i love ann taylor. the first full sentence that my daughter said. think she was three or four years old at the time. so anyway, ann taylor. liz: i love aunty em's pretzels. butter and salt. david: all in the green here. liz: how about that. dow jones industrials looking to see gains of just under 65 points. the s&p standing at a level of 1550. remember the all-time record is 1565. not there yet but tacking on close to another seven points. nasdaq and russell moving high. >> if you were watch watching yesterday, ally was not only one that didn't meet the stress test. gold man didn't look so good. it was one of the worth perform, an s&p after the shares were down. the stress test says it looks to be most vulnerable in an economic downturn if we get one. liz: rising interest rates will help profits. prudential, metlife, hartford financial, lincoln national, all ending the trading day in the green. all them under up almost 40%, this morning as job report better than expected. the ten year jumping six basis points to 2.06%. now the question is, will the

. >> looking both at ann taylor and foot locker. here is ann taylor on the heels of their earnings.at the stock up about 9% for ann taylor. a name down year-to-date 6%. they came in with their quarterly report. they did beat the expectations. revenue came in a little bit light. they gave a nice strong outlook that certainly helped ann taylor i long. i wanted to look here at foot locker. foot locker on the other hand, the shares are i had shoeing. you can see it is under pressure. year-to-date foot locker under pressure. earnings met revenue expectations and earnings beat the street. you can see how it has sold off recently. it is down six 1/2% today. one analyst actually called the results decent but not great and noted that expectations ran too far too fast on foot locker. back to you. ashley: all right, nicole. thanks so much. tracy: every day at this time of day, charlie breaks it. if you missed this show yesterday you missed our very own charlie gasparino on the surging growth of the dark pools, the institutional trading of large blocks much stock done pretty much off the public

and then food locker, ann taylor and is mcdone amend's same-store sales.us now from the adam mesh trading group. todd, do you buy into this rally? >> good morning, kelly. i do not buy into this rally. i think that the rally is exhausted. i don't think we're going to go down right away, but i think any up side is now limited. i think a lot will depend on this jobs number this morning, which i expect if the numbers are not north of 165 or 170, i would look for some selling pressure. i mean, these numbers are very anem anemic. at 160, we're not cutting into any of the deficit at all, anyway. if you go back to 2007, we had 7 million unemployment, now we have 14 million unemployment. so we're not doing a great job of infusing work here. the bigger companies can figure out how to work with less employees, so they're not hiring, anyway. >> after the adp report, there's a lot of good news moving into this market. todd, you have hating this market for a little while. >> yeah, you know, i had 1530. now we're brokingen out and we're a never-never land. the tape is st

ann taylor, flat lined most of 2011, had a big pop in august 2012 as it revamped its brand.tocks do stop going down, and generally they start to go higher. coach, i think is bottoming out here. more important, we have been hearing rumors that coach might take itself private or be acquired by a foreign luxury apparel company, like lvmh, louis vuitton. these high end retailers, they are all doing pretty well and can do some buying. and that obviously, a takeover by lvmh would take the stock much higher. we have seen other apparel plays go higher. timberland, acquired by vf corp. 43% premium. if coach got taken over for the same valuation that vf corp paid for timberland, coach would be 56% higher than it is now. let's do some other comparables. j. crew taken private. mickey drexler, much better than coach, but taken private in 2010. and warner acquired by pvh. those deals had lower prices than timberland. you use a valuation for a coach takeout like that, you still get a 25% premium to where coach is right now. i like that. plus, it's not like coach is sitting there getting sh

