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After four years under the chairmanship of mary shapiro, the securities and exchange commission will get new leadership. shapiro became the first woman to lead the s.e.c. announced she will leave her post. by the way she is getting rave reviews from "the wall street journal," t"the washington post" you name it for revitalizing the s.e.c. as a regulatory agency with potential death. the white house has named current s.e.c. commissioner elisse walter to chair the agency going forward. walter can serve through december 2013 but then the president must name a permanent successor who must be approv...

One prop 8 and another case in arizona that could legalize it nationwide, banning it nationwide, or continue the current state laws. the question is how many of these cases do they take? do they roll them all into one? that's what we'll hopefully find out this week and, finally, after a failed senate bid, represe representative todd akin apparently decides he needs to write a book. the congressman told reporters he's still trying to recover from his loss but that he'll get over it quickly saying he has to find a new job soon since he has a mortgage to pay and to make and he might consider taki...

Bernanke warned about going over the fiscal cliff tuesday saying it could pose a substantial threat to the economy. and we have brand-new weekly jobless numbers out this morning. how will wall street react? well, the opening bell is just ringing so let's get to the market rundown. cnbc's becky quick is here. thank you, becky, for joining us on this wednesday before thanksgiving. what do we know today? >> reporter: you know, luke, what you brought up about ben bernanke was really interesting because the market knows the s fiscal cliff was out there. that's what it's been reacting to. when berna...

Two weeks ago partly due to optimism that a fiscal cliff deal can and maybe will get done. the opening bell is just ringing. so let's get the market rundown, cnbc's becky quick is here with it. good morning, becky. >> reporter: hey, good morning, chris. you're right. we did see a very strong day for the markets yesterday. the dow was up by over 200 points. we will continue with some of that optimism today until we got the news from hewlett-packard. this is shattering news. hewlett-packard is a huge company, a dow component, and it came out this morning and said that it had been looking into au...

That is a massive loss, huge concerns and this is a story you're going to be hearing a lot more about. we also have fed chairman ben bernanke speaking later today at 12:15. he'll be making a speech and that's something the street will be watching closely as well. this morning it looks like we're opening with the dow down by 53 points. chris, i knew i liked you, but you sealed the deal with that def leopard comment. >> i know '80s and '90s power rock ballads better than anyone. we can talk white lion and poison whenever you want. >> reporter: got it. thanks, chris. >> thank you, becky.