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S. , and the fact that pigs may be a money loser, but zynga on the way back a little bit today. Im calling it desperation. The president s Campaign Sees the polls, they know mitt romney is gaining momentum and theyre trying to do something to turn it around. And look at the headline in the Washington Post, obama to renew grand bargain push on budget. So now he says he will try to reach a deal with the republicans to cut the deficit. Earlier this week, the president released his 20page pamphlet on the agenda for the second term. All of this looks very last minute. Why did it take so long . Perhaps the most telling number today the latest poll from rasmussen, people were asked if the United States is headed in the right direction or the wrong direction. 37 said, only 37 said the right direction. And thats still kind of high at the end of last year the number was below 20 , still, that poll is not good news for the president. And what do you think . Are we headed in the right direction . Do you think a grand bargain could be reached in the First Six Months of a second obama term . Check out our facebook page, weigh in on that question, please. And here is the story that a lot of country is watching carefully. Hurricane sandy, could be a nightmare for halloween, could, wash out on the eastern seaboard, cancel it. Winds are kicking up in florida, causing a surf and the storm is expect today strengthen up the east coast and sandy could make land fall in time for trickortreat. That could be a very big deal. Here it comes, maybe. And its another big day for tech, microsoft unveils its new operating system today. Do or die time for chief Steve Ballmer and were following it from the getgo. The election is 12 days away. Mitt romney has seized the election, well check on florida and well have the opening belfour you next. Ally bank. Why thre always there to talk. I love you, james. Dont you love me . Im a robot. I know. 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Get your first full prescription free and save on refills at advaircopd. Com. A big important number came out about an hour ago, jobless claims, 369,000 of them. And thats still a very high number when you had a recession that ended a couple of years ago. We should be at 369. Perhaps more importantly, last week was revised up. To 392,000 new claims and thats a very bad number. Well have more on that revision in just a moment. And theres another number, too, durable goods orders, all right, thats the state of big ticket item sales and orders therefore. Up 9 , however, the previous reporting period they were down 13 so youre still looking at a relatively weak economy. Let go and check the big board in the very early going, we are up seven points and that likely is going to be the opening trend, modestly higher. Background on zynga, a 200 Million Dollar stock buyback, plus, a deal for Online Gambling in britain. All right. So where did the stock open today . Higher, i think. Its higher, stuart, you know, we have a put a sense of augusts here, i will say the obvious, the stock is jumping, it was up 15 , in the premarket. Right now, its up 15 at 2. 45. And the two pieces of news that you gave it were great pieces of news, however, the analysts say theyre still the stock may have bottomed out at 2 and change and they still face challenges and waiting for growth with farmville. Theres a lot of uncertainty surrounding this whole zynga and the stock is down 60 in three months and theyve lowered forecasts, right . And well take it, a great morning for zynga, but theyre waiting for a lot more from zynga. It came on the market at 10, it dropped to 2. We put it on death watch. We get the deal for Online Gambling in britain. It goes to 2. 45 hardly resurrection, but the dow opens with a nearly 80 point gain. Ive got another stock alert for you, microsoft is going to unveil the latest version of the windows operating system this morning, and remember, that i own some of that stock, it opened higher this morning, a 27 cent gain and the new tablet, the surface, also is unveiled this week, tomorrow, actually and microsoft finally trying to give the ipad a run for its money and much more on the microsoft announcement at the top of our next hour. And weve got another big drop in gas prices overnight, repeat, a drop. The National Average for regular, almost down 3 cents, were at 3. 59 now, and diesel has broken below 4. 10 a drop 22 cents. And the latest read on the jobs picture. The numbers seem to be back to normal if you can call it that. 369,000 people filled first time jobless claims last week and we finally understand the confusing numbers. California undermarted the beginning of october and then corrected it last week. And resulting in an increase in 27,000. Peter barnes joins us now, peter, does the revision by california, im getting confused here, does it remove the confusion and the mistrust surrounding Government Employment numbers . I think what it does, it clears up what exactly happens, but reminds us that we need to be vigilant and always watch these reports and make sure that we say on top of the numbers, stuart, because it does turn out as you suggested, that california, something was going on out there with its jobless claims at the end of the at the end of september, early october, and california, as you recall, got in a big fight with us and other news media organizations, claiming there were no problems out there and all of a sudden in todays report we finally see this big pop in claims that appears to be related to the delays in filing that california denied was going on. Stuart exactly. The big drop from a couple of weeks ago, that was oh, so convenient for the president s reelection campaign. Just before the debate. Before the debate. Well done, peter, i think you played a part in straightening this out. We appreciate it, peter barnes, everyone. Stuart the latest polls shows mitt romney keeping momentum in the crucial swing state of florida. The latest rasmussen showed governor romney 5146, florida. And real clear politics and 4 4846. Senator, are you prepared to call it right here and now, romney wins florida . Well, i wont call it, i think its a little premature with two weeks left, but feels good on the ground for the romney campaign, these debates really solidify a win that the governor should have in this state. And i feel good about it as long as the grass roots volunteers execute and get the vote out in the next two weeks. Stuart senator, which group of voters swung to the governor in the last two weeks . I dont know if its a group of undecided like a lot of folks talk about or if the people came home. A