the sec brought very few changes, they went after ann taylor because they give out gifts.re is no harm done to consumers. is it a power grab by the ftc. dagen: if they are not telling me about it, i need to know that. dennis: you should be smart enough to know that, it is a celebrity endorsement. dagen: they are very subtle. connell: next hour "markets now," i encourage everybody to follow me on twitter. dagen: i will get the final word, dennis is wrong. [laughter] connell: good news for you dennis, you get to leave. dagen: it is now in the corner office, talking about corporate america. one major ceo who just met with the president about the topic yesterday. connell: carnival cruise dealing with another power outage. sometimes we joke around about it, but the serious business angle is people may not want to take cruises. we will have that coming up. "markets now" continues after just a short break. when some people struggle with their mortgage yments, they become frozen, but the people who take action, are far more likely to get the most positive outcome. call this free g

justin timberlake is an okay actor and muse clear gifted as is anne hathaway and taylor swift. at one point they all brought sexy back. there is one difference. justin timberlake is funny. that's it. it has nothing to do with gender. justin timberlake is funny. >> where are you getting that from? his tweets? >> his tweets are hill hilarious. they are way better than sherrod's. gee he may not be a comedian, but he can deliver. >> taylor swift could not take herself more seriously, and let's see who was making fun of taylor swift, tina fey and amy pohler. who makes fun of them? no one. stop reading vulture.com and start reading condor .org. >> we just got served. >> my theory stands. >> if you are funny you can get away with being obnoxious. the fact he is a bit humorous takes him better than i take myself so seriously beyonce and morbidly serious anne hathaway and i don't give an f taylor swift. >> she writes taylor swift, quote, gets unfairly mentioned for talking about a past relationship in a song." not every song is about how crappy an exwas. >> which do you think was jake g

ann taylor loft gave gifts to bloggers who didn't disclose the gifts. mission is to prevent, which is why activist groups that believe consumers need the bubble wrap of government protection, they kind of like it. the thing is, twitter's own rules already require labeling an ad. let companies set their own policy than have government force it. ashley: they've got to have more important things to do than this. of. >> and they do a great job of going after ripoffs of -- [inaudible] for poor people that they're wonderful. i don't think they need to be in this space yet. buyer beware. ashley: it's like trying to herd cats, isn't it? >> it's too much. you've got to come up with a different approach. you can't say the same disclosure requirements in all old media, maybe you've got to be more creative. ashley: like get up-to-date on the technology. >> yeah. ashley: thanks. tracy: herd cats, huh? both parties unveiling their budget plans, so will they find common ground on what's needed to cut our nation's massive deficit? ashley: take a look at some of today's

. >> reporter: but now holland taylor is both star and author of a new play about the late texas governor ann richards. >> can you imagine her as your mother-in-law? i could fix you. >> reporter: this is the first play you've ever written. >> and the last. reporter: later on sunday morning, holland taylor on becoming ann. >> osgood: what to expect when you're expecting is the title of a book that has succeeded far beyond anyone's expectations including its authors. she looks back upon it this morning with our tracy smith. >> reporter: when heidi murkoff was a scared young mother-to-be, she had nowhere to turn for answers so she wrote a sort of who-to book for pregnancy. you might have seen it. how many years has it been on the "new york times" best seller list? >> i think somewhere around 600 weeks. >> not long now. . reporter: now her baby is having a baby. ahead on sunday morning, what to expect when you're about to be a grandmother? >> osgood: aaron neville is a singer with an unmistakable voice and a long career of his to go with it. he also has had his share of trouble with anthony mason

how did you prepare miss taylor to play ann richards? what was among some of her prep work?ll, she did 3 1/2 years of research talking to everybody she could possibly talk to. she flew all over this country speaking to friends and family and staffers and people. and then when we started researching or resourcing the show, we got together and thought, you know, what are the major aspects that we need to get into this play. what is her personality. what came across, you know, we worked on every single word down to the "t" making sure that -- all of her -- the accent is exactly right and her movements and everything and i think that's what you see every night. >> hey, cecille, when ann richards won in 1990s, people forget, i believe, she was the state treasurer when she was the keynote speaker in '88. identified as start a rising star in texas politics. she wins the governorship in 1990 and i think there was a lot of folks who thought it was going to be a breakthrough for the democratic party, sort of a rebirth of the democratic party, tough democratic party in south. >> right.

