as i thought but i why would i do this kind of a thing to an exchange when i just get a hold of general mills and sold them forward on my crop and and deal with it that way i mean if i've got to take the risk of general mills going bankrupt or somebody like john course i'm doing something like this i think i'd rather deal with general mills you know you're making a really interesting point i kind of want to hammer it home are you kind of saying what is the point of having a segregated accounts and using exchanges if you're going to just of buyable to lose your money as you would be by doing something over the counter exactly i mean that the entire point of regulated exchanges is that you don't have counterparty risk because the exchange is supposed to stand between every buyer and every seller and make sure that the trades are good and part of that is guaranteeing that margin deposits are safe because when you sell fluid you're not allowed to use that money that's your guarantee that you're actually going to perform if that is gone then for producers and consumers that used these markets ever

both conagra and general mills expect the next six months to be stronger as recent price hikes take hold and that's tonight's "market focus." >> suzanne: for many americans, coffee is more than a cup of joe that wakes them up in the morning; it's almost a fine wine. a small coffee importer is cashing in on the premium coffee craze in a unique way. as we continue our series "conscious capital," diane eastabrook shows us how crop to cup is making money by empowering coffee farmers. >> reporter: there are coffee hounds, and then there are coffee connoisseurs. they flock to ipsento on chicago's northwest side, where coffee is roasted onsite, then served up with steamed milk or without. >> wow, it's big. it's unique. this is an espresso. >> reporter: coffee is 30-year- old jacob elster's life. he co-founded crop to cup four years ago after working on social projects with coffee farmers in africa. the company buys coffee directly from growers in uganda and burundi who practice sustainable farming. it then sells the product directly to coffee houses like ipsento, and to consumers over its web s

both conagra and general mills expect the next six months to be stronger as recent price hikes take hold and that's tonight's "market focus." >> suzanne: for many americans, coffee is more than a cup of joe that wakes them up in the morning; it's almost a fine wine. a small coffee importer is cashing in on the premium coffee craze in a unique way. as we continue our series "conscious capital," diane eastabrook shows us how crop to cup is making money by empowering coffee farmers. >> reporter: there are coffee hounds, and then there are coffee connoisseurs. they flock to ipsento on chicago's northwest side, where coffee is roasted onsite, then served up with steamed milk or without. >> wow, it's big. it's unique. this is an espresso. >> reporter: coffee is 30-year- old jacob elster's life. he co-founded crop to cup four years ago after working on social projects with coffee farmers in africa. the company buys coffee directly from growers in uganda and burundi who practice sustainable farming. it then sells the product directly to coffee houses like ipsento, and to consumers over its web s

both conagra and general mills expect the next six months to be stronger as recent price hikes take hold and that's tonight's "market focus." >> suzanne: for many americans, coffee is more than a cup of joe that wakes them up in the morning; it's almost a fine wine. a small coffee importer is cashing in on the premium coffee craze in a unique way. as we continue our series "conscious capital," diane eastabrook shows us how crop to cup is making money by empowering coffee farmers. >> reporter: there are coffee hounds, and then there are coffee connoisseurs. they flock to ipsento on chicago's northwest side, where coffee is roasted onsite, then served up with steamed milk or without. >> wow, it's big. it's unique. this is an espresso. >> reporter: coffee is 30-year- old jacob elster's life. he co-founded crop to cup four years ago after working on social projects with coffee farmers in africa. the company buys coffee directly from growers in uganda and burundi who practice sustainable farming. it then sells the product directly to coffee houses like ipsento, and to consumers over its web s

general mills fell. sinking due too to higher costs. red hat plunged after forecasting lower than expected revenue. after the bell, nike rose on higher than quarterly profit. thanks to high shoe demand. oracle tumbled late as earnings fell short of estimates for the first time in a decade. and jabil fell in late trade after missing on revenue. police raided the tokyo headquarters of olympus today, part of a fraud, corruption and coverup probe that has shaken faith in corporate japan. new york city will surpass a record 50 million visitors this year, providing an estimated $32 billion in tourist spending. >>> finally, thought to be lost for decades, orson welles' oscar for "citizen kane" was sold at auction for $62,000. the loser was magician david copperfield. >>> the buckeyes get bopped. college football bowl action. rangers and devils drop the glove almost before the puck hits the ice. plus, known as the hitman during his playing days, now you might call dodger manager don mattingly the nutcracker. is that for real? your early morning

