i feel that burger king has done me wrong. >> burger king released a statement after the incident sayingetrained, and, quote, we have sanitized the sink and have disposed of all other kitchen tools and utensils that were used during the incident. as for macy and tim, they're both living in xenia, and their job prospects have been few and far between. >> there's really no hope of getting a job. at first i was thinking this cancels out restaurant work. but if i go in anywhere, i'm a pretty recognizable person at this point. so if i go in anywhere for a job, this guy is going to give us problems. he's going to be insubordinate. he's chaotic. we don't know what he's going to do. i'm pretty much canceled out of any kind of real job. and if it's not television or music or something like that, then i don't think it's happening at this point. >> fortunately for tim, his 15 minutes of fame have led to more performances and more fans. ♪ everyone knows that i'm so dirty ♪ >> his experience at burger king even inspired one of his latest songs. ♪ because i took a bubble bath in a sink at burger king

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burger king posted again in the first quarter.r king purchased the canadian coffee and donuts chain, tim hortons. sales at burger king were up 3%, tim hortons posted a 4% gain. the government is opening the skies to the widespread use of drones. numeral's from the faa would permit small businesses to use the unmanned aircraft. flights would not be allowed out of sight of the operator. drones could not be used for pizza deliveries or delivering other products, like orders from amazon. that is a look at the top stories this hour. it has not often child's play for lego, the danish toymaker. it saw its value tank between 2003 into thousand seven. it has rebounded since, overtaking even mattel in the first half of last year. the company's president is here with me in the studio. welcome to "bottom line." >> thank you for having me. mark: lego group, not far from bankruptcy at one point. last month you told a group "we became a company that did not listen to our customers." is that not rule number one in business? what happened? >> per

it's combined with burger king which is my favorite over mcdonald's.o it's just a great sin stock. charles: what about the notion overall, matt, when people are trying to decide how to put together a portfolio. try to start with the things that you know. anybody who bought a coat in the three months, may be up 10% tonight with columbia. how to avoid the pitfalls of being politically correct. matt: you have to take your heart out of investing. especially when it comes to this. you can support whole foods and what they do. you work very hard for that money. that money has to work for you. i love the sin stocks. i support a lot of that stuff. they did a study back to 1900. the number one performing sector, the brewers and distillers. 235 pounds if you invested in the distillers. >> that was the uk. right? let's put an asterisk after that. they have a special thing with uk and beer over there. >> i'm actually in the giraldo camp. i don't like to eat gmos. i'm the person that wants a garden on my roof. i get that. i like celestial haynes. they're gaining. b

we're going to be at burger king, come meet us at burger king. >> they were sending a notebook back ands their only means of communication so that they wouldn't argue. these two people who once cared enough to marry each other could not stand to open their mouths to each other without venom. >> accusations were beginning to amp up. >> so gen accuses mark of abusing mary during a visit in littleton. county sheriffs investigate. find no basis, no evidence to support the allegation. and the county attorney in grafton county declines to prosecute. i think she really believed that that was the case, that mary was being abused, no one was listening to her, and she believed it would continue. >> genevieve began to take mary quietly behind the scenes to doctors. doctors would say, i don't think that happened. why are you saying that happened? >> and she decided to make a tape that somehow illustrated that mary had been victimized. and that was when things really got bad. >> the assistant county attorney provided us with a tape that genevieve kelley had produced at the house involving mary, drop

the word with the weird name of inversion, for companies like medtronic to fast food giant burger king. this is what you need to know. in the last decade alone at least 75 u.s. corporations have moved their official addresses abroad. many have moved to places like bermuda and cayman islands price waterhouse moved its home, and fruit of the loom moved its corporate headquarters to cayman islands in 1998. but inversion could wind up costing the u.s. as much as $20 billion in lost tax revenue over the next decade. inversion is where a u.s. company illegally arranges to become the subsidiary of a foreign company and pays taxes to that company instead of the u.s. sara lee merged the 2012 with d.e. master blenders whose headquarters is in the netherlands. u.s. corporate income tax of 35%, the highest in the developed world.in ireland it's only 12.5%. critics say companies often use loopholes to avoid paying the 35% corporate income tax and if they invert and incorporate abroad they enjoy the benefits of u.s. laws. if congress reduces the u.s. corporate tax rate it will only rob the u.s. of e

