glaxo, without a lot of growth, phillip morris, just a best in show.ne of the best-performing stocks in the world. j & j, a problem there, smucker's, food, if i had to be in a food stock i would prefer kellogg. i don't like this grouping. i don't like the j & j and glaxo. let's sell some j & j. and bring in, you know what? why don't we bring it at wells fargo, u.s. bancorp, get financial in that and that would do it. "mad money" is back after the break. hello, how can i deliver world-class service for you today ? we gave people right off the street a script and had them read it. no, sorry, i can't help you with that. i'm not authorized to access that transaction. that's not in our policy. i will transfer you now. my supervisor is currently not available. would you like to hold ? that department is currently closed. have i helped you with everything you needed ? if your bank doesn't give you knowledgeable customer service 24/7, you need an ally. ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. >>> i want you to feel free to hold my feet to the fire when i mak

was that a one off or do you still want to own astra and glaxo? >> people in equity markets have been obsessed with growth. companies ceos, how can i grow the business, and shrinking is the new growth. so both have sort of been shrinking their share capital. astra in particular saying, actually, we can't really go and buy things or invest huge amounts of money so we're going to get right sized and generate the returns to shareholders. and actually shrinking companies can provide a lot of value. now that can last for one, two, three, four years but at some point both companies are going to have to go and find some new products because the patent is there. as you go over it you do decline rapidly. meantime, by right sizing your business you can generate with those margins attractive returns for shareholders. >> it wasn't just earnings in europe. we had some out in asia as well, christine. >> that's right. sony -- now we all know this company very well -- reporting a massive third quarter earnings hit after the bell today. the company, once the darli

how are the founding fathers would've handled the scenarios glaxo would happen if social networking sites were subject to the bill of rights? we have a fantastic group that works to dub and the subject starting with a lori andrews. professor andrew stripy super science, want to knowledge at illinois institute ologies of the professor herbert discusses the social impact of emerging technologies and is also a best-selling author and her latest book is entitled "i know who you are and i saw what you did": social networks from the data privacy. we honored she has chosen the national constitution center to launch this book to her. please join professor andrews for a hook signing after presentation. lock technology and social media and information on the blog, the not so private parties. before joining forthcoming i was editor about the law. she also has worked for such publications as the week in "washtington examiner." jennifer presson is a staff writer at "the new york times" where she covers relationship associate me with politics, government, business and your life. ms. preston took off th

how are the founding fathers would've handled the scenarios glaxo would happen if social networking sites were subject to the bill of rights? we have a fantastic group that works to dub and the subject starting with a lori andrews. professor andrew stripy super science, want to knowledge at illinois institute ologies of the professor herbert discusses the social impact of emerging technologies and is also a best-selling author and her latest book is entitled "i know who you are and i saw what you did": social networks from the data privacy. we honored she has chosen the national constitution center to launch this book to her. please join professor andrews for a hook signing after presentation. lock technology and social media and information on the blog, the not so private parties. before joining forthcoming i was editor about the law. she also has worked for such publications as the week in "washtington examiner." jennifer presson is a staff writer at "the new york times" where she covers relationship associate me with politics, government, business and your life. ms. preston took off th

glaxo had to find a way to generate it in a way that is there. we are letting the bush tax cuts go back to where they were. they are limiting the value of the top two% of americans. it would generate the base. if he made the other ones, you could generate a reasonable ravana direction plan and meet yourself with a better and more efficient tax system. he can do it either of those two ways. we have a bit of a problem. this is what you have to do. >> these are the free markets that we all seem to have bought into. it is the notion that at the end of this year we ought to have the payroll tax go back to where it used to be. it seems to me that if we are concerns about reforming the tax code it would make a lot of sense to find a way to continue in the future with a lower payroll tax as an incentive for more people to be hired in jobs. i know we got ourselves into this by saying we would fund social security there a payroll tax. if we had another way to fund a social security that would allow us to cut it permanently, they said it is not a permanent