it's why you've seen lenovo bring laptop manufacturing from china.can manufacturers have a great work force, as you've pointed out, will, we have great energy costs and we can successfully compete if we're playing that game, but we've got to play that game. >> hold on, will, because until i get the 90-minute version of this show where we can discuss where anybody in the world can supply manufacturing, and i know what you're thinking, that nobody should be doing it. i think we should do this again. will cain said something very uncharitable about my suit, by the way. >> when you're taking pictures of ali velshi, make sure you note this is not colonel sanders' suit. it's tan, not white. >>> fracking is putting americans back to work even as environmental concerns grow. i'm going to squeeze some energy out of this topic. right after we pay the bills. "your money" is back after this. wow. nice place. yeah. [ chuckles ] the family thinks i'm out shipping these. smooth move. you used priority mail flat rate boxes. if it fits, it ships for a low, flat rate.

you're seeing lenovo open up a laptop manufacturing facility in north carolina. these are things you couldn't have imagined a decade ago. >> let me bring will into this conversation. president obama, as you know, during the campaign promised and people say all sorts of things during campaigns he was going to create a million new manufacturing jobs. he also wants to tax the rate on manufacturers. he wants to lower the tax rate on manufacturers, provide incentives for companies that reshore or bring jobs back to the united states. and you say exactly the opposite of what scott just said. you say this is a policy that takes us back to the '50s. listen, everything -- president obama's list of things you just put up on the tv screen, that is the fly in the ointment. we have seen somewhat of a small manufacturing renaissance over the last decade. bravo. so why does manufacturing need special tax rates, incentives, tax subsidies, so forth? >> scott? >> there's a good answer for that. yes, it does deserve special treatment. first of all, there is no other sector of our e

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the company recently announced a deal with lenovo. weili dei is the first and only co-founder of a chip company and studied computer science at cal berkeley and the first and only woman to give an engineering address. joining us from "forbes." you have to find things to put your chips in. you're running out of things, aren't you? >> well, the exciting piece is we are moving into the new era o of digital lifestyle. >> are the chips that run the digital lifestyle going to be marvell chips? >> i think marvell will be one of the key leaders to empower the era of digital lifestyle. we have the history of 17 years of marvell, we have invested it for a long term, from storage to communication, to mobile, to connectivity. today, our chips from cloud infrastructure to the mobility, so we are ready to empower and connect the lifestyle any ti timener. >> marvell is not necessarily a household word the way intel is and to a lesser degree. amd. there are a million marvell chips out there, right? >> yes. >> a tremendous number. >> the key is, as a

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gentlemen, lenovo netted higher than roit estimates. shares were done ahead of the earnings release and you can see down about 2.7%. and fresh data from japan suggests the world's third biggest economy is inching closer into recession. core machinery orders and the current account surplus both posted bigger than expected drops in accepts. services sector confidence also fell to its lowest level since may 2011. japan of course has been coping or trying to cope with the strong yen slowing global demand and tensions with china. and the data only reinforces calls for more stimulus soon. the bcht ocht j will announce its next policy decision on november 20th. meanwhile, the government's ability to deal with japan's slowing economy is under pressure. political wrangling has been holding up a bill. there may be a break through, though, and let's go to tokyo for the story. >> yes, hi. the government introduced it crucial bill to parliament this afternoon hoping to pass it through the lower house by as early as next week. but more challenging fo

a little bit of news, lenovo is expanding market share.ost importantly over hewlett-packard computer shipments and that is really weighing on the dow components today. thank you guys. david: sandra smith, have a fabulous weekend. liz: s&p futures closing right now. let's go back to cme group on this friday, how does it look? >> it looks like everybody covered, we rallied a little bit into the close. healthy going into next week even with all the uncertainty. we don't see any negativity coming out next weekend with the fiscal cliff business. if we don't do the parties say we are off the table right now, say a small rally going into the weekend. david: that is good news, thank you very much, appreciate it. liz: today president obama and house speaker john boehner spoke out about the troubles facing the nation. saying they need to work together. david: they always say that but when push comes to shove, will we see compromise on the critical issues? rich edson from the white house with details. is it going to happen? >> it is a little too earl

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cdw configured these lenovo thinkpad ultrabooks with intel core i7 processors.we can work anywhere. anywhere? sure - on the beach, in the woods, at the lake. what about on the green? let's not get ahead of ourselves. oh!!! >>> we're back in chairs talking about some of the offbeat stories in today's paper. the one that caught my eye was a story in "the science times" and it is about ecstasy. post traumatic stress, people coming back from of afan stanaf iraq, rape victims, using ecstasy. people are providing this out of their home, done the studies saying this is helping. >> long-term? >> no, this is helping people long-term. they're not taking it long-term. >> that's weird. >> those who have taken it it's helped enormously. >> the mcafee was telling you bath salts are good for you, too. >> gross. check out my stash. >> you have an offbeat story. >> the harvard business reviewpointed out the day twinkies became cool again. we have never had one of those products in our house. that's part of our stash the things my wife and kids went out and bout these things but

. >> and the last thing that you have is the lenovo yoga? what is that?all crazy things with your computer. it's a lap ton that goes like this, and you can fold it around, turn it into a tablet. >> that's kin of exile. the keyboard disconnects it so, but on the front -- >> is it heavy? >> it's fairly heavy. about as heavy as a regular laptop. >> what's the operating system? >> that's windows 8. >> i've seen a lot of ads "wired" this monday, has the window 8 mockup on the -- have you seen this? microsoft is spending a ton. do you think it's going to work? >> i think so. i think windows 8 is really exciting. a big change for windows. we're used to the windows you drag around on the screen. these are tiles that show up on the screen that you can swipe around, icons, you don't have them anymore, you essentially have tiles that give us lots of information about the app.s that are running. >> thank you, john, for stopping by. we had both thoroughly enjoyed it, especially brian. >> i loves me gage either. >>> all those black friday shoppers might be getting hung