marissa mayer lays out her vision for yahoo!.hey posted better than expected third quarter results. mulberry stock plunges after they warn on profit, citing weaker international sales and cutting their price targets. plus israel's central bank head tells cnbc the country is planning for all sorts of eventualities amid continuing tensions with iran. data out of the uk, mortgage approoa approvals a slight tech teick u from august number. august is normally a weaker month. net consumer credit, 200 million up in september. it contracted in august. august was a pretty poor month for credit anyway. sterling-dollar 1.6005. barely bunl bunched on thabudget data. bond yields in spain and italy nudging higher. gilts just below 1.9%. euro-dollar still away from the one month high, 1.3140. dollar-yen, though, 79.73. we hit a three month high earlier on, just over 80. euro-yen hitting a five month high. the country's economics minister says he once again hopes to attend next week's central bank meeting. he's been calling on policymakers to be

a lot of people waiting to hear from marissa mayer. to hear from scott kessler with s&p captial iq. thank you very much. >> thanks a lot, ashley the take care. ashley: don't miss fox business's extensive coverage of yahoo! earnings and don't forget results from texas instruments. it is all today at 4:00 p.m. eastern time right here on "after the bell.". tracy: god bless her, man. just had a baby. do it and we'll go have dinner. gasoline price fell another penny overnight. triple a's national average for unleaded, $3.67 a gallon. that is down 12 cents from a week ago. it is up 21 cents, and i know this first-hand from a year ago. oil prices tumbling again after closing down in four of the last five weeks. light sweet crude trading at $88.42 a barrel right now. and i tell you, i'm not feeling it at the pump. all these movements. all i'm feeling is up. ashley: if you're feeling pain if anything. up. tracy: one direction. ashley: one. tracy: people at gas stations make money? do you see the money i give to these people every day? ashley: s

there is a quote from marissa mayer saying we're taking important steps to position yahoo! for long-term success that we're focused on quality and improving the user experience. there will be questions on earnings call coming up particularly on how to handle the transition to mobile usage and also she has new plans for acquisitions. back over to you. >> 11% increase on search. your take on that? >> the fact remains that it lags behind margaretmarket leader go that regard. >> we'll leave it there. we'll continue following this. we are also waiting on texas instrument numbers. let's get to bob pisani on this day which saw a huge turnaround at the end of the day. last 30 minutes of trading, bob, real buyers coming into this market. what happened? >> i want to point out, look at the dow jones industrial average. we were down 90 points coming into the last hour as you mentioned there and ended positive by just two points. two things happened i think. number one, apple. if you take a look, we saw a real turnaround in apple around the 3:00 hour. volume picked up. i think people we

marissa mayer, yahoo!' the cover of a magazine but choosing not to pose while pregnant. nbc's ann thompson has more on this. >> reporter: when you become the leader of a high-profile company like yahoo! criticism comes with the territory, but when you add being the first pregnant woman to be named ceo of a fortune 500 company, you'll understand why every move marissa mayer makes reverberates with more than just yahoo!'s shareholders. >>> it is a great photo. marissa mayer on the cover of the most recent issue of "for tune" magazine looking professional, elegant and trim, and to some moms on the internet that's the problem because mayer just gave birth to her first child this week. >> of course, pregnancy doesn't define her, but it is so much a part of her story, and it's so much -- it's a big part of the reason why we look up to her, and i was surprised that they didn't show her, you know, pregnant and in a power suit. >> reporter: a "fortune" spokesperson confirms the magazine wanted to shoot mayer for the

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and one high profile female executive, marissa mayer, is back in the office at yahoo! after taking just two weeks for maternity leave. she announced her return on twitter yesterday and wasted no time in making a big splash. she fired one of her former google co-workers and named dekad decastro. >> two weeks. >> yeah. it's a remarkable turnaround. she said when she took the job that she wouldn't be out long, but i just -- >> i'm not going to -- two weeks physically possible? >> i think maternity leave over here is longer than -- >> its eat physical recovery. anyway, the presidential debate tonight will be moderated by candy crowley, the first woman to moderate a presidential debate in 20 years. >> all of that brings us to this point this morning. there's a clear focus on trying to increase sort of gender in the workplace. so we want to know, should gender be a factor in choosing who to hire? and then second is should there be sort of particular quotas to be elevated to the point of trying to fill 15% of board -- >> should be no factor. no bias either way. that's what th

