robert iger will add chairman to his title in march and step down as disney c.e.o. in 2015. during his six-year run as c.e.o. he increased disney's value by a third. he's also credited with reinvigorating the company, highlighted by the acquisition of pixar animation and marvel entertainment. >> tom: another big american company general motors is putting the brakes on plans to add a second shift at the factory making its chevy volt electric cars. g.m. will make one shift more efficient so it can produce the same number of cars as two shifts. fewer than 4,000 volt's have been sold far less than g.m. sales 2011 target of 10,000. its main competition-- the nissan leaf currently is outselling the volt with more than 6,000 sold between december and august. >> tom: a rally through june, a summer swoon and then higher prices that was the forecast for both stocks and metal prices last spring from tonight's market monitor. he's mark lebovit. the chief market strategist at vrgoldletterdotcom. congratulations, the number one u.s. gold timer, so congratulations on that horn. >> thank you

c.e.o. of disney and they couldn't agree on pixar. and when -- came in he cultivated steve and they were able to make a dial. >> steve had strg opinions about the structure of the industry. but if you look at the original music deals that he company. they r8 defined a platform of monitor-- modernization of music that people were looking for for years. he literally pushed it himself. he said there will be a platform. this is seven or eight years ago. there will be a platform. you will have this pricing. you will like it, we will make it happen. so he used clever negotiating skills to establish a platform that millions of people use today. and it served as a basis for modernization for content for many years in the future, i think. >> there is also this, marc, his relationip to bill gates. bill gates was, they even made a movie about the two of them. bill gates was coming along when steve originally was in the comput business with wozniak and developing the first apple. and bill gates was developing microsoft and software. what was that

c.e.o. of edison international. he's been a board member for nonprofit organizations as well as for major corporations in our country. boeing, disney, some of the great success stories of our country. he has extensive experience working on international issues through his work at edison international and as chair of the pacific council on international policy. and i am convinced that if he's confirmed as secretary of commerce today, he's going to focus on increasing american exports, and he will be a superb ambassador, helping american companies while looking to expand across the globe. this is a person who has already proven his ability to be able to deal with people in other countries, with other companies. and i'm confident about his ability to perform this task. his previous experience exposed him to the importance of innovation and technology at a vital time for the information economy. and his department is now leading the administration in its efforts on issues ranging from privacy to spectrum reform. i am confident he is the right person to help make that process work. i also know his work on competitiveness means that he w