since marisa meyer took over the company the stock is up 30%. some are looking for headlines in the report about plans she has specific plans, for this company. sam, we're not seeing that. what type of role is leadership in all of this do you think? >> i think leadership is very important because it gives you an idea what direction the company is headed. what is going to be their primary focus? is it cost cutting? is it margin expansion? is it new products? i think it was also a positive to hear that the revenues came in better than expected because if you recall the last couple quarters for the market as a whole we've seen better earnings numbers but the revenue numbers have been flat. now seeing good earnings and revenues i think people feel better. david: sam, when will all the revenues pay off in terms of growth in the the overall economy and bringing down the unemployment rate? >> david, i think we're starting to see that now. i describe this economy as low-flying recovery but it happens to be gaining altitude at this point and making it le

s results later today after the ceo marisa meyer said the company is going back to its roots, quote.lyst tells us what he is looking for straight ahead. how oil is trading with the dow meandering a little bit. oil meandering a little bit higher, about $96 a barrel. we'll be right back. ashley: the british department of transportation today announcing new plans for a high-speed train linking london to the northern england cities of manchester and leads. the trains will travel up to 255 miles an hour. that is quick. it is expected to cut travel times in half covering the 200 miles from london to manchester to just an hour and eight minutes. it is impressive. government officials say the $51 billion project will create at least 100 thousand jobs. critics say the plan is way too expensive for the money better spent elsewhere. so, it is one of those questions of infrastructure. you know you talk about it in this country too. the train systems could really do upgrading in the u.k. no doubt about that. tracy: here too. imagine if we had a high-speed train to florida? ashley: right about now

. >> it is interesting because marisa meyer took over. there was so much going on. it has been a stellar performer. yahoo! is pulling back over 3%. david: i'm very happy to say that apple is having another nice day. that is two in a row. who knows where we'll go from here. >> so far so good. not at 435 anymore. we're talking about a new ipad again. we're seeing apple finally jumping a little bit up 1.9% for apple shares. liz: disappointment, ford. get a quick read. >> europe is the problem for ford. [closing bell rings] liz: great. trucks good. europe tough. david: call this a claman rally. everybody is happy that claman is back in town. everybody at nasdaq by the way, just are barely into negative territory there, .0% to the downside at nasdaq. all the other indices are doing quite well. liz: couldn't get the nasdaq. david: you couldn't do it all. we have nice gain in the dow jones. it is about 50, 45 points away from dow 14,000 on its way to a new high. s&p up by the same percentage. nasdaq just down a slight tick. russell 2000 up a slight tick. so a little mixed

>>> and is marisa meyers turn around strategy working at yahoo?stant analysis of the latest earnings. but first, more "street signs." >>> and just like soldier boy, we will crank out numbers for you now. just lean to the left three times as we go through this. you know the big names of sorts, the last peak of 2007. apple, amazon, you know those names. but what about the names you don't know? here are the best performing mid cap stocks since the 2007 market high. polaris up 270%. oh, herb, green mountain up 400%. new market booming and single best mid cap over five years, regeneron pharmaceuticals up 885%. mandy, because the people just called in now, we will show them, i think, top four s&p 500 companies over that time. first callers. there you go. ross. perigo. they are soaring. those names you do know. netflix. watch a mandy or rent a movie about a place you with like to go. those are the names ak look at those returns. >> incredible. a bit of controversy brewing in the art world. it is making front page news of the new york times. to you can't