.99 a month, it is much cheaper.ep a lot, most of the day and because of their hearing every ambulance passing by is very noisy for them, every door bell is noisy. we give them the right environment to relax and feel good and comfortable when they are home all day but also try to stimulate them so they feel playful during the day. the content is relaxation, stimulation, and an exposure contents which is good for their education. melissa: dogs, taking the shot of them, they have not bothered to look at dog tv the entire time they are here but they're more fascinated th what is going on in the studio. what is the difference for dogs between watching on tv and if you just left the regular tv on? >> so many people leave the tv on without dog tv on because it is a recommendation by the humane society. leave your tv on, it is better for them but a lot of animal channels or different channels, even this great channel wasn't designed for dogs. there are scary animals, commercial breaks, loud talking, not for a dog. what we d

. >> we on comcast, directv, but it makes sense to give them scale for competition.ime warner cable is a good operation. we don't own the stock. it is a reasonable expectation. they have planned out and jump once again. the announcement and the actual move. >> we tried to buy them when they're cheap, statistically. >> does it shock that your's that he does not get into the 60 cult stocks? is very easy to get sucked in. less talk about what you categorize as one or two or three or four names. >> linkedin, many of these companies have no earnings or the infant multiples this is like revisiting detectable that we had in 1999 and 2000. if you remember, companies like dell and cisco sold over 100 times earnings. i don't have to refresh your memory. liz: gateway. gateway was hot. a lot of those names either merge or went away. you believe that these names on your screen either the four super hot stocks to just stay away from for now. and yet people said that a year ago, and it has jumped to the moon. >> well, benjamin gramm, and he used to refer to this as the greater fool

uverse from at&t fios directv and dish. it's a different world competitively than it might have been a number of years ago. the key consideration would not be -- it would be fcc and whether they would allow a deal to happen. >> thank you so much. great work breaking the story today for us. milestones on wall street meanwhile, this week. if history repeats itself investors may be a little more thanksful next week. that's not just because of turkey. wall street's money pros will explain coming up. >>> one week before black friday, the big shopping day, the head of bon ton stores will speak with me exclusively for opening up on thanksgiving day. shorter shopping season is already giving him a case of shopping blues. >> it's a new currency. >> billionaire entrepreneur richard branson is pumped up about bitcoin. should you be? as it gains wider acceptance. you're watching the "closing bell" on cnbc, first in business worldwide. ♪ ♪ ♪ stacy's mom has got it goin' on ♪ ♪ stacy's mom has got it goin' on ♪ ♪ stacy's mom has got it g

he's featured in two documentaries on jfk on directv and pbs. it's good to have you guys.u went on to taft. and you say the golden age of journalism. talk about that -- that progression. >> well, i've always been interested in t.r. i mean, he's fascinating, colorful, wild. the kind of person you want to live with for seven years, which i did. but there was so many good biographies on him i knew i needed an angle just like i did with "lincoln: team of rivals." so i got interested in mr. taft. he turns out to be a far more sympathetic creature than i had known. >> not a lot of books on daft. >> i found out he and roosevelt had a much deeper friendship than i had possibly been aware of. they met in early 30s. they would write to each other. roosevelt would say my beloved taft. they were new reformers. roosevelt hands picks him to be president in 1908. runs his campaign. says stop playing golf. it's a rich man's game. you shouldn't be looking like it. get thinner. then gets tisdisappointed in tas presidency. comes back. runs against him. the echoes of the past never left. >> t

now, up 80% on an ipo priced at $26. >> content costs are a lot lower. >> but i'm on twitter, not directvhat i mean? >> i do. i do. it's a lot bigger than netflix, by the way, and tesla. >> if you own it, you own it. understand, like, it's still a stock in the end. it's better to be on twitter than to own a share of twitter. i understand the love is powerful. >> you stuck around for an extra hour today. thank you for that, jim. >> thank you, guys. >> we'll see you tonight. tell me who you got. >> eugene wendy's, until today, formerly growth stocks. [ laughter ] >> wendy's. yeah. okay, 3-2, at least a positive comp. >> they're killing the stock. no indication, by the way, that the bacon cheeseburger is not good. >> don't tell kelly. >> have you ever had anything that's fattening? >> are you kidding me? >> no. >> we'll see you tonight. >> thanks, guys. >>> a lot more special coverage of twitter with the wall street debut. stock is up 82%. 47.52. back in a minute. (announcer) scottrade knows our clients trade and invest their own way. with scottrade's smart text, i can quickly understand my

