loews, the parent company of mgm and rko, had new york city and parts of the east.aramount had the midwest and the south. fox had the far west. and so they would trade amongst each other. the studio might only be a few hundred acres in l.a., but if you own 1500 movie theatres, thatat's a h--- of a lot of real estate. paramount would have the best locations in chicago. the best locations in detroit. the best locations in new orleans. the best locations in memphis. warner brothers did not own as many first-run theatres in major metropolitan areas as paramount. (thomas schatz) and since those major metropolitan theatres for paramount generated much of its capital, it made more sophisticated, its product was more slick, more sophisticated than warners. warners was emphasizing more of a midwestern and rural and smaller urban clientele. this affects the kind of movies that the companies made. (actor) i had an original story kicking around paramount. my agent told me it was dead as a doornail. but i knew a big shot there who'd always liked me. (thomas schatz) paramount was

partly cloudy skies for the weekend, high temperatures in the mid-60's, loews and the 40's and it does not make a difference at the stadium because it is under cover. -- 30 our forecast today, 35 tomorrow, light snow late tonight and sunday morning, maybe a flurry in the afternoon. tuesday and wednesday, a light snow maker coming through. >> if you don't have a cold or the flu, you might know someone who does. we tried to avoid getting sick so how you keep your immune system at its best? the doctor joins us now to explain. give us some good tips. >> basically, you have to keep yourself healthy in general. you have to wash your hands all the time. you have to eat healthy and state well hydrated and break -- and drink plenty of water. fruits and vegetables and lean meat helps. that way your body is ready and plenty of sleep. there is immunization as well the flu vaccine is very important. people have to remember that they get other immunizations because the human body respond better to immunizations at a younger age. as we get older, it is harder to be more in tune. -- more immune. get p

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confederate force that was still manned by soldiers who may not have heard that the war was over, or at loews that richmond had fallen who still had guns on the river. and i remember calling doris and saying i don't understand what kind of father this is. and why don't more people talk about this. this is actually an irresponsible thing to do. we discussed it and we're still discussing it. it's a fascinating aspect of lincoln that there is this-- it's i think sort of emblematic of his relationship to his sons and the world this incredible compassion, he was just thinking of the world from tad's point of view and thinking he would just be crushed if i left him behind. and sort of abrogating his responsible as a parent to take care of this kid at the same tool. and also being somewhat removed from the, you know, focused on something else he had a mission to go, to richmond. and not quite connected to the specifics of what he was about to do. and there's that quality to lincoln that i found really fascinating. so you know, there were issues like that that just came over. i mean i still don't und

loews is in the same boat. they will be hiring 9,000 permanent part time store associates.is, that is the theme. the theme is the spring selling season is coming. back to you. melissa: nicole, thanks so much. lori: it has been one year since jcpenney revamped into apple-like retail store under ceo ron johnson. with shares down 50% since then. is the strategy working? no. we have a senior analyst who covers jcpenney is here why he is downplaying the stock, if the will succeed. love the most recent note on jcpenney. if we ran it we would be nervous. it was downgraded early january. do you feel similarly? >> i do. it was a whole dr. zeus theme in my defense. lori: it is great. we love it. >> i think the transition has been very tough. lori: what is the biggest challenge? what is the biggest miss by the ceo? >> i think the pricing strati if, consumers they haven't understood it. they're not responding postively to it. and i think that has been a real struggle. have been changes in the company's redirected it a little bit. they're adding become promotions. but i think the pricin

. >> the other one is loews. look at lowe's tracking, those guys are almost in sync as well.at drives the economy. >> absolutely that is what drives the economy. place like lowe's, home depot, they're selling other commodities other than lumber. their sales can be up by selliig other products which are not related to lumber. >> they're trading those. leave you with the stock board of the home builders. they're trading today, ashley, the headline, which is us whoing starts down. i tell you, i think there is lot more to be optimistic about in there, even though you're seeing red on the board for homebuilders. ashley: something indeed. jeff flock, as you say up close and personal, on the ground, on the story. thanks so much. tracy: well the postal service survived, rain, heat and snow for hundreds of years. now they're hoping to help you survive it too. the usps partnering with a fashion company who will design and produce the clothing line at no cost to the post office, believe it or not. now the usps will receive a small percentage of sales from the clothing company when its m

and loews, the temperature is back to the freezing mark. >> we're looking at improving conditions, notnd as you can see the backup is almost completely disappeared here. this is been the pattern for the last week and a half. the san mateo bridge commute is also easy, a 11 minute drive time across the span. the golden gate bridge is close to its peak in terms of traffic volume. no delays as you come past the south tower, just a little slowing. it's a little sluggish in spots on 24 westbound but that is also to be expected in the south bay. slow traffic is here on northbound 87, early morning accident still swelling the ride. it was at carter and is still slowing things from highway 85. and then no north bay 35 minutes drive time had it from about 21 01 southbound. the drive time 37 down to the golden gate bridge. >> the present college revealeprinceton college previv has released its list the best value colleges of 2013. it is a list of 150 schools that says it offers the best bang for the buck. the top five public-school see as you and long beach, christopher newport university in virg

>> we had citigroup with trillion asset management, and morgan stanley with dan loew, trian partners could be next? there's no activist in key corp. i know right how now. two decades after the company was formed on the premise of creating economies of scale and they're 0% less efficient than they were two decades ago. they're in 15 disparate states around the country, maine, vermont, new york, ohio, colorado, idaho, oregon, washington, alaska, all i'm saying is how about the same proposal that trillion is pro posing at citigroup to analyze a better formation of the company? i'll go to the annual meeting and ask questions of the directors if nobody else does. >> finally, mike, jack lou is testifying as we speak. he's just recently said that dodd-frank implementation remains a priority for him. looks like he's going to get in, what does it do to policy risk overall to the sector? >> what we learn from going into the crisis is that government wasn't doing its job and investors weren't doing its job, so nobody was minding the store. what i'd prefer to see is investors step up to the plat

in the meantime, dan loew sold his entire stake in apple. you see these guys lining up on opposite sides. einhorn took a stock in google. morgan stanley and news corp. among the other filings to talk about, carl icahn. he was mum on whether or not he was taking a stake when he was fighting it out with ackman. but we now know that carl icahn took a nearly 30% stake in herbalife. these are not just war of the words. these guys are putting this money where their mouth is. >> scott on fast money, it was up like $8. so the billionaire brawl happened at about 44, 45, it dropped down to the low 30s where carl may have been amassing his stake. but carl is so amazing because he has so much money that -- this is aer sous investment. if you buy 14 million shares at 30 or 40, you're getting into something like three quarters of a billion dollars or something, aren't you? isn't that right? 40 times 14 million -- no, no, okay, that's right. up like 100 million or something like than the. >> it's not pocket change. >> yeah. and he says he's done a lot of r

loew before this committee. it would not involve any sort of vote regarding the nomination.ld regard full testimony i what he gives before other committees like finance. >> i understand that senators interest in inviting jack lew to testify for this committee. i do not think it is necessary to mend the committee rules to accomplice that -- accomplish that goal. changing the rules would be a mistake. i want to assure that a senator 's interest for mr. lew on a ridge of issues has made clear that i intend to invite him before the kennedy soon after he is confirmed. but finance committee has primary jurisdiction over his finan nomination. second, i do not think we should start down the path of trying to mend the committee rules depending on our individual preferences for a particular hearing. that is why we consult with the ranking member and other members of hearings. eric, i'm concerned that amending our rules in this way -- third, i'm concerned that mending our rules in this way -- no senate committee has such a rule. finally -- >> i'm sorry. >> the proposed rules change is