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the dow finished up thursday, 340 points. this could be the best october in a quarter century. the economy is growing. the gross national product for the third quarter was nearly double the figure from april to june and that's thanks to consumer spending and more business investment. alison kosik will join us in about half an hour for the opening bell, but right now let's talk to global editor at large with reuters. good morning. so, what a difference a day makes. the dow futures are already down this morning and we've learned that whirlpool is cutting 5,000 jobs in north america and...

Call this toll-free number on your screen now... r this free information kit, including this... medicare guide and customized rate quote. martha: too many debates and simply not enough time to get to them all. texas governor rick perry says he will skip a few to spend a little more time on the campaign trail. so what's up with that? brand new hour of "america's newsroom" getting rolling right now. i'm martha maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning, how are you doing. pretty fast hour. martha: sure was. bill: we'll debate this now. perry took a bit of a beatdown at times in the past in t...

economy came out just minutes ago. christine roman has those and then zain verjee looking at reaction to a deal made on the debt crisis and alison kosik at the new york stock exchange where your 401(k) could enjoy a big day. christine, let's go ahead and start with you. before we focus on the big debt deal, if you don't mind, let's talk about what this means. tell us about the economy and the good news we're getting. >> all right, first of all, gdp. how the economy grew in the most recent quarter. the third quarter. 2.5% kyra. that's twice as fast as it was in the second quarter. it ...

they also agreed to boost the eu bailout fund to a trillion euros, details still pretty vague. they're requiring european banks to keep more cash reserves as a cushion against losses. so why should americans care? well i mentioned stocks but that is just the start. my colleague alison kosik has a whole lot more from the new york stock exchange. first, catch us up on the markets, both here and abroad. >> okay. randi, first stocks are at some of their best levels of the session, the dow up 293 points. if you look at this month as a whole, it is shaping up to be among the best ever. t...

don't waste it living someone else's life. >> and top chef from a tiny italian joint downtown to a global food empire and tv career. mario batali will dish on his past and competition and own waistline. this is "piers morgan tonight." walter isaacson author of the biography steve jobs. walter, welcome. >> good to be here. >> a real firestorm. top of the charts. it's selling like hot cakes. it's causing huge debate. you would expect all that because steve jobs is one of the great american business icons in history. it's a fascinating book. when i plucked out some of the adjectives y...