. >> do you think that this kind of last couple of week deacceleration makes you even more adamant you've to be in worldwide locations that are much less levered to just one country? >> you know, it makes me adamant about two things. one is market share is the measure of success in this fragile consumer environment we're in in the u.s. so we continue to outperform our competitors, chicken competitors and qsr. that's the measure to watch. to your point about global opportunity, we're one of the few qsr brand that's has the opportunity to double in size in the u.s. and then rapidly move around the world. one of the numbers i'm proudest of in this third quarter is our international comp sales are up 5. we're positioning our brand well in the countries where we compete, and we're building strong auv dz, average unit volumes and strong profitability for our international owners as well. >> cheryl, in the last quarter, the company -- common stock. let's say the stock stays down. i know it's difficult to play with the real open hand on this stuff. stays down three, is that another opportunity to

the big concern about that is deacceleration. it was up 80% year on year. the story has a long way to go. >> roger mack thcnamee thinks s well. >> and i don't think it's all that special and different. >> jordan may be right in the short term on some of the names because of the momentum. but one of the things he is getting wrong, if you look at the combined age of this desk, it's over 200 years, and he's probably -- >> wait a minute. >> -- he's probably right -- >> hey, weiss isn't here. >> only keeping a few apps on. but the kids, our children, they'll line up on different apps, and these yelps and so forth are going to change again in ways that we never expected. look at zigatz versus yelp. so the 200-year-old crowd, i get it. but that's not the crowd going after the names from a consumer point of view. >> let's talk about more names in the top three trades. first up, nordstrom, topping third quarter earnings estimates, but profits falling about 6% over the past year. bakes, you're up. >> yeah, the high-end retailers have done well. nordstrom has done wel

on the one hand, deacceleration in educational attainment, on the other hand, and those true trends combining to hallow out the middle class. i think the important part of the answer is in education, everything from pre-k as you cited through college. >> thank you. i'm -- thank you very much. >> thank you, former chairman maloney. >> thank you, mr. chairman and vice chairwoman, and it's a particular pressure for me to welcome chairman furman as he is from the city that i'm privileged to represent, and i can say unequivocally that new yorkers are very proud of you and the role played not only in this position, but in other positions in the administration to assist president obama in the economic recovery which led to 44 straight months of private sector job growth, the gdp of runs for ten straight quarters and housing is rebounding. the economic recovery shows resilience in strength, even in businesses and individuals who faced unnecessary uncertainty and harm because of the government shut down, and that fight that really hurt consumer confidence, saying that it's one of the lowest points it'