he has a very famous father, warren buffett. had you ever heard of him? >> si. >> oh, i'm impressed. >> as we reported, howard buffett doesn't always agree with bill gates on the best ways to help farm development in africa. but that doesn't mean they can't work together. towards the end of 2011, the howard buffett foundation announced it was joining with the gates foundation to support the work of n2africa, a dutch-led initiative to improve soil quality and increase agricultural productivity in eight african countries. the $2 million donation from the buffett foundation will support work in sierra leone and liberia. [ticking] coming up: making money faster than you can blink... are humans ever involved in the trading? >> humans are not involved in the trading because humans are way too slow. >> when 60 minutes on cnbc returns. ♪ [ male announcer ] you wait all year for summer. ♪ this summer was definitely worth the wait. ♪ summer's best event from cadillac. let summer try and pass you by. lease this all-new cadillac ats for around $299 per month or purcha

warren buffett, the oracle of of law unveils the new apple. should you be falling in is the? will break out our own crystal ball and get the answers. may surprise you. plus, it is franchise friday. the perfect vacation. and you made "money" today? is a when they say it's not all we always know it's about "money." ♪ charles: we began with the man himself, warren buffett, banking on some new companies. could they make you money? brookshire hathaway unveiled its latest holdings. is the oracle of all mob prophesied before your portfolio? here to tell us is the man himself. he is the capitalist. also a fox news contributor. a lot of changes in the portfolio. so many people try to the trade like warren buffett. is that a wise thing for the average viewer? >> title think it is. they should just by berkshire hathaway and literally let him make the investment decisions. i think investing is really about independent thinking. to blindly follow any new route from warren buffett to george soros to carl icahn is the epitome of second kendis when it comes to the stock-market. you have to t

jeff bezos, john henry, warren buffett, they are good businessmen. if they are such bad deals, why do good businessmen want them so badly. >> some is self-interest in some cases. vanity plays in others. bezos is other. warren buffett loves newspapers. he's not looking to change the newspaper business. ditto for john henry. jeff bezos wants to experiment. he wants to shift this medium and help it into the new age. >> and then you have this. >> i'm going to have post-traumatic stress. i was at "newsweek" for a decade. >> this went under the hammer for next to nothing. having no longer been in print, it's online and hardly there at all. they have to deny they are up for sale. >> you are holding "the new york times." they had to announce they're not for sale. >> this is how these papers are changing. just this week i subscribed to the home edition of "the new york times" because i moved to new york. i did it at 7:00 in the evening on wednesday. 7:00 in the evening on wednesday. on thursday morning at 6:00 a.m., it was outside the front gate. >> i am happ

40 plus years, it's very difficult to buy businesses from warren buffett.o my guess is this is not going to make money for a while. >> from newspapers to your smart phone let's get the options action on blackberry, brian sut lynn joins us with the trade. >> option activity extremely active, especially in the calls today, really a pick-up in value. we saw the stock pop. some saying the valuation should be higher. others talking about the value of the intellectual property rights and the book value being around $5 a share. what we really saw today by midday, the august 10 calls were being purchased for less than 20 cents here. 5,000 have been bought. traders are expecting blackberry to trade over $10.20 over the next 20 weeks. it wasn't that $10 strike. it was the $9.5 strike call, the $9 strike. certainly traders expecting potential in blackberry and saying there's more value here. the stock took a hit after earnings. maybe now here's a time to step in and buy it and use options risk less to control your risk factor by buying a call option and play to the up

