. >> reporter: i'm suzanne pratt in east hampton, new york. still ahead, we'll update you on one summer business that's still warming up. >> tom: the wall street firm at the center of the latest electronic trading problem has lost more of its market value than what it lost due to the glitch. adding to the pressure, knight capital group also may be losing business. >> tom: knight shares are down 70% since it's technology break- down yesterday morning caused huge price swings in almost 150 stocks. the drop has shrunk its market value by more than $700 million. the firm estimates its loss from the trading software problems will be $440 million. knight trading handles billions of dollars of stock trading volume every day, routing buy and sell orders. several customers such as t.d. ameritrade stopped routing trades through knight yesterday after knight asked firms to stop. t.d. ameritrade hasn't returned its business to knight yet. a spokesperson tells n.b.r., "we will make changes once we are certain that there will be no impact on the client expe

in the hamptons, talk about h p hampto hamptons, playground for the super rich. hundreds of homes on the market. we have a cottage which is for rent this summer, still available, three bedrooms, two baths, not much of a bargain, but the fact that it's available is news here. for a higher budget, we have this eight bedroom place, and it's $275,000 for a month. it's cheaper than the one that beyonce and jay-z are renting, that one is $400,000. sales in the hamptons up 9%, the highest level in six years, so a lot of potential renters have purchased. there's still deals out there, maybe we could do a hampton's bureau. >> that would be great, we can skype in. let's get back to jane, how far have prices fallen in compton? >> here i am from the compton bureau, how far have prices fallen here, here is that report from 2005. all righty. it was a great report from 2005, because my hair was shorter, and i think i look better now, prices back then were well over $300,000. since then they have fallen nearly 50%. it is still 40% below the current medium price in l.a. county, b

are reached reached no one believes that it's you know unsafe to be behind a privet hedge in east hampton imagine capital formation that there's a requirement for capital formation but today we've got central banks the. you are keeping interest rates near zero percent and of course of interest rates are near zero percent and the currencies that represent those interest rates don't offer any return on investment so they don't attract any investors and if you don't have people invested in currencies that are generating some kind of return a sump savings scheme and then you don't have any capital that capital is based on a savings and you can't have capitalism without capital and yet the central bankers feel that you don't need capital to create a system of capitalism there's no there's no interest rates attractive to anyone out there so you end up with all of all of the activity all the primary can i take anomic activity in the g twenty countries is is almost entirely speculative it's just gaming the system playing game theory trying to figure out what one has funds doing versus another hed

the lives out in the hamptons in new york and he was expressing genuine fear that a vet he could see where the populist uprising could result in people finding him and his buddies out there and seeking retribution for having destroyed the economy so these these top one percent or top one percent of the one percent are expressing openly their fear of a populist uprising so my question is i guess. it what you're describing in terms of what needs to be done clearly it's a possibility because there's no money for it and there is no there's no tolerance to allow the system to crash like in iceland for example that had to go through the crash first before it came through so that leaves popular on rust right well you know put a little differently i do think that we're going to we're facing tremendous problems with capital formation and there are four available money and available wealth to do the stuff we've got to do but i also think that reality will drag us are less kicking and screaming into this new way of living and i also believe that societies are essentially emerging in nature and

in a kind of a systematic and intelligent way and you know this whole business about you know the hamptons and the elite and you know what may be the destiny of them i think that in history what you get is reversionary times that are simply you know not evident in till they happen you know until the moment that these tipping points are reached and these these moments of inflection are reached reached no one believes that it's you know unsafe to be behind the privet hedge in east hampton you mention capital formation that there's a requirement for capital formation but today we've got central banks who are keeping interest rates near zero percent and of course of interest rates are near zero percent the currencies that represent those interest rates don't offer any return on investment they don't attract any investors and if you don't have people invested in currencies that are generating some kind of return a sump savings scheme then you don't have any capital that capital is based on savings and you can't have capitalism without capital and yet the central bankers feel that you don't need

