china is the no. 1 growth market for procter and gamble. have quotes where she says china is no. 2 mark and going for no. 1 and do it by marketing our products to millions of villages across china. that is the mentality of the company, all about growth and convincing us that we need more products. these are also in the most toxic categories and increasingly marketed to younger and younger girls. this is an example of a 5 or 7 year old on the cover of a skin, hair relaxer. these are ratings, that is the most toxic hair relaxers and no. 1 is a kid's product. then for hair dye, younger and younger girls are getting hair dye. "new york times", girls 10 and 11 are getting their hair dyed into the salon. it used to be 15 or 16. the industry was excited. this represent as growth market for the industries. it also represents age and continued chemical exposures to many of these toxins for young girls and more exposures to the environment as hair dyes get into the waterway and food even if we don't get our hair dyed. our skin should be lighter and d

it was a block and he brought it to procter and gamble in cincinnati ohio he showed up with his block any place that on the desk of cooper proctor proctor said what's this. replied. procter and gamble quickly hired kaiser and by nine hundred eleven the company had perfected the production of what would come to be known as christgau. first procter and gamble had to give it away it was marketed as a scientific discovery that will affect every kitchen in america and it dead the american kitchen would soon become a laboratory and mama's little baby learn to love shortening bread. i like to call them the christo kids and what i mean by that is that chris crow was introduced in one thousand and eleven in the early one nine hundred forty s. the christo kids would have been about twenty years though they would have been having children at that point and if you project that into twenty to fifty you know fifty years that puts it into my two hundred sixty nine hundred seventy if you look at the stats that are out there you start seeing a dramatic increase in all of these diseases and it doesn't

here is an example of one of the ads that you'll see in china, procter and gamble, high end line sk 2, hugely poplar, this product was the cause of near riots in china in 2006 after the government

shares in giants like apple and procter and gamble tumbled as $9 billion worth were dumped, not by humans, but by computers. >> like "terminator," machines taking over. >> the markets were safe. >> i want to speak to the usual market -- to the unusual market activity that took place yesterday on wall street. the regulatory authorities are evaluating this closely. >> since then, there have been further, smaller flash crushers in markets across the globe. again, the suspicion is on computer-driven trees, feeding on one another, prompted by investment programs or algorithms. it is called hundred and two trading and it has changed the face of trading or remove the -- it is called high-frequency trading and it has changed the face of trading or removed the face completely. the computers that do it can make a single trade in 16 microseconds. that is 1.5 million trades in the time i have been standing here talking to you. each trade may make just a fraction of a penny in profits before it is sold on, sometimes in a matter of seconds. when, why, and how much to buy and a single second is done by

an israeli human rights group has said that building has resumed at procter times the previous week. they say the obstacles are and -- settlements are an obstacle to peace. many of the workers are palestinian laborers who say they cannot get such well-paid work elsewhere. stay with us if you can. still to come. ♪do not stop believing >> do the young voters still believe in president obama? we will visit a glee club ahead of elections. the driver of an underground train pulled up in the london bombings in 2005 as told the inquest he tried to make a mayday call but his cab radio was not working. he had to use his cell phone. >> the driver of the train described the last part of the explosion and then what he called the chilling call for help from the passengers. he said it still makes his blood run cold when he thinks about it. he attempted to make a mayday call on the radio in his cab. it was not working. he used his mobile phone to raise the alarm. he turned off the power and help to evacuate hundreds of passengers to sink along the tracks. above ground, the station supervisor was ma

procter & gamble was up slightly after reporting a profit slip. that still beat forecasts. sprint nextel reported a much wider loss in its shares lost almost 10%. one big winner, bank of america, which has seen its shares fall almost 12% this month, gained more than 2% topping the dow. merck was the dow's biggest loser, falling over 1 1/2%. and wells fargo admitted wednesday it made mistakes in the paperwork for thousands of foreclosure cases. and promised to fix them. and finally, some highlights from careerbuilder.com's most unusual excuses for calling in sick. here they are. my finger is stuck in a bowling ball. i burnt he mouth on thanksgiving pumpkin pie. i'm not feeling too clever today. and, my mother was attacked by a chicken. those are real life excuses. >>> well, the heat is on. a cavalier attitude in cleveland. and net gains in new jersey. plus, game one of the world series is in the books and the giants were rude hosts, handing cliff lee his first postseason lost. your early morning sports headlines are just ahead. >>> in weather, enjoy one more warm day in the

