hollywood star, but the bottom line, a slippery slope. >> those are pennies. >> this has opened the dooro untold billions going it bailout other businesses down the road, mark my words. number one, and number two, pan to throw this-- a lot of these losses are because of general motors, so to dove tail with the last segment, the unions makers and the third thing, you want to worry and wring your hands, and we're neck deep in fannie mae and freddie mac, we're neck deep in these companies. >> neil: adam, if you could pipe down and give us your thoughts? >> listen, all true, having said that none of us on this program lived through the great depression, and charles, we would have experienced something like it. >> you don't know. >> if weren't for tarp. >> again, you don't know. >> and you're putting it with a negative that's unprovable. >> why take the chance, neil. >> exactly. >> and that's exactly right. >> and by the way, it was happening. it was happening. >> it was happening. >> and i remember, i remember when they-- i remember they're lending now more than back then and i'll tell you t

that is no longer the bottom line. the bottom line is now the bottom line. and economics have impinged on what our purpose is so that even though it is not unreasonable to expect that a newspaper or a television station or anything else should make money, it has now become not about staying in business. it has become about how big those profits are going to be and that profit margin and the expectation of that profit margin now drives most of our journalistic institutions. the great exceptions and, incidentally, the great exceptions also make pretty good money, which is to say the wall street journal, the new york times, the washington post, et cetera. they make pretty good money for a lot of different complicated reasons. but they're also-- you know, they are our great journalistic resources. you get--and they are, for the most part, better than they've ever been. and but then you get to the rest of the--of what's out there, and a lot of it is pretty awful. and at the same time, you also have some very good small newspapers. i think you make a pretty good c

qualcomm, you can see the chart, the bottom line has -- well, both have beaten the top and bottom line. they come in at an estimate of 96 cents and revenue was $4.9 billion when they were expecting $4.84 billion. but even with that, the stock is down 3.3%. what are we missing here, jon fortt? >> what we are missing is guidance. the street was hoping for $4.8 billion and 90 cents eps. qualcomm has got mid-points of 4.65 billion and 86 cents eps. i wanted to give you those. >> that's the midpoint, though. it was talking about midpoint. >> and it could set the tone for tomorrow, right? >> this is a very unforgiving take. it's not a terrible number by kwa qualcomm and in a better environment it would not be dropping to 4%. >> we saw it yesterday, ibm sells off today. >> this is a tough take. they are not giving anybody breaks. >> we are still waiting for american express, young brands, and ebay. we'll see how much pay pal has contributed to their business. it's continuing to grow and they have a big initiative in china now. >> card spending. that's a good indication of consumer health, con

but the bottom line is, the fed does not want to see europe continue to slide into a problem. because otherwise it's going -- >> what can our fed do about europe? >> you want to know something very interesting? in the swap lines, you remember when we put the swap lines in place with the european central banks? the first time we did it, it was unilateral. meaning they could have u.s. dollars on demand. the second time dr. bernanke did it, it was bilateral. we can get euros from them. if worse comes to worse, we can borrow euros from the european central bank and intervene in the european markets. >> i want to get back to your call here on parity on the euro. we're at 1.31 now. that's a 25% drop. that's a very, very -- in currency terms, folks, that's catastrophic. that's an enormous move. you think they can do that? they're going to flood europe with euros, the world with euros? >> bob, i got to be honest with you. i have a history of being too early. i was too early in the housing crisis in 2006. maybe i've got the timing wrong. but the bottom line is whether we're going to do

you can see the bottom line number looks to have beaten the estimate. came in at 56 cents when the estimate was 50 cents for intel. i haven't heard a revenue number but they were expecting about $12.84 billion, which would be a little lower than it was last year at this time. but right now so far it looks like intel is in with a beat. we have jon fortt standing by? all right. so this is a number we're going to keep watching very carefully here. i don't know if they have a hold on the shares of intel because they don't seem -- there it is. it is moving lower. it's still trading even as those numbers are released. we'll be talking to stacy smith about that to see what kind of pc sales growth they have. here's jon fortt with some of the other numbers that they have. what have you got? >> guidance is a little better than the street had expected. the street was looking for a guide in q2 of 13.43 billion. intel is guiding to 13.6 plus or minus $500 million. 13.6 midpoint. also, gross margin, 62% and 63% nongap. that's about the midpoint where they guided for

