his foundation, bloomberg philanthropy has distributed $370 million in 2012, alone. he s given more than $1 billion to his alma mater, johns hopkins, and donated $2.8 billion for causes like art to public health. the thing that gives me the most pleasure in the world is knowing i m making a difference. reporter: what s next for the billionaire mayor? i don t know what the future holds. president, pope, naked cowboy. reporter: he has quashed rumors about white house dreams for years, but he is deep in the political fray. championing causes from gun control to immigration reform. business mogul and billionaire mayor, the business of being michael bloomberg is far from over. thanks for starting your saturday s smart with us. coming up at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon eastern time, stocks finished last year with record high levels. is the market set for a drop this year? a bull and a bear face off on a brand-new your money here at 2:00 p.m. eastern.
my check used to be 93 cents and now they re 95 cents. he opted not to live in the mansion, took the subway to work. according to new york times, he gave the city at least $650 millions for a wide variety. his foundation distributed $370 million in 2012 alone. he s given more than a billion to his alma mater, john hopkins university, and donated $2.8 billion to support causes from art to health. the thing that gives me most pleasure is knowing i m making a difference. reporter: so what s next? i don t know, president, pope, naked cowboy. reporter: he s quashed rumors about the white housesh chaujing causes from gun control to immigration reform. business mogul, the business of being michael bloomberg is far from over. christine romans, cnn, new york.
all at just 32, she s worth more than $200 million. the business of being britney spears is crazy christine romans, cnn, new york. from that to the world of weather, potentially deadly weather moving in from canada. what we re talking about is pure and simple cold. as everyone is ready to celebrate the new year. alexandra steele, where are we talking coldest of cold? i have my dancing shoes on from all that britney spears. if you want to see britney spears, vegas is one of the warmest places in the country. let s go to vegas. wouldn t it be fun. to go to one of those shows, everyone going to vegas, raking in the bucks. camping out for a couple years. temperatures there are above average. one of the very few places. if you re looking for warmth, that s the place to go. why? look at this. the coldest air of the season, arctic cold air, let me move that up.
have lunch with oscar dela ren tachlt she lives at the top of the four seasons, the business of being marissa mayer is rewriting the code for women in tech. up next, women in the workplace, and men in the home? who earns more? i do. [ laughter ] by a wide margin. working moms and stay-at-home dads, how they re redefining work-life balance. it s donut friday at the office. and i m low man on the totem pole. so every friday morning they send me out to get the goods. but what they don t know is that i m using my citi thankyou card at the coffee shop, so i get 2 times the points. and those points add up fast. so, sure, make me the grunt. cause i ll be using those points to help me get to a beach in miami. and allllllll the big shots will be stuck here at the cube farm.
and with fame came endorsements. a perfume empire with elizabeth arden, deals over the years with hasbro, toyota and pepsi. all why at just 32 she s worth more than $200 million. the business of being britney spears is crazy reporter: christine romans, cnn, new york. wow, that is some big business. that s good business for her. all right, coming up, you ve got your gifts, right? well, some of them just might have to be returned, so you might as well shop a little if you re going to the store. who has the best deals and when should you buy, coming up. plus, here s one thing democrats and republicans can probably agree on, this congress may have been the worst ever! could those feelings spark bipartisanship in washington? we ll have a debate. and kerry washington s show has nothing on these stories. we ll count down the top ten