any ground in their budget battle which has partially shut down the government. speaker boehner says republicans are still demanding changes in the president s health care plan. billionaire carl icahn backed away from a final legal battle over the value of his shares from the pc-maker which is going private. icahn says there is better uses for the $2 billion invested in bell. cheryl: sotheby s adopted a poison pill to make it more difficult for a buyer to acquire the company. the auction house is trying to fend off activist investor dan lobe, who raised his stake in that firm. david: says he has better artistic sense than the current management. nasdaq ceo bob greifeld visiting twitter san francisco headquarters today. apparently making a last-ditch charm offensive to get twitter to list on the nasdaq and the upcoming ipo. cheryl: next big question for them. microsoft outgoing ceo steve ballmer receive ad smaller than projected bone for the second year in a row. following d
version of the health care website, in their spare time by the way, for fun. the kicker? it works. here in a fox business exclusive are the three men. thanks for joining us. let me start with you. why did you guys decide to do this? where did you get the idea? sure. we were trying to buy a health plan for ourselves. we have our own companies and looking to see if we can save money for our plans. when we went to the health exchange website, took us 45 minutes to see prices. we figured most people would lose their patience at that point. there has to be a better way to show the choices and options out there. melissa: george, is this a stunt? do you guys have, is there a political message behind this? are you trying to get people to sign up for your own business? there has to be, the show is called money. there has to be a profit motive in there somewhere. absolutely not. is not a stunt. we re hoping people find the right health care plan for them. it is about taking options
version of the health care website, in their spare time by the way, for fun. the kicker? it works. here in a fox business exclusive are the three men. thanks for joining us. let me start with you. why did you guys decide to do this? where did you get the idea? sure. we were trying to buy a health plan for ourselves. we have our own companies and looking to see if we can save money for our plans. when we went to the health exchange website, took us 45 minutes to see prices. we figured most people would lose their patience at that point. there has to be a better way to show the choices and options out there. melissa: george, is this a stunt? do you guys have, is there a political message behind this? are you trying to get people to sign up for your own business? there has to be, the show is called money. there has to be a profit motive in there somewhere. absolutely not. is not a stunt. we re hoping people find the right health care plan for them. it is about taking options
another fed official, st. louis fed president james bullard, said it made sense not to lawn of the paper this month because of low inflation readings. he spoke with our own peter barnes of course. david: meanwhile want to talk about volatility, talk about apple. apple stock is fluctuating big-time as the iphone fans buy new hand-sets, 5ss, and cheaper 5cs. they went on sale today. caterpillar saying the worldwide sales weakened the past three months because of slowing demand for commodities from countries such as china. david: darden restaurant, parent of chains like olive garden, red lobster. it is getting crushed because of a dismal quarterly earnings report and forecast. house republicans led by speaker john boehner passed legislation to fund the government through december 15th. it include measures to derail obamacare. those measures make it means the initiative will be killed by senate democrats. after the bell starts right now david: what a seesaw week. with num
in his decision. we occupy a not just a, an environment that calls for management fixes, we avenue also got to deal with congress and you guys and i think rick s judgment that he could not carry out the next stages of reform, without being a distraction himself. lou: those calls for shinseki to resign had snowballed this week. both republicans and a steady stream of democrats have been calling for his head. but on capitol hill house speaker john boehner today signaled shinseki s resignation would not put an end to the firestorm. general shinseki has dedicated to his life to our country and we thank him for his service. his resignation though does, does not absolve the president of his responsibility to step in and make things right for our veterans. business as usual can not continue. lou: shinseki did not go quietly. before resigning he apologized to veterans and the nation for what he called a breach of integrity at the va. he also removed senior leadership from the pho