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image problem for gm. a new widely watched industry survey ranks gm the worst automaker. first to sue at the new york stock exchange. and we have a rally on the street, ty, the dow hitting an all-time high. dow jones industrial average last traded up 92 points. we have been up triple digits several times during the says. transports a new all-time high, a 1.5% up for the trannies. the s&p 500 intraday high up, nasdaq is up almost 1.5%, so the transports outpacing it on a percentage gain, but not by much. a ten-year yield is down to 2.64%. bob pisani is here to gives you the trading action where the bulls are firmly in charged. >> it's an -- why are we you will today? we shouldn't be up. they hate this rally.

let me give you three or four reasons. >> they're very curmudgeon-y today. >> they've been that way for years. the biotech names, the nasdaq, internet index, a lot of shorting going on in that space when this kind of move happens, 2.5, 3%, you get short covering going on. there's been concerns about cajun spreading from the russell 2000, a lot of bears are saying barons are down, home builders are down. s&p is up over 1%, but the retailers have suffered. that is true. that's a sort of concern, but today that's not happening, either. banks and home builders, retailers, all on the up side. that sector is up today, 1.5, everybody is up more than 1 pshz. ten-years yield, when we drop below 2.6, we have problem. when it's over 2.6, the market

seems to behave better. finally, sue, china and india have had two great nights. over 2% for shanghai. bombay is up, the elections are over there. we haven't got the results yet, but mod -- the opinion polls indicates that modda is in the league and he's perceived to be market friendly. >> and economically progressive. thank you, bob. see you in a little bit. almost a 1.5% gain for the nasdaq. right now up about 57, almost 58 points on the trading session. seema mody is uptown, following the movers. >> good afternoon, sue. markets are in rally mode. the nasdaq is the clear outperformer, up about 57 points on the day. this has skeptics continue to stay on bubble watch. three specific sectors pushing the nasdaq higher. first internet stocks, bob was mentioning those as well.

some of those large-cap names, google, yahoo, ebay, which have been under pressure, rebounding today, biotech also a sort of strepgt, though jpmorgan wrote that sentiment across the sector remains quite fragile, and an underwhelming first quarter earnings season. social media also a bright spot. twitter which has been under pressure as of late. its recent lockup expiration, today suntrust upgraded the stock to buy from neutral. also skm upgraded pandora. lastly, keep an eye on u.s. listed indian stocks. all higher across the board. we've been seeing a rally in indians stocks on the past couple months results due on may 16th happy of them watch some of those big u.s.-listed name. the dow hitting an all-time high, what are the stocks

driving it from its previous peak. now, we're looking back, what, how far? >> just a month. april 4th was the last time we had an intraday high. it hasn't been that long. remember during the time we had a couple percentage point correction. i say that loosely, because everyone thought it would materialize into something bigger, we're back up to all-time highs. it's been an interesting move. a 7% pullback the first two months of the year and then we're back up to record highs twice so far. if you're looking at the symptoms moving the action, since april 4th until today, a number of big blue chip names, because they're all blue chips. 3m, one of cramer's top picks, right? up 5% in that one month and a half-ish we'll call it. chevron, a big move here. mcdonald's 5% to the up side, you can call them discretionary if you want, but they're a base restaurant company serving at

least the mid kale the down scale side of the market, and travelers on the insurance side, best performer in the dow over the past five or six weeks. if you look at what's driving the down side, this is where it gets interested. united health group, one a real big darling, down about 5% during the course of that time. then pfizer on the drug side, of course, headlines of them trying to maybe buy astrazeneca. that's pushing the stock down 9%, and jpmorgan, on the bank side, you heard bob saying the banking maybe have struggled a bit. that's one of the them. jeff morrow morgan. now, tyler, the interesting point about this, with the dow, remember it's a price-weighted index, which means the stock that is have the biggest share prices move the most. we saw chevron, and other big names in the triple-digit realm. >> ibm. >> but the ones, boeing,