. >>> warren buffett had a ball in the big apple last night at the favorite show, "breaking bad." the billionaire investor is such a super fan, he previously filmed a skit for a berkshire hathaway meeting featuring stare down with his favorite character, walter white. >> is warren buffett really as cool as he appears to be? >> he is getting cooler and cooler. >>> lindsay lohan's rehab stint is over. now they are recommending rehab to keep her on track. >>> bradley cooper, crystal bale and jennifer lawrence head up an all-star cast in a movie that opens auto christmas day. it will be a good one. >>> finally, george clooney has his eyes in the skies. the actor says he's using a spy satellite to track omar al bashir. clooney keeps a watch on the dictator's army and informs sudanese people on their movements. >> how much money do you make doing nespresso ads? >> he's doing a lot of world good will by spending it in a place that will help some folks. >> if i had my own spy satellite, i don't think i'd be as productive. >> lots of money and coffee. you may not do that. what would you be

and yet he's the person warren buffett wants to succeed him as chairman of berkshire hathaway, the mega holding company that buffett built. like his father, howard does not live the high life. in fact, he's a farmer who would rather dig up the ground than sit in a boardroom. are you sure he's your son? >> well, i think that's worth checking out. you'll have a big exclusive. [ticking] [bell ringing] >> for 150 years, the floor of

insider monkey reveals warren buffett and others are buying shares of davita. the company owns kidney dialysis centers. billionairs are also bullish on sirius satellite radio company verisign. another popular stock with 1-percenters is an internet registry services company. and billionairs are also big on credit card stock visa. investors are keeping their eyes on priceline. the stock is closing in on a milestone: $1,000 a share. in its latest earnings, priceline notes "tremendous momentum" going forward. strength in europe helped revenues. noodles and company, which went public earlier this summer, is trading lower after its first set of earnings failed to increase investor appetities. the company said it expects growth of about 3% - that's less than investors had anticipated. white wave foods beat wall street expectations. the company stands by its full-year forecast. soda sales are slipping. sales numbers at beverage giants coca-cola, pepsi and dr. pepper-snapple all dropped in the second quarter. beverage digest reports americans have been drinking less sod

the hand of warren buffett has got to be in there somewhere. buffett is a great, great pal of jeff bezos. buffett told me he thinks jeff bezos is one of the most brilliant men in the world. also a great pal of the graham family. he had to do something with this deal. if he thinks there's money to be made there. >> he already made it. >> but he -- but he also still owns that big newspaper fairly big newspaper in buffalo and he says he's very happy with it and he'd like to buy more newspapers. but maybe there's something going on there we don't know. >> iell you, i worked at the "washington post" company, worked at "newsweek," i spoke with warren buffett, i don't believe he thinks there's money there. i think he thinks this is the best way to stay -- >> i'm not soothsayer for the industry, but i've noticedhose are media outlets that try balance, try fairness. the circulation is up, the online product is improving and also getting more interested takers or fox, of course, which is a multibillion dollar institution. there's money to be made in it.

tracy: warren buffett is losing his taste for big name food stocks.what he is buying and selling ahead. ashley: a lot of people pay attention to that first, top of the hour. time for stocks. it has been a tough day. let's go down to nicole petallides on floor of nyse. nicole? >> tracy, ashley, we've seen a market under pressure all day. one. headlines pertaining to concerns when the fed may taper, that could be sooner rather than later. that is something that really weighs on markets ultimately. you can see the knee-jerk reaction. dow jones industrials are down 211 points. they're off the lows of the day. at one point we broke down through 15,100. have a couple of dow components worth watching. all 30 dow components are lower whether financials energy or tech but we are seeing certainly some of the other names such as wal-mart and cisco coming under some pressure today as both names have actually done some reporting their numbers. so wal-mart talks obviously customer traffic has been pulled back. some higher payroll taxes hit some of the shoppers ther

also on tuesday, warren buffett's charity buzz auction comes to an end. the highest bidder will meet with buff et with proceeds going to schools in los angeles. wednesday we get an idea of inflation when the producer price index for the month of july comes out followed by the consumer price index on thursday. on friday, the very latest housing starts will be released. finally today from sharknado to shark week, we simply can't get enough of our favorite sea predator. one company is set to cash in on that popularity. in honor of discovery channel's hit shark week, narrangansett beer is re-introducing a 1970s can design featured in the movie "jaws." at one point in the film captain sam quint played by the late robert shaw, crushes a beer can with one hand. narrangansett is the 45th largest overall brewing company in america. we'll see if customers take the bait. that will do it for us for today. thanks so much for joining me. next week the american dream. is it packed up in a moving truck? i'll tell you where it's headed. keep it right where we are "on the

