the bigger issue, i think, is when you go into a staples, i'm still con vooiz fused what a staples iso they're competing with? they're competing all across the board. are they getting people in there to make up for that? it seems like a struggle. >> we would say they're competing with just about everyone. everyone has -- many retailers have targeted the office products space, ancillary product categories in which to expand their own assortment. and staples has felt a lot of that pressure. as you alluded to before, it is difficult to distinguish yourself in this very competitive environment. but we think that staples will need the benefits of a better macro backdrop before things can really improve at the company. >> alan, thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >>> let's go back to that silicon valley survey for just a moment. our own jon fortt has been digging into those numbers. jon, how is life in thevale? >> reporter: well, let me give you the good news first. tech is surging ahead again. here are interesting stats. jobs up 3.1% versus 1.1% a year ago. so jobs are up. pe

same place pretty much, at the staples center, at the beverly hilton, and the same places where they have the memorials for the stars, and it's like, are we going to have to do this. there are pictures, live pictures of the staples center in los angeles, and the nokia theater right near there, where the grammys are going to be held and the grammy preparty they had tonight at the beverly hilton hotel, hosted by clive davis. we heard from tony bennett. we saw some video from him earlier, his statement on camera, and behind him, i saw gladys knight, who was next in line to be interviewed and talk about whitney houston as well. another diva, another star, and i'm sure her hard is breaking as well. >> you really said it best, don, it's so fresh because of what you mentioned. it seems like this just happened, and it really did with don cornelius, another big legend in the musicist industry passing, and people are still

remember a year ago we were talking about staples?ike khouw, retailers like an amazon are breathing down staples backs. but also costco, walmart, a lot of the dollar stores. if you also take a look at the price pressures they're going through. >> obviously a lot -- it doesn't even depend that much on what type of retailing you're involved in to see a lot of impression. you see it in amazon which will be the retailer everybody thinks about. karen made a great point. by explaining that staples doesn't just get their sales from bricks and mortar. i don't know a lot of people in those spaces who are going to run to costco as a natural substitute. and the options market sort of backed up the bull case here too. it traded six times its average volume there. definitely bullish sentiment. >> got to take a break here. >>> coming up next, is the next big thing going to appear on your mobile device? plus how you should trade stocks with high short interest. much more "fast money" coming up next. [ female announcer ] it's time for the annual shar

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live from the staples center with reaction. what are you hearing, paul? staples and los angeles shuts down the area when it comes to the grammys. these people work in the area and can characterize for us what it was like when they heard the news. what did you hear? >> we heard a message that came to us have a text. did you hear whitney houston died. we heard a gasp throughout the hotel and everybody stopped to look at the television shows that said whitney houston had it actually passed. >> you work here and you are a huge whitney houston fan. what did she mean to you? >> the 80s. if anyone knows anything about her gospel music, the preacher's wife, she is inspirational. i got through a lot of nights behind her gospel music. >> i appreciate you taking time out. we are going to talk to the producer. we will come back and talk to ken. >> and down in los angeles on the streets at staples center getting reaction now. as we look at the live pictures of piers, there they are from the streets at the beverly hilton hotel where whitney houston was found earlier to

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staple in the pregrammy party coverage. the night before it always happens. one of the most star studded events on the gramly calendar but tonight just a feeling of shock. >> harris: and i'm sure you will be covering this. you a writer as you say gathering facts as you speak. you mentioned britney spears at the clive davis gathering tonight. another person who has said tonight what just a tremendous influence whitney's voice had on her trajectory as well. melanie with us weekly magazine, we appreciate you being here. thank you very much. >> my pleasure. >> harris: we will take a quick commercial break. when we come back more with our guests on set and a look at the life of whitney houston. stay with us. p@?ñm Ñoy÷hó >> harris: fox news alert now. our continuing coverage of the death of whitney houston. 48 years old. and we are waiting to hear the very latest on the situation. we have just caught up with our correspondent casey stegall outside the beverly hilton where her body was found today. she was found unresponsive. a call of distress went out from