another one to watch in this sector tomorrow is procter and gamble. p&g is due with earnings tomorrow. the stock got caught up in the selling pressure today, sliding 1%. global growth and promotion spending are two areas analysts say to watch. steel stocks saw sellers today as earnings cooled from strength earlier this year. this trio all reported results today. arcelor mittal slid more than 5%. it said high iron ore and coal costs will hurt its performance for the rest of the year. its c.e.o. said consumer confidence has deteriorated. u.s. steel fell more than 3%. it reported a loss for the quarter but, again, higher iron ore prices are hurting. and a.k. steel dropped 4% with a third quarter loss, and again pointing to higher ore prices. so, what about the iron ore business? the world's largest producer, vale, is out with earning results tomorrow. shares are at a six-month high tonight ahead of those results. beyond earnings, research in motion saw a second day of nice gains. the company showed off its tablet device, helping spur this recent rally. h

speaking of dow stocks, procter & gamble gave us its unique read on the global consumer with its quarterly update. we'll have the latest data here, with earnings coming in two cents better than expectations, even though they were down from a year ago. margins were hurt by higher commodity costs, something we heard about yesterday from competitor kimberly-clark. shares squeezed out a small gain. they've been trading between $60 and $64 per share since last november. p & g finds demand "dampened" in the u.s. moving on, compellent technologies has been in focus since august when hewlett- packard and dell started their bidding war for cloud computing firm 3par. today, we saw just how good business has been for compellent. here are the last 180 sessions for compellent. today, it rocketed up by more than 32% to a new high. it was a record third quarter for earnings, and the fourth quarter projections came in better than forecast. shares were trading in the low teens in august. tonight? over $26 per share. and that's tonight's "market focus." the most profitable place for mutual fund investors th

we'll hear from procter & gamble, dupont, 3m, microsoft.arly in the week shell, conocophillips, exxon mobil and chevron as the week goes on. monday investors report the number of existing homes sold. on tuesday more news with the schiller 20 city home price index. on wednesday the data on new homes sold last month as well. on friday we will see the initial reading of the gross domestic product for the third quarter. gdp of course the broadest measure of the u.s. economy. >>> and finally today, first lady michelle obama is known for her style. are her sartorial selections good for stocks? a study in says the michelle effect boosts the stock price of retail brands the first lady wears in public. mrs. o.'s outfits are so closely watched that anticipation of their popularity provides a shot in the well-dressed arm of the companies that make them. a closer look at her wardrobe for last spring's european trip showed the first lady index handily beating the s&p for the same week that will do it for us today. thank you so much for being with me. my

procter & gamble, exxon mobil and 3m came in ahead of expectations. and defense giant northrop grumman, general dynamics and raytheon beat on the bottom line as well. the case-shiller 20 city index shows prices of single family homes fell 0.3 in august from july. but they were up 1.7% from the same period a year earlier. will economic uncertainty plague the markets this fall? and what impact will that have on this week's midterm elections. my guests diane swonk, an economist with mesirow financial and eamon javers. good to have you both on the program. thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> thank you. >> gdp came out friday showing 2% growth in the third quarter. what does that say about the economy? >> it confirms something we already know. most americans don't believe the economy has grown since the recovery started in june of 2009, and certainly we're seeing growth, but not enough. not enough to bring down the unemployment rate, not enough to make a real difference to most americans, and that will play heavily and weigh heavily in the elections

. >> bill, i am told this is the first time since elizabeth procter ran for salem town council that aolitical had not started with "i am a witch." >> what about the witch's union, andy? are there witches' unions? >> they are called covens. >> greg, a mellow-phobe is someone with a fear of music. >> yes, i wrote that. >> and the story was less interesting when i realized mo tucker was not a simpsons character. never was a big velvet underground fan. >> one album. >> it is like music i should like, but i don't. >> bands influenced by velvet underground are 10 times better. >> absolutely. >> weird. >> influence etd -- influenced? >> ubastank was amazing. >> and lady gaga. >> firefighters won't put out fire because homeowner didn't pay. you say "burning down the house" was an oak ridge boys song. i think you were thinking of the song" all the golden california." >> thank you for the mention. >> were you in the oak ridge boys? >> no, but i wrote all the songs and have the big house that i pay insurance so they should come put out the fire. >> angela, you blame it on the firefighters and th

