through today is in particular honor sitting here with us on stage first and foremost ambassador brian nichols assistant secretary for western hemisphere affairs and jennifer baucus inaugural accurate to say inaugural principal deputy assistant secretary for the bureau of cyberspace and digital policy, both from the department of state you have chosen the atlantic council to relaunch the program aimed at empowering local governments. the digital agenda for transformation in the americas for those of you who are acronym nerds it translates to data, data for cities initiative. more on that in a second, across the region the strategic and notes possible adoption and sparsity practices and technology is really helping to strengthen local governments. make service provision more efficient and empower the financial capacity of municipalities across the atmosphere. we're going to get in to a lot of examples so i will spare you in the conversation throughout the last of the session today and we are joined today online and here in the atlantic council new studio by representatives from acrossos the reg

today marks 100 days as brian nichols tenure as ceo of starbucks.s union strikes, slowing for traffic. they suspended guidance citing the ceo transition and current state of the business. shares are down about 6%. there are questions whether he could have the same turnaround as chipotle. is starbucks fixable? >> i'm not sure who's trying to get the most done between donald trump and brian niccol but it is close. i think suspending the guidance gives him breathing room and flexibility to execute what he thinks are the right strategies. there are some headwinds. coffee prices are up 75% over the last 12 months and have risen quite sharply which adds pressure for pricing at a time where he's trying to reduce prices and remove up charges for airy alternatives. he has some headwinds but has also accomplished a lot. >> it's interesting for me to watch as the potential pieces move around. should he divest the china business? i think i was reading that india might be on the table as well. does he make it a u.s. centric name? i don't know if chipotle has int

you will see brian nichols streamline and shore up.utting the condiments or the cream on things back out for customers will save a tremendous amount of time. >> let's talk uber. that is your next picked. stock was working so well. the last few weeks has been, i don't want to say broken but why do you like it here? >> another tesla casualty. we have a first-class ceo. they are starting to print free cash flow. so they will buy back shares. we also think the business has plenty of room for growth even still with uber eats and the rideshare business. it has been hit on the strong dollar and slowdowns in rideshare. i think this is a company that you just want to continue to add to. >> your last pick is one that we don't talk about as much. that is oracle. >> we use to all the time. >> remember when larry ellison missed the clouds so he started taking out adds in the wall street journal. bottom right-hand corner every week. they have the magic. they figured it out. it is scalable. partnerships with microsoft and amazon among others. and i t

brian nichols basically going the other direction basically saying we are not dropping prices and goss margins. >> the worst thing that happened to brian nichols was the first day move. anything he could have done for the next two or three years ask priced in and anything that doesn't happen perfectly detracts from that. i don't know if they feel like it's expensive but not crazy. >> i've been nibbling at starbucks over the last two months. a little bit. it's hardly time to say game on and i do think china and the growth markets are not why you're buying this. >> consumer discretionary stocks we're neutral on them but need more sectors that look good in this market right now. people hate my energy overweight. >> i like it, for what it's worth. >> thanks. one person out there. >> i've overweighted communication services because it does have a discretionary angle. the valuations aren't great, interest rates, we've lost that tailwind. i'm really curious and rooting for this sector in the new year. >>> up next, final trades. your shipping manager left to "find themself." leaving you lost

powering possibilities™. >>> today marks brian nichols 100th day as starbucks ceo, he's facing a bigon the labor front. the starbucks workers united movement says 90% have voted to authorize a strike as they seek a contract with the coffee giant. the incoming questions on the stock this week have been many i don't know if you saw china retail sales, beverages were down 4 on the month. >> the honeymoon is so over. people are talking about weakness in india too. i do feel that now it's going to be a stock when it was at 98, the expectations were too high i feel that it can continue to shade lower, the stock i own for the club, talking about tomorrow at our club meeting. it had that big jump from the 70s to really 100. i think i should give up some of that, david, it frankly was up on the strength of the man, not necessarily the fundamentals i still trust him to come up with it. >> it's flat, basically, since he was announced or came in. that's since he became ceo i mean, i see it we have it right there up .81%. it's flat. >> well, the stock -- i think the stock ran on the announcement,

starbucks new ceo brian nichols stands to make more than $100 million in his first year. >> our ceo isamerica right now. >> reporter: now, the strikes aren't expected to have a big impact on overall operations. amazon says most packages should still arrive on time, and as for starbucks, well, employees only shut down a handful of stores like this one behind me but they do plan to expand the walkout to possibly hundreds of stores through christmas eve. margaret? >> margaret: carter evans in california. well, there is news tonight about america's largest chain of party stores. that's next. chain of party stores. that's next. a cause of asthma attacks. treating symptoms and inflammation with rescue is supported by asthma experts. finally, there's a modern way to treat symptoms and asthma attacks. airsupra is the first and only dual-action asthma rescue inhaler fda-approved to treat symptoms and help prevent asthma attacks. airsupra should not be used as a maintenance treatment for asthma. get medical help right away if your breathing doesn't improve or worsens or for serious allergic reac

