we'll have linkedin pages. >> they're able to make money from that? >> they are.hey charge employers to do it through their service. they can make money from that. >> one more at you, julia, activision, hot or not? >> i'm giving it a hot with a caveat. this is a hot company we saw its modern warfare 3 was a record setting video game. biggest entertainment launch ever. we'll see how big those numbers really are. the real question here is going to be the world of war craft numbers. we'll have to see how many people are still playing this game. that's going to indicate what the company's next quarter will look like. but for now i'm giving it a hot. >> okay. john, you know your way around a game console well. >> i do. and this is a not. yes, they have the hottest game around right now, but world of war craft is a really old game. it doesn't have the buzz it used to have. and i think they're going to be losing a lot of subscribers to competition from ea and others. >> guys, thank you very much. julia and john, hot or not. thank you. >> don't look now, but silver is up

note. >> linkedin hasn't excited me, judge.aybe we'll get some option activity that makes us lean positive or negative on the stock. >> what doesn't excite you? it was one of the best ipos of last year in terms of stock performance. >> it was, and that's why i think a lot of money might be coming off the table after this earnings result tonight. a lot of folks might get to the sidelines, raise some cash going into things like facebook, those that can actually get in. >> i side with john on this one. i haven't been able to get my arms around this name so far. sounds like mark was sort of in the same boat, looking for an entry point, just hasn't been able to pull in just yet. >>> oracle's second cloud computing acquisition in just three months. but ceo larry ellison wasn't always so keen on the cloud. >> maybe i'm an idiot. i have no idea what anyone is talking about. i mean, it's really just complete gibberish. cloud computing is google mail. ok. then mark ben yof's staff is cloud computing. what is it? what is it? is it -- oh,

julia boorstin has the news on linkedin. >> yeah, maria, linkedin beating both on earnings and on revenue. linkedin coming out with earnings for share of 12 cents compared to expectations of 7 cents. revenue coming in at $167.7 million, higher than $160 million in revenue that was expected. i think there's going to be a lot of attention to the full year projection. they expect the 2012 revenue to come in at $840 million and $860 million, higher than what wall street was looking for. a quick stat on hiring, the company is hiring revenue has grown 136% over the year-ago quarter to $84.9 million. that's also higher than wall street was expecting. i think it speaks to the strength in the job market and linkedin is strong there. revenue more than double the year-ago quarter. >> thank you so much, julia. he is increasingly optimistic about investing in north american companies. scott sperling is with me talking about the industries he believes provide the biggest opportunities right now for private equity and investors in general. shaun donovan with me, responding to critics who say the $25 bil

joining us now to talk about linkedin, the director of equity research, ken, let's start with linkediny the numbers certainly speak for themselves and you can't really argue with that but anecdotally a lot of young people who are out looking for work and certificate isching for jobs who don't necessarily use linkedin. it is the kind of thing i feel people join the site but they're not using it every day the same way they would use facebook. a lot of people are using facebook in their job searches. so how do we actually know it is aggressively attracting and holding on to users that are using it to find placement? >> i think people are using linkedin as a professional way. companies feel more comfortable used a linkedin to target loyees, whether they are looking to higher at the moment or passively look at people they're looking to hire. though it is a jobs site or a resume for many people, i think companies are still comfortable with going through the linkedin versus the facebook. >> and then that makes a lot of sense in terms of the company's standpoint. so i know, for example, that i

linkedin i think is overvalued. for me, i've got to wait for those stocks to break. >> i think that's part of the point when pressed whitney would admit is that not flawed model, flawed valuation. >> flawed model on netflix, flawed valuation on linkedin. issue is you've got to go back to 2000 when you have the internet bubble. we have a scrapbook company that doesn't know how they are going to make money. >> oil rising the third day, heading for the biggest weekly gain this year, signs of an improving u.s. economy bolster the outlook for fuel demand. let's make a pit stop for senior developing director at pit curve. as long as a run is in this conversation, you have a complete floor under crude. enough said, right? >> absolutely. we talk about this on the "fast money halftime report" two weeks ago. $95 to $100. when markets move, they have pressure points. there was a huge technical pressure point at $103.73. that january 5th high. that's coming. we'll see that move higher. bulls are just warming up in crude. >> wha

