. >> activision shares hit a new 52-week high ahead of earnings report today and profits did rise 19% on the quarter on the debut of the starcraft 2 game, but guidance was cautious because of concerns about the next generation of video game consoles and fewer subscribers to its world of warcraft game. shares of activision closed at $16.26, and that is up more than 2% and then they lost ground after hours dropping more than 5% as you see on that chart. >> wendy's profits down 83% and hurt by higher food costs and increased marketing expensive. the company raised its full-year profit estimates and investors did sell off, shares falling more than 75% to close at $5.77. shares are percolating at green mountain coffee roasters and it raised guidance and announced a new five-year agreement with starbucks. that deal expands the number of starbucks product available on green mountain's keurig platform beyond north america. shares rose more than 1.5% and soared after hours adding as much as 12%. >> delta air lines is doing something it has aren't done in a decade issuing a diffident, over the

activision shares are under pressure despite posting stronger than expected first quarter results but forecast that has the attention of investors providing a cautious full-year guidance because of concerns about next generation videogame consoles and a decline in the company's key "world of warcraft" fantasy game. >>> former enron chief executive jeffrey skilling has a deal with the justice department to have his prison sentence reduced. according to "the wall street journal" skilling could have his 24-year term reduced to just a 14-year sentence. >>> coca-cola is going global with the anti-obesity push although coke offers diet drinks in all markets they are not readily available in emerging market as china. they promise to offer low or no calorie alternatives. that is the latest from the fox business network, giving you the power to prosper. at od, whatever business you're in, that's the business we're in with premium service like one of the best on-time delivery records and a low claims ratio, we do whatever it takes to make your business our business. od. helping the world keep p

activision blizzard, good quarter, but its outlook slower as "world of warcraft" sales, a lot of the makers will be updating their consoles. and tesla, almost perfect, according to "consumer reports." it's rare that you see a consumer report rating that comes in at near 100. they got 99. and maria, they only lost one point because they're still not sure about the longevity in terms of the electronic-only car. but a 99 out of a 100. that's pretty amazing. >> that really is. bertha, thanks so much. bertha coombs with the latest there. jpmorgan chairman and ceo jamie dimon remains under pressure. a lot going on in the financial services industry. up next, a former top lieutenant to dimon and jpmorgan just left to become the ceo of firstdata. we'll talk about that move with frank bisignano. that's next after this break. >>> and later, are you looking to book a seat with frequent flyer miles? good luck. phil lebeau with the best and worst redemption programs in the skies. stay with us. are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technolog

a disappointing forecast from activision which makes the popular "call of duty" video game.%. another big move. and let's move on to microsoft. it may buy all of nook media's digital assets. and nook is owned by barnes & noble. the stock right now is down a fraction. barnes & noble is-- sorry, up $3 bucks, 4 bucks, 22%, big moves today. the dow industrials are down 1 point and i call that a go nowhere market this thursday morning. time is money, let's move on fast here. what else have we got today. answer, president obama, he lectures on job creation in texas today. two democrats, a mayor and a congressman will join they're both from texas and how do they account for lonestar's boom. government or private enterprise? high tax or low, we will ask them. another for carnival cruise line. can they rebrand for the failures? if so, how can we do it. we have a branding guy to answer the question and dr. keith ablow joins us, the technology makes you dumb? i think he says that, i think he agrees with that. do you? we're covering it all. well, up next, listen to this, a man after my

they've got a big video game coming out trying to mimic sky landers from activision.trying to build and i think they should buy because this is a business especially given the youth orientation that they need to be in. >> what was that pixar -- how does that pay for pixar? how much was it? >> i think it was about $5 billion. it was a huge amount per film, but if you looked at pixar, joe, they needed the creative content because the cupboard was bare and they needed the characters like woody and -- >> that's not a big price when you start thinking about how they franchise that stuff. >> ea would have to spend -- it'd cost you $7 billion to buy electronic arts. >> no, there's $1.2 billion of net cash. only cost them about $5.5 billion. >> buy ea. >> that 3% finance cost, ea has about $300 million of cash flow. it would be accretive. >> oh, man, is there no china wall? you're an analyst and a banker. >> well, i'm not a banker, but you know, joe, the companies that are leading the market right now have been companies that have been making acquisitions for cash and using f