clearly i am a believer in the strategy and warren buffett.tends to buy goods companies and he buys them when he is out of favor and there's blood in the streets. charles: you just talked about being a traitor. how can anyone know what will be a good company? would you buy any stock right now and put them in a lock box and now look at them? >> i have a problem. i tell you this, i do have a long-term vision to be level but part of my strategy, not buying anything something i will be comfortable owning. i think that the average investor sibila canal for the long term. don't get your short-term cloudy. if you buy for ten years because you believe it's on a turnaround, don't let an apple thought or oil prices hurt your long-term thesis as long as is not directly correlated. things are falling apart. factories. everything is still on track. i think that's what happened to the average investor. >> so many people out there are reluctant to buy things like general mills or nike are things that they use in their everyday life. i find it fascinating. wa

plus we'll tell you what warren buffett and willy wonka has in common. seema mody with the details along with the rest of the news before the bell. good tuesday morning. >> good morning to you. futures right now are higher after stocks ended mixed on monday in light trading volume. look for data today on retail sales which could offer clues on the spending appetite of the consumer as well as import prices and business inventories. the dow slipping six points in yesterday's trade, the nasdaq rising by ten. facebook may be able to help you book that last-minute dinner reservation. gentlemen, listen up. the social networking site teamed up with open table to let users get seats at their favorite restaurants through facebook's mobile app. >>> warren buffett may be a modern day willy wonka. today is the last day to bit on an all you can eat tour of the cease candy factory. he bought the company in 1972. after the tour there will be a meet and greet with the billionaire investor who will show you the only acceptable way to eat a bon bon. the estimated value is

monetizing that stake. >> i heard the takeaway line where moynihan thanks him for dinner and warren buffettwho were not at the dinner that anecdote is folk lure. buffett did thank moynihan for the profit, but i am also told there was no question over who would pay for the check because buffett was treating at a club where he was a member and everything's automatically charged to the account. who knows for sure, but of course a good and tidy profit of $5.27 billion so far for buffett. >> good folk lore, thank you. >>> a massive wildfire in idaho is spreading, growing to more than 126,000 acres. threatening more than 10,000 homes in sun valley area. miguel almaguer joins us with more in haley, idaho. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, this fire's a massive blaze. it's over 100,000 acres, it's aggressive. it's aggressively moving through so many of the area because it's so bone dry here. some 5,000 homes in this area are threatened by the blaze. unbelievably despite the size of the fire, which is bigger than the city of denver, not only one home has been destroyed. so many homes ha

why aren't those sixty people then living with jamie living with lloyd blankfein living with warren buffett why are they living in houses that don't have sixty or seventy or eighty people living there the number of times they've resold that mortgage and profited each and every time and put the system a complete risk and of course when it crashes as of course it will they'll get a bill oh well let's talk about this because we talk about economic suicide we're talking about political societal suicide because it's important to address this if this is the final headline here regarding this kool-aid policy the drinking the kool-aid it's just not jamie dimon it's not just warren buffett that's the important thing though is a cult leaders the population are the people drinking the kool-aid they're the ones that want to drink. they're drinking at the final headline the cult of home ownership promotes disastrous politics so this is matt yglesias and he looks at the fact that a house is actually very similar to a car it's a both a consumer durable and it needs gasoline a commodity to run but even tho

on auto stocks, you have warren buffett upping his stake in gm by about 60%.ou have ford laying out more ambitious plans, a higher dividend and a 25% increase in their capital spending. so they're feeling a little bit more bullish in terms of what's going on in the auto industry worldwide. as we can see, the auto stocks today are moving down with the rest of the market. that's despite, phil lebeau, one of the most bullish reports we've heard in a while. what's going on? >> mandy, this report comes from the global auto rally where they've talked with automakers and parts suppliers. you're looking at a surge in the auto industry. when you take a look at what's going on around the world, europe sales are now expected to be higher in 2014. that's the call from jp morgan. the world's top three regions, europe, the u.s. and china, are all rising, and the suppliers are in the sweet spot. that's why when you take a look at the parts and equipment, some of the groups are up greater than that. european auto sales are expected to increase next year. not a huge amount, bu

