it says, as sharp as a tack, murdoch makes his points at levinson press inquiry, had he been sharp as a tack? >> it was a very different day today. the first day was interesting, and we have james murdoch first on tuesday, and there was ill disguised glee around news corp on how well he did, not so much more the testimony in the room, but for the release of a bunch of documents which just turned the attention on to, what ministers had been doing, and their advisors during this, so all of the headlines, 24 hours ago in london were about the behavior of the culture minister and his office. which is much better from the headlines being about the murdochs from news corp's point of view. on rupert murdoch's first day of testimony, he managed to parry all of the attacks with sort of his trademark barbs and jokes and little punches that, at enemies and sort of a vague dismissal of any sense that, you know, wow could take the idea seriously -- >> rose: it should be pointed out this was mainly about what kind of access he had to british politicians. >> the theme. >> rose: other than you sat do

it says, as sharp as a tack, murdoch makes his points at levinson press inquiry had he been sharp as a tack? >> it was a very different day today. the first day was interesting, and we have james murdoch first on tuesday and there was ill disguised glee around news corp on how well he did, not so much more the testimony in the room, but for the release of a bunch of documents which just turned the attention on to, what ministers had been doing, and their advisors during this so all of the headlines, 24 hours ago in london were about the behavior of the culture minister and his office. which is much better from the headlines being about the murdochs from news corp's point of view. on rupert murdoch's first day of testimony, he managed to parry all of the attacks with sort of his trademark barbs and jokes and little punches that, at enemies and sort of a vague dismissal of any sense that, you know, wow could take the idea seriously -- >> rose: it should be pointed out this was mainly about what kind of access he had to british politicians. >> the theme. >> rose: other than you sat down

drew levinson is here with that and more. >> good morning to you. china's economic growth fell to its lowest level in three years but that news did not seem to send chills through the overseas markets. tokyo's nikkei jumped more than 1%. hong kong's hang seng climbed nearly 2%. after wall street stock snapped a five-day losing streak on wednesday, stocks surged on thursday. the dow gained 181 points to get within 13,000 once again. the nasdaq added 39. >>> and google gave investors more good news after the closing bell. the internet company released a better than expected earnings report. google also announced it will split its stock make. ing its shares more affordable to more investors. >>> goldman sachs has agreed to pay $22 million to settle charges it improperly shared confidential research. government regulators say between 2006 and 2011 goldman analyst passed along the information to a select list of vip clients. last year the investment firm paid $10 million to settle similar charges in massachusetts. >>> postal workers are rallying against

drew levinson is here in new york with that and more. good morning. >> good morning. overseas stocks continue to slide. tokyo's nikkei lost less than half a percent. hong kong's hang seng fell more than 1%. >>> wall street's longest slump of 2012 continued tuesday with the worst day of the year. the dow fell for a fifth straight day losing 213 points. nasdaq lost nearly 2%, falling 55 points. investors got good news after the markets closed. aluminum manufacturer alocoa reported larger than expected profits in the first quarter. alocoa sells aluminum to a wide range of companies and is often considered an indicator of where the economy is headed. >>> problems continue to pile up for best buy. ceo brian dunn abruptly resigned on tuesday after the company launched an investigation into his personal conduct. news of the investigation turned off investors. best buy's shares fell almost 6% yesterday. the electronics chain recently announced it was cutting hundreds of jobs and closing 50 of its big box stores. >>> in a move to deter smartphone theft, major wireless companie