is that what we are looking at, the best tech minds of the best tech companies?something like that, with the big data centers, the assumption is they are going to be cracking encryption on a large scale. that is what one microsoft encryption is working against. the idea of perfect forward secrecy is going to make it difficult. if i was capturing all your traffic that was encrypted over five years hoping i would ea --e to one day crack the key one day be able to crack the key, that is something that was possible before. with this secrecy that is no longer possible. that makes the impact of cracking any key much less for the consumer. makes it more difficult to do. >> i understand why microsoft is concerned. the kind of information they want might he found on facebook. of alls the aggregation the information, whether it is e-mail or facebook. it is all of that metadata put that creates an overall picture of the individual. any data that travels over the internet is subject to eavesdropping by any of the private companies that make up the internet. this is not ultim

the best tech minds against the best tech company?> something like that with a big data center, the assumption is that there's going to be an ability to crack encryption on a very large scale. that is what one of the microsoft protections is actively trying to work against. the idea of enabling this thing that they are calling perfect full room secrecy is going to make it difficult to encrypt traffic. with this perfect secrecy, that is no longer going to be possible. that makes the impact of cracking any key, whether it is hotmail or gmail much less impactful for the average consumer. it makes to cracking a lot more difficult to do. >> as far as big businesses that are facing this problem, i understand why anyone is concerned, it seems to me that the kind of information they want will most likely be found on facebook. >> i think the information -- it is the aggregation of all the information that a person uses, whether it is e-mail or facebook . yet just as many social connections in your e-mail or other interactions is on facebook. i

. >> america has some of the best tech experts in the world. how can we not have somebody in maryland to fix these problems quickly? why are people getting stuck on this? >> they didn't plan for it. i was talking to someone from minnesota, for example, that uses the same technology outsource company. somehow we're using somebody in north dakota to do this as if we don't have people here in maryland. they did eight verges to get prepared -- versions to get prepared because they knew this and maryland only did four versions. we weren't prepared. we didn't have updates. we didn't have plans. >> what's the solution? where do you find somebody to put the fix on it? >> the governor has taken it back from the lieutenant and will hopefully get it fixed and get the right people involved. the question is when and how long it will take and then we'll have access to health care. the reality is it's going to take twists and turns and make sure it's successful for everybody and works as it is supposed to and rates go down and everybody has choice and health

. >> still ahead, the best tech for?to work glass door says it is twitter. ♪ >> the largest city in north america has suffered another major cell phone outage. thousands of customers lost voice service 81 minutes after the largest carrier had a network failure. atest problem and at least two other widespread outages hit the company the past two years. twitter has grabbed the top spot est places to work in tech. this puts it ahead of linkedin and facebook. it is a career website where mployees share information secretly about the company they work for. h -- hrlich machine ehrlichman has more. twitter views from employees range from admiration nagement ulture and ma style. the c.e.o. of glass door gives findings. the 22 tech companies on this list. very briefly give us the back story on how you make the determinations. >> these are the best companies that are chosen by employees reviews theysed on leave on glass door and they are mployees' choice awards for the best companies to work for it the united states. companies e t

we bring you the best tech quotes from 2013 next. ♪ >> welcome back erie it i'm emily chang.ould like to die on mars, just not on impact. that's a quote from elon musk at this years sxsw conference. for more unforgettable lines from the year in technology, let's go back to cory johnson in new york. click there are lots of limes that i want to forget. nicholas thompson, editor for the new yorker, joins us. he's come up with some of the most ridiculous or incredible thing said in technology and he's here to talk about them. i want to go through a few. tommy the story behind them. number one, just -- jeff bezos. " are you lazy or just incompetent?" [laughter] >> this is something he said to one of his employees. it was listed in brad stone's book about him. they do not adore the way he is portrayed. the story of the book is very interesting because it's a book about him, amazon, a very important company. amazon tooes on review the book and i thought it was an interesting tech story. it is a list of about eight hostile things. thend people don't love books but i challenge people

