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are disappearing and fewer companies are hiring. among other reasons cited for the gloomy outlook, they ve got europe s financial crisis, the possible expiration of the bush tax cuts and the prospect of major cuts in federal spending. on that bright note, let s get over to andrew and the top corporate stories of the morning. andrew, hello. hello, becky, and welcome back to you. let s talk about a deal in the news this morning. glaxosmithkline is expected to announce a deal to buy human genome sciences as soon as today. seen raising its offer now to around $14 per share, up from a previous $13-per-share bid. human genome rejected glaxo s $2.6 billion offer in april as too low and launched an auction process. let s talk about nokia. it is now cutting the u.s. price of its flagship smartphone in half. that s the lumina. if you have it. the discount comes barely three months after the phone s launch in an effort to stop losses in market share to rivals such as apple and samsu
the brake. this is remarkable. i have trouble lifting a stack of towels when my wife asks me to take laundry upstairs. we should be clear, the person inside the car shouldn t be doing anything so we don t get in an accident. look at this. mike greenstein pulling a car down the street in the middle of manhattan. congratulations, mike! wow. unbelievable. wow. congratulations, thank you so much. you have to take the rest of the day off now? not really. i ll pull a few more cars. we need some towing down here in the middle of manhattan. maybe we can get mike on top of it and save the port authority some money. wow. that s incredible. he isn t a tall guy either. how tall are you? i m 5 4 1/2 . unbelievable, mike. happy fourth of july. he s such a strong guy.
gretchen. you can see the little guys going up and down. that slide. they are so cute. it is a slide. at first, there we go. wow! excellent! clayton. ok. getting blown up. he met the world s strongest man in our green room this morning. i m standing with him. he might be the not world s strongest man. he s mike greenstein and called the son of the mighty atom, a world war ii veteran and his father was a legend in the business of pulling things, breaking things with his teeth. nice to see you this morning, mike. welcome to the show. my pleasure. are you stunned sort of this new found fame that you ve had at this stage in your life? i enjoy doing it and i know i have the strength. it s a lot of mind over matter. to say the least. your father, of course, a legend. used to do all sorts of shows and you grew up around that and decided that you wanted to be a part of that. yes, i enjoyed watching him
my jaws. you re a humble man. so this is a chain connected to a rope, connected to a car. you re going to put the chomp bit in your mouth and mike is going to pull this car down the 48th street here in the middle of manhattan. are you ready? i m ready any time. all right. it s fourth of july. this is truly american right here. watch this. go ahead. mike. and i should mention it is wet here on 48th, by the way. all right. here goes mike, chomp bit in his mouth! 91 years old. 91 years old. world war ii veteran you re looking at. and here s the car down the street that it s it s beginning to move and by the way, no one is stepping on the gas of this car. he s even able to pull cars up a hill. he was able to pull a post office truck up a hill as a trick and the postman couldn t believe it. he s got his foot off the brake. he told him to get his foot off