harley-davidson has been making motorcycles for 108 years. 45% of the hogs on the road in this countryleys. and their market share is actually increasing from there. in fact, during the great recession, the dealers networks of competitors were hit so hard that the company managed to pick up share, grabbed it, getting an additional 10% of the market because their brand was better known and their business more resilient. to illustrate what i'm talking about here, let me read you this tremendous tidbit from harley-davidson's chief financial officer john olin, the guy in the green eye shades who does the numbers. and i quote, it's much more than a motorcycle. it's about a lifestyle. it's about the feeling that you get when you are on a motorcycle or associated with harley. and it's about freedom, independence, irreverence. and most of all about rebellion. even harley's 50-year-old cfo talks this way like he is riding in a motorcycle gang with the hells angels. loyalty here is amazing. my best friend haley has two harleys and he's got this dog. he named that harley too. even i know harley i

harley-davidson, i did not know anything about that until i read it in the newspaper a week before, two weeks before. some lady heard the music and the sound, whenever you want to call it -- i call on friday afternoon and the person was very nice. nothing happened. i called for talks -- saturday morning. the person was very nice and nothing happened. i e-mail eric mar., and the mayor's office -- supervisor mar: i know that they said they had methods to try to address it right away. sometimes the speakers are dealing with other things. >> we could hear the music with an hour -- we could not even listen to television, it was so loud in our place. i have a solution, the entertainment commission has a sound engineer and they should go through them. the entertainment commissioner engineers should be in charge of the sound, so that there is an independent. even the police, when i call, they have no say in the sound, because it is issued by park in iraq. i think there needs to be some control of the south. i am happy to have them. but we need to do something about the sound. [tone] supervisor

my family and i were here cruising on harley-davidsons with rolling thunder which is the rally, the rallyo honor america's finest, our united states military, our veterans of war. [ applause ] nothing says america louder or prouder than chopped harley hogs driven by our heroes, those vets. now, when we were here last, my husband todd he was able to drive one of those 400,000 machines that day. he traded in the bike though for a snow machine this week. he's back home gearing up for his 2,000 mile race across alzheime alaska, the iron dog, so he couldn't be here. but bristow and willow are here with me today. i'm glad they're with us. you know why rolling thunder chose washington for their rally? they wanted to make their engines the choice. and that's why cpac started back in the 1970s. they wanted the republican party to hear us. at the 1975 cpac, ronald reagan, he laid out a blue print for rebuilding the gop under a banner of bold colors, not pale pastels. ever since then, cpac has been the rally for conservative action and that's why i am glad to be here today with all of you conservati

the last time i was in d.c., my family and i were here cruising on harley-davidson.h rolling thunder. americans finest, our united states military. our veterans of war. [cheers and applause] nothing says america louder and a browder then those harley- davidson hogs driven by events. my husband is back home during up for his 2,000 mile race across alaska. he could not make this trip. my girls are here though. they were here with me. and rolling thunder. bristol and willow. i am glad they are with us. do you know why they chose washington for their rally? they wanted to make their engines their voice. do you know why rolling thunder rally? they wanted to make their engines their voice. that is why cpac started in the 1970's. at the 1975 cpac, ronald reagan laid out a blueprint for banner of bold colors. ever since then, cpac has been the rally for conservative action. that is why i am glad to be here today with all of you. the conservative movement has never been stronger or brighter. the federal government has never cast a bigger shadow. for the last three years, we h

ross stores -- harley davidson. i hate harley davidson. have you seen that stock?> if i had buttons and sound effects, i would play them right now. i can picture this on "mad money," 6:00 p.m. eastern time. >> thank you very much. >> you say something in the effect of folks, if you think you're going to sell everything that has too much exposure to $5 a gallon gas like what happened a few years ago, that would be an investing mistake. >> exactly. that's my theme. i take my cue from stocks. and nike here at 105. i'm coming back again and again to what don't you need that you're paying for? do you need a fancy stereo system? do you need a personal calcul e calculator that tells you where you are when you're hiking in the woods? cabela's? you don't hike in the woods when you're hurting. it costs a fortune just to get to cabela's. it's 90 miles away from everybody. >> this garmin heart rate monitor is spiking by the way. >> nicole, she's the marathoner, i said why is this going up again? >> the watch. >> the watches are great. >> the watches are booming. >> maybe execu

