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>> i think there are four things probably every company of any size can do. basically no matter what your fallacy is, if somebody is sick or taking care of their mother they have to deal with that and unfortunately the health care system pretty much works from 9:00 to 5:00 monday through friday, exactly when you want to be at work. so things you can do that prevent what they call absenteeism, which is like a $790 billion productivity problem in the united states, or another aspect is presenteeism, when people come to work but maybe they shouldn't. maybe they're not at their best because they h...

Things, probably, at every company of any size can do. basically, no matter what your policy is, somebody is sick or they are taking care of their mother, they have to deal with that, right? unfortunately, the health care system pretty much works 9:00 to 5:00 monday to friday, exactly when you want to be at work. so things to prevent absenteeism, which is like a $790 billion productivity problem in the united states, or another aspect is presenteeism when people come to work but are not at their best, suffering a migraine or something like that. so address it head-on. and the first thing you c...

situation room" starts right now. >> thanks, very much happening right now. the gop battle for the white house. eating up here in tampa, florida. just three hours away from hearing eight presidential candidates go ahead it head. they will join me on cnn's first ever tea party republican presidential debate. can the texas governor rick perry maintain his growing lead in the polls despite a highly controversial stance on social security? or will mitt romney come from behind and once again, seize the top spot? is it too late for michele bachmann? standing by with complete coverage and...

Banker holding more than $790 billion of u.s. debt. chinese military officials, though, are reportedly now asking the chinese government to sell some of those u.s. bonds in retaliation for u.s. plans to sell more than $6 billion worth of arms to taiwan. steven moore is the senior economics writer for "the wall street journal" editorial board and author of the new book "return to prosperity." steven, what do you make? is this just a sort of rattling the sabres in china, or do you think there's a serious threat of them trying to sell u.s. bonds? >> well, david, you know, when china owned so much...