. >> i think they should buy linkedin and the reason is because on the social media side linkedin isery high quality, high demographic group of people. i've been writing there for the past week or two, stunned by the level of the quality of the comments and the type of people who are reading their sort of linkedin. that would help google plus or integrate that into google plus, that would be really good. >> shot across the bow of facebook because when facebook came out with the graph surge, could be a threat to linkedin. what do you think, rock? >> facebook is in a much better position to get into search than google into social even with linkedin. linkedin has a very different social graph than twitter or google does and i don't know how it helps to have the social graph which is professional oriented rather than search oriented. >> they had this split approved. i think it's been held up, right, delayed, but when you consider since their ipo back in 2004 their stock is up 728%, congratulations to those who got in early. should they split their stock? >> you know, i think it's somethi

it made $13 a share, netflix, linkedin and amazon. barely making anything.ne goes up more than a third. one goes down gigantically, where's the justice here? where's the love? or the benefit of the doubt? oh, no, with apple it doesn't work that way anymore. apple's the opposite of amazon now in show me mode after rallying like a rocket ship for a long time. amazon's a company where you've been shown and it just keeps showing you. apple's relatively new leadership under tim cook who is not particularly well known or promotional. amazon is run by a guy regarded as the ultimate pioneer, gets the benefit of the doubt at every turn. apple's a total spendthrift, a cheapskate with $137 billion in cash in the bank. amazon is still building out its network and borrowing to do so. unlike just about every other walk of life, we revere amazon because it's spending like mad. but we scorn apple because a third of the market cap is in cash. we wonder, what's the point here? don't stand there counting it, do something bold. it's not rainy day money anymore when it's that mu

it could potentially threaten linkedin. it shows you how to search for people's professional history, dating service, how to search for people within the city. let's take a look at what mark zuckerberg has to say. >> we believe if we give you the tools to knock out this graph, that can be the basis for building a lot of kinds of services for connecting. >> so asny industry that's going to be hit by this is the recommendation business. yelp is down on the news. if you can search for restaurants that your friends like, you don't need to see other people's reviews. it does seek significant. if there's nothing within your graph facebook will direct you. there's obviously a lot of potential down the line to put adds around these search results. andy? >> let's bring you in some others and the representative. is this a bigger deal than we realize? >> i think the reason that the market's not reacting with enthusiasm because it's hard to see how this is a materiel event for them. there's no obvious revenue attached to it although se

take a look at linkedin.ng in dreirect relationship to the announcement made by mark zuckerberg in california. they open match.com. tyler, aisle send it back to you. it's going to be a story that certainly is parse for the rest of the day and days to come as wall street tries to decide if this is the thing that's going to take facebook to the next level. is it going to be the thing that keeps your eyes on facebook longer? maybe you'll look at an ad if you're staying on there also and also your mobile device whether you're using that, whether they'll be able to monetize that and keep this story moving forward. >> thank you so much for taking us through all of this skillfully and artfully. it makes you go yelp on some of them the way the lines were reacting to this facebook news. he rejoins us, the author of "the facebook effect" writer. david, you indicated in one of your prior remarks that what you expected here was if the local search, the graph search, didn't lead you where you wanted to, go it with us goin

three, a maxed-out linkedin profile. it's often one of the first things that comes up in an internet search. so make sure your profile is up to date with links and information. four, a blog. having a blog will help position you and your business as a leader in the field. and number five, videos. studies continue to show that video use is on the use, so make sure you have a video presence online. when we talk about capital for our businesses, we're generally talking about money, about funding. but our next guest says we should not forget about invisible capital. that there are hidden forces that can help to shape entrepreneurial opportunity. chris robb is an adjunct professor at temple university's fox school of business. we sat on a panel together and i was so interested in what you were talking about that i wanted to be sure to share it with them. so explain in a line or two, what is invisible capital? >> essentially invisible capital is all the things that impact business viability when hard work, a great idea and a go

but linkedin, equal weight on concerns about valuation.din did outperform pierce as well as the market last year. we ceil if facebook takes that role in 2013. back over to you. >> thank you, julia. >>> now to the deficit ceiling, or the debt ceiling, not deficit ceiling. so do you cut or is it really just slowing the growth. that's a definition of cut in washington terms. >>> and investment versus salary. which faired better in the debt deal? the cliff deal. both editor robert frank is obt case. robert? >> the stocks aren't the only reasons investors are happy this afternoon. the cliff deal favors the wealthy who make their money from investments over the plane old salaried rich. we will have that coming up next. [ male announcer ] how can power consumption in china, impact wool exports from new zealand, textile production in spain, and the use of medical technology in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average.