at this harley davidson motorcycle plant in wisconsin, the company is encouraging their assembly line workers to shape up, so they don't break down. >> basically, it's like being on the football field, you get injured, team doctors look at you, get you back on the field as quickly as possible. >> reporter: twice a week, debbie, a machinist, goes to physical therapy before she starts work. >> right here. >> reporter: at the plant and paid for by harley, for treatment for a muscle she tore on the job. >> if you're healthy enough and strong enough, i can work another ten years if i wanted. >> reporter: it's not just a perk, it's good business. studies show older workers take fewer sick day, they are less likely to quit and tend to deal better with customers. at duke energy in north carolina, it takes up to eight year and a lot of money to fully train a line technician. half the teches over 50 years of age. >> these are very valuable folks. we want to keep them working as long as we can for our benefit and theirs. so everyone fbegins the work da with a mandatory stretching session, a good

he made the pledge for $98,000 along with a harley- davidson motorcycle he made the gesture as his film good deeds opens across the country the pastor and his congregation will travel to the ice theater to see the 730 show of this movie to show appreciation to the good deed of tyler perry his fund-raising efforts are not over after the property gets acquired and the martell demolished the new beginnings congregation must raise the money to build this community center that they hope will transform this neighborhood a bake shout out to tyler perry thank-you coming up next a dozen people are killed in the bloodiest day of protests after the desecration of the muslim holy book by nato forces and federal authorities launched their own investigation into the penn state sex abuse scandal involving former assistant football coach jerry sandusky plus we have the latest on the if you use a cpap device to control your sleep apnea liberty medical has important news for you. neglecting to change your mask cushion and filters every 3 to 6 months reduces their safety and effectiveness due to stretchin

find out more at sunnyd.com >> milwaukee's harley davidson useum.at 's y believe is the world largest bacon, beaut butter, and banana sandwich. the sandwich was cut up and sold bacon fest and it raised a little money to help out. that.ould try eah, why not? >> i like beaut butter and banana. 5:6 right now. you could say part of our web dogs.s going to the to check out ited the underwater dog photo gallery. a view of man's best friend from a view not often seen from underwater. >> more stuff on line if you out there. k it >> coming up, metro wants to hear from you about a proposed fare increase. etails coming up in a live report. o we'll check in with lisa baden once again. here's a look downtown. doesn't look like anybody is at work yet. lackers. >> we're back after this. it was like i was a kid again. i won this 30 years ago and two the nominees were not even conceived. >> just ahead, we go behind-the- scenes for hollywood's biggest we will take a look of at the 84thers annual academy awards. all things oscar. >> you will of a chance tonight metro

last time i was in the d.c., my family and i were here cruising on harley-davidsons. the rally to honor america's finest, our veterans. when we were here last, my husband was able to drive one of those 400,000 machines that day. he is back home, gearing up for the race across alaska. my girls are here, though. i am glad they are with us. do you know why rolling thunder chose washington for their rally? they wanted to make their engines their voice. that is why cpac started in the 1970's. conservatives wanted the republican party to hear us. at the 1975 cpac, ronald reagan laid out a blueprint for rebuilding the gop under a banner of bold colors. ever since then, cpac has been the rally for conservative action. that is why i am glad to be here today with all of you. [applause] the conservative movement has never been stronger or brighter. the federal government has never cast a bigger shadow. for the last three years, we have been waving a banner that says "don't tread on me." [applause] our movement, it is bigger than one person. it is bigger than one candidate. it is

but same with harley davidson. you could do without a new harley. how about this one, urban outfitters. ever been to one of their stores? you know you can skip all three if you are feeling crimped at the pump, expensive t-shirts, funny looking sunglasses. these aren't imperative if you don't have a lot of change left after filling up. and apple, iphone, ipad, not cheap either. let me give you five reasons why the exportion price at the you pump hasn't impacted us and it might not until gas goes procedure ya appreciably higher. all of the spending stocks are going up, and they should be going down. people betting against them are getting crushed. so far in 2012, markets have an unbelievable start, doesn't have the jive with the gasoline-induced slowdown that everyone tells she happening. first, the economy is really growing here and that means there is hiring going on. last time we had gasoline going up this high, we had housing crash and a credit crunch to deal with. a good economy gone bad. now bad going to good economy, and growth, and its attenda