general mills fell. red hat plunged after forecasting lower than expected revenue. after the bell, nike rose on higher than quarterly profit. oracle tumbled late as earnings fell short of estimates for the first time in a decade. and jabil fell in late trade after missing on revenue. police raided the tokyo headquarters of olympus today, part of a fraud, corruption and cover joup probe that has shaken face in corporate japan. new york city will surpass a record 50 million visitors this year, providing an estimated $32 billion in tourist spending. >>> finally, thought to be lost for decades, orson welles' oscar for "citizen kane" was so you would at auction for $62,000. >>> the buckeyes get bopped. college football bowl action. rangers and devils drop the glove almost before the puck hits the ice. plus, known as the hitman during his playing days, now you might call dodger manager don mattingly the nutcracker. is that for real? your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> we're still waiting for winter in the east. warm temperatures and rain today. you

general mills fell. red hat plunged after forecasting lower than expected revenue.er the bell, nike rose on higher quarterly profit. oracle tumbled late as earnings fell short of estimates for the first time in a decade. and jabil fell in late trade after missing on revenue. police raided the tokyo headquarters of olympus today, part of a fraud, corruption and coverup probe that has shaken faith in corporate japan. new york city will surpass a record 50 million visitors this year, providing an estimated $32 billion in tourist spending. >>> finally, thought to be lost for decades, orson welles' oscar for "citizen kane" was sold at auction for $860,000. >>> the buckeyes get bopped. college football bowl action. rangers and devils drop the gloves almost before the puck hits the ice. plus, known as the hitman during his playing days, now you might call dodger manager don mattingly the nutcracker. this will haunt him for a long time. your first look at sports is straight ahead. ♪ i think i'm falling ♪ i think i'm falling ♪ ♪ i think i'm falling ♪ i think i'm falling ♪ i

working group tested 84 popular brands and found kellogg's honey smacks, post golden crisp and general millsies fuel have 20 grams of sugar in a 1 cup serving. that's equivalent to a twinkie. experts suggest mixing high sugar cereal with a low one as an alternative. no. 4, the government will not make the morning after pill available without a prescription to girls under the age of 17. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius overruled the fda's recommendation. now it's only available to women 17 or older without a prescription. no. 3, you can control many of the risk factors for breast cancer. a new report says women should worry less about environmental risks and more about lifestyle factors like weight, drinking and using menopause hormones. no. 2, help make a child's holiday dream come true. amtrak and mark are collecting toys at union station tomorrow for the annual toys for tots campaign. passengers are encouraged to bring a new unwrapped toy. you can make a monetary donation. look for the toy collection box. no. 1 tonight, d.c.'s snow team ready to hit the streets go 45 m

. >> groups like best buy, general mills, the mosaic company, u-care, a health insurance provider. because they've got somali staff, they can see it more quickly and then the rest of the staff and the rest of the company comes around behind them and shows some solidarity. >> arc has used its donations to run a hospital in the somali capital, mogadishu. the recession at home has not hurt contributions. the group says people tend to be more sympathetic and responsive in tough times. larger donors, though, need more convincing that their dollars, should they contribute, will bring enduring change over the long term in addition to easing the immediate suffering. for "religion and ethics newsweekly," this is fred de sam lazaro in minneapolis. >>> in other news, republican presidential hopefuls continue their outreach to religious voters. in iowa, six of the candidates took the stage last week at an event called the thanksgiving family forum. the event was hosted by a conservative religious group and took place in a des moines church. the candidates were asked questions about their faith

across the global industry to additional joint ventures and traditional merger models kelloggs general mills leslie and units of kraft foods are suing a crisi egg suppliers in a price fixing scheme ... businesses are now spying on customer iss to note behavior in stores beyond anything having to do with theft to you tend to shop beyond your means? instead of heading to the sale rack like your budget tells you to do do you sometimes go for the luxury instead here is advice on how to know if you are spending is out of control ... we have jennifer weigel of trib- u ... it's a very individual thing ... one person's form of luxury differs from another's ... so you need to ask yourself what does this expenditure mean in my life? you need to know if you're having it is harmful ... are there any telltale signs? are you hiding things from your spouse are you lying about your spending ... and set limits allocate your credit card for certain types of ... and then there are those misconceptions about quality when shopping ... we spoke to some narrow specialistsbrain specialists about behavior'ss when it

and some major brand cereal was good ratings got were mini wheats, general wheats cheeroes and general mills kix. >> living social is amping up funding efforts but warren buffet makes a big investment in solar. let's go to emily chang with today's after the bell report. >> that is right. warren buffet is making a big bet on the struggling solar industry, buying topaz sollar farm. the farm is under construction in san luis obispo. it's one of the largest projects in the world. nouf power 160,000 homes. first, solar shares rose on the news, closing up more than 4% today, but shares down 63% so far this year because of the struggling industry. we know the solar farm is worth more than $2 billion. and online coupon provider living social lined up a new $400 kblinl round of funding giving it a value of $6 billion this, is according to people with direct knowledge of the situation. and this is coming from both existing and new backers and talked about raising $1 kbrinl in an ipo. they shifted plans after other companies face turbulent debuts in the public markets. groupon being the best example of

