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Christmas as shoppers in new york and around the country try to wrap up their holiday shopping. some folks just want to come to 30 rock to get a little ice-skating. why not? families gathering and talking holiday. some will ask the question as you get together, i have no -- will ask you several questions as you go along such as, you know, with the holiday week itself. some will ask a question, some will answer i have no idea, and then what to you do? you go out and search the internet for that. ...

Things and they can be public. >> you mack a choice. >> its a choice. its not automatic. when you write your post you have to say, okay, i want this to be totally public. facebook says theyll warn these kids that this post will be made public which means everybody will see it. were talking about teenagers. >> we were teens. we remember. >> i remember my lack of impulse control when i was 13 to 17. >> yes. >> is facebook explaining the reasoning behind it, not just the timing but why make this mo...

Trustworthy. its what we call trustable. its a form of extreme trust to pro-actively protect your interest. to make it easy for you so that you automatically are going to get this. >> you talk about a home builder who warns you when your warranty is up. a home builder is going to make a lot more money if they fix something on thursday instead of monday when the warranty is up. >> but 30 days before your home warranty is up, and the home builder sends you an e-mail or contacts you and says, hey, ...

>> doug leads is the ceo of ask.com and he started the unorthodox practice of having improv workshops at his company. they have caused a culture shift that inspired new ideas. great to see you. >> great to see you, too. >> when i heard that my heart fell to the bottom of my stomach. improv just petrifies me. >> its not scary at all, not once you do it. in concept a lot of people at the company were nervous at first, but once they got going it becomes really easy and thats what it is all about. b...

Campaign be? >> there is a sort of a culture that im only going to say something when i have it exactly right. im only going to raise my hand when i know its bulletproof. a modern version of being attacked in a forest by a cheetah. that was the big threat to your survival in evolutionary times. so, people dont say anything and what we got to at ask, everything starts out stupid, so, there are no stupid ideas and then we can build on them. >> so, im watching the segment and i think, thats fantast...

Im tired of hearing millionaires we should pay more in taxes its -- the lower 50% of the tax class in this country pay 3% of the overall tax burden. the upper 2% pays about 97.6%. >> laura. >> laura: rich isnt paying its share is a joke. >> laura, i want to correct you on one thing the month that george bush left office we were losing 750,000 jobs a month. last month in the private sector we added 200,000 jobs thats a good step in the right direction. we are definitely not there. jeff and the ot...

Im tired of hearing millionaires we should pay more in taxes its -- the lower 50% of the tax class in this country pay 3% of the overall tax burden. the upper 2% pays about 97.6%. >> laura. >> laura: rich isnt paying its share is a joke. >> laura, i want to correct you on one thing the month that george bush left office we were losing 750,000 jobs a month. last month in the private sector we added 200,000 jobs thats a good step in the right direction. we are definitely not there. jeff and the ot...

Im tired of hearing millionaires we should pay more in taxes its -- the lower 50% of the tax class in this country pay 3% of the overall tax burden. the upper 2% pays about 97.6%. >> laura. >> laura: rich isnt paying its share is a joke. >> laura, i want to correct you on one thing the month that george bush left office we were losing 750,000 jobs a month. last month in the private sector we added 200,000 jobs thats a good step in the right direction. we are definitely not there. jeff and the ot...

They dont like to talk about that. meanwhile, the tactics are working. nearly four in ten americans agree you cant mess with the bush tax cuts. even if the tax debate is a red herring on this one. at least one prominent business leader in this country says not taxing the rich is not the answer. he says it will have the opposite effect. that man is garrett bruney. founder of ask.com. he wroem a commentary this week. >> ive been an investor and entrepreneur for 25 years and ive been involved in co...