mines the hamptons for campaign cash."ble standard. >>guest: the hypocrisy and double standards are outrageous. they have always been. the stale has been set, certainly throughout obama's administration, but, also, certainly since the advent of occupy wall street. the table has been set for class warfare. the head minutes are part of the class warfare idea, that romney is big & rich and wealthy in the hamptons with the elite and 1 percent, and, here is president obama, with george clooney and spielberg. >> class warfare. may i point out, anna wintour. and we're talking elitism. can we hear this a second? well, here we go. i am so lucky in my work i can meet the most incredible women in the world like sarah jessica parker and michelle obama. i was born and raised in england and so was shes i believe, and talk about class elitism, there you have it. >>guest: absolutely. look, the idea that president obama is trying to run as a man of the people, and romney is the out of touch rich guy, when he is bringing out these people in

university, hampton substitute an it was there then. in 1881 he traveled to alabama he was invited to be the founding principal of it's key go substitute as it was then. us key go was created on the model of hampton as a school to educate teachers at the end of slavery, of course, education was very much needed by the freed month and very much wanted and to have education you have to have teachers. hampton had been created to educate teachers. it's key go was created on the same model. by 1900 it's key go was a very successful school. washington had several attributes that con tributed to. he was a good teachers a hard workers. he was a brilliant fund-raiser. he spent a lot of time traveling up forth making speeches and shrills iting donation. and tuskegee was a thriving institution. in 1885 he a opportunity that thrust him in the limelight he was invited to be a speaker at the atlantic cotton exhibition. he was a world fair. he was the only african-american speaker. he spoke for five minutes giving a speech that was positive and upbeat

the 23-year-old graduate of hampton university in hampton, virginia, will compete in the 400 meters andour by four relay. it is nearly an all-out sprint for a full lap around the track. >> it is a tough race, but if you have faith in god and faith in yourself and faith in your training, and what you've been working towards, it can be fun. it is all about your mindset. >> reporter: francinea is definitely focused. she puts it into work on the track and in the weight room. her training paid off in june, when she placed third at the u.s. olympic trials, earning a spot on team u.s.a. >> it was just great to see my dream unfold before my eyes. >> reporter: she already has one gold medal on her resume. she anchored team u.s.a. in victory at the world championships in korea last year. but there is something special about olympic gold. she says hearing the national anthem at the olympics would be a dream come true. ♪ >> i can't even describe the feeling, you know. last year at world championships, i got the opportunity, and it was so much emotion. at first i thought, you know, i'm going to stan

let's hope for good things for a friday morning, hampton. >> well, let's hope so. right now we're starting out with futures flat to slightly higher after stocks beat a retreat yesterday the pull back spurred in part by comments from the fed president on cnbc. he threw water on the notion that the fed is closer to new measures to boost the economy a day after minutes from the last fed meeting suggested they may be ready to take action. asian and european markets are lower. we get data later on demand for big ticket durable goods t dow falling 115 points to 13,057, the nasdaq down 20 to 3053 yesterday. mortgage rates are on the rise, ]h straight week. freddie mac says the average rate is now 3.66% up from 3.62% the previous week. analysts say the move higher likely reflects recent positive move in the housing çsector. and a new kindle could be on the way. that is speculation after amazon sent out press invites to an event on september 6, amazon launched the kindle fire last fall and analysts say is probably due for an upgrade or could refresh or introduce new versio

early look at headlines, back to you. >> thank you very much, hampton. >> 4:46. we can tell you a new wild fire is burning in southern california. the chihuahua fire burned 900 acres caused by lightning strikes. no mandatory evacuation orders have been issued a reverse 911 alert has gone out telling residents to prepare to evacuate. authorities believe it may take several days to contain the fire. >> got to flex that power, maybe use the appliances later. it's going to be hot. >> it is going to be hot. you need that air conditioner in places in the east bay where it's a spare the air day, if you suffer from asthma, you want to limit your outdoor activity so yes, it is safer for your health to be inside with that ac on later this evening, however, we can flex our power. there are ways to stay cool. close the blinds before you leave and then once that sun starts to set after 8:00 tonight, you open up your windows in your home and get a nice breeze. the air quality will be at its worst bat 5:00 p.m. during the evening commute. temperatures today are going to be even

day march on them for the crimes that they have committed so the so they come up to craps in the hamptons are now frightened about the reprisals from the masses of people that they've stolen from so why is there such a disconnect with those people who are protesting who insist on like they're going to a bake sale or a garage sale or some kind of organic cookie fast they don't seem to understand that the billionaires already are are ready to fight them in an open conflict it with any why any means necessary so there's going to be a clash at some point or the protesters ready for this well you know the thing that's sort of. amazing to me is you know we have elected leaders that are supposed to be acting on our behalf and if they do not we have to you know . engage them in the public space to try to get them to do something about this you know and you're saying of billionaires are fearful i think a lot of you know regular middle class americans are beginning to get fearful and you know when this disconnect between our fear and our feeling of outrage it comes face to face with a political lea

