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Right now the idea of improving shareholder value sometimes means laying more people off because the lower your payroll costs are, the better your stock looks. so the interests are sometimes countervailing. you have people who work for corporations right now that have the weakest representation in terms of unions. weve gut the union movement. you have now whole regions stealing corporations by saying, were the nonunion region. you can come down here and not have to worry about union bargaining. ...

What the heck isried wrong withf country that we cant make it here? >> they have a lot of theseey h minerals. >> the bottom line, we talk lona about corporations maximizing shareholder value and we also we talk about how we want this government run like a business. from a business angle, you go to where you can get the best product fort cheapest price. if the answer is china right now, we have bigger problems than the fact that theyreest buying products from china. ournswe problems is innovation...

Geographically. we actually expect corporations to behave on that fordist model. theres a notion about cutting taxes for corporations, but their profits are record profits. they figured out how to have those profits without making labor investments. and its in part because henry ford couldnt build his model ts in some other place. >> and the global economy hassin sent viezed corporations to always reduce costs. the other thing is that ceos are no longer paid based on the pure profitability. they...

All. >> one other item you have about commercial speech. you know, one of the reasons its hard to regulate in the area is there are actually good values on both sides. its not that some people want corruption and other people dont. so, you say, in the article, can a corporation engage in political speech that is not commercial? if its purpose for existing is to maximize shareholder value, thats what corporations do, shouldnt all its political action be aimed at that objective? and thats so impor...

Robust economy. >> greta: is there anything we can do? >> we were looking to asia. we launched in asia -- >> greta: why are you in europe?! [laughter] >> there is a tremendous amount of wealth being created there. as all companies look to markets to grow and shareholder value, thats what we have done. >> greta: steve, what influence can we have? how much muscle do we have to help europe? it behooves us to get somewhat involved, not just be spectators. >> the one good thing would be to give them ...

Robust economy. >> greta: is there anything we can do? >> we were looking to asia. we launched in asia -- >> greta: why are you in europe?! [laughter] >> there is a tremendous amount of wealth being created there. as all companies look to markets to grow and shareholder value, thats what we have done. >> greta: steve, what influence can we have? how much muscle do we have to help europe? it behooves us to get somewhat involved, not just be spectators. >> the one good thing would be to give them ...

>> well, soledad, as soon as mitt romney landed here in london for his overseas trip he found the controversy surrounding basically what has been hoped by his campaign as what theyre calling a listen and learn tour. it has been sort of who said what in the last 24 hours as you mentioned that quote that appeared in an article in the london daily telegraph apparently or allegedly we might even want to say from an unnamed romney advisor and even though the international press could not in...

there are reports that a letter was found inside of a package apparently sent by holmes. according to the cbs news, the letter talked about shooting people. the package was discovered in the mailroom at the university of colorado. in syria, the city of aleppo is bracing itself for major all out offensive on a rebel strongholstron strongho stronghold, and there are clashes through the country today leaving 91 people dead with 19 of them in aleppo. and then there is lots of excitemen...

summer olympics. thats not what you want to see just before the games start. >> a bizarre one i never heard about either. the name. plus, a day of reckonning for facebook. we look ahead to the first earnings report as a public company later today with our christine romans. >> interesting. up first, the latest on the aftermath and investigation in aurora, colorado. law enforcement sources say the shooting suspect james holmes mailed a package to the university of colorado campus in auro...

Too far with that felony line. i dont think he he should run away from this. i think he should point out and point out that the obama campaign and the president himself doesnt seem to know a whole lot about business. anyone who knows this industry and im just beginning to learn a bit about it knows that you can remain as a ceo of a company and still not be a part of the day-to-day operations. not make the day-to-day decisions about outsourcing and what you are doing with particular companies. ob...