i would like to know if warren buffett is dumping ibm, that's a big rumor today. go to sam in minnesota. sam? >> caller: hey, jim, boo-yah from minneapolis. >> oh, nice, what's going on there, adrian peterson, what's happening? >> caller: not too much. my question's about take two interactive, ticker symbol ttwo. it recently beat earnings estimates but forecasted -- >> it's been -- it's finally got it right. it's got the gaming cycle going for it. it's got great momentum. i'm going to say it's a momentum stock. i don't want to comment further than that. steve in pennsylvania, steve? >> caller: big boo-yah, buddy from the 'burgh. >> how you doing? >> caller: good. how you doing? i'm looking at a crude by rail, tbf energy. >> no, it's refiner play. let the yield get to seven before i'm going to push that stock. i've got to tell you, that's been a dog and i don't like that group and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the "lightning round." >> the "lightning round" is sponsored by td ameritrade. ♪ [ cows moo ] [ sizzling ] more rain... [ thunder rumbles

i see a company have you a smart warren buffett as a shareholder, big shareholder and knows where thealue is and you have an enterprise system that hindered sales and the enterprise system security features weren't fully embedded in the system. i have other company that is sold in terms of ways, and google, i believe, or skype and so those 70 million subs will be the new mobile im. >> how about the cash burn rate. >> hold on. cash actually grew last quarter. >> supposed to go down next year. >> we could have had the same conversation with dell. as a matter of fact, we had the conversation. >> we did. >> when that was half of where it is now. we had the conversations with apple if you go back when it was like a $3 stock when they said they're out of it an not going to do anything in the '90s. the point is skype, nobody thought that value was what it was. there are strategic buyers >> what are you looking for? is it the market telling you the premium is not going to be much by virtue of the lackluster reception this news is getting in the stock? >> this is so beaten down, so hated, that

also warren buffett, "the washington post", he just bought something like 25 smaller papers and he knowse buys cheap and he sells high and newspapers have probably never been cheaper. they lost the entire stake in that deal. inside, the "l.a. times." an object of desire forward david guessing order ron burkle. the "l.a. times" is kind of a liberal hollywood publication. it was very conservative decades ago. at "the new york "the new york u have the mexican billionaire, one of the richest in the world. still owns a stake in the company. some say maybe even mayor bloomberg will be interested in buying "the new york times" after he leaves office. you have to wonder what the future of that paper is. they just want to sell out and we will see what happens. it happened in the case of "the wall street journal." now, for jeff bezos, down 40% in a decade. earnings of $53 million. revenue down 30% in a decade. i think that jeff bezos is fascinated by fixing newspapers for what he did for kendall and e-books. he is excited about that, but you don't pick a fight with a guy that buys ink by the barre

warren buffett told a fox business exclusively, i'm not worried about the subtle. >> well, and i guesse was 100 percent correct. he is always correct. the market's -- you know, the market's up without clearly a remarkable performance for the last two years. the last year. particularly the last six months . whether we're climbing a wall of worry or whether the market is simply telling us in spite of all of the concerns and all of the fierce that we are going to be fine. the economy is going to improve. and eventually -- eventually hopefully the fed will get back onto a more even keel from an interstate point of view. but for the moment the fed is being very accommodative. their earnings this low. and some signs of growth out of the eurozone. liz: but then he let the numbers. between the market showing resilience, like they did two days ago or a day ago when across the flat line. it's interesting, this behavior. is it not? >> people were focusing really heavily on the employment numbers, sale is due. is a disconnect return employment and what's going on in the economy. i believe our econ

