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the neck giant unveiled office suite for apple ipad and cloud data. te goes live at apple app store at top of next hour. for existing office 360 subscribers the app will be free shares of microsoft trading down slightly but still 14-year highs for that stock. cheryl. cheryl: we have stock alert for you right now. nicole petallides on floor of the new york stock exchange. you're watching lululemon. the company beat up but the stock is in the green, nicole. what is going on? >> first concerns about the latest numbers that lululemon delivered as well as weaker traffic for customers walking into the stores. the new see. who can from from toms, the shoes everybody loves and did a talk about expansion plans for europe and asia. saying that these countries are really ready for lululemon. also gave a glimpse into some seasonal wear, that seasonalware is selling four times faster than they anticipated. gave guidance for the company better than expected, and expansion plans globally and that's why you see the stock jumping big-time. back to you. adam: thank you

apple. number two is for the ipad. number three is our point for apple ipad. -- powerpoint for apple ipad.ne spot this . >> is this them playing catch-up? we were talking earlier, and he usersying this is where of the product have already gone to. it, stevethink about ballmer has gone. documentnt to write a on your ipad, you can go someplace else. >> a lot of credit is being given. it's too short of a time span. this must of been in the works under steve armour. -- steve ballmer. >> if you can't beat them, just admit you have got to join them and joined them quickly. he has got to admit he is holding nothing back. he was very clear it's about putting the customer first. >> the vision is straightforward. it's to make sure the one billion office users and growing can have access on every device they love to use. office on the ipad and today's announcement marks one more step in that direction. >> there is another new word in the lexicon at microsoft. it's called free medium -- fre emium. it's going to be free to use it. however, if you want to make a change, it's going to cost $99. the marke

the ceo is said to be on unveiling a rival for apple's ipad. for apple's ipad.do office on the ipad. yay. you can already do office on the ipad. it is so weird, but maybe it is like peanut butter and chocolate. maybe they will work well together. speaking of apple, number nine is apple. they have unveiled their newest ipad and a cheaper version of to compete5c, trying with brother to using google's android software. by the way, there will be a new suite of products for the android. >> and a project to extend the android operating system to googlee watches. also, and viacom is settled the view each saying the other violated copyright. no terms were given, but the watch is much cooler to talk about. >> yeah, agreed. >> here is something. gamestop, plunging after the news that walmart will accept preowned video games later this year. ooh, wal-mart getting into games. >> that's right, cutting into gamestop sales there. working unveiling an app that will allow customers to pay for their whoppers with smartphones. it should be in all of u.s. locations in a few months.

microsoft's ceo has unveiled a new version of the company's popular office software for its rival apple's ipad. the application includes word processing, as well as spread sheets. >> vision is pretty straightforward. it is to make sure that the 1 billion office users and growing can have access to the high fidelity office experience on every device they love to use. >> the ceo made the announcement in san francisco. microsoft is hoping to increase crofts by strengthening the new service. it enables ipad users to retrieve data from any computer using cloud technology. users in 135 countries and regions can download the application from apple's app store. >>> european union's trade chief has partially defused a major dispute with officials in china. carl degut says the eu has dropped an investigation into climbs that chinese firms breached world trade rules. they were accusing the company of selling their telecom equipment in the marketplace for less than the cost of production. >> we have decided to drop the tell he will come case. let me be very clear about it. >> eu officials believe their fi

the ipad is made by apple. microsoft's long-time rival. >>> the better business bureau has a warning for online shoppers. the b. bb says it received close to 50 claims about [ indiscernible ] and raided the online retailer. several customers in the u.s. and canada say the company npodz failed to ship items and shipping and tracking information could not be verified. no comment from the website. that's your moneywatch report. for the latest business news go to cbsmoneywatch.com. in new york, i'm jericka duncan. >>> thanks, jericka. 10 minutes before 5:00 in the morning. cashing in on the drought. how the dry conditions are prompting a mini gold rush. that's coming up. new mixim, creamy greek yogurt. with two unique ingredients. to mix in however your heart desires. go on. spoon me. mixim - from the ehrmann family. newwith two unique ingredients. to mix in however your heart desires. go on. spoon me. mixim - from the ehrmann family. it's love, your way. >>> good morning. 68 degrees in daly city today. menlo park

