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marketing at forrester research- - he joins us from the nasdaq market-site studios in new york; and steven levy is a senior writer at "wired" magazine. steven, i'll start with you. today's filing finally offers a kind of window inside facebook's business. i know it just came out. you've got just a quick look but what jumps out at you right away? >> well, a couple of things. the revenues were pretty much in line with what people were thinking. they had somewhere south of $400 million of annual revenues and a profit of $1 billion, which is pretty nice. one thing is that all the money they have is in advertising, except for about 15%, and almost all of that is they have a payment system which is dependent on one company, the gaigame company, zinga. that was interesting. and the other thing that struck me was the very strikey letter from mark zuckerberg to potential investors where he talked about how the company's mission is more important than making money to him. the money enabled him of fulfill the mission of putting the world in contact with each other and doing it the hacker way, as he descri
marketing at forrester research- - he joins us from the nasdaq market-site studios in new york; and steven levy is a senior writer at "wired" magazine. steven, i'll start with you. today's filing finally offers a kind of window inside facebook's business. i know it just came out. you've got just a quick look but what jumps out at you right away? >> well, a couple of things. the revenues were pretty much in line with what people were thinking. they had somewhere south of $400...
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hearing hopefully that will help avoid some of them i appreciate being on the show that was dr steven levy he is author and see the leaves capital management. and still ahead what will be the consequences of the kind of european leadership we've been seeing in greece managing the debt crisis we spoke to any nigel farage about the risk of political assassinations revolution and the rise of extreme nationalist political parties but first their closing market numbers. wealthy british style. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser reports on our. welcome back today was supposed to be a meeting of finance ministers to push through that bailout of greece as government this is of course after the greek parliament passed through extremely tough austerity measures while athens literally burned all around them outside and riots were going on in the streets now the greek prime minister said about that that that kind of violence had no place in a democratic country but european member of par
hearing hopefully that will help avoid some of them i appreciate being on the show that was dr steven levy he is author and see the leaves capital management. and still ahead what will be the consequences of the kind of european leadership we've been seeing in greece managing the debt crisis we spoke to any nigel farage about the risk of political assassinations revolution and the rise of extreme nationalist political parties but first their closing market numbers. wealthy british style. market...
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hearing hopefully that will help avoid some of them i appreciate being on the show that was dr steven levy he is author and. capital management. and still ahead what will be the consequences of the kind of european leadership we've been seeing in greece managing the debt crisis we spoke to nigel farage about the risk of political assassinations revolution and the rise of extreme nationalist political parties but first their closing market numbers. it's the same. people calling like you said for free and fair elections. and we're still reporting from the land where you can hear behind me loud explosions and. i mean. they gave you a. just burned your eyes right right i mean it's like a derivative of actual pepper it's a food product essentially i i this is much stronger than anything in your bio absolutely thousands of times more stronger than any one of the harbor you ever put in your. welcome back today was supposed to be a meeting of e.u. finance ministers to push through that bailout of greece's government this is of course after the greek parliament passed through extremely tough auster
hearing hopefully that will help avoid some of them i appreciate being on the show that was dr steven levy he is author and. capital management. and still ahead what will be the consequences of the kind of european leadership we've been seeing in greece managing the debt crisis we spoke to nigel farage about the risk of political assassinations revolution and the rise of extreme nationalist political parties but first their closing market numbers. it's the same. people calling like you said for...
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and steven levy says many plans were based on unrealistic assumptions. >> because there was a recession skpin vestment losses cities have to put more in the pot just to meet current obligations because invest manies didn't make a high rate of return. like people's 401(k) didn't do well. >> improving stock market will have a positive impact on the funds but nation says not enough. >> right now you still have people saying there is not a problem. and by any interpretation, even the best scenarios possible there is a big problem. >> and this is sparking debate up and down the state. many local governments are wanting groups to pitch in more in the short term and long term looking to rage the -- raise the retirement age and reduce benefits to new employee autos thank you. >> hundreds of people turned up today to weigh in on a plan to build a huge church in their neighborhood located just outside walnut creek. battle has been going on for years, now coming to a head. laura? >> for 35 years this congregation co-existed with neighbors without a problem, and the efforts to replace this building
and steven levy says many plans were based on unrealistic assumptions. >> because there was a recession skpin vestment losses cities have to put more in the pot just to meet current obligations because invest manies didn't make a high rate of return. like people's 401(k) didn't do well. >> improving stock market will have a positive impact on the funds but nation says not enough. >> right now you still have people saying there is not a problem. and by any interpretation, even...
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steven levy with the center of study for economy say many pension plans had unrealistic assumption. >> because there was investment losses, city put more in the pot to meet the current obligation because the investment didn't make a high rate of return. lake people 401(k) didn't do very well. >>reporter: good news is that the improving stock market will have a positive impact on pension funds but nation says not enough. >> right now you still got people saying really not a problem. and by any interpretation even the best scenario possible there's a big problem. >>reporter: the pension funding gap is sparking debate up and down this state. many local governments are wanting employee groups to pitch in more in the short-term to their pension fund and in the long-term are looking to raise the retirement age and reduce benefits for new employees. in san jose, abc 7 news. >>> tortoise and the scare. coming up. house fire and owner of 2 reptile very relieved tonight. >> plus different for men and more deadly. new heart attack warning signs for women. accu-weather forecast center. big warm-u
steven levy with the center of study for economy say many pension plans had unrealistic assumption. >> because there was investment losses, city put more in the pot to meet the current obligation because the investment didn't make a high rate of return. lake people 401(k) didn't do very well. >>reporter: good news is that the improving stock market will have a positive impact on pension funds but nation says not enough. >> right now you still got people saying really not a...
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stevens, live or die? jurors have been deliberating a sentence since last wednesday, with no answer yet. legal expert, andrew levy. >> well, it's not supposed to be easy for the state to kill someone, even if you are in favor of the death penalty, i think most people recognize that we have to be sure. >> reporter: the same jury found stevens guilty of murdering 42-year-old corporal david mcgirn inside the now closed house of corrections in jessop. stevens was serving a life sentence for another murder. >> reporter: stevens is a landmark case. for the first time ever, prosecutors used a dna link to pursue the death penalty. under maryland's new and more stringent capital punishment law. >> the first case is always important. and is always going to be something that goes to court. and lawyers are going to look to set a baseline. >> reporter: since 2009, the state can only seek a death sentence in first-degree murder cases that have biological or dna evidence. a video recording of the crime or a videotaped confession. mcgwynn's blood was found splattered on stevens' clothing, shoes and cell bars. still, the sentenci
stevens, live or die? jurors have been deliberating a sentence since last wednesday, with no answer yet. legal expert, andrew levy. >> well, it's not supposed to be easy for the state to kill someone, even if you are in favor of the death penalty, i think most people recognize that we have to be sure. >> reporter: the same jury found stevens guilty of murdering 42-year-old corporal david mcgirn inside the now closed house of corrections in jessop. stevens was serving a life sentence...