the energizer lithium.e alkaline batteries and duracell and the cheapest is the kirkland signature. night, one more shopping days to go. find out about last-minute deals and what stores are staying open the latest. back here tomorrow. is recoveringerck some files of its hpv vaccine because glass pieces might have ended up in the containers. they were shipped between august 20 and october 9. the cdc said patients might experience swelling at the site of injection but the vaccines are not affected. 743,000 files are included in the recall. merck estimates only 10 might contain the tiny pieces of glass. -- stopping dead in her tracks. there in the class this of replacing a highway with an underground tunnel. something underground stop the machine. geologists believe it could be a giant boulder from the last ice age. >> you find old shoes, newspapers, there is a boat buried in downtown seattle. you name it, it could be down there. >> those in charge of the project want to make sure they know what they are doing

you have a lithium ion battery.attery because of the that this has been made possible, getting away from the combustible cigarette. that first came out, it changed the entire process for smokers, and the experience. smokers want or look for something else. it is not like chewing a piece of gum or wearing a patch. they like the experience. they like to see the vapor, the smoke. they like the oral fixation. an electroniching cigarette offers. >> jacob, how did you get involved in this gekko -- in this? jason, and my family has been in distribution for hundreds of years. it goes hand-in-hand. wherever anheuser-busch products are sold, of course, you will find cigarettes and e-cigarettes now. it is a game changer. i'm trying to get distribution with the anheuser-busch part. wherever a bee products are sold, you will find -- whereverab products are sold, you will find cigarex. but it is a perfect partnership, is oftenour beer buyer the same customer. >> just to focus on the technology that goes into this, what does someo

it runs on lithium batteries that are worn around the waist but at a cost of $240,000, it's almost outreach for most people. the implant fits almost 90% of men, and only 20% of women. the company connor is working on a smaller one for women. human trials must finish, three more terminal patients will receive the heart in coming months. barbara, al jazerra. >>> and thank you for watching al jazerra, i am richelle carey, the weekend is next. check out our website throughout the day. al jazerra daljazerra.com, thanh for your time. sheet♪ notes money." >>> this is "real money." you are the most important part of the show. join our live conversation for the next half hour on twitter: on facebook, facebook.com/aj. "real money." the big decision from the

energizer lithium. >> limb yinl can previed up to five times the power under certain circumstances. >> it's worth it for digital cameras. but consumer reports say it's the way to go for toys used less often. and that is nothing to cry about. once batteries are dead, you should recycle them. you can get information on our web site. >> i remember those days you do, too. >> i have 20 nieces and nephews. >> we're continuing our fight to stop hunger in the bay area with our give where you live campaign. >> spencer christian joins us live tonight. >> we've got petaluma childrens chorus here. they've been serenading us. joining me now are senior gleers. >> what we do is separate and we sort out the donation put into these barrels. one of the things is we asked to write down the cans. and containers. >> right. >> expression with peanut butter? what is that snoo when peanut butter comes in from donations we have to open up every lid to make sure the seal is on there. because lots of time the seal is broken. >> that is a no no >> so then what happens? >> these bins now taken over to the store o

consumer reports tested 15 kinds of aa, lithium and alkaline batteries on a test rack to measure justong they would last in flashlights and digital cameras. the toys r us ultra delivered 4 hours of flashlight time and 49 shots for digital camera, but the energizer ultimate lithium rated tops for these devices. and for toys that are used less often, i should say, the duracel proved the best alkaline at half the price. >> don't you think toy companies have a deal with the battery companies? >> hours of tech fun and learning in a durable kid- friendly tablet and a car that lets you crawl around. these are our top picks today. this is the vtech h innotab. a game player, an mp3 player all packaged in one. you can personalize this. it has 20 apps already installed on it. and it apparently allows kids to send messages to their parents phones through an app that are secure, right? so, this is for kids ages 3 to 9. sells for about $99.99, but we found some for $69.99 online. shop, shop, shop. so this is innotab. now this could be driving to a house near you. this is the laugh and learn crawl a

