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Speaking of hot, another record performance on wall street sizzling. the mercury is rising, so is the dow. the s&p 500 closed with more than $15 trillion in value. to give you perspective, it's not enough to cover the current year, $17 trillion of national debt. it shows how huge the stock market is. for the year, the dow and s&p gained 19%. the nasdaq rallied 20%. one of the best pulse checks on the global economy will be released this morning, that's general electric earnings. wall street is listening to see what they say about the rest of the year for earnings. analysts expect to see 35 cen...

>> arthel: do we like windows 8? >> yeah. we have a lot of good things to say about it. we think that the touch friendly interface is really interesting and it's kind of the wave of the future for these devices, for all devices. >> arthel: even on cars they have the touch screen. >> absolutely. yeah. so the surface tablet is really interesting. maybe rick can show you. >> rick: yeah. >> snap off the removable keyboard and snap it back on again. they offer you a couple choices of key boards, too. and it has little stand in the back, if you want to use it for work. it's so much easier to use a k...

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The dow, s&p, and nasdaq moving less than a point each. facebook was a winner today after losing ground earlier. it ended nearly 5% higher. apple shares lost about $4 each. the stock is down now more than 23% from its mid september high. and microsoft fell about 2% after ceo steve balmer acknowledged distribution of its surface tablet was modest for its initial launch. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now back to "hardball." ♪ welcome back to "hardball." over the past year we've shown you scores of political ads running the gamut from morgan free ann's dulcet tones at the ...

Out the pen and paper. here are a few. an $1800 battery and pedal powered bike. microsoft's new surface tablet. and what looks like a delicious $40 blue velvet cake. even at 5:00 in the morning. just ahead, bill karins is going to have the all-important weekend weather forecast. plus, how one family in eastern pennsylvania is making the best of being without power. we'll give you some ideas. you're watching "first look" on msnbc.