lack of confidence on some on the republican side in governor romney. In a barrage by Television Commercials and tv snipets its hard to get the truth, but the debates are clarifying moments and the first debate was a clarifying moment. After that debate, the atmosphere changed here in florida and you can feel the momentum shifting and growing for governor romney. I feel now that governor romney will win florida absent some major change between now and election day. I think it will be a two or three point win, 5248. Stuart absent a major change, now, hold on for a second. What weve got this morning is a headline in a couple of major newspapers that the president will go forth, go for a grand bargain on the budget. Okay . That would fix the fiscal cliff. Grand bargain on the bucket. He wants to do that, he says and hes also got a glossy 20page plan for what hold on a second, those are two items, two promises hes essentially making, could that be a difference, a swing against governor romney in florida. I dont think so, let me take the last one first, spouting out a bunch of ideas youve talked about the last four years, putting them in a glossy brochure, like the kid with the report, and tries it put in the best way possible. The president said you want a grand bargain two years ago, if you read the account by bob woodward that went through the struggle, the president had a bargain and tried to retrade the bargain with Speaker Boehner and increase revenues by 400 billion. What the president s problem is executing. Not in talking. Hes a great talker, hes not a great doer. What he proved in the past four years, he couldnt get things done. What hes going to say, grand bargain, new brochures, its not going to make a difference in my view the next two weeks. Stuart to wrap it up. Do you think that governor romney won all three of the president ial debates and think that paul ryan won the veep debate . I think that governor romney did, i thought the second and third debates were closer and certainly if you were a partisan of the president you could find things that you hiked, but what governor romney did in the first debate was a game changer and made him the person with the passion and plan to fix this country and barack obama looking disinterested in being president and the rest of the debates i think really for governor romney shows he has the capability and talent to be president and he can stand on the biggest stage. He can be the leader of the free world which gives people the confidence to make a decision. Look youre firing the president of the United States. Even for undecided americans, americans in the middle, its a big decision, i think they feel the confidence theres a better guy for the job. Stuart 12 days before the election, the senator from florida says florida will go one to two points to governor romney. Theres such a thing as videotape and senator youre on it. I hope it comes true, thank you so much. Stuart thank you, senator. Dont forget we will have an extra serving of Varney Company on election day and be here at 9 20 usual and 5 p. M. For an election special, allstar lineup. Also new the at 10 today. Rasmussens daily tracking poll and well have the latest number for you at the top of the hour, does governor romney keep the momentum already established . The answer coming up at 10. Time is money, so as we always say, 30 seconds, here is what else were watching, coauthoring a letter to congress they want action to fix the exploding debt and willing to accept tax increases to do it, will Grover Norquist agree with na . What will he say . Hes on the show later. Whatever happened to the donotcall list . I am on it, but i am still getting harassed by cold calls. Im mad about it and that will be my take. And political prop granada is everywhere, and were going to see a lot more of it the next couple of weeks, well talk to john stossel about that. What do you think . Send your emails right now varney foxbusiness. Com, are you getting a lot more cold calls than you used to . Are you . All right. It is what, thursday morning, ive got thursday morning seven early movers for you, angies list posted a loss, the loss was smaller than expected and the stock is up. Best buy said profits this quarter would be significantly below those post add year ago, and unilever said more money is coming in in the Third Quarter helped by higher prices and the stock is above 30, and Health Care Tech firm, mckesson is buying pss medical for a billion and a half dollars and pss up as you might expect. Better than expected profits of the tech firm akamai, and two bucks higher. And mouse maker logitech, its down as you might expect. 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Stuart okay, lets suppose that governor romney wins and the republicans do well in the senate and house, market rally . Absolutely, romney is good for big business and good for small business. Romney period is good for business. I think that a lot of what were seeing is not only our favorite new word, uncertainty, but we have businesses unwilling to spend. Theyve got plenty of cash on their balance sheets, well over a trillion dollars, but theyre not making the investments and theyre not hiring and those are the things that lead to lower revenue and lower earnings, so they feel like they have an advocate. Somebody who is not for only the freeway market, but a collaborator who will work across the aisle and avoid the fiscal cliff, i think its going to be fantastic for everyone across the board and obviously, from a metric, the fundamental standpoint, if those earnings go up shall the markets go up, a very simple math. Gungho airline. Like kung fu panda. Stuart here is the caveat. Governor romney says he would not reappoint ben bernanke, disapproves of all of this money printing. And hallelujah for that. Stuart wait a second, the markets like that, they like the pumping out of money. If it came to answered, you know, the gravy train ends, thats surely bad for stocks . Its come to an end. Weve seen the quantitative easing, were on the third one infinity here and havent seen the same bump and the same effect as we did the first couple of times, i think theyve run out of juice with that. And now we have to get back to the fundamentals of the company and cannot use Monetary Policy to boost the economy forever, it worked for a while, but now were sort of in a house of cards situation and we have to build a solid foundation. Lets reverse that. I want to play for our viewers, Clint Eastwoods view of a second obama term. Roll it. In the last few years, americas been knocked down, 23 Million People cant find fulltime work. 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