caterpillar, some names, they've had some nice gains over the past month and they're triple-digit stocks, which means they are helping to drive the upside performance. >> appreciate it very much, dominic. down to you, sue. we're going to continue the conversation, because stocks are rallying, the dow trading at a new high, after flirting with correction territory, just last week. so should investors, given all the market volatility trust this volatility? a four-star portfolio joins me with ashton lake partners, and richwise, where he oversees $23 by onin assets across several four-star funds. great team to have with us today. rick, i'm going to start with you. you were able to take advantage of the correction as the russ the 2000 flirted with that correction territory. how did you do it? >> we run an alternative fund to fund. a number of our managers had

been building up tech stocks, biotech, so they were basically short the hype and long substance, and that paid off solidly. >> so what would you do in a market that seems to have turned, earnings are mostly behind us. they were okay, but of course the expectations were pretty low. >> there's a couple things we're looking at. we're looking at a smoother ride. a lot of -- smoothing the ride is key. so we actually have an emphasis on long/short equities. investors are moving back on the long time for companies with substance, companies with different growth, and they've been tiptoeing away from the overhyped stories that have ruled the market. >> rich, are you finding value in this market? how do valuations look to you? >> they seems to be getting topi here. we've ridding this bull market for the last several years and continue to be positioned fairly bullish overweighting equities

and other risk assets. valuation metrics, however, now anywhere near as compelling as they one were. the tenor of the bull is changing, so we are seeing a rotation, and we are rotating our positions from what's essential a tug of war between mid cycle stocks and some of the later defensive-oriented issues. >> you're also pretty defensively hedged correctly? >> yes, that's right, we've been pulling back on durations more recently, taking on economic risk, but shying away from interest rate risk, given the probability, if not likelihood of higher rates this year. >> so, rick, let me turn to you then. one, do you like any area of fixed income or strictly staying away from that, even as a hedging vehicle? >> well, we're looking at a couple areas, we have a focus on long short credit, in the same way investors are distinguishing

winners and lose we're doing the same thing on the fixed-income side. there's plenty of richly pride -- >> what about reits, very quickly? >> reits have been fairly richly valued. we're looking at our types of related securities. a couple years ago in the u.s. we saw a big rally. we see similar things happening in europe, so we're looking for those pockets of opportunity. >> okay. thank you so much. rick and rich. appreciate it. let's send it back to dominic chu. >> let's check out some of the big stocks, the pinnacle foods story, soaring on news it will be acquired by hillshire brands. hillshire is down about 5%. but check out other packaged food companies, thinks hain celestial, annie's all the moving high, rbc says the deal

has a ripple effect. investors are still watching some big flash points around the world. and michelle caruso-cabrera is here. let's start with the ukraine where pro-moscow protesters are if declaring victory. >> yesterday's referendum was chaotic. clearly the counting of ballots were skeptical, but a vast majority of people vote to do join and be independent from key jif. so far russia has been sitant. that's the key thing at this point. what is russia going to do. there has been violence over the weekend, nor does it look like

they'll annex these two regions either? >> that makes florida look really good, man, i tell actual. there they are. all right. all right. >> let's move on to nigeria, a truly tragic story there, with the kidnapping of more than 200 young girls. the latest is a video that's surfaced. >> released by the girls' kid p kidnappers. boko haram has put out the video, them praying and reading from the -- based on the m.o. of this group, they think the video is authentic. they're proposing a video swap. the girls can be traded for boko ha ram individuals who are in prison right now. >> and to india, the election is

over. now the counting begins. what a count that must be. >> more than 800 million voters. >> world's largest democracy they used to call it. >> and record turnout. they're going to start counting on friday. they'll get it done in one day. the bottom line today is the exit polls came out, and if they are correct, because they've been wrong in the past, not just in the united states, norindra modi would be the next prime minister. he's considered pro-business. that's why we seen the indian market rally pretty sharpley. as a result, that's why you see -- >> 5% over the last week. wow, that's amazing. and in thailand, a change in regime. >> a mess. the opposition leader has actually moved into the corporate palace, but not actually occupying the room of the leadership, because nobody

has actually been electioned. one newspaper declared the country as thai-tanic. the reason we care about thailand, so sound unseemly about it, when it comes to business news, is there's a huge supply chain issue, we learned that in the flooding in 2011, when we saw toyota have to stop production, when apple had to slow down production, so whenever something happens in thailand, you have to see what kind of impact it might have. so far, nothing, but we keep watching. thanks, michelle. back to sue. >> thank you guys very much. samsung, aig, nasdaq, all facing leadership questions. who are the next generation of corporate leaders out there? we'll talk about that. plus ibm's ceo saying the tech giant is -- the stock is up 1.25% today. what exactly is going on at but blue, a and should you be owns

