he's the former yahoo c.e.o., ousted back in may after the yahoo board was confronted with evidence he mis-stated his education. thompson is now c.e.o. of "shop- runner". it's an online members only shopping site, that works with top retailers to offer free shipping and special deals. as you may remember tom, thompson has a lot of experience in e-tailing, before yahoo, he ran ebay's pay-pal unit. >> susie: that's nightly business report for monday, july 23. have a great evening everyone, and you as well tom. >> tom: goodnight susie, we'll see you online at: www.nbr.com and back here tomorrow night. "nightly business report" is brought to you by: captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org r: (♪ theme music ) (♪) matt elmore: welcome to imagemakers a weekly showcase featuring the best short films from around the world. stay tuned and enjoy the filmmakers of tomorrow today on imagemakers. imagemakers is made possible in part by a grant from: celebrating the vitality and power of the moving image. and by the: (loud cheering)

. >> at 4:40, yahoo, fifth c.e.o. in five years. >> at 4:49, researchers say they've discovered how and when sleep can determine your risk factor for developing dementia. >> we're back with your weather first in for minutes. -- two minutes. >>> good morning, everyone. anny filling in for howard on this tuesday. expecting lots of sunshine. some areas of fog, especially out toward warrenton and stafford at this hour. by lunch time it's going to be hot. mid, upper 90s and we'll top out close to 100 degrees today. we do have a chance for an isolated thunderstorm late this afternoon, early this evening and whatever does bubble up has the chance to be strong to severe. here's a look at your time saver traffic with monika. good morning. >>> good morning. if you're planning to head northbound on i-95, things are looking good right now from dale city to here in springfield on to 395 and the 14th street bridge. all lanes are thankfully open. coming up in my next report, another look at virginia roads in a few minutes. back to y

. >> susie: yahoo's new c.e.o. marissa mayer got a lukewarm reaction from investors on her first day on the job. the stock fell slightly to $15.60 a share, and shares barely moved after the company reported better than expected quarterly numbers after the bell. investors and analysts were disappointed that mayer didn't join the post earnings conference call, especially after all of today's headlines about the big management announcement. >> obviously, marissa is a high caliber, well-respected leader in the industry, and her resume speaks for itself. we are very excited. we are going to take a little time to work through that. we need to be great at content and certain types of technologies. our new c.e.o. brings a strong tech background, but we also have a lot of media experience here, and its a powerful combination when we get them right. >> susie: excluding charges, yahoo earned 27 cents a share thanks to strength in its asian units, four cents more than analyst estimates. revenues fell to $1.2 billion. another t

yahoo. the struggling web giant today tapped long-time google executive marissa mayer to be its next c.e.o. e'll be yahoo's fifth chief executive in four years. from google maps to keeping google's iconic homepage, clear and free of clutter, mayer oversaw several design and product functions in her 13 years with the search giant. she also recently joined wal- mart's board of directors. just after she was tapped, mayer took to twitter, saying quote, "i'm incredibly excited to start my new role at yahoo tomorrow." >>> and it looks like investors are excited, too. yahoo shares gained about 2% in after hours trading today rising to $16 a share. >> tom: not a whole lot of excitement in the market focus. it with was the prur sis drop in june retail sales that set the tone for the stock session. the s&p 500 hitting the lowest level. the s&p 500 hit its lowest level of the day less than an hour after the opening bell. the losses were pared back, but not eliminated by the close, ending with a small loss. it's the seventh loss in eight sessions. volume was moderate. 600 million shares on the big board

late today, yahoo announced it's hiring google executive marissa mayer as its new c.e.o. has faced financial and other problems, and has had five bosses in as many years. a u.s. air force instructor went on trial today in a sexual abuse scandal at lackland air force base in texas. staff sergeant luis walker is charged with 28 counts, including rape and aggravated sexual assault of female recruits. in addition, 12 male instructors at lackland are under investigation. prosecutors have identified at least 31 female victims. the fighting in syria has reached the country's capital in earnest. government tanks, troops, and helicopters battled rebels today in three southern districts of damascus. it was said to be the heaviest fighting there since the uprising began 16 months ago. meanwhile, the u.n. security council considered a so-called "chapter seven" resolution that could authorize the use of outside force in syria. we have a report narrated by lindsey hilsum of independent television news. . >> protestors blocked the road to damascus international airport today. a very publ

yahoo!'s new c.e.o. marissa mayer is touted as the latest poster child in the work life juggle debate. the 37-year-old new hire is head of a fortune 500 company in need of a turn around is also six months pregnant. she is the first woman hired as a fortune 500 while she and her board knew she was pregnant and one of 20 fortune 500 female c.e.o.s. she plans to work through the maternity leave. whether having it all which is never applied to male c.e.o.s, is an outmoded concept. sam, does marissa mayer's hire prove that it is having it all is an outmoded concept? >> no man is ever asked whether he can have it all. if it doesn't apply to a man it doesn't apply to a woman. >> well, i think having it all requires sacrifices whether it's personal or professional sacrifices on whoever whether it is a c.e.o. or not. >> having it all is part of life and it's understanding how to get the help you need. >> i don't think anyone can have it all in life. men or women. nothing goes out sacrifice and rising to the top of a corporation, to become a c.e.o. whether a woman or a man, sacrifice is involved