joining us now for his first interview since linkedin earnings were reported, jeff weiner is linkedin'seo. thanks for coming on "fast money halftime." >> great to be here. thanks for having me. >> which area of the business of your three main metrics are you seeing the best growth rate? >> well, across the three primary business lines we saw growth consistently, so hiring solutions which is our fastest and largest growing business, marketing solutions also performed well and that was the case for premium subscriptions. >> do you think you're at this point benefiting directly from the improving job picture in the united states? clearly your results would almost appear to be a by-product of an unemployment rate that continues to go down and now are you going to be inversely tracking that? >> well it's interesting, you know, when times get tough, macro economic uncertainty we see a number of people turning to linkedin and their networks for help in finding a job, job security, but by the same token, when the economy starts to improve, and there are more jobs available, certainly recruiting

and when would be safe to short linkedin again?i had linkedin and i kind of put it to the ceo and frankly the international business is strong, the revenues are strong, but this company can make a lot of money. i'm going to disagree with your profitability analysis. i think linkedin, i don't want to own it, i'm not recommending it, but i think it can make a lot of money. two-face facebook? you can only win on the deal if you are in. okay. we're going to worry about the cart after it comes public. but right now, we're betting on the horse. after the break, i'll try to make you more money. >>> coming up, the future of fast food, this stock hit a new all-time high yesterday. but investors had a bit of indigestion after chipotle reported numbers just shy of expectations. time to gobble some up before it sizzles again? stick around, cramer's talking to chipotle's big enchilada. >>> and later, no pain, no gain? could a cup of tea or a bowl of soup sound good in any language? cramer's talking international expansion when he sits down with

he says we view linkedin as arguably one of the strongest assets of 2011-2012 internet ipo cycle.er, a lot of people hinge on the valuation. it's trading at something like 160 times forward earnings. your last guest talked about it. whitney talked about it as really being the thesis, the core of his thesis, as to why he's shorting this stock. however, you can see on this chart today it's up 3.5%. just wanted to highlight that. and a number of the other social media stocks, sue, that are moving to the upside today. >> indeed. thanks, scott, very much. well, if you drive, this is not news to you. the price of gas is going way up again. according to the u.s. energy department, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is $3.52. that is 38 cents more than it cost consumers a year ago. but the price at the pump could cost even more come memorial day weekend. gas buddy.com is projecting that come may the price for a gallon of gasoline in los angeles could run between $4.45 to $4.70 per gallon. in chicago, $4.60 to $4.95. and in new york between $4.30 and $4.55. what's really

>>> linking up with linkedin.ny's co-founder reid hoffman shares his thoughts on the future of social networking. >> bulls on parade. could investors keep riding this down momentum? the analysis you want to hear before the start of the trading day. >>> the showdown over taxes and the budget. ranking members from both sides of the aisle square off as the second hour of "squawk box" starts right now. >>> good morning and welcome to "squawk box" on cnbc. i'm concern along with andrew ross sorkin and becky quick. here are some of your morning headlines. the house and senate are expected to vote on a deal to extend the rest of the payroll tax important the rest the year like 10 months. it's expected to easily pass in the house but seeing resistance in the senate. makes no sense. democratically controlled. without the deal the cut would expire at the end of the post. the postal service is proposing major changes in an effort to save $22 billion. it includes cutting jobs, raising first class stamp prices to 50 cents and

linkedin is a global company.ndreds of millionsturic has to work in the united states and it has to work in china. >> if it's hundreds of millions, you could have that without china. twitter and facebook as prime examples, but you have to be global. >> do you hit a glass ceiling without china? >> there's a lot of people in china and it's an interesting market, but you hit a glass ceiling on the planet, too. is it a vibrant business, that's a massive business, i want to invest in it any day of the week. >> is the united states still the best place to find the people with ideas, people with drive? >> i believe so. >> u.s. more than anywhere else? >> more than anywhere else. there's great stuff happening in china, in brazil, there's some great stuff happening in india, and occasionally, very interesting stuff happening in europe. my last investment was a company out of stockholm. >> i like you said some occasionally. poor europe lately. >> we would love to see more of it. >> they have had their challenges. back in th