. >> and a shout out to this burger king franchise owner.arnett got a new corvette and a rolex watch after being awarded the company as franchise of the year. so what did he do? he sold them and got other franchises to pull together their own money and handed out bonuses to more than 100 of his employees. a friday bonanza of scrambled politics including cpac gems straight ahead. there's nothing more romantic than a spontaneous moment. so why pause to take a pill? and why stop what you're doing to find a bathroom? with cialis for daily use, you don't have to plan around either. it's the only daily tablet approved to treat erectile dysfunction so you can be ready anytime the moment is right. plus cialis treats the frustrating urinary symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently, day or night. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain as it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. do not drink alcohol in excess. s

we think this is one that's held back and hasn't moved like denny's and burger king and so forth.would be long. it acts well. unchanged when the market has been pounded. go with the long side. >> bullish, are you? no, you're not. he never is. >> that's not true, this is a burrito company trading at 40 times expected earnings and it can't last forever. the chart is fantastic and basing like you said. if you own it, don't sell it, but i don't know if you have to chase it. this is the sort of stock you have to see if there's any sign of desell race, you've got to get out quickly, it will drop 20 to 30% quickly. >> john says, why always buy in premium when it's so high to sell a spread. >> actually, it can seem expensive at times and cheap at other times. the market is relatively volatile and we're in the middle of erpgz season. a lot of trades are long premium bets because we're expecting the stocks to move more sharply. however, selling vertical spreads in a high implied volatility department is usually a good strategy. carter. >> if you have green mountain coffee, we would recommen

burger king that's been their specialty for years.w and inventive things or removing basics from the menu? >> i think at mcdonald's situation is different. the menu exploded. because they were so obsessed with everything outside their category, dhept on adding to the menu without subtracting from the menu. i mean many years ago when we worked on the turnaround we had a decision rule for every item you add, you have to subtract something otherwise the menu explodes. with over 120 i tips i defy you to go through the drive-through and attempt to read the menu. first priority which they are beginning to address, i don't think aggressively enough is to reduce menu complexity. >> larry, i've never had the privilege of going to one of the franchise meetings the huge franchise meetings that they've happened it's the franchisees are the main customers. i hear they're big, it's razzmatazz, we are the winners, we're the best. internally there must be some question and demoralization of the franchisees. give us an idea of the structure of the con

. -- burger king has been a big win. i had to ask bill what is in store for him and mcdonald's.look at everything big an interesting. we might own it, we might not. >> you think if they followed burger king it could be more interesting. bill: for sure. stephanie: coke and pepsi either one interesting? bill: no. stephanie: where are you in the process? you said to me, this thing is going to zero. bill: it will. the 26th of february is a big day, they announce earnings after the close. they're holding a cop occurrence -- a conference call after the close. it is a tell that the numbers will be bad. a typically filed the press release, put out the 10k, give you an evening to read it and you can ask questions. you are in the pr business, you give people in no time to read the 10k and do the conference call at night you are trying to get ahead of the news. the earnings, on that tell the business bundles are deteriorating. what is interesting is, they are going to have a bad earnings, it will have to take them guidance. the most interesting stuff will be in the 10k. some, nation of the

cecilia lordman gets paid the minimum wage working at burger king. on her salary, she and boyfriend mike roberts can't afford their $300 energy bill. >> her husband lost his one job. >> reporter: jackie henry brought her 36-year-old daughter debra wolf to eblen charities. wolf has four kids and owes $417 this month. the power company says it's ready to switch off her electricity. so, we met some clients just now. some people, it looks like their heating bills are almost half of what they pay for rent. you know, what kind of burden is that putting on families here? >> well, it's a tremendous burden considering economic times, and some were maybe not working, some maybe on social security, some maybe have two or three jobs. >> reporter: in north carolina, low-income families are eligible for a range of government programs to help stay warm in the winter. generally, they're administered by the state and paid for by the federal government. but in recent years, federal spending on programs for the poor has been cut. so, for example, the federal utility bi