hi, hampton. >> hi, barbara. that jobs news and a lot of other economic news, sort of having stocks doing a mixed bag today. we started out with mixed news about housing, that led to a negative opening. but believe it or not, right now, stocks are actually moving higher. checking the major averages, we've got the dow up about 47 points, the nasdaq up 20, the s&p up 6. the commerce department is saying construction of single-family homes fell 1.1% in july, but the number of build permits jumped to 812,000. that's a sign of future growth, and it's the biggest monthly increase in four years. manufacturing activity here in the mid-atlantic region fell for a fourth straight month. that's according to a closely watched survey from the philadelphia federal reserve. the depth of the contraction is easing, however, but key indicators, including new orders are in negative territory. and as you mentioned, the number of americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits did edge higher last week, up 2,000 to 366,000, on a

the fire broke out around 3:00 this morning at the hampton courts apartments at 16 th street in new hampshire avenue. it started on the third floor and damaged a few apartments. one person did go to the hospital with unknown injuries. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> right now we're tracking our chances for severe storms. the real threat is later today. but some people, if you look at the radar here, already getting wet. we want to go straight to storm 4 meteorologist tom kierein for our forecast. >>> right now we are getting moderate rain. thunder and lightning just about to move in to washington right now. we're getting the heaviest rains the areas in dark orange in montgomery county. in bethesda and potomac getting heavy rain with thunder and lightning. that stretches up towards gate theseburg. tracking up toward howard can't. another match of moderate rain to heavy rain now. germantown west and across the frederick county line, northern loudoun county. also one heavy downpour around sterling, ashburn area. moving off to the north and east. this is moderate rain just

an accident along eastbound central avenue approaching hampton park boulevard. it may be blocking at least one lane. let's check travel speeds on the dulles toll road. no issues as you make your way between hunter mill road and to the beltway. you're at about 61 miles per hour, that drive taking six minutes. and the rails, speaking of six minutes, a six-minute delay along the marc browunswick east train. >>> 5:32 now. tonight, mitt romney will officially accept the gop nomination for president, but this morning, the republican base has new energy, thanks to his running mate, paul ryan, who spoke to the convention last night. nbc's tracie potts joins us live from tampa with more on the convention. tracie, good morning. >> hi, eun. good morning, everyone. let me give you fair warning, you may hear some construction and noise behind me. they're building a new stage, extending the stage for mitt romney's speech tonight. analysts say he needs to have a very simple message -- substance over style -- that resonates with the public. but meantime it was his running mate,

and then was educatedded at hampton university hampton substitute at it was then. he traveled down to alabama in 81. i was he was -- they were created on the momgdz of hampton as a school to educate teachers. at the end of slavery, of course, education was very much need by the freed men and very much wanted and to have education you had to have teachers. he been created to teach teachers. it was a very successful school. washington had severals a tributes that contributed to this. he was a god teacher and hard workers. he was a brilliant fundraise and spent a lot of time traveling up north making speeches and soliciting donations and us key agree was a thriving institution. in 1895 he had an opportunity that thrust him in to national limelight when he was invited to be a speaker at the cotton state exhibition. it was a world fair he was the only african-american speaker there. he spoke for five minutes, giving a speech that was very positive and upbeat, talked about african-americans an white people working together to strengthen the south for mutual progress, eco

it happened in an apartment building at the hampton court apartments. it caught fire earlier this morning. two apartments were affected and there were no injuries. some residents were being evacuated but they have been allowed to come back again. tragic new developments related to the wednesday fire in capitol heights that killed a 5-year-old girl. the uncle died yesterday. he was suffering from severe burns and his niece was rescued -- rescued from the burning home but she died hours later than the boy's father -- the girl's father remains in critical condition. it was an overlooked -- overloaded power strip that sparked the fire about maryland lawmakers are heading back to annapolis in a special assembly session and they are voting to expand gambling. brianne carter is live with more. >> expect another big day in annapolis as the senate gets back to work taking up that measure that was passed by a senate committee yesterday to expand gambling. then it could move into the house. that's where it could face a tough fight. it is day two of debate in the m