linkedin shares are also down on the news. here is basically what the company announced.earch function with you does not do what you do on the web. basically it searches for photos and news feeds and anything else that exist within facebook's ecosystem. so you can search within your friends. search for things like photos that existed before 1999 and get specifically what you're looking for that only exists on facebook. it is a very targeted way of getting people information. it is something that can not be done and data doesn't exist anywhere else. facebook's mark zuckerberg still at the menlo park headquarters talking about a couple of other features. still talking about mobile. also video time, and some other features, so that, the event is still going on. i will bring more details as they come out. right now the big announcement is graph search, following latest for you. bring it to you later. lori: i am concerned about my privacy in all this. thank you. >> absolutely. joining us on the phone with more on facebook and graph search is rob enderle. give me the off-the-cu

if you are under 45 years old within you are asking about facebook and linkedin and znyga.f you are older an worried about income, you are asking about stocks that may be a proxy to replace the savings account that you're in. depend on the age and risk level. >> do they like tech, in general? other than the social media companies we have been talking about? >> sue, i think everybody loves tech. anything that looks exciting, that will replace and make things more efficient, i think that the easiest story to tell right now. yes, everybody loves tech. >> all right, thanks so much, mark. ty, over to you. >> thank you, sue. cnbc.com's john carnie joins us with an exclusive interview with nassim taleb. he likes to call himself the ghost of talos. do you not like to call yourself that? >> that was not me. someone else started that. >> well anyhow, you are no fan of davos. >> let's get to that in a minute. but first, the thesis of anti-fragile. which is not only that you need to be less vulnerable it risk randomness, hiccups in the world, but you need to position yourself, your por

and we're watching facebook, linkedin. facebook, of course, has a big announcement next week that everybody's been waiting and anticipating, we're seeing facebook back above the $30 line, so pretty good for that group. lori: and if you own shares of ford, nicole, this could be good news. the company looking to return money to shareholders. tell us quickly. >> reporter: oh, yeah. doubling the quarterly dividend, so that's the news for ford, the f-150 being so popular. but both ford and general motors hitting 52-week highs. [cheers and applause] ashley: all right. they're whooping and hollering. just finishing up yet another trading day on wall street. take a look at how stocks are finishing up as we take you into the 4 p.m. eastern hour. the dow up 80 points, about six-tenths of a percent gain on the day, s&p also up about three-quarters of percent, the russell 2000 also up. so green arrows across the board. we'll call them modest gains. lori: modest gains, but a second day of gains, and we're just about at session highs. w

linkedin investors not too worried about the search that facebook can give you, where you can look up and find where your friends are working, but yelp could be in for a rough ride. you can now get information on things from people you know and trust. so we will see how it works in the days and weeks to come. nbc bay area news. >> very interesting, thank you, scott. it's a new way to help get your college dee dwree, that is the hope. san jose state and the rest of the csu system is launching a pilot program intended to help a larger amount of students to graduate. the plan involves putting classes online with the new focus and san jose state is working with the ill silicon valley start up, chris sanction is joining us with the details live from campus. >> reporter: hi there, if you thought you could get a csu degree without finding a parking spot around the campus, you will be disappointed that is not the direction that san jose stalt and the rest of csus are headed. instead they are offering a pilot program with courses online that are specifically designed toward basic course work t

have speculated about, but a new social search tool that threatens to invade the turf of google, linkedinthinks it could change the way their billion users interact online, and abc's david wright brings us this exclusive behind-the-scenes look. >> reporter: today at facebook headquarters, founder mark zuckerberg launched a new era for the social networking site. >> one of the older traditions that we have at facebook. >> reporter: by holding up a gong. this little ritual happens only at big product launches of facebook, marking the moment the new product goes online. facebook's tantalizingly vague announcement just come and see what we're building. >> people guess search engine. guessed facebook gifts. guessed a facebook phone. >> reporter: led to a frenzy of speculation about what it might be. >> maybe a standalone ipad app. >> reporter: not quite. facebook gave "nightline" exclusive access to what they've really been building, a rare behind-the-scenes look at a product that could change people's daily habits online. graph search, a powerful tool with an uninspiring name, a search engine