. >>> a shout-out to this burger king franchise owner in arizona. tom barnett got a new corvette and rolex after being awarded the company's froon chits of the year. he sold them and got other franchises to pool together money and they handed out bonuses to more than 100 of his employees. >>> let's get down to business with c nebraska's landon dowdy, good morning. >> good friday morning to you. stocks were a mixed bag thursday trading mostly flat. the nasdaq closed up just under .5%, closed up 11 out of the last 12 days at one point during trading within 11 points of the 5,000 mark which it has not reached since march 2000. the s&p 500 and dow closed down marginally. sbc voted to implement new rules to design net neutrality. the principals of companies that provide internet services should treat all data legally. broadband providers have threatened to go to court over the decision. >>> what color is this dress? a tumbler user posted a picture of this dress asking one simple question. is it white and gold? or blue and black? this question ignited a f

the new parents of burger king posted a gain.ds international was created when burger king bought the canadian coffee and doughnut chain tim hortons. tim hortons posted a 4% gain. a rare gain in the fast food industry. we are under 30 minutes from the start of the trade. let's count you done with the top headlines before the bell. julie hyman and and bob emery join me. let's start with number 10. we just spoke with the ibm senior vice president for their software and services division. ibm is committing to spend $1 billion to develop its software portfolio over the next five years. the tech giant's been trying to entice customers with new products. 11 quarters of declining revenue . incredible. >> it feels a little bit like let's throw a lot at wall and see what sticks. in addition to all of that declining revenue, the stock is down about 12% over the past year at a time when other tech companies have been doing much better. for a lot of time, ibm's stock is been stuck in a range and it fell off in the past six months or so. >> i

the parent company of burger king posted a gain. restaurant brands international was created when burger king bought tim hortons. sales were up 3%. 10 -- tim hortons posted a 4% gain. in west virginia a csx train carrying oil first into flames. one ended up in a river. dozens of people fled. the governor has declared a state of emergency. erik: is it just a matter of time before greece exits the euro? on the surface it is looking that way. appearances can be deceiving. let's bring in steve engle under, global head of g 10 strategy at citigroup. and joe from bloomberg markets. they say it is darkest before the dawn. is there a dawn or is this -- >> there could be. last night it seemed like the talks broke off in acrimony. no one seemed to be moving. as the night progressed, there were two draft statements, one that greece was willing to accept. they were not that far apart between the statement that the eurogroup wants to make any statement the greeks want to make. it is a lot of semantics. there are some issues. it is very close. it

. >> i am going to be that guy this no, i will walk down the street to burger king and great job mcdonaldsthe cashiers do not look like the ones on this ad and i will get a creepy guy that is like, give me a hug and your meal is free. >> bring one of your dates. >> i don't put out to get something. i am not doing tricks for treats. >> i liked the liam niesen where shall. >> that was enjoyable. he was basically mocking himself. it is great to explain something when we don't have tape. that's something i like to do. a romanian man's virginity is up for sale. order it "not cool." back in a minute. first here is what is coming up tomorrow. >> tomorrow night tv's andy levey will drop by show. both will be hard-hitting interviews i guarantee you. 10:00 eastern and 7:00 pacific. >>> he will hop into bed to get out of the red. a 29-year-old romanian man, seen here, attempted to sell his virginity in a local newspaper ad. he was cree -- recreating a b-role placed an ad, man 29, athletic and tone and dark hair and selling my virginity 850 euros which is with $60,000. transport not included. i think

