business, marissa mayer of yahoo!r-old new mother made a bold decision to turn around her troubled company. she wants employees who work remotely usually from home to come back to work. to be physically present in the office. the decision set off a nationwide debate and struck a nerve with some. some say she's the boss and if she wants her employees in the office, that's her call. others say it's a step back in the evolution of work and life accommodation and puts an extra burden on workers, male and female, who simply can't afford child care or the luxury of a nursery adjacent to where they work as mayer has. joining me is lauren ashburn and bonnie fuller, president and editor in chief of excellent website hollywood life.com and also a former editor of such popular magazines as cosmo and marie claire. let me start with you lauren. should you be allowed to work as home? is that as productive and useful for the office -- >> yes, of course it is. of course it is. and i'd quit if marissa mayer came to me and said you hav

this morning he tweeted, quote, marissa mayer of yahoo!ight in wanting women to come in and no longer work from home. who knows what they're doing there? now, nobody said anything about women workers. this new rule applies to all, but the issue has quickly become a gender issue. this morning on the "today" show one analyst called the whole thing anti-women. >> to basically say that, you know, no working from home. and pretty much no working from home ever, no matter what the circumstances are. truly makes it fl sort of an anti-parent, in many ways, anti-female workplace. >> there you have it. yahoo! has not commented on this memo at all. >> if donald trump was watching, i'd have a few words with him. >> would you now? i note she's not joking. what's not a joke either t beautiful weather we're seeing outside. donald trump be warned. >> even he wouldn't fire mother nature. a beautiful day in san jose. a few high clouds, haze over the city by the bay in san francisco. otherwise we're looking really good. temperatures climbing nicely. 62 in su

ceo marissa mayer has told her employees, in an attempt to be the best, she wants them at the office. while yahoo won't comment on the internal memo, reports are mayer wrote to employees that some of the best decisions and insights come from hallway and cafeteria discussions and that speed and quality are often sacrificed when we work from home. anyone who doesn't make the change should quit. >> i can understand that. there's a lot of synergy that happens in an office that you can't duplicate. >> reporter: cbs news and kcbs technologist larry magid works at home. >> i work more efficiently at home. i think silicon valley lends is self for people to work at home, coffee shop, wherever, or at a beach as long as they sling their code or analyze their data or do their deals whether it's from an office phone or a cell phone or a laptop or tablet. i don't think it really matters. >> reporter: clearly, mayer is a driven woman. she only took two weeks maternity leave and wants like- minded employees but magid says he is disappointed. >> i would expect her to be focused on productivity and exc

cheers for marissa mayer for making staff show up at the office. the debate coming as more moms and dads take advantage of flexible schedules. nearly 10% of americans now work from home at least once a week. but soon, at yahoo!, no longer. we did reach out to yahoo! for comment, they told us, "we do not discuss internal matters," and ceadded, "this is what's rit for yahoo! right now." tweet me @davidmuir or diane @dianesawyer to let us know what you're thinking tonight. >>> coming up, that desperate search for a family lost at sea. >> this is the charm blow, we are abandoning ship. >> but tonight here, what we are just learning, as we ask, how much of your taxpayer dollars have been spent already on a search that has just now turned into a hoax. [ coughs ] [ angry gibberish ] [ justin ] mulligan sir. mulligan. take a mulligan. i took something for my sinuses, but i still have this cough. [ male announcer ] truth is, a lot of sinus products don't treat cough. they don't? [ male announcer ] nope, but alka seltzer plus severe sinus does it treats your

and donald wrote in, marissa mayer is right to expect yahoo!loyees to come to the workplace versus working at home. she is doing a great job. and joining us tonight, bonnie fuller, editor of hollywoodlife.com, and democratic strategist, hilary rosen. a lot of the backlash that started has centered around the fact that marissa mayer as the ceo, came in, six or seven months pregnant, something like that, right, then when she had her child, mcallister, she built at her own expense, a nursery right next-door to her office. so she had this amazing luxury of being able to have that. now she tells her employees, right, who you've got to assume, that a lot are working women, that they can't telecommute. so bad employee relations or fair and square? >> super bad employee relations. but first of all, we should note that the bureau of labor statistics show that an equal number of men work at home as women who work at home. this is not just a mommy issue, it's also a daddy issue. but marissa mayer's problem is that she came in, built a nursery next to her