. >> today, i read, the founder may be the best tech investor out there. he put $50 million. pany with no and no plan to generate revenue, it is amazing. it shows that in this market, people are looking for the next big thing. -- someone might buy it out. i do not get it, i do not like it, but certain people have been able to make money this way. >> people do not bet against him. runs -- see a guy who does it give him a lot more credibility? investors, they numbermoney, it is a big . you probably know the number. >> he runs five or $7 billion. >> it is an interesting investment. strategy, helio can get into this deal, why not? had the best social media experience of my life yesterday. yesterday, i took a ride in an $30.car, five blocks, and i said, five blocks, $30. maybe, it is cold outside. happened? elliott tweeted back at me. moment for me. what does this say about social media? >> what does it say about how busy missy elliott is right now? >> never in history could you say, i will call up missy and see what she thinks. media is being consumed in a very personal way. twitt

the best friends. we love each other. cheryl: google glass and self-driving cars, 2013 was a breakthrough year for technology. we'll break down the best high-tech gadgets and look which ones will dominate 2014. david: american auto companies are expected to end the year with the best sales in six years, just four years after the massive government bailout, but do those numbers tell the whole story? we're on the hook for $10 billion. we're going to debate that straight ahead. that bring us to the facebook question, what do you think about the bailout, was it success or a failure? remember detroit is in bankruptcy. facebook.com/afterthebell. your answers coming up later this hour and don't miss the debate. ♪ [ male announcer ] what if a small company became big biness overnight? ♪ like, really big..... then expanded? ♪ or their new product tanked? ♪ or not? what if they embrace new technology instead? ♪ imine a company's future with the future of trading. company profile. a research tool on thinkorswim. from td ameritrade. smoke? nah, i'm good. [ male announcer ] celebrate every win with nicoderm cq, the unique patch with time release smartcontro

glass door look at technology companies, which put twitter, which dethroned facebook for 2014 the best tech is according to job listings. this a ratingses site, glass door. wells fargo made a call on groupon. raced rating to outperform from market perform. said they are poised to grab some market share in the huge local commerce markets. you see groupon at $10.30 a share up 2 1/2%. back to you. ashley: nicole, thank you very much. the dow is down 25 points. going to say, it was freezing cold when we came in here. started to debate the pope and suddenly got hot in here. i don't know if it's a correlation. tracy: heated. ashley: is that where i'm headed? somewhere hot? tracy: i hope so. come on, you know. i'm thinking the bahamas. ashley: oh okay. tracy: tomorrow's business today. automatic everything. it is the intelligent house of the future. we'll take you on a tour next. ashley: very cool. medical dollars. fantasy now, reality, with debut of the world's first bionic eye. coming up we'll talk with its creator. ♪ the most free research reports, customizable charts, powerful screening tools,

. >>> twitter is the best text compa tech company to work for. ter taking the top spot in glass door employee choice awards based on worker's review of bosses and things like compensation career opportunities and company culture. here are the top 5 three of them are tech companies. big win for twitter. >>> a hockey fight is underway, but this one could melt the ice. a city telling the homeowner they can't set up a ice skating rink in their backyard. >> we have just the thing angels heating up the runway. don't miss highlights from the big victoria secret fashion show. >> kanye west says he wants to be the obama of clothing. he wants to be the obama of clothing and to achieve his goal bring out a web site that doesn't work. should be fascinating. >> dramatic video out of philadelphia this morning of a possible abduction caught on camera. it shows a woman walking down the street and a man starts to follow her. you see the man grab her. she struggles but he manages to grab the woman to his car. police are asking any one who saw what happened or knows

the best in tech, tiger cub, glen on why now is the golden age of ecommerce, but we begin with a decision that could impact your money. will the fed taper or not, and what will the outcome mean to one of the biggest bull markets in all time. let's get right down to steve liesman who is outside where today's big meeting is happening, the federal reserve in washington, d.c. steve, rates are up. your neck has been stuck out on this. what's going to happen? >> you know, i'm still -- [ laughter ] -- pretty secure with how i came to the conclusion that i came to, which was based on the fed's own test. you're right. it's a market out there. there are a lot of big houses that don't think it happens today. there are a bunch of guys who think it does. in fact, let's look at the cnbc fed survey, which i arranged in a different way for you. -- 20% think it happens in december. that's actually a little bit wrong. i don't know how that happened. it looks -- that's not the right -- okay. we're looking at october, right? now just overlay december, i forgot another segment, 20% say it happens in december.