. >> it turns out it was a truck that they used from burger king to hole the overhaul of bodies. >> clivebeginning to see the picture frame around the murders and now wondered whether the moo youngs had caught themselves in the cross hairs of miami's cartel violence. clive felt the road map to the '80s could be found in the moo youngs' brief case. >> we figured out the moo youngs were laundering money for the cartels. they got greedy and came up with this great plan they would skim 1% of the money. so if you were ripping off the colombia drug cartels, that is a slightly stronger motive for you getting killed than what was going on with kris. it totally re-framed the case. now we have a huge alternative suspect. >> a suspect that happened to be staying in the room directly across the hall from the murders. don't hide it... tackle it with fda-approved jublia! jublia is a prescription medicine proven to treat toenail fungus. use jublia as instructed by your doctor. once applied, jublia gets to the site of infection by going under, around, and through the nail. most common side effects includ

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i'm talking c.v.s., burger king, any of those companies, you know. they moved their companies out of the country their headquarters, so they don't have to pay their fair share. you know, elizabeth warren has done plenty for this state. and you think you're going to take over on 2016? take another look. host: ray, thanks for the call. what about the inversion issue? guest: you brought up the question of american policy and how we tax american firms here and overseas. most countries in the world, not north korea, not the united states, have a territorial tax system and that is it you earn a dollar in the united states they tax it, whether you're a person or a company. but what other countries do, france says if a french company sells things in the united states and they earn a dollar, the american economy taxes it, the american government taxes it the local government taxes it, the city taxes it, the state taxes it, the federal government taxes some of those earnings. when they bring that money back to france, they don't tax it again. they want that mo

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the guy from burger king can get a car. >> again, if you think about, i don't want to say a bubble oring. the availability of credit is helping to fuel. consumers are feeling better. matt: the average loan is 67 months. average rate is 4.5%. the highest ever just under $34,000 in january. that's a good sign. prices are going up and people are still buying, charles. charles: i think that's a good sign as well. it's gone down from december. >> i like the loan space to some degree. i'm playing the long-term card. people are getting a little smarter about buying cars and saying, you know what, this will last another 100,000 miles. i like monroe mulser. because there's less and less ways to get your car fixed, they are the one to beat. (?) because they've been acquiring some companies. charles: that's mnro. that has the chart the exact opposite of hillary. and it's a tiny tiny dividend. those autos in that same area. you like that. i like the dealers though. i still like the dealers. those are the way to go. by the way, we have some old position in auto nation. that was a huge hot one toda

. >> it turns out it was a refrigerated truck that they had rented from burger king to haul all the bodies was beginning to see the frame around the picture of the murders, and he now wondered whether the moo youngs had found themselves caught in the crosshairs of miami's cartel violence. clive felt the road map to the '80s could be found in the moo youngs' briefcase. >> we figured out the moo youngs were laundering money for the cartels. they got greedy and came up with this great plan they would skim 1% off the money. so if you were ripping off the colombian drug cartels, that's a slightly stronger motive for you getting killed than what was going on with kris. it totally re-framed the case. now we have a huge alternative suspect. >> a suspect that happened to be staying in the room directly across the hall from the murders. your pocket right now? i have $40, $21. could something that small make an impact on something as big as your retirement? i don't think so. well if you start putting that towards your retirement every week and let it grow over time, for twenty to thirty years, that r

commercial featuring your music hyundai directv, burger king, kraft, the list goes on and on, my friend done deals with everybody. >> we have. and we're still doing deals. a brand-new movie called the kings men. and commercials are sometimes either paid (?) by a flat rate or they're union. movies are all flat-rate. gerri: we're showing video from the kingsmen, and you're part of that. so exciting. i'm hearing good things about the movie. does something like that sort of offset what's going on with music download sales which are so negative right now? >> well, it definitely does. i mean, you have to -- i mean it's an extra income. and it's always welcomed. and i'm glad that my music, you know, works -- is -- for commercials as it does for motion pictures. sets up a scene for a certain time. my music was definitely a part of a certain period in all our lives. gerri: forty years, my friend. thank you for coming on the show. >> thank you gerri. gerri: we'll be right back with my "2 cents more" and the answer to the question of the day. do you have cabin fever? ♪ gerri: do you have cabin fev