"cheers for marissa mayer for making staff show up at the office." the red-hot debate coming as more moms and dads take advantage of flexible schedules. nearly 10% of americans now work from home at least once a week. but soon, at yahoo!, no longer. we should point out that abc news is an online partner with yahoo!. we did reach out to yahoo! for comment. they told us, we do not discuss interm matters, adding, this isn't a broad industry view on working from home. this is about what is right for yahoo! right now. tweet us and let us know what you think. >>> still much more ahead here on "world news" this tuesday night. the desperate search for a family lost at sea. two children, a mom and a dad and a sinking boat. >> this is "the charm blow," we are abandoning ship. >> but tonight here, what we are just learning, as we ask, how much of your taxpayer dollars have been spent already on a search that might now have turned into a hoax. [ coughs ] [ angry gibberish ] [ justin ] mulligan sir. mulligan. take a mulligan. i took something for my sinuses, but

is performing nicely under marissa mayer and a notorious floating cost infrastructure. a nursery attached to her office. so, she doesn't have to go home to work, no, she's got her child right next door to her. >> right, a lot of companies do that. stuart: how many people have special offices with a crib for a child, a baby, right next door to them? >> listen, if she's working around the clock, i have no problem. stuart: that's opposite why the women with children want to work it it from home. >> by the same token, they don't work. you can do some things. take care of a project, maybe, if you can get it done. if you've got to get up every time the kid makes a noise or boil some water, and it just doesn't work. people don't work when they say they're working from home. >> you're saying this is really an issue for working mothers? >> i think primarily, yes. i think it is. marissa mayer is in a very fortunate position being the chief executive officer to have it right next door. >> and everything she gives herself she would offer for employees as well. if they don't have th

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ceo marissa mayer reacting to news that mayer was ending work at home programs at yahoo!. trump said mayer is right in wanting women to come back in and no longer work from home. who knows what they're doing there. he has since deleted that tweet issued a new one changing the word wom to yahoo! employees. the dow saw its worst loss since november on monday. let's check in with brian shactman this morning at cnbc world headquarters. good morning, brian. >> hey, scott. a lot of executives are chiming in on what marissa mayer did. interesting news out of yahoo! yesterday. in terms of stock futures, higher after yesterday's large sell-off triggered by the political fallout believe it or not in italy. no party was able to get a majority in elections to form a coalition government and that is ratcheting up worries about europe's ongoing debt crisis. europe markets at this hour are in the red as for us at home, we get data on home prices, new home sales and consumer confidence. the dow which came within 83 points of its all-time high yesterday closed down 216 points to 13,784. if

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s ceo marissa mayer says workers will no longer be allowed to tele-- telecommute. mayers says workers are more productive after the office where they can share ideas. >> i would think in a tech company like that, you would certainly have a lot of job roles. >> this is not the first time mayers has been criticized for work-like balance issues. she returned to work shortly after giving birth to her first child last fall. >>> the one night a year all hollywood waits for. the academy awards has come and gone for 2013. unlike some other years where one or two films dominated the awards. the oscars were spread around. here's more. >> reporter: seth macfarland seemed a bit star struck. >> you guys have made beautiful, inspiring movies. i made "ted." >> reporter: michelle obama made a live appearance from the white house. >> and the oscar goes to -- "argo." >> reporter: the film set during the iranian hostage crisis was also recognized for editing and adepted screenplay. >> i thank everybody in the movie, on the movie, did anything on the movie. i want to thank canada, our

a redesign at yahoo.com: new ceo marissa mayer is putting her stamp on the company with a new look for its home page. it includes content that users may customize and a simpler, streamlined design. yahoo has seen the loss of revenues, and users leaving for competitors, for several years. the main aim of the new design, the first in four years, is to lure them back and entice all eyes to linger longer on the new page. here's one to slurp on: a new record may have been set at starbucks. a man ordered a coffee drink with 48 shots of caffiene in a venti mocha frappuccino. the price is an eye-popping 47 dollars. still to come, oscar gold goes green. why this year's best picture nominees are so in-the- money. but first, an infrastructure wake-up call. why more focus is turning toward the safety of america's roads and bridges. that's next with bill moller. i bet you remember the collapse of that interstate bridge in minneapolis a few years ago. 13 people died. well, barry lepatner - he's a construction lawyer in new york - he's written books about this, and he has this interactive map where y