warren buffett, big surprise, along with anyone who owns the washington post.ey have been living under a rock, amazon c is buying the "washington post" for $250 million. the news sent company stock leaping more than 4%. buffett berkshire hathaway owned shares call which means that he made nearly 42 million. nice pocket change. like he needs it. meanwhile, losing "money," anyone who owns american eagle outfitters taking an ax to second quarter outlook, mostly by noon weakening profit margins. hanging 12% the news. and he did not hit a home run last night, but a-rod was our ratings home run for the network. he played just hours after receiving a 211 and suspension for steroid use. it was the highest rating this year for a yankees game. more than triple the avege at its peak. just when i said -- just what i said was going to happen. so, if you owe taxes the government could be after more than just germany. and new plan in new york with his genius, i may say, could strip the driver's license from anyone knowing more than ten grand in taxes. i'll know why this is n

billionaire warren buffett in 2006 down to give away his own personal fortune to charity.hen shockingly their requests for his cash have been pouring in. we turn the job of deciding who gets it over to his sister. she treated the sunshine lady foundation. and a free online course was launched about how to be a philanthropist. joining me now, alex buffett believes his own foundation. his grandmother. welcome to the show. thank you for joining us. how want to start with you. give away all this money that immediately letters poured in from people say all kinds of things. my car broke down any to give my kids to school. so many. when he handed them to you, what do you think and how did you decide you to give money to? >> well, it was a tough question because the firstatchy gave was 410 letters. many of them were really in bad shape. in fact, there were three who died before we could reach some. i wanted tough look at them as a group of people who had very bad luck. i'm not interested in bad choices because that only encourages someone to do something else. the bad luck people

when you look at warren buffett you have to look long term.a share they seem to have decent support. >> dan? >> walmart. he's the fifth largest shareholder. this is not a particularly sexy name. they're a consistent ten percent grower and it's a fairly defensive name in a murky economy that we have right now. that's one i think, almost ten percent pull back from the highs. probably buy very soon. >> coming up next, your first move tomorrow. [ kitt ] you know what's impressive? a talking car. but i'll tell you what impresses me. a talking train. this ge locomotive can tell you exactly where it is, what it's carrying, while using less fuel. delivering whatever the world needs, when it needs it. ♪ after all, what's the point of talking if you don't have something important to say? ♪ >> we tallied the votes and guy adami takes home the trophy tonight for ibm being the bear. final trade time. let's go around the horn. mike khouw? >> sell some call spreads, watch your limits on tfm. >> doc. >> myriad. >> dan? >> tesla. >> brian kelly? >> natural gas

. >> host: what do you think of an investor like warren buffett who is out there and well known? >> guest: well, i think he is a genius. but he's a genius genius in that respect than savant is a genius. he is unbelievably good at what he does, allocating capital. but his political idea was goofy and destructive. has he been a net benefit to humanity? it remains to be seen. certainly the fact that he has put together two bourke shire $100 billion total market cap, that is a wonderful thing and humidity should be grateful to him for having allocated capital so wisely. but i think when he dies, he's going to paste it all into the wind. he may not be any better off. it's a mixed bag. same with bill gates who always seem to be kind of autistic. >> host: one of the things we do know is we all die at this point. you're not giving your money to charity. you're an atheist. to a family? are you going to spend it all? >> guest: i don't have kids. if i was going to leave my money to the younger generation, i would probably -- i considered doing what the romans did, which is to say, just beca

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liz: ever since warren buffett bought into heinz, the companies have looked very good.you see the trend playing out on the floor of the new york stock exchange? nicole: absolutely. liz: what was interesting is warren buffett wanted to get out of craft, he did not like how they sold their business, but it has not been a bad story. thank you very much. adam: want to show you what is going on with hewlett-packard. disappointed lot of analysts, especially when you look at dropping for several quarters now. although they still generate billions of dollars, you have to ask the question. raised during your program at 3:00 p.m., is it time to reconsider the former ceo thought about salvage the company, break off the parts performing and stick to enterprising. adam: about two years ago, he was running hewlett-packard, he had said let's get rid of the computer business and there was outrage among many partners including intel who said don't do it, it is what people know you for. these are hewlett-packard computers throughout our building. people use these laptops. but the fact is

