accurately player in the smart phone wars and has a familiar name, motorola, motorola mobilitity is owned by google, luring customers away from apple and samsung devices. jon fortt has more now. >> reporter: call it a shot across the bow of a smart phone industry. google through motorola putting america on notice that a ground breaking new phone is coming. the full page add ran in this morning's new york times usa today, wall street journal washington post. takes full advantage to the holiday. it's a tease, we don't see the phone. the company hinted we'll see this month or next. what we do see the biggest brand of the internet era trying to take the first. >> if you're google or motorola you need a fantastic product out the door. consumers are unforgiving with technology. you have one shot to get it right. >> reporter: at a conference in may motorola ceo said it will be more self-aware than other phones. it will know when it's in your pocket, when you want to take a picture. it will face tough competition from two of the most dominant companies in tech, samsung and apple. apple's new iphone expected within three months with new software. >> th

. >>> today, samsung and apple will see if technical experts can break the new security features on their. george gascon is one of the leaders of the secure our smartphones national task force. the group is concerned about the skyrocketing number of crimes that involve smartphones. so they are asking all phonemakers to make the phones a less desirable target for thieves. >>> ktvu is following breaking news at oakland's fruitvale neighborhood. there's police activity at 29th avenue and east 12th street. we know that the incident may involve an amtrak train. there are no other details available. we have a crew there and we'll give i updates online at ktvu.com. >>> san francisco's transit agency is stepping back from the plan to eliminate hundreds of parking spaces on polk street. the agency proposed removing all parking on one side of the street and some on the other side. the spaces could be turned into dedicated bike lanes. businesses in the area criticized the new idea. the proposal removes only one- third of the parking spots on polk. >>> thank you for making ktvu your choice for news.

they are deemphasizing mobile phones and emphasizing different brands they have not store like samsung and apple, but at the end of the day i'm not sure it's enough. >> reporter: one of the strengths is 43 hundred stores around the country, there is one in every neighborhood. the presence alone isn't enough to win back shoppers, who have moved on. for "nightly business report," i'm courtney regan in new york city. >>> more than half a million checks in the mail today headed for people who bought so-called toning shoes from sketchers usa hoping to lose weight and strength and tone their lower body. the trouble is they didn't work that way. the sneaker maker called it deceptive advertising. $40 million in payouts are being sent to unhappy customers. >>> a study gives credence to the phrase use it or lose it. the french government's health research agency says retiring at a later age reduces the chances of getting alzheimer's or dementia. for each additional year you keep working, the risk goes down more than 3%. >>> finally tonight, u.s. news and world report is out with the annual list of the nat

today representative samsung and apple met separately with a da tech expert. they brought the latest smart phone. equipped with anti-theft systems. john livingston founded slaught software. company this make for security software that is now in the samsung s 4 cell phone. >> salute low jack technology which can both kill the device if it's lost or stolen but also importantly to recover the device in case somebody was harmed during the course of the theft. >> 7 news was given exclusive access to the meeting. these were the samsung representatives. apple executives refused to be vapd at the meeting. da tech staff tested the anti-theft feature trying to see if they could be disabled. >> district attorney says he won't be disclosing what is tech staff found today. instead he will be sharing that information his feedback with apple and samsung and hopes other cell phone manufacturers will be following suit. vick lae, 7 news. >> well 21 states are in the middle of heat wave. people feeling the affect cows. >> you can signed of see the stomach. just breathe a little

it's a victim to whatever is ailing samsung and apple. touch. >> you want to read the tease? barns and noble. that company's ceo has resigned. they say ceo william lynch has resigned effective immediately. that stock is down two and a half percent after hours. i would suspect that once this filter is out a little more thoroughly into the marketplace that the stock could be a little more active than this particular move. >> it's one of these situations where when somebody steps down like this there's always that immediate reaction and in most cases to sell selling the stock, the nervousness, why did he step down. the timing becomes part of the issues. people will react before they think. right now the reaction is the selling of the stock. >> wasn't lynch there because of his skills? >> and he was also the architect of the microsoft deal which was important to them. he has a bunch of things going on although i do think it's negative. >> the nook failed to keep up with competitors. that bore out more in the most recent earnings report. you'v