this is at the hampton court apartments in the 2000 block of new hampshire avenue in northwest. a door to a first floor apartment caught fire. two apartments ended up being affected. everyone else has been let back in their homes. >> from afghanistan, the u.s. command says 3 american troops have been shot and killed by a man wearing an afghan army uniform. this happened in helmand province. it is the third recent killing by afghans in military uniforms. >> a bill to expand gambling in maryland is expected to take a major step forward on the second day of the general assembly's special session. the state senate expected to approve a bill that would allow table games and authorize a new casino and national harbor in prince george's county. casinos would be able to stay open 24 hours a day. if the house and senate approves, it would be put on the ballot in november. the maryland senate expected to take up a bill that would make dog owners liable for all dog bites regardless of breed. it follows a maryland court of appeals ruling which declared pit bulls to be a dangerous breed and

now we are told dominion power crews will head out from fairfax, charlottesville and hampton, and they will stage in a safe location outside the storm's path. now the storm has already taken four lives in haiti, and in addition to power crews local red cross volunteers are also preparing to get southbound, and they are sending emergency response vehicles to help with whatever human needs arise from the storm. >> concerned about the people who are in the path of the storm and what might happen to them, and so we're anticipating, and we're maybe a little, you know, the adrenaline is starting to pump up a bit, and we are ready to go. >> the red cross has all of the emergency response teams in the area on alert in case they are needed, and dominion is releasing 80 contractors for this sort of thing, and they hope they are not needed but remain at the ready in case. >>> joe biden is canceling his trip to florida, and biden postponed his trip to orlando and st. augustine that was scheduled for tuesday, and he wants to assure emergency management officials can focus on the storm and not on hi

there is the low pressure system over the hampton roads area on the outer banks of north carolina. that will sit there for the next couple of days. it will bring with it quite a bit of rain for the eastern portions of our viewing area. as it spends, it will keep bringing rain to the baltimore area. we're watching the frontal system in the midwest. that will make things interesting as what will become a hurricane isaac moves into the mid-atlantic by the end of next week. with that front coming through and the high pressure systems it could make for interesting weather friday and saturday and next week. these are things that are just unfolding. we will have to keep a close eye on them. this evening, cloudy with on and off showers. 65 to 73 degrees. the orioles game should not be too bad. you will need a raincoat. you might get some sprinkles. we should be able to get through the game. the forecast shows on and off showers into the afternoon tomorrow. at around 4:00, we will start to see heavier showers moving in. the ocean city forecast, 80's. it looks good on sunday and monday. ther

our play of the day the defending premier li champs from manchester coming back against south hamptonhampton defender blocking the cold with this head but sets up backed by who puts up top shelf left corner one time with the block and a shot manchester 3 southampton to. coming up a congressman caught in a skinny dipping scandal on an official trip. >>> another mass of firefighters in northern california the biggest concern for crews on the front lines. greer the chairman of the u.s. chemical safety board visits the richmond chevron refinery looking at the site where an 8 in. pipe leaked and a,,,,,,,,,,, the huge northern california fire chasing thousands of their homes. >>> off the drug investigation takes a bizarre turn those stories and more in the morning minutes. >>> fire every rarely turned around everywhere it was on all sides of you. >>> thousands of california's pushed of the homes as the wild fire burned out of control in shasta county. >>> regret that have higher standards and make sure that this doesn't happen again. >>> the next the and the chevron refinery fire with inves

hampton pear son has more on that story. >> good morning. yes, the obama administration planning to make half a billion dallas in federal highway funds available to states who promise to use the money for job creation. secretary of transportation ray lahood will announce today more than 470 million will be available immediately for projects, the regional roads and bridges. the part is part of the election year effort. meanwhile, apple may want to let your fingers do the talking. the rumors are growing that the company's next generation smart phones an tablets may feature state-of-the-art fingerprint technology. what's that recent fcc filings seem to indicate. apple bought authentic last month which developed fingerprint technology to allow them to recognize swipe on a touch drooen even if your fingers are dry or oily. >> thank you, hampton. >>> make it very simple in this house. respect, getting an education, and having a relationship with the lord. if you can't do that, then go. >> the movie whitney houston filled just before her death hits