that's less than half of what procter & gamble will spend advertising products in one year. it is approximately what americans will spend on yogurt this year. this is a rich country. the fact that we spend so little trying to influence the selection of those who will make and administer the laws is the amazing thing. second, surely we're learning as we repeatedly do every two years, the large nall utility of the last political dollar. there's only so much you can do in throwing stuff on television. >> do these ads work? first of all -- transparency is a legitimate issue. >> it is not a big issue for the voters of this country that when losing political movements such as the democratic party at this moment want to talk about process. no one cares about process. >> but the process of the ads and do they work? >> well, i think -- i would take slight issue with that because i think it will matter to them because at this point you can't even call some of the billionaires who are funding some of these outside campaigns donors. you have to think of them as investors because they've

rich o'brien's assistant, jennifer procter. >> brian: she's the back up singer. >> steve: she did theher career will go right through the roof now. it's just one woman? >> steve: yeah. >> gretchen: let's talk about this, it's only eight days to go before the big midterm elections. both sides are saying they're going to win. can you believe either one or the other? that new poll that's been out, one third of all likely voters hasn't decided yet. so they could be swayed. >> brian: i think both are cheerleading. let's hear michael steele and then tim cane and tale tuck more. >> the voters are tired of the fact that the federal government has not listened to them over the past two years, moved in its own direction at its own rhythm and they want to pull back on that. and i think you'll see a wave, unprecedented wave on election day that's going to surprise a lot of people. >> these races are very close, but from this point forward, it's about turnout and ground game. we're seeing good early voting trends and we can do it. >> steve: they both say they'll win. although you got to wonder whe

particularly with the large contributions from general electric, and there is a humanitarian flight and procterd gamble, and we have a particular focus on water purification. in particular, the relief fund that the secretary announced, we took the first $500,000 of this from the fund. we have this on the purification and in addition, a $2 million package on water purification. to are working with 13 nto's provide clean water. the first of these went out in october and we are trying to refund money directly into the most needed asset. finally, in terms of the american diaspora, there was a very successful concert that was planted -- that was going to be hosted last week. this was with john legend. other organizations are holding major fund-raisers in cities across the country and they have organized 45 relief trips for support personnel. we are looking at a very robust u.s. effort, and we were the first in with the most contributions to date, and we are hoping to retain his position as we go into the reconstruction effort. and i'll be happy to take any questions. >> the response of the internati

high-ranking executives of companies to work for corporations to sell to the new customers, such as procter and gamble. host: we got your point. that was mike and bakersfield, talking about expecting action on immigration. tennessee. ben is a tea party supporter. go ahead. caller: i want them to give social security a raise. bush gave them the biggest raise there ever was. and i think they should do you build the general motors plant in the united states instead of sending it to mexico. host: you want a raise and social security? caller: yes, i think the people deserve it. host: can the country afford it? caller: they are sending money overseas. why can we afford it? host: you would like to see decisions made about our obligation overseas. caller: yes, i think we should quit spending money over there and spend it here at home. host: roger, republican line. what are your expectations? you've got to turn that television down. i will come back to you. a little bit more from ms. " . "piece about what mitch mcconnell, the republican leader in the senate, faces if tea party candidates win and rep

high-ranking executives of companies to work for corporations to sell to the new customers, such as procter and gamble. host: we got your point. that was mike and bakersfield, talking about expecting action on immigration. tennessee. ben is a tea party supporter. go ahead. caller: i want them to give social security a raise. bush gave them the biggest raise there ever was. and i think they should do you build the general motors plant in the united states instead of sending it to mexico. host: you want a raise and social security? caller: yes, i think the people deserve it. host: can the country afford it? caller: they are sending money overseas. why can we afford it? host: you would like to see decisions made about our obligation overseas. caller: yes, i think we should quit spending money over there and spend it here at home. host: roger, republican line. what are your expectations? you've got to turn that television down. i will come back to you. a little bit more from ms. " . "piece about what mitch mcconnell, the republican leader in the senate, faces if tea party candidates win and rep