some of the big moves in batteries, with tools, going to lithium ion. big change in lighting, probably one of the biggest changes in technology if you go back years, basically the incandescent bulb is going away. >> why don't we go there for a second? this is what you put out today. cree, right here, 22 years of life? >> yes. these bulbs you will put in your will. they are not gonna -- they are not gonna go out. it's basically instead of a filament you've got a computer chip, and the computer chip is incredibly energy efficient, so these use just a fraction of the energy and then they last forever. >> no more twilight zone glow? >> no more twilight zone glow. they have special -- and now they're also adapting special colors, so it's much more realistic colors. i don't know if you can pick this up. but if you can just compare for this new cree bulb, the kind of natural light that they cast versus the old harsh white. incredible strides being made in l.e.d. technology. >> i want to talk about this because the analysts have a mindset and the mindset is, th

it runs lithium batteries at a cost of $240. it's almost out of reach for most people.he implant fits 90% of men and not many women. the company is working on a smaller one for women. three terminal patients will receive the heart in coming months. >> now a beach, ipanema beach attracts many from around the world. a community is bucking the trend. >> this is where anderson feels at home, riding the waves at the iconic beaches in rio de janeiro. he has been surfing since he was four and is a champion. some days getting in the water is tough. >> translation: when there would be shoot-outs in the community between police and traffickers that makes me sat. my bag would be searched by police and it would be torture to stay on the hill. >> pichachu has lived with violence. the father was a drug dealer killed by a grenade during police raids. it was his uncle teaching him how to tackle the waves. the sport was for the rich kids. >> when i started it was tough to get into surfing. the boards were expensive. those in faffalas couldn't afford them. i used to wait for someone's st

they don't see things get better way -- they don't see the -- it could be in the plastics field or lithium. >> rose: people in the business see it is? >> they see it first. in a mall, imagine the companies you've seen in dunkin' donuts, it goes on and on, wal-mart, stop & shop. these are all companies that got better and suddenly you say "gee i'm shopping there." i'm not saying people should -- if he want to invest in the same kind of research they do when they buy a refrigerator. >> rose: we continue with malcolm gladwell. >> i have often said we are as a society information rich and theory poor. that we have more and more experiences and the breadth and variety of experiences that our parents and grandparents never had. but what we look are ways to make sense of them and so the genre of books to which my books belong, these are a genre of sense-making books. i'm giving and people who write in the same field, we're giving people theories to tie them together. >> rose: we continue with ron howard, bryce dallas howard and james murphy talking about canon's project imagination. >> bryce made

i think the biggest issue, the fire under tesla is not the lithium ion batteries. but the valuation. >> one thing that's interesting, we haven't been doing outright cull or put purchases in tesla. volatility is high. the implied volatility, price of options has come down as of late making it interesting. today, i look at the december 27th expiration options. that's right after christmas. when the stock was 151, i bought the december 27, 150 put, paying 550. and there, i have a lot of room. what i'm hoping to happen here, after finding my risk. if the stocks start moving lower, applied volatility is likely to pick up. then i'll look to spread these long puts and create a lower breaking. >> this is absolutely a tactical bet, folks. you'll not want to run out and every time you're bearish on a stock, start buying puts. this can get costly quickly. i look at a stock like this, there's no way i would consider shorting it. if you want a bearish bet. you may want to do chart-term. >> you may want to spread your way out or take a profit. this is something mike mentioned. a

the spanish kings traditional christmas eve but just ignore that on half the lithium tv for the first time in its fifty year history. it highlights growing separatists beginning in the northeastern region ironically king kong law school. the spanish units a month immortal god for many years. we walked side by side building a democracy. i won't post them all together we've results problems even more difficult than the ones we face today. use him and always with the same objective to reach a common goal the local one. fellow nationalists and use the vehicle was great to autonomy within spying. but recently of more radical independent smith and to spring up. also just off the appellants would but for full independence. but madrid says a proposed referendum next year would be unconstitutional and has backed the book. rhonda hundred and seventy migrants who are on the telly entire trip planned to do so has been evacuated. bill and send to have been designed to rise to a tent and fifty people for two days but instead would become more of a long time refugee camp leading to accusations of cr