algerian media reports foreign hostages including americans, escaped capture from al qaeda linkedin surgeonscate from 15 to 100 people were abducted from a b.p. oil field in algeria after an attack. >> by all indications this is

combine people you know from facebook or linkedin or other places. or real experts. >> what are you doing specifically to incorporate social signals in ask.com? >> we have our own community of users. it's big and vibrant and mobile where people are bringing this with them. we have over 3 million downloads from our mobile app. we are taking questions people ask on our service and sending it to people who are in our community that provide their own answers and using their connections to things they talked about and who they know at signals, also where they are located geographically, how fresh the information is. all these things feed into the answers we are using. also we found and bought ask.com was there was a big gap in expert knowledge. there was more of an opportunity to find out things from general folks than there is from someone who really knows. >> how do you get that message out to the consumer? if the consumer knows, if i go on google, i will probably find the link to the answer i want. but doesn't realize that on your service you can offer

let's looked a facebook and linkedin.n has come under pressure here and that is because barclays was very bullish on them but they think linkedin's initial forecast could come in below consensus estimates. on the other hand, facebook up over 5% at this point at 28.11. talking about jpmorgan raised its price target. the new price target is $35 up from $29. not the 38 ipo. but upside potential. talking about ad revenues and those are likely to accelerate. so those are good positive comments for jpmorgan on facebook. as a result you're seeing facebook as a real winner today. back to you. tracy: thank you, nicole. we'll see you in 15 minutes. ashley: new car sales are forecast to be a bright spot in the economy according one research firm. polk see sales to grow 6.6%, exceeding 15 million vehicles. these numbers based on expectations for new vehicle registrations. the director of polk says autos are looking quote, to be one of the key sectors that leads the u.s. economic recovery. we talked about this before. a lot of cars ou

time for a conversation with -- sally field on her role as mary todd lincoln in the acclaimed film "linkedin that is next time. we will see you then. >> there's a saying that dr. king has -- we are only about 50% of the way to eliminate hunger and we have a lot of work to do. ed committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can s tamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>

. >> linkedin had a good week, too. >> and all of the social media did.r the call, and as we will look back on the previous winning trades, and a couple of weeks ago, don called the qualcomm by making ten times that amount, and here is how. >> on options action, one rule, risk less to make more, and that is what dan did with the bullish bet on qualcomm. dan thought that qualcomm shares were being unfairly punished by apple's pain. >> this is a cheap company and thrown out the baby with the bathwater today and it is worth taking a look at. >> but buying 100 shares is $6,000. so to spend less, dan instead bought the strike call for 90 cents, now to make money, he needs qualcomm to rise above $92.50 for the price of that call or by january expiration, but spending a buck to get long of the chip maker, and dan, chip down the price of the trade. >> i sold one of the jan 65 calls. >> there we go. to cut costs, dan sold the january strike call for 35 cents and created his call spread. but he did something better. he made the profits come quicker and here is how.

the best bet for the weekend "argo," and "zero dark thirty" and " linkedin." -- "lincoln." >> have ace weekend. >> next, a manthe man behind the fake girlfriend shares his side of the story. when he told dr. phil after admitting it. >> i am my rights for what they've done to me. >> an 85-year-old man who was forcibly sterilized as >> a dark chapter in the nation's history is up for debate. >> compensating people who were forcibly or -- sterilized. part of the discredited eugenics movement. >> the survivors are dying off. we first told you about this issue in august. there is a bill in the state house. there is a retired marine who is fighting for it. >> lois reynolds was a marine in korea and vietnam. allowed to fight but not to have children. >> reynolds and thousands of others the commonwealth deemed defective were sterilized between 1924 and 1979. part of a nationwide eugenics movement even adopted by hitler in an effort to build a superior race. he was labeled epileptic after he was hit in the head and suffered seizures. he was stablesterilized at age 13. >> now a bipartisan bill

linkedin ceo was named one of the best ceo's but customers were dissatisfied enough to get number 8. cable gets number 9 and american airlines comes in at number 10 after a surge of canceled flights earlier this year. buyer beware and the list goes on. you can find out who else made it at www.vabsc.org. >> i have to agree e.>> he won the lottery and turned up dead. today we have some brand new information for you about the mysterious death of this jackpot winner and it concerns his wife. >> fire surrounds a family leaving them with nowhere to turn so they jump into the water to survive. they are there for a long time. first let's check in with steve doocy coming up on "fox & friends." >> coming up on "fox & friends" actress and singer naomi judd will be here and the hit fishing show based in massachusetts, wicked tuna are here. along with former military general stanley mcchrystal. it is 12 minutes from now on the fox news channel. ya. alright, anher one just like that. right in the old bucket. good toss! see that's much better! that was good. you had your shoulder pointed, you kept