a key battle between samsung's and apple. "countdown to the closing bell" starts right now. z: good afternoon, everybody. i'm liz claman. the last hour of trading. the dow and s&p are on a roll. both on track to end higher for the fourth consecutive day. it may be the longest winning streak since back in april, april 30th, and the longest for the s&p since may 15th. two important things that we're watching all our long. the nasdaq composite finishing above 3,500, here is where you see it right now, you can tell. if the nasdaq itself moves higher, that is what it will become a 3,500. its highest close in nearly 13, not months but years. well, on track for its third straight record close hitting a high. what is driving this so quickly? investors are optimistic about the new earnings season. alcoa, we saw this yesterday, the first member to report earnings and said a positive tone for the trading day because it beat the bottom line. this morning wolverine world wide reporting better than forecast earnings in the outlook shares of the big shoe conglomerate looking very good for t

david: shares, both of samsung and apple, usually two competitors suffering today.petitor nokia seeing a jump. let's go back to nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange. nicole, usually when apple does well, samsung does bad and vice versa but today they were both bad. >> there is a lot going on here especially pertaining to nokia. a couple of things. you had positive comments on nokia from both deutsche bank and raymond james. you had one of ratings companies downgrading them to certain extent. there was information from the marketing chief saying that her company will act like a challenger and be more bold in its ad effort and the emphasis on the nokia loom yaw ads will shift from trying to create awareness to demonstrating the phone's capability. everyone wants to know what it can do. i mean that sounds good to me. you can see the stock has done nicely up nearly 4% on the day. david: nicole, thank you very much. cheryl: well the s&p futures are closing. let's head back to scott shelllady in the pits of the cme. what do we know? >> what we kno

it seems like all of the movement is happening overseas where samsung and apple need to compete.n happen? >> i am excited about the iphone five as. apple will integrate a fingerprint sensor. how many times do we look at our phone per day. what if it actually recognize your fingerprint to unlock it. we hate putting in our passwords to download an app. charles: thanks a lot. appreciate it, buddy. more "varney & company" next. ♪ we route your order to up to 75 market centers to look for the best possible price -- maybe even better than you expected. it's all part of our goal to execute your trade in one second. i'm derrick chan of fidelity investments. our one-second trade execution is one more innovative reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. now get 200 free trades when you open an account. if you've got it, you know how hard it can be to breathe and man, you know how that feels. copd includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. spiriva is a once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that helps open my obstructed airways for a full 24 hours. you know, spiriva helps me br

. >>> samsung and apple have something in common. both are losing smartphone market share.d that samsung's share dropped to 30.4% from 32.2% while apple share fell to 13.1% to 16.1% one year ago. >>> pepsi will not longer label naked juices after all natural. after a lawsuit claimed the juices ingredients don't fit those guidelines. they paid $9 million to settle the lawsuit. david: how can naked not be natural. liz: nekkid. david: once you thought i knew about what the government knows and wants to know about you, the u.s. government is demanding that internet companies hand over user's stored passwords. which companies were targeted by the feds? how safe is your confidential information?% liz: liz macdonald knows. list? >> this is story we're talking all today. going little microsoft, yahoo! facebook strenuously denying they're giving the government password information. so now this week we have a house narrowly, narrowly defeating a move that would have cut funding to the nsa surveillance programs. we've got senator ron wyden really upset about this here's the problem. t

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work with the likes of apple because there has been an ongoing dispute between the likes of apple and samsung, samsung having previously manufactured a lot of device or chips for apple. do you think this is opening up the playing field and will they get a greater slice of contracts? >> we do believe that, we do see tsmc will have revenue drivers starting in 2014, starting at 29. we believe tsmc will make chips for apple, which will be the revenue growth driver. >> how is the industry placed? it feels as though the capital investment required to remain in the investment is fairly high, which leaves the playing field fairly open for the largest operators in the sector. is that the right assessment? >> yes, exactly. we do see a clear consolidation for the industry. actually, it is happening for every aspect in the industry. look at the semiconductor, almost everywhere we see growing monopolies. so this is the trend. we just cannot part with the trend. >> the company is well poised to pick up some business. one of the big concerns that people have is the ability of the company to deliver on time.

