joining us now with more on h-p is tom smith, equity analyst at standard and poor's. hi, tom. >> hi, thanks for having me. >> susieso is leo apotheker the right person for this job. >> hp could have chosen from all across silicon valley and they chose him. he is a guy with some stormy tenure in his last days at hp but he knows software deeply as does ray lane and i think he can steer the company in a useful direction by taking them into software. >> susie: so actually that is interesting. both-of-these two new top executives have software expertise. do you think that means that hp is going to move more in that direction and away from hardware and services? >> well, i think so. i think they have recently built up the services through the eds acquisition and hardware through 3come, the palm, the three par acquisitions this area and some others. so i think they are really set up well in hardware to expand in a comprehensive data center offering. but you want hardware software and services and software where they are looking-- lacking in terms of what shows as a percentage

smith. >> thank you, tom. eric smith. fresh and easy is a company from england. what i'd like to see them do is first become a union, which would be great, and also to hire from the community. that should be first and foremost. it is a food desert. we need a lot of different options and opportunities. you've heard about using our schools as a hub for farmers markets and the like. i do a lot of urban farming myself. we have some 85 geets out -- goats out there that we use. i think it's very important to do that. we'll see what happens. i'd like to encourage that. i'd like to see a supermarket there. it is a food desert and we need to do something about that and change that. thank you. >> now, ms. sweep? >> i'd like to say that right now there is a grocery store. it's inadequate in its current capacity. the redevelopment agency, in conjunction with our current sitting supervisor sophie maxwell, have worked out a deal to expand that footprint and turn it into a kroger. that's going to be a major impact on on what goes on in our district because we will have a full s

you know, that constituency as well. >> tom: stacey smith is the chief financial officer at intel. >> my pleasure, thank you. >> tom: it was a choppy trading session for the major indices, as they continue hovering around six month highs. >> tom: it was a choppy trading session for the major indices closing near their lowest prices of the day but still higher compared to the last session on friday. let's get you updated in tonight's market focus. continue hovering around six month highs. the strength was in material stocks. eastman chemical jumped 5% on very strong volume. it is selling three plants that make chemicals used in certain plastic products. the price tag is $600 million. the buyer is a mexican conglomerate. also, we may hear more about a restructuring plan when eastman releases earnings thursday. speaking of chemical makers, the largest one in the u.s., dupont, is due with its earnings tomorrow morning. dupont stock was the leading percentage gainer of the dow industrials, up amost 2%. strong demand is expected to help tomorrow's results. the company raised its 2010 guidan

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