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is set to report earnings for the first time under new ceo marissa mayer.e full team coverage coming up with those numbers are released. >>> and you wouldn't pass up free money, would you? but many americans are doing just that when it comes to their 401(k) plans. what that says about our economy and trust in wall street. coming up when maria and i see you from here at the new york stock exchange at the top of the hour. see you then, brian. >> thanks very much, bill. >>> last week we told you about the big resurgence in house flipping up 25% for the first half of this year but this time it is different. is there a new normal in house flipping? let's ask the stars of "flipping boston." pete, i want to ask you, back in sort of the days -- let's call it seven days or so ago, when flipping was all the rage, because you could flip and make a lel of a lot of money. throw a dart board and property and it would appreciate. dave, now you're saying time is your enemy. are you trying to renovate before prices keep on dropping. >> yeah, absolutely. today's marketplace

. >>> marissa mayer is working on that family balance. she tweeted a shot of her new son mcallister yesterday just chilling out. the city was taking at yahoo!, the yahoo! halloween party for kids. he was born on september 30th. mayer took a brief maternity leave. yes, she's already back at work. that little guy is knocked out. >> a little hot pepper. >> a handsome young man. here's another one i like to call red. anthony is in for christina this morning. >> i was thinking with that story, you know, yahoo! they have that really big competition here. what about google for google? we are looking at temperatures that are cool. uniform across the board. 61, our warm spot this morning in oakland. of course, if you're making plans for the parade, we'll keep you posted. here's your latest forecast. temperatures by 11:00 will be 58 degrees. warming to 62 by 1:00. on shore flow will kick in and we'll see more drizzle in the forecast. by 11:00, you'll notice those showers pulling into the north bay. by 3:00, we'll still be looking at isolated shower

it's a boy for yahoo's marissa mayer. the company's new ceo delivered a baby boy this weekend. mayer's husband confirmed the birth on twitter saying the couple "couldn't be more excited." yahoo says the new mom will be back to work in just one or two weeks. still to come, is facebook under fire? we'll get an update on how the company is faring after a slew of lawsuits following its ipo. but first, why major change could be happening within the walls of corporate america. that's next with bill moller. with the mistrust if not loathing many feel toward corporations and high finance, you wonder, are they teaching enough ethics in business schools these days? dov seidman is a graduate of harvard and oxford, and he paid attention to those classes. he started a business, lrn, helping global corporations operate in a more principled, profitable way. his newly revised book, "how: why how we do anything means everything," has been lauded by fortune magazine, tom friedman of the times, elie wiesel and bill clinton, who wrote your forward. congratulations on all of that. > > thank you bil

ceo marissa mayer tweeted -- got to visit our new acquisition stand this morning. i'm happy to be reunited with robby and his team." shares of yahoo! up .6%. >> since we have you right here, jon fortt, what's your reaction? >> this is one of the start-ups people were thinking that yahoo! might snap up with marissa mayer at the helm. this is stocked with talent that came from google. this start-up is a year and a half old. was seed funded to the tune of about $3 million, in part by google ventures. so not sure yet whether this is an aqua hire -- that's the term they use these days for taking on a start-up, not necessarily keeping the product going, just getting it for the talent. but nonetheless, an interesting move showing that mayer's going back to her roots. >> what is it? >> what it is, it allows you to show the sorts of services, the sorts of sites that you find the most interesting and let your network know. you got a limited number of stamps. >> seems like a synergistic fit. >> you got a limited number of stamps to put on things. you let your people know, hey

marissa mayer, the first time she's going public with her plans to turn around yahoo!. >> investors will be looking for what are the kind of more long-term goals she has in store? does she want the company to focus on search or things like? like we don't have an answer right now. investors need more guidance about what the company is and what direction it's headed. >> so we will bring back to you when she speaks. thanks very much. i want to return to our top story. clashes in a non following the assassination of the country's security chief last week. let's go to our correspondent. david joins us now from beirut. we're at the beginning -- at the beginning of this program i said that the country was staring into the abyss. do you think that was fair to say? >> it is a little spot. -- strong. but it is at a crossroads. things have been relatively calm. lines of not fault been exposed. with the civil war going on in syria, but the civil war is in danger of coming to this country. it's already here in many ways if you go to the northern city of tripoli pro-syrian and anti-s