that's the bottom line, saturday neat sunday clear. looks like each day will warm up on the order of four to five degrees. tomorrow maybe 64, 65 into easter sunday close to 70. overnight clear and cold. your two-degree guarantee, 64 sunny skies. getting milder, great way to start off the east per weekend. it will be clear and cold but not as cold. we think that the frost chances will begin to diminish tomorrow night. looking ahead, close to 70, 69 on easter sunday and into the middle part of next week. that's where we look for the chance for showers. we could use some rain lamps things are getting dry, actually enhanced burn advisories for the eastern shore up through new jersey. that's why we want some rain but this will be after the holiday everybody's cool with that right now. >> christians around the world are celebrating good friday and getting ready for the easter weekend. pope benedict showing those gathered for the traditional way of the cross being carried around the ancient arena. >>> an easter basket is filled with lots of ch

so the bottom line, i use the actual earnings per share reports to figure out the growth rates of the stock, and if the growth rate is high and the price to earnings multiple based on the future projections is equal to or less than twice the growth rate then i'm interested enough to proceed with the rest of the work that this special show will detail. i need to go to brad in south carolina. brad? >> caller: hey, jim, i want to give you a big ron paul boo-yah to you. >> wow, okay. that's aggressive. i'll take that. go ahead. >> caller: hey, jim, i'm wondering how to best prepare for this earnings season in terms of online resource. what your browser looks like as you stay on of the of all the updates. >> okay, what i like to do -- first of all, i watch cnbc. i'm not kidding. cnbc covers the earnings season better than anyone. i actually go to the websites. the websites now are so, so good that literally they will have the analyst reports. they will have a lot of the projections. then i like to look at the news stories to get a sense about what the consensus is. and then i look at the a

as the two states draw the bottom line. rk potter, nbc news, clover, south carolina. >>> up next, the "titanic" memorial cruise set sail full of period costumes and plenty of lifeboats. >>> and revving up. what's behind america's sudden surge in auto sales? ♪ >>> we wanted to show you this scene from across the pond in england. the "titanic" memorial cruise set sail today from southampton, retracing the ill-fated voyage nearly 100 years ago. the "rms titanic" sank in the north atlantic on april 15th, 1912. the memorial cruise is carrying 1,309 passengers, the exact same number as the "titanic." many of them crowded the decks to wave good-bye in their period costumes. passengers will eat similar food as "titanic" passengers and listen to music during that era during their voyage at sea. we all hope this cruise does not prove to be too historically accurate. >>> the growing angst over rising gas prices is proving to be good news for car dealers just a few years after auto car dealers were driven to the brink, americans hoping

past, companies had to cut costs in order to increase the bottom line. so, even though the growth is significantly weaker than what we've seen over the last four quarters, it's truly this time really driven by demand. >> reporter: despite the surprisingly strong earnings season, the stock market has posted only modest gains in the last three weeks. even the nasdaq with high flier apple is essentially unchanged this month. still, markets pros also point out that stocks were already up sharply coming into earnings season. and, profit scorecards, even really good ones, are basically old news. >> earnings are really backward looking and the markets are always forward looking. and, as we move through the second quarter we're facing greater macroeconomic challenges whether its a weaker u.s. economy, increasing problems in europe, concerns about china. >> reporter: it's still possible for stocks to get a lift from q- 1 earnings season, as it's not over yet. look for numbers next week out of a.d.m., pfizer and general motors. suzanne pratt, "nightly business repo

that was the bottom line. that's what the management was interested in, that was the value of the publisher of the paper. bradley and woodward and i were sitting around a week ago, we were sitting in woodward's living room and going over some things and bradley kept saying, he kept saying "it the truth, it's the truth, what about the truth," that's what he kept going at. >> and he also told us that he didn't get into journalism because of us. [ laughter ] >> and also, there came a day -- >> we got into journalism because of him. >> that's right. >> i remember reading "the washington post" when i was doing my last year in the navy and you would get it in the morning and it vibrated because it clearly was an independent voice. there clearly was a willingness to challenge the conventional wisdom to challenge the establi establishment and you could tell it. and that was so attractive to young reporters. >> the other thing is there came a day when the subpoena for the committee of the reelection for president arrive