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trading today, so again core labs very much a focus for investors, sue. back over to you. >> thank you very much, dom. samsung, aig, nasdaq facing leadership questions right now. what does it say about the next generation of corporate leaders? insight from former medtronics ceo bill george who serves as director at exxon mobil, also a professor at harvard and bob herbold joins us, running a consultancy and serves on the board of directors at agilent technologies. what a team. glad to have you both. bill, i want to start with you. let's start with sam suns. that's such an interesting company. there's talk of patent infringement, all sorts of issues.

people are wondering whether they have the right secession plan in place. >> this is basically a family-owned company. chairman lee took over from his father, now he's getting ready to pass the reins over to his son jay widely. i think it's a logical transition. he's well trained. he's been in the job 27 years, but samsung has done an amazing job and you have to say that chairman lee is the big gates of korea. they've done a fantastic job competing with apple. they're the only ones that have. so i think you have to give them a lot of credit. i feel badly about his heart attack. maybe he should have transitioned a few years ago, but i think it is time. >> bob, would you agree with most of what bill said? >> yeah, absolute ly i i would only add one element. even when you have a seasoned

insider at times, you don't have the technology spark that you need. there are a lot of people who raise questions in this regard, in regard to tim cook at apple. >> right. but also the new guy at the top at microsoft as well, bob. >> absolutely. it was a long, drawn-out and very difficult decision on their part, primarily for the fact that you've got two needs with these technology companies. you need a first-class ceo, but you need a technology leader. you look at companies like ibm and say, wow, hmm, this must be a tough task to line up that kind of talent, because frankly they're struggling. >> yeah, they are, and the ceo admits that, too. >> if i may add a comment to bob, i agree with you totally, bob. i think we're seeing for that reason companies are staying inside. frankly if you are a former company, i was pleased they

chose him. i think alan mullally is one of the great ceos of the world, but he's not a tech guy. you saw what happened to your former competitors at hewlett-packard with four outsiders in a row, none of whom have proven they can master that tech giants, so boards are shifting, we're seeing it very much at hps, that they're new ceos who have gone from 50/50 outsiders versus insiders to more about 90/10 of staying inside and finding someone who is operationally sound. >> bob, i'll get your take on aig. bob benmosche inherited an extremely difficult situation and any extremely large company. he has managed to right the ship quite nicely. >> um-hmm. when you see these bankrupt companies, they almost have to go to the outside to bring in fresh blood. general motors did. the outsider, if he does it

well, even lou at ibm, i think it's important that that he prepare the insiders credit bob for preparing to competitively compete for the job, but boards are pressing upstream. we need the candidate rather than waiting until the last minute. i think it's very wise, and it's a good trend. >> bob, if i can finish up with you, on the nasdaq it appears as though they are going to the outside, and they are starting a little earlier than some people thought they would to bill's just previous point. >> yeah, absolutely. >> it's a very, very different task. you not only have to get a good ceo candidate, you have to have a person that you judge can adapt to the culture quickly, can learn the customer set, can learn the industry set, can gain

the confidence of the peers and subordinates. there are a lot of dimensions and consequently risks to reaching for the outside. that's why i think bill's statistics are bearing up these dates. it's a very risky proposition. >> adina friedman has two years in advance to take a look at the business. that's an interesting business, because it's a financial services business, but very much a technology business as well, so it kind of fits in along with the samsungs and microsofts of the world. guys, thank you so much. appreciate it. up to you. >> sue, thank you. one u.s. automaker making a bit after comeback while its rival takes a beating. phil lebeau has the story. >> good news and bad news for the big three or at least two of the big three. chrysler reported earnings thor, meanwhile, general motors continues to struggle, this time on the supplier front. we'll tell you why one survey gave gm a poor rating.