we'll look more closely at marissa mayer's new move on yahoo! they can pay off for you in the long-term. so much going on today. facebook is reporting after the close tonight. shares hovering around $19 a share at the moment. why do technicals point you? lower or higher? we'll check charts next on "squawk on the street." wooohooo....hahaahahaha! oh...there you go. wooohooo....hahaahahaha! i'm gonna stand up to her! no you're not. i know. you know ronny folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico sure are happy. how happy are they jimmy? happier than a witch in a broom factory. get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >> the market looking rough. apple this afternoon attempti i to prove it has what it takes. it should announce the new ipad mini. it will be the first major piece of new hardware for 2 1/2 years from apple since they innovated with the ipad itself. >> we call it the ipad. we're going to introduce today ipad 2. the second generation ipad. >> today we're announcing the new ipad. and it is

he will be working for another exgoogle executive, that is marissa mayer. >>> the no-frilled tata nano is made by an indian conglomerate. the company plans to add grills and safety features for the u.s. market. it will debut here for less than 10 grand. the tata group owns two expensive grands, jaguar and land rover. >> i like the tata. >>> nutrition advocates have a new target, although it's been around for about 20 years, actually. flameing hot cheetos. nutritionists say they're adistrictive. and some school districts have banned the snack. we had some earlier tonight. they are delicious. but are unhealthy. >> yes. and all of the preservatives in them. and they say no transfats. >>> when we come back, new warnings in the meningitis outbreak. why the risk could now involve other infections. >>> and later, an epic monday night meltdown for the san diego chargers as peyton manning pulls off one of the greatest comebacks in nfl history. [ male announcer ] in a world where breakfast has become boring and tasteless... only one man can save the day. ♪ ♪ he's nutty! ♪ he's crunchy! honey swe

ceo marissa mayer making her very first acquisition, buying a small bay area start-up. scott mcgrew joins us with all the headlines. >> good morning. yahoo! has purchased stam. this is a small developer. we don't know the price. it will be very big. but the reason you care is why you mentioned. it's the first purchase under that new mayer administration. >>> apple will report profits after the closing bell today. the numbers will include the first week of sales of the iphone 5. apple accounts for a huge portion of the nasdaq index and the s&p 500. >>> and toutd's the day microsoft releases windows 8 on the world, the biggest update to windows since 1995.'95, it's a different interface. you probably won't see it at work anytime soon as companies stick to the old version, at least for now. reviews had been mixed. people liked the tiles that you saw, like a tablet. but it does mean relearning you've used for nearly 20 years. and we'll let you try it out tomorrow morning. back to you. >> sounds like a tall order for me, scott. thank you very much. >>> let's turn things over

marissa mayer giving birth to a baby boy sunday night. both mom and baby are doing just fine, thank you very much. so far no name announced, but there are rumors she's been e-mailing her friends and family looking for a few suggestions. mayer took over yahoo! back in july and she says right now she'll take a few weeks off, working maternity leave. >> it is work out there for all you early morning risers. 4:45. >>> parents are being warned about the possibility of a worldwide diaper shortage. it all stems from a weekend explosion at a japanese chemical plant. the plant is actually the world's largest producer of acrylic acid and acrylic acid is the main ingredient in superan sore ent polymers which is the key in making those. the plant supplies the makers of huggies and pampers. plant officials would not comment on whether there could be a shortage. >>> a small victory for samsung in its ongoing feud with apple and a first for google. seema mody has that and the rest of your news before the bell. she is live at cnbc world headquarters this

ceo marissa mayer will be making her very first appearance before tech reporters and industry analystsew joins us with all that. >> good morning. we'll start with yahoo!. this afternoon, the company will open its books to investors. this will happen right after the stock market's close. now, lots of pressure on this woman, mayer, although if numbers are bad, analysts will give her one last get out of jail card because these numbers will reflect yahoo!'s earnings july through september. she didn't take over till mid july. and then you have apple tomorrow showing off a new ipad. that's what everybody expects, at least. it's been more than 200 days since apple unveiled an ipad, the ipad 3. here's the calendar for you. this afternoon, yahoo!. tuesday, not just apple but facebook announces profits. and then wednesday, the fed concludes its important fomc meeting. and thursday, apple will report its profits. friday, microsoft's surface tablet goes on sale as does windows 8. that's going to be the biggest change to the world's most popular operating system since 1995 and windows '95. a busy w

