one of my warmest memories is working closely as a member of congress with my dear friends naomi, lauder, she was special to me, she served as the regional director based out of san francisco, i understand her son is here and carries on her great work. [ applause ] i should mention that i have a personal connection to israel that dates back to my days as a member of congress. for more than ten years i shared a house with a group of fellow congressmen right here in district of columbia, if you have seen the movie "animal house" you'll have an idea what it was like. one of the members of that house was chuck schumer. someone that many of you know and understand that is a tremendous passion for israel. we slept in the bottom of the house, living room area and every night before we went to sleep he made me say the shuma. [ applause ] i made him say the hail mary. he learned from my passion as an italian and i learned from his passion for israel. particularly when i think it was a little over 20 years ago that he and i and some of our dearest friends made a visit and traveled to israel togeth

the opposition greens movement did not stand, it's lauder's -- its leaders are under house arrest. the ruling conservatives had the ballot to themselves. >> the destiny of my country is very important to me and i see this as a duty to be here now, not only me but every iranian should care about the destiny of their country. >> the supreme leader cast his ballot early on. he looked confident, with good reason. the leader has made sure that this election will go his way into the higher the turnout, the better it is for the country, -- the leader has made sure that this election will go his way. the higher the turnout, the better it is for the country. the ayatollahs and the president are fighting for control of the conservative movement. the leader holds all the cards. here is a subject that most worries many voters, the price of day-to-day goods has gone up dramatically. the final results were declared on monday. no one expects any surprises. the ayatollah and his allies will rule iran and they will continue to do so after the results are an -- are in. >> beyond their political situ

pepsico and cosmetics queen estee lauder rose each more than 1% as well. exxon mobil was the top performing stock in the dow. the oil giant and a major turkish energy company reportedly are in talks to explore for shale gas in turkey, an area rich in recoverable shale gas. exxon shares rose 1.5%. meanwhile, financial stocks bucked the market's up trend today, amid worries about the fed's latest evaluation of the banking sector. still, some analysts are urging clients to be on the look out for dividend increases from those banks that pass the tests. j.p. morgan chase, wells fargo and citigroup are considered among the strongest capable of weathering another economic crisis. but shares ended mixed. turning to a couple of foreign buyouts: shares in zoll medical spiked almost 18%. almost 24%. on word it's being acquired by japan's ashai for $2.2 billion. zoll will run as a separate unit, expanding asahi's u.s. healthcare operations as it seeks to diversify its businesses. china's largest online video company youku said today it's buying china's number two onli

a company like whole foods, timber land, target, estee lauder. they're doing the right thing. more and more companies are going to find themselves because the consumer is at some point going to vote. >> certainly will. live from hong kong and london, you're watching "world business today." still ahead, all eyes onalaska. energy companies set their sights on natural gas export. one politician is determined to keep u.s. resources at home. stay with us. >>> from cnn hong kong, i'm andrew stevens. >>> i'm and nina dell an toes in cnn london. you're watching "world business today." let's move away from business news to update you on a developing story from france here on cnn. a french government spokesman says that police in the southwestern french city of toulouse haven't heard anything from the suspected gunman for hours now. they're surrounding his home in a siege that is in the second day now. you're watching live pictures of his home. earlier two gunshots were heard and the spokesman said it's unknown what they're connected to. those are live pictures filmed from down the stre

there's l'oreal paris and the estee lauder won the allure best beauty award. >> for mascara, a lot ofthey once were. >> and you don't want to put on too much thickening because it's too heavy. you want a lengthening mascara. cover girl makes one as does lancome. >> and for the lips. a lot of folks say you can't wear the bright red colors as you age. >> you don't want to wear something that's too dark and too strong and too vampy and also too matte. the revlon just spitting. it's a tain. you put a balm on top and you're done. >> a little gloss can be good, too. thank you so much. coming up next a lesson in korean cooking. >>> this morning in "today's kitchen" we're spicing it up with some korean ribs and kimchi. executive chef at yellowtail japanese restaurant and lounge in las vegas is here to add a twist to his mom's traditional recipe. good morning. >> hello. >> you have professional snowboarder and you gave it up for cooking? >> yeah, you know, luckily i was a professional snowboarder from aspen, colorado. then i just decided like i like cooking. >> why not? >> and then i'm just he

a company like whole foods, a company like timberland, target, estee lauder, these are companies doing the right thing and i think more and more companies are going to find themselves because the consumer is at some point going to vote. and they're going to vote in favor of those companies that are giving back to the community. i think you have a microphone and a platform and what you're saying and speaking up has resonance and i encourage you to keep doing it. you can make a difference. >> you know, i think it's really important. i think everyone's wrestling with how to get america back to work. and just looking at it as -- i'm a brit, not an american. i just see the absurdity of having these huge companies just going out of the country with most of their workforce. to me, they've got to bring it back. they've got to create more jobs in this country. if they do that, then i think that the consumer will reward them. it's a quid pro quo. i mean americans will look favorably on what starbucks is doing. i think you'll sell more coffee. i think -- i agree with you. i think the brand value

on the downside, we do have estee lauder lower on a downgrade. it's off .06%. buffalo wild wings down 2.9% after wedbush cut its rating. and pitny boez down 2.5%. moody's put the company's investment rating agency on review for a possible downgrade. tyler, back to you. >> mary, thanks very much. the markets hitting a number of march milestones this week and big ones. big round numbers. the s&p 1,400 for the first time since the beginning of the financial crisis. bob pisani tracking the action on the floor of the nyse. what you got, bob? >> hello, friend. big volume on a quadruple witching. not a lot of stock price movements, but it's been a very, very important week. let's look at our screen and see what's going on. s&p 500 and the dow jones industrial on track for biggest gains in 12 weeks. so the s&p 500 is up nicely for the week. a little over 2%. also treasuries, the big story here. look at the treasuries up 14%. that's the u.s. 10-year yield. that's the big story. normally if that would have happened, people said stocks wouldn't have moved so much but impr

clothes at banana republic and estee lauder.relatively speaking about three million viewers for an average show for premier. we have to get final numbers, but it is a relatively small movie compared to the networks and certainly compared to the kind of audience that turns out for "the hunger games." >> absolutely. julia, thanks. ty, over to you. >> sticking with the theme of movies or related to movies. the oscar winning director, james cameron, is still the king of the world. after completing the world's first solo dive to the deepest known point on earth, nearly seven miles under the pacific ocean southwest of guam in what's known as the marianas trench. he made the decent in two and a half hours and spent a few more hours down there collecting samples and capturing everything on a 3d camera from an area one mile deeper, yes, a mile deeper than mt. everest is tall and 120 times larger than the grand canyon. even managed to send a tweet when he hit bottom. the microsoft co-founder paul alan following his dive from the comfort o

and estee lauder sitting pretty. >>> let's get to the road map today.en, gas prices as black swan. we prepare an investing plan of action for you to keep your portfolio from getting gored. >>> and a first-hand live demo of the ipad. >>> and welcome to miami again. condo developers returning for more sunshine. are they just asking to get burned a second time. >>> rick santelli, a lot of exte extra numbers to watch. >>> i love watching interest rates. as far as treasury rates, yes, we have seen them spike, rather large. here we sit at 227.10. what you're looking at the bounce from march '09 in stocks or interest rates, not only is it the fundamentals we like to talk about, it's the logistics, the technicals as the markets try to normalize. you coil that market from november to several days ago. think high-frequency trade. it's ridden in momentum. i think we're better off if the rates go up. they do it in rangs. we're trying to defend the top of the range. i heard mr. schumer. he's got a quandary. we spend so much time talking about saudi supply. my favori

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