today linkedin. the stock is up 20% year-to-date.ith the zyngas of the world, traditional gaming has had to change fast. profits are expected to be 56 cents a share for activision. look for the international revenue on this one, folks. could give insight into europe. they have big overseas exposure. pitney bowe yields almost 8%. 60 cents is the expectation on $1.4 billion in revenue. >> brian, thank you. we'll have all the numbers coming up after the bell. we're coming back with the closing "countdown," though, and what's next for the markets now that greece has reached that austerity deal. scott sperling gives us his take on that. here's how the major averages are now trading as we head toward the close. starting to slip here toward the end. >>> and tomorrow, he's won praise for italy's debt fighting effort. prime minister mario monti explains how he's combating italy's $2.5 trillion debt to avoid greece's fate. it's an exclusive interview tomorrow on the "closing bell." you're watching cnbc, first in business worldwide. take the pr

. >>> talk about a linkedin letdown. a couple weeks back dan made a bearish bet on stocks. what's his plan for making a winning connection now? find out when "options action" returns. >>> time for pump up the volume. the names that were heating up sizzle index this week. this company makes everything you'll need when you strike black gold. this titan lives up to its worldly name tapping markets in over 100 countries. traders drill down on the company's calls this week hoping to strike it rich when they gush skyward. who is it? >>> where were options traders pumping up the volume this week? weatherford international. >>> welcome back to "options action." you just heard how weatherford calls were active. why do you think there was action in that option? >> well, weatherford is one of the big names. people worry about the price of oil. and the fact that daily rental rates for the rigs are through the roof. >> time now to do something we have not done in awhile. that is get called out. winners are great but it's the losers that can make you a better trader over time. dan made a

this is what is left of the black linkedin that was hit early sunday morning. san francisco police say the driver died at the same. police are still looking for the driver of the thick of a truck that ran off, leaving the truck behind us. >>vicki: the man wanted in the murder of a fellow hell's angel is now behind bars. stephen ruiz was found in his room in a days inn motel. police were tipped off. he is the suspect of the killings for another slain hell's angel member. he was considered armed and dangerous of lycee he surrendered without a fight. >> this guy has been on the run since october furious ice it is ironic that he did not sleep very far. he committed the crime in san jose and sifts located in an area 10 minutes away. >> the actual patio areas where they fought. it seemed to get a ladder to the point where they locked doors. >> this is the fifth homicide in san jose. new controversy crime- fighting tools in oakland. an injunction against nearly 40 gang members and fruitvale off prohibits the members from associating with each other in this to square-m

let's get back to linked this o linkedin.ike it, but i think you agree with whitney in terms of being a little scared off by the valuation. >> that's right. over 40 times free cash flow, that would be one of the highest multiples. very little margin for error. if you had had one correction in that growth rate, you would have a material correction in the stock price. they have to come up with a new better mouse trap. aggressively. what you want if you want to buy, you want a false negative on the stock. a competitive lingo that causes people to sell the shares off dramatically. that would give me the chance to jump in on what we think is and effects business. we're looking for that false negative if you will. >> sounds like the company's going in the right direction. the earnings was strong, outlook was good. paid subscribers increasing. most of the metrics you want to see developing in a positive fashion seem to be. >> yeah. i think that's absolutely right. the valuation of the stock reflects that. and it's been reflecting th

shared of linkedin topping expectations since last year. on "fast money" ha halftime report. >> we have 55,000 shares coming to the end of february, about 48 million of those shares are held by reed hoffman, the founding director. so all five of the constituents have been thus far to date long term and committed shareholders. >> the company went public last may. and on its first day of trade, the stock doubled to more than $45 a share. there were bumps in the road, however, since then. year-to-date it's been up, up and away, 40% higher so far in 2012. what do you think about this, herb? >> i think you're seeing social media is not all created equally. i'm one of those who pays for linkedin. there's a business there. there's not just a business in people like me paying. >> what about the hype about facebook driving this sector? >> that's the opportunity and problem, depending on how you view the markets. >> the tide that lifts all boats. >> we've seen it already. >> next, you won't believe what some traders are doing to run with the alpha do