. >> taylor swift and anne health hathaw hathaway. they are both great, what is the problem? to bringing this out. >> i'm supporting the sisterhood. i'm leaning in to help out my sisters. let the good times roll. the classic -- i don't know if this is a good idea. a classic '70s sitcom is going to the big screen. according to the hollywood reporter, "good times" movie in the works. it aired 1974 to 1979. also starred a young janet jackson. do you remember that? >> that cast was very iconic. >> and of the times. >> what sequel has done well? right? >> kids in america are claimering for more "good times." >> twitter picked the wrong person to mix. a boxer and exsoccer player, tracked down a guy that wouldn't stop pestering him on twitter after he lost his english lightweight title in a controversial boutcon tro verse bout last weekend. what's funny, you put so much effort in sacrificed all that time and failed to defend your mickey mouse title. he tracked the guy down to his address, tweeted the picture of the street signs, threatened to knock on every single door, he apologize

ann coulter she needs a good talking to by taylor swift. >> dianne feinstein like her other i am woman they don't like they start crying. i used to think women just shouldn't be able to vote now i think liberal women should not be able to hold office. that is not an answer. i'm offender. >> stephanie: she makes me want to scream like a goat. in the wores of the immortal taylor swift ♪ no opalgy, he's the reason why you're drowning you're drowning you're drowning ♪ >> oh, come on -- >> stephanie: all right. ♪ it's all i'll ever be ♪ >> stephanie: all right. okay. all right. whatever. >> whatever! >> stephanie: yeah. ann coulter is just -- wow. >> uh-huh. yeah she's -- [ sighs ] >> liberal women should haven't office. >> stephanie: right. did i say she's not supportive of her fellow women. >> well, that's a loaded question. >> stephanie: let's not take that joke. all right -- oh my god -- >> i am more of a man than any liberal is -- >> she admitted it. >> stephanie: thank you. all right. bill o'reilly. >> there have been no real cuts. democrats are just slowing down the rate of spending.

thursday a new play aptly named "ann" opens on broadway at lincoln center starring actress holland taylor'll tell you what though. if i got turned down over my concealed weapons veto, so be it and sayonara, more guns in people's pockets meant more people dead. there was no compromise to be. now i did tell them. i told them that i might consider a law that let guys carry guns hanging from a chain around their neck because that way -- that way we could say, look out. he's got a gun! >> i am pleased to welcome ann richards daughter who is, of course, the president of the planned parenthood federation of america. lovely to have you here. >> great to be here, melissa. >> i spent some time reading a buy oefrks your mother last night, "let the people in." and hear it is a moment when we're remembering the feminine mystique and talking about the feminist movement, and i keep thinking it is impossible to imagine a woman like your mother as governor of texas today. what has changed in the world? >> well, actually, i mean, texas, you know, we've made a serious right turn, but things are coming back,

anne arundel county maryland maytive joined october 2010. lance corporal mason vanderwork from hickory, north carolina. a mortarman who joined june 2010. lance corporal joshua taylor, marietta, ohio. he joined in june 2010, and lance corporal roger muchnick, from fairfield, connecticut, a mortarman who joined in june 2010. and lance corporal david fenn ii, from polk city, florida, joined the marine corps in june 2010. and private first class, joshua martino, 19 years old who joined in july 2012. we honor all of them this morning. >>> a full-scale manhunt under way for the person who killed colorado's prison chief, tom clements shot in the chest tuesday night while answering the door at his home near colorado springs. right now, police have very little to go on. jim spellman joins us now. police are looking for a specific car. tell us more about that. >> reporter: that's right. that's the key focus of this investigation at this point. several eyewitnesss witnessed what seems like the same car that all their descriptions were very consistent. that's very important. in an investigation like this. where eyewitness testimony can be less than reliable. here is the under

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