marisa mayer walked into a company in turmoil a year ago.here had been layoffs, employees were leaving but that stopped in fact mayer told reporters today that 12% of the recent hires are former employees returning to yahoo. >> people are here it's clear we're deep into the second sprint. products skpechl kugs. >> the more user morz opportunities for advertisers to reach them that is how yahoo will make more money. earnings show financials are improving. also important is that employees support the leader. the glass door site it shows mayer had a 91% approval rating a year ago. it's dipped a bit and rising again. >> she held a strong approval rating all four quarters for yahoo going forth is insisting whether they can maintain this or not. >> manager said the company is operating with a sense of vision and urgency that hasn't been seen since early days. a recruiter said hiring approval takes time and we lose great engineers to competitors. the executive editor says impact is yet to be seen. >> she has a lot to prove. people, wall street will

is down slightly the one-year picture is gorgeous if you bought a year ago, up 73%, to the day marisa mayerook over one year ago. we'll see if she an kill wit the earnings report. she is not ion 30 years old yet. david asman is right here, alive and kicking going strong. david: how do you know i'm more than 30 years old? liz: i don't. you don't look like you're more than 20 five. david: i'm not. the yahoo! numbers will they equal the incredible stock rise, 73, 74%. will the numbers equal it? we'll find out very shortly. liz: let's get to nicole on a day where there is a little bit of red on the screen. retailers hitting new all-time

and marisa mayer. liz: let's make one thing clear here. the stock is now trading above $27 for both the bid and the ask. >> wow. liz: however the second quarter price per ad falling about 12%. read about that in the headline tomorrow or two i'm sure. david: steven, rosen, i'm sorry we had to shortcut your suggestions. we had the breaking news on yahoo! we appreciate you coming. larry, we'll check back in with you a in a couple minutes when the s&p futures close. liz: we will v much more on yahoo! earnings. we have guests who know the strong inside and out. do they know these numbers. what worries them? we'll get a breakdown what the numbers really mean for ceo marisa mayer on her one-year anniversary at helm. david: in her first television interview since becoming president of the kansas city fed, esther george, a real star in the fed universe, sitting down exclusively with our own peter barnes. she is a vocal opponent of bernanke policies of qe2, qe1, all the rest of it. does she see tapering sooner rather than later? 4% of you watch spor

tonight abc 7 news david louie tells us there is more than just income and profits. >> marisa mayer walked into a company in turmoil there had been layoffs, engineers were leaving and that stopped in fact mayer told reporters on a web cast that 12% are former employees returning to yahoo. >> people are here. engine now up and running. i hit the first year anniversary it's clear we're now deep into the second sprint. the one where products and execution. >> products bringing users toa hoochl the more opportunity for advertisers to reach them. that is how yahoo will make more money. first share earnings up. what is important is that employees support the leader the glass door site shows mayer had 91% approval rating a year ago. reflecting a honeymoon period that dip aid bit but remains strong. >> the fact she's held a strong approval rating is going to be interesting whether she's going to maintain this. >> what do employees say about may zbler a manager says the skp operating a sense of vision that hasn't been seen since early days. on the calm side a recruiter said hiring takes time and we

tonight abc 7 news david louie tells us there is more than just income and profits. >> marisa mayer walkednto a company in turmoil there had been layoffs, engineers were leaving and that stopped in fact mayer told reporters on a web cast that 12% are former employees returning to yahoo. >> people are here. engine now up and running. i hit the first year anniversary it's clear we're now deep into the second sprint. the one where products and execution. >> products bringing users toa hoochl the more opportunity for advertisers to reach them. that is how yahoo will make more money. first share earnings up. what is important is that employees support the leader the glass door site shows mayer had 91% approval rating a year ago. reflecting a honeymoon period that dip aid bit but remains strong. >> the fact she's held a strong approval rating is going to be interesting whether she's going to maintain this. >> what do employees say about may zbler a manager says the skp operating a sense of vision that hasn't been seen since early days. on the calm side a recruiter said hiring takes time and we l