>> i'm going with pinterest. >> no, it is linkedin. >> 0-0.econd question, according to a new survey what is the number one action small businesses will take to achieve growth in the coming year? a, increase marketing to attract new business. b, introduce news products or services. c, obtain better prices from suppliers, vendors, and or -- >> i'm going to say a, increase marketing. >> ding ding ding ding ding. >> that's what i was going to say. i'm just a little bit slow. >> yeah, well, you know. too fast the first time, too slow the second time. next question. what percentage of small businesses use mobile applications? 20%, 5% -- the answer? >> i'm going to go with 72%. >> all right. 1-1. parry, you've redeemed yourself. okay, guys. for the win. the question is -- what is the most common type of web videos small businesses use to promote their business? is it executive -- and the answer is? >> i would say product demonstration. >> barry, you are the proud winner of the "your business" biz quiz. thank you so much for doing it, guys. >>> if yo

linkedin, jeff weiner, and yahoo! different animal for zuckerberg, who is king absolute at facebook. and i wonder if we won't look at the technology, but increasingly about the talent of those people at the helm, or the nature of at the helm. >> reed hoffman obviously lingedin as well a key part of their future. they do, you know, they ipos importantly serve as a great public bl isity tool. they are an ability to monetize to a certain stchbt some of the stock that has been distributed through the organization prior to going public. >> do you think they're going to lose people? this was his main fear, wasn't it? once you start creating people who can cash out their stock and become instant millionaires many times over, will they say doing what they do for the day job? will the -- that's a huge issue now. >> and any of these guys you speak to will tell you there's a shortage of talent out there. and it's a real problem for this country. that being said i look at their ability to replenished the ranks of talented people

linkedin, revenue more than doubling, the earnings topping forecast and linkedin added 14 million newing the total to 145 million profiles. the social networking site says more companies are paying for more access to its site. shares of linkedin slipping in some of the late trading. video gamemaker activism blizzard "call of duty modern warfare 3" but activision below expectations. clint eastwood starred in chrysler's halftime america super bowl ad. you might think he was in favor of what came with the auto bailouts but you should think again. eastwood spoke to "squawk box." >> we're talking from this time on, that's what the whole idea was from this time on, from now on we got to forget the bailouts were right or wrong. in my opinion, i'm not a pro with that, i think if companies don't have the ability and they're not run well enough to exist, then they should go into bankruptcy and work their way out of it. that's where the creativity comes in. people have to get creative when the pressure is on, and that's exa exactly what happened, but you know, some people feel it's great to pour

linkedin was about 11 times revenues. even google, which obviously was a very hot i.p.o. in 2004 was only 15 times revenues patriot missile just -- i just don't understand people rushing in to buy at 25 times. >> there is no question that facebook, of course, one of the biggest i.p.o.s of the year. how does a hawaiian vacation sound to you? united is expanding its service in dulles to take you there. more coming up in the next hour. i'm linda bell reporting for abc 7 news. back to you. sign us up. >> exactly. >> it will be worth it. >> we're looking at 55 warm degrees on this wednesday. >> still to come here on "good morning washington," tense moments at the occupy d.c. camp at mcpherson square. >> coming up, what led to this confrontation, and who was arrested overnight? >> new details in a wrong-way crash that killed four people in davidsonville. what police are now saying about the drives of the two vehic ahhh. so soft. time out. sweet. [ female announcer ] with charmin ultra soft, you can get that cushiony feeling you love while still using less. charmin ultra soft is

seen and he has demonstrated his activity there with the announcements from zynga, sales force, linkedin, twitter, zendesk, and others all employing. the city needs a strong small business commission trade with commissioner o'brien's rob lowe energy and experience to ask you to vote for him for vice- president. thank you. -- remarkable energy and experience to ask you to vote for him for vice-president. thank you. >> i am the president of the south of market business association. congratulations to commissioner dwight for being on the sustained commission. it is a valuable commission to have in the city for small businesses and of course, congratulations to janet clyde for the time she has put into this commission and how much work she has done. i have known commissioner o'brien for quite awhile. i have noticed how much work he has done toward helping with the small business commission. i also do now that he has gone out in the association [unintelligible] he is a dedicated person who wants to help small businesses not just for himself. if he does care about himself he would not be on th