a chevy camaro, a harley-davidson as well as a ring and a gold medal. wow. may be a little bit of tums to go with that. >> from the wing bowl to the super bowl, nbc bay area is your official home for super bowl xlvi. our pregame coverage starting bright and early at 10:00 a.m. laura is grooving, so is christina. directly following you want to stick around for the premier of "the voice." then a full hour of local news. you stopped. >> what are you talking about? >> we're preparing for a look at the forecast. meteorologist christina loren. >> he was the one dancing. trying to pawn it off on us. we're looking pretty good right now. it's cold. grab a jacket. look how clear it is over the bay bridge. the golden gate bridge shows a little bit of fog on the live camera this morning so you'll find patchy areas out there. we're looking good overall. mostly clear start making way to a gorgeous afternoon. thanks, guys, you can see that. starting to lose visibility but it's not too bad. the areas where we are expecting fog will be over the local bridges over the next th

harly dav lley-davidso harley-davidson, not getting a lot of action.et gear beat on top and bottom line. the stock down 1.25% on that. light technologies, guidance below consensus. up a third of a percent. maria, back to you. >> that's great stuff. i'm fascinated by this list of companies with no debt and high cash levels, brian. >> yeah. >> the number one company is apple. $30 billion in cash. that's 22% of assets. >> what are they going to do with it is the key. >> that is the question. >> i want to point out a lot of things i've been following with the price action getting so high. when are we going to start talking about good old-fashioned stock splits. >> yeah. >> they have all this cash. they've got to do something to spark it a little bit. i feel like that needs to be in the conversation a little more as well. >> that's a great point. we'll be watching for that. pay. we'll see about that. 'tis the season as we approach the season of annual meetings. see you later. high yielding dividend stocks may be out of favor now, but investor demand for bon

customers from harley davidson to apple inc. its ever- improving line of laser-driven metal cutting machines, some $2.7 billion worth last year. the family-owned firm devotes 8% of those annual revenues to r&d to keep its innovation edge. but they invest even more in their 9,000-person workforce. like most german firms, do you trumpf hires them young-- after the equivalent of 10th grade for a rigorous, three-year combined training and schooling program, with a five-year commitment to work at the company afterwards. most stay far longer, and many go on to become managers. apprentice simon richter is 19. >> i applied for training because i like the mechanical work not only the theoretical stuff at school. so always the same at school and you don't know what do you for math for in your life later? >> reporter: so do you think you have a good future ahead of you? >> yes, i have, because there >> reporter: trumpf keeps the apprentice program going even in hard times, as when the 2008 global financial crisis melted down the company's

is it possible it performs more like dog eat dog tiffany's than polaris and harley-davidson, two of ouravorite ultradiscretionary plays i recommended this week. i think ralph lauren will do just fine. and with cotton costs down year over year huge, the surprise will be terrific guidance in the future. upside, not down side. after the close wednesday cisco reports. last quarter was terrific. lots of shared take. a sense that cisco might finally be at the beginning of a sustained run. plus now we have the possibility of telecom companies spending more money on equipment post the at&t aborted bid for t-mobile. i think we can get good quarter and better chatter. there will be some weakness about europe, but i think we all expect that, don't we? whole foods also counts on wednesday. last night we spoke to three different executives at three different companies related to whole foods. we heard lots of good things from irwin simon, ceo of hins celeste shall. we heard from jack hartung the cfo of chipotle who made it abundantly clear that people want food with integrity. and we heard from david

the last time i was in d.c., my family and i were here cruising on harley-davidson. it is the rally to honor americans finest, our united states military. our veterans of woar. nothing says america louder and a browder then those harley- davidson hogs driven by events. my husband is back home during up for his 2,000 mile race across alaska. he could not make this trip. my girls are here though. they were here with me. i am glad they are with us. do you know why they chose washington for their rally? they wanted to make their engines their voice. that is why cpac started in the 1970's. conservatives wanted the republican party to hear us. at the 1975 cpac, ronald reagan laid out a blueprint for rebuilding the gop under a banner of bold colors. ever since then, cpac has been the rally for conservative action. that is why i am glad to be here today with all of you. the conservative movement has never been stronger or brighter. the federal government has never cast a bigger shadow. for the last three years, we have been waving a banner that says "don't tread on me." our

