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Country. >> yeah, hallie, that is absolutely right. there is a huge line here in robinsville, new jersey. they want to hire 1,500 workers here in new jersey specifically. amazon wants to hire 50,000 workers today. this is one of job sites going on right now across the country, but, you should know, this is not the only major retailer staffing up right now. the amazon empire is expanding, yet again. but instead of striking another retail deal, today ceo jeff bezos is hiring 50,000 new workers. so...

50,000 workers today. that is roughly four people per restaurant. the average starting wage is $8 per hour. part-time and full-time positions are available. fidel castro says, thats it. he is really done with politics this time. but not before overseeing what cuba says are some pretty big reforms to come. "globe trekking" and michael holmes is next.

Pushing the envelope out there referring to the rest of the world. do you agree with that? >>guest: well ... were going to push the envelope outside the u.s. for other reasons and that is, 95 percent of the worlds consumers live there, there are huge markets we have to have. in 2010 we exported $13.5 billion from the u.s., up 32 percent from 2009 and we hired 7,500 in the u.s., most of those did some kind of work on exports. if we dont have the foreign markets, we are in trouble. i will not say ...