it runs on lithium batteries worn around the waist but at a cost of $240,000, its almost out of reach for most people. the implant fits almost 90% of men and only 20% of women. the company karna is working on a smaller one for women. human trials must finish. three more terminal patients will receive the havert in coming months. barbara angapo, al jazeera. >>> the dallas police department is trying to rehabilitate its image after a high-profile shooting this summer. police officials invited people to macdonald's across the city for a free coffee and a chance to talk with the officers who patrol their neighborhood mark snyder reports. >> ron skufka got here at 5:30 in the morning so he could be the first to get with an officer at 7:00. he runs a health clinic around the corner. crime has been an issue. >> i wanted to ask some questions because the pharmacy gets broken into every once in a while. and i wanted to know if we could beef up security. >> skufka said his 30 minute chat was productive. he leaves with ideas on how to better protect his business? >> it actually makes you feel li

teammates in texas have outfitted a 2002 mazda miata with 120 small lithium batteries, all electric powerzero gasoline, and they invited us to go along for the ride. you call this launching. >> yeah. launching like a rocket. >> reporter: an electric motor has full launching power the second it's turned on, crucial for acceleration. metric has never attempted this kind of race with someone in the passenger seat, and we went 0 to 60 in 2 1/2 seconds. a normal gas powered miata does that in 7.6 seconds. >> you were probably the first passenger to ever do 100 miles an hour in the eighth mile. >> reporter: the car does have to be recharged after two runs, but the promise of electric is why formula one is launching an electric series in racing next year, and it's why every car company in the world is paying attention right now. larry webster is editor in chief of "road & track" magazine. >> motorsports has always been a place where motor technology is pushed, new ideas are tried and tested and even perfected. they're learning the limitations of batteries, how quickly they can take energy out, h

it has small lithium ion batteries. this is where the commercial market is going to be. it is going to be for monitoring crops, doing surveillance. >> the general counsel for the association of unmanned vehicles, thank you very much. >> thank you. hong kong ringing in the new year as celebrations take place around the world. i will count down the top five stories of the year when "bloomberg west" continues. >> you are watching "bloomberg west" where we focus on technology in the future of business. people in the northeast will be ringing in the new year's in several inches of of snow at the same time. weather watchers have issued a hazardous weather warning. new york city, long island, nor the and new jersey. , nine inches. home prices in 20 u.s. cities rose in october from a year ago by 13 point six percent. the biggest single year gain in the s&p case schiller index. age when celine inventory limits the supply of homes. starting tomorrow, people in colorado will be able to legally buy weed. yes, it will be legal and year after colorado and washington voters made the sa

it has a small lithium-ion battery and can fly for about 20 minutes.his is where the commercial market is going to be. to be for monitoring crops and doing surveillance and that kinds of things. >> thank you for joining us. hong kong rang in the new year several hours ago. as celebrations take place from the world, we will look at 2014 at countdown the top five stories of the year when "bloomberg west" continues. ♪ >> you are watching "bloomberg west" where we focus on technology and the future of business. let's get straight to the bloomberg top headlines. people in the northeast bringing in the new year's and several issue -- several inches of snow at the same time. i hazardous weather warning issued for pennsylvania up into new england. forecasters say new york city, long island and new jersey could you between four and eight inches of snow. austin can get nine inches. home prices in 20 u.s. cities rose in october by third team .6% come a the biggest single .ear ain't -- starting tomorrow, people in colorado will be able to legally buy weed. marijua

. >> sony looks like it s holding on to the lithium-ion battery business for now.ing to reports because of a weak yen and turn around they're seeing in the smartphone market and demand for lithium-ion battery looks like they will hold on to it. the stock is up almost 2% today. and strong year for sony as well. shares trade here in the u.s., up 55%, adam and lori, year-to-date. back to you. adam: lauren, thanks. lori: sure. need a car? coming up jeff flock is in chicago. and we'll tell you why big action could save you big bucks. adam: we have a former hhs official who says it is still not good enough. lori: here show the dollar is moving right now. lori: let's talk politics. the white house announced more than one million people have enrolled in health care plans on the affordable care act website as of december 24th, the day before christmas, of course. even with the huge enrollment surge is the administration's goal of 7 million enrollees by april realistic? former health and human services deputy joins me now. great to have you on the show. not only do you need

