welcome to the "the wall street journal report with maria bartiromo." i'm maria bartiromo. the markets were off to a great start in the new year, but how strong is the market's economy? are europe's worries behind us? i'll get two takes on the story. if your favorite website was blacked out this week, could it happen again? we are talking about the fate of freedom on the web with the beman behind wikipedia. >>> and is the sky rising cost of an education worth it? the "the wall street journal report with maria bartiromo" begins right now. >> this is america's number one financial news program, "the wall street journal report with maria bartiromo." now maria bartiromo. >> here's what is making news as we head in to a new week on wall street. we are in the thick of earnings season and an economic bellwether reported mixed results them largest industrial company beat expectations but hef knews were less than expected. $38 billion. the company showed strength in the industrial businesses. general electric owns 49% of the parent company that produces this program. >>> a big week

i'm maria a bartiromo coming to you from davos, switzerland, i site of the economic forum. where to invest around the world. we will talk to a woman who oversees over a trillion dollars in asset management. where she is finding opportunities right now. >>> then my convertion with george soros what he says about europe, freedom and investing today. >>> then the sweet smell of success from the man that runs estee lauder why profits are in fashion for him right now. the "the wall street journal report with maria bartiromo" begins right now. >> this is america's number one financial news program, "the wall street journal report with maria bartiromo." now maria bartiromo. >> the u.s. economy grew at the fastest pace since the second quarter of 2010. the commerce department releasing the fourth quarter gross domestic product on friday. it showed an annual increase of 2.8%, a sharp acceleration from the previous quarter but below expected by economists. it is the broadest measure of the strength and size of the u.s. economy. the federal reserve finished a meeting this week and sai

welcome to the "the wall street journal report with maria bartiromo." i'm maria bartiromo. americans retirement crisis. are you saving enough to make your golden years shine? our conversation with one of our country's most important voices on retirement. >>> and many call the most important banker in the world, jamie dimon. on the economy, housing and why he's hopeful. >> america has unbelievable talent. >> ten years later, is no child left behind working? has it improved the education system? a report are card on a controversial program and whether charter schools can make a difference. the "the wall street journal report with maria bartiromo" begins right now. now maria bartiromo. >> here's what is making news as we head in to a new week on wall street. earning season is underway again with a mixed picture painted by two companies. it began with the traditional of dow component alcoa going first. they met expectations though though the revenue was better than expected. jpmorgan chase met expectations but the revenues fell short. i will be talking to the company's ceo jami

one financial news program, "the wall strtreet journal report wi maria a bartiromo." now maria bartimo. >> the u.s.s. economy grew at t fastest pace since the second quarter of 2010. the commerce deparent releasing the fourth quarter gross domestic product on friday. it showed an annual increase of 2.8%, a sharp acceleration from ththe previous quarter but belo expected by economists it is the broadest measure of the strength and size off the u.s. economy. the federal reserve finished a meeting this week and said it would keep interest rates low until 2014. the fesd cmittee said the economy is expanding moderately and it sees slow global growth. that helped to push the markets up on wednesday. the dow reached an eight-month high and the nasdaq nearing six month peak as well. a huge week for earng in technology. apple blasted expectations, surpassing estimates by 30%. netflix beat as well. yahoo was in line with estimates. among industrials, boeing beat expectations. caterpillar crushed estimate and 3m3m beat as well. joininme more on the markets and investing around th

i'm maria bartiromo. what will the new year bring for the economy and your money? politics and policies that will affect your ' >>> will we finally be able to stop talking about europe? from clinton to chopra, the best of my interviews this last year in politics, movies and entertainment. the wall street journal begirep begins right now.

now, maria bartiromo. >> maria will be here with the rest of the program in just a moment, but first here's a look at what's making news as we head into a new week on wall street. the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in nearly three years in december. the economy added 200,000 fresh jobs and the unemployment rate ticked down to 8.5%, both numbers better than the economy had expected, and that's better in three months in which the economy generated 100,000 or more jobs each month. the markets kicked off the new year with a bang. the dow 180 points on tuesday in a holiday shortened week. the averages were flat midweek and fell on friday. >>> u.s. auto sales keep on accelerating. for the month of december, gm was up 4%, ford up 10%, and toyota climbed about a half percent. automakers sold about 27 million cars for all of 2011. that was the best year since 2007. >>> yahoo will soon have a new ceo. the company has been without a leader since it fired carol barts in early september. kyle thompson will be the new ceo. he will be the fourth ceo in fooi years f five years for the st