that within that community of fellowship and believers, we disagree about issues, and at the bottom -- the bottom line at the end of the day, we're on the same page when it comes down to core values. >> host: that dot you teach here? >> guest: i teach humanities. >> host: which is? >> guest: i teach the history of we were culture. i teach the values i'm discussing in this book. and that's one of the things that really led me to take that centuries long view of these issues. i think we can take a very narrow cramped view from one election to another, and as the one election -- we're in an election year and one election is the watershed

we almost never have a zero report. >> to those usually come off the bottom line? >> i would say yes, oftentimes. >> it will affect the list price in some way. >> how much does parking? >> i see people putting garages under their houses. how does that work? >> an appraiser looks at it for $50,000 to $100,000, depending on the area. if it is way out in sunset, there is more street parking. but in his family it could be a very big thing. >> parking is still super valuable, even though there is a citywide movement to get people out of their cars, which is quite good. and it is working, which is really working. we have bike lanes everywhere. it is great. we are really seeing that. it is nice to see that. but parking is still a big one. i think some of that will not change. the style of the cars change over a long time. that is still a very valuable feature. >> here is the secret. nobody knows about this. this is fire rated glazing. this is not a window. this is a fire rated transparent wall. but putting in one of these, and i think mr. hall has done this, you can cut a

the bottom line is it was something that was vetted in the community.he chamber of conference -- chamber of commerce weighed in. all the merchant grips, the residential groups, i think the police handled it very well. we move forward in this legislation and it passed because it was a collaborative effort with everybody involved. it is kind of a success. regarding polk street, we actually got televised on channel 2. there were residents and merchants at a community leadership alliance meeting at the library. some of the points were how to manage the club and externally, adding more security oxide. also, cell phone numbers were exchanged. rather than pointing fingers are taking the defense of position, the meeting was really productive. the meeting set timetables on a monthly basis to check the progress. the bottom line is, both groups were apologetic on how they handled the situation. once the media got involved and height of the situation, and then it got people into a situation where people got kind of defensive. they have calmed down and come back to

the bottom line here, you are going to buy qualcomm on the weakness? >> i bought some in the after hours and i imagine i will stay long into tomorrow's trade. i have not exited yet. i like the way that the pricing power that is out there and this is one of the names in after hours. trading higher after reporting first quarter earnings and both the top and the bottom lines. this of course perhaps there was not a bigger increase for the top line. do you like the story overall? >> people are trying to make their decisions more efficient and cloud this and cloud that and cloud everything. stock is up and it's not a cheap stock. 67 to 70 times earnings. this is a guy that if they had given anything short of slightly exceeding estimates, they put out the recent numbers and stock had taken a dive. that's where you are running risks. a lot of people go for a lot of growth. >> i have to use that. this is that again. you like that one? this is the dobl ganger of qualcomm. it's a high multiple and any slight disaster or surprise, this stock will plummet. that clo

the bottom line is service. the bottom line is addressing quality of life issues, but most importantly, whether you like it or not, you have to focus on the human being, and today, the distraction among the muni drivers is very high. i help you incorporate that in your future presentations and metrobuses. thank you very much. chairman brinkman: thank you. secretary boomer: seeing that there are no more further public comments, the motion is before you. chair brinkman: all in favor? secretary boomer: those young people that are using a clipper card or any of the other options as presented by staff. chair brinkman: ok, can we please have a report on this before we move to public comment? >> i will be brief. i know a lot of people have been waiting to speak on this item. chair brinkman: 84 your patience. -- thank you for your patience. >> there has been great leadership, david campos, and james, the chinatown cdc and other organizations. i would say it is one of the more positive and pro muni efforts that i have see