estimate for the second quarter gdp is due, typically a market mover and billionaire investor warren buffettelebrates his 83rd birthday. phil mickelson cemented his financial success in golf. and i talked to him about an interesting side effect. the 60% tax bill on his winning. >> it's tough to talk about because nobody wants to be insensitive, nobody wants to be insensitive, a tough time where a lot of people are having a hard time with work, i have a chns to spend time with ceo s. a lot of them, quality individuals, that are having a hard time hiring because of the unturni i uncertainty that is going on. so, it's not making me want to go out and work harder. >> would you actually leave the country? oh, no, no, no i love this place. a lot of people thought i grew up in a country club. i didn't. i grew up in a family that was lower middle class and we did fine. but i wanted to play golf and i didn't have the tun. i did not have a club to practice at? you know what i did? i went down to the local course and got a job picking up range balls three nights a week, and for that, i was able to play

warren buffett is the largest shareholder in the paper with 1.7 million shares. he's made more than a 9,000% gain with his investment. jeff bezos is paying $250 million to buy the post. his acquisition is viewed as a positive by our morningstar analyst... "he probably has some ideas to accelerate the post's transition to the digital media. i think he's been quoted as saying newpapers in general should be more aggressive at utlilizing mobile devices such as tablets. he probably will push the post toward that end, and that is what we expect him to do." the graham family has owned the washingtion post for 80 years. carl icahn is raising his stake in dell. the sec says the billionaire investor now owns close to 9% of the pc company. icahn reportedly bought an additional 4 million shares last week after suing dell over delaying its shareholder meeting. dell and icahn are locked in a battle over the company. a shareholder vote on whether to take the company private is set for september 12th. sony's ceo has formally rejected an offer from hedge fund manager daniel loeb

. >> what did you think of an investor warren buffett who is out there and well known? >> i think he's a genius, but genius in the respect that idiot . he's unbelievely good in what he does in allocating capital. his political idea is goofy and destructive. so the benefit to humanity? that remains to be seen. certainly the fact that he's put together -- of $100 billion total market kept that's a wonderful thing. humanity should be grateful to him for allocated capital so wisely. but i think when he die, he's going to piss it all to the wind. we may not be any better off. same with bill gates. it's always impressed me as being autistic. one of the few thing we know is that we all die at this point. you're not giving your money to charity. you're an atheist. do you have family getting the money? what are you going spend it on? >> i don't have kids. if i was going to leave my money to the younger generation, i would probably -- i consider doing what the romans did. which is to say just because somebody was your genetic prod gi doesn't mean they are worth anything. better t

robert paris turns 60 and warren buffett is 83. still going strong, talking about that. >>> here's what's coming up later on the "today" show. part two of matt's revealing interview with mike tyson. and hip-hop superstar chris crown performs live on the plaza. keep it here for more news, weather and sports. i'm richard lui along with dylan dreyer. have a good, long weekend. >>> good morning. i'm bob redell. we'll take you live to east san jose where sjpd have shot a robbery suspect. the latest coming up. >>> plus firefighters continue to battle the rim fire burning close to the hetch hetchy reservoir this morning. there's concern it could affect your drinking water over the next couple years. >>> a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, crews still working around the clock trying to get to the new eastern span, get it ready and open by the tuesday morning commute. it is friday, august 30th. this is "today in the bay." >>> you made it to friday. good morning. it's 4:30. i'm

keep in mind, he joins some good company, calling it the billionaire, talking warren buffett love sprintout of tribute, carlos slim bail out new york times, mayor bloomberg may want to buy new york times is said by some, the koch brothers interested in the l.a. times, everybody wants to buy these papers. i guess it is for cloud rather than the bottom line. lori: people are sort of thinking that but obviously greece -- obviously jeff bezos with the e-book -- dennis: and talk exclusively to neil cavuto on fox business. don't miss that one. lori: he is speaking the manager and executives in place of the washington post. dennis: a change at the top. lori: didn't seem too depressed. dennis: got to make money with charles payne, the last major golf season, charles payne says investors should watch this hole in one have a stock. charles: you ever fall -- charles: and -- lori: got to -- dennis: you're not a golfer. charles: you guys are doing a wine story. in 1981, a guy named eli sold the winery for $4 million. lori: that explains the ticker. charles: then he is playing golf and sees this one t