plastic bags earlier this year and it will go into effect on new year's day and is expected to generate 1 mill million dollars in new revenue. >>> as the season winds down a reminder for recycle your paper and trees. trees can be taken to the citizen drop off center through identity jan. if you can't drop off your tree put it out on your regularly scheduled trash day during january, just make sure all tinsel and ornaments are remove. >>> now a live look outside. not too bad of an afternoon temperature-wise. clouds have been in and out all day too, so what is in store for the rest of the week and the new year holiday? for that answer we head over to marty bass. >> hello, good afternoon, everybody. those clouds as you mentioned at the top of the show, that is a big push of warm air moving our way. let's take a look at a couple of graphics. it is most welcome too because right now it is 10 degrees chillier than at this time yesterday. we are looking at a temperature on tv hill of 38. we will eventually get to about 44, which this time of the year is normal. but nobody is going to say 38 to 44 is

. >> groups like best buy, general mills, the mosaic company, health care insurance providers, because they've got somali stuff. they can see it more quickly. and then the rest of the stuff and the rest of the company comes around behind them and shows solidarity. >> reporter: it has used its donations to run a hospital in the somali capital mogadishu but there's always more to be done says this person who works in refugee camps along ethiopia's border with somali for the group doctors without borders. >> it's important to point out that the emergency is not over. it's ongoing. we continue to see people coming, and these people are living here in the camps. and they are in great need of assistance. >> reporter: one of the biggest challenges is to keep attention focused on ongoing crises like that in the horn of africa. even as they recede from headlines or get buried by bigger headlines about a new disaster. >> ifill: fred's reporting is a partnership with the undertold stories project at st. mary's university in minnesota. >> woodruff: next, a critical meeting between europe's key lea

killer who was the ceo of times mirror -- he got that title -- he used to be the cochairman of general mills where they made all the cereal, and the staff of "the los angeles times" was phenomenal -- if the staff of "los angeles times" would have done as well with coming up with nick names as doing the story they wouldn't have problem. he came in and started cutting things, cutting staff. closed new york news day and he got that name. but when the tribune bought it, mark willis didn't know that the tribune was buying the company. they bought it when hi wasn't even looking. it was kind of a nice little back-stabbing drama that played out in a place where they literally made drama in los angeles. i think because they were trying to really do the deal in secret, a lot of things that we should have known about, that we didn't know about, came back to haunt us later, and the company got -- the things we didn't know about, like a huge tax case, circulation problems at news day and circulation fraud -- all of these things came back to haunt us and put us in troubled conditions which made us vulnera

though mark willis, the cereal killer, the ceo of times mirror -- he used to be the cochairman of general mills where they made all the cereal, and the staff of the l.a. times -- if the staff of the l.a. times had done as well with journalism as coming up with nicknames we wouldn't be here. they nickname him mark the cereal killer because he came in and started cutting things, cutting staff, and closed the new york news day, and he got that name. when the tribune bought is, mark willis didn't know that the tribune was buying the company. they bought it when he wasn't looking. just kind of a nice little backstabbing drama that played out in place where they literally made drama in los angeles and because they were trying to do the neil secre

he used to be the co-chairman of general mills where they made all the cereal, and the staff of "the l.a. times" was phenomenal. if the staff of "the l.a. times" would have done as well at journalism as they did at coming up with nicknames we wouldn't be talking about this because they did a great time. they nicknamed mark the cereal killer. he came in right away cutting things and cutting staff. he went and closed new york news day. therefore he got that name. but when tribune bought it, mark willis didn't know that the tribune was buying the company. they bought it when he wasn't even looking. it was kind of a nice little back-stabbing drama played out in a place where they literally made drama in los angeles. and i think because they were trying to really do the deal in secret, a lot of things that we should have known about that we didn't know about came back to haunt us later and the company got in this, the things we didn't know about like a huge tax case, circulation problems at "newsday" and the circulation fraud, all of these sort of things came back to haunt us and really b