consumer reports" say alkaline is the way did go for toys used next often which are half the price of lithiumhich is nothing to cry about. >> when the aa batteries are dead you can throw them out with the regular trash you rechargeable batteries should be recycled. can you get information on recycling locations at call to recycle website. >> 6:26, the morning news continues at 6:30 with the top stories including breaking news in the east bay, a big-rig fire shuts down parts of i-80 leaving central people injured. >> keep an eye on the senate floor where republicans have been up all night in session trying to delay a handful of presidential nominees. democrats, though, planning their pay back. >> we are tracking freezing cold temperatures not only in the north bay but other places we are having freezing cold weather right now. it will not last in the seven-day forecast. >> i am leyla gulen in the traffic center tracking the possibility of black ice and it look like the roads getting busy slow things down and we have a problem in sunol all ahead in the next report ♪ pose! yeah! ♪ flash! yeah! ♪

it runs at lithium batteries, at a cost of $240,000. it's almost out of the reach for most people. the implant fits number 90% of men and only 20% of women. the company, carnat, is working on a smaller one for women. human trials must finish. three more terminal patients must receive the heart in coming months. >> do stay about us if you can on the newshour. we have this coming out of indonesia. >> this means we pay around a quarter of our income to water. and this is only when water supply is good. >> why a glass of water is a luxury and why so much of what there is is undrinkable. >> riding the waves in rio where there's no shortage of champion surfers. >> in more traditional sport, the clippers show why they are a big gun in the west. the full sports bulletin coming up. >> let's round up the top stories. south sudan are trying to stop a rebellion by forces loyal to the former vice president riek machar. both sides are claiming control of the oil rich unity state. >> riot police in thailand confronted anti-government protesters outside the prime minister's house. the opposition w

it can be in plastics, lithium, whatever it is. they see it first.n a mall, imagine the companies you have seen, dunkin' donuts. wal-mart. these companies get better. gee, i am shopping there. i'm not saying people -- if they want to invest, they should do the same research when they buy the refrigerator. do some homework. >> you know what about this country is stunning to me? we do not do that about medicine and our health. we don't do it. i am more interested in getting the best television than the best medical, medical. >> i agree. the diagnostics, talk about improvements. it is so much better. >> the other guys -- the other thing is the advice we give to investors. i think the advantage of putting money into a retirement fund, index, whatever it is, put some money aside. it is going to compound tax- free. >> and will do wonders. start a paper portfolio. i'm going to buy these 10 companies. write down why. what is the reason? and then keep checking one year later. what happened? did they keep growing? do a paper portfolio. you can do what i did. w

daniel's on four different medications, including medications like lithium, anti-anxiety medications.re powerful and it has to be judicious how it's used. >> you are to be careful, if you stop taking medications you do it in the way doctors say you have to do it. i'm sure stephanie, you're familiar with this. stephanie escamilla, thank you so much. good luck with you, good luck with daniel, with your family. we'll stay in close touch with you. sanjay thank you for doing this report. it's very meaningful. i want to alert our viewers, sanjay will have more on this story on his weekend program, saturday 4:30, p.m. eastern here on cnn. also sunday mornings, 7:30 a.m. only here on cnn. you can also watch and read a lot more about the story on cnn.com/familyonthebrink. for all those who sleep for all those who sleep too hot or too cool, now there's a solution. sleep number dual temp, the revolutionary temperature-balancing layer with active air technology that works on any mattress brand, including yours. it's only at a sleep number store, where this holiday season, the hottest sleep innova

it runs lithium batteries.t a cost of $240,000, it's almost out of reach for most people. the implant gets 90% of men and only 20% of women. the company carnat is working on a smaller one for women. human trials must finish. three more terminal patients must receive the heart in coming months. >> in indonesia running water is a luxury for a lot of people. those that do get tap water often can't drink it. it's an agonising decision - which to trust - water from taps or rivers or neither. more on why the country's water is undrinkable. >> something many take for granted. it's not a matter of turning on the tap. this mother of five struggles every day to find drinking water. after finding six gallons, she barely has enough for her daily consumption. >> we pay apparent $0.30. this means we pay around a quarter of our income to water. this is when water supplies are good. we have to cue the whole day and we are not sure we'll get it. >> it's an intention part of daily life and is important for good health. for many