when we look at the reality of these numbers, we might see it pull back like we've seen on groupon, linkedin, even dunkin do nuggets. >> i asked, do you think we're in a bubble in social media? yes, it is a bubble and yes it will burst when facebook goes public. but that doesn't mean it goes down only to go back up again. >> here it is, it's this big ipo and the biggest one. everybody's starting to feel like, well, that's it. it's like the magazine cover indicator, if you're on the magazine, that means it's all over. that's how a lot of people feel. this is the biggest one, that's it. >> we saw that in the private equities space with black stone. fred, let me get your take on this. you don't think this is aggressive valuation at all because you see very, very powerful earnings potential? >> i'm not saying i don't think the valuation is aggressive by traditional metrics. however, i think facebook is a once in a generation company. i think it's obviously the largest viral media network ever created. 800 million users. and those users have a level of engagement with facebook that is unprecedent

. >>> linkedin added 14 million members. >>> call of duty is still selling well, but overall retail salesvideo games fell 34% in january because of the lack of new game titles. >>> it is the end of an era for eastman kodak as the company stops making digital cameras and pocket video cameras. >>> the 25 billion dollar foreclosure abuse settlement with top mortgage lenders will mean better refinancing for some homeowners and checks for up to $2,000 for some of those who lost their homes. >>> and just in time for valentine's day, new studies on dating show that single men don't want to date a lot of women and are more romantic than women. the surveys also found that as in the past, although most women prefer a man with a job, more than one-third said if they were really interested, unemployment wouldn't matter. >>> coming up, the lakers block the celtics in overtime. the warriors overtake the nuggets. and one very lucky way to score. >>> plus, the shot that has this golfer busting moves in pebble beach! your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> mother nature has moves of he

we are getting earnings reports from coca-cola, disney, cisco, berkshire hathaway, linkedin and grouponhich just went public in november. friday we get the u.s. report on imports and exports. we'll see if the u.s. is importing or exporting more goods in the international trade balance report. finally something to cluck about today. americans are expected to eat 1.25 billion chicken wings this super bowl weekend says the usda's national chicken council. enough to circle the earth twice if each wing was laid end to end. of that's 100 million bounds of the spicy snacks that peak at $2 a pound wholesale this time of year. hungry football fans can't beat the heat. that will do it for us today. thanks for joining me. next week, one of the richest individuals, saudi prince alwaleed bin talau. i'll see you next weekend. i have actually put in over my career. and it's 168,000 hours. so just think, if you had an 8-hour job, i'm like a man of 100 and something years old. i've worked very hard to support my family. and i finally reached that point where i'm going to retire. ♪ ♪

i guess to tell you what identify does, we are the largest data and analytics on linkedin is an older generation. the facebook generation, a lot of professional information, where they went to school, where they work, that's all on facebook and they're disclosing that and updating that on ta daily basis. what identify does is we look at all this information and we use all this information to measure what's in demand to companies right now. so who companies are hiring, what educational backgrounds they find interesting, what skill sets they value. and we convey that information back to the users in the form of an identified score. which is really interesting because it provides a game mechanic for users to add information about themselves. so kind of what we're doing is building a really deep data set on this younger demographic that's not on linkedin. >> i don't know where you're familiar with or many viewers are familiar with naviance. it can help me figure out if i'm interested in going to work for proctor & gamble, do i have a chance of competing there given who i am. is that a fai

it connects teachers, students, parents, can way linkedin. you've got teachers sharing homework assignment sharing, extra curricular content with parents and with students. but they're up to 5 million users and, you know, if you're a teacher out there i highly recommend you go and sign up. it's the future of how they will be connected. another company we invested in that unveiled itself in november is a company called next door that's built one of these connectivity networks for your neighborhood. it's gives you the ability to talk with people in your neighborhood about issues that matter and the town to communicate about i need to borrow something to make recommendations on doctors. and it's just going completely up and to the right as well. i think these social connection networks, you're going to see more than just facebook and link linkedin. there's going to be a few other categories. >>> we're going to get much more heavily into twitter with you in just a moment. i wants to talk about groupon though. before the ipo you said there really