. >>> straight ahead, the heads of the biggest and best tech companies descend on the white house, butthcare.gov? an "on the record" tech expert will be here next. >>> also, a mega star on "duck dynasty" says no thanks to one of the biggest >>> okay, everyone, it is time to "hash it out." george zimmerman picking up a new hobby, and it could turn out to be very profitable. "the huffington post" tweeting "george zimmerman is now selling paintings on ebay." the first is a blue american flag with words from "the pledge of allegiance" written across the stripes. bidding on the zimmerman original starting at 99 cents and skyrocketing to more than $110,000. now, the cash could help zimmerman begin chipping away at legal fees after being found not guilty in july of killing trayvon martin. zimmerman's lawyer says his client's debt is more than $2 million. >>> and beyonce's surprise, new album blazing up the charts, so why is one store saying no to queen b.? "e" news tweeting "target refuses to sell beyonce's new album." physical copies of herself-titled album will be released on friday, but ta

cnet's dan ackerman is here to look at the best high-tech devices of the year and what's hot for 2014 but nothing that knocked your socks off. >> i also feel like a couple of companies are giving apple a run for their money. >> people are getting other types of phones. >> you switched to droid from an iphone this year. why? >> well, this year i mooimg moved to it. i got big screen envy. you can read a kindle book really well. >> the rumors are iphone 6 are going have bagger phone. iphone falls behind. >> apple is so tight lipping about everything. i get a glams that they'll be getting ingting better stuff. >> for 2014 tim cook has said they're going to have cool stuff. maybe lot be the bigger screen iphone. >> what's the biggest thing they're going to be looking at? >> i think people are going to get more into the iphone smart watches. it's fascinating to see a couple of people walk around. >> the watch ads are all over the place. they still look a little -- little odd. >> get a really nice watch. in the future once we get past the dick tracy face they could do better. what was the be

. >>> straight ahead, the heads of the biggest and best tech companies descend on the white house, butave healthcare.gov? an "on the record" tech expert will be here next. >>> also, a mega star on "duck dynasty" says no thanks to one of the biggest interviewers of all time. who's he snubbing? stay tuned. to help secure retirements and protect financial futures. to help communities recover and rebuild. for companies going from garage to global. on the ground, in the air, even into space. we repaid every dollar america lent us. and gave america back a profit. we're here to keep our promises. to help you realize a better tomorrow. from the families of aig, happy holidays. >>> okay, everyone, it is time to "hash it out." george zimmerman picking up a new hobby, and it could turn out to be very profitable. "the huffington post" tweeting "george zimmerman is now selling paintings on ebay." the first is a blue american flag with words from "the pledge of allegiance" written across the stripes. bidding on the zimmerman original starting at 99 cents and skyrocketing to more than $110,000. now,

may the best man win, well answer right back. avo: this holiday techls and ring in the savings with a free $50 online visa when you buy a phone get great deals on the best phones at radioshack (cheers and applause) >> stephen: welcome to the report, everybody. my guest tonight is-- that is how you end up with a shark in additiono. dr. keith what you have got. >> i'm good with mr. . >> stephen: mr. keith, okay, all right. you've got a little book here called a case for climate engineering. how will we save the planet. because all the people, all the chicken littles out there are saying the planet is warming up. you don't believe that dow. >> i totally believe it. it is warming up and i have been thinking about it along wither o people ways to stop it. >> stephen: okay, does involve me using one of those little pig taillight bulbs? >> that is a useful thing to do. and i have those in my house. and i'm thinking about something else. >> stephen: okay, good what is the other thing because i would like to do anything other than that. >> exactly. >> stephen:

