for those that don't remember, avnet is the supermarket of technology in the world.ibutor of semican conductors as well as information technology hardware, software and services, huge business. in short, this company can give you a read on the state of the technology business and they delivered a five-cent earnings beat and it was higher than expected revenues that rose 7.7% year over year. what's more, the market loved the results and the stock jumping $2.7% response and take a lowser look with the ceo of avnet to hear more about the quarter and what the future looks like with the whole technology complex. welcome back to "mad money," thank you, jim, a pleasure to be back. >> i'm confused because this quarter you had one of those businesses do poorly and i looked at it last august and it was terrific. you had the united states strong and most important you were buying back your stock more aggressively than i've seen in a long time and i figure that you like the mosaic of what's happening right now or you wouldn't be buying so much stock. >> jim, that's absolutely co

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