coming up when the news continues, yahoo's decision to hire marissa mayer as c.e.o. has created quite a buzz in the business world. >> it sure has. we decided to ask our own c.e.o. to share her experiences. that's coming up next. >> plus, olga breese has the weather forecast for us when we come back. you're watching 9news now. happy friday morning. >> and we have exciting news for the sunday morning programming. this fall wusa will launch an exciting new talk show with bloomberg government. it will air sunday morning at part of wusa9's acclaimed power block. peter cook will be the host. that is sunday this fall on wusa9. >> before we head to break, here's another live look at the scene of a deadly shooting in aurora, colorado. 14 people killed. we're on top of the story. we'll have more when we come back. >>> we're starting off the morning with a peak of sunshine. temperatures moving into the 80s. a high today of 87. >>> i-66 there had been an accident at route 7100. it's on the left shoulder now but left some slow traffic getting by. beyond that lanes are open as yo

yahoo. they have had three c.e.o.'s in the past year. >> yes. over three in one year or four in five -- four in four years. but they have not managed to get a grip on what the problem is. they think their brand value is disappearing through a hole in the floor or been etching away. its got 7 million users around the world so one feels there is an opportunity to do something with this brand but they are failing each time and they have not got a handle on what it is they want to do with it. some people feel they are a tech company and some feel it's an entertainment company. one who works for -- this is what he said about it. the way he described their opportunities and failings were. >> don't expect yahoo to be one of the leading internet companies in terms of revenues or growth going forward. but it does have valuable assets, and it should be able to extract more from them than they are right now. >> it seems as though we are going to have probably this guy, ross levin stone who is going to be confirmed as the chief executive today and then we'r

yahoo introduces their new c.e.o. and later in lunchbreak: we're making a classic italian seafood pasta dish: "frutti di mare" the folks from villagio ristorante in roselle are here! hsbc did business with firms linked to drug cartels and terrorisms and iran ... there were details of lax controls at affiliate's of the bank around the world ... there were grilled at a hearing in washington today with a expressed remorse ... on four flights from amsterdam to the united states on sunday delta air lines reports that it is taking a matter seriously where it found sewing needles and some of the food on board flights ... at 37 years old person meyer brings a legacy of engineering expertise from google to your who where she has been appointed the new ceo ... and women continue to earn 82¢ on every male dollar ... the highest paid job is that of a pharmacist lawyers computer information systems managers and doctors also pay well as professions for women ... fed chairman ben bernanke told congress ... relieving stress can have

the news came a day after yahoo named marissa mayer as its new c.e.o. and a slight rise in profits but warned of slower growth this quarter because of the weak economy. wall street looking pretty good. the dow climbed 78 points. starts this morning at 12,805. nasdaq was up by 13 points and the s&p 500 was better by 10. >>> nissan owners, listen up. the automaker recalling about 11 juke small suvs from the model year 2012. the company says a week weld can cause the rear seat belts to break loose in a crash. dealers will notify owners about making the necessary repairs. not a good situation there. >> no no. recalls, here we come again. >>> still ahead, the fda is approving a new weight loss drug. >> a new alzheimer's treatment has the potential to delay memory loss for several years. >> we'll have more on both of those stories. plus, your weather first when we come back in about two minutes. >>> good morning if you're just waking up. it's about 4:45. not much in the way of good news temperature wise. we could hit three digits very soon. >> if you like air

yahoo taps a new c.e.o.: marissa mayer, 37-year-oldenior executive from google. >> tom: and we kick off a week long look at immigration and the u.s. economy. >> susie: that and more tonight on n.b.r.! another disappointing drop in retail sales, a sign that the u.s. economy is limping along. it's the third month in a row that retail sales fell and that pushed down stocks today. retail sales fell 0.5% in june. analysts we

the security breach came on the same day of yahoo's annual meeting where skeptical shareholders questioned the company's interim c.e.o. about the web giant's turnaround plan. joining us now, scott kessler, senior equity analyst at s&p capital i.q. you know, scott, this company is one thing or another. you say that things are stabilizing at yahoo. tell us why. >> we think so, susie. if you think of the last year, the company has had i think four ceos. it's really astounding. and actually haven't decided on a permanent ceo. the krntd acting ceo is ross levinson has been in the company two years. we think the company would be best suited to put him in that chair. we think he has brought a lot of the stability that you refer to to the company. he has a steady hand. he has experience, and he's well likeed and respected across the industry. in addition, they've done a number of content partnerships as of late, and announced that they're actually moving forward on selling part of a stake in the chinese internet conglomerate. >> susie: you know, since you brought up the subject of management and ross levinson. put up a graph

yahoo but for different ropes. their earnings and sales essentially flat from a year ago. and the company of course has just brought in a former top google executive to run things, the 5 the c.e.os many years but the bottom line is, it is hurting. so in high-tech land, a lot of big headaches. we will keep you posted. >> and now this, a warm welcome brought to you by in less than the egyptians, the ones we are giving the money to, protesters greeting hillary clinton by mocking her with cheers of "monica," and throwing tomatoes at the motorcade. is it time to stop throwing them the money? my guest says, yes. we gave them $2 billion the last year, tens of billions over the last many years, and i am wondering whether we pouring good money after bad. >>guest: we are pouring good money after bad money and now we are seeing a huge shift of america's policy in the middle east under in president where america now is standing by and supporting islamist regime that will bring islamic law to the law of the land and we are sending them almost $2 billion a year planing to help them of our taxpayers dollars. >> why do we do this? not only in this neck of the woods but so many other countries