you fill it up with water and that helps recharge a lithium battery.er one was a seeing aid. it can tell you when it is read crossgreen and safe to the street. there are amazing companies. hopefully, 2014 will bring more companies. >> elliott, thank you very much indeed. elliott gotkine is out in tel aviv. >> the backstreet boys are back. a european business correspondent, caroline hyde, joins us with the latest on this story. how does this change the way they are changing their music? >> we are looking back to the 1990s. again andening to it again when i was at school. they claim that they have been cheated out of millions of dollars. 1990sere burned in the and are coming back, but avoiding traditional record companies. players and it gives you that much more independence. it is like hiring a consultant. you get far more bang for your buck. money ratherf the than 20% of the money and that is forcing the hands of universal and sony. >> it is amazing. you need to be famous and you need to have a business minds will stop >> yes, you need to be wealthy as

one of which i can, which is lithium.ime of november 24 or not is a matter that i will soon find out." >> this 79-year-old victim now recovers. his attorney says he may physically recover. but he may never -- emotionally-- recover. >> police say they found the suspect after he bragged to some strangers in a diner about the attack. the strangers ended up being an off police duty officer and his wife. if convicted, barrett could face up to 10 years in prison. >> a new plan to clean up and area of forests and that burned and a rimfire near disseminate is making environmental groups angry. the united states for service ltd. plans to harvest 47 square miles of timber from the national forest. >> future cast 4 is showing high clouds that are in place. we will clear the skies and we will see the temperatures struck once again below freezing. 40 degrees by the bay by tomorrow morning, a day and we will be and sunshine with a few high clouds. we will see such a cole's--sunny skies throughout the day. poor air quality will remain.

remember, they struck a deal for lithium-ion battery cells from panasonic.ion over the next couple of years. as you look at shares of tesla, you guys, it's hard to pin where this stock is going to go next, because it really had the wind taken out of the sails when the nhtsa investigation was announced. but it has come back a little bit over the last couple of weeks, currently trading just a little bit north of $140 a share. guys, back to you. >> thanks so much, phil lebeau. >>> let's get to courtney reagan with a news alert. an interesting tidbit on jcpenney, court. >> that's right, carl. news out of jcpenney. they are editing their assortment, as retailers do over the course of business, so we know that mike ullman has taken back over from ron johnson, happening in april. and the company has been taking their time evaluating what's working and what's not. as of today, we can tell you that jcpenney will be launching a line of home goods in towels and beddings under the liz claiborne brand, replacing the towels and bedding that may have beared the martha stew

doing two which would return 110% actuallyt and would work, he wastes time putting out cars that have lithium, which is deadly, and windmill that cannot work. two projects that would work are conductive plastic which replace metallic power grid with plastic. and the other would be the north poweran water and project, which would, in fact, entire west -- everything west of the .ississippi river we would be a breadbasket and be every human being on the planet. host: all right. let's hear from keith, fargo, north dakota. think the biggest -- who do think the biggest political loser is this past year? caller: to me, i feel like the devil.cans are like a i'm sorry. all they ever do, they're always democrats. it's like just this last time gave us an increase in our check. on social security disability. we've been sitting back for a money me with very little money, no increase. this time i got an increase in security check but stamps. my food the republicans are the ones started the war in the .irst place with iraq caused the ones that kuwait, causing this country all kinds of money when money could

stocks we're going to be watching, sony has reportedly abandoned plans to sell its unit that makes lithiumrding to the nikkei business daily, talks to sell the unit stalled and sony believes it can turn that business around because of the weak yen. as well as increasing demand from smartphone makers. and blackstone is investing $200 million in crocks in shoe maker crocks. it'll get two board seats as well as preferred stock. don't do it? it's a 6% dividend, yeah? >> i told you this. i own crocs, my wife won't bet let outside of the building wearing them. >> cargo pants and crocs. >> doctors love to wear crocs, and this is early to be saying this, but because they're operating, et cetera, they can wipe the blood off them. >> and mario batali, he's got those orange crocs. >> i wear these gray canvas with a white bottom. they look like gilligan's island kind of shoes. >> are they crocs? >> yeah. they're slip-on sneakers, basically. not the conventional ones. look them up. >> i'm going to. >> you got me nothing for christmas, i guess. >> u.p.s., it's still somewhere. >> my birthday's coming up