take lunch, then surf ebay, update facebook and linkedin. about 430 in the afternoon he would actually do work and send an e-mail of the date to management before heading home. the employee was found out after the company became alarmed over the discovery of some one from china accessing the server. asked verizon to investigate the possible security breach. the truth about what was going on, i'm sure, came as a shock to management because the man who verizon refuses to identify was receiving excellent marks for his performance. he was fired for violating company policy. the upside, you'll have plenty of time to watch cat videos and update islington profile. i doubt anybody will hire him after this. thanks regina yes. lou: good evening. i'm lou dobbs. it has been just over 36 hours since radical islamic terrorists seized this natural gas complex in the eastern algerian desert gas fields. the house syrian government sent in its military to stop those terrorists tried to transport their hostages from the plant run by bp and the terrorists held

match.com is a competitor, yelp, linkedin you name it. it is out there at this point. they got the i ball see if they can see ad dollars. >> dating, networking moving into other territory. >>> 12 minutes after the hour. she was found safe and sound after being kidnapped right from her classroom. parents are demanding answers from the school. >> a controversial letter didn't brag about the applicant's accomplishments or top schooling what exactly did this cover letter say that made it go viral. this happy couple used capital one venture miles for their "destination wedding." double miles you can "actually" use. but with those single mile travel cards... [ bridesmaid ] blacked out... but i'm a bridesmaid. oh! "x" marks the spot she'll never sit. but i bought a dress! a toast... ...to the capital one venture card. fly any airline, any flight, anytime. double miles you can actually use. what a coincidence? what's in your wallet? [ all screaming ] watch the elbows ladies. >> quick headlines a shooting left a man and woman dead. another teenaged girl is wounded. they say he

kind of a linkedin light. >> reporter: users ranged from enthusiastic to skeptical. >> i don't thinkwill make me more inclined to use facebook. i have one, but i'd rather go out and meet people in the real world. >> you'd be able to find mutual friends faster. it could be good and a bad thing. hopefully more of a good thing. >> reporter: facebook plans to monitor the users to help the company improve and expand the service. we heard a range of reactions on wall street. the stock rose before the announcement and dropped after it. >> apple's stock hit a new low today. for the first time in a year shares closed below $500. they lost almost $16 at 3.15%. apple has been on the decline after reports of weaker than expected demand for its new iphone. >> it appears chicago authorities have solved the mystery of 18 human heads found at the airport. the heads arrived from rome about a week before christmas. a crematorium showed up this morning with the proper paperwork. the heads had been sent to chicago for anatomical research. the shipping of body parts is not unusual but say you do need the

. >> so you're saying that maybe that gives him an edge against linkedin?y. >> we've been long the stock since the mid-20s and one area i'm going to disagree with you is when the stock was priced at 38 and facebook didn't come anywhere near clearing that bar, that wasn't zuckerberg's doing. that was wall street's doing. >> he's got to take the responsibility. he's running the company and has to call the shots. wall street did hype the stock incredibly but he was in control. >> but to my point, this clearly came from facebook so the fact that these guys put this out, i think that they have something that will overwhelm the street. whether it's something with instagram or a few weeks ago they went out and they changed the legalese behind instagram. i think that could come out today. whether it's that or a search engine. i think they are going to clear this bar by a wide margin. >> you might be right and i can't -- he did ask his users, his one billion users to review their policy statements with regard to facebook and privacy is going to be a very serious iss

i think of the movie "linkedin," or lincoln says, "i am close to an immense power." is closed and immense power. they have the ability, if it wants, to turn things around to the game changer in bangladesh. it would not cost the company that much and is a many lives. >> walmart buys more than $1 billion in garments from bangladesh each year, attracted by the country's $37 a month minimum wage, the lowest in the world. $37 a month. what about union organizing in bangladesh? in the united states as well? >> you had been in -- there is the workers' movement in bangladesh. there was a big fight two or three years ago to raise the minimum wage, which it is $25, they got it all the way up to $37. there is quite a bit of ferment in bangladesh, a lot of resistance to unionizing individual plants. one of the nation's foremost union organizers was found murdered six or eight months ago. my colleague wrote a moving story about his death. his piece points to perhaps a government folks or business folks perhaps hiring someone to murder him. as we see sometimes in the u.s., a lot o