scored a hat trick that's not united trash ten ronald reagan five mill to go level on points with league leaders manchester city star general no with aston villa in a drubbing with an darby and controversial penalty everton told one one to sunderland and six he failed to score in the week for the first time this season because they were frustrated by west brom in a goal is now by ten swords so often all those games the big winners at the top united and tottenham city remain first with a five dollar vantage over united spurs a thirty seven points off the leaders with a game in hand chelsea stay fourth and arsenal take off those three draws and you can also he's also got it on friday all seven pts have only lost twice in their travels. but at the bottom but when remain five points adrift despite that draw down field goal to stay second lot of things we can stay in the drop zone and a goal difference today countering the defeat of old trafford while wolves grabbed a lifeline with their draw at arsenal. let's move on to figure skating where russians yevgeny plushenko has talked up his chances at the sochi winter games in twenty

mills here. copper, general electric, western electric, those places defend industry so men that migrated from the south from virginia, north carolina, south carolina looking for a better life, work as laborers, unskilled laborers in the steel mills and the shipyards. this allowed men to present positive fixtures and role models within their homes and communities. we studied migratory patterns in baltimore, you could come from north carolina, reside in the 1200 block of eager street and all those folks in the 1200 block were related and they weren't related but they married into one another's families and so they established strong, profound sense of pride in community. the ensuing decline in the defense industry and steel industry going to japan changed--the largest employer in baltimore metropolitan area is the johns hopkins health care so the paradigm has shifted from men to women. although life wasn't perfect in these neighborhoods and what was described. i'm talking about most of the communities were functional. similar regions married families. this happens not only in baltimore, washington,

mills. southbound 97 at general ciba, dealing with an accident there.iew of traffic. here is what it looks like at o'donnell. backed up getting towards peace. accident on the shoulder. live view of traffic on the west side. northwest corner is a heavy towards edmondson. tony has a check on your forecast. >> so far so good this morning. a little cold, and nothing else to talk about with a bang-wise. we started out in the upper teens and 20s. we will continue to warm up as we head into the afternoon. it will be warmer than yesterday. today most of you a sneak into the low 50s. mostly sunny skies. it should stay dry. chance for a few rainshowers on thursday. maybe a little bit of light rain or snow. >> we will have another update at 8:55. ♪ >>> 8:30 now on a tuesday morning. it's the 13th day of december 2011. you know it's a beautiful day here in new york city, not a cloud in the sky, a little chilly, 33 degrees, but that makes it holiday weather, and we've got the group pennetpenta collecting toys for the toy drive. they're winners of nbc's "the sing-off

mills discover the arctic circle on r.t.e. . welcome to the future new year's wishes on technology updates next generation playthings made from super strong cultural lightly building materials good health with the help of nuclear isotopes a cleaner planet thanks to the revolutionary ways to get rid of our growing landfills and a long list of russian innovators. pleased to. welcome back to the spotlight on an album love and just a reminder that my guests on the show today are out xander smile yes he and diego would have been a participant of the morris five hundred experiment an experiment in which a trip to mars was simulated in a cap so in here in russia. diego your daily routine your daily schedule was eight eight nine eight and hours of sleep eight hours a work and eight hours at least. like in the army what do you think this. right this is the right thing to do or you have you would have shifted a little bit or it changed that's the average you know in hours and hours and hours but there were some days in which you were working more and more than eight hours you could have easily and some days in which you have less workload th

mill stone around his neck. you are in southern new hampshire. a lot of general practitioners in new hampshire are picking up a lot of customers from massachusetts who can't get to see a primary care physician in their own state. how do you think romney care is going to play with the voters of new hampshire? >> governor romney has come out and said he will repeal obamacare. that is the biggest issue for voters in new hampshire, one size fits from all coming from washington, washington telling us what to do. new hampshire voters don't appreciate that. governor romney is strong on that. as soon as he gets into office he'll make sure that we do not fund obamacare. also, as we go forward with the health care act we will work to repeal it and get it done as soon as possible. i look to supporting him in that effort. >> when you look at some of the other candidates in the race, ron paul is in the lead in the iowa polls. if those heavy snowstorm he is going win because his guys are motivated and get out there. is that going to destabilize the primary race in new hampshir

mill water main break, that is until the ground was dug up for repairs. the surprising find found under the home that has the owners angry. >>> more than loose change, the generous donation dropped into salvation army by an anonymous donor. >> not looking for a white christmas in the bay area unless you count the frost in the morning. people are now dead. more than >> they're still finding bodies from the horrific storm in the philippines, more than 650 people are now dead. 900 others are still missing tonight. the tropical storm is washing flash floods on the iland that usually doesn't get it. >>> former czech president has died, the hero of the velvet revolution that split it into two countries. he was nominated several times for the nobel peace prize. he was 75. >>> a giant distribution line ruptured causing a water main line to break. the break happened just off interstate 80. they found a surprising discovery under the house. >> reporter: repairs continue to be made at the large water main break. once crews dug up the pavement, they discovered another line. they say it's used to move petroleum products. it's now been drained. the neighbors say they were sho

