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>> no way, tom. i've anecdotely asked 100 college students and they've told me the trend is over, it's too commerce, they've concerned about privacy and they've moved onto other social media sites. >> tom: we'll have to revis it this as we get closer to that launch date no doubt. you're looking for growth in biotech, the first pick here is regeneron pharmaceuticals, the stock tonight is at a new 52 week high, has had a heck of a rally in the last three weeks. why buy now? >> because regeneron has drugs in the pipeline phase 3 that look very promising, especially for gout, asthma, arthritis. the company has been around for over 20 years and it's finally coming into its own. seems expensive here, but there's more up side. >> tom: you've been in biotech looking for growth in previous picks, you've liked aria and ym bio sciences. since you first mentioned them, ariad is up 17%, ym down 7.6. do you till like these? >> i like them, but especially ariad. >> tom: you're also looking to get paid going oversea

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and tom the president is expected to quickly sign it into law. >> tom: susie, the bi-partisan deal ends an intense political fight. here are the specifics of today's measure. the bill extends the current 4.2% pay roll tax cut through the end of 2012. without the deal, payroll taxes would have shot up to 6.2% on march first. also unemployment insurance benefits were extended for the rest of year. the deal also includes the so- called doc-fix avoiding a 27% cut in payments to doctors who serve medicare patients. >> susie: our washington bureau chief has been following the story and joins us now. nice to have you with us. >> good to be here. >> susie: all right, so so much debate on this topic. so how much does this help the economy and how much does it hurt the deficit? >> reporter: well, a few deficit hawks, the budget hawks are very vocal crew, but they are often ignored. they're complaining today that this has 90 billion dollar to its deficit. now if you have got 15 trillion dollars in national debt you might say 90 billion dollars, hey, that's not that much. but the deficit hawks are

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