monetization and advertisers in this space, are google's problems also facebook's problems and linkedin's problems? do they share the same problems? >> you know, when i talk to people that trade this actively, it seems like yes and no. i mean, i think people recognize that google really does have a stranglehold on this market, and they're very good at just getting ahead of everybody else. so, yes, perhaps it is a problem for facebook and others, but not a problem for google. i mean, it seems like a long-term good buy right now. david: all right. well, that stock is getting a big pop after hours, about 3-4%. lauren mpt yeah. that was nice. stick with us, we'll see you when the s&p futures close. david: let's bring in mark travis and charles. good to see you both. mark, first to you. let's talk about what happened with google, and the market is trying to figure out whether we are going into a sustained, really bullish market, of course, last year was certainly bullish, a lot more bullish than bearish, or whether or not there's going to be a pullback at some point. you didn't get that impres

that's a gain since february linkedin off. sue, we'll be watching those reports.. >> indeed we will be. thank you so much, julia. checking the markets for you, 48 points away from dow 14,000. right now the dow is at 13,947.78. we're up 65 points. the s&p is up about half a percent or 6 points to the up side. nasdaq is bucking the trend today. it is down 4 points on the trading session, ty. they are trying to push it a little down here. >> let's look at something else fun. where else to roll out newest and fastest luxury sports car than miami international airport. for the first time ever the airport closed one of its runways so it could be turned into a drag strip for the new lamborghini lp 700-4 roadster. hopefully your flight wasn't delayed. kind of reminds me of the closing scene of "argo" if you haven't seen it already. the vehicle is 180 miles per hour. isn't that sweet? if you're prepared to shell out some serious cash, you can have one of those cars, the basic model, stripped down, basically, $400,000. sue. >> and it's very pretty, too. all right. apple unv

now, linkedin, up 5% over the past few days.ving its rise as it hit the milestone of 200 million members. even zynga, a stock slammed hard, up a couple percent higher today, driving that move is acquisition of over 30 patent in on-line gambling space. zynga still facees a number of hurdles before it can open casino and social games it real gambling. wall street is buying the stock whenever there is movement in that area. so right now, all eyes are on facebook's mysterious announcement on tuesday. it says it will reveal what it's been building. we're not sure what that means yet. and then we will get facebook's all important q4 earnings coming up after the bell. we will see if the company comes up to newly hired expectations. sue, over to you. >> thanks, julia. this is one area where high end real estate is hot, hot, hot right now. our wealth editor robert frank is taking us for a bit after tour. hi, robert. >> hey, sue. we will tell you which billion airs beach playground is the hot nest the country for mega mansion sales. that

as i write a post on linkedin, best information regarding snapshot camera's devise comes from molex.lly like about earnings calls because they give you information into end market sometimes. sometimes on earnings call last week, martin made it official, talking about his end markets, he said something he hasn't said before. that is the digital still camera market has finally gotten hammered by the smart market. it has never as pronounced as it was during the fourth quarter bhap he is saying is born out by data from mpd retail. sales of point and shoot cameras fell 33% of the year, but 33% in the fourth quarter alone. for the digital slr market, still growing. for last year, up just 8%. >> i hate digital cameras. you know what? click, click, click, point and shoot. click, click, click. what happens to those photos? personally, i like to print them out and put them in an album. if there is a fire, i will take them with me out of the house. >> like my wife does. >> hado you have your childhood photos? >> no, i don't. >> i think you are high except at the high end. we have pictures, kids

facebook is also taking to yelp and linkedin. for example, with graph search you can look for a doctor or dentist linked by your friends. ceo mark zuckerberg says users can only search for content that has been shared with them. >> we'll see. >>> let's go back to chief meteorologist paul deanno in our mobile weather lab. paul. >> i'll tell you what, there are so many cool bells and whistles in this new vehicle that we have the cbs 5 mobile weather lab. within of my favorite is the fact that since it's mobile and it's a car we can show you what's going on weather-wise once the vehicle gets there we can also show you what's going on weather-wise on the way there because of these two cameras. we have one facing in so we can do a live report sitting in the passenger seat on the way. we also have one camera facing out so we can show you the weather conditions while we drive and we can do that safely. now, the whole idea behind the cbs 5 mobile weather lab is the fact that the bay area has such unique weather. the weather in san rafael