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of these companies could qualify. tyler, because over to you. >> very interesting. some good and not so good news. chrysler reporting strong numbers in the first quarter. phil lebeau joins you from chicago. details please, sir. >> tyler, chrysler is on a roll right now. full earnings last week. well, today it was strictly the cry her numbers. overall chrysler reported a profit for the first quarter when you exclude special items, as it continues to restructure, but excluding those, they posted a profit of 486 million. look at the increase in revenue. up to $19 billion. really on most metrics, chrysler is on a roll. market share compare that with a 11.7% in the u.s. jeep sales, that is not a misprint. up 46.5% this year, the market overall is up maybe 5% or 6%,

worldwide sales up 10%. this is all a number of factors that have put into the reasons why fiat, if you look at this chart, yeah it's fallen over, but if you look at that chart, a lot of people are optimistic, fiat, they have a number of challenges, but a number of things going their way. let's switch to general motors, of course, battles that recall crisis, now another image problem on its hands in the form of a new survey. what are the details there? >> it's an annual survey done by planning perspectives. basically they look at all of the suppliers in the auto industry. there are how thousands of them. they survey them on everybody from how well do you work with the auto makers, how are they in terms of handling intellectual property rights, and the latest results from 2014, the top three were the japanese auto makers, the bottom three, there you see them, forechrysler, dead last,

general motors, the only one of the big six there, if you will, that got a poor rating. now the japanese auto makers, they're doing a better job of working closer with u.s. suppliers, and they also have relationships that last longer. so that's a big difference. they're really starting to accentuate that difference right now when it comes to the differences in the suppliers with the big three versus the japanese three. take a look at shares of toyota versus general motors, generally moving in tandem with each other. the important thing to know, when you look at the japanese auto makers verse gm and the others, they have half the number of suppliers of gm and ford and chrysler that's why there's more issues for the big three than the japanese auto makers don't forget to tune in sunday night for cnbc's special record called "failure to recall, investigating gm." sunday may 18th at 10:00 p.m. the gold market had a bit

under it, tyler. as prices go into the close, a bit of a bit, up $8 on the gold market, silver is up better than 2%, as is copper, so those are the two leaders of the pack, and palladium is up almost a full%, so there is some action in the metals markets today. the nasdaq has been of the three major indices the biggest percentage womener today. let's go back to seema mody. >> hey, sue respect that's right, we are seeing this resurgence in the tech sector. that's what's-the nasdaq outperform. of course, the big question s. does this set the tone for what to expect later this week, a flurry of -- so that should help clarify or engage investor sentiment when it comes to tech. in terms of what's driving the nasdaq, take a look at shares of apple, obviously in focus. merrill lynch analyst scott craig said that apple's

acquisition of beats for $3.2 billion is expensive and out of character. so that's one sales analyst providing his commentary in response to that reported deal. large-cam names like google, yahoo, amazon, rebounding today. we've been talking about the biotech index as well. is the ibb up about 2%, social media also in the green. those two stocks on the move as well. sue and tyler? >> thank you, seema. let es go out to chicago. rick san telle, covering the currency market, the bond market and almost everything else for us today. hey, ricky. >> don't we love all the markets. the tens up several basis points. now, before i get to the next

chart we're at 11.a-week highs on the yield. let's also include the dollar index, so you see when the last time tens were up, not that long ago, but since the ecb meeting, it seems the dollar index and interest rates are normalizing a bit. we want to pay attention to that. back to europe. over the last several days, we could see that it's widening again. the ten-year wide is around 120, 121 and open a chart up to ten years, we're hovering just several basis points below that figure. this really is what's valuing much of the long end in the u.s., a relative value trade, because our yields are so much higher, 9 1/2 years higher to be exact. tyler, back to you. >> rick, thank you very much. ibm's ceo says the company has hit a rocky patch, but is notice poised for growth. should you believe her? should you be in the stock? we will tell you how to play that one. speak of playing, he's a hunter

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we have a triple-digit advance, we're up 102 points, the dow and trannies, up 126 points at this point, hitting all-time highs this morning. bob pisani and kenny polcari are here with me. >> we were curious about what forced it, and what forced with was the lack of the crash after that vote, the lack of bloodshed, the lack of an out-of-control situation. it gave people a sense, the market already knows it and.