when you look at the office product space, look at staples which is clearly underperformed. there is vulnerability with what we're seeing with e-commerce. look at a lot of these auto parts suppliers, the autozone, the o'riley's. those are names you can still own because they have not been able to be penetrated. those are names i like here. >> joe, just for a second, staples is something that does very well in terms of the e-commerce space because they'll guarantee the next-day delivery four, at really no cost. the issue -- >> staples might be the case but when i look at the chart, it's -- >> i think that's more from competition. >> let's get a pair of skis out. that's all that matters to me. >> it's a good debate. amazon versus bed wath and beyond. a lot of people who are dumping on bed bath & beyond like herb greenberg probably have never set foot in a bed bath & beyond in an entire lifetime. next on the halftime report, nat gas prices left for dead. why are they spiking 4% today? biotech on fire this year. is the bubble about to burst? sometimes investing opportunities are

live from the staples center with reaction. what are you hearing, paul?ght here at staples and los angeles shuts down the area when it comes to the grammys. these people work in the area and can characterize for us what it was like when they heard the news. what did you hear? >> we heard a message that came to us have a text. did you hear whitney houston died. we heard a gasp throughout the hotel and everybody stopped to look at the television shows that said whitney houston had it actually passed. >> you work here and you are a huge whitney houston fan. what did she mean to you? >> the 80s. if anyone knows anything about her gospel music, the preacher's wife, she is inspirational. i got through a lot of nights behind her gospel music. >> i appreciate you taking time out. we are going to talk to the producer. we will come back and talk to ken. >> and down in los angeles on the streets at staples center getting reaction now. as we look at the live pictures of piers, there they are from the streets at the beverly hilton hotel where whitney houston was found

staple in the pregrammy party coverage. the night before it always happens. one of the most star studded events on the gramly calendar but tonight just a feeling of shock. >> harris: and i'm sure you will be covering this. you a writer as you say gathering facts as you speak. you mentioned britney spears at the clive davis gathering tonight. another person who has said tonight what just a tremendous influence whitney's voice had on her trajectory as well. melanie with us weekly magazine, we appreciate you being here. thank you very much. >> my pleasure. >> harris: we will take a quick commercial break. when we come back more with our guests on set and a look at the life of whitney houston. stay with us. [ kyle ] my b. [ roger ] tell me you have go insurance. yup, i've got... [ dennis ] ...allstate. really? i was afraid you'd have some cut-rate policy. [ kyle ] nope, i've got... [ dennis ] ...the allstate value plan. it's their most affordable car insurance -- and you still get an allstate agent. i too have... [ dennis ] ...allstate. [ roger ] same agent and e

staple in the pregrammy party coverage. the night before it always happens.e most star studded events on the gramly calendar but tonight just a feeling of shock. >> harris: and i'm sure you will be covering this. you a writer as you say gathering facts as you speak. you mentioned britney spears at the clive davis gathering tonight. another person who has said tonight what just a tremendous influence whitney's voice had on her trajectory as well. melanie with us weekly magazine, we appreciate you being here. thank you very much. >> my pleasure. >> harris: we will take a quick commercial break. when we come back more with our guests on set and a look at the life of whitney houston. stay with us. the employee of the month isss... the new spark card from capital one. spark miles gives me the most rewards of any small business credit card. the spark card earns double miles... so we really had to up our game. with spark, the boss earns double miles on every rchase, every day. that's setting the bar pretty high. owning my own business has never been more rewarding.

at the staples center, people ever paying tribute there tonight. what are you hearing?the announcement came. they were in rehearsals. it's an important night the saturday before the grammys. they work hard putting on the best show they can. when the word came, the energy was sucked out of the room. it was stone cold quiet. someone said they saw rihanna walking around very, very somber and quiet. they are preparing for the show and it will go on. a forever for chris brown and others is attending the show. the music business is a tough business. express to us the level of respect that whit me houston had with her peers. >> she had an effect on people young and old. not a person that didn't like her through the ups and downs. she was a great inspiration to all and a tree legend has been taken from us today. >> when you take your seat tomorrow night and they remember whitney, what is going to go through your mind emotionally? it will be a tough moment. >> it definitely will. the beautiful voice. there has never been a voice as eloquent and beautiful as whitney houston. list