. >> there's hundreds of social media sites, but linkedin-- it's the number one for anything professionalrector. >> yes. >> and over time, we saw something new: confidence. >> what the program has done for me--it brought vernon back. i know who i am. i know this is the vernon that i know. that other person for the past-- post-2009-- i didn't know who that was. so i'm back. i'm back in the game. >> i was so prideful and so stubborn that i would not apply for part-time positions. i wasn't gonna go work at the grocery store nearby. i wasn't gonna go flip burgers. i have a college education. i've been successful at work. i've been working for 30 years. i'm not doing this. so when this opportunity for platform to employment came along, i joined it, and it changed my mindset. >> after the classes are over, platform to employment opens the door on its biggest innovation. it's an internship with a business that's looking to hire. tell me what that first day was like, walking through the door. >> it was nice to be a part of the workforce, having to go to work in the morning rather than get up in t

linkedin and so is audi, you picked ending of the commercials, in this case, you pick the winner of thisn't think this is going to do as well as the polar bears, the classic super bowl commercials from last year but really interesting to see -- i'm sure that the cmos have complete control, happy with whoever wins this particular chase. >> one more in, go daddy always pushing the limits, this year, a little different direction. >> hey, joe, when are you ever gonna put your idea online? >> relax, kell, it's not like anyone else is going to have the exact same idea that popped into my head. >> how you know who one else has thought of it, harry? >> because they haven't kelly. >> it's totally original. >> one in a gas zil lynn. >> will this ad be good for go daddy? >> yes it l usually go daddy offends half the population within about two seconds. this one is funny, it's articulate, also communicates the message for go daddy. consumers will like this one. >> the yardstick against which all are measured, the am 1984 ad, iconic ad, super bowl xviii, by the way do any of these ads, anything you a

nancy writing, i think yelp should be much more worried about facebook graph search than linkedin.s the big question on the street. >> i think google gets off easy today. but the long-term pressure here, think remains. as long as facebook goes revenue on the top line -- >> i don't know. well before the ipo, all these analysts saying facebook is going to disintermediate yat search. here we are two years later and they are announcing something in a beta stage for search. they haven't made -- >> the point is, these guys have 600 million daily users and a wealth of data that google doesn't have. this is powerful. they haven't found a way to use it yet. who said they were going to unleash the engine in the development of this product is changing by the day. to think that these guys can't compete -- i'm not long facebook here. i'm just saying you -- >> sounds like it. >> mel is in my grill. >> sorry, i don't mean to. >> bringing the heat. somebody's got to. >> i'll take tim's back on this. it's kind of stock that, first of all, very newsy. the feel on twitter, i mean, come on. if it hold

google, linkedin and yelp and match.com and the implications are hunk.ointed to bing search results along with those ads and we can certainly expect facebook to pair ads next to all search results down the line. one thing to keep in mind is that privacy will be a huge issue. can you only share -- you can only search what's been shared with you which means people are likely to tighten their privacy settings in the wake of this announcement and facebook is going to be encouraging people to review which one is going to be listed and searchable down the line. maria. >> stay right there. >> yeah. so many reasons to tighten our privacy settings on facebook. as we bring in our next two guests to make sense of facebook's graph search, a name i don't understand, if it will actually translate to be a significant source of revenue for the company. that's what we'll explore. we mentioned the stock. falling on the announcement of very heavy, heavy fowl volume. >> here is lou kerner of the social internet fund who says the graph search is the next evolutionary step fo

let's talk social media, shares of linkedin was given an outperform rating.roupon, among others, including facebook move higher. the bulls continue to plow into this event ahead of the mystery press event and take a look at research in motion, today's top-performing stock on the nasdaq 100. reuters writing that three of the top u.s. cell phone carriers signaled this week that they would support the blackberry ten products, verizon, t mobile, once again a lot of rights optimism ahead of that blackberry ten launch on january 30th. back to you. >> seema, thanks so much. 35 minutes before the closing bell sounds for the day. a market is sitting at the highs of the day with a gain on the dow 76 points. >> gm and ford both hitting one-year highs with ford making a major announcement today. details on that and then a debate on which automaker's stock is the best bet to drive even higher? >>> also ahead could, solving our nation's massive debt problem really be simple as jim grant says? he'll be here with some solutions. back in a moment. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do

