juniper networks ceo kevin johnson. thanks for joining us. >> hi, melissa. >> a gross margins were an area of disappointment according to wall street. and they say that's mainly because you were trying to keep competitive on price in order to keep the business spending coming into you. i'm curious because you're cautious on your outlook, what is your outlook for gross margins given that the environment, according to what you're seeing isn't looking like it's going to be improving significantly in the near term? >> well, certainly we saw quarter on quarter revenue growth at 3%, we expanded operating margins, and as you point out, gross margins were down about a point or so. and that was primarily three things. number one was product mix. and if we have a mix of products, have different gross margins, we invested with the set of new products in the market on more spares to help ensure we're delivering great customer satisfaction and there was some discounting, and that discounting was mainly in the service provider segmen

walpin was also investigating the alleged misuse of federal funds by sacremento mayor kevin johnson,nd former nba star, and an obama friend and supporter that. case ended in a legal settlement. now, to fire an inspector general, there is a 30-day notification period required by the law, and the government must also provide a detailed explanation for the firing at the time of the firing. the white house in this case, after it fired him, released a statement saying mr. walpin was confused, and disoriented at a board meeting in may, and persons at the meeting continued, quote, to question his capacity to serve, but notes obtained by foxnews.com from that meeting in may show that while mr. walpin's behavior was mentioned in those notes, board members may have been more concerned about mr. walpin's accusations against them, and mr. walpin said they had an "anything goes" attitude with your federal dollars and the board did not like the contentious relationship it had with the guy who was charged with inspecting them. mr. walpin also had threatened to escalate his call for a deeper probe i

. >> reporter: kevin johnson is the ceo of the san francisco- based website. he said that ebay -- e bates concept is simple and similar to the mail-in rebates. log on, buy anything from trash bags to television and get cash back for your per chases. usually between 2 to 10% of what you spend. >> we added 2 million new shoppers last year, one of the last honest deals. >> reporter: the free service put more than a thousand dollars back in nicky's wallet since she's first logged on several years ago. >> if for doing nothing but shopping. >> reporter: if it's free, shout site making money? more than 1,000 companies pay e bates to post the web link on its site. when you go online and purchase something from one of the stores, the company pays e bates a finder's fee commission and ebates splits with you. >> the biggest check we support out was for $45,000, believe it or not -- we sent out was for $45,000 regularly send out 100 to a thousand. >> reporter: ron jacobs is sold on the idea. >> this comaccomplice -- simplicity and convenience would be my number one favori

we talked about how you were investigating how kevin johnson, who used to be in the nba and now is thef sacramento, his organization unwisely spent a whole bunch of dough. you were going after him and saying he should not ever get any more federal dough. eventually, you were removed and you feel it's political payback because you were getting a little, you know, you were being disfavorable to an ally of barack obama's. >> well, actually, i was fired because i was doing my job and doing it well and supporting my staff who are totally career people. and who are objective and found out the facts and came to me with those facts. and i said well, you found the facts. let's proceed on them. steve: the consensus was that this guy had done what. >> he had misused totally the grant of $850,000 that was given to him for americorps people to do tutoring among those disadvantaged students in the area. steve: so, it's getting -- clearly, you were putting pressure on him but your bosses were saying, jerry, just back off. leave the guy alone. >> well, they, in fact, went around me and settled with hi

kevin kouzmanoff. and first pitch grounder and on thrun d over to nick johnson.round ball outs are starting to come. the last hitters. kyle banks will be next. blanks otorght field and it is right in there. >ñrob: seems to have a pretty gl ç andúhas tocu down on the swing a little bit >> bob: batting a buck 85. does make contact and tops it up. and anderson hernandez. >> rob: he is on 87. taking way too much time to get it from the back of the body to the front. >> bob: next up will be oscar salazar. >> rob: you will hear them say it all the time. get it out front. get it out front. he is trying to get the guys with the bat out front. >> bob: salazar struck out swinging first time. lannan has got another comebacker. he is fielding this position well. i guess, when he works fast, he doesn't stand around out there. sam adams boston lager is my favorite because it has so much flavor. so i wanted to design a glass that would enhance the taste of boston lager. we did a laser etch on the bottom. it releases the hops aromas this bulb is for collecting aromas. t

kevin kouzmanoff. but then you would have harris, guzman, dunn, johnson, willingham, bard for the nats. 2-2 to josh willinghamey don't work real fast, but they throw strikes. got a lot of long at-bats here but they seem to get the job done. everett cabrera guns out josh willingham and he is 0-4. we have arrived at the 10:00 hour, this ball game will be just short of three hours unrest the nats do something exciting here with two outs to go. bard and gonzalez the next two hitters. and the big bat inching closer to the top of the hour. look at that, when's the last time you saw a clock move like that. it's pretty cool. josh bard, one for three tonight. andnd a high pop fly out into short right center. luis rodriguez for the second out. before the ball game is over we'd like to wish our director, doug elacdi a happy birthday. >> rob: happy birthday dougie. >> bob: everybody a-doers him and we wish him. >> rob: dougie, he is so cute. >> bob: i said we accord him, i didn't say he was cute. here is gonzalez, we appreciate the work that he and our producer, chip winfield, all the great men and women of masn put in f

. >> kevin, you've been watching these numbers also on goldman sachs and johnson & johnson.lood on the floor as these numbers are coming out? >> quite good. they pushed the futures up on the news and it was even a little better than expected. let's see. bond are off a little bit with the ppi news, but i think overall the market will try and like these even with this ppi figure.. they don't really believe it. they have to look at it outside of gasoline. i haven't seen that information yet. >> that seems like a big shift incentive from last week. >> not just a shift in sentiment, beck y but also a shift in the structure of people's portfolios. i think they'll roll things around, move things out of the energy sector, into the broader economy, even the narrow blue chip stuff i think will be a big key today. >> excellent job filling in for us down there with rick santelli on vacation. kevin, and we'll talk to you again soon. >>> we have ppi a little hot as mentioned. . that's the most since 2007. retail sales up, a couple months in a row, we have retail sales positive. >> a lot h