plus in moral dismas google starbucks and amazon face harsh rhetoric from british m.p.'s over pay just a tiny percentage of tax while getting millions from the u.k. market. millions of americans are plagued by debts they can barely afford to pay back by how could be on the way from an unlikely source activists from the occupy movement are planning to buy up the debts from other creditors and just write them off parties associates are going to has the details. haters must have been hoping that occupy wall street has fallen off the face of the earth or at least the face of the national arena this is not been the case at all for months now this project has been in the works occupy wall street has been trying to come up with a system where they can do what they can their share of the action to try to help so many americans who are just completely burdened by debt and what it entails is buying distressed debt for pennies on the dollar and basically instead of harassing . people in debt. buyers and debt collectors occupy wall street just goes into volatile as this debt wipes it

s find very suspect they say that they've been operating at a loss for example starbucks said they've been operating as a loss for the last fourteen years in the u.k. is a very tough market but governments are getting increasingly wary about these tactics and indeed these loopholes that need to be solved because they're losing a lot of money in tax revenue through these very clever schemes of financial trickery. as you say some of these companies say that they're not necessarily in the hole but they're not making the profits of the used to be making you talk about people saying these are immoral tactics i suppose it can in some way or another be familiar with the idea of offshore accounts for example many people have offshore accounts in the cayman islands and that's as you say the tricky one one of the methods of trickery the companies could be using what parts of public reaction should surely surely there must be a people of the public or even m.p.'s who outspoken about this. absolutely well the m.p.'s yesterday that were grilling these executives and what watching them say why and

starbucks has a surprising. thank . you get back to our g.'s coverage of the twenty twelve presidential election i'm tom hartman and i'm christine for us now so where does the race for the white house stand here at ten pm eastern is a look at the electoral map right now it's one hundred sixty three electoral votes for governor romney one hundred sixty two for president obama still kind of frozen . yeah ten thirty here. still a lot we don't know we're going to wait for more results to come in who want to take a look right now at several ballot measures that people across the united states are voting on in california it's proposition thirty seven this would require mandatory labeling of genetically engineered food the food industry is fighting this issue but polls show that this will probably half the polls in california don't close until eleven pm eastern now in colorado voters are deciding if they should legalize marijuana and with twenty one percent reporting it's fifty two percent to forty eight percent in support of the measure that does cal

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there s one bright sot though on the da for sure. that was starbucks. shares of the coffee giant soared 9%. it solid beat fiscal fourth quarter earnings estimates while raising the full-year profit outlook. look at that stock. >>> now to our top story. the dire gas shortage is a consequence of the super stm. drivers are waiting for hours upon hours to fill up tanks only to be turned away because the station's tanks run down while awaiting. cars are being abandoned in lines up to half a mile long because they can't get gas. there are reports of gas rationing siphoning and fights breaking out at stations. we even heard of one instance of someone pulling a gun because someone cut a gas line. things are falling apart in new york. everyone wants to know how ng will it be before drivers have access to gas? joining me now, patrick dehaan, chief petroleum analyst with gasbuddy.com. i was talking to someone before the show had a lead pipe thrown at her at a line in a gas station. >> wow. melissa: it is getting really crazy out there. is it going to get better an

s as they kick off the season. the government may be saving millions of dollars. but let us get the details. >> we will get to the starbucksou mentioned, congress heading back to work today. question that the fiscal issue theye biggest need to handle. $1 billion in budget cuts this january. and the informal survey shows a 102 faa towers (9. enough air traffic being open 24m hours a day. if they want to be shut down that would save taxpayers more than $10 million a year. far below blocked attempts to cut hours or consolidate the work. to hear --u want starbucks is back with the deals the holiday season. last year they had the best season in its history. that is with the sales of gingerbread lot day and care caramel brulee latte. take advantage of that. that is business news. live at bloomberg headquarters, bell.inda was a coffee drinker i would take advantage of that. think you so much. speaking of getting up early, abc 7 wants to make your enjoyable with our free alarm clock iphone at. looking at your phone is the many daysg you do anyway. news, traffictest tones ersonalized alarm here.f us gives us a look and how it works

starbucks one of the biggest gainers on the s&p up about 10% after the coffee chain raises its dividends%, delivers some solid same store sales growth in the u.s. and super value shaws will reduce. they're in talks with several parties who are interested in buying some or all of the company. >> back to the story of the day. october jobs number coming in. 171,000 jobs added. the unemployment rate still below 8%. 7.9%. jan hatzius, chief economist at goldman sachs, says this number change anything in terms of your view of the economy? >> i don't think it changes anything substantially. it's the establishment that were better than expected. it's encouraging news. in particular i would say the household employment gain was quite surprising because you had a very big gain last time. you have another big gain this time. it's still noisy but it means more if you see two gains in a row. >> in terms of what the fed may or may not do does that alter? >> i don't think so. i think they will be very patient. they want to be stronger economic growth for many months before it will change anything. you

s&p and nasdaq in the green. bloomberg index also higher. the fatal superstorm sandy may hurt . economic output this quarter but could be good for starbucksne of the places with free wifi where people have flocked for its stores that were open. starbucks one of the food chains that may see boost in sales from consumers looking for places to get a meal. after an initial hit of having to close stores changes will get a boost if people aren't out of food or they want to go out. we are hearing from some of our producers there are insanely long lines at starbucks as people trying to get that free wifi. one executive told us alcohol sales are up, speaking of which, some of you may be feeling a little hungover this morning, the period around halloween is second only to the super bowl for alcohol sales in the up is. more adults have been choosing halloween as an occasion to party. live at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king. >> there's the information to stow away. >> i think i went to the wrong party, we just had candy. >> one house around the corner from us they always have a been fire in the frontyard and they pass out -- [ unintelligib

s&p right now is up by 6 points. back to you. >> thank you, jason brooks with kcbs and cbsmoneywatch.com. >>> well, starbucks is rolled out its most coffee ever and it's a doozy. the new brew made from very rare costa rica beans called finca palmilera just rolls off the tongue, retails for $7 a cup! that's for a grande. for $6 you can get the tall. right now the big ticket brew is only available at a few dozen stores in the pacific northwest. starbucks plans to take it nationwide by the end of the year. it better be the only one you need all week. seven bucks! >>> lindsay lohan mobbed again by the paparazzi and for all the wrong reasons. the liz and dick star wore a black jacket over her head as new york police escorted her out of jail about an hour ago. she is charged with allegedly slapping another woman's face at a nightclub. lohan is on probation for taking a necklace from a jewelry store without permission. so more trouble for that star. >> she might need a cup of finca palmilera. >> maybe. >>> time now 6:53. coming up a check of your top stories. >> plus, she is america's golden girl. how you can win a date with this woman r

s&p 500 is down one quarter of 1%. some names are good, some not so good. when you talk about starbucks, starbucks is a good outlook. trip advisor and other ones that came in with their quarterly reports. you see a name like travelers, for example, and that is a name that has been weighing on the dow jones industrials. monster, the energy drink, they continue to claim that their drinks are safe. back to you. dagen: thank you. connell: hurricane sandy sweeping through staten island. dagen: adam shapiro is standing by with the very latest on the recovery efforts. >> you see this car right here, just one of many that got tossed around by the floodwaters. i want to show you some of the houses. they have inspected 650 structures like this one. you can see this one still has a restricted use sticker. it eventually can be used again. i want you to come back with me, if you can. you will see these two guys over here. this is national red. they are walking neighborhood to neighborhood shouting the gas off. did you come down to this house right here, this sums up what is happening to a lot of people. it says unsafe area: do n