and its ceo marisa mayer. the company's second-quarter earnings coming in a short time ago, better than expected. missing just a little bit on the revenue though. yahoo! is announcing it is lowering its third quarter outlook. all that aside, today mark as major milestone for mayer. it is her one-year anniversary at yahoo! you know what that means? it is time for a "money"eport card. what is more fun than going back and picking through everything she has ever done in the past 12 months and seeing if she made the grade? we have the deputy bureau chief of "the wall street journal." todd hazelton ton is the executive director of tech blog. you recognize jonathan hoenig. he is a portfolio manager at capitalist pig.com and a fox news contributor. jonathan, you have the disadvantage because you're not here with us so i will go to you first. what grade do you give her? >> i give her a strong b-plus. i'm a very difficult grader. she is essentially saved yahoo!, melissa. this is a company that was left for dead as recen

anyway it's going to be a year today, right, since marisa mayer took over at yahoo! and what a year it's been. she's been secured in the headlines for a number of reasons, but the one thing you can't argue is the stock's performance. as we can see over one year, are my eyes deceiving me, i think it's up about 73%. jon fortt, do you think that things are going to keep on getting better, when you look at that one year, 73%, can she keep this magic going? >> well, she's been amazing. you just can't deny how well she's been able to operate here, without increasing revenue at all. an heir apparent from the marketing perspective in silicon valley to steve jobs. ts that kind of heat. they have got to get the needle moving on something, whether it's display ads or search ads. >> that's what i'm confused about, okay? google makes tons of money, most from search ads. apple makes tons of money from iphones and ipads and its products. how does yahoo! make money? >> well, yahoo! -- >> how does yahoo! make 73% more money, by the way, than it did, a revamped home page, better mail

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. >> obviously marisa mayer has been on a huge turn around plan for that and the valuation of alibabahan everyone anticipated. everyone is loving that. seven brokerages upgraded their calls on yahoo! today. [closing bell ringing] liz: they're so excited down at the nasdaq. look at them jumping up and down. the nasdaq with a gain of more than 10 points. amex and ibm. david: all of the indices posting gains today. all about the same amount by the way. about .3%. but big cheers on wall street a lot of questions concerning traders about what ben bernanke was going to say. he did kind of give in to the doves saying he would do what he can for as long as he can going against what esther george said about starting tapering now. ben bernanke says, no we're going to wait and the markets were pleased. not overwhelming joy here but generally pleased by what they heard. liz: here is a look at the front page headlines. yes, ben bernanke, he did try to calm investors about the fed's plan to begin easing the bond-buying during congressional testimony today. the chairman said because the fed's purcha

is down slightly the one-year picture is gorgeous if you bought a year ago, up 73%, to the day marisa mayer we'll see if she an kill wit the earnings report. she is not ion 30 years old yet. david asman is right here, alive and kicking going strong. david: how do you know i'm more than 30 years old? liz: i don't. you don't look like you're more than 20 five. david: i'm not. the yahoo! numbers will they equal the incredible stock rise, 73, 74%. will the numbers equal it? we'll find out very shortly. liz: let's get to nicole on a day where there is a little bit of red on the screen. retailers hitting new all-time highs today. >> certainly worth noting the new retailers, especially when amazon got an upgrade. amazon and tjx, the parent of tjx and marshals hitting all-time high. breadth was down three to one on the downside. a name that hit as new high, that's a real win. david: let's talk about tesla for a moment, because really down, 12 or 13% on this goldman sachs ratings by a guy who has a price target of $84. we should mention, by the way, this is the same guy who had a price target of tes

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this week marks the one-year anniversary of marisa mayer taking over at yahoo!.the company is putting a buy on it. i mean, what do you think about that, jim? >> i disagree with the call. the sarcastic in me loved the note. let's wait three years and we can love that new management team because that's what seems to happen in yahoo! all the time. i don't like the call. it's had a big run. i don't see it as fresh and current as some of the other things. however, they report tomorrow. they have beaten a few times in a row. if that stock can go above 28 and feel comfortable, i change my mind but until then i disagree with the call. >> appreciate it. >> over to josh lipton with the quick market flash. >> radioshack moving higher in today's trade. the ceo could be preparing the company for sale. that's according to reports in the deal.com. the steps he's taking are like the ones he took at duane reed, according to industry watchers. remember, last week radioshack came out and said its balance sheet was industrial strong after a trade publication was thinking about hirin