. >> bob: vad lee has probably been the best offensive player that georgia tech has had and todd gurley is probably the best all-around football player in the game. >> rod: yeah, dueling. i think gurley has been spectacular in the second half. and the overtime. >> bob: to complete the point and they do and we'll step aside for just a moment so todd gurley, keeps georgia's hope as live against georgia tech in the rivalry game. okay, ladies, grab a knee. i got somebody i want you all to meet. he's a real leader. and he's gonna help us turn this thing around in the second half. aflac. aflac. aflac, aflac. aflac, aflac. aflac! that's what i'm talking about! aflac. aflac. you feel me?! [ all ] yeah! bring it in! [ male announcer ] if you get sick or injured, we do everything we can to help you get back in the game. aflac. an official partner of the heisman trophy. >>> final in madison, wisconsin, falls to penn state. the nittany lyons scoring 31 points. wisconsin had allowed 36 points combined in six home games this season. that bcs bowl berth is probably done for the badgers. >> bob: robert

which new app is the coolest handiest or most useful george gates and patrick curley left their lucrative careers on wall street to pioneer a tech startup based on the assumption that the best recommendations come from friends they're putting this to the test with their new tech startup seven and joining me now from miami to discuss patrick and george of themselves welcome guys how are you doing today things there and just want to clarify the jobs on wall street weren't that lucrative the past. well yes something new that hopefully will now i'm going to start of a same post a seven it's an i phone app that basically covers all things leisure and it does this by enabling its users to share their favorite restaurants hotels and nightlife spots around the world with their closest friends now first up i got to ask you both right off the bat can you start out by telling me what made you leave your former lives in banking and finance and started i phone application that centers on hospitality it seems like a far stretch. yeah look i mean it's is easy decision for me i mean i love eating drinking and traveling so the opportunity of up with one of my best friends i've known for ove

. >> he gathered some of the best minds in india's tech sector, asking them to take a take-up, and contributes version of the moon shot. it was a daunting challenge, even for them. >> i'm not a very religious person, but i started going to temples, basically. what about response time? >> shrit, a veteran of silicon valley, who helped start webmd, was one of the chief architects of the project. >> the system had to run in 22 languages. it had to deal with a billion people. running tens of thousands of enrollment centers across the country. it is the most complex project that i've, you know, ever been associated with. >> to make sure that multiple i.d. numbers aren't issued to the same person by accident, he and his dream team built a tech center in banglor that checks every new number against the millions that already exist. >> this is the largest such system in the world. >> new enrollments are monitored in realtime. the morning we visited, more than 100,000 i.d.s had been created that day. all told, they've already turned out more than 500 million i.d.s, covering about half the indian popula

the telecom space, tech always seems to be attractive for investors. so where might the capital flow in 2014? josh lipton asks some of silicon valley's top investors for some of the best ideas for next year. >>> 2013 was a big year for tech ipos. the poster child was twitter. the social network debuted for trading on november 7th. analysts expressed caution about the sitest evaluation, but investors haven't shared in that concern. the stock hit a new record today, and it's up 170% since the ipo. so what could be the next bipg tech ipo? scott cooper is the managing partner. he's a friend of cyber cloud that protects data in the cloud. >> people are worried about the security of their information when it's living a cloud. cyber clouds allowed them to encrypt that information so a normal employee can get it. if anybody tries to hack in, they can get that data. >> reporter: they have 1.2 users, the company raised $30 million. the site's cloud computing, another area of interest for investors is cyber community. she is playing the theme who rates the security on a daily basis and can tell how vulnerable it is. >> it's like moodies and gives a score for every company and al