and then on friday, billionaire investor warren buffett celebrates his 83rd birthday. happy birthday to warren. >>> golfer phil mickelson meanwhile recently won the british open cementing his financial success in golf. i spoke too him from the site of the barclays pga tournament about an interesting side effect to being among the world's greatest golfers, the 60% tax bill on his winnings. >> it's tough to talk about because nobody wants to be incensensitiv insensitive, nobody wants to be insensitive, a tough time where a lot of people are having a hard time with work. i have a chance to spend time with ceos, a lot of them who are quality individuals having a hard time hiring right now because of so much uncertainty going on in the financial world with whether it's taxes, whether it's the health care, whether it's all the obligations that are placed on the employers. so it's not making me want to go out and work harder. >> would you actually leave the country? >> oh, no, no. i love this place. a lot of people thought i grew up in a country club. i didn't. i grew up in a

look at warren buffett. he has been buying community newspapers. and now jeff bezos. i don't represent bloomberg lp or michael bloomberg in any way. there have been reports that he has been interested in buying a big newspaper such as the "new york times." theynewspapers, these days tend to attract people with deep pockets. it requires a lot of money to keep them going or keep them funding into the future. >> the reality is that the future business model for a newspaper company is somewhat uncertain. advertising revenues continue to decline for some seven years. with profitability uncertain, future consumer habits unknown. we don't know what the next product will be to disrupt the way people get and give information. six or seven years ago, if we had talked about the iphone, we would not have known what that was. laptops were three years old. if you're going to buy a newspaper, you are not buying it for the business, dollars and cents. you are buying it a sense of civic responsibility. , tohe best or worst case help your friends and punish your enemies. these tend to

billionaire warren buffett has bought up several local papers. just days ago the co-owner of the boston red sox announced he's buying "the boston globe." bezos told the post staff late today he knows it will be a shock, but, quote, the values of the post do not neat changing. we will continue to follow the truth wherever it leads. >>> about two other media titans in the news. the standoff continues between time warner cable and cbs. and so the blackout continues, meaning cbs shows have been pulled off the cable system for four days now in the nation's two largest media markets, new york and l.a. among others. it affects about three million time warner cable customers. the dispute is over the amount cbs expects to be paid for its programming, part of the package that cable companies then turn around and charge to subscribers. both sides are playing hardball over price. >>> still ahead for us on a monday night, it just might be the future of food, but would you eat a hamburger that was grown in a lab? will you have to decide that question before to

president obama, warren buffett, donald trump? guess what? none of the above.swer on a new "your money." >>> first, the backlash against russia and the new anti-gay laws. could gay athletes be prosecuted there. hear about one athletes plans to participate out and proud in those games. that's coming right up cnn in the "newsroom." >>> 21 embassies and consul lats is a lot. this is really sending a message we're under serious threat. >> americans be on alert. that's the warning from the u.s. government as they plan a massive embassy shutdown and issue a worldwide travel alert. >>> our presence in russia will do nothing but help fight this law. >> a new law targeting gays in russia sparks confusion and fear as that country prepares to host the winter olympics. now, some american athletes are taking

parasites tapeworms they burrow into the system and in the case of jamie dimon or lloyd blankfein or warren buffett they lead vital nutrients and they kill the host some parasites are viral in the gut as part of the ecosystem of one's intestines when these parasites grow to these enormous sizes whether it's a six inch long tapeworm in your brain that has to be pulled out through your nose as i believe the doctors in china did or they went in there with a surgical equipment or a sixty foot long anaconda tapeworm like jamie diamond whose largest up to strange thing of america's financial system leeching out the vital nutrients or in this case. leaving the economy in places like detroit to die. or before we get to the cars report let's jump into the artsy world update will start with a libyan court that is now sentenced to death the iraqi minister for our committee but he was found guilty of inciting violence kidnapping and murder during the two thousand and eleven uprising he was caught while gathering supporters in the town of sirte to fight against the insurgency just days ago another regime offici