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May 22, 2012
good evening, everyone. im erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, facebook face down. here are some of the headlines. the drudge report calls it fadebook. the "wall street journals" headline tonight -- bankers under fire as facebook slips. bloomberg -- zuckerbergs fortune falls $2.2 billion as facebook drops. to put imi hype, at least not yet. but look at this. facebooks stock fell as low as $33 at one point today. thats down 11% in one day. the company has lost $40 billion in market capita...
May 22, 2012
we were always a business that had capital. >> when bain capital bought us, that was a whole different story. >> to me mitt romney takes from the poor and the middle class and gives to the rich. hes just the opposite of robinhood. >> today they drew a response from the romney campaign which used obama supporters to make its point including newark, new jersey, mayor cory booker. >> have you had enough of president obamas attacks on free enterprise? his own key supporters have. cory book...
May 22, 2012
in the past. we never had a problem. >> when bain capital bought us, that was a whole different story. >> mitt romney takes from the poor, the middle class and gives to the rich. hes just the opposite of robinhood. >> today they drew a response from the romney campaign which used obama supporters to make its point, including corey booker. >> have you had enough of president obamas attacks on free enterprise? his own key supporters have. cory booker of new jersey. >> i have to say, im n...
May 22, 2012
people need to know what are m romney did in 1994. >> one day with had a job, next day we didnt. >> wed been bought and sold in the past. we never had a problem. we were always a business that had value. >> when bain capital bought us, that was a whole different story. >> to me mitt romney takes from the poor, the middle class, and gives to the rich. its just the opposite of robin hood. >> thats the latest of several such ads featuring workers who lost their jobs because of bain compan...
May 22, 2012
was it fair? lets go "outfront." good evening, everyone. im erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, facebook face down. here are some of the headlines. the drudge report calls it fadebook. the "wall street journals" headline tonight -- bankers under fire as facebook slips. bloomberg -- zuckerbergs fortune falls $2.2 billion as facebook drops. to put it mildly, one of the most highly anticipated offerings in american market history hasnt lived up to the hype, at least not yet. but look at t...
May 22, 2012
-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good evening. our big story tonight, bain. listen to the president today. >> if the main basis for him suggesting he can do a better job is his track record as the head of a private equity firm, then both the upsides and the downsides are worth examining. >> youd imagine all democrats would be on board. but someone forgot to tell cory booker. hes what he said on nbcs "meet the press" on sunday. >> this kind of stuff is nauseating to me on both si...
May 18, 2012
One of the most anticipated ipo next hour. what happens when the stock starts trading moments from now? can wall street live up to the hype? when can everyday americans jump in? well talk about how they can get in the cyber gold mine. and trayvon martin said they wanted all the information out there but do the details help or hurt george zimmerman? meet the men behind this wildly popular marriage equality campaign. man candles, snookis baby bump and a baseball bee swarm. lets go down to th...
May 17, 2012
be worth more than mcdonalds by happy hour tomorrow night. well keep you here as well, ali. lets bring in christine romans. >> of course. >> its very interesting. lets get to it. >> institutional investors, windows has closed for them to say they want to get in. those are the big guys. the little guys are waiting to find out what the ipo price will be and put in your limit orders. thats what i keep advocating. what price do you think you want to pay for facebook stock when it starts tr...
May 16, 2012
vice president, biden, took the obamas case to blue collar youngstown casting mitt romney as a son of privilege and vice president saying his record suggests that governor romney cares more about profits than workers. >> my mother and father dreamed as much as any rich guy dreams. >> they dont get us. they dont get who we are. >> now, word from the vice president was from a battleground within the battleground. lets look at ohio. this is the 2008 map. barack obama carried the state 52%...
April 2, 2012
lives? and my answer is no. basketballs next big thing. hes nicknamed the crime stopper. >> when im on the court, everybodys dead. nobodys outside committing any crime. >> at only 57", hes selling out gyms from philly to d.c. the high school player youll soon be hearing about. revealing investigations. fascinating characters. stories with impact. this is "cnn presents." with tonights hosts, randi kaye and drew griffin. >> while march madness has grown into one of the most popular s...