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. >> i'm michelle caruso-cabrera in for maria bartiromo. the nasdaq is set to close higher for the third time in the last four sessions. the dow, however, in the red and set to pose its first weekly loss of the year. disappointing earnings from chevron. we did come off the lows of the day, however, following the "wall street journal's" report that facebook could file for an ipo as early as wednesday. coming up, we've got all the angles on the facebook ipo covered including whether valuation as much as $100 billion is justified. and the ripple effect that could be felt across other social media stocks. we'll get the outlook for the eurozone and impact of potential greek default, what it could do to europe. and jean-claude trichet, and wolfgang schauble and olli rehn. >> the nasdaq is inching higher. fortunately we're above 1300 on the s&p 500. mary thompson is our eye on the floor of the new york stock exchange. we've been above the 1300 on the s&p all week. that is positive. >> we're closing above 1315 for the week, meaning it finished the

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i'm maria bartiromo. what will the new year bring for the economy and your money? politics and policies that will affect your portfolio. >>> will we finally be able to stop talking about europe? from clinton to chopra, the best of my interviews this last year in politics, movies and entertainment. the wall street journal begirep bens right now. >> all that and a lot more coming up, but first let's get with bill griffeth. he's got a look at headlines this week. >> here's a look at what made news as we head to a new week and a new year on wall street. wall street ends 2011 just about where they started, ironically, despite all the volatile activity we saw this year. the dow industrial average had the best performance this year, up by about 5%, followed by the s&p 500 and the nasdaq, when all was said and done. turmoil and uncertainty in europe, although the u.s. economy did show signs of improvement and growth as the unemployment rate fell and the growth grew during the year. >>> on-line shopping was on fire this year, consumers spending more than $35 billion between

. >> i'm michelle caruso-cabrera in for maria bartiromo. stocks are lower in the final hour. the dow is now poised for its first down week of the year. prior to this week, the blue chip index had been up for the past three weeks. we had disappointing names from ford and chevron, along with the profit reports showing that the u.s. economy grew at a slower pace than previously expected in the fourth quarter. also making headlines, the "wall street journal" reporting facebook could file papers for an ipo as early as wednesday. and that the social media giant is close to picking morgan stanley as the lead underwriter. we'll look what the long-awaited move could mean to the technology and ipoland scape. don't miss maria's special interviews from the world economic forum in davos. she'll talk about what's ahead for greece, and the eurozone's economic commissioner. >> let's have a look at where we are. this could be the first weekly decline we have so far this year for the dow jones industrial average. the nasdaq actually doing better for the week abroad. it's still gaining. s&p als

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i'm maria bartiromo on the floor of the new york stock exchange. this is tuesday afternoon on wall street. another roller coaster ride for stock prices today, ending close to where it began. pretty impressive january. gains after a trio of disappointing economic reports. we have seen stocks battle back in the final hour in this final stretch. with the tech sector, certainly in the lead. while the dow looks like it will settle in the red. down a fraction tonight. blue chip index and s&p 500 are set to close out the best january since 1997. best market action in 15 years. now, investors turn their attention to amazon's earnings. they are out imminently. how much of an impact has the new kindle fire had on the bottom line. we have instant analysis, investor reaction when we get the numbers on amazon. once again, volume anemic here at the big board. we had been down better than 80 points, so victory as we battle back at the close. nasdaq continues to be the winner. nasdaq up a fraction. nasdaq up 8% in 2012. it was the winner in 2011. and the s&p 500 d

i'm maria bartiromo at the new york stock exchange. >> i'm bill griffeth. the nasdaq has turned positive. modest declines in the home stretch. we are off the lows of the session right now. earlier equities fell on weak reports on the u.s. economic data. however, stocks are still poised. get this, for the best january we've had in about 15 years. that's kind of hard to believe. but that's true. a couple of high-profile names are under pressure in the final hour. shares of netflix lower following news that sky is planning an internet movie streaming service of its own in the uk. that movie seen as a negative for netflix, which launched its own streaming service in the uk and ireland just three weeks ago. also under pressure right now, shares of sears holding. that stock down on reports that cit group is once again cutting off loans to sears suppliers. we'll have more on those stories straight ahead here. >> let's take a look at these averages here. we've got a great month of january. not a great day today, though. the dow jones industrial average down about 3

whether it was on williams or john king or maria bartiromo from cnbc or others, brett bear, he was makingan issue out of it. i suspect that he may try to do that in my debate and as a result i wanted to go in and make -- and i had all the background and justification for it in case he did. i wasn't going to let him go through with it. and that's what happened in this particular case. in the end, he had to back down, especially after mitt romney did not back down. the irony, of course, fred, as you know -- he's very good in these debates, but the last two debates this past week, you know, he real didn't show his real strength on the offensive and mitt romney had a better -- had a new debate coach and went in fully prepared. he didn't back down at all and i think that's part of being reflected out in the polls right now. >> i wonder if what we're really underscoring is this is gingrich's style in which to find it adventurous in his view to turn the question on the moderator just as you laid out most recent examples, or is this something that is catching on with other candidates? are they fe

