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i think american express is a great story. just one of those names that's part of the portfolio. >> i think a lot of bad news has been priced in. i think $78 is a bottom for the stock. remember their investor day they guided first quarter largely in line here. but the quality of these numbers, yeah it is an optics beat that helps the bottom line beat the top line. they're not growing like some of the other guys in the space are. capital one looks more interesting. they have much better high bar. they also have lower comps year over year. >> but a lower eiffishcy ratio. >> sure. >> capital one is -- deserves some merit but it does have a lower efficiency ratio than american express. higher chargeoffs. that's why the stock trades more hat a discount to the market. if you look historically at american express, any time the stock is traded where it is today, again at about an 85% of the s&p 500 on a price to earnings ratio, you've been better off owning the stock than capitulating for a company that long term is a good steward of

looking at american express and mattel. ♪ alix: american express earnings crossed a few minutes ago.as a miss. journey on the phone is david ridder. -- joining me on the phone is david ridder. where is the biggest weak spot for amex? david: it is revenue. eps surprised on the top side. it has been the revenue growth. they set a target to grow at 8%. alix: what part of that can be blamed on its relationship with cosco deteriorating? david: that comes into play starting next year. ok? that is a significant loss about 10% of the business goes away when cosco goes away. the take away from this quarter we have not seen the increase in marketing. as they try to retain those cosco cold holders as amex cardholders, those efforts will begin. we will see what they do to try to retain those customers, even though they will not be able to use their card at cosco. alix: what about cutting expenses? how much more room is there for the co2 cut expenses? david: that has been a bright spot. they have done a very good job of cutting their operating expenses, but at the same time the other expense that

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earnings from general electric american express, honeywell, schlumberger.weeted earlier the story of the morning is revenue miss and a lot due to currency. it's interesting to see how investors parse that out. >> that is the common thread that tied the big components together. schlumberger is the world's biggest oil services company. general electric there. >> municipal bond assured guaranty. over at the nasdaq invivo therapeutics on the treatment of spinal cord injuries. a lot of skepticism criticism of the company that fired 9,000 workers last year now cutting an additional 11,000 workers. earnings down 39%. cuts their view but beats the street. >> that was 15% of the overall work force. another big lay-off announcement. don't want to see that. the mover up 2% on cost cuts. the question is are the oil services companies the beginning? are you going to see it next some of those capex cuts which schlumberger did cut further. 2015 capital expenditures set to be almost half of what they anticipated it would be last year. $2.4 billion now. >> we had a number o

american express today. ge tomorrow.hose numbers will give us good insight as to where we'll be in the financial sector. >> mike, to see in the aftermarket session a gain of 25 cents, but this number here, 56.44, where we touched earlier today. that's a 2015 high right at the close. fascinating, isn't i it? >> fascinating. but it makes sense. production in the united states, while it's been high, it's starting to come down. liz, rig count is down 40% in the last seven months. the other thing, there's a lot of attention now on saudi supply. very high. however, the saudis raised their prices and they're not -- you know, that supply is staying high because demand is strong. remember, there are two sides to this occasion. there is supply and demand. demand is strong. i think oil prices will continue to trend higher. liz: great to see you. so long. >> it's a blast from the past. liz: come on back. and john, we love you. >> always a pleasure. liz: thanks so much. there is stunning news out. it's a fox business alert. e-cigaret

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american express earnings, travelers downgraded amongst the worst-performing components.squawk alley." nick bilton, journalist for "the new york times." lot to get to today. let's start with verizon. breaking the tv bundle. the company announcing today, vios service will start offering new packages, giving customer the freedom to pay for channels they want to watch. verizon's president joined us on "squawk on the street." >> as you look at the economics of going purely ala carte, those aren't good economic force the business, based on how content is sold today, i think as you begin to look into the future and how we expect customers will buy, think this is absolutely a step in the right direction. >> such an interesting story, nick. such a long-time in coming. do you think, are we on the path officially now to true choice? to true ala carte in television? >> i'm going to be the curmudgeon this morning and say it's not enough. they're offering a package. which is great, less than we had the option of before. but still, still a package. i think that a lot of consumers still