even emerging markets, which is the lone bright spot, they're under attack by samsung and apple, which that low end of the market, extremely hard. blackberry, this ship has sailed. you got to be a seller right here. >> as our viewers know, i'm a proud owner of a q-10, and i'm hoping somebody picks up the phone if i have to call them. thank you both for joining us. appreciate it very much. yikes. >> 86 points. there's no need for name calling. you know, pathetic? come on, the company -- >> what do you really think, right? >> 86 points on the dow. a half a percent. similar gains across the s&p and nasdaq today. yesterday, where we saw, bill, a little bit of a lagger, not the case. transports higher but -- >> by the way, we haven't mentioned art cashman is saying it's the buy side, 50 of the top five s&p 500 companies have buy. >> okay. >> bias to this point. we'll see if that translates into higher prices at the close. the big question now, is fast-food chain fat burger acting alone? it has found a way to avoid obamacare coverage for employees. the company's ceo will be here to explain i

samsung has a good foothold. dennis: it could go either way and what about the cool factor? that samsung is far more innovative than appleill have that plan? >> i think they do. they have a lot of features and gimmic and great marketing and we will talk about that next. they're doing a lot and the marketing is phenomenal. there other manufacturers out there but they cannot get that momentum. dennis: you would not believe the difference in spending with apple vs samsung spending close at $4 billion per year on advertising which is a phenomenal number was just one product market but is there a ponzi scheme element that runs ot? [laughter] and then it doesn't work? >> a thing part of his issues there and they play catch-up and there is money that goes into advertising but i see we were going in there is potential that's you may fall apart. we will see you this weekend one of the most unusual album rollouts of all time with the launch of the jay-z magnet carter will blow up in the face and we will explain why next. even on a holiday weekend is all about money. ♪ dennis: he has problems but selling bums is not one of them. he

and your doctors. quickly. securely. no guesswork required. better information. better care. kaiserpermanente. thrive. >>> today, apple and samsungatest innovations they say could come down on the number of stolen smart phones. george gascon is one of the organizers of secure our smartphones. that group hired technical experts who will try to work around the anti-theft features. gascon became involved after finding out nearly half of all robberies in san francisco involve a smartphone. >>> more rallies are planned across the country against saturday's not guilty verdict in the death of trayvon martin. yesterday, demonstrators blocked rush hour traffic in beverly hills. peaceful. rch remained demonstrators want the department of justice to file federal charges against zimmerman. in orlando, florida, hundreds of people took to the streets in honor of trayvon martin. the demonstrators marched to a county courthouse where they held a rally and called for justice. meanwhile, the son of civil rights leader, ming junior, is calling on people -- ming, junior, is calling on people -- mart -- martin luther king junior is calling for a boyc

software raced to a certain extent, certain industries are now being enabled by devices from samsung, android and appleou ill ve auy o thisthiss a ock at caot geratexciment do yo pectnythg? thats soot hpeni as r as'm ccern becse i woulhaveeen by no b thiwat, wh do u thk? >> en wthinaboutew prodts aewrowt we ill inki itermof th ipne 5 theewipad ioeven refresh to the core products but we think of the apple tv and othe others, it is by far the biggest piece of the story. liz: whether it is the options or what have you, if they miss on the iphone, ipod, which is the worst miss? >> is obviously going to be the iphone, which is what everybody is looking towards. i think that product cycle is getting a little old, shall we say. speaker that is one of the big worries. apple gained a lot of now it is very highly penetrated so it is a competitive issue is apple still cool enough people want to buy their product over others. it will be a headwind for them. liz: you travel a lot overseas, what are people holding in their hands lately? you tell me. >> in china specifically we have seen tremendous growth from the ch

. >> and is samsung's pain apple's gain? who is winning the smart tablet war? the "closing bell"? >> is this a rotation from stocks out of bonds because of the june jobs report? 195,000 jobs but did the quantity of the job match the quality? are airlines at risk of losing passengers as they keep piling on fee after fee after fee, and we eel show you how to trade alcoa before it kicks off earnings season. yes, that starts on monday. kayla tausche is with me here today. hope you can join us at the top of the hour for the all-important last hour of the trading day on "closing bell." stay tuned. more "street signs" after this. but not energy or even my mood. that's when i talked with my doctor. he gave me some blood tests... showed it was low t. that's it. it was a number. [ male announcer ] today, men with low t have androgel 1.62% testosterone gel. the #1 prescribed topical testosterone replacement therapy increases testosterone when used daily. women and children should avoid contact with application sites. discontinue androgel and call your doctor if you see un

