google announced ceo eric schmidt would hand back the reigns to co-founder larry paige. schmidt was called in during google's early days to supervise then 20-something co-founder larry paige and sergei brin. shares were up following the news, which upstaged google's healthy earnings. >>> hewlett-packard is revamping its boardroom with four new directors, including former ebay ceo meg whitman. hp wants to ramp up the foreign-based presence and smooth the transition at the top after the controversial exit of former chief mark herd. >>> well, concerns that china will take steps to slow its economic expansion and commodities and material stocks lower thursday. freeport mcmorings dropped 4%ç despite upbeat earnings, but earnings were offset, and fewer weekly jobless claims. >>> meanwhile, new labor data shows despite double digit unemployment over much of the past two years over a million foreign-born workers found jobs in the u.s., many of them illegally. >>> back on the street, morgan stanley shares shot up after healthy fourth quarter earnings reports. bank of america sh