the robber held up a dunkin' donuts burger king and mcdonald's. please believe he's in his 40 with possible scars on his face. if you think you recognize him, call police. >>> it is the last place his parents expected danger. a 12-year-old boy with a sleep in the bedroom of his main line home when a bullet almost hit him. 12-year-old zach marino is okay now. he's pretty shaken up though. a stray bullet came through his bedroom wall in radnor township. investigators say the shot came from someone who is actually shooting at this road sign here. see the bullet hole in it. zach was sleeping just five feet from where the bullet entered his house. >> i suppose anywhere in the house isn't a great thing, but it comes into your bedroom, where you're asleep you're not cognizant while it is going on it is unnerving. >> radnor police are asking anyone who saw anything suspicious near bryn mawr avenue last thursday morning to give them a call. >>> police are still looking for the armed robber who targeted a philadelphia bar. a masked man walked into bottoms u

two whoppers, i'm assuming from burger king, two large fries, also some popcorn, cornbread, salad withtermilk dressing and cherry vanilla ice cream for dessert. i believe there is a budget. who knows if she'll get all she's asked for? but there are bigger issues at hand. paul callan and joey jackson with back with me now. we are always surprised when it's a lady on death row. and we are way more surprised when the lady actually walks the dead man walking hallway. 15 women have been executed in the united states since 1977. why is it that there is such a disproportionate number of women to men? is it that it's the crimes or it's ugly, we just don't want to sentence a woman to death? >> women are less violent than men. you're dealing with a much smaller pool. and i think also juries are much less likely to give the death penalty to a woman than to a man. >> does that extend all the way to that midnight phone call -- it's not a midnight one in this respect, she's sentenced -- she's scheduled for 7:00 p.m., i think, six hours and ten minutes by my clock. is it possible that that last-minut

. >>> a settlement has been reached between burger king and a retired soldier from chantilly who claims found neementdzs in his sandwich -- needles in his sandwich. the lawsuit claims he was injured by the needles. the exact terms of the settlement have not yet been released. we do know the dollar figure being associated with apple on wall street about $700 billion. yesterday it became the first u.s. company to be worth more than $700 billion based on the value of its stock. it makes apple worth nearly twice as much as the second most valuable company exxon- mobil. not a bad group to be in there. certainly an exclusive company right now for apple. >> that is real money. >> some serious cash. give the lotto a run. >>> 6:19. we're all sitting here talking about our dreams if we win the lottery. and one would be to go to a nice warm place right away. >> andrea -- howard said what would you like if i won. she said a cheeseburger... in paris. >> weather wise we're looking at a decent day today before the really cold air moves n. we're talking not one but two arctic air masses. then on tuesda

. >> at burger king they're doing the seven minutes in heaven closet.ggets and -- i don't understand. >> who wants to feed their valentine 7,000 calories? >> imnat trades that are unlucky, but you are hoping will turn around. >> stratus. >> first solar. >> long natural gas via san juan base and royalty trust. >> that's it for us. power lunch begins right now. >> halftime is over. power lynch and the second half of the trading day start right now. >> oh, it's almost ugly there. we almost had an accident. tyler matheson here. welcome, everybody. almost got them there. whoa, baby. >> hello. i'm mandy drury. well, record breaker. the s&p popping into unchartered territory is currently sitting at 2,091. the dow is back up 18,000 earlier on today, and a 15-year high for the nasdaq. ty. >> and valley of measles. new information today about vaccination rates and the dangers out in silicon valley. >> and deep in the heart of teth