we have an earnings alert on american express.y thompson in the newsroom with the details. >> the company holding its conference call right now. a quick headline from the call, the ceo calling the quarter a solid one. the company's bottom line beat is expense controls help american express beat. revenues coming in below expectations as the firm was hit by the stronger dollar. the end of amx's exclusive relationship with costco canada, and lower gas prices. adjusting for the dollar's impact, revenue rose 1%. of course, when you look at it initially, it looks like it declined by 3%. earnings beat estimates by 11 cents at $1.48. expenses dropped by 5% so that helped on the bottom line. the company also seeing card spending on a currency adjusted basis rose 7%. that was pretty much in line with expectations. loan growth moderated from the fourth quarter but still rose 4%. am ex also reiterating its full year outlook expecting results to be flat to lower despite an 11% increase in its first quarter results. melissa, back to you. >> mar

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betty: is everything all that bad at american it expressed? -- american express?> they be topline estimates. the good news is that expenses were better than expected. the total expenses fell in the quarter. provisions were much less. the company said side less money to cover up timelines than what is expected. the topline number beat estimates. betty: elizabeth, thank you so much. infighting among one of europe's top automakers. we will tell you who volvo cited with next. plus, the view from the 85th floor. rising rent and limited options. some firms may need to look up for office space. the regeneration gets an upgrade. we will discuss that next. ♪ betty: here's a look at our top stories this morning. volkswagens advisory board group is diffusing a power struggle and backing the ceo. according to the leadership committee, the best possible ceo and housley groups. our. they were looking at a construct -- contract extension from 2016 and beyond. verizon fires tv customers will now be allowed to select certain groups of channels they want to watch. they can stop pay

american express falling after reporting first-quarter earnings.posted sales that missed estimates. the company is under pressure to show how it can recover from setbacks including the end of a partnership with cosco. the c.e.o. said he expects earnings this year to be flat or slightly down. that is a look at the top stories we are following on this friday. fans of the designer clothing showed up at bryant park yesterday waiting for the chance to shop the target collection in a special one-date pop-up shop for the collection -- before the collection officially hits stores. it is the latest example of the much-hyped designer collaborations. julie hyman is here to talk about the strategy behind these special collections. what is target hoping to achieve? julie: basically buzz. they have done these collaborations before. the aim does not seem to be to boost sales. the company and analysts told me it will not be material to the bottom line. it is more creating excitement around the brand maybe getting some people back to the brand who left in the past

citigroup, all eyes are on american express tomorrow. citigroup. goldman sachs.harles: we'll talk more about the earnings that might matter or should matter tomorrow. and i want to get back to you on american express. because i think that could lay an egg. i want to bring us to the next real, real deal. one stock stuck in the mud was google. fighting antitrust charges from the eu. so does facebook and amazon. called on the carpet. scottie, you think google is going to -- would they ultimately face the same charges in america? they dominate search around the world. >> absolutely. they actually did. the fec filed these exact same charges in 2010 and started a 20-month investigation. lobbying pays off. 2014, google paid $16.8 million in lobbying alone. and guess what about with th,the charges were dropped. >> google, 6 billion bucks. >> 6 billion bucks. (?) >> 16 million falls off their pocket when they get out of their seat. that's nothing to them. >> this is the new microsoft. very reminiscent to 2004 and 2010. matt: you're telling me -- >> 100%. matt: that's irre

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american express reported a 6% increase in first-quarter profits while the chief executive cut expensesttel shares are gaining in late trading. the world's largest toy maker posted a smaller life than projected. and goldman sachs posted the highest it had in years as all of it businesses were poised to