it is driven by demand for the apple ipad and iphone sprint apple is foxconn's top customer accounted for 40% of its revenue. charter communications is not throwing in the towel on its hopes of buying time warner cable. it is urging time warner cable investors to reject the takeover offer by comcast. charter says the comcast bid is vulnerable to regulatory issues. the 37 billion dollar offer by charter was rejected earlier this year in favor of comcast's 35 billion dollar offer. newton blackberry fourth quarter earnings showed small signs of product sales were down 64% in the first quarter. it is the first time it slipped below $1 billion since 2007 but profit jumped 532%. it is much better than a $4 billion net loss last quarter. >> yes, but it was worse than a year ago. when i look at these results, i inc. of -- i think it is stemming the bleeding but the bleeding stock at worst. the company still lost a lot of money, they lost half $1 billion in cash in the corner. the runway is getting shorter and john chen will make big changes. >> he says they will stop losing money in 2015 and

for the first time tablets has outsold apple's ipad. 195 million tablets were sold last year. 125 millionthem run android. apple sold 70 million. experts say one reason for the rise could be its low and smaller screen devices. >>> new legislation to respect transgender's wishes after they die. and it requires death certificates to contain the same gender information as other official documents. that would allow death certificates to reflect deceased genderidentity. >>> the city of santa clara gave ktvu news a progress report on two major developments planned around the new 49er stadium. the huge new project will not be done before the 2016 super bowl. but as ktvu news reports the push is on to get a 400 million- dollar project led by joe montana ready by game time. >> the 49er levi stadium helped bring the 2016 super bowl to santa clara but city officials also want to keep as much of the super bowl party here and local hotels and restaurants. brad and lisa sunday on of the local 49er booster club went to the new orleans super bowl to watch the team played the ravens and stayed at a hotel

many believe that the chief executive will offer a new version to work on apple's ipad. when we come back, on aljazeera america -- >> if you hold onto it, it will rip your hands wide open. and on top of that, they have to look out for the mother croc. >> hunting crocodile. a booming crocodile population. >> that is italian prime minister, matteo renzi. and he has been speaking now for approximately 10 minutes. most of the news conference has been in italian, but however, there's translation provided to the president, and our mike viquera has been traveling with the president and mike, have we been given a heads-up on what the president is saying in >> reporter: well, there is going to be a news conference, and there will be from the italian press, and two questions from the american press, similar to what we saw two days ago from the leather lands. you see this young man, matteo renzi, he has only been the prime minister for two months in italy. clearly basking in the spotlight with president obama, who has been received here by the public wherever he goes. i can tell yo

rumors that the company signature microsoft office software will soon will be able to run on the apple ipad. the universal software and cloud service used by businesses worldwide to create documents, spread sheets and presentations. there has been no announcement about creating a mobile platform but it's expecting word to break by the end of the month. you alex, it's good to see you. >> great to be back on. >> we joked that you have pulled the short straw getting to cover may cromicrosoft. you know, there are real hopes for microsoft under its new boss. >> i think there are very large hopes. it's become a lot less uncool. it has been making changes to how it operates, how it does business, and now its leadership style. i wouldn't say it's a boring topic any more. >> what would you say is the most interesting thing or the thing that will change the culture and impression that we have of microsoft. >> you can't deny that microsoft changes have been massive. people have left, that's very important. but inside the last year they have announced a new business model and reorganized their internal

micro soft's ceo unveiled the software for the apple ipad during an event in san francisco.ng awaited solution for people who love the tablets for fun and games but feel it is difficult to do work on them. you can download the app for free, but you will need to pay $70 for a subscription to all the features. >>> the silver lotus is so rare... it only grows in one place on earth, channel islands national park in california. now you can experience the fresh pristine scent anywhere. perfected by the fragrance experts at air wick. fresh coastal waters and silver lotus is a part of our limited edition national park collection. air wick. the craft of fragrance. respond as the favorite aga 11-seed dayton.. stan >> san ford was an underdog against new mexico and kansas. they beat both. so how did they respond against dayton? stanford alumni richard sherman and condi rice. johnny dawkins. first half, the flyers pass around stanford's own defense, and jordan sibert nails one of his three-pointers. dayton up by 13. second half. stanford tries to get back in it. gets the hoop and the fo

