and then there was tyco. the stock rose almost 2.5% after the company said it will break itself into three publicly traded companies. here's how those units will be broken up: a.d.t. home security, pipes and valves, and fire protection. tyco's c.e.o. maintains the businesses are strong enough to grow individually through acquisitions. also splitting? netflix, but the stock fell on the news. the video service is breaking its business in two, one unit focused on video streaming, the other handling its once-famed d.v.d. mail-order service. the mail order business also gets a new name, qwikster. taking a look at the stock, netflix stock tumbled over 7%. it was the worst performer in the s&p 500 today. and finally, a sweet day for apple investors. the stock hit a new all-time high. apple closed the day up over $11, or almost 3%, to $411.63. investors gobbled the stock on speculation that apple might pay a dividend. and that's tonight's "market focus." more now of our interview with treasury secretary timothy geith

tyco's plans to split into three separate companies drove its stock 2% higher. shares of former market darling netflix tumbled on plans to spin off its dvd division into a separate service called qwikster. if that's not bad enough, the twitter handle qwikster, whose guy's avatar is a pot-smoking elmo. he says he is willing to sell, but that would violate twitter policy. can't catch a break there. >>> tony stewart draws first blood, one step forward, one step back for the red sox. and a record-setting save for mo. plus, a new york giant's juggling act mesmerizes the rams. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> rains moving east. sunshine dominating the west. a look at your regional forecast is still to come. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today". in sports, for years now the new york yankees successfully closing a game with rivera has become as inevitable as death and taxes. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> good morning. he's a 12-time all-s

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tyco gained while announcing it will split into three publicly traded companies.pplier goodrich soared on reports that united technology is considering a takeover. and apple shares jumped to an all-time high on rumors the iphone 5 could hit stores by the end of the month. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." a death penalty case in georgia is drawing national attention. in fact, worldwide attention, as one man awaits word from the georgia board of pardons and paroles, which is meeting just today to consider his fate. troy davis was convicted and sentenced to death for the shooting of an off-duty police officer, mark mcfail, back in 1989. now, seven witnesses have recanted their testimony, and many jurors are saying davis should not be on death row, given the turn of events in the case. joining me right now is our colleague, reverend al sharpton, the host of msnbc's politics nation. he's been out there leading to charge to try to save troy davis from execution. reverend sharpton, this case, tell m