hey, hampton. >> a different kind of lettuce problem on wall street. we start the week with disappointing news from lowe's and concerns about greece again, keeping the major averages in negative territory. right now the dow is down about 28 point and the nasdaq down 10 and the s&p off 4 founts. lowe's came up short of earnings expectations. revenue at stores open at least a year fell 0.4%. the company cut the outlook for the rest of the year. meanwhile health insurance giant aetna making a multi-billion dare addition. it will spend $5.7 billion in cash and stock to acquire coventry health care. it can compete for medicare and medicaid customers who will benefit from the expansion of those programs that are part of the affordable health care act, obama care. also in europe the greek prime minister is expected to ask for more time to reach debt reduction targets. for the last two years greece has depended two multi-billion dollar bailouts from euro zone countries and the international monetary fund to keep it out of bankruptcy. back in the u.s. realty tr

hampton pearson is live this afternoon. over to you. >> reporter: take a look at what's going on behind me. they're trying to clear the tracks after 21 cars of an 80 car csx train carrying 9,000 pounds of coal derailed shortly after midnight. both the cleanup and investigation are under way. two confirmed fatalities here, the victims have been identified as elizabeth nass and rose meyer, both 19 years old. csx releasing a statement that says in part we're offering our sincere condolences to the families, the company supporting the investigation of the site under the direction of the national transportation safety board. as for the ntsb itself, investigators say there was a video camera on board. they are going to take a close look at that to see exactly how the derailment happened. the train was travel iing approximately 25,0 miles at the time and will look directly at signals and track conditions and communications. the cleanup will take several days in the area. you can see part of the operation to just clear the tracks,

we check in with hampton pearson. he joins us live with more on that and the rest of the day's business headlines. >> in the last few minutes markets are up, but just barely. so far looking for direction, looking to major averages right now. we see the dow up eight points and the nasdaq up 12 and the s&p up four points. hurricane isaac is impacting the oil futures markets. 45% of all domestic production happens in the gulf. at first we saw a price spike going higher with platforms shutting down. now there's been a retreat. domestic crude down around $95 a barrel, overseas crude about $112 per barrel. the reasons for the decline, governments considering a possible release from strategic reserves to calm those oil markets. once again, the negative market pull is from europe over concerns about greece. over the weekend germany's economic and finance ministers said they did not want to give greece more time to implement spending cuts and the head of germany central bank repeated his opposition to buying german bonds or ge

. >>> i'm hampton pierson reporting live in washington. the headlines are these. modest fractions of banks eased lending standards. large fractions reporting stronger demand for many types of loans. on the commercial side, banks are reporting a small increase in demand but it's coming from medium and large market firms, however small market firm unchanged. loans to household, biggest demand increases for prime mortgages and auto loans in the last three months, lending standards for mortgages tightened for nontraditional products. household loans had a little higher demand and standards left unchanged. some easing in car and credit card standards. domestic banks have been loosening the standards. foreign affiliated banks tightened. the result being domestic banks reporting picking up more business of foreign banks and in a special question added to the july survey, the banks said the harp loans make up a significant share of re-fis and anticipate over 60% will eventually be approved. back to you. >> all right. hampton, sounds like hopium there. thank you very much.

in baltimore right now, your neighborhood forecast brings to us 86 degrees by lunchtime today and hampton87 glen burnie to. the south, in annapolis, 85, 86 deal. here is the trend as we will be on a roller coaster ride as we head in to the weekend. 84, 85, i think you might like it, nice and seasonable. a check of the time saver traffic with loren cook. good morning, how are the roads looking? >> if you are traveling in baltimore, there are a few things to watchout for, on the east side, repairs to a massive sink hole continues. east monument is shutdown between wool and have patterson park avenue -- wolf and patterson park avenue. stick with orleans street instead. downtown, dealing with repairs to the massive water main break from last month. light street closed between lumbart and baltimore, stick with hopkins place instead. no problems if you are using the jfx. construction still going on on 895. clicking in at 50 miles per hour at the steel bridge. that will change later this morning. stick with 95 and you are taking a live look here, knot of interstate 395, no delays heading p in to

. >> you both -- >> such gumption saying where we go -- >> going to the hamptons. >> you're in the mostive enclave. >> that's not true. >> richest zip code. >> and makes up where i go. >> listen, you know what i do there. >> help kids in nantucket and garden. >> seriously, this is the story of my life. on romney's ledger a couple's happy ending he helps working-class people and that's what i do. >> front page of the "new york times" mind you.