there is linkedin. a gain of nearly .5%. this is earning season.e have the empire manufacturing number that is not so great. back to you. connell: time to make some money with charles payne. dell turned into a huge storage yesterday. dagen: shares up again yesterday. looking to go private. charles: it has been written up that tpg and silverlake may team up. the biggest i think was 2005. i do not think money will be an issue. i think there is a lot of credibility. you know, he is not the kind of guy, he is not a greed driven god. he could have easily pocketed a billion dollars. by the same token, you guys remember when he had that big tax fight with alston because there had never been a house that big in austin. i do not think it was funny. i think michael dell probably wants to find a way to retool this company. dagen: that is the central question. what can you do as a private company as a public company. >> that would be a typical bill. the thing is, you know, could you afford the bump in the road that comes -- listen, we have to take a pit stop.

nicole: looking at both linkedin and facebook.amount of users. 200 million users around the world on link in. here is a look at the stock. up 1.6%. that is great news for the company. let's talk about facebook. back above the $30 mark. now, next week we are waiting for the big announcement. certainly a lot of buzz surrounding facebook. it almost feels like apple, but it is not. it is up 4.8%. back to you. ashley: thank you so much. appreciate it. tracy: jack lu expected to be tapped to run our treasury. fox news juan williams will weigh-in next. ashley: helicopter jack. first, let's take a look at some of today's winners and losers. they spoke up nearly 5% again today. about 30 bucks. we will be right back. ♪ ashley: wrapping up its probe. it is a tax avoidance strategy. it may not like what it sees in apple's latest government filings. >> what is going on here is the senate has looked into a half a dozen tech companies and their tax avoidance schemes. how will you basically not pay your u.s. taxes and, basically, they need the mo

dennis: linkedin cleaning up on oscar nominations. cheryl: we are live at the herbalife conference. as we do every day at this time, let's look at oil. ♪ ♪ [ cows moo ] [ sizzling ] more rain... [ thunder rumbles ] ♪ [ male announcer ] when the world moves... futures move first. learn futures from experienced pros with dedicated chats and daily live webinars. and trade with papermoney to test-drive the market. ♪ all on thinkorswim. from td ameritrade. cheryl: it looks like the dell is trying to make it a six day in a row. phil flynn is in the pits of the cme. you have charles payne here in studio helping you make some money on molly corporation. dennis: first, nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange. nicole: there is a lot to look at today. let's start off with some of the retailers. they have beat their own forecast. the stock is up 4%. tiffany with a disappointment. they did not do as well as they had hoped. also the parents of dress barn, justice, that is at almost 7%. aeropostale gave a disappointing profit outlook. quickly, here is a look at your dow, s&p

the announcement could also affect sites like linkedin and yelp whose shares dropped 7% yesterday in wake of that announcement. >>> time now for "politico." >> joining us now with a look at the "politico playbook," executive editor mr. jim vandehei. how you doing? >> doing okay. how are you? >> there's a group of republicans who believe the debt ceiling is not the armageddon it's been out to be and some say it's just an excuse for the president to keep on spending. explain their position. >> and it's not a small group of republicans. it might be the dominant thought process right now inside the house republican conference. they basically believe if you don't raise the debt limit, it does not necessarily mean default, that you can stack your payments, you can wait until enough tax revenue comes in to delay some payments, that you can shut down parts of the government that they don't consider essential. that just because we don't raise the debt limit, it would default. despite pressure from big business, despite pressure from the president, despite pressure from their own leadership, t

according to his linkedin pain, he's manager of a joint venture in algeria. >>> other news right now, confession to the world. lance armstrong admitting unequivocally to oprah winfrey that he repeatedly took performance enhancing drugs after more than a decade of fierce denials. >> yes or no, did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no, was one of those banned substances epo? >> yes. >> did you ever blood dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> did you ever use any other banned substances like testosterone, cortisone, or human growth hormone? >> yes. >> yes or no, in all seven of your tour de france victories did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes. >> in your opinion, was it humanly possible to win the tour de france without doping, seven times in a row? >> not in my opinion. >> armstrong says he was a bully, describing how he treated those who tried to expose him. people he now acknowledges were, in fact, telling the truth about him. these lies could end up costing lance armstr