david: the best performing index of all of them was the tech-heavy nasdaq which rallied more than 38%. this is the best annual gain since 2009. while the stock market did extraordinarily well it wasn't all good news for commodities. gold of course, a big loser here, ending the year at $1202 an ounce. the commodity is down 28%. this end a 12-year bull run. copper, meanwhile the prices saw small gains but ended the year down 7% as worries over china's economy lingers. cheryl: you know oil. you just mentioned it. oil posted gains for the year, commodity rising 7.2%, largest gain since 2011. settled the year at $98.42 a barrel and with talks of tapering and improving economy look at the 10-year treasury, david, ending the year at 3.03%. 1.76% at the end -- david: almost double. cheryl: highest level since july '11. it was a big year for treshtries. david: it was a big year for interest rates on the treasurys. the question is whether it would slow down the economy if that rise continues particularly for housing. cheryl: as we close out the year, joe durant is here. hi, joe. we have larry s

erik prince, get the modern/remixed version ♪ this holiday, tech the halls and ring in the savings with our radioshack price match guarantee. get great deals on the bestnds at radioshack. jon: that's our show. here it is your moment of zen. >> with me tonight exclusively not one, not two but four santas. one black, one latino and one - okay, that's the least of my worries in episodes i, ii, and iii, by the way. - oh, you're talking about george lucas and how he's been completely seduced by c.g.i. oh, [bleep]! - paint? - this is a new shirt. - are you kidding me? - damn! - damn. - oh, god-- - that sucks. - this is so-- look at this. [chuckles] it's like i got two little paint titties on my shirt now. [chuckles] [dubstep music] ♪ what are you looking at? - hmm? what? ♪ - dude, my eyes are up here. - yeah. eyes. - wha-- [music stops suddenly] dude, what are you doing? it's paint. what are you doing? - come on, we've had a good time today, haven't we?

elizabeth gilbert, the signature of ings.hings. modern/remixed version ♪ this holiday, tech the halls and ring in the savings with our radioshack price match guarantee. get great deals on the bestood night. captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is dial "the daily show" with jon stewart. ["daily show" theme song playing] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> jon: boom! welcome to "the daily show." miss to see you -- nice to see you. my name is jon stewart. one of our guests tonight author reza aslan is on the program this evening. we'll pick off where we left off last night with the united states congress. if you tuned in you might have seen this how this, the 113th congress is perhaps the worst congress -- [ laughter ] -- in the history of not just this nation -- [laughter] -- so we thought we would check in on what today's congressional (bleep)ry was what do they do today? pass a resolution demanding preapproval of all presidential handshakes? [laughter] refuse to vote on anything except whether to add cronuts to the congressional brunch. [laughter]

the best. from the retail space, from the tech space? retailing.omeone globally experienced is what were looking for. >> someone that is the right cultural fit. it has a great culture and i believe strongly in developing leaders. it is finding that fit, that is critical. how do you feel with this competition right now? under armour is strategizing really hard to take more share in terms of women's athletic apparel. ardor that is yoga. art of that is yoga. part of that is under armour or nike. >> just in our previous conversation, we may not be so much about athletic of pharaoh --apparel as a leadership company. that is the differentiation and how we treat people. you founded the company. it would you consider going back to the ceo spot? beenthink what we have missing from a management point of view and even on the board of directors is the creative br and product piece. quite frankly, we are maybe two wealthy now. his controversial answer was why they were having the patch problem. -- pant problem. he said some women's bodies don't work for it. the

the shirt. avo: this holiday tech the halls and ring in the savings with a free $50 online visa when you buy a phone get great deals on the best phones at radioshack >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. i want to say goodbye to one of my writers. frank. frank is known for his unproducible scripts. seriously, frank, where are we going to get a hovercraft? i don't have one. you may know him as drug lord omaro, high fiving co conqe, uestdor or my interview stunt beard. we wish him luck at his new job taking patriotism to the streets. >> i'm a big loud flag, move around me! move around! your baby wants freedom! i'm a big flag. captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ♪ from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is "the daily show" with jon stewart. ["daily show" theme song playing] [cheers and applause] >> jon: welcome to "the daily show". my name is jon stewart. [cheers and applause] our guest tonight amy adams from the movie "american hustle" but what be this devil's stick? [laughter] what sort of witchcraft? [laughter] question for the audience tonight.