my kids never say, hey, can we stop at mcdonald's, burger king taco bell f.over 50 you never think of that. you think of the convenience store as gas. very interesting. >> definitely is. the high cost of love is getting even higher. only in america, right? the national retail federation reporting that americans will spend just about $19 billion. that's $142 per person celebrating valentine's day. seems really high to me except when you consider men spend twice as much as women. and younger people spend more having to do with the courting phase. here are the categories. a lot of players trying to get in on this. most significantly the last 24 hours, whole foods will start delivering flowers. a lot of cash to be had there. even for your pets. 21% of people saying they buy valentine's day gifts for their pets. i say come on. $700 million in spending. because more pets in this country than children that only has to be $5.28 per pet, which according to the doggy love index is just an extra treat that adds up to $700 million in spending. >> dogs and cats. let's not

. >> it's my birthday and i'm taking a bath in the sink and burger king. >> in today's workplace, anythingations ranging from bizarre to life threatening. >> i couldn't believe it. nobody's ever survived getting sucked into a jet intake. >> when the pressure's on, there's just no telling how people will

but a part of me wishes i was just working in a burger king in denmark like they just had in the "times" and having a decent life instead of this. >> that's a good segue because the prospect of you both maybe -- and all novelists someday work at a mcdonald's in denmark. what do you think the future of the novel is? >> philip roth a few years ago called the novel "a dying animal," and then he elaborated. he said maybe a small group of people will be reading it. maybe more people will read them than now currently lead latin poetry, but probably in about that range. he kind of elaborated and said it's because of screen time and distraction. and actually as i was preparing i was googling around and i thought that was a great quote by roth but then i found an interview that you did gary and you said "yeah, who knows, maybe literature will come back someday. it just sucks to be in the butthole of it all of a sudden." so what is the future of the novel? does it have one? >> well, look, you have to take everything i say with a grain of salt. in the industry they call me a sap. a soviet ashkenaz

. >> do what they did for burger king. >> absolutely. or for heinz or anheuser-busch.o think these are big valuable brands. they recognize tony the tiger. there is value there. the current people at kellogg's are hurting to extract value. >> if they launched a huge marketing campaign and brought tony the tiger back -- kids eat breakfast cereal every single day. they are not eating that many eggs. my don't have green juice. if there is a great character, a prize in the box, my kids would be begging for. >> i don't think television advertising is going to do for them now what it did for them in that 1950's and 1960's. >> kashi is a success story from the last decade. they are seeing double-digit declines in some of their biggest brands. >> people decided sawdust doesn't taste good? >> is there something in their portfolio that shows promise? >> one of the big problems they've had is they have all these brand extensions and big success in the last decade with special k but the snack bars and all that stuff that their snacks division is suffering too. they were down by 2%.

bill was a huge burger king guy. we will find out if he is stepping into mcdonald's.ical company that one of his team members got a board seat on. and you know what else we have to talk about, herbalife. >> that will be with him for a long time. thank you, stephanie. don't miss her interview today at 5:00 eastern time with pershing square's bill ackman. twitter tries to hold onto social media influencers. more on that next. ♪ >> twitter has just acquired niche, a company that connects celebrities with social media opportunities. with me is someone who invests in early startups. you are familiar with nice's products. how does this make sense? >> i think it makes great sense and is consistent with twitter's overall product direction which is getting users to consume content that active users are putting out. a lot of the discussion on twitter is that it has not done much for the nonpower user. this allows consumers to interact with brands and with influencers. if you look at what is happening on tv, big brand dollars still being spent on tv but the audience and time are