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coke and pepsi, samsung and apple among them. had no other successor. these guys will have to make it work for 2.5 years. that is if the deal clears antitrust cops in washington and europe. while that number to join with number three in advertising? the firm with the most to lose here maybe interpublic group. almost 5% today on the news. the exit strategy was a deal. it may now turn elsewhere. tracy. tracy: wow. this is like "as the world turns." [ laughter ] is for sure. let's had that down to the new york stock exchange. jason weissberg joins us now. i guess we are waiting for the fed on wednesday. the general consensus is we will not get anything new. >> this seems to be a pattern that we had last week. to me down quite significantly and then we seem to drift our way up towards the end of the day. it is very interesting. we had a bunch of mergers. these mergers are very encouraging for the market, in addition to the earnings we are seeing. there are a lot more to come. this is very encouraging for a bowl market view. ashley: th

samsung, blackberry or apple? >> i'm going to go with samsung. >> that's what you have. >> i have a samsung and an apple as we speakthe business of samsung a little better. >> two devices. >> it's all about choices. you guys know that. >> you better focus on two devices. >> although voted the most handsome man on tv or something -- >> he is quite handsome. >> so are you. >> thank you. >> i like particularly when you were swinging around. >> that's one thing david has not done on this show. >> boost the ratings. whatever works. >> overall, what should people look for this season? its eighth season, but your fifth season. >> my fifth season, eighth season. everyone is excited about radio city music hall. >> all the talent from the tristate area. >> well, we -- yeah, i didn't think about that. so, yeah, the idea of taking this show and other competition shows are going in the other direction, we're going north and our ratings are increasing and, you know, it's a family show 8 to 80, everyone loves this show. >> you have to watch it. it's water cooler talk every day about what happened on "america's got talent." >> see

. >> and why turn r attorneys in the george zimmerman trial used a dummy as part of their questioning today. >> the competition between apple and samsungheats up. samsung had ground breaking today. we'll have tha >>> we continue to follow breaking news out of oakland. an amber alert issued for this toddler dapne viola webb. the little girl was apparently take gren a car parked at gazali supermarket just after 11:00 this morning. police say the father went in by himself and left his daughter in the car with an adult family member who is mentally disabled. when he returned the family member was still in the car but the little girl was gone. want to show you another look at webb last seen wearing orange pajama was pink hearts and pink socks. our breaking news reporting will continue on twitter on abc 7 news bay area. >> update now on latest developments in the investigation of the crash of asiana flight 214. there are questions surround wlgt crew aboard the flight began he vac wasting passengers. ntsb confirmed reports the pilot dz not fishl initially order are that plane to be evacuated but when a flight attendant saw flames the plane wa

during a meeting with news managers and staff at abc7 news he said apple and samsung are now actively working on anti-theft security features. he took part in a cell phone anti-theft summit in new york city last month. >> we started testing some of the software they are bringing on board and in the case of samsung, it is a combination of hardware and software and, still, in the developmental stages but we are assured they will be released before the end of the year. >> police say half of the robberies in san francisco now involve cell phones. >> we continue to follow breaking news in san francisco where a fire towns into a crime investigation. next at 5:00, what firefighters have discovered that drew police. >> also, with a strike looming, negotiators return to the table to try to hammer out a new bart contract. we are live with the major issues still dividing both sides. >> the financial relief a bay area city is offering today to homeowners whose >> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news a beautiful morning at 5:00 on tuesday. thanks for joining us. >> beautiful day