so ceo marissa mayer has ruled out telecommuting for yahoo employees. in a memo, mayer called it "critical" to the improvement of communication and collaboration for employees to work side-by- side. employment consultant john challenger sees the benefits. "when you have everybody coming to the office, they share ideas, and that sense of community is easier to create." challenger says yahoo's decision is ahead of the curve. most employers reluctant to allow telecomuting fear losing control of employees on the job. the latest tool helping job seekers is a smartphone, and that shift is leaving some employers behind. according to usa today, almost a third of job seekers now use their mobile devices to look and apply for a job. that's up from just 17% in 2011. but, only 2% of fortune 500 companies make job applications mobile-friendly. on now to a check of the latest corporate earnings. superstorm sandy created higher demand for lowes, helping the retailer's 2012 results. while sales were down in the 4th quarter, net earnings were up, following increased dem

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this week, marissa mayer, c.e.o. of the tech giant yahoo! announced the company will stop its employees from working at home. the move made headlines around the country, sparking conversations about whether mobile technology helps or hurts productivity. for our own debate on who benefits from flexible work schedules, we turn to john sullivan, a professor of management at san francisco state universi. he advises employers on hiring and human resource practices. and micheline maynard, a regular writer for www.forbes.com. she is a long-time reporter on american industry and its workforce. and, as it happens, has worked from home for more than a decade. john sullivan, is this move about getting all hands on deck or is it about restricting flexibility as critics say? >> well, it's about innovation so remember yahoo! competes aginst apple and goognd facebook and in order to be what we would call serial innovator like an apple copping out with a new product that wows people you need all hands on board and so we know from the data she came from goog

ceo marissa mayer one of the representatives from high tech meeting with the president along with former chief steve case and the head of qualcomm as well. the president will also meet with the labor side of the equation. not always as supportive of bringing in new workers into the american workforce. now the president's state of the union speech is one week from today. immigration expected to be a central theme. >>> san francisco based visa, the credit card company reporting profits today. you get double data out of these guys. not only do we get a picture of how the company is doing, its health shows us how the consumer is spending because visa gets a cut of every transaction. happy visa data is happy consumer spending data. sign of the times. mike inouye snapped this picture of the old solyndra plant as workers took down the solyndra sign. seagate, maker of disk drives bought the building for $90 million. >> and standard & poor's is being sued for intentionally misleading mortgage risks before the great recession of 2009. the government answers s&p was more interested in making money

ceo, marissa mayer has banned all employees from working at home.tarting in june, employees who now must remotely work must show up at the office every day instead. this announcement upset a lot of folks, especially some working moms. about 10% of american workers now do their jobs from home, at least one day a week. and companies have promoted a more flexible workplace in recent years. >>> another break. when we come back, about last night. some of the jaw-dropping high notes and a few sour ones at the oscars. >>> finally tonight, about the oscars. the ratings were up over last year, about 40 million americans watched the marathon broadcast in all or in part. if you missed the red carpet preview show, it's really easy to catch you up. the interviewer says you look amazing. the celebrity then says, "thanks, i just wanted to be comfortable." and they say that even if they're wearing a doily. as for the rest of the show, they got an edgier as oscars. our review of all it tonight from nbc's kristen dahlgren in hollywood. >> reporter: it was a show fill

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ceo marissa mayer on the future of technology. and in a half hour, an inquiry on the security on the korean peninsula. >>> secretary of state john kerry will be at the university of virginia for what's being described as his first major speech since being confirmed. that's at 11 a.m. eastern. and then at 12:30, the assistant secretary of state for conflict resolution and stabilization speaks at the council on foreign relations about iraq and afghanistan. >> the communism of china basically is communism in name only these days, and it preserved the power of the members of the communist party. but they basically threw most ideology aside when saw ping opened the country up, and it's now become a capitalist haven. they talk at great length at these party congresses, but it's all about preserving the party's power economically as the country continues to grow because they threw aside most vestiges of communism a long time ago. in north korea it's all about preserving the power of the military and the kim dynasty, as you have there. an