linkedin. facebook is the big one people have been waiting for. a key factor is the float, how much is made public. most of the companies have been doing very small floats and not a whole lot of the company is made available. i you this we'll see quite a -- i think we'll probably see quite a bit of excitement unless it's so high that people are nervous. >> thank you, jason brooks with kcbs and cbsmoneywatch.com. >>> politics now. republican presidential hopefuls are all heading west after mitt romney's convincing win in the florida primary. but newt gingrich is confident his fortunes will change in nevada. randall pinkston shows us what's next for the candidates. >>> reporter: mitt romney is on a roll celebrating a double- digit win in florida the former massachusetts governor says he is in a much better spot than he was 10 days ago. >> i have a good path ahead. i think if i can continue to connect with people, describing my message to get this country working again and to take it back from th big government folks, i think i'll be the nominee. >>

oh, you hear of social media stocks, zynga, groupon, linkedin. they all soared today. the same bet is that facebook will be an umbrella that can lift the whole group. look, i get that. i understand the collateral trades. and they work for a little bit. but frankly, to a degree they're for amateurs and they're absurd. like i said before, if you want to bet on the facebook, the best way to do that is by waiting for the ipo and getting a piece of the deal. however, if you can't hold out until may, if you absolutely need your facebook jones fix right now -- and i'm telling you at this point, zynga, groupon moved way too much. they're going to hit by some quarter they don't even like. i'm only going tone doris one non-facebook play on the facebook deal at this point. and that is morning stanley. the lead underwriter on the ipo. why morgan stanley? it's not because facebook is a needle mover. it's really not when you do the economics. based on an estimated 1% fee -- and they're going to cut the fee for this very important deal for them to get. the lead investment banks would

linkedin, zynga. 20% of ipos on u.s. exchanges and morgan stanley led all u.s.ith 13% share. people think there's not going to be a lot of ipos. how many things have been proven wrong about conventional wisdom in 2012? how about the fact the financials are the best perform's sector. more than anything else i like morgan stanley because they're finally in a position where good news matters to the stock. hence why the darn thing rallied 79 cents or 4% today. it's now up 34% since the beginning of the year. we don't like to chase things on "mad money." but remember the brokers all left for dead last year. morgan stanley in particular was obliterated as the short sellers tried to kill this one a million times. they just spread rumors and rumors to the media, twitter, everywhere, that it had billions and billions of dollars worth of exposure to europe. do you know that all of those stories turned out to be untrue? in october there were even a bunch of headlines on the web about how morgan stanley might fail because of europe. how morgan stanley would be the next lehm

to give you perspective on what this could mean to investors, when linkedin went public last year, its price per share doubled in the first day of trading. but even if facebook files today, it probably won't start trading for a few more months. >>> checking overseas markets, a mixed day in asia. the nikkei finished higher for a second day in a row, while the hang seng lost about half a percent. >>> it was also a mixed day on wall street. the dow jones slipped 20 points and the nasdaq stayed mostly flat. despite that, still the best january for stocks in 15 years. >>> amazon.com disappointed investors on tuesday. the online retailer reported a 57% drop in quarterly earnings. sales were also a billion dollars shy of estimates. free shipping deals over the holidays and a steep price cut for the kindle e-reader hurt its results. >>> and the congressional budget office is predicting the government's bailout program will lose $23 billion in the fiscal year that ended in september. the loss is mainly due to the drop in stock prices of general motors and the insurance company aig. last year th

. >>> on the economy watch, shares of linkedin sored. the professional networking site recorded quartly revenue from this time last year to nearly one $168 million. double from this time last year. as a result the share his the biggest 1-day gain since they went public in may. the stock jumped 17% closing at $90 a share. but the market suffered the steepest loss of the year thus far. new troubles in greece triggered the sell off. the dow lost 89 points but it is still up nearly 5% for the year. nasdaq fell 23. >>> the streets of athens filled with thousands of protesters angry at new custs that greece is considering on the condition of a bailout. they through firebombs and shot tear gas. the ministers say greece must cut another $432 million from the budget. the cuts would include slashing the minimum wage by 22%. firing 15,000 government workers and reducing health, social security and military spending. >>> prosecutors take legal action against two bay area hotels for harboring prostitution. what happened when we went inside to see if