and it looks like samsung has caught apple's cold. ares seem to be catching up to the korea giant, and look at the stock today if it is charted down. better than 5% right now. like apple, samsung is seeing strong growth for the smart phones and still, but also like apple profitability looks like it might be suffering a little bit. samsung is projecting $8.3 billion in operating profit for the quarter and up 47% which is pretty darn good, but the investors wanted about 7% better than that. samsung is the top spender on the marketing to sell the smartphones which is apparently what is it spending on the galaxy s-4 and that is not apparently panning out the way some people had expected the pressure pressures. samsung is facing similar to the pressures that apple has been facing. the market for smartphones is getting saturated particularly in wealthier markets like the u.s., like samsung's home market of korea. we are seeing the penetration levels better than 50% which means that it is getting harder to find people who don't have the smart

over the top of those things. >> nokia rallied more than three percent but in a world where samsung apple and google rule the smart phone market is nokia's only hope for survival a microsoft buy out? we have a street fight later. gold sliding 20% in 2013 so far. dennis gartman making what he calls a water shed call today. we're back in two. to recognize the people who are out there owning it. the ones getting involved and staying engaged. they're not afraid to question the path they're on. beca use the one question they never want to ask is "how did i end up here?" i started schwab for those people. people who want to take ownership of their investments like they do in every other aspect of their lives. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] some things are designed to draw crowds. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ others are designed to leave them behind. ♪ ♪ the all-new 2014 lexus is. it's your move. [ male announcer ] i've seen incredible things. otherworldly things. but there are some things i've never seen before. this ge jet engine can understand 5,000 data samples per second. which is good for business. because planes use

apple in three months, maybe multiple models. the big question i think is samsung going to spend more on marketing to compete with apple or less to maximize profits, andl new phones from google's motorola unit, make things tougher for samsung. we'll see, guys, back to you. >> indeed we will. >> gold selling off once again. it's been a very tough session on that strong jobs report. prices are close and jackie d'angelis has them. >> good afternoon, sue. we're watching the metals very closely across the board. gold price down a little less than $40 or 3% today. the move lower driven by three main factors, of course, the strong jobs report but also a stronger dollar and a higher yield on the u.s. ten-year treasury, but if there's a silver lining today, it's that gold held above 1200. that's a key psychological level for a lot of traders. want to remind you, gold posted its largest quarterly loss on record, down 23% from april to june. meantime, on a percentage basis, looking at some of the other metals. silver had a tough day as well. down 5% and copper also getting bruise the because strength in the u.s. highlights potential weakness in china and europe.

the past three months, but analysts predict future sales will be cliffed by new products by apple and samsung. >>> another tech giant dell is in a kind of fight for it's life, at least it's life for a popular company. michael dell said he won't sweeten the $24.4 billion bid to take the company private. he's evidently willing for now to take his chances his bid will win the favor of share holds and the firms that advice institutions on how to vote their shares. a rival bid carries a higher per share price. that offer for a portion of the company would leave a chunk of dell still trading on the public markets. investors didn't like the news today and dell shares closed 2% lower today. >>> amazon.com, the world's largest online book saler is making news onbook authors and publishers aren't happy about it. after years of lowering prices on books to under cut the brick and mortar competitors, amazon is so dominant it's offering smaller discounts on some books a or slower settling titles, in discounts at all. >>> as college costs skyrocket, jobs hard to come by, many recent grads are wondering are

they're stuck in the third, fourth best behind apple and samsung as far as phones ago.maller, cheaper, faster is not a good way to invest. investors, the tech keypad is on its way out. finally out, one more winner. this is a trend, it is a trend i do not like. as f x entertainment doesn't dance music. they follow the next one sec filing which means they will be bringing in dance music to the public market. this is an industry growing incredibly quickly. 100,000 teenagers crowd of the las vegas motor speedway recently. this is a for a half billion dollar industry. you can invest in numerous areas, dance music becoming public is interesting to note. coming up on the show, we will bring up an expert and talk a little money on investing. what is working on wall street and why. you can't drop me a line at route rob black .com. >> will come back to rob black and your money. it is time for us to ask the expert. that expert would be c f p chad burton. you deal with financial planning issues. one deep issues you deal with is the challenges of retirement. let's talk about five ch

