fire. and no doubt bargain hunters were grabbing up some of the more beaten down stocks after monday's big beat down. now, meanwhile, the fed said today it was prepared to take additional steps to keep the economy from slipping back to a recession. this as the european lenders dexia proposed setting up a so-called bad bank to hold nearly $240 billion in toxic assets backed by the french and belgium governments. finally, apple shares slipped after that company unveiled an upgraded version of the iphone called the iphone 4s. investors were hoping for more, specifically, the iphone 5, and they stopped an "s" short of that. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now back to "hardball." build, baby, build! build, baby, build! >> build, baby, build. that's our theme here. we're back. president obama's making a strong push for his jobs bill. he even said yesterday he would be calling on the leaders of