nvidia fell almost 10%, and symantec dropped more than 11%. >>> also pressuring stocks early, st. louis federal bank president james bullard who said he was worried the united states could be falling into a japan-style quagmire of falling prices and investment. >>> another thing making traders uneasy, today's first reading on gross domestic product for the april-to-june quarter. with a recovery appearing to be losing stream, today's gdp number is widely expected to stoke concerns the u.s. could be heading into a double dip recession. >>> consumer staples were hammered thursday. kellogg lowered its guidance after reporting a lackluster second quarter, shares fell almost 7%. colgate-palmolive shares sank thursday after posting revenue below expectations and a lower forecast, mainly thanks to its largest latin american market, venezuela, devaluing its currency. >>> on the plus side, southwest airlines, the nation's biggest discount airline, beat analysts' expectations. and elsewhere, walt disney is selling miramax films to film yard holding investor group for about $660 million, endi

two companies moving much farther downward is symantec and nvidia. symantec down 5%, nvidia 9%. we talked about both companies before the open. amazon.com says it will release a new kindle, even less expensive than before. now, this one is not going to have a cell phone chip in it so it will receive wi-fi signals only. that helps drive the price of that e-book reader down to just $139. in turn, that should help accelerate e-book sales for amazon. >> let's hope so. thanks. >>> thieves in san francisco may be in for a big surprise. more undercover officers are hitting the streets after a rash of armed robberies. the examiner says armed thugs rob people walking at least 15 times during the past 5 days. police say it's an unusual spike and overall crime is down and people should not be that concerned. most of the robberies happen after midnight as people are leaving clubs or bars, usually after a few drinks. >>> 6:37 right now. berkeley is getting $1.8 million for a downtown face-lift. the mayor's office says it will improve the central b.a.r.t. plaza. it's going to be easier to get

among the stocks to watch tomorrow, symantec, cupertino and shares dropping after hours by 8%. we got earnings from san francisco credit card giant, visa, lots of people using plastic but the company's profit dipped a bit over the last three months. visa shares fell by 2%. >>> firefighters continue to battle two huge fires in southern california this evening. the first one is in the mountains about 70 miles north of los angeles. so far, it is burned more than 1400 acres. initially investigators said the fire destroyed 30 to 40 structures. but they revised the number to 25. about 150 homes remain threatened and only the fire is about 25% contained. about 40 miles to the north of that fire, in the sequoia national forest another fire has burned about 24 square miles. so far, it has burned eight homes near and no word what started the fire. >>> a more in-depth study on the possibility that fire retardant may kill endangered fish and plants. a judge ruled a current study was inadequate and gave the forest service until the end of next year for a new assessment. >>> still ahead at 5