it was the idea of one neighbor, brian nichols who remembered how his town used to decorate for christmasghting up his whole town. >> hi, david. >> david: brian tonight on the power of the christmas spirit. >> i knew that it would be a big deal and people would come down and see the big changes to macon that we've done here in downtown. but i had no idea what it would turn into. >> david: taking us on a tour. >> put lights up in the trees, wrapped the bottoms. put some net lights on the ground. >> david: starting the new christmas tradition a few years back, but he had no idea it would grow to 5 1/2 blocks now. >> this is one of the newer blocks. as you can see, we've added a globe that people can walk through. >> david: local businesses grateful. >> hey, david. >> david: scott mitchell. owner of sweet eleanor's divine desserts. >> i've seen a huge amount of diverse groups of people coming downtown to enjoy the beautiful holiday traditions. >> hi, david. >> david: lake lambert and jordan hampel at the macon visitor welcome center. >> we've seen tons of people come down to see the christma

about how this program will affect them directly and how we can learn more and assistant secretary brian nicholsshared the e-mails to get more information and that will be important. andrew turning to you across the region the smallest burro towns to the largest urban centers receive implementation of technology applied to service delivery across-the-board and in many areas. vs. from on line systems to full scale security monitoring systems that they there are many existing projects that we see all across latin america. how quickly has these new technologies and tools been inc. into the region and what do we mean by the responsible adoption of these tools? b yeah so let me think he was well valentina and the panelists. it's a great event and all the right folks are in the room and virtually and we hope to have a very productive discussion. over the past decade or if not longer there has been a lot of digital in the area in the caribbean mainly and i think one thing is to have the digital adoption. i've seen also a little bit of implementation on some of these initiatives and i was talking earlie

negotiations have been productive, and what was it, just yesterday we did the story that the new ceo, brian nicholresential leave. stuart: so -- lauren: they're work with the union, working with the baristas who aren't in the union to give them what they can, but starbucks' sales are down. so those pay hikes that workers might be expecting aren't going to be as big as hay want. it's the reality. that's capitalism. stuart: okay. all right. [laughter] earnings before the bell -- lauren: uh-huh. stuart: start with birkenstock. how many pairs do you have? lauren: a lot. i can count on more than one hand. stuart: the good lord. lauren: and you're going to call them, what is a birkenstock? hawrt. stuart: we all laugh at you who come out with your birkenstocks. lauren: they're sandals. no. a third of their business are clogs. they always sell at full price. average selling price for the sandals and the clogs up 8% this year. great record card. to stock's up 10%. stuart: moving on -- [laughter] general mills. cheerios, lucky charms, bit quick -- better quarter? lauren: stock is down 3.5%. lower prices hel

currently, part-time workers qualify 20 hours a week and you qualify, this is part of the new ceo brian nicholsd around if you keep employees happy maybe the less likely. >> that's what they're about, novo nordisk a billion dollars into a plant in denmark but it's not for weight loss drug. >> it is for rare diseases but the stock is up two-point to percent because the ftc here in the u.s. has approved the acquisition of catalan that gives them capacity to ramp up the weight loss drugs the obesity drugs. >> back to broad calm. >> they were up 24%. this is the a.i. opportunity the new high of 10% the day after the first trading session after 24% run. there is news barklay is upgraded to $205 but the stock is up 245. >> calkins i keep missing exploding stocks. >> maybe you should listen to them. stuart: tell me about buy now pay later that a great day monday spending on buy now pay later came in at $991 million according to adobe. overall cyber monday shopping topped $13 billion, this is a growing part of the way we spend our money, who's using it your cash-strapped or you don't have access to cre

this is, remember, the chipotle ceo, brian nichol, coming over to starbucks. year, how can they get sales back up. so pay wage increases about 2-3%. last year it was closer to 3-5%. so you're getting a boost, just not as big. again, this is a company that's right-sizing itself and figuring out the path forward. stuart: okay. youtube. that's google's company, obviously, youtube. i use it a lot. >> okay. stuart: and i don't pay anything. this is a completely free service, that's the way i like it, but i understand some people now have to pay >> i'm surprised you getting i it for free because youtube tv, i've heard all the young kids love it. it's the now $83 a month -- stuart: i just use youtube -- >> i got the e-mail yesterday about the price hike. there's no reason to give it up. what you've seen is everything in the streaming space decoupled, and now everyone's paying so much, it's more than conventional cable, you've got to pick, and i think youtube's - >> you're watching youtube videos. yaw talking about tv can bring you, like, live -- i get my football thr

the ceo, brian nichol, wants to simplify the menu.so complicated to make all these drinks. hay want better hours, better pay, and they're not getting what they wan. stuart: it reminds me of the amazon strike right before christmas. lauren: it's annoying. what's the message that unions are sending to americans -- stuart: not very nice. nike, they reported after the bell yesterday. lauren: all right. down 2%. so in the quarter, sales did fall but not as much as we thought. the issue is the forecast. the forecast is pretty bad. the new ceo, elliott hill, he's saying, look, we're in the middle of a turn-around, but it is going to take some time and and some, quote, short-term pain. the company lost the obsession with sport. that's what he says. and if there are just way too many discounts. if you're looking on the year, second worst perform behind boeing, down 29% this year. stuart: winnebago -- lauren: pandemic winner. stuart: -- after the bell, i think, and they're up. lauren: relatively flat. revenue was down 18%. stuart: yeah. i thoug