this is yahoo's first earnings report since marissa mayer took over as c.e.o. earlier this year. stocks really struggle for direction yesterday. analysts are saying investors aren't making any big moves before they know who's going to be the next president in two weeks. checking the numbers the dow stands 13,345 after eking out a two-point gain. the nasdaq rose by 11. the s&p 500 was up by about half a point. >>> a private european equity firm is buying an ancestry.com. the jean logical web siept has more than two million -- website has more than two million paying subscribers. the company went public in 2009 and last year it earned about $63 million. >>> greek airline is buying its main rival olympic air for $94 million. the deal comes nearly two years after the european commission blocked an attempted merger they originally said the combined carrier would have created a monopoly. >>> surge in online shopping is expected to give fed ex a boost this holiday shopping season. the package delivery company expects to ship 280 million packages between thanksgiving and christmas. in th

this afternoon we will hear from marissa mayer, the first time she'll be on the conference call to report earnings. she's had a very busy october. the dow friday dropping 205 points to 13,343. the nasdaq losing 67 to 3005. >>> knee snissan is recalling 1 altimas. bolts in the power steering system could become loose and fall out, increasing the possibility of a crash. now, the recall will begin next week and dealers will tighten the bolts properly. separately reports say nissan will begin offering a cheaper version of its electric vehicle, the leaf. the company sold fewer than 12,000 in the first half of the year. that was well below its target. be careful if you've got one of those nissan altimas. >> yeah, steering wheel coming off while you're driving, not a good thing. thank you, bertha. >> exactly. i'll keep my brakes pushed very hard if that would happen. >>> 4:47, christina loren is here. what can you tell us? >> it is going to be a messy commute. give yourself ample time especially if you're taking the little ones to school this morning. let's go ahead and take you outside and show

marissa mayer, in the top job only three months, announced quarterly profits and revenues that came in higher than analyst estimates. yahoo shares surged 3% to around $16 a share in after hours trading. here are the numbers: earnings per share of $.35, $.10 above estimates. revenues came in just over $1 billion, slightly more than forecasts. while the company is still struggling, mayer said she's taking steps for to "position yahoo for long term success". joining us now with more on those yahoo numbers, colin gillis, senior technology analyst at b.g.c. >> sokolin, where they were up why date on that analyst call this afternoon, what is he going to do, and dow buy into it? >> yeah, the wheels did not come off the bus on yahoo! and that was very encouraging for investors. this is a company that still is facing some significant challenges. revenue was flat. they're still struggling to find growth but she did paint the clear message that we all like about how she was going to turn around, focusing in on the opportunities on search, making sure she brings in employees and trying to chase af

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ceo marissa mayer showing off her new son at the yahoo! halloween party. the yaboo, halloween party for kids. mcallister born september 30th. i believe he was a carrot or a pepper. >> i think he was a pepper. >> a little hot tamale. handsome little guy. >> and she's glowing as well. thank you very much. >>> the giants getting set to have a big party, that world serie also parade goes off today. >> don't rain on our parade. with a look at the weather forecast along that parade route, let's check in with meteorologist christina loren. >> you look fabulous today, laura. fabulous. >> of course you can add that. >> thanks, christina, i appreciate that. >> jon, you know how i feel about you. let's get to some of the fans out here. you do well, you do okay. we know you work out. taking a live look. people are getting their spots ready. if you don't come out here early, it's going to be very hard to see your favorite world series giants champions. so you want to get out here early. we have a little mist, a little drizzle. we're not expecting the showers that are o

first, some of it simply that with marissa mayer they have a ceo who is here to stay. now, that may sound like i'm criticizing her with faint praise. i'm not. the truth is yahoo! went through four ceos before they put her in charge. without consistent leadership at the top there's no way a company can execute a turnaround strategy or any strategy for that matter. now that yahoo! has the leadership issues sorted out, it looks like mayer is committed to doing whatever it takes to unlock the the shareholders. mayer comes from google. she had a sterling reputation as the person behind many of the most beloved features that make google so happy. i love the happy birthday google last week. mayer is a product person. if anybody can turn it around, it's her. i bet she can develop a mobile strategy too. however, even more important is that yahoo! figured out how to unlock the hidden value that wall street isn't giving any credit for at the moment. they got to monetize the assets that i mentioned earlier. that's why it made me happy when yahoo! announced they were hiring ken gol