. >> by the way, neither has burger king or taco bell or others. how are they doing?taco bell is doing great. [laughter] >> the doritos logo taco or whatever it's called. where they doing well? >> taco bell has stuck with brand positioning of being a popular late-night spot. you items with shock value like the lawful taco. -- the waffle taco. mcdonald's has added chicken, coffee salads, which do not sell that well. a whole line of premium items. the dollar menu is not really a dollar anymore. they have something for everything. they are not the best at anything in many consumer mind. >> nobody is raving about their burgers these days. everyone is talking shake shack and others. thank you, venessa wong. julie hyman, as well. apple's taxes could overseas -- $10 billion for apple, microsoft pfizer and others. after the break, peter roskam of illinois gives us a take on america's tax code. how is jack mama straightening things out? ♪ >> treasury secretary, jack lew will be making the case for the president's budget. he set to testify in front of the house ways and means c

i think taking a change out of what 3-g also did with burger king is helpful. reimaging.l markets, what they've done in europe, they've done a great job there. but they have to tailor that to each regional situation. you can't have a one size fits all approach. and generally if you look at other things just refranchising. i think also if you take a look and executive compensation to the franchisee profitability. i think those are things that they can do to centralize and put the company back on the path to recovery. >> what is executive compensation tied to now? >> more so on the top line. so what the sales numbers are doing, i think you tie it to franchisee ebita. make them more apt to make the changes that needed happen at this company. >> okay. i love mcdonald's. i like -- the worst fast food is great for me in my opinion. but in moderation. everything in moderation, r.j. that's the key. thanks. >> absolutely. >> see you later. >> thank you. >>> coming up, the growth dilemma in the u.s. and then the government expected to revise fourth quarter gdp lower. we'll bring yo

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at a time when some of our biggest companies such as burger king and medtronic are moving their headquarters overseas and countless others are look at it because the u.s. is punishing tax code. what makes you think that adding more taxes on these companies for doing business internationally will keep them rooted here? >> actually our business tax plan would lower the domestic rate from 35 to 28% and it has specific provisions that would stop companies from these so-called eded inversions and create incentives to bring money back home, bring jobs back home and invest it here in the u.s. >> a long way off from making us competitive with other countries. >> you mentioned the savings generated through this administration's savings policy. given the likelihood this congress will not pass this administration's budget, how much does the president plan to do through executive order? >> the president has already taken action within the power that law grants him. he's made clear -- >> he's taken action beyond the power of the law. >> he's made clear that congress should act to change the law in way th

we often say burger king done need mcdonald's to fail in order for the stock to work.that they have a close second. certainly not by cuisine type necessarily. i think it's a great question. >> great stock so far. fun to watch. nicole thanks again. joining us piper? outlook quote deteriorating. coming on to join us talking russia, greece eurozone and the strong dollar when "squawk on the street" returns. >>> it's been a couple of years actually 4 1/2, since the month started out as well as february has started with most of the losses for january recovered on the s&p and the dow. markets flat for now. but we are about to get our oil inventoryies in 15 seconds. peck expecting a big build. how equities react the big question for the rest of the morning and afternoon. a market flash. >> flat for the overall market. clorox shares the stock's moving higher to the tune of 3.5% after the company reported better than expected second quarter routs. as a result it also boosted outlook for the full year on earnings and sales. shares up by 3.25%, up 30% over the past year. so one of

biggest positions is this restaurant's brand international burgers because it's the combination of burger king doughnuts. unless they're going to join company. the other one that is kind of going down a little bit before we get to health care is 21st century fox. that's been a favorite three hedge funds and after 880 million. the chinese lucky number this time around. it's been around 800 million drop in that. >> let's talk about a sector picks. so we touched on health care. financials also seeing a big inflow. >> yeah, that's right. so, you know, the interesting thing we look across 2014 and actually this was the first time that financials were a top buy for the hedge funds. it was about $4.2 billion net buy. that's a significant amount. a lot of that has to do with international. they're a type of real estate investment and they specialize in network and they have a lot of infrastructure. and so they're doing quite favorable with the hedge funds. after you. >> i want to ask you about one of the top hedge fund bias i believe is priceline. is that because investors are betting on future m&a. w

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