lower vacancies to single digits and will migrate into north of market commodity space such as the linkedin lease just completed at one montgomery. office rents were also split with rates dropping to $28 in oakland and rising to over $40 per square foot in san francisco. rents in san francisco will rise to the $60 or $70 per square foot levels, and it will trigger new office construction for the first time in over four years. oakland, are you listening? investment sales volume in the bay area continue to grow in all product types and rose to over $12 billion in 2011, an increase of 57% from the previous year. projections show an increase of 100% for 2012. the top office leases during the past 12 months in san francisco and oakland -- these experienced office -- rising office activity with many tenants rushing to lock in long-term rental rates prior to the big increases expected in 2012 and 2013. salesforce continues to be the market maker with a 400,000 square foot lease signed this past january. let's go back to this linen truck -- lenin -- lemon truck and turning lemons into lemonade. san

strong gains also for recently public tech companies like linkedin and groupon. and while companies like facebook and zynga are hiring, the bay area has over the years lost an entire set of jobs. manufacturing. most of them gone overseas, but remember how president obama during his state of the union speech actually took the time to ask companies to make things here in america. well, we searched around silicon valley and found some companies who still do make things here. although not all companies make things here as we'll talk about. some companies like chip companies used to make things here. the defense industry used to make things here and we'll talk in a minute about apple. but first, some products still made in the usa. intuitive surgical which uses technology to help doctors during surgery makes its robots here. solaria, a green tech company makes its solar panels here. evidence of manufacturing still being done in silicon valley. in fact, a bay area start-up called zazzle which lets you use the web to customize your products is expanding its manufacturin

more earnings on tap: dunkin brands, linkedin, pepsico and philip morris international. also tomorrow, one woman's journey to homeownership and how the financial crisis has made the process a rocky road. toyota is moving production of its highlander hybrid sport utility vehicle to the u.s. the move will add 400 jobs to an indiana plant that makes regular highlanders and the sienna minivan. the cost? $400 million. the shift helps toyota with its goal of making the u.s. a major export hub. those highlander hybrids will start rolling off american assembly lines by mid 2013. >> tom: you may be able to fly through airport security a little faster at 28 major airports, if you're qualified. the transportation security administration is expanding a sped-up check-in for frequent fliers to 28 airports. there's no cost to eligible passengers and they'll no longer have to take off shoes and belts before boarding flights. in exchange, those travelers have to give up more personal information. the pre-check program will be in 35 cities by the end of the year. >> tom: california and ne

an improving job market is good news for linkedin, the social networking site for professionals. earnings were better than anticipated, and showed a 30% jump from a year ago. shares came into tonight's earnings report off a fraction, but rebounded 4% in after-hours action. other new dot-com stocks saw heavy selling after their first earnings reports as public companies. groupon shares tumbled 14% after reporting a surprise loss. trip advisor fell 15% after its first earnings report came in shy of estimates. its outlook was disappointing, too. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> tom: today's settlement over bad foreclosure documents, nor a deal to bail out greece change the coming slowdown in consumer spending, leading to a failing economy and a market crash. that's harry dent's forecast. he is president of h.s. dent, an economic research firm. and he's author of the new book, "the great crash ahead." nice to see you again, harry. >> nice to be back, tom. >> tom: you're in the bruised up here despite forecasting a great cash of the money show. in january you were looking for a

. >> maybe you could make an argument that, late last year when linkedin and some other companies came out, there would've been an opportunity for them to maybe get the most price or the most value. but, i think it's still a very good time, and when you're a great company there's a lot of environments that are suitable for coming public. >> reporter: and, of course, if the facebook i.p.o. does live up to all the hype, it just might give a boost to the overall u.s. stock market or, in facebook lingo, "friend" it. suzanne pratt, "nightly business report," new york. >> tom: rick munarriz is the senior technology analyst for the "motley fool." rick, facebook has seen some amazing growth and we got the official numbers with this ipo registration today. take a look at the growth numbers we saw, just the top line, the revenue, from 153 million in sales in 2007, 700 plus million dollars two years later, almost 4 billion last year. is this sustainable? >> yes. at that pace it's not. you've seen over the last two years it's gone from the revenue has gone five fold, even though users have gone fr