the second half. lookout. here he comes again. not their best game. carolina if the capitals. syracuse blasted indiana. it was georgia tech over illinois. unbeaten buckeyes are favored. maryland is 5-2. they are coming up to the tournament. >> they're going to test this. we knew that. we are much more competitive today than we were a few months ago. we are going to see how well we can do against a big-time team. >> this week is all about this team. they scored with a career-high. he was the difference maker. 81-63. the pittsburgh steelers head and heays he is sorry, is embarrassed. he says that should've never happened. he is talking about this. jacoby jones. and they said about. he redirects. jones gets caught from behind. he may have scored. >> it is embarrassing, blunder.le, illegal, a these are the things thai used to describe it. i take full responsibility for my actions during that play. >> he agreed to terms on the contract with the new york yankees. it is a seven year contract that will pay him $153 million. an exam.as to do that is not expected to be a problem at all. there is an option that would make his deal $139 million. th

as far as european equities are concerned, the dax really having the best year up some 25%. autos, techery well. the ftse weighed down by resources. resources, the worst performing sector in europe over the course of the year. the ftse as a result up around 14 had.5%. the dax up 25%. the cac 40 up 17.6% and the ftse mib is up 16%, as well. the dollar having its biggest gain since 1979. the shanghai is down 6%. hang seng up 2%. s&p s&p/asx up some 1r5%. that's just about wrapping that up. let's talk about dollar/yen meanwhi meanwhile. up some 21% this year. as far as euro/dollar is concerned, i will show you what that has done, as well. up some 4% for the year. and gold having its worst annual loss since 1981 is. down some 28% during the course of the year. what's on today's agenda in the united states? the october s&p case-shiller home price index is out at 9:00 a.m. eastern. at 9:45, we'll get the december chicago pmi and at 10:00, it's december consumer confidence. forecasts are calling for a reading of 76.8, up nearly 6 points from last month. the next year sees india and brazil hold

buy,u have more gifts to we've got a gift guide for some of the best gifts on -- for your tech savvywe will find out more about what you can get. i was getting lost in your gift guide. there are so many good ideas. this is a purse, tell me about this. >> this is the eve4r purse, which was a kickstart her favorite. you have to drop your phone inside and it starts charging it immediately. >> how does that work? >> you have a pad you can rest your purse on and it emits a charge for the battery inside the purse so that it has a battery to charge your phone when you're walking around. it is very practical and stylish. it is great for women. techiechef? you got your hands dirty while you are cooking. for five the ispoon dollars. if you have a tablet, you can be using your hands while they are dirty and you can turn it over and use the spoon to mix your batter. >> true multitasking. this might be my favorite -- taliban -- tell us about this. >> company 53 made an app call ed taper. they make tools for converting analog writing and doodling into digital. on youran app tablet that for five do

. >> he gathered some of the best binds minds in india's tech industry and asked them to take a pay cuting challenge even for them. >> i'm not a religious person but i started going to temples. what about response time? >> a veteran of silicon valley helping to start web m.d. was one of the chief architects of the project. >> the system had to run in 22 languages and deal with a billion people. running tens of thousands of enrollment centers across the country. most complex project i have ever been associated with it. >> to make sure that multiple i.d. numbers aren't issued to the same person by accident, the dream team built a tech center that checks every new number against the millions that already exist. >> this is the largest such system in the world. >> new enrollments of monitoring in real time. the morning we visited, more than 100,000 i.d.s had been created that day. all told, they've already turned out more than 500 million i.d.s covering about half of the indian population. the national i.d. is sort of a technological version of the great infrastructure project in the 1970s i

