appreciate it. >> good evening. >> susie: we have been speaking with david garrity of gva research. you can find more apple analysis on our web site, nbc.com. >> tom: republican presidential hopeful mitt romney released his tax returns today, adding fuel to the debate over the fairness and economic impact of the tax code. romney immediately went on the offensive, charging president obama's policies on taxes and the economy would lead to more debt, decline and disappointment. for his part, president obama will argue in tonight's state of the union address the tax system is stacked against middle class americans. and to make his poin mr. obama is bringing along a special guest. darren gersh reports. >> reporter: debbie bosanek is about to become berkshire hathaway's second-most famous employee. the reason? she is the new face of the "buffett rule," which holds a billionaire like warren buffett should not pay a lower tax rate than his secretary, debbie bosanek. to drive the point home, bosanek will be sitting in a place of honor with the first lady at tonight's state of the union speec

david garrity is principal at gva research. he joins us from the nasdaq. david, it's great to see you. we've got to start with the size abandon earnings miss at google. the stock closed down at 639 in the regular serks down around 577 afterhours. is this a hiccup in its quarterly performance or something more sustainable tow worry about? >> well, i mean, the question for google is its exposure in terms of overseas markets. the price per click that the company realized was something of a disappointment. expect had been the pricing would improve in the quarter and it looked as if price per:00 fell about 8%, primarily due to weakness in europe and to the extent google has this exposure and to the extent europe isn't going to turn around quickly this might be something google has to work its way through. >> tom: how about any growth on the android side of the market, in that area, which has been seen for a future growth perhaps in the years ahead? >> android adoption remains very strong and it's, obviously, important for google because google wants to be as si