alcoa can wait. here's the problem. we need to see this deal close.e been saying that on twitter. the deal needs to close so it's more diversified. i said six months from now it's going to look different. that's what you're waiting for, not the near term. james in connecticut. >> jim, my question is about tdx as a buy or hold. >> it's a buy. jeff what can i say, great american to deliver the numbers. joe many in new jersey. >> yes, hi cramer. >> you sound like a neighbor of mine. >> yes, i am. look, i really enjoy watching your show. >> thank you. >> thanks for signing "get rich carefully" at costco a year ago. >> terrific. was that -- you're in my route 10 costco? >> i love it there. >> best samples they've got. don't eat within a day. fast before you go to my costco. >> you wrote rite aid goes to $8. it's doing well. my stock is hershey. >> i think it's played out. we are buyers of white way particularly because the tax situation gets better next month. and ladies and gentlemen, that was the "lightning round." rently, they also love stickers. what's

alcoa a real winner. 5.5% to the upside. monsanto. materials led the way.ss-the-board, ashley. >> linkedin shares taking a beating today. taking twitter down with it. nicole: right. and it was for the week. when you talk about linkedin, twitter, yelp winning all of those names were down over 20% this week. linkedin down obviously to the downside and twitter too now. >> the airline sector taking off, pardon the pun. nicole: jetblue was a winner. fifty-two-week high. but for the week most of them have down arrows. >> all right. the bells are ringing, nicole. we lost nearly 200 points on the dow yesterday. we nearly made it up today. the dow up as we head to the bell. 178 points. let's take a look at how we're doing. as we said, the dow down 1% yesterday. same story on the s&p. the nasdaq, yesterday down 1.5%. nice turnaround. dow up 170 points. the s&p up 1%. the nasdaq up one and a quarter percent. so scalin giving back what we lost. russell up eight points. not a bad way to kick off the month of may "after the bell" starts right now. ♪ >> we have a jam-pack

moving to aluminum to take 700 pounds out of the f-150 truck to make it more energy efficient and alcoa is benefiting a tennessee company. i don't consider that alone or a bailout anymore than i would consider anymore loan programs that are put together for a manufacturing bailout, but i would suggest that we have literally millions of jobs across the country connected to this supply chain, whether it is auto, whether it is his washers what ever -- whether it is dishwashers, what ever is, we have manufacturers large and small telling us that if we are going to move forward and give negation -- small telling us that if we are going to move forward and have negotiations on a trade agreement on 40% of the global economy in asia that we better understand that the number one trading barrier used by asian companies is currency manipulation. number one. and i find it astounding. it would almost be funny if it wasn't so crazy. these arguments, on the one hand that somehow setting up a negotiating principle and just saying, if we can negotiate -- if we do guess you something on currency we have

. >> talk about alcoa with aluminum going down i think that is a signal. is all aluminum now. [laughter] >> is there any hope for this stock? becket is the unmitigated disaster. i do think there is help but it is tough. hold lot into the b in three or four months call your tax accountant. >> i still like it but half of them hit all-time highs i want to get out of the ones at the bottom. >> it really makes sense to have consolidation if you look like a catalyst to a stock. charles: i am making a list right now. >> some are sexy names they cannot do it on their own but anybody see the river on apple -- the river? it is data 52 week high anybody think we will answer that pays the? >> get the same time they have great technology then others are flush with cash. >> the you can barroso a cheap. charles: microsoft and apple are sitting on a bunch of cash. warren buffett but did not dead in the "wall street journal" forget about minimum wage there is a better way but is is still too expensive for the taxpayers? next. ♪ ♪ your a1c is not at goal with certain diabet

group's overall is under pressure at the transportation index is down 2% oil higher, intel a winner alcoas close to a deal to buy its smaller rival $15 billion deal and the new york post is reporting that. you see up arrows decker swing to a profit but does see a wider loss going forward. at stock is down 3.5%. "varney and company" coming up after the break. when you do business everywhere, the challenges of keeping everyone working together can quickly become the only thing you think about. that's where at&t can help. with the tools and the network you need to make working as one easier than ever. virtually anywhere. leaving you free to focus on what matters most. stuart: shares of trucking companies taking a hit, bank of america downgraded all of them and they are all downsize "imus in the morning". the union representing the air traffic controllers demanding investigation of the faa a following the expos trouble in the skies. adam shapiro has been covering the story. what is the latest? >> the air traffic controllers association saying because of our reporting on fox business that this

and alcoa is benefiting, a tennessee company. i don't consider that loan a bailout any more than i consider any other loan programs we put together for manufacturing a bailout. but i would just suggest that we have literally millions of jobs across our country connected to the supply chain whether it's autos, whether it's dishwashers whether it's, whatever it is that we're making. and we have manufacturers large and small telling us that if we're going to move forward and give negotiating objectives to this administration to negotiate a trade agreement with 40% of the global economy in asia that we better understand that the number-one trading barrier used by asian companies is currency manipulation. number one. and i find it astounding. it would almost be funny if it wasn't so -- so crazy these arguments on the one hand that somehow setting up a negotiating principle and just saying if you negotiate something on currency, we want it to be enforceable for the first time. not just words. we have a lot of words years and years and