one year ago today that marisa mayer was named yahoo! ceo. then shares of the company have moved up by 70%. also keep in mind yahoo! reports earnings tonight. as we see the stabilization in gold prices, grand gold resources, hit by the selloff in the yellow metal and now leading the nasdaq 100, today's top stock on that indecks. sue, back to you. >> gold prices are closing right now. bertha coombs is tracking the action for us today down at the nymex. hi, bertha. >> a pretty good day for the metals if you're long the metals with the dollar easing back with mr. bernanke testifying on capitol hill tomorrow. that's giving a little bit of a tailwind. gold edging higher for seven of the last eight sessions. george gereaux, a veteran analyst says when you look at the gold curve in euro terms, it's in backwardation. the front month so strong at this point and he thinks perhaps we may see central bank buying with the pullback that we've seen. that's what's underlying some of that physical demand. back to you, michelle? >> all right. that brings us to

not bad way to celebrate your one-year anniversary as ceo for marisa mayer.te due tomorrow, carl icahn slugging away. we'll hear more from him with scott wapner later. he'll say to vote against the deal with michael dell. intel slightly ahead of its earnings this afternoon, and mattel, the worst performer after it disappointed, simon. even its american girl, which has been a real strong point, disappointing on sales there. back to you. >> thank you very much. bertha coombs at the nasdaq. the yield on the ten-year at 2.5%. rick selly is tracking the action at the cme. rick? >> thanks, simon. yes, if you look at an intraday of the ten-year note yield which many eyes are, it's hard to differentiate what percentage of the weak numbers on housing starts and permits contributed to that drop in yield which is routine on weak data versusning ben beenchingy said. many down here believe housing was a big factor. as you see on the charts since that came out it's been creeping back up. listen 5s, many five-year maturities is where the most longs are stuck. if you look at

helped to bring on marisa mayer, and so what you see here is that yahoo! right now down 3.7%.g is dan lobe is stepping down off the board. two others are doing the same thing. with that yahoo! is buying back 40 million shares. they have been doing a huge that will be part of it. apple shares have been edging to the upside. that is at least in part because of some new talk about bigger screens for both the iphone and also the tablets and you can see the stock is is up half a percent. >> you say tomato, i say tomato. you say mayer. >> it is oscar mayer weiner. you remember that, you will remember her last name. ashley: i will now. tracy: you all will now. >>> the sec is charging the city of miami and its former budget director and securities fraud alleging that the city falsified its finances to mask growing deficits. like who hasn't done that. with more,. liz: with emac's -- elizabeth macdonald's bottom line. >> what we're talking about here, essentially the city of miami being charged with securities fraud. here is what they did with making their financials hot dogs and weaner

the stock is up 70% since marisa mayer took over one year ago. days behind them? we'll take a closer look at all that. >> must feel like 10 years for her. tracy: i know. ashley: time for stocks. let's go to nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange. nicole, the selling picking up a bit. >> that's true, ashley and tracy. thedown volume exceeding the up volume significantly. the vix index is to the upside waiting to hear from the fed head later this week. he es tore george talked about on fox business tapering will be sooner than later. that put a damper on things. the economic news we got in supports what we've been seeing some traders say. core inflation at a two-year low. that is good news if you want to keep the tapering going. coca-cola and ups warning going forward. here is a look at coca-cola and we're watching johnson & johnson. foreign exchange rates, weather economy as being some of the sticklers for the company. johnson & johnson doing well a prostate cancer drug and it has pulled back. it was doing better earlier tod

people are liking marisa mayer after all. yahoo! is up 9.9%. the dow is up 15.t back. ♪ he. >> ninety massive a ) a lot more green on the screen in red. that's for sure. your big winner is the banks, bank and the mayor -- bank of america in particular. even though they blame the weather for their poor earnings report. nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange. and just never been a lot that night. i can't help it. the strangest thing ever heard. >> reporter: and deny wrong. they really did river -- reiterate that on several occasions throughout the report about what and chilly weather hurting coca-cola's sales. so that is something worth noting, a tough economy also plays a part. that is the bigger issue ultimately. the dow jones industrials holding on to the green, up seven and a half points sittinge moment. the majority of these into trying to pull out gains to the upside and keeping a close eye. the ratio of up to down volume. the sigalert debt. in annual high, the highest close since 2008. turning around this company. a lot of the analyst