. >> reporter: that was on display today at hampton court palace, the cycling time trial where the usa kristen armstrong won her second consecutive gold medal. great britain won its first in the women's rowing pair. prince william and harry were on hand to lead the national celebration where the u.s. women's quad rowers took a bronze. >> we came to win a medal and did our job. >> reporter: not faring as well, venus williams eliminated in straight sets in singles. she still has a shot at a record fourth gold medal when she pairs up with serena in doubles. the u.s. men's archers, silver medalists as a team were each eliminated in singles >>> the morning after winning his record 19th medal, michael phelps moved forward. this is a day of jubilation in great britain. they are on the boards. god save the queen. there was bay area news in rowing here at the olympics today. the men's rowing team fell short by just .3 seconds. three members of the team have bay area ties. they all train in berkeley. germany, the gold, canada, the silver, great britain, the bronze and janelle and jessica, that w

host: here is hampton, conn., joanne, independent line. caller: he gave this money to unions in the auto industry. it will be laundered and given back to him as the nation's. that is who he helped. we are supporting this industry. the only reason they are successful is because of our money. he is going around saying gm is number one. it was number one for six months because of the tsunami when the japanese had to shut down the toyota plant. now that the plants are open, toyota is number one. he is misleading and wind to the american people replying to the american people saying he saved the auto industry. the key is misleading and lying to the american people saying he saved the auto industry. guest: i think detroit would agree the only reason gm and chrysler are still around is because of the american taxpayer. that is unequivocally true. everyone at gm and chrysler is ry

six virginia trucks from hampton will meet up with other crews in richmond and are on call in case neededert payton refused officers' orders and they were forced to shoot him. forced to shoot him. he was taken to the hospital we sent him there to fix it, forbut somewhere along the way, hesomething went horribly wrong. george allen voted for trillions in debt while voting to raise his pay four times, then voted to keep special tax breaks for oil and gas companies and took over a half-million from them. worse, allen went to work for them. investigation. meteorologist, kim march taou chi. >>> students in d.c. and phupblt montgomery county will be heading back to school, and it looks like the weather will cooperate but first we have to get through today. let's get to kim martucci in the weather center. >> 73 in d.c., and 72 in leesburg, but we have the showers impacting the area, especially annapolis and off to the west over fairfax county a handful of showers, too. showers with thunder, especially d.c. and points east, 67 to 74, and by the afternoon, a few soaking thunderstorms and we'll rea

rejects 10 times more pins than he accepts. 8-year-old alex hampton walked away empty handed.hat did it make you feel? >> a bit disappointed. >> reporter: pins and collectors come from around the world and falco knows how to make a deal. he refuses to buy or sell pins like most die hard collectors. the only thing he's spent is time, 10 hours a day during the games. >> trading pins is like being at boot camp because it's hectic. it's from morning till night. >> reporter: tracy martin is an author on collectibles and says the most popular pins this olympics celebrate british landmarks. >> big ben, piccadilly circus sells for 8 pounds. >> reporter: falco says it's not about money or even pins but the thrill of the hunt. >> it's the joy of pursuit of a pin. it goes on like a piece of museum aren't. >> reporter: fall poe's collection is truly one of a kind. by -- falco's collection is truly one of a kind. >> it is believed pin trading dates back to the 1896 olympics in athens when the modern era olympics began. back then those pins were used to identify athletes and judges. there y

for that we turn it over to our man hampton pierson live at cnbc's bureau in washington, d.c. good morning. >> happy friday. futures are a little flat this morning after a rally on thursday, markets were boosted by comments from german chancellor merkel who says that germany will do what it takes to protect the euro currency. the european markets are a touch higher. we get data later on this morning on consumer sentiment, the dow rising 85 points yesterday to 13,250, the dow 29 points shy of a 4 1/2 year high. the nasdaq closing up 31 at 2062. apple may want to let your fingers do the talking. the rumors are growing that the company's next smart phones and tablets may feature state of the art fingerprint technology. that's what recent fcc filings seem to suggest. apple bought a company which develops fingerprint awe thentication technology that allows devices to recognize even if your fingers are dry or oily. back over to you. >> thank you very much. here's an interesting new list out this morning. it shows the states where iphones and ipads actually suffer the most damage. on