and so what we're seeing is a battle between major vendors. between apple and samsung now as each tries to steal a share from the other which puts pressure on the margin. cheryl: you have to wonder if some of these stocks got ahead of themselves, especially with regard to samsung. you can already make that case with apple. but private estimates are 47 percent higher year-over-year it is not like they are selling less. the company is actually still finding a lot of success. adjusted meet the analysts estimate. do we need to rethink our opinion? >> well, what you are saying is they're having to reduce margins as competition heats up. as they have to extend marketing dollars in order to move those customers from one platform to another. and market goes to initial phase where you have this green field. almost nobody has the product. you get this massive amount of growth and then hold profit well. as the market matures a regional level of stability. vendor start competing eat each other. they have tough market harder. fighting for evermore contested ground which is where we

cell phone thefts was a top concern today in san francisco where the district attorney met with apple and samsung. ktvu's david stevenson is live with why new technology could spawn different type of crime. david? >> reporter: that's right. even as they showed off new security features some say it may not be enough to stop cell phone thefts. >> i keep it close to my body. tighter grip. >> reporter: it is not always enough according to police who say 50% or more of the robberies involve cell phones. >> it is an absolute enterprise, if you will, the market of the phones. >> reporter: the district attorney says makers bear some of the blame. he called in a task force to try out new security software. and making stolen phones worthless. it included software that could lock the phone and erase the data and an act vacation lock that requires a password to use the stolen device. >> the idea is to make -- prevent the phone from working. >> reporter: they said we play to explore opportunities for further enhancements to our solution. they warn even if it is a success there will still be a huge market for

samsung's second-quarter operating profits hit $5 billion. that trumps apple's profits of $4.6 billion, according to a report. samsung's sales are due to large inventories, high wholesale prices and tight cost controls. analysts say that apple is under more pressure now to launch more iphone models at cheaper prices - and with larger screens. pepsi is dropping the word "natural" from its "naked" line of juice drinks. the beverage company is paying $9 billion to settle a lawsuit that claims ingredients in the juices are not all-natural. pepsi says it adds vitamins to some of the drinks, but according to the lawsuit, the vitamins are synthetic. consumers are eating more meat -specifically, hamburgers. according to restaurant consulting firm technomic, 95% of americans chow down on burgers at least once a month. also, more restaurants are moving away from the dollar menu mentality, and are offering higher-quality beef. still to come, should you fear what you eat from overseas? why the fda sees a need for new rules. plus, why the sac insider trading case is critical to federal regulators. and, how americans lose millions over trust issues with wall street. that's next, after this "in

. >> you raise an interesting point there, joe, and i begin to think of apple and the way samsung has come to them. they made a good run. somebody will try and compete and effectively, eventually with amazon. let me turn to the big box format, which is really barnes & noble's thing. do they have a real estate problem in the same way lots of analysts believe best buy has or had a real estate problem? stores that are too big, too costly and have too many people in them? >> i do think there is an issue on that front, that the stores are quite large. they do, you know -- generally they are in very good locations, though. that's the one big strength barnes & noble does have. they have prime location. they don't have difficulty to get out of stores but the forum factor hasn't changed. the forum factor of the tv changed, smaller, thinner, you don't need as much space but maybe for books you don't want to house as many, but there are other things to do, whether it's games, toys, there is other -- the caves within the stores. there is ways to use the space. >> there is no question this whole b

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and her son has serious back problems now. three people died in that july 6 crash. >>> tom of the top security experts in the nation are putting apple and samsung technology to the test today. they're looking at new anti-theft security features recently introduced by the two giants. they'll use similar tang ticks to the ones thieves use to try to resell ton global black market. george mass cone along with the attorney general launched the secure our smart phones initiative last month. it urges phone makers to install a kill switch that would make a smart phone useless if stolen. >>> it is 4:36. the uc board of renal entsz will meet to security napolitano's appointment. she will resign from the cabinet in september. if approved she will become the first female president in the system's 145-year history. she graduated from santa clara university in 1979 and was the school's first female valedictorian. >>> want the first check of the forecast this morning. good thursday morning to meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning, laura and marla. good thursday morning to you at home. i've got great news for you, temperatures are goings to be a touch