ya's ceo marissa mayer, as you know, was in the news a couple weeks ago because she announced that sheas pregnant and was going to take maternity leave and work at the same time from home, but now she had her baby boy. congratulations to her. >> right. >> but they can't come up with a name, apparently, so now she is soliciting on e-mails at work for people to name her child. >> wow. >> the yahoo! -- >> yohoo. >> your entire job is making decisions and you can't make a decision on the name. short the stock. >> publicity stunt, or is she just trying to draw eyes to yahoo!? >> maybe she wants good ideas. >> i have to say, when my little niece was born, my brother and sister-in-law didn't name her for like three weeks. >> wow. >> really? >> they couldn't come up a name. i'm outing them. we just called her baby girl guthrie. >> bgg. >> she will be in therapy. >> she knows now. >> are you going to name this baby? >> that's kind of raising some eyebrows. >> and speaking of eyebrows. >> "take 3," the presidential debate tonight, decide to take a look at a new study predicting who will win the

ceo marissa mayer who gave birth to a baby boy yesterday.." [ laughter ] i wish he'd say that. >> steve: ga-ga-google. >> jimmy: it's a clean joke. you can tell your -- [ rim shot ] yeah, thank you. thank you. i appreciate that. >> steve: i thought it was gonna be about yahoo! -- at first. >> jimmy: no. >> steve: okay. >> jimmy: everybody's talking about this arnold schwarzenegger interview on "60 minutes" last night. he talked about all kinds of crazy stuff -- his affairs, his open-heart surgery. he also revealed that he performed two same-sex marriages while he was governor of california. of course, the marriages aren't official because the couples couldn't understand what arnold was saying. [ laughter ] [ as schwarzenegger ] >> "do you take this man to be the other man and the man man thing that we do right now with the man." [ applause ] >> jimmy: "uh, yeah. what?" [ as schwarzenegger ] >> "put the ring on the finger! get down!" [ laughter ] he's yelling at me, going -- [ as schwarzenegger ] >> jimmy: why? on one knee. this is kind of sc

mar ris ya may -- marissa mayer. she was one of the original employees of google. she planned to go back to work a few weeks after giving birth and her comments set off a lengthy debate about how corporate family policies makes it hard to juggle a successful career and family. >>> questions are being raised about ikea's commitment to gender equality. the swedish furniture maker is under fire for ads like this one. you take a look, the woman on the left of the ad has been digitally removed from the ad on the right. ikea has been digitally removing women from the saudi version of its catalogue. "the wall street journal" reports ikea has released a statement expressing regret and says the decision clashes with its value. in saudi arabia, a woman must have a man's permission to leave the house, study or work and they're also not allowed to drive. >> people are pretty upset. >> but can't they brush their teeth? >> it seems like such an overstep. >> really. thank you, jess. >>> our time 16:08. in -- is 6:08. in four minutes, a preview of tomorrow's first presidential deb

this is the cover of the magazine due out tomorrow featuring a picture of marissa mayer taken a yearshe gave birth to her first child sunday. the cover generated a lot of criticism from working moms who have already shown her disapproval with her decision to limit maternity leave to just two weeks. >>> this amazing little device holds 1,000 songs. it goes right in my pocket. >> one year ago today steve jobs lost his battle with pancreatic cancer. today apple is dedicating its website to their late co- founder with a special tribute video. the montage has photos and plays audio of jobs announcing some of his new products. steve jobs was 56 years old. >>> the holiday shopping season is just around the corner and consumers should be spending as long as the price is right. >> reporter: a slew of hot gadgets and products hitting store shelves, but are people too scared to buy? no as long as there's a deal involved. >> it's all about the sale. just like we saw last year even the online, it's about the deal, making the right deal. the consumer will buy, but he has to feel like he's getting

eastern time. >> pretty easy to do, open table zoomed on a report that marissa mayer might be interestedn taking them over similarly to what she did at google. now a report on business insider saying a yahoo insider with flaherty calls that idea laughable open table well off the highs for today. >> laughable, huh? all right. we see the stock moving on that. >>> thank you, bertha. still to come, the street seeing the worst guidance in more than a decade. how do you trade this week's coming earnings? and why china is shaping up to be the elephant in the room during tonight's final presidential debate on foreign policy. >>> plus, we take stock of both president obama and governor romney's cnbc indices. we'll be right back. when you take a closer look... ...at the best schools in the world... ...you see they all have something very interesting in common. they have teachers... ...with a deeper knowledge of their subjects. as a result, their students achieve at a higher level. let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solv