there were more than the usual hogs at milwaukee's harley-davidson museum yesterday where they were celebratingggest bacon, peanut butter and banana sandwich on white bread. >> bacon on peanut butter? >> mm-hmm. don't knock it till you try it. >> volunteers assembled the culinary wonder that ended up being 13 feet long, four feet wide. the sandwich was cut up and sold to visitors. the money they raised went to benefit the hunger taos k force. >> good cause and good bacon. i like it. we'll be back with more after this. ♪ i like sandwiches ♪ i eat them all the time ♪ i eat them for my supper and i eat them for my lunch ♪ ♪ and i think it's gonna be a long, long time ♪ long, long time ♪ to do an experiment.amilr we put a week of her family's smelly stuff all in at once to prove that new febreze car vent clips could eliminate the odor. then we brought her family to our test facility to see if it worked. [ woman ] take a deep breath. tell me what you smell. something fresh. a beach. a clean house. my new car. [ woman ] go ahead and take your blindfolds off. oh! [ laughs ] look at all this garbage! [

harley davidson sales are amazing. >> bhp billiton a rare fall in earnings.any we don't talk about enough. >> go buy freeport which increased the dividend rather dramatically. 2.7% yield. >> that would be a pretty big deal, my friend. >> free been poport as a common should be bought. >> borg warner. >> nike. price target increased. >> nike is like mcdonald's. the classic growth stock that's come back. some people say -- i say it goes higher. >> all right. >> for more on these stocks, go to sots.cnbc.com. >>> how come you don't like the owens corning call? i'm curious. yesterday we had a call. i forgot what specifically it was. it was before earnings. you said it was a gutsy call. you admire those kinds of calls. no reason to -- why would an analyst come out before earnings are reported and make a bold call. here we have the same thing. >> i think they don't believe in a housing recovery. and i believe in a housing recove recovery. i think that's at the crux of when you like an owens corning. if you believe housing stocks are going to go up, you'd be loathe to

last time i was in the d.c., my family and i were here cruising on a harley-davidsons. brella to honor america's finest, are dead -- the rally to honor america's finest, our veterans. nothing says a miracle louder or prouder than harley hogs. when labor here last, my husband was able to drive one of those 400,000 machines that day. he is back, gearing up for the race across alaska. my girls are here, though. i am glad they are with us. do you know why rowling founder chose washington for their rally? they wanted to make their engines their voice. that is why cpac started in the 1970's. conservatives wanted the republican party to hear us. at the 1975 cpac, ronald reagan laid out a blueprint for rebuilding the gop under a banner of bold colors. ever since then, cpac has been the rally for conservative action. that is why i am glad to be here today with all of you. the conservative movement has never been stronger or brighter. the federal government has never cast a bigger shadow. for the last three years, we have been waiting tables banner that shouts, -- we have been wav

at this harley-davidson motorcycle plant in wisconsin the company is encouraging their assembly lineo they don't break down. >> basically, it's like being on the football field. you get injured, the team doctors take a look at you, therapy out, and get you back on the field as quickly as possible. >> reporter: twice a week 50-year-old debbie germer, a machinist, goes to physical therapy before she starts work. >> right here. >> reporter: at the plant and paid for by harley. her treatment for a muscle she tore on the job. >> if you're healthy enough and you're strong enough, you can work -- another ten years if i wanted. >> reporter: it's not just a perk. it's good business. studies show older workers take fewer sick days. they're less likely to quit. and tend to deal better with customers. at duke energy in north carolina it takes up to eight years and a lot of money to fully train a line technician. half of the techs are over 50 years of age. >> these are very valuable folks, and we want to keep them working as long as we can, for our benefit and for theirs. >> eight, nine, ten. >>

another in a harley-davidson shirt with a grizzly beard, an obese woman whose genes have flesh in plainview in the leader jay woodworth that many of these people had been advised by their lawyers to look as distant as possible and reinforcing the bankruptcy. there was the unspoken bankruptcy court to the press, not to impress and baseball hats jay is the most by year in the room. the lawyer was around 20 minutes late and mumbled an apology and out of bankruptcy traffic and pulled him into the hallway for a consultation. thanks for coming, jay said. the lawyer had his hair slicked back and he casually talked with a pen in the air with his right hand. sure, sure, he said. glad to help. it was a good day for the lawyer who would represent the of the people filing for bankruptcy urning 1300 per case. jay and jen already started sending checks as part of a payment plan incurring one new debt in the attempt to erase all the others. succumb to remind me again why you are filing, the lawyer asked. lots of reasons, jay said, but mainly because my pull business went under. really? i thought you m