>> yet. the market is very accustomed to it. >> they're talking about expanding the chinese. >> that will help. >> any kind of stimulus, anything they talk about over there really helps move things. we're seeing stability now, like biotech, the index is much more stable in the last two weeks. you'll see a few moving up and down, but it's more stable. bank stocks heading south, a little more stable now, retailers stocks. >> just the enter net space. >> but banks, home builders, retailers are separate groups. that's when you start to see big retailers big bank stocks moving down. there's a while where that was a bit of an issue. all those groups are up today. so i think the cajun question is a little quieter right now.

you can't have the russell going down and the s&p goes up all the time. i kept say usually what happens is the russell eventually stops going down. that's not happening. >> but we're almost out of earnings season. >> and we didn't get anything out of the blue in earnings season. 22% missed, the rest just came in light. there's nothing new. the same story every quarter. >> and lowered expectations. >> i leif when people talk about the internet names. these stocks are down 40%, so with a 3% or 4% rally, they're still down 35%. >> they are. the reason i bring it up, though, is a very influential analyst upgraded twitter, which has led everybody to believe that perhaps is a bottom in that stock. >> understood. >> to your point they're still done >> and they may still be overvalued, if you don't want to way three, four, five years for them to start producing earnings, they may still be overvalued. >> the important thing is if we

get a period where we're entering a better economy and it's still not clear, but if we do, you don't have to pay that much for the growth names. other names are more attractive. it's the growth ver value debate. everybody thinks just growth stocks is the only thing to buy. value is a particularly reasonable alternative, particularly when you economy may be grows. >> and expecting it to turn around. >> and a lot of economic news this week. retail sales, cpi, ppi. >> manufacturing. >> we'll actually have a much better read of the economy by the enof the week. thanks, guys, very much. thank you, folks. jenny rho metti tells "new york times" the tech giant is facing a rocky time, but it's poised for growth. but struggled a bit over the

past year, all you see, down about 6% in a generally rising market. how should investors play? jim subba covering the stock. do you like what mids rometti is saying and doing? >> it's great to see you, tyler. to be honest, ibm is a big company. they've got to reinvent themselves from the old technology to the new cloud initiatives. they've got a lot to do. we think there's a lot of effort and work ahead, but we're not counting them down and out. what she's done so far, focusing on the cloud, big data, thing likes that, you think those are constructive moves, but i'm sensing you're not ready to buy the stock, in fact you downgraded it? >> correct. we think there has to be faster, the cloud is moving very fast and the competitive headwinds are. we ground graded the stock.

we do expect ibm on wednesday to talk about the strength of the cash flow, to take that to move faster to the cloud area ahead, but we do think she is doing the right moves. >> in the 1980s and 1990s, are they in a better place to face today's challenges than they were at that time, two, three decades ago? >> without a question, yes. the company has even more cash, more cash flow. it's a lot more global, and companies are relying on ibm and infrastructure for computing more and more today. yes, they are absolutely in a better position, but they have to continue to reinvent themselves. you know, they sold the pc division many years ago, they're in the process of selling the server business, we think the company will continue to reinvent itself. to invest in the stock today, we want more upside catalyst. >> on a scale of 1 to 10, ms.

rometti, how confident are you that she's up to the job, with 10 being the most confident? >> i would give her an 8 right now. she's made some tough decisions. selling the server business to le nova, i think that was a hard decision. to make acquisition to go into the cloud, those are different decisions. i think she's the person for the job. however, i think investors want results sooner than than later. i think there's still time to wait. >> jim, very clear answers. thanks for that. we appreciate it. >> great to see you. sue, down to you. >> ty, coming up, we're going to talk about a hot city mess, the srirachi saw battle is heating up. hi, scott. >> all you need to know about the battle to be one of america's top states for business is in this little bolts, the bottle of sir ratcha