and kenny parish coming up and take a look at microsoft, the stock in a 52 week high, steve ballmer reorganize the company to better compete against apple, google and samsungolleague dennis kneale live from sun valley, stereo tv making some waves. don't count out a o l, the stock is outperforming the nasdaq. just initiating coverage on the stock and double the one on one with the chairman of a o l, ken armstrong in sun valley. top of the hour, good day to go to nicole petallides on the floor of the stock exchange with stocks hitting fresh new highs. the question is can we close with a new record? nicole: if we close right here right now this would be a record all time closing high for the dow jones industrial average. stocks, great news for the bulls, everybody remembers when we were at 6500 during the financial crisis, they are loving 15,434. you see the dow up 132 points, people are not worried about the fed cutting back, gains across the board, dow component microsoft, continue restructuring in order to focus on what the customers want and innovate more quickly and we have broken down and breaking down into four divisions and doing management shuffle an

this time in mobile web usage and it is the first time samsung has beaten appleis, accounting for 25.5%. this according to a study by staff counter. apple and nokia rounded out the top three. >>> wal-mart ditching plans for new d.c. stores after the city council approved a bill that would boost minimum wages paid only by larger retailers like wal-mart. the new bill raises pay by nearly $5 per hour. wal-mart says, can't afford it. >>> foreclosure dropped to the lowest level in seven 1/2 years in june according to realtytrac. foreclosures are are on pace to reach 800,000, down from 1.1 million last year. >>> alaska air raising its baggage fee, raising the cost of checking first two bags for $25 for tickets bought on or after october 20th. the tickets for third and fourth bags, $75 each. >>> greece's jobless rate rose to 27.9%. more than the average rate in the eurozone. [buzzer] liz: average rate is 20.2%. adam: very tough for people to live through that. liz: very tough. adam: officials meeting in the nation's capitol for economic talks including economic reform a

from its top picks live list and talking about market saturation for smartphones and demand for devices from apple and samsung failing to meet some expectations. sue, back to you. >> thanks, josh, a story with a lot of moving parts. shares of dell, they are moving higher by just under 3% right now. the investment advisory firm is recommending shareholders vote in favor of michael dell's offer for the firm. >> united health hitting an all-time high in today's trading session. the enscheurer could surge 40% over the next two years as president obama's health care reforms are rolled out. the company also looks better positioned that be some of its rivals. >> we turn to this weekend's chilling plane crash. the first photographs of the inside of the saabins of flight 214. two killed and several critically injured, and as awful as it is it's amazing, really, that it wasn't worse given the way the hull of that plane looks. phil lebeau is just across the bay from where that plane still rests. >> still more questions than answers regarding the clash of asiana 214 here at san francisco international airport, and a lot

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appeal saying the company will d not set pricing and we will continue to fight against these false accusations. >> the competition between apple and samsungving beyond smart phones and tablets. they are both building headquarters in silicon valley. david louie has the story from san jose. >> samsung is putting up what hopes it will be new headquarters that reflects the technology it is producing. a $300 million building with a center courted yard and places for people to interact. >> work spaces will invited collaboration and no one will be more than a floor away from an area that opens to the out doors. architect says it helps employees to stay focused. >> they can talk to each other more quickly and have impromptu meetings. >> this will be home to the research and development and place for customer meetings. it could be public showcase of the latest technology similar to one at its headquarters. they expect to do aggressive hiring. at a groundbreaking ceremony, cisco joked about poaching its employees. >> i will continue to be pleased if you don't recruit. >> planning officials in san jose see the building as a catalyst fo other compani

today representatives from samsung and cupertino-based apple will meet with george gascon to show himew antitheft features in their cell phones. phone robberies have been on the rise lately especially in san francisco so gascon has urged manufacturers to improve safety features. >>> a new tool for law enforcement under agency is under scrutiny by the aclu. license plate scanners that can track driver locations are often mounted on police cars. others are found on bridges and buildings. police call it an effective crime-fighting tool. but the aclu says all that information is being stored with few privacy protections. >>> the state senate may tests up to 160,000 cars with electronic license plates. supporters say they would be able to register fastrak tolls, display amber alerts and save the dmv $20 million a year but there are critics. >> law enforcement needs a warrants to be able to put a tracking device on your car. it's a possibility that the way this program could be implemented, these smart plates could be that tracking device. >> the electronic license plates would be produced