the biggest price markdowns. shoppers will find huge savings on wrapping paper, seasonal decorations, kids toys and clothing, but don't expect to find great deals on those tech products. the bests and other gadgets, those come in late january, of course right before the super bowl. >>> a chicago sandwich shop is not in the holiday spirit it seems. the boss fired its employees suffer night via e-mail. the firings come a few weeks after workers for snarks sub shop participated in that fight for 15 seeking higher wages. owners say the firings had nothing to do with the strike, that's what they say. instead, the owners are blaming the slow christmas season. the owner says the restaurant will close for a month so it can be remodeled and become a burger joint. employees can re-apply for their jobs after the restaurant reopens they say. >>> coming up on 6:41 now on our tuesday morning, this christmas eve. we were warm this weekend but we are getting the christmas feel in the air now. >> looks like we have a beautiful sunrise about to start out there. horizon just beautiful blue. tom. >>> sun's not up until 7:24 but we're seeing the first light of day. a cold cobalt blue sky over the

the best ingredients in nature. nature valley. nature at its most delicious. >>> it's the latino tech accelerator.'m honored to be joined by antonio and ramsey. welcome to the show. before we get into the aspect of it tell me about your companies first of all and the valor to create a start up. >> i can tell you real quick about my company. it's basically a place where you can discover the most interesting things in the world. we tailored our algorithms to understand the latino community in particular and we launched in argentina, chile, mexico and the u.s. >> is there another site similar to yours? >> there could be -- there are other sites that do portions of what we do. so what we did is we take a low historic approach to the discovery of content for the latino community. you can discover people, product, and places. so, for example, when you're in mexico and you go to one of the 125 hotels that are partnering with us, then you'll be able to find local information that is relevant to where you are at that particular point. >> very good. all right. tell us about yours. >> absolutely. so, i'm the

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the day after christmas shopping is just about to begin. don't expect to find great deals on tech products though. the bests on big screen tvs and other gadgets, those come in late january right before the super bowl. >>> looks like a chicago sandwich shop is not in the holiday spirit at all. the boss fired its employees sunday night via e-mail. the firings come a few weeks after workers were september -- snarks subshop participated in that fight for 15 rally seeking higher wages. owners say the firings have nothing to do with that strike. instead, the owners are blaming the slow christmas season. the e-mail also says the restaurant will close for a month so it can be remodeled and become a burger joint. employees can re-apply for their jobs after the restaurant reopens, the boss says. >>> 20 minutes now before the top of the hour. you know, this time yesterday it was warm outside. >> oh, i know. >> 60 plus degrees. >> it was like spring. boy, it's not like that out there now. it is chilly. tom, where is the temperature now in washington? >> it's a little above freezing. there's the sky over watching ton.

new york has a place with the best designers and a creative advertising industry that has popped up here. >> do you think that is the next step in tech -- that design and creativity is the next step in tech? >> the ads are basically commodities. to get that distributed throughout the world. >> what kind of growth have you seen in the past three years? i know you have seen exponential growth. >> it's been incredible, we have every fortune 500 company working with us in some capacity. >> is that a challenge for you to grow at a measured pace? is there a right pace, because i imagine this could just explode fast. >> we just do not have enough space for all of the people we have. we have a reception, so we turned it into a little conference room. our engineers are working together. they wanted a quiet place to sit back and do excel spreadsheets. our engineers like it quite, they do not want us making any sounds, so they are coding away. we are packed to the seams, there are three to a desk. this is my office. i have an open door policy. when i am out of the office, they use my office for telephone calls. this is our chalkboard room, inst

you know, obama is going to be sitting with some of the best and brightest in the tech room.needs silicon valley. >> that's true, jim. there can't be that much contention. going to the nsa tnd the companies nomt wants the nsa to snoop into the customers of facebook and google and the like, what do you think will come out of this meeting? >> well, thing that remains to be seen and we may not know for some time. i mean keep in mind the president appointed an advisory group to basically give him some recommendations on what to do about what is happening over at the nsa and some pretty big names are involved in that group. former white house official richard clark among others. that report was delivered to the president last friday. he's rue viewing it. that report will not be relea released, carol, until potentially late january and that is when the president is expected to issue some recommendations. it's unclear whether or not there will be settle restraint or whether or not the president will order some kind of change over there, but keep in mind. there's a lot of people call