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at the staples center in los angeles, i'm on grammy duty. as we get ready for music's biggest weekend we have paul mccartney. we'll hear from adele. smokey robinson, esperanza spalding, and octavia spencer is here too. >>> first as we do every morning, we will' take a look at today's eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. >> where's the humanity in the world? >>> syrian government forces surround the center of the uprising as a deepening humanitarian crisis takes hold. >> families are set to be making preparations to die. >> i have a record of being a strong conservative on the issues that matter. i'm going to point that out with my friends at cpac. >> mitt romney tries to regain momentum as conservatives gather for a major conference. >> they made a speech in washington, d.c., today, enjoy. >> we must outsmart the liberals. we must outsmart the stupid people that are trying to ruin america. >>> another embarrassment for the u.s. military. troops are posing with a nazi flag. >> this is not going to be tolerated. >> major lake effect snow star

at the staples center, people ever paying tribute there tonight. what are you hearing?ncement came. they were in rehearsals. it's an important night the saturday before the grammys. they work hard putting on the best show they can. when the word came, the energy was sucked out of the room. it was stone cold quiet. someone said they saw rihanna walking around very, very somber and quiet. they are preparing for the show and it will go on. a forever for chris brown and others is attending the show. the music business is a tough business. express to us the level of respect that whit me houston had with her peers. >> she had an effect on people young and old. not a person that didn't like her through the ups and downs. she was a great inspiration to all and a tree legend has been taken from us today. >> when you take your seat tomorrow night and they remember whitney, what is going to go through your mind emotionally? it will be a tough moment. >> it definitely will. the beautiful voice. there has never been a voice as eloquent and beautiful as whitney houston. list only one

at the staples center, people ever paying tribute there tonight. what are you hearing?the announcement came. they were in rehearsals. it's an important night the saturday before the grammys. they work hard putting on the best show they can. when the word came, the energy was sucked out of the room. it was stone cold quiet. someone said they saw rihanna walking around very, very somber and quiet. they are preparing for the show and it will go on. a forever for chris brown and others is attending the show. the music business is a tough business. express to us the level of respect that whit me houston had with her peers. >> she had an effect on people young and old. not a person that didn't like her through the ups and downs. she was a great inspiration to all and a tree legend has been taken from us today. >> when you take your seat tomorrow night and they remember whitney, what is going to go through your mind emotionally? it will be a tough moment. >> it definitely will. the beautiful voice. there has never been a voice as eloquent and beautiful as whitney houston. list

. >>> now you're looking live at arrivals outside the staples center in downtown l.a. as you just heard jennifer hudson will be paying tribute to whitney houston tonight during the ceremony. coverage begins here on channel 9 at 8:00. whitney houston's death was a hard blow to donnie simpson, long time local radio dee-jay who knew the singer protest professionally and personally. we talked to the singer in his home in potomac, maryland. >> i just cried like a baby, man. you know it's funny. the thing that got me most was not the friendship. it was that this voice is gone. ♪i want to dance with somebody ♪ >> reporter: radio dee-jay donnie simpson said his friendship with houston began into in her career. >> i remember i had a gold record hanging in my office that said thanks for being the first in the world to play whitney. >> reporter: simpson calls houston one of the best female singers ever. >> whitney was, you know, one of the greatest voices i've ever heard and when i say one of, i mean like one of the two or three maybe. it's like whitney and aretha. >> reporter: i

that was picked in with a staple.urs. >> i had a guy from california do it, and it was pretty excruciating the way it had to go down. normal tattoos are done with surgical instruments. they're done in here with a sharpened staple, one dot at a time. so it took forever to do and it hurt really bad. >> other inmates craft sophisticated but illegal tattoo guns from parts of other items they are allowed to possess. >> any small wire can be straightened out and made into a needle. you can get motors out of appliances, tape recorders, cameras. >> when we see tattoo guns in prison, it's usually after they have been confiscated by authorities. >> i got the ink, i've got the tattoo needles, i've got the motor, the tattoo gun, the barrel. it's all right here. >> but we met a pair of cellmates who were so eager to show off their contraband tattoo gun, they were willing to reveal its hiding spot. >> watch him bro. >> i'm watching. >> this is my tattoo gun. i plug it up to the tv. i plug this into the tv and this in to my gun and

and kept it closed for a bit and reports they have resumed the rehearsals inside of the grammy's stapler that we are looking at live in los angeles. star magazine senior editor dill an howard joins me. there is another scene tonight that you can tell us about where whitney houston's body was found on the fourth floor of the beverly hilton. crime investigators. >> many people are requesting why crime investigators. we have talked about drugs and whether that was a contributing factor. but the interesting is, that is what law enforcement are attempting to find out. paramedics was on the scene after the alarm was sounded by her personal security guard. they were within 20 minutes and workog her to no avail. and reports about the search warrant it would be fair to say that that search warrant will attempt to see what is in the room and if there is a crime scene that is preserved and evidence related to the case will be bagged and fingerprinted and dusted by law enforcement to figure out a prescription or b illicent drugs were involved. the fact of a search warrant there is reason for law en

