refiner valero. its shares, which have run up on takeover speculation, tumbled nearly 8% after reliance industries, an india-based firm, denied it had any interest in buying valero. valero will report quarterly results tomorrow. another weak group in the s&p 500? materials, led by steel stocks. a.k. steel and u.s. steel each fell 9%, while allegheny technology ended off 7.5%. this sector has been under pressure lately and blames it on china's currency policies. over in the tech sector, yahoo slid 5.5%. the company said it's considering selling its asian assets rather than finding a buyer for all of yahoo. it would redistribute that money to shareholders. two japanese auto giants got caught up in the selling. honda plans to stall production at its north american plants by 50% due to parts shortages caused by flooding in thailand. that flooding also affected toyota, which may cut overtime for production in north america through the end of this week. and that's tonight's "market focus." it's one of the

the trading was fueled by press reports valero may be a buyout target. after the bell, internet traffic-measuring firm akamai turned in profits one penny better than estimates. the firm's outlook was optimistic for the first time in several quarters. it has been a difficult year for akamai shareholders. through today's session, the stock has lost half its value since january. but after its upbeat forecast tonight, shares jumped $3 from today's closing price. if that buying holds, it would take the stock to its highest price since the july selloff. updating different kind of internet firm, amazon. volume more than tripled as shares fell almost 13%. disappointing earnings and outlook last night sent the stock below $200 per share for the first time since mid-august. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> tom: arrogance has led to debt crisis in europe and the occupy wall street movement here in the u.s. that's the contention of tonight's "street critique" guest. he's michael farr, president of investment firm farr, miller and washington and author of "the

of course what we had to be very concerned about is buckley versus valero and this is aimed, as you said taking money out of the process and getting campaign donations of under $100, and doing this across a -- with a grass roots effort. >> yeah, yeah. we're pleased that walter jones has been a part of this and, of course, to have the public citizen, common cause, the brennan justice center and so many others that have been behind this, more than heartened by it. more than 165 sponsors just last year, and that's why we're proud to introduce it. >> and congressman jones, why the decision to -- to put yourself at risk and to put your own leadership at stake on this particular issue and what do you think you can do to lead others from your political party to join you? >> dylan, i'm like john, i want to return us a want to return the power back to the people and right now fund-raising in washington, d.c. is like a sodom and gomorrah, the special interests have too much influence up here. i want to thank you for your effort and i want to thank my dear friend john larson to stand with him and s

at a valero gas station police say the robbers shot at a customer who was pumping gas but missed. >>ery surprising. yeah. it's very unfortunate. and i mean having kids around that's you know you don't feel safe really anymore. >> pretty low crime that's why i lived here. >> reporter: police have surveillance camera video but not much else to go on. four men wearing masks and hooded sweatshirts. live in pleasanthill, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we have new information tonight in the shooting death of a heelsburg men. three men are behind bars on charges of killing gabino lopez santiago then dumping his body yesterday. santiago was shot at a marijuana growing site tended by the suspect. one of those arrested is the victim's brother-in-law. >>> two gunmen who opened fire last night at a 3-year-old's birthday party were aiming at a rival gang member. a 9-year-old and 17-year-old girl were shot. none of the injuries appear to be life threatening. police say the person they believe may have been the intended victim was not shot. >>> president obama is on a three day road trip