marissa mayer to turn around the ailing company. yahoo is not commenting on this policy change. >> i guess the rationale behind it is look, we get more productivity and we can be creative together. >> absolutely. yahoo is trying to stay in business essentially right now. though a lot of people say this is a big blow to the efforts to telecommute in america. >> there were a few op-eds written saying look, technology let's us do it. we should do it. >> but we also complain about the human touch being left out with technology so this is a way to bring that communication face to face. >> it will be interesting as people -- to see if people can change their lives around to accommodate that. >>> still ahead, an interesting twist on gun control. >> wusa9 found a town where every household is required by law to own a gun. we'll have that story for you >>> hello and welcome back to wusa9. 4:44. dry now but howard says things are going downhill and the time line? >> probably about lunch time or just after here in d.c. down toward culpeper may

sunnyvale-based yahoo's new ceo marissa mayer just dropped a bombshell on her employees, no more working from home. the hr department outlined the change in a memo to become the absolute best place to work, communication and collaboration will be important so we need to be working side by side. that was part of the memo there. workers who currently telecommute have until june to get comfortable working out of the office or leave. mayer is trying to turn yahoo around and said the company needs to innovate faster. >>> this morning's healthwatch, there is new evidence about how a chemical called bpa can harm children's health. bpa is used to make plastic containers. a study at duke medical school found it may disrupt a gene that's critical to the development of the brain. the findings raise new questions about whether bpa contributes to developmental disorders including a certain type of autism. >>> there's new data showing that a mediterranean diet is better for you than a low fat regime. researchers in spain tracked people on each diet for years. the group on the mediterranean diet especi

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marissa mayer ruffling feathers . she wants employees working at home to start making their way back to the office. it is initiative move. this may compromise yahoos ability to get employees. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news, for wbal-tv 11 news. >> now weather and traffic together on the 1's. >> good morning. things will be quiet to start the day today. the morning commute should be fine. 28 at the airport. there should be any problems for the kids this morning. rain will be likely by this afternoon. high temperature of 42. we will check the seven day forecast when i come back. >> we're starting to see a delay around baltimore national pike. traffic is slow from there down to edmondson. 50 southbound on the j.f.x. seven minute travel time between the 895 split and the fort mchenry. a pretty smooth ride through howard county on 95 south. 295 looks pretty good at 175. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> 6:22. the orioles did not seem to be slowing down. >> here is a look at last nigh

ceo marissa mayer that's raising some eyebrows. >> now her employees are being told soon they will norom home. maria schiavocampo has more on this. mara, good morning. >> some are calling this a brilliant business move, others saying it could be disastrous for the struggle iing company. she shattered the glass ceiling as the first pregnant and under 50 ceo of a fortune 500 company. the world and the women's movement expected big things but probably not this. leaking an internal memo from human resources that bans telecommuting saying some of the best decisions and insights come from hallway and cafeteria discussions, meeting new people and impromptu team meetings. speed and quality are often sacrificed when we work from home. the new policy sparked intense debate, especially on twitter. hey, marissa, 1980 just called. they want their work environment back, wrote one user. mayer is trying to right a big ship. best to bring all hands on deck and focus the crew, wrote another. known for its employee perks and even yahoo! gives free food and iphone 5. this more traditional move has some s

ceo, marissa mayer, banning work-from-home arrangements.antiquated. one mommy blogger on babble.com writing, working online is the wave of the future. if we get the job done, what do you care that we did it between 9:00 and 5:00 p.m.? even business mogul, sir richard branson tweeting, perplexed by yahoo! stopping remote working. but according to yahoo! the work-from-home ban is a strategic move to get employees to collaborate. >> requiring everybody to report to the office, telling them you can no longer work from home, is an issue of comraderie, productivity, collaboration, innovation. and a lot of the best results are achieved when everybody's under one roof. >> reporter: some yahoo! insiders agree with the move. one saying, working from home may be convenient for some. but it's a convenience cost to the team. in a statement overnight, yahoo! told abc news, this isn't a broad industry view on working from home. this is what is right for yahoo! right now. >>> and joining me now, two very different takes on the topic. are tina brown, editor

marissa mayer is the ceo of yahoo! caught people off guard because it's unusual to happen. but she had been wanting this job for a long time and wanted to get in the saddle, there she was. she made an announcement she is going to ban working from home among the employees at yahoo!. >> right. >> and that caused a lot of -- >> a stir? >> a stir, yeah. because a lot of people rely on working from home to balance their life. you know. because they have obligations and kids. i guess she says people work better when they're face-to-face and she wants a lot of interaction, wants people around one another, et cetera, et cetera. but a lot of people are very, very upset, because people need to work from home. because they have other obligations, and -- >> there was a time when nobody worked from home unless you were a farmer. and then you worked at your farm. so a lot of people don't remember that that was the norm. that was very much the norm. and this is a new phenomenon going on in the workplace. >> and it's making it so a lo

