remember, autozone, well, we have a best buy, bed bath and beyond. stigma about autozone.s in the u.s. and mexico with a get a big boost from consumers that are not buying new cars. they didn't care of the was a diskette. this is necessarily a reflection of the strong u.s. or global economy. this is more a reflection of that the recovery is still a bit stagnant and people are taking care of old cars. autozone shares, up used today. there also up about 15% so far this year. this is the body according to most analysts. overate rating. and a foreigner and $20 price target. as the average. now, last by -- of zurich and a bed bath and beyond. similar. we are looking for those earnings after the bell. this is a stock in the company very dependent on the recovery in housing market. it has not seen that yet, stocks up in anticipation of that, so far this year down 3%. still, analysts like is heading into it. a downgrade from oppenheimer this morning. but mostly optimistic getting into that report and we will see it after the bell. cheryl: noticing a nice uptick of the last couple

and sales growth slowing down at autozone. that is done 2 bucks, but 356 on autozone.lanning to return to investors we like that yahoo!. and kohl's, hiring is that more than 52,000, is that right? 52,000 people mired for the holidays at kohl's? i'll have to get confirmation of that. it's hiring big time, but the stock is unchanged. the restaurant cracker barrel profit nearly doubled, up goes the stock, nearly 7%. now, this, an update. teachers in chicago back to work this morning, students back in school. and kids are. so, who won? does the deal they reached make good financial sense for that city? one of our foremost authorities on illinois finances joins us he's going to be here in new york. he's coming up next. [ male announcer ] at scottrade, you won't just find us online, you'll also find us in person, with dedicated support teams at over 500 branches nationwide. so when you call or visit, you can ask for a name you know. because personal service starts with a real person. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. our support teams are nearb

also tyson foods and autozone just to name a few.hat's a group that was quite defensive and shows the resiliency of the consumer. david: nicole, thank you very much. well, housing stocks, big story, they, of course, were down as new home sales failed to meet expectationsings -- expectations, but home sales were up in the august. if you believe now is the time to invest, where do you turn? we go to robert wettenhall who has provided us with extraordinary information in the past, last time you picked several stocks that were up 25%, but they were down today significantly. hovnanian down almost 6 president. why down so much in one day? >> markets had a fantastic run. these stocks have definitely outperformed the market, and the news today makes people question how real is the upward improvement in housing. our view, it's definitely real when you see an 11% improvement in pricing, you've got to be optimistic. lennar reported on wednesday, fantastic. david: we have those numbers, i think we can put it up on the screen the. lennar homes, t

we have autozone, fourth quarter earnings, better than expected. jumping up 3%. stocks up 10% over the past year. plus cracker barrel now record highs for that stock, fourth quarter earnings nearly doubled versus a year ago. boosting quarterly dividend by 25%. that stock is up 26% year to date. general mills first quarter profit up by better than a third. they see volume and margins improving this year. 2% gains there. after the closing bell we will be covering of course adobe systems. those shares moving higher. and bed, bath & beyond. so we will get tech plus a look at the consumer. those earnings and of course the important forecasts coming up after the closing bell. liz: i was just at bed, bath & beyond. satin pillow cases, good for the skin, try it. >> slip right off the bed, though. liz: they are great. the closing bell ringing in exactly 30 minutes. when we come back, massachusetts governor deval patrick on how he keeps his state's unemployment rate well below the national average. what he's doing to create jobs and why he's still very much believes in the

jim, you want to do autozone?ar every single time reports it's disappointing on the revenue. no. this company is slowly taking itself private and it's another big buyback and they're in the sweet spot with the auto companies and with the autos. this fleet, 11 years old, once again, the stock was down big before the market opened and now it comes back. i don't want to short autozone. >> some comments out of 3m's ceo. it's commenting about the change in the macro economic environment. he says that the economic environment has changed and now it's 7% to 8% organic revenue target is a stretch target. so that just speaks to what has happened since he initially gave that target and that things are worsening. that's a headline here. >> no dow for industrial companies were at a very key level and they're all worried about fiscal cliff, the ceos and they're worried about china coming back. we want them worried because we don't have great growth. it is not like the stocks are expensive, historically. i think 3m, one of the

critical comment about the sustainability of the project they centered around number one, the year autozone is not an optimal currency area integrated come and second, it lacks the fiscal or governmental institutions necessary to run the currency. both of those issues were evident to the participants from day one. the idea was not with a doubt about the zone of being an optimal currency area. the decision was to try to make it an off tunnell currency area command of the currency was going to be the fulcrum that was going to force the integration and reform the was going to make it an optimal currency area. what was not foreseen as that the mechanisms of discipline that were supposed to drive that which was no exit walls for once you get and you can't go out and the idea was you are forced to adjust. who knew at the time that greece, portugal, ireland would have access to huge amounts of credit an extremely fine terms it was the market discipline that failed primarily toward least significantly. it's called the government issues that were understood right from the start. there was no clear c

supporting role of the critical time how much are we hampered by what is happening with of the year autozone how much are we hampered by the difficulty to the executive and legislative branches right now and mastering the right kind of historic response to the yvette. >> let me know in the chicago council survey of the american public opinion of the foreign policy which just came out recently there are strange attitudes regarded in the middle east. they are more likely to create threats to the national security of the united states and yet there was a general trend of wanting less involvement militarily, economically and so forth with this region. along with what david said, public opinion and how the voters and citizens feel about the involvement of their country in the middle east is another issue. [inaudible] it will continue without any doubt. for us in that part of the will of least the part of the world that we are talking about is fundamental and it is our neighborhood and there for the stability there is fundamental. many things are related to that. so, for us that has to be a priori