the board today. we're going to take an in-depth look at nasdaq, tech stocks among the year's best performers, can theyin should investors be bracing for a pullback in we'll tell you when one's about to hit. kick off "power lunch"'s top five business and finance stories of the year. today, a turnaround tale. more "halftime report" right after this short break. your grass waters itself. your dishes wash themselves. so why don't your floors... ...clean themselves? the irobot roomba vacuum cleaning robot. irobot. do you? >>> our next guest made headlines in october when he sold all of his facebook position. the news was big because dan niles is considered one of the street's top tech investors that runs alpha one capital partners and joys us on the phone. nice to talk to you. >> nice to be on, scott. >> it was big news when you sold completely out of facebook. understand now you're back in? >> yeah. i mean, we had sold out before they reported. our feeling was expectations had gotten too high going forward around advertising and that's, in fact, what you saw when the stock sold off we started buying it ba

the dream while still doing something that brings in money. >>absolutely. >>kathleen brady, thanks so much. >>thank you thanks for that career advice bill...tech companies tend to be popular with employees. the best companies to work for according to job hunting site glass door. consulting group bain and company-- is number one. while twitter, linkedin, eastman chemical and facebook round out the top five. coming up...is now the best time to go big in the stock market? plus... are you ready for some football! rosebowl hype is sending ticket prices to historic highs. don't miss the action next in traders unplugged. time to kick it up a notch with traders unplugged- from the floor of cme group, alan knuckman and scott shellady. good morning guys. >>good morning. angie: topic number one: fat wallets - jpmorgan is talking about doing some virtual cash ala the bitcoin. so, what's the better deal here? buy jp morgan stock or put your money on your hard drive? alan: bitcoins i don't believe in. obviously i've been wrong. it's gone from 10 cents all the way up to $900. jp morgan has been trading between 57 and 50. looking for a target of 64. still 13% above where we are right now. making money, that's al

the year's biggest price markdowns. according to fatwallet.com, shoppers will find huge savings on gift wrap, seasonal decoration, select toys and kids clothing. don't expect to find great deals on tech product, though. the bestdgets will come late in january right before the super bowl. >>> well, the holidays are filled with twinkling lights and delicious foods, and while it might be fun for you, it can be dangerous for your pets. nbc's curt gregory has more on what you need to know during this season. >> reporter: there's a lot of interesting stuff around the house at this time of year. but what's a treat to some of your guests may be very dangerous to the animals who share your home. just ask the companies who sell health insurance for pets. >> they see a 285% spike in the number of calls and claims related to chocolate ingestion in that week around christmas and new year's. >> lilies, poinsettias, holly. >> reporter: and it's not just candy. from plants to table scraps to decorations on presents. >> the list is so long i couldn't possibly name them all. >> reporter: which is why professionals recommend that you avoid the internet for information if you have a concern. and consult with your vet or the aspc

it's the fourth best performing stock in the dow jones industrial average this year. scott, not too shabby fon an older tech titan. back over to you. >> no, not at all. third or fourth best dow performer? >> i've been pounding the table for it. >> that's why i'm going up to you on it. >> i will not bring up a certain goldman sachs analyst who will go nameless. i have loved this stock. >> you're not talking about heath heather bellini again are you? >> i might be talking about heather. i think they'll have positive news that carries it well into 2014, judge. i've argued this one with josh three or four times. each time it goes higher. yes, but i started here. it just keeps going higher. >> this is suffering from founder's malaise. >> what do you mean suffering? >> in terms of being able to unlock the value that's there. they've got a great legacy business, a great annuity business but you've got to believe with their balance sheet, their technology, there could be a lot more that will come out with a new ceo, providing it's the right ceo. i continue to believe mulally may not be the right person for the job.