marissa mayer on the cover of that magazine. joining us now from the fortune summit in laguna, california, is former yahoo! ceo carol bartz. thank you for joining us. >> good to see you. it's so bright here i have these shades on. i'll try. if i squint too much i'll put them back on. >> i understand. you do whatever makes you comfortable, chairl. thank you very much. your successor at yahoo! just unveiled her plan for the company. she's focusing on personalization, mobility, and investing in projects that reach 100 million users or $100 million in revenue. what do you think? what's your take given your experience at yahoo!? is this the right way to go? >> i think he's right on. i think she's a good choice for yahoo!. she's got a lot of energy, a lot of experience. you know, during my tenure, we had talked about personalization, of course mobile, you know, getting more engage ed users. i think she's right on the mark. she's a great gal. >> and the company recently sold its stake in ally baba, returned the cash to shareholders. wa

marissa mayer giving birth to a baby boy sunday night.. so far no name has been announced, but there are some rumors she's been e mailing her friends and family asking for name suggestions. mayer took over yahoo! in july. she says she plans to take a few weeks off of working, maternity leave. >> she's got work now. >>> parents are being warned about the possibility of a worldwide diaper shortage. it all stems from a weekend explosion at a japanese chemical plant. the plant is the world's largest producer of acrylic acid, and that acid is actually the main ingredient in those super absorbent polymers which is the key in making those disposable diapers. the plant supplies the makers of huggies and pampers. plant officials would not comment on whether there would be a shortage, but no doubt parents keeping tabs. >>> new surveys show one out of every four adults in america uses a tablet computer. >> and a fast one. two and a half years ago there was not such a thing as an ipad. but now it includes e-book readers like kindle as well as any kin

and obviously if -- if the new ceo, marissa mayer, is successful in turning around the business, yahoo! could be a huge winner. but you don't even need that. in terms of the current assets, asian assets, you know, and you become out their cash, you know, you're looking at a core business, trading one to two times ebitda. the opportunity for gains are really there. and your risk is extreme leap minimal. >> those are big names. before you go, give us an under-the-radar pick. >> well, you know, one of the companies we own, i wouldn't call it under the radar, but cena.com, a chinese portsal -- chinese stocks have been terrible the last 12 or 18 months. it has a chance to be a leading social network company in china. they have a successful twitter product that's -- really turning into a twitter/facebook hybrid. and you know, at a $4 million market cap, there's room to go if they're successful. people -- if investors get a little bit more positive in the chinese market, this could really do well. >> all right. ryan jacob, thank you very much. have a good weekend. >>> any of you traders in tr

lots of pressure on this woman, new ceo marissa mayer.rs are bad, we'll give her one last get out of jail card because the numbers will reflect yahoo!'s earnings july through september and she didn't take over till mid-july. >>> then you have apple tomorrow showing off a you ipad or at least that's what everybody expects. it's prospebeen more than 200 d since ipad unveiled a new ipad. so lots of things for the markets to think about. let's turn to bertha coombs live at cnbc world headquarters. a rough day friday. >> reporter: yeah, very rough day friday. we actually have the futures pointing higher this morning. on friday, though, it was a blood bath. investors reacting to disappointing housing data and disappointing earnings from microsoft and other dow components like mcdonald's. the markets still ended relatively unchanged when you look at it for the week. no economic data on tap at that, but we will get reports this week on new home sales, durable goods, consumer sentiment, third quarter gdp and the fed begins a two-day meeting tomorr

lots of pressure on this woman, new ceo marissa mayer. although if numbers are bad, analysts will give her one last get out of jail card because these numbers will reflect yahoo!'s earnings july through september and she didn't take over till mid-july. >>> you have apple tomorrow showing off a new ipad or at least that's what everybody expects. it's been more than 200 days since apple unveiled an ipad, the ipad 3. >>> former high flier zynga will talk to investors and analysts this week as well. they will have to make cost cuts and the facebook game fad fades. >>> you were talking about the debate and i realize a lot of people are maybe not going to watch it and watch something else, but if you do, watch for questions about china. the theme tonight, foreign policy. mitt romney has said on his first day of the presidency, he will declare china a currency manipulat manipulator, which most economists honestly would agree with that, it is. but the reason presidents don't say that out loud is the accusation sets off a set of legal restrictions