. >> marissa mayer as ceo -- what do the changes mean in the workplace?i found it interesting in my research that the average person whole telecommutes is a 40 -- person that telecommutes is a 40-year-old male. the average person is a 40-year-old male. we think of it as a stay-at-home mom which is true, there are a ton of stay-at-home moms but that's not the only audience. >> i'm so glad you said. that the people who i know who telecommute are males, not women. people are saying, oh, is marissa mayer, supposed to be -- some people want her to be a woman ceo, i don't know why she can't be a regular ceo, say this is going to hurt women. but the studies show it's a lot of men in telecommute s. that true? >> that's exactly right. i think it's hard to make generalizations, women versus men. woman ceo, what are the expectations, what is she supposed to do. i think she's taken a lot of heat here. and i actually don't think it's fair. >> let's look at her neighbors in silicon valley. facebook, what do they do? >> so the policies from when i talk to many of the co

. >> reporter: you might say she pulled a marissa mayer last last year. >> i was able to get a job whenbut she wants to put an end to the flexible work policy and make everyone come to the office. >> i don't know exactly what she's thinking and i'm sure she's got the best interest of the company and her employees in mind, but in my experience having that flexibility is helpful and you're able to continue to contribute and be productive. >> reporter: the online backlash against yahoo! has been less polite and decidelely one-sided on twitter. the consensus, marissa mayer has it all wrong. >> i think it's incredibly disappointed and backward-thinking and they're shooting themselves in the foot as they limp themselves into the future. >> reporter: yahoo!'s ban will put them in the minority. while 95% work at home, 98% offer at least one type of telework option. it led to increased work productivity, higher attention rates and better overall job performance. >> i once worked with a guy who played solitaire four hours day in my newsroom. it doesn't matter where they're working. it's how they'

marissa mayer of yahoo, what are they being informed? pushing for an overhaul of our immigration laws. earlier this hour, we talked to somebody inside that meeting. plus, we have somebody who immigrated here from india, went to mit, started a very successful software company in california and hired a lot of americans. chairman and ceo has some great ideas on how to help immigration get going. at the same time, great for the economy. david: we will see what happens. a dysfunctional bureaucracy. how about a little bit of help at the gas pump. the governor is looking to completely do away with the state capital. no state has ever done that before. he wants to get rid of his. with us to tell us why coming up later. liz: adam shapiro, how did they do? adam: earnings per share is a miss. revenue came in 699.2 million, the street expecting 698.89 million. one of the things they are saying in the report, they see sales being flat to low single digits, same-store restaurant sales excluding additional prices. last quarter talk about the need to ra

. >>> back at marissa mayer is revealing the big change coming to their home page this morning.show and tell. >> okay. >> it looks different but not so different that i don't recognize it. >> nice, big bold images here, the ability to actually quickly t editorial content up here on the top. but then we also have one of the things i really like, very personalized news feed down below. it's infinite. you can keep scrolling forever. >> unending news feed. >> it's personalized for you. obviously, i like yahoo! so do a lot of my friends. here is an article about the launch this morning. you can actually see my friends like yahoo! >> what you clicked on will go to the top of your news feed in a sense? >> what you clicked on, what your friends like, what your friends have read are all things that will appear in here. you can actually switch to, say, see local news, entertainment news. and then you can also see over here on the right-hand side all kinds of the information that people come to sports. >> it's more personalized, it's more dynamic. people said give me a reason to come back

ceo marissa mayer put in place a new policy announce this had week that says employees can no longerork remotely from home, a move that will impact we don't know exactly how many but a small percentage of the employees who work in cities where yahoo! does not have an office. a lot of employees upset because they say the flexible work arrangement helps them with their family helps them have the job. she became yahoo!'s ceo in july. richard branson came out and said this was a giant step backwards. >> came back after only two weeks of maternity leave. >> right. >> obviously she is coming back saying in order to be competitive, you know, there's going to have to be some changes here. but getting a lot of people upset about this. >> i would think if they allowed people to phase it in -- it was part of the culture. so give people a chance. i don't know if it has to happen immediately or -- >> it comes in effect in june. it's interesting. my wife worked for a great company, johnson & johnson. they let her go back after our second child but with rules. she went back a few days a week, worke

