we are at the beverly hilton in los angeles, with richard burned. back to new york.x: thank you so much for your work at milken. breaking news as we had to break. after-hours trading, almost 8% higher. websitesny behind the tinder and match, beating estimates. ♪ alix: "what'd you miss?" the bright spot in the u.s. economy, take a look at the blomberg -- bloomberg. the number for april coming in at $7.3 million, as initial jobless lanes continue to fall. joining us now on the phone is marc ostwald, a strategist at adm investment services. what do auto sales tell us about the macro economy here? a reminder that last month was a bit of an aberration, secondly, when we get the retail sales number later in the month, for overall retail sales, they were probably show a pretty strong again. aided and assisted by the fact that gasoline prices have gone up. as far as initial claims go, they keep reminding us, the u.s. labor market is very, very tight. at the top end, jumps the people would like, but nevertheless, we are getting to that stage where there is a shortage of labor