service reselling their content without paying a cut, blumberg says time warner cable, charter and directvif they withstand a challenge by broadcasters at the u.s. supreme court the cable guys could get more clout like cbs time warner blackout, picking broadcaster's $3 billion a year but the threat could tap that. the video on weiner owned by disney and comcast said be in talks with big cable to talk about screening. netflix use in similar talks. 50 ships of flop. comcast universal says the movie based on the bondage novel won't come out until 2015, six month delay just in time for valentine's day if you find and cups and leather masks to the romantic. this after sons of anarchy stood backed out of the lead role in reports he feared 50 shades would turn into a turkey showgirl. cheryl: you are wrong about that. cheryl: hold on a second. gold rebounding after hitting not one month well as copper sinks to the lowest level in three months. we head to the cme and phil flynn. >> in china the gold is lighting up, they were very disappointed in china with his four day communist party leader who wa

defile automotive, directv, liberty media, michael kors, aol and 211th century fox report results beforee'll hear from tesla motors and zillow. >>> now, google wants to help you out. that's very nice of them. they want to launch a new help house sur way today. so apparently you'll be able to offer many things. google at teamed up with around 1,000 topics in fitness and other topics. sessions can run a few minutes to several hours and pricing is set by the individual expert. goose t google will apparently take 20% of whatever fee has been charged. we are asking viewers today, would you use this new service from google? and what would you use it for? joe tweeted in to say i would ask google to help me understand women. he said i don't know if even google will be able to do that, even with their their cash they may not be able to come up with the research for that. keep your responses coming in. worldwide@cnbc.com, tweet @cnbcwex or at the direct to me @rosswestgate. i think i say to my producer, men are easier to understand. yes? no. we'll come back in just a few moments. risks and capture

they put that back in before you had dish and directv, for example, really competing fiercely and owningelf. >> those stocks have made so much money and better run, too. >> his remarks in his final conference call were very interesting and we highlighted them a couple of weeks ago where he talked about consolidation. he's soon good deals and bad. time warner and aol one reason you don't want to. >> when people look at time warner cable and what chart ser hope they go will do by continuing to push this is they will question management, question whether these are the right guys to run the company and whether they've made decisions, such as cbs that, resulted certainly in subscriber losses and therefore it's a bad management decision. that's what they're banking on, the idea that this combined company, if charter were to prevail, would be run by tom rutledge, john malone would be a significant holder of the combination and therefore you would get a better execution. that would be disputed by time warner cable and ron marcus and also hey, a charter deal, they just want us to lever up our own

dish only added 35,000 new subscribers compared to 135 at rival directv. >>> hedge fund billionaire danork times" conference. we'll tell you what he had to say. >>> plus, virgin airlines posting a high result. david cush will tell us where the company goes from here later this hour. >>> plus, ken burns' legendary names, how is the rise of netflix affecting his career? we'll ask him about that and the latest film in a few minutes. >>> how's this for a resume? father of the ipod, senior vp of apple, author of 300 patents, and now ceo of a home-automation company. yes, tony will be here to tell us how he's making your home smarter and less annoying. >>> first, we're watching shares of u.s. airways group. david is holding a phone, not sure if he wants to answer it or go on tv. >> holding the phone. let's quickly talk here. i will call you right back. you know, we have -- obviously, we have a halt here, and in u.s. airways, amr is bankrupt, if you recall. but there's going to be equity -- potential equity recover value for those in the equity value of amr. we can anticipate here and perhaps

we have quarterly results coming from directv, michael kors and aol before the bell. aol's ceo tim armstrong will join us first on cnbc at 7:10 eastern time, just a little while from now. after the bell, watch for results from tesla. the white house resumed a schedule of east wing and resident tours today. they were canceled in march due to secret service staffing reductions. >>> richmond fed president jeff lacker and john williams will be delivering remarks at separate events. that could move markets. we're going to get our own taste of fed speak when fed boston erica rosengren joins steve liesman live on this broadcast. >> andrew, thank you. >>> calling it a lopsided and misleading portrait of the people at amazon, mac kenzy slams her husband's, jeff bezos book. >> and just reading some of what she said, you know, to make a book interesting, sometimes you need to embellish or things that may seem small at the time to people involved, that becomes -- i've seen that happen. >> i think they took some of the narrative tricks to make it happen. this is a book that jeff b