micro soft's ceo unveiled the software for the apple ipad during an event in san francisco. it's a long awaited solution for people who love the tablets for fun and games but feel it is difficult to do work on them. you can download the app for free, but you will need to pay $70 for a subscription to all the features. >>> the cinderella story. tipoff the next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, respond as the favorite aga 11-seed dayton.. stan >> san ford was an underdog against new mexico and kansas. they beat both. so how did they respond against dayton? stanford alumni richard sherman and condi rice. johnny dawkins. first half, the flyers pass around stanford's own defense, and jordan sibert nails one of his three-pointers. dayton up by 13. second half. stanford tries to get back in it. gets the hoop and the foul. whittle down the lead. dayton pound the ball inside to take stanford out of the game. scoochie smith gets it. dayton gets the foul call. the lead stays to 12 with under seven to play. 11 different flyers got on the score shoot. they out-shot stanford by 10. they beat the card

- microsoft's new ceo satya nadella launched a version of microsoft's office software made for apple's ipad thursday, at his first news event. analysts say nadella realizes mobile is the future - and will bring a significant revenue boost. to the tech company. some tech watchers wanted microsoft to create touch- optimized software on one of its own products, such as the surface tablet. but most think the apple partnership marks a progressive turn for the company. "microsoft has finally made the decision to expand beyond the pc and beyond its own windows environment to embrace the dominant platform." that was michael krigsman, analyst with asuret. he points out that microsoft does not own the apple operating system, which caused the long delay in the software release. microsoft shares rallied to 39.36 thursday. one day after the ceo of gm tells customers its safe to drive cars recalled for an ignition switch issue a federal court is agreeing to hear a case that could force the car company to tell customers to put the cars in park. a federal court in texas will take on an "emergency motion" a

he might also announce that its office software suite will be available for apples ipad tablets. that could boost microsoft's bottom line big time. >> we're talking 3 to 5 billion type of market opportunity potentially per year. it's been low-hanging fruit for microsoft in terms of this opportunity. and now they finally looked in the mirror and realized they needed to open up the platform. >> reporter: the office suite includes tools such as word, excel and powerpoint, and it generates the majority of the company's profits. analysts on wall street have been telling microsoft to make a version of office available for mobile devices for rivals like apple and google. now microsoft's management is coming around. analysts say that is the right move. >> two of the biggest microsoft pillars are windows and office. you don't want to sacrifice one pillar for the other because you could end up losing both. by doing office for the ipad, they're able to maintain and secure the pillar which may be the sustaining pillar overall. >> reporter: analysts have been concerned nadella might act too m

microsoft ceo has made his first public appearance as ceo at an event unveiling office for apple's ipad. it is tailoring its office suite to work on apple's ios devices for the first time. hisis and what are qualifications yeah co. here's a background look at the man who is taken over for steve ballmer. how would you like to follow ? the good news is, no one expects him to be steve ballmer, or for that matter wants him to be. having, and adele as now to deal with the tug-of-war over strategy. cofounder bill gates initially disagreed with ballmer's land to make mobile devices. it did not help that their tablet was a dud. iker soft promoted a manager who has proven himself on both the business and tech sides. he's an electrical engineer from india who got his mba at the university of chicago. he spent 22 years at microsoft heard he ran the company's r&d unit before ballmer named him head of the server group. he ran -- he reengineered that business that is now known today and enterprise. he is seen as someone who can help microsoft innovate faster as it tries to navigate the post-pc world.