. >> reporter: some the biggest names in the the biz converging on staple center behind me in downtown angeles, for the grammy awards, let's take you live now to the red carpet. not far from where i'm standing and watch this screen closely. they show up at random and you never know who you may see. a-listers making their way in because the grammies starts in less than an hour now. at five o'clock local time, that's eight o'clock eastern, and go until 11:30 eastern time. the awards of course, will still be handed out tonight, but it is safe to say, the focus of this year's show has shifted from the nominees to the late whitney houston. the pop icon was supposed to be walking down this very red carpet tonight. that is why she was out here in los angeles in the first place. and when word of houston's death made its way to the grammy's rehearsal here yesterday, the show's producers grieving and both scrambling all at the same time. >> i have made a call to jennifer hudson and she accepted our invitation to come and she's a good friend of the grammys and she's had very significant appearanc

staples has had issues, too, but it's sort of been able to sort of stay in front of this race. >> staplesnot from a stock standpoint. you see the difference in the stock performance year-to-date between those two? >> yeah, look at where office depot is. we're talking about a $3 stock. >> you're the one talking about it, herb. what's up with soda stream. >> soda stream? >> let's get karabell. >> i was going to say, to be fair, talking about office depot is a little bit about talking like a penny stock. if you go up three times and it's still in a croppy passion and business is eroding, if you're going to pick something, you're much more likely go with staples. and i think overall you'd go with neither. >> all right. soda stream reports earnings tomorrow. you know we talked about this a number of times in the past week. the stock is up like 20% over the past week. >> yeah. >> and -- >> you're downright giddy about that. >> i am not a bull or bear on the stock. but you have to ask the question is this going to be another deckers or are they going to blow off the numbers? >> why are you -- wh

mc lyte you're at the staples center where they're having preshow rehearsals.s so much for your time. songwriter, mentor, actress, rapper, and now the president of the l.a. chapter of the grammys, recording academy. mc lyte thanks for your time. i-reporters are sharing their memories of whitney houston. one fan was actually at a bobby brown concert last night and that fan tells us how whitney's ex-husband broke down crying even leaving the stage. llstate. really? i was afraid you'd have some cut-rate policy. [ kyle ] nope, i've got... [ kyle with voice of dennis ] ...the allstate value plan. it's their most affordable car insurance -- and you still get an allstate agent. i too have...[ roger with voice of dennis ]...allstate. [ roger ] same agent and everything. [ kyle ] it's like we're connected. no we're not. yeah, we are. no...we're not. ♪ the allstate value plan. dollar for dollar, nobody protects you like allstate. ask me. [ male announcer ] if you think even the best bed can only lie there... ask me what it's like when my tempurpedic moves? [ male announc

i really love talking to tom because he built the first staples, and nobody came.nd 20 years later, it's a $20 billion country. does that sound like a classic onto the real problem? and then on my far left, retired chairman of the national i met him and i wondered how could a company grow a billion dollar business to compete with wal-mart as the number one retailer in rural america. is it possible for a small company to take on the big live and grow its business? was in common with each of these three ceos is they are role models for america's best growth companies, and they use common growth fundamentals. so, annex 45 minutes i'm going to try to demonstrate that to you, that we can create jobs using common growth fundamental and common management practice. so to structure our time for the next one hour i'm going to show you a couple of charts on growth companies and then each of the ceos will provide, and then will be a question and answer period. on your right, i've written three books and a research report trying to quantify america's growth companies. and one l

the brita bottle with the filter inside. >>> beach boys will reunite live on the grammy staple., as well. "showbiz tonight" was right there as they were rehearsing the hit "wouldn't it be nice." we found out how this collaboration came to be. >> i believe they did pick the songs because both adam and foster, they're long time, life time beach boys fans. so they knew exactly what songs they wanted to do. >> it was a huge shock. i think all of us almost passed up when they asked us to play. the beach boys were my first concert ever. i saw them when i was 7 years old and i never would sxrekexpe share a stage with them. >> welcome back to this special edition of "showbiz tonight." certainly one of the most anticipated showdowns on sunday night will be the battle for best new artist. it's an incredible showdown. we spoke with the superstar siblings of the band perry and even though they are now bona fide stars, they say which musicians take their breath away and about their dreams of the first country/hip hop collaboration. ♪ >> you're attending the grammys, performing, and up for be