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thursday, american express, citigroup and goldman sachs. if the banks are down because of the earlier earnings reports we have seen, then make a bet on citigroup. which is getting its act together. i fear american express since they lost the costco deal. we have another dow stock reporting that i think will have an extraordinary quarter that should be bought. united health group. unh. the health care stocks have been the best performers of late and i'm anticipating a fabulous number, along with more color in the recent and brilliant agreement to acquire catamaran, and finally on friday, we have general electric and honeywell. i expect honeywell to do a fantastic job. so here's the bottom line welcome to the week where earnings not macro forces will finally determine the action in stocks. expect good things from domestic companies like united health and for the rest i think it's case by case. why don't we go to jay in pennsylvania. jay? >> caller: hey, jim a big pittsburgh pirate bucco booyah at you. >> nice. what have you got? >> caller: i'

so then he had this doctor, he said, he emailed him, use your american express card. instead of paying for it the doctor uses an american express points that he built up. mike, as you know, you get dollar every dollar spent you get a point. >> this guy had so many points, 649,000 points, plus to cover the cost of this paris stay, for three nights, that was close to five grand. >> wow. >> my goodness. >> other things, he stayed in a villa and everything else. a lot of gift. >> a lot of trips, none of them reported on the ethics form like you're supposed to, so that's a big no no, covering it up somehow. >> it will be something in court today when all of this comes out. >> it is 11 past 7:00 this thursday. >> william tenant high school teacher accused of having sexual real are relationship with 17 year old student doo he in court. police in bucks county say social studies picture michael joseph kissed and had explicit conversations that led to plans to meet at a hotel for sex. remember, officials found out about it right before that happened. he had been teaching at the

american express expects 15 year earnings to be flat and almost lower.1% today in frankfurt. >> first quarter sales fell less than expected as an up tick helped with the stronger dollar. however the barbie brand continues to struggle overseas. mattel fired the ceo after the holiday season. >> the u.s. and japan have agreed that the world bank and asian development bank could work along side the new chinese led infrastructure investment bank. he told cnbc why he believes it's a positive step. they have a lot of resources. they have a lot of interest in investing not just in china but throughout asia and the world. this is an institution that will allow them now with quite a large number of other countries that decided to join in to do something that we think is necessary in the world. after all the g-20 said one of the greatest needs in the global economy in particular for developing countries is more infrastructure spending and that requires finance. it's important that the institution has the standards of governance the world has come to be accustomed t

indictment against robert menendez that involved luxury travel, quid pro quos and all of thing american express points bringing a charge against the a sitting senator is no small water. they say they gave the senator a million dollars worth of gifts and contributions. the senator helped get visas for three of the doctor's girlfriends from brazil, the dominican republic and ukraine but there was heavy lifting. the government said he intervened with medicare and urged the government to honor a port security contract. but senator menendez defense said none of this was illegal. they've known each other for a long time and some of the allegations do seem to fit in that friendship territory about a dozen flights with the senator on his private planes and vacations. private train trips on his plain and reports. if you look at the timeline there is some pretty careful dove tailing between checks that the doctor wrote to senator menendez at the time he's knocking on doors and calling assistant secretaries and meeting with cabinet secretary ares >> how is this different from the case that was brought aga

so we would use rallies to start lightening positions in american express. >> louise, thank you so much. the point, guys, is selling to any strength. and look out below, the stock could go down to 70 something according to the charts and what louise sees. >> it also looks like one of dan's triangles. >> there you go. >> which would be you sell any rips on this. and it's had a tough year. i think right here at 78, i'd wait for a rally into maybe one of those down trend lines before i tried to short it or sell it, but it does not look like a great long-term play here. >> it's funny, the costco thing sort of started the schnide and it hasn't been able to get out. >> well, on top of that, the costco thing, which i think is a significant event, not just for costco, but just more broadly, at the same time they talked about lowering the growth estimates. it's a great company, but i wouldn't buy it right here. >> the stock typically roused off that. didn't do it this time. louise is typically always right when she says these things, so i mean, i think you're playing with fire right here. >> sel