incidentally, business is understandably worried about the bottom line. we've got to be worried about the security of the american people. incidentally, i take it that from what you said earlier, that the fear of a cyber attack against the united states, i mean, a major cyber attack, is not theoretical but real in your mind, general alexander? >> that's correct, senator. >> and it literally could happen any day. i'm not predicting that it will, but right now, our privately owned cyber space infrastructure as compared and distinguished from d.o.d.'s is vulnerable to attack. is that correct? >> that's correct, senator. in fact, if i could add, it is my opinion that every day the probability of an attack increases as more tools and capabilities are out on the network, on the internet. >> right. it's very important for people to hear that. i want to relate the requirement on the most critical covered infrastructure to take some defensive action to your description, which i thought was excellent about what you mean when you say you want to see an enemy cyber at

i think the bottom line is the government does a fair amount of looking what you want to who really looks your stuff it's google everybody with a g. mail account you realize google reads every e-mail every google block every single piece of commerce you do google watches tracks and so it's something that government scares me google and it's so funny because google came out this week saying that facebook and who was the other one were really well i was there was one of the co-founders of the little surrogate really what he said is that he's never seen the internet have as many you know there never been as many threats to web freedom as there are now and he mentioned governments but then most likely put all the blame on his competitors like facebook you know well said that google would not have been able to exist had facebook been around where google first started but i mean what's one thing you know when google sells i guess you could say to advertisers then you start getting annoying ads. why is that a.o.l. sorry but when they can just hand over all their private information to any govern

here is the bottom line. it's actually disheartening we're so quick to hate stocks, hate gold, hate oil the moment we have a tough day. that's a sign of a bull market. the ability to inspire panic on the spanish bond auction and a preannouncement from an inconsistent tech company tells me that is a selling squall and not the end of days. you can't take the rain? go head for the exits. go turn on rain down theater. i'm donning the poncho, watching the tarp unroll, knowing the bulls will be back on the field after an annoying, but not catastrophic rain delay. ed in texas, ed? >> caller: jim, boo-yah from wild and windy texas. >> boo-yah right back at you, partner. what's going on? >> i would love to have your thoughts on bernanke's decision that put qe on hold. the companies we have making a lot of money and hoarding cash, and they're not hiring too much. >> right. >> meanwhile, commercial banks are garnering high interest rates from consumers while rewarding the cash-rich corporations with lower rates. given th

, which is the bottom line.>> next comes from so in hollywood, california. in a tie there, you doing? mr. ross -- as if your program and the book sounds fascinating and i wish i was at the festival right now. but she caught my interest about the 50s, mccarthy era and all the actors getting involved one way or the other, people turning themselves in and pattern entries e. come in the first time she wore a dress when she was fighting an anti-mccarthy speech on the radio. of course it is the pain as she could've killed yourself for that. just trying to find a word about some of the actors from that area. i was really pro-mccarthy were turning people in his communists in who are trying to defend them? i always wanted a clear picture about what the final analysis wise and the final ending. maybe you can enlighten me. >> i should tell the viewer that the book spends a good deal of time un-american activities committee and the whole period of time. >> rate. i focus on the main person i identify as edward g robinson who

but i think the bottom line is that anything -- anything that takes the assad regime down is a step in the right direction right now. what the international community has to assure is that if that happens, it happens in the context of legitimate reforming that keep that country together and that seven the syrian people. >> thank you, mr. secretary. general dempsey, we mention that had the relationship between right now the government and the military is strong. is there a basis for that relationship being strong in terms of maybe just the generals looking saying we're going to stay with whoever we think is going to come out on top. is there a situation scenario where that might change and the military might withdraw some of that support and make some other things possible? >> i think there are conditions. i'd like to think the military leaders in syria would recognize that using the kind of violence they're using against their own citizens is a fool's errand and that at some point that will income jeopardize them as an institution. that could be one of the reasons they're beginning to

