ceo bill simon says his consumers were most worried about jobs followed by inflation, taxes and gas prices. consumers may have concerns, but a number of analysts aren't worried. >> i think walmart right now is running as well as walmart has ever run since i started watching them in 1968. they are doing a fabulous job of bringing product at the price to the customer. >> reporter: and the stockholders are reaping the benefits. walmart sharesgained 27% er the last year,terhan the s&p indexand the broad s& sp 500 ereime period. courtney reagan.s repori'" >>> and owtomorre turn housg ane company to watch this earnings season. >>> so many american companies including many walmart suppliers move manufacturing out of the u.s. to plants in china, looking to save money. but things have changed. rising costs for labor, material and shipping has forced a lot of companies to consider bringing some of those jobs back home. phil lebeau has more from shanghai. >> reporter: here in shanghai, u.s. manufacturers who have set up plants here in china are facing a new challenge, rising costs. in fact, a new stu

the best performing -- biotech name as it continues to see strong demand for its orlando bill. simonck to you. >> a lot of action today. >> let's check in with rick in chicago. rick? >> thanks simon. everybody is talking about the low interest rates. how does that stack up? we finished out last year at 176 so obviously these are the lowest yields since december. they were down at 119 today. we are definitely within firing distance. i bet it coordinates with the ecb on thursday. and another market that probably coordinates that gives you a clims into what they are going to do . >> kay lais here with some of the fallout from mr. diamond and from shareholders. >> it's a legacy private equity buyout loaded with debt. the first data job definitely a turn around story but a sensible move. the coo will be take on by a rising star, matt zames. now charged with running the firm's 2 trillion dollar balance sheet as well as its global strategy. it is just the late nest departures. he was a member of the firm's 12 member operating committee. he is the ninth member of that committee. to leave in

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. >> megyn: joining me now to discuss this simon, a former bill clinton advisor and tony, a fox newsontributor. wow! let me just start, this is the second time we've seen jay carney, second time in a -- you know, three weeks, seen him snap at one of our reporters over what this reporter deems a legitimate question, which is janet napolitano told us it was going to happen. and arne duncan said there wasn't much flexibility if any with these cuts. where are they and were they being truthful? they're no longer happening. i want to ask you about the defensiveness, tony? why? am i wrong do i perceive a defensive press secretary? you're absolutely right, megyn. this is not a not so perfect storm for democrats. the white house made a misstep trying to overexaggerate the negative impacts of sequester. and you've seen a drop in public opinion went from 53% to 46%. most polls show him at 15 month lows, but worse for the president and why carney is unhinged he's lost the media support on this and totally abandoned his plank. he got in a shouting match similar with john carlo from abc news becau

simon, barbara streisand and ray charles. >>> i'm betty nguyen. "way too early" starts right now. >>> good morning, i'm billand this is "way too early." thanks for being up with us on this monday, april fool's day. we have a lot to cover today including new signs that even background checks are dead on arrival in the senate. now some republican lawmakers are threatening a filibuster calling it a bridge too far. for what's left. overseas, a man who's being dogged egypt's jon stewart thrown in jail after speaking out against the government of president muhammad morsi. not a good sign for the government there. >>> finally, a

be aware between bill ackman and carl icahn, a source telling cnbc the resignation has nothing to do with either of those two parties, tyler. >>> all right. thank you very much. simon, let's bring in kate kelly. it's been a bad, bad bet for ackman in j.c. penney. how overall is hess doing with his fund pershing square. >> surprisingly the fund is actually doing pretty well, much more than 6% and hold about 12.4 billion in assets under management if you look at their top holdings, canadian pacific railway and png are two big winners. looking through the relatively small portfolio, because he's an activist investor, most stocks are up. we soo action weakness with mattson, but the big losers, of course, is j.c. penney, with the huge negative reaction to the ousting of ron johnson. so, you know, ackman, it's still performing well, and it remains unclear how it will affect his current quarter. her alive, it will be interesting to see how the kpmg situation plays out. i would say it's probably a net neutral for the company. and investors are reacting as such. >> nothing to do with either ackman or icahn. it's apparently a rogue employ decree of kpmg. >> exactly. my only