hi, everybody, welcome to the closing bell, maria bartiromo on the floor of the new york stock exchange, witnessing a total come back by the close of trading on wall street, a dramatic come back for the market, the dow closing modestly lower, flat on the session, in fact, after being down as many as 131 points on the session at the open. ongoing concerns about a debt deal in greece happened to push the blue chip index lower for a fifth time in the past six sessions. getting news, headlines out we speak about the meeting in bruce sells about the euro zone crisis and the fate of greece. still, january has been very kind to investors. the dow, the nasdaq and the s a & p 500 on pace for their best moment since october of 2011. the dow and the s & p 500 having their best january since 1997. let's take a look today at the damage on wall street, wasn't so bad, dow industrials down 7 points, 12,653, ending flat on the session, giving up that loss of 131 points earlier, volume anemic, 693 million shares here at the big board. nasdaq down 4 1/2 points, s & p down 3.33. mary thompson our eye on th

have pretty much become the campaign, and after beating up on the likes of chris wallace and maria bartiromo and most notably, john king, there was every reason to expect that the former house speaker would unleash another anti-media tyrade. here's what happened at the cnn debate in jacksonville. >> are you satisfied right now with the level of transparency as far as his personal finances? >> this is a nonsense question. >> you made an issue when you say he lives in a world of swiss bank accounts. >> i didn't say that, you did. >> i am happy to say that on an interview tv show. >> you make a serious accusation against governor romney like that, you need to explain that. >> that moment seemed to crystallize an increasingly rough media environment for gingrich with want just florida, but perhaps his entire candidacy on the line. joining us now to examine the coverage of this very intense political week in orlando, mark barabak, political reporter for "the los angeles times." in tampa jackie kucinich, political reporter for "usa today," and in new york jeff greenfield, co-anchor of pbs's "need

>> hi, good to see you, i'm maria bartiromo, a good rally under way. low, 130 on the dow. the market late-day push into the home stretch after falling by as many as 130 points earlier, the dow industrials now recovered much of the losses as we approach this final stretch. earlier today, we saw the market take a hit as euro zone leaders continue to spar over a fix to greece's debt problems a bond payment coming up in march. since then, the market recovering the losses due to gains in technology. strength today in the blue chip technology names such as microsoft and apple providing support to the blue chips. in the program, how you should plan your investments as stocks wrap up the first trading a morton of the year with gains, got a market down about 20 points, bill. >> yeah, look at this chart here, the dow dug itself a hole, first thing this morning, down 130, as you mentioned, crawling out ever since, almost turned positive the last half hour, not quite. now down 22 points, 12,638. nasdaq closer, down 5 points, 2811. the s & p, talk about, this the critical level on the

kar karen, it seems as though that european finance minister discussion with our maria bartiromo hasope in terms of markets now. >> indeed. spot on, bertha. we've seen a brighter picture across the charts and the market did open up weaker here but during that high level talk in davos markets trying to push into the green as some of the key takeaways of the greek psi talks may be concluded today if not the weekend and these talks have been dragging out, weighing on the market early on but some optimism coming back. talk about that fiscal pact being finalized on monday. it's going to utilities. some of the banks in france we had jpmorgan download. take a look at what we're seeing on the poot si here in london. it has been flirting with the green earlier on. as you can see back in the red now down about a tenth of a percent. the cac has been trying to push into the green as well. just off about three points or about a tenth of a percent. as i mentioned before in the banking second are tore. elsewhere a look at what we're seeing out of germany today, one of the vonger markets still hold

. >> thank you, maria bartiromo in davos. >>> in washington, the president unveils the task force fightingpictures of shean donovan, the hud secretary. behind him is the an enforcement director of the s.e.c. attorney general eric holder, following up on something the president announced during his state of the union address earlier, which is this financial fraud task force newly created. let me bring you a look who the members are of this. new task force, eric snyderman, department of justice criminal assistant a.g. lanny breuer, khuzami, john walsh and tony west. this got negative reaction from the banks. analyst jared seeberg says they are extremely aggressive and lil and the task force can look back a decade. they are looking at mail, wire fraud, false claims and perjury and the goal is to bring criminal charges. that is why this is so negative for the banks. jamie dimon said this new task force has a good chance of derailing the foreclosure settlement talks between the banks and government that have been ongoing and seemed so close to fruition the past couple of weeks. now maybe not so

first it was maria bartiromo, he was primed to go after john king on something.first question. >> but you said that republicans in south carolina hate what? you said they hate the news media more than they hate open marriages or something along those lines that they would rather side with newt on this very personal question. >> i think it's also that people -- everyone has had trouble in their lives, family members, whatever. and mark haleprin and i were talking about this brought us back to 1992 and the trash for cash comment that bill clinton unleashed against jennifer flowers and got through the new hampshire primary. that's when mark and i were first on the road for competing networks working against each other. and wow, it was a moment. and we saw the way bill clinton pulled through and newt gingrich is riding this thing. he is riding public anger -- partly perhaps because the problems in the country are so big, personal issues, i think are just not going to resinate. >> and gene, if you wanted to find a state to test this theory out that the state of bob jo