the microsoft ceo unveiled software for apple's ipad. the company event marked the first public each for the new ceo. he took the job last month. he laid out how his plans to connect microsoft software operate. >> division is pretty straightforward. it is to make sure that the one billion office users and growing can have access to the high fidelity office six areas on every device they love to use. and today'se ipad announcement marks one more step in that direction. >> one more step indeed. back to you. >> su keenan, thank you. those are your top headlines. a challenge to the way college sports are played. northwestern university football players are allowed to unionize. does the ruling have legal weight? from washington, d.c., we are joined by ian gold. he represents 1.4 million members as head of the teamsters union. great to have you here on bloomberg television and bloomberg radio. talk to me about this ruling. using what? -- you think what? >> i'm glad to be here and talk about issues that i love. unions in college football. the r

nadella unveil his vision for the company next week, when he unveils a version of office for the apple ipadn microsoft and the rest of the tech sector, i am joined by the s&p capital head of tech sector research. interesting about microsoft is that so many people sort of got caught in that value trap for so long. he started not go anywhere. when you look at the longer-term chart, going back to 2000, it may be starting to break out from those levels. do you think we are seeing that long-awaited microsoft breakout? >> i do not know if we will see a breakout per se. they have said the stock has not done anything in a decade. some positive appreciation is getting people more excited. clearly, we are seeing some change at the company. maybe that will portend better financial and stock performance. >> what do you think of the latest change potentially happening in the next week, with office for ipad? >> this has obviously been talked about, yet not confirmed at this point. microsoft clearly needs to come up with a better strategy as it applies to mobile and as it applies to tablets. we think they

office software for apple's ipad has been unveiled. manus cranny joins us for the details.anus, it is available to download now. how is it going so far. >> number one, fran. number one comes in that office. number two comes in at xl. number three comes in of powerpoint for ipad. the point want to make here is, the first is up there one billion people use office at home to execute their work business. that's if it sustains. >> is this microsoft playing catchup with the business consumer? >> is perhaps the most important point. you and i were 3.5 billion to microsoft. catch-up,out playing francine. there are lots of other apps out there you can download and right on an ipad. it is about mobile first. is about cloud first. fournadella it- was about putting the customer first. >> the position is pretty straightforward. sure that the one billion office users and growing have access to the high fidelity office experience on every device they love to use. ipad, and today's announcement marks one more step in that direction. microsoftt opening up and jumping that rubicon. a lot of

the move follows a successful launch of the office software for apple ipads. when the news came out, that bees of course office was going on the ipad, the stock europeed anjumped.today it is jt it was very nicely rolled out here. up 2 and 2/3%. federal reserve chair janet yellen suggested it will be for some time these rates stale low. the subpar u.s. job's market, not good and will need the help of low interest rate. as janet yellen was speaking the index reaching a low. there is right now, 21.46 at 10:53 a.m. eastern time but it is regain some ground. and let's check the yields on the two and five-year treasurely notes. two year down slightly and flip it to the five year, you can see the reaction to janet yell listen's commentsyellen'scommen. breaking news within the last hour, general motors ceo filed the written statement that she plans to give incongressional testimony tomorrow. she admittings she does not know why it took gm so long to announce the acknowledgement of the safety defects but she's promising to to find out. still many unanswered yeses. wher

satya nadella will talk cloud, mobile and social, and is widely expected to unveil office for apple's ipad. the big question, will microsoft be able to convince the apple universe to go with them on that product? microsoft stock up 40% in the past year. our morgan brennan is live at the big event out in san francisco. hi, morgan. >> reporter: hi, tyler. yes, sitting right outside the building where on the 11th floor this event isic canning off right now. new ceo satya nadella making his first appearance in front of media and wall street for that matter. we're hearing there's about 100 people upstairs, standing room only. expectation, hearing from sources now, mobile, cloud, two areas where microsoft has been lag on competitors. also, widely expected to hear about office 4 ipad today one of the things sources telling us there should be big news around 1:20 eastern. keeping a close ear out for that. in the meantime, seems wall street is -- investors are hopeful about nadella. stock up about 8% since he took the reins from steve ballmer last month. with this in the meantime, you go upstairs a