marissa mayer is smart. you can always see in the last quarter much better.e got appointed ceo i bought a bunch of stock. so far a good investment. >> when you look at what happened to yahoo! and zynga, are you worried about some bubble? >> no. i'm not worried about a bubble in the internet sector for public companies. but where there is a bulb simple in evaluations in silicon valley for private companies because what's happened in the stock market is there are companies raising $15 million or less, the number of companies going public in that range has decline by 60% to 80% in the last 15 years. since those small to medium size companies can't go public they've to raise private money and those valuations have gone through the roof. >> look at groupon. and the facebook stock is way down. was it over valued? >> those are individual -- those companies -- that's more a reflection of what's happening with the private company valuations. they had to go public. that bubble, when they were private actually impacted negatively the public's shareholder. i wouldn't cal

ceo marissa mayer gave birth to a baby boy over the weekend. only take a week or two off. her critics say she's making a huge mistake and setting a bad example by taking such a short maternity leave. >> this is what i'm doing that works for me. >> i think there are plenty of working women across this country and people who don't have money who only take a few weeks off because they have to work. so this is a debate among elites. a lot of people working women, middle income, lower income they can only take a few weeks. they don't have that choice. >> not one size fits all in that situation. this morning facebook announced it now has 1 billion users and if you're one of them you can pay to promote your personal post starting today. it will cost you $7 to bump your post higher on your friends news feed. home page news feed have got end clutter with updates. so if you got a big announcement like you're engaged or your dog is missing you can pay to help your facebook friends to see it. >> from russia a real hey maker. a farmer needed to feed his hor

savior, the new ceo, marissa mayer, she came in to save yahoo!.oking here today because she has had her baby. her husband tweeted they had a beautiful baby boy. she will be back to work as soon as possible. likely and wanted -- likely in wanted to weeks. nicole: -- cheryl: oklahoma, michigan and south carolina in the fight. the law empowers government at the expense of the states, taxpayers in the constitution. joining us now from columbia. thank you for taking the time to be with us. i think people need to understand exactly what you are talking about. that we are giving federal officials who are not elected the ability to basically liquidate companies. >> absolutely. if you look at the constitution, you know, congress has the power to create uniform walls covering the subject matter of bankruptcy. the purpose of any law that congress passes should be to narrow the field of uncertainty. this expands the field. states like south carolina, michigan and oklahoma and many other states, we invest in the financial institutions. we invest tens of millio

yahoo ceo marissa mayer gave birth over the weekend and her husband says she plans on taking just a couple's a huge mistake and she's setting a bad example with the short maternity leave. >> they're not asking anybody else. this is what i'm doing that works for me. >> i think there are plenty of working women across this country and people who don't have money who only take a couple or a few weeks off work because they have to work. so, this is a debate i think among elites, but a lot of women who are working women, middle-income, lower-income voters, they usually can only take a few weeks anyway. >> they don't have that choice. >> they don't. >> it's not a one size fits all in that situation. >>> this morning facebook announced that it now has 1 billion users, and if you're one of them, you can pay to promote your personal posts starting today. it will cost you $7 to bump your post higher on your friends' news feed. facebook created the new service because home page news feeds have gotten cluttered with the >>> police say that swatting is a dangerous trend. we'll tell you what is that and

it was a little awkward when her baby's first sounds were gaga google. [ laughter ] >> steve: marissa mayer she wants them to help name that newborn baby. the small addition will also have a big presence around yahoo. mayer, who is raising a few eyebrows for only taking one to two weeks of working maternity leave, is expected to bring her son to work. >>> meantime, sleep deprived employees can cost employers billions of dollars. harvard researchers analyzed an insomnia survey of over 10,000 workers. they say the sleep disorder is responsible for 274,000 workplace accidents and errors each and every year. that results in $31 billion in extra costs passed along to awful us. gretch? >> gretchen: thanks very much. a new report shows americans will soon be facing a serious financial crunch if congress doesn't act soon. nearly 90% of americans would face higher taxes next year, raising the average household tax bill by $3,500. mirror to break it down for us is the "fox business" network's elizabeth mcdonald. this is what we've been hearing about, but we haven't talked a lot about it because of th