she mary ann bartels. >> susie: c.e.o. mark hurd is resigning effectively immediately. he is leaving after a sexual harassment allegation regarding an outside contract worker. h.p. says hurd filed expense reports that broke the company's business conduct standards. cathie lesjack will step in as interim c.e.o. and h.p. released preliminary third quarter results, and jeff will have more on that in tonight's "market focus." meanwhile, there is a job opening at the white house. the president's top economic advisory is leaving to focus on her family. cyschristina nomar says she plans to return to teaching economics at the university california, berkeley. and she says he wants her 14-year-old son to spend his high school days in one place. >> jeff: late today the white house says the president will renominate peter diamond to the federal reserve board. the senate sent diamond's original nomination back to the white house. >> susie: as you said, jeff, it was a volatile day in the stock market, and also a lot of action in the bond market. >> jeff: that's true. all eyes are beg

she's mary ann bartels, head of u.s. technical and market analysis for bank of america, merrill lynch. >> suzanne: federal regulators are no longer trying to negotiate with cable and phone companies on a new policy for the internet. the federal communications commission said today it has called off meetings with at&t, verizon, google and skype on how the flow of broadband content is managed. the agency had been criticized for holding closed-door talks with those firms. that announcement comes amid rumors of a deal between verizon and google. but, the two powerhouses are denying reports they've agreed on new ground rules for internet traffic. >> jeff: fannie mae is asking for more taxpayer money, saying it needs an additional $1.5 billion to make ends meet after posting another quarterly loss. the mortgage giant lost $3 billion in the second quarter, or 55 cents a share. still, it's the best results fannie has seen since being put under federal control two years ago. so far, fannie and freddie mac have taken nearly $147 b