the company's office software suite will be available for apple's ipad.t a smart move or an admission that microsoft has lost the battle for the post pc world? the bbc north america's very own richard taylor was there. >> reporter: this speech by satya nadella, really the first time the new microsoft boss has been able to outline his vision for the company. remember, a lot of investors were worried that he was too much of an insider to effect the kind of change that microsoft needed. he talked about a mobile first, cloud first strategy. >> the real goal for us is to step up to provide the applications and services that empower every user across all of these devices and all of these experiences. so that's perhaps the job number one that we do, which is to empower people to be productive, do more across all devices. >> reporter: well, the move of office to ipad really signifying a strategic shift in microsoft's thinking, a willingness to embrace rival operating systems after the somewhat negative approach of holding it hostage to windows. the real question

. >>> well, microsoft is now climbing on apple's ipad band was gob. microsoft unveiled its own version of the soft war -- good morning -- of course, ipad is a product of cupertino- based apple. it's touted as a long-awaited solution for people who love tablets for fun and games but feel it's difficult to work on them. microsoft's application can be downloaded for free but it will be $70 for access to all of its features. >>> if you have been to the pump lately you probably noticed gas prices going up. and they are. across the country and right here in the bay area. a gallon of regular in oakland $3.93. in san jose it's about 3 cents higher. but in san francisco, that same gallon of gas costs $4.03 up 18 cents from last month. >>> it's illegal to send text messages while driving but people do it anyway despite the threat of heavy fines or causing accidents so maybe the solution to the problem is a campaign of shame. kpix 5's anne makovec is live in san francisco with the story of a man on a mission to do just that. >> reporter: it's the potential of ki

company's offered software, the suite, will now be available -- stop laugh -- will now be available on apple's ipad. but the question, is it a smart move or an admission that microsoft has lost the battle for the post pc world? we'll be hearing from the bbc correspondent at that event. you want to do markets? yes. i've been told, show the markets. european markets are up following, of course, the gains that we saw earlier in asia. what's going on? if you like my suite, tweet me. i'll tweet you back. you can find me @bbcaaron. that's it. >> i have an office suite or an office two? >> you have a lovely suite. >> stay with us here on bbc world news. still to come -- >> can you hear my voice coming through both sides? >> yes. >> the incredible moment a woman who has been deaf since birth hears for the first time. it's captured on video. we'll show it to you. there are two kinds of walls. the ones that keep people out. like this one. and the ones that keep people in. like your living room. go and smell the roses! my dad has aor afib.brillation, he has the most common kind... ...it's not caused by a hear

satya nadella will talk cloud, mobile and social, and is widely expected to unveil office for apple's ipadrosoft be able to convince the apple universe to go with them on that product? microsoft stock up 40% in the past year. our morgan brennan is live at the big event out in san francisco. hi, morgan

14-year high on a new report the company may release a version of its office software suite for apple's ipad. joining us is ina freed, as well as daniel, microsoft analyst at fbr. dan, are you surprised by the run that microsoft has had in the last couple years? >> look, i think it speaks to some of the optimism for investors out there, that they're going to finally recognize the growth outside the pc environment. it's been uphill battle but really now with the new ceo it's a blank sheet of paper and definitely getting off to a good start with reports that -- >> with all due respect, recognizing something and doing it are -- i recognize i need to drop some weight. i haven't done it yet. just because microsoft is recognizing this, does that mean they're going to actually take advantage of those opportunities? >> well, that's the issue. i mean, it's called walking the walk and talking the talk. are they going to actually execute on it? it seems it's weighed out there in terms of the strategy. the problem again and again with microsoft, it's been a one step forward, two step back situation. now

assembler taiwanese of the apple iphone and ipad posted a record profit.he sony playstation four and microsoft xbox one of them post stronger sales growth in almost two years. now that this experimental cancer treatments proven sector abaya cap -- the biotech company. shares surged after the drug showed positive results among cancer. casino operator offering 7 million shares of its common stock of sales worth about $140 million in current prices. caesars, which has been restructuring the debt, granted the bankers option to sell another one million shares. >> restoration hardware. shares surging after the home-building retailer said better than estimated fourth-quarter earnings. looking ahead, restoration hardware said it is focused on expanding and transforming retail stores. onnetflix shares plunged news amazon.com is planning to launch a free video streaming service in the coming months, this is according to "the wall street journal." it would directly put the e-commerce giant against netflix forh charges $7.95 unlimited streaming. reported a smaller qua