marissa mayer, the ceo of yahoo!ently has decided that telecommuting, people from working at home, is not a good idea. she tries to kind of right that struggling ship. i thought this was supposed to be the wave of the future, that had it made for happier employees and more productive employees. is telecommuting a good idea or bad idea? >> culturally in the silicon valley, google, facebook will say come to campus. we have free food, this, that. we grow better by having all of our people on campus. everyone was looking to her as the 37-year-old new woman face, ceo of a fortune 500 company and she has adopted the boys rule of come to campus. >> why isn't it just a professional rule? why do you think it's the boys rule? >> you think people should have to come to work? >> i may have to turn in my feminist card on this, but the ceo's job is about the bottom line of the company. if she thinks it's more productive to have people in the office that's where they should be. >> people who are able to telecommute are more product

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trump, donald trump, marissa mayer is right to expect yahoo!come to the workplace versus working at home. she is doing a great job. >> it is an old school way of thinking versus an entrepreneur. i mean, literally the new way of working is the entrepreneur way. people have had to invent jobs. they invent jobs in starbucks, they invent jars in their apartments. marisa mayor sa mayer is settin back. this is a large message. it is not directed at women, but that's why the uproar. >> last word and then agree to disagree and move on. go. >> all the points about the message may be correct, but to pretend there were no values in old ways of doing things and that everything modern is necessarily better i think is a fallacy. >> next, gay or straight. mcdonald's or burger king. pillow or blanket. these are some of the weird questions executives are asking these nfl draft prospects. but why? and are some of the questions okay? our panel tackling those questions next. >>> 40-yard dash, vertical leap, a couple of the skills the scouts are looking for at the

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not working the way marissa mayer wants them to, that's a case by case problem and not a ban on anyonell, as we understand it, yahoo! believes it will save money for the company and help them become a stronger company but maybe weaken the workforce as a consequence. we don't know. we'll see. >> will lower morale. >> what does your gut tell you? do you think yahoo!'s decision is a good policy? that does it for this edition of "news nation." i'm tamron hall. thank you for joining me. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. 100% vegetable juice, with three of your daily vegetable servings in every little bottle. [ cash register dings ] [ male announcer ] wow. a brave choice. okay, focus. think courage. think shaun white. think how perfect they'll be for outdoor crafts. mr. white. [ male announcer ] they're good for circulation. plus, they're totally practical. yeah, freedom. scan me. stride on, pale-legged, short-shorts guy. ♪ stride on, pale-legged, short-shorts guy. [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insur

. >> i think marissa mayer is making amazing changes, frankly.nds glib but i have done a lot of things with yahoo! over the years and i think they're finally getting it together in a way i think could be long-lasting. i am a buyer of yahoo! here because of what she is instilling, a new culture where people don't just come and go and constantly have turnover. that's the change that's needed. panicking is never the answer, people. corrections happen. when they do, you got to approach it with logic. boroden's charts show opportunities is the way down. amazon, kors, schlumberger. i like amazon and kors. >>> it is time for the lightning round. rapid fire calls. buy, buy, buy, sell, sell, sell. play to this sound and the lightning round is over. are you ready? lightning round. tyler in west virginia. >> caller: hey, jim. what's happening, hold, sell or buy more? >> i like that situation. remember, it is the best performing bank stock of the era, so probably giving up a little on the profit taking there but i think it is absolutely terrific and it is ab

asking all of the ceos that come on cnbc about this, there is a big broohaha out thereabout marisa marissa mayer's comments about everyone needs to be in the office and not telecommuting. do you have telecommuting at your company? >> we certainly have people working remotely at our businesses around the world. but i think you can really only evatvaluate that decision with t is going on in yahoo!. marisa is a new ceo. if they have a substantial number of people not working in the office, it gets hard to really understand the relative contribution people are making and there may be something unique there that makes it the right decision for yahoo! even if it is not the right decision for other businesses. >> simon, last word in? >> no, i think i'm more or less done, to be honest with you. >> that's great. mr. boyd, thank you very much. appreciate it. tyler, back to you. >> thank you. >> sue, simon, thank you very much. two economic reports pleasing wall street today. commerce department says nondefense capital goods orders, manufacturing goods, surge 6.3% in january. that's the biggest gain in more