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likely will stay here, we're only talking about 80 jobs full time, but, when the exude huy for this foods got into a dispute over the smell here, states have founded. jason villaba is here, leading a group from texas, very active. they are touring the factory, trying to preach the texas advantage. >> expansion is probably the first step, a move of this magnitude cannot be done in one fell swoop. it usually -- we call it the texas two-step. the first step is to come to texas, expand, after getting a chance to see what it means to conduct business, and later down the road consider moving the entire operation to texas. >> texas has had a lot bigger successes in terms of getting

jobs from california, now el about the toyota facilities that are moving, hundreds and hundreds of jobs, as well as occidental petroleum that's moved from california to texas. here's california by the numbers. you can see where the problem is, our top ranks overall 47, the most expensive state in the union, the third worst for -- where california shines is technology and access to capital. how does texas compare? it's never finished below number two. it still, though, is not great for costs of doing business but texas shines in the infrastructure and its economy. that's what they're preaching here today. we are crunching our numbers for top states of 2014, which will come to cnbc next month. >> scott, a quick follow-up. one of the complaints has been about the aroma. do you smell anything? >> reporter: nothing out here, but they're not in the pressing season, that's like november to march. then supposedly it is pretty

bad. we went into the plant. we could certainly smell some areas where, you know, you kind of did one of these, and if you grab this thing and you take a whiff of it, you definitely smell it. you can see where that comes into play. the owner of the factory here, david tran has says, he does believe, after hearing from the representative here that if he were in texas, he wouldn't necessarily have the kinds of disputes that he's having here. that doesn't mean necessarily that he's going to move. >> thanks very much, scott. former treasury secretary tim geithner tess cnbc that americans must be more confidence in the banking system, donald sterling issues an apology, and putin's power play. stay tuned. we'll be right back. just take a closer look. it works how you want to work. with a fidelity investment professional... or managing your investments on your own. helping you find new ways to plan for retirement.

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>> americans should be more confident, safe from the failures of individual firms. we're much closer to that reality than any time in the last 30 years. banks are forced to run much more capital. we limit the side. no individual bank keg more than 10% of the banks system through acquisition. that's a much tougher constraint that exists anywhere around the world. so i think our system today is a much safer, more resilient system. >> kayla, maybe so, but i'm not sure the mainstream would agree. those of us who follow it, you follow banks so closely know that, yes, the capital improvements have been made, the cushion is there, et cetera, et cetera, but still a disconnect between wall street and mainstream. >> they're regulating a problem that happened before, but the capital would help to safeguard if the crisis came in the same fashion. the real culprit was leverage. you banking are bigger and there

are a lot of firms still leveraged, especially private equity firms and some shadow banks that are actually not regulated as closely. >> there's definitely more constraints in banks b. but too big to fail -- do you have any doubt if citigroup was under the verge of going under that the government would step in? that worries me. >> right. >> so i agree, the system is safer, but too big to fail still exists out there, i think. let's move on to the next topic, donald sterling making a public apology. see what he had to say on cnn's anderson cooper's 360. >> i'm apologizing. am i entitled to one mistake after 35 years? i mean, i love my league, my partners, am i entitled to one mistake? it's a terrible mistake, and i'll never do it again. >> the present owner of the clippers, but you know, bob,

i'll start with you. he has a checkered past in terms of comments he has made, which is one of the reasons why the league came down so hard on mr. sterling in this particular instance. >> i'm sorry, i'll never do it again? this isn't like i drank too much and told a dirty joke in the public. everybody gives you a pass on that, but this is not i'm sorry -- this is an ingrained attitude that he has. >> that's what i'm saying. >> even if he would have said, listen, i've had this attitude a long time, i ed to change that, even that may not have been enough, but at least moving in the right direction. >> yes you're entitle to do one mistake, but character is how you act when no one is looking. >> good point. >> that's what was so start, unless it had been caught on camera or caught on a recording, probably no one would have held his feet to the fire on this. >> absolutely. third topic, russian president vladimir putin getting in the rink at a hockey game, leading

his team to a 21-4 victory. mr. putin himself setting six goals. just to show he's a good teammate, five assists. all right, you know, who's really going to go up against putin if you're the goalie? wouldn't you just cave? >> even the goalie, when you watch these clips, you see the defenders are keeping quite a dance between themselves and putin. >> nobody's getting -- i didn't see putin getting checked anywhere in any of these highlights. >> not only is he the president, but also the former head of the kgb. i rest my case. that's it. >> when a personal gets this big, you can go four minutes into the game, six goals, nobody checks you. >> when's the last time you saw a hockey game with a 21-4 score. >> that being said when people play basketball with president obama, they probably behave in the same way. >> but he didn't win 200-80,

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