the first time we've seen this software available on apple's ipad. nadella saying to expect more announcements in the coming weeks starting with another next week at the build conference here in san francisco. back to you. >> margin, thank you for the details. >>> bring in our own jon fortt as well as stephen yakman from the five star yakman fund. microsoft, one of their biggest positions. great to have you on the show. certainly office for ipad was well expected, nonetheless, how pleased are you to hear about this? >> we're as investors very pleased to hear about it and pleased you're hemping promote it. we're shareholders. but we think that this is one of the things nadella has to offer, it's bringing new ideas to microsoft and helping break the culture that was more protective and is looking more towards opportunity in the future. >> steve, wondering what you think of the stock's move since nadella has taken over this company as the new ceo? up about 8% since then. do you feel that's justified? i can't help but think to the yahoo! hail oh over mar

it is an operating system for apple's ipad. >> you can get the basic, and then if you want the upgradeyou get to pay. how do you move customers over to the software without to live totally diluting the brand of the same time echo >> why would you want to use office? >> because it is office. it's dylan thing i love using on my husband matt computer -- it's the only thing i love using on my husband's mac computer. gold is off at the moment. also as the fed continues to pare back on its tapering, that will hurt. silbert moves in tandem with gold. -- silver moves in tandem with gold. >> that is dorky. >> and copper is at a four-year low, early getting destroyed a little bit. but on an uptick right there. >> more than two dozen states have launched a new campaign against smoking. they are targeting retailers. we will talk to idaho's attorney general. the attorney generals are at the forefront of this thing, just asking a favor. loved also, frank sinatra his jack daniels so much the flask was buried with him. jack daniels is returning the compliment. we will talk about that next. ♪ >> live f

i think the original ipad was the last time that apple has wowed us. >> it is about changing hearts ands. to realize the magnitude of cook posture alan it was necessary to -- cook's challenge it was necessary to understand the personalities on the team. >> apple is facing a lot of challenges as a big company. the growth over the last couple of years is tremendous. without steve jobs, it makes the job that much harder. apple was a company that was synonymous with steve jobs. the entire organization is built around this man and his strengths and weaknesses. when you have somebody who is completely opposite at the helm with the same management team, things are thrown out of equilibrium. >> i guessed is bill harris. you know -- our guest is bill harris. you know i think too about silicon valley. what is the perception now? >> i think people like tim cook. the era of radical innovation at apple is over. it is not necessarily over simply because steve is gone. it is over because apple is a big company. it is producing big profits. thick about what happened at microsoft. the exact same thing.

ipad. time and aa lot of lot of money getting the precision and making it an apple quality products. >> let's get some mba quality aspect on this. usagehis change the ipad at wall street firms? >> does work on android, too? >> they are about to launch. they will be coming soon. they did not best that i. -- specify. >> the business world lives with windows. you have got to give that desk at that. -- get that. >> it was a thumbs-up. steve ballmer had cooked this up in the weeks before he left. courage and lot of there was a lot of consistency in the message. he has been saying, mobile first, clout first. iosle first on tablets is first. mobile first on tablets -- phones is android first. >> it is a combination of surface. effectively. >> there was no way to deny that the surface did not work. i prefer office on the ipad2 office on surface. to office on surface. >> what is a question you would ask a technologist about microsoft? >> why does it take so long to get these things done? >> one of the big changes they have made right now is that microsoft has traditionally been last -- let's integrate