it's a mexican-american staple, mexican staple of hominy. same thing as grits. simple. season the chicken with ground cumin. we have chili powder. i like to season the chicken before it goes into the soup a little bit. we have a little mexican oregano and sauteed onions inside the pot. some olive oil in there. very, very simple. just chicken broth over the top. and a little tiny bit of water. you bring it up to a simmer. it cooks like 45 minutes, just until the chicken is nice and tender, falls off the bone. that's what it looks like. you have the mexican oregano and everything inside. that gives it a brown flavor. >> that's the brian. >> -- brine. >> this is the pozole flavor. nutty, tastes like grain and i like the chopped green chilies. >> where do you get hominy. >> the store around my mom's house in cleveland has it. very easy to find. >> so now you have shredded the chicken? >> yes, the chicken comes out, shred it with your hands. put it back in the soup so you don't have to deal with the bones. cook it to get all the flavors together and then the condimen

meantime, staples says its in the cautiously optimistic camp for the u.s. recovery. a couple of beverage companies lost their fizz in a big way. vodka maker central european distribution lost almost a fifth of its value. it has more than $300 million dollars in debt coming due next year and warns it doesn't have enough cash. that fuels worries about it staying in business. meantime, soda-stream shed 14% after reporting a drop in unit sales growth last quarter. the company sells carbonation machines and flavors. while much of the automobile world has been focused on gasoline prices, the department of transportation has been looking backward. it was expected to announce a new rule that would require rear-facing cameras on all passenger vehicles in the u.s. by 2014. gentex is a maker of those camera systems. shares plunged 14% on today's delay, and volume was huge-- 10 times normal-- with shares back to september levels. the government expects to issue new rules by the end of the year. finally, fannie mae. it's still owned by the federal government and it wants more tax

. >> tom: staples meantime, spls, in all seriousness, this office supply retailer has been trunking a long here in the low teens for six months, it hasn't participated in the rally. is that what draws you to it? >> a little bit yes, you gotta hit him where they ain't. this stock hasn't performed as well as the others in office retail space, but at 2.7% dividend when you look at your money markets and everything else it's a cheap stock and a great company, i think you're going to make some money here, might be a while, but there's money to be made in staples , i believe. >> tom: of course it's a much lower priced issue. back on january 11 you liked danaher, the industrial and equipment manufacturer, it up nicely, it 52 and change. would you put new money to work? >> i would. where i don't own these i might wait a little bit on price. our average hold is about four years, i'm not a big trader. so i'm old school. >> tom: yes, you are. we got a viewer question send to us from jerry. if one owns a foreign stock and receives income from dividends and or capital gains, what are the tax impli

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staples, $25 billion a year in sales, and something temperatures me the staples founder was paying extralose attention to the president's proposal. what did you make of it, tom? >>guest: well, i am here to talk about mitt romney's pro growth plan. when you have been president for better than three years you should not talk about plans, you should talk about accomplishments and on the economic front he has not had many. but mitt romney proposed today if cutting marginal tax rates by 20 percent, finally fixing our crazy system where we try taxing worldwide income at a crazy high rate which is a disincentive for companies to invest if america, it forces companies to lobby their cash abroad, tens of billions, opposed to bringing it back here. >>neil: well, stop yourself right there, tom. the president and his plan, is going to charge a surtax to companies that keep the money abroad and if they do keep it abroad it will be a surtax on top of a tax. in other words to penalize them for that. what do make of that? >>guest: and there is already a penalty. you are already paying double taxes if yo

>> the second half, pepsi coase and others, staples.g step by step, inch by inch, slowly but surely. can make you a lot of money in not a lot of time. you got to take it off the table every now and then. if you let it right, that vehicle will eventually crash actually dropping 10, 20, 30% in a matter of days or even hours. >> all aboard! >> a staple on the other hand can be owned long term. that doesn't mean nothing goes wrong. management can still mess up. price of tobacco go too high, have to cut it. but unlike think will fall off a cliff. when it comes to trading vehicles like these tech stocks you got to be willing to change your mind and sell when time to sell. tech stocks that are winners, like smartphones or pcs or tablet computers are losers when the cycle is weak. >> moo! >> a stock like skywork solutions which makes components found in all kinds of mobile device, smartphones, make you a lot of money when time, are good. but can get annihilated when business isn't hot. no cycle. think about it. no cheerio cycle. no hershey bar