generator and it goes up and down. it is designed to help increase security here at anne arundel mills mall. just in time for the holidays, anne arundel mills mall gets a gift, a lift, and a mobile tower that rises 59 feet in the air giving security officers a better view. >> they have a vantage point to see over the vehicles to see what is happening in the parking lot. >> is people are out your for the wrong reasons, we will look out for them. >> there joining forces with the closed circuit tv cameras, bike patrols. >> they patrol the interior in the exterior 24/7/0365. this is another element that people are not accustomed to. it will help the criminal see this to go somewhere else, but also the customers will see it and feel shock -- plc for about shopping here. >> this was the scene of a fatal double shooting involving people who knew each other and was not a random act. it caused managers and staff to once again review security and think about other ways to make improvements. >> our heart and prayers go out to those people and we were affected as well. our family and friends shop here a

mills. still, koppers, a general lack, etc., the defense industry -- men that migrated from the south, from virginia, north carolina, south carolina, wanting a better life and establishing their families, they worked as labor spirit there were unskilled laborers in the steel mills -- as unskilled labor. they were unskilled laborers in the steel mills. you could reside on the 1200 block of eager street and all of those folks that came from kingston north carolina lived on the 1200 block of eager street. they were related and were not related. they married into one another's family. they established a strong and profound sense of pride and community. with the decline of the defense industry and the steel industry going to japan, this changed. now the largest employer in baltimore metropolitan area is health care. the paradigm has shifted from men to women. all the love was not perfect in these neighborhoods and totally free of violence, most of these communities were functional. this happens not only in baltimore, washington, philadelphia, new york, hartford, all endowed the east coast and ma

generate $1 million next year, some of it to be used for water and litter clean-up. >>> rg steel laying off some employees. at least some of the workers at the sparrows point mill will be laid off. a statement released by the maryland department of labor says the workers can start making their claims to the state and are calling the layoffs temporary. apparently the company told union leaders who then told the state that work is going to begin again at some point in the first quarter of 2012. >>> iowa caucuses days away. on tuesday voters head to the polls to decide who will be the potential gop candidate. newt gingrich once believed to be the frontrunner but no more in the race. corrine redmond standing by with new leaders and someone making a surge. >> reporter: it's been a campaigns of ups and downs for the candidates. at least now it looks like mitt romney is the person to beat. according to a new poll romney tops the republican field in the hawkeye state with 25%. ron paul comes in second with 22%. and rick santorum surged to third place with 16%. the shocker, newt gingrich, on top three weeks ago landed in fourth place. gingrich and romney now have anothe

mill road. police are saying very little about the suspect. they say he is wanted in mississippi. >>> the virginia attorney general has his eyes set on the governor's mansion. he has decided to run for governor in 2013. he served two terms in the state senate until he was elected attorney general a few years ago. he's become a favorite amongst virginia tea party voters. he's one of the first attorneys generals to file a lawsuit against president obama's health care law. he's been one of the most aggressive on immigration checks. virginia has a one-term limit, to the current governor cannot run for re-election. >>> a potential major change in how d.c., fire and ems crews work. chief kenneth ellerby suggested reducing shifts to 12 hours. right now, firefighters worked 24 hours straight just eight days a month. with the schedule, many live as far away as south carolina. ellerby says the change could save more than $30 million in expenses. but the union says it will fight the proposed changes. >>> new from overnight, former washington capitals coach bruce boudrei a u has a new gig. he will take over the ducks. ducks have within 3 of st. games. carlisle

generation of technology to that industry. what killed those -- what killed those textile industries were free trade agreements. they were among the most efficient mills in the world. they just couldn't stand up against the unfair competition from the chinese and their textile industry. so let's understand what's happening here. this bill would change the standard of providing the most protective standards that is feasible to providing a standard that picks the least costly approach, the least costly approach to protecting your hearing is to cover your ears. cover your ears while you're working on an airline factory, cover your ears while you're putting bags on an airline. cover your ears. that's the least costly. eye protection, close your eyes. cover your eyes. that's the least costly. that doesn't work in the workplaces of america. and the employers know it. the employers know it. . what do you say to an ironworker working on a bridge or skyscraper. hold on tight? we saw what happened when they went to the least costly effective restraints on workers working on skyscrapers in las vegas. they were killing them. record rate of killing construction wo