you will not get an apple ipad for that price.winning this war on tablets with the lower prices. charles: they had amazing pricing power. people would pay a premium for their products. we need something to distinguish ourselves and keep that pricing power. >> we are looking at statistics in a year were apple did not have any major reveals. the numbers could change should apple have something revolutionary. charles: we do have breaking news. russia has issued an ultimatum for surrender of two ukrainian warships. we will keep you updated. now to the google glass competitor that we have been showing you. making its own pair of smart glasses with all the features of google glass, but it is a much more attractive package. they can even be used with subscription lenses. we have the founder and ceo here with us. we were just talking about the loss in market share in respect to tablets. sandra pointed out price. you guys have a pretty attractive price point. >> correct, charles. we do have a pretty attractive price point. we are targeting

say the suspect used the credit card 15 minutes later in the target in petaluma to purchase an apple ipad worth 600- dollars. police say the suspect tried to make another 350-dollar purchase. the suspect's vehicle is a dark color bmw 7 series with a sunroof san mateo police caught a man suspected of burglarizing a restaurant by luring him on a phony date. hostthis man - keveen quintanilla - allegedly gave his name and phone number to a female employee at the curry up now indian food restaurant. on saturday the employee came to work and saw a man stealing electronics from the retaurant. when police arrived the employee said she recognized the man as quintanilla. unercover officers set up a meeting with through text messages and arrested him. a search of his house found items believed to be stolen from the restaurant. novato police will expand the use of body worn cameras. the novato city council approved last week the purchase of 45 body worn cameras that will be deployed department wide. officers in the traffic department have been wearing the cameras for the past several years. the high-

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this is exciting news for apple to go along with microsoft 365, going on to the ipad, that will help les. i want to be a buyer of apple but you have to look at other ways of defining your risk. i think there is some risk over the short term in the stock market in general where volatility's rising, fears are rising in the marketplace. you play with long calls or you get some sort of protection. sort of roll out your stock position, no reason to be naked long stock. >> what do you think? >> i think that's absolutely right. i think if you look at the option buying today in apple it wasn't impressive even though they had some news. it was about a third less than you would have expected on a normal day. i think mike is right when he says this is not a growth stock anymore. i do think you have to look at a different way to play these. >> what about the numbers? >> when you're looking at this, sort of a stock replacement kind of strategy here, i want to play for the upside. what i'm going to do is risk less to make more. one of our favorites here on the show. basically, taking a look at two

among other things he's expected to announce a version of microsoft's popular software suite for apple's ipad're talking xcel and word and power point and something people have been clamoring for for years. >> i got a take on this, i got to go for it despite the fact that i sound like froggy master. here's the deal. i think that windows is where you at branding has gone for years for microsoft. i think that's changing right now. i think they're going to de-emphasize windows, why? because our kids hate windows. >> you made the point yesterday. >> what can happen is you can repudiate windows if you are this fella because it's a gates/balmer thing. i think the emphasis will be on xbox brought to by microsoft. this is the beginning of the deep-sixing of the name windows, that's what this is about. >> all right. they still sell a lot of windows. >> never going to hurt that. sure. i'm just saying that microsoft has within itself, with mark penn, the image consultant -- >> yes. >> -- has within itself a problem. it's regarded as being old. but xbox is regarded as being new and i think they have to d

ipad. >> in 2010, apple launched the ipad design for use as an electronic reading device.t costs and added new features. >> he is always been comfortable playing with very tight margins. when you see the kindle lowering in price, you are seeing him recognizing that the real long- term game for amazon is to be at a place where everyone buys all of their e-books. the kindle is how they get them. >> the growth of the electronic book market devastated stores. >> amazon became a competitor to the brick and mortar retailers. everybody was coexisting. borders did all of their digital selling through amazon. it may have been their downfall. had borders established its own presence, it might have been a different situation today. >> according to the authors guild, amazon had been buying books from publishers at $12 or $13 wholesale and selling them as kindle books for $9.99. taking a loss each time. john grisham railed against the pricing model. >> the book is worth $10. whether it is a discounted hardback or in e-book. if we are $10, the whole industry will change. you are going t

