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Frustratingly slow. meanwhile, european leaders vented outrage at greek prime minister, george papandreau at a meeting in france, after his call for a greek referendum threw europe's debt plan into chaos. german and french leaders, as well as papandreau himself now describe the vote as greece's decision on whether to remain part of europe. a revolt in papandreau's own government may kill the referendum after a confidence vote tomorrow. back at home, an october jump in private hiring also lifted stocks. banks led by bank of america recovered from recent losses. in earnings, mastercard hit...

In stocks, comcast, the parent company of cnbc and msnbc, topped profit expectations adding 229,000 new customers, and mastercard hit an all-time high after beatings earnings estimates. its shares are up about 50% this year, a rare feat in the struggling financial sector. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now back to "hardball." >> welcome back to "hardball." president obama is keeping the pressure on republicans and calling on them to pass the pieces of his jobs ball, one by one, in fact. today at the key bridge marriott, key bridge here in washington, obama says the transport...