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the typical bottom line would be when we have refined alternatives, we have come up with alternatives that meet the needs of the project, then we would utilize the triple bottom line to get a relative comparison of social, environmental, economic. it could be things like jobs, like local jobs. whatever the values of the various committees and us being. this is lower than where we are. we are at a bit higher level at this point but we will be incorporating risk assessment and that will show how the projects are sequenced. >> part of that is to help us understand what the decisions and tauruses are between here and in answer. maybe have something that is fully baked and cast in stone that we need to understand how the choices are being made. >> i think that is true. the whole discussion is to talk about what do you think fits in the 10-year or 20-year program. what are you willing to give up? you might have ranges of cost of the certain things, you could have a full value engineering process. >> it would be great to get feedback and i would be thrilled to do it which ever way we can do

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the bottom line is there is a gimmick at stake. gimmick at stake. >> the bottom line is there is a gimmick at stake. a it is the gimmick in the taxriv. code that allows for it to take, place. it allows for a hedge fund billionaire to claim a lower tte than a truck driver.'s beet if there is a gimmick here, it is the gimmick that we are trying to remove. it is not a gimmick that we are trying to pursue. a it has been said that this is an tax on investment and if our purpose should be how to add back the jobs lost in the recession, we just passed a highway bill with 75 senators supporting it, only 22 opposed, which as we know around here in this partisan environment, is a landslide. it came out of the environment and public works committee unanimously. it had 40 amendments accepted. and now three million jobs are bottled up on the other end of this hallway in the house of representatives because the republican speaker doesn't want to use democratic votes. if you want to do something about jobs, tell the republican speaker to pass the

the bottom line, a colassel battle that goes right to the we are. and tonight we'll explore the key issues that steer the candidate, the campaign and the country. [applause] >> when barack obama first ran for president, he promised economic recovery and according to the white house, the president has delivered on that promise. . >> the economy is vastly improved from what it was when barack obama was sworn into office as president. >> mike: but the numbers don't agree with the press secretary's statement. here for a closer look, bobb network's charlie gasperino. welcome back. [applaus [applause] >> you know, governor, when you go from one to two, that's 100% increase, that's what we're talking about here. >> mike: we really are. i want to begin with gasoline prices and we've got a screen that we're going to take a look at because this shows what gasoline costs when he was sworn in as president and what gasoline costs today. it's staggering. it's up 111%. >> what's bad about this, higher gas prices is a regressive tax, as you know. it hits poor peopl

we don't have an answer to that, but the bottom line is that that information is out there, the candidates have that information and we think, at gas lllup, and others think it's appropriate to provide that information and if they are not going to vote because they know so and so is behind, that's they require. they can make that decision. better to have accurate information to make that decision than inaccurate assumptions, which would happen otherwise. i'm not going to vote because i heard he has no chance based on inaccurate data. this way, they can make that decision on accurate data. >> let's go to brad next at the washington center. brad? >> oh, hi. i was wondering, i think it's called the bradley effect, where they found in california, in the '80s, i think, african-american candidate polled 5% or something higher than he received the week of the election, said it was because people were ashamed to admit that they wouldn't vote for someone because they were black. do you believe that people will tell a pollster they are voting for someone other than who they are really voting for bec

the green line is the president's budget which is the second line from the bottom. spending less than 3% of gdp, which is the lowest number in recent history, probably ever in the history of this country, bothers me in light of your all's quotes. i would like to ask you this. i'm not trying to get you crosswise with the president's

here's the bottom line. you can use this bogus linkage between the u.s. and europe, but only if you recognize that as long as europe gives the bears an edge, they will keep pressing your best stocks down. and you'll have to take some pain before those stocks return the pleasure. can i go to nathan in minnesota, please? nathan? >> caller: hi. yaba daba doo. >> i'm liking that. what's on your mind? >> caller: xerox. finally, what's going on with it? >> well, you know, they did better than expected, so people got very excited about it. i think the fact that it was up a penny on a really horrible day tells me i've got to do more work and xerox is maybe finally at an inflection point where it could start going higher. i've not liked the stock, i've been right. let's go to stafford in oregon. stafford? >> caller: hey, jim, how you doing today? >> i'm doing real well, how about you? >> caller: good. my question is regarding china mobile. i know they were near a 52-week high and had a sell-off today. i wanted to get your opinion? >> we do not recommend chinese st