apple's productivity software is already free on new ipads. >> apple's productivity software there ised microsoft missed a step here they should have done this years and years and years ago. that said, why would they, for these products that have huge following and huge usage still among much of the population make any of that available for free except on maybe a trial or intro or intermediate basis. >> you sound like steve ballmer. the issue here is these are huge products of the pc era. they were so much tied into windows and how you got productive on a pc. p mobile era is different. some other folks, google, apple, and others have moved ahead with different kinds of product tv y ity suites. if microsoft wants to have share here,nd why else would you make this play, they need to do something exciting and break from that. >> hasn't the whole story bowled? the competitors have come mod advertised this area, if what you're saying is correct. they can't charge. >> well, i think they can charge something because microsoft's productivity software is still better. for people who really wan

ipad. >> apple does have its own productivity suite. is this a threat? >> it does have its own types of of processing that come preloaded onto an iphone or nicad, but this is different. this will be really geared toward business. that is something where apple has tried to get more and more ipads sold. >> so, wbc is coming up. there is no date yet, but it is normally in june. what are we expecting? >> it is a developer conference. these are the people who build the thousands of apps that are on the iphone and ipad. an update on the ios operating system. they had a big overhaul last year, so there will be an update there. several years back, they would introduce new hardware products to go along with it, but in the last few years, they have not done that. >> what about a phone? analysts say two phones may be coming out this year, one with the screen we all know and one with a bigger screen. >> there have been reports -- and we reported as well -- that the development of some bigger screen phones. that would be helpful for apple particularly in markets like

pulling off a sledgehammer smash and grab at a computer store, and they head straight for the apple laptops and ipadsnd gone within minutes. they grabbed about $100,000 worth of goods. >>> well, the legal battle is growing between the nfl and the singer/rapper m.i.a. she was seen giving the finger during the halftime show of the super bowl two years ago. well, since then, the nfl has been seeking $1.5 million claiming m.i.a. breached her contract. well, now the league is demanding an additional $15 million in what it calls restitution. m.i.a. says the restitution claim lacks any basis in law. >>> all right. a bizarre interruption to yesterday's red sox/yankees preseason game. >> the game was delayed when a swarm of bees took over left field. boston left fielder mike carp said he heard the buzzing and immediately went toward the infield. >> the grounds crew member there, they were the heroes. they chased the bees away with pesticide. still don't like the looks of that at all. the yankees went on to win the game, 8-1. i think he's just making them madder. >>> all right. as for the games that actually c

we also had top stories we're following very closely including microsoft bringing office to the apple ipad thought microsoft was losing billions in revenue. satya nadella, the new ceo made a polished debut. he plans to bring mobile apps to be a top priority for microsoft. walmart suing visa for $5 billion. this is over the credit card swipes. visa is one of the few names in the dow with a down arrow. good news for tesla, safety regulators let it go. they don't continue to look into the fires with the model s. tesla making more precautions, putting a shield under those batteries. so that is another caution to fight fires. that is good news for tesla. that stock is up about 4% now. jenna: we'll take good news on a friday any day you but good on a friday. nicole, thank you. a quick business note. you don't want to miss maria bartiromo's new show, "sunday morning futures." premiering 10:00 a.m. eastern time on the fox news channel. that is coming up this weekend. watch it and set your dvrs, two hours from now new jersey governor chris christie will hold a news conference. comes on the heels of

ipad. how apple is coming his aid. ,, ,, river. in coming years...isitors >>> yosemite national park has a new long range plan to protect the area around tuolumne river. in coming years, visitors will not be allowed to leave their cars along the road while exploring the river and surrounding meadows. the plan also removes unofficial foot trails and replaces campsites. the work will be done in the next 10 to 15 years at a cost of about $55 million. >>> there's a minor setback for efforts to restore lake tahoe to its previous clarity. an annual report by an environmental research center shows last year's clarity was about 70 feet. that's 5 feet less tha 2012 researchers say despite that, the long- term effort is on track. it's still the best place. >> it's gorgeous. >> beautiful. >>> 5:43. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >> also beautiful "friday light." we have not seen too many incidents on the roads so far so great start to the morning drive. traffic flowing well from richmond to berkeley. at the bay bridge toll plaza, slight delays in some of