simon schuster. it's going to be $8 million. her first book in more than 11 years. by the way, next month, bill clinton is getting an award from "glad" even though he was the one that put through the defensive marriage act, can he now completely rejects. so my question to yall is are we ready for more clintons? >> have we taken a break from the clintons? it's a continuous stream. beginning in 1993 all the way through. it's like the never ending story. >> what's interesting is the s part. i think it's going to be a fascinating piece of history. hillary will be our next president. >> wow. >> just imagine -- no, guys, she will be. just imagining her and bill together because this guy is not going to be in the background, i think that's fascinating. and say what you want, politically, whether you like bill clinton or not, this is a brilliant man who has his arms around the world. and the two of them together, boy, i don't mind seeing them in the front seat of the car. >> this is actually paid for like by the hillary clinton advertising campaign. >> no, seriously. one of the greatest presidents of a

simon, back to you. >> josh, thank you. >>> after a bill was passed last night in the senate, the house is voting now tor us live from washington. john, do we know how rapidly they could be put back to work? >> very rapidly, if the house approves this. they are in the middle of voting now. this is taken up under an expedited procedure called suspension of the rules in the house which requires a two-thirds vote. nevertheless it's expected, even though some leading democrats are opposing it that they will get the votes to pass this. and if so, i think this crisis pretty rapidly will be -- will be put to rest on the issue of flight delays, simon, but, of course, there are many other issues generated by the sequester cuts. the question will be, is -- are any of those others any time soon going to be conspicuous and painful enough to cause the congress to enter into negotiations to get rid of all the sequester cuts or are they going to take up these piecemeal and try to solve these individually which is not what the democrats want, but the republicans would be happy with. >> in the meantime, a lot of people

. >> simon: another sweet sensation is wealth, but, unlike many in the horsey set, rosie's family didn't have wealth. her mother, cindy, ran a stable to pay the billsthis all started with pony races? >> cindy: yes, it did. i never saw anything so small go so fast. but when she came off the track, she was beaming, the pony was happy, everybody was happy. we're like, "oh my gosh." and she goes, "mom, i want to win the triple crown races." >> simon: and she was how old then? >> cindy: she was seven. >> simon: rosie and her sister, jazz, cleaned stalls in their mother's stable to help pay for their horses. the girls' father, charles, was what horse people call a farrier, a blacksmith, went from farm to farm, hammering out horse shoes, trimming hooves. he's still at it today-- that is, when he isn't watching his kid race. why is she so good at what she does? >> charles: i think she's an athlete. i think she's a natural horsewoman. you know, she's 25 years old, but she's been riding for 26 years, because when her mother was pregnant with her, her mother was riding. >> jazz: we had a little motto between the two of us, and it was, "you're never good enoug

bill clinton. you can look at any number of politicians. does anthony weiner have a shot at redemption? as paul simon once sang? sure. absolutely.ory published this morning saying, quote, i want to ask people to give me a second chance. i do want to have that conversation with people who i let down and people who put their faith in me and who want to support me. i think to some degree i want to say to them, give me another chance. i think it is -- entirely obviously up to the voters of new york city and will be rough because that media environment is very difficult as you know. but it is certainly possible. huma, his wife and mother of their son, is standing by him and supportive. at the end of the day, i've seen much stranger things happen than anthony weiner returning to public life. >> i'm sure you have, after all your years in washington. speaking of, big day today, as far as the gun debate, compromise now. brokered between these two senators and it sounds like you have landed both of them. >> that's right. we're going to have the first joint interview with the republican and democratic senator who are trying toing ir this c

bill that could simplify the tax filing process for millions of americans. according to "the hill", certain taxpayers would receive a page-long return with much of the information already filled out. >>> simon announcing a one-year pilot program will offer its ebooks to libraries. the company is last of the big six publishers to keep the entire e catalog off limits from libraries. the pilot program will start this month. publishers feel free libraridown loads could lead to lost sales. that is the latest from fox business, giving you the power to prosper melissa: so what does the plunge in gold today say about the state of the u.s. economy and who has made money and lost money amid this selloff? that's right, fox business senior correspondent charlie gasparino has all the juicy details. >> love record selloffs. they expose a lot particularly in gold. this is currency hedged about the future of the united states economy. a lot of people made speculative bets. melissa: right. >> here is what we know as of now. one thing this plunge does prove that u.s. monetary policy has failed. one of the key things that the feds wanted to do when it printed money, qe1, 2, 3, and i believe we're on 4, essent

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