i'm brian sullivan. neil young saying don't lit bring you down. yeah, the index is stuck in neutral. but don't worry, there are big movers galore. retailers, tech, food and news and names behind them straight ahead. winter blues, maybe, but a new survey says more economic sunshine may be just down the road. the man behind the numbers will tell us why. and the countdown to the super bowl is on. so today we are asking which city is more super for stocks. who's got more winning companies, new york or boston? orlando, not an option, mandy. >> hey, brian. good morning everybody. i'm mandy drury. i'm live at the t.d. ameritrade conference in florida, orlando. it's beautiful outside. no windows here fortunately. this is the nation's largest gathering of money managers. very shortly we're going to be speaking with the ceo of t.d. ameritrade, fred tomczyk. also we have coming up david from mainstay and larry haverty and jeremy siegel we will not be having on mickey and minny, we've left them outside for poor behavior. >> i got to do your job because you're

. >> with brian sullivan. >> yes, with brian sullivan. thank you, brian shactman. ♪ >>> by now, you know my name. welcome to "street signs." but is tom petty right? is your money headed for a breakdown or a breakout? we'll take a trip inside the numbers and debate whether stocks have come too far too fast. >>> where are the jobs? we know who's got the most "help wanted" signs out right now and we'll show you where america is hiring. >>> and if you like facebook, you're going to love what andy kessler has to say about that little like button. he thinks it is the secret sauce to etch more facebook billions. he's here with why. >> good morning and good afternoon, everybody around the world. i'm mandy drury. this is what we're watching at this hour. stocks are wiping out their early losses. ben bernanke getting part of the credit there as he says nothing in capitol hill testimony to discourage the notion of a q.e. 3. coinstar meantime making major coin for investors today, up 18% after trouncing street estimates with its latest earnings, fuel

let's get straight to brian sullivan with breaking news on berkshire hathaway. >> warren buffett and his crew, here's what they did. this is dated as of the end of the fourth quarter. new positions established in new companies. dva and lmca. by the way i've gone through a number of 13fs the last couple hours. liberty's been added by a number of companies. warren buffett added to his positions in coke, directv, cbs care mark, wells fargo, and visa. he cut but not eliminated stakes in johnson & johnson and kraft. then sold completely out of exxonmobil. that was a small stake. still exxon no longer part of the portfolio. i think that name you're showing davita the most interesting. not a typical company that warren buffett would invest in. new positions. i'll be back in a bit with more from david einhorn's green light capital. >> dva an unusual name. no surprise given his new manager he brought in. that was one of the few stocks that was in his portfolio. i believe liberty might have been there. but davita definitely was. >> i remember talking with ted wexler years ago about it. does ha

. >>> let's get out to our very own brian sullivan who traveled all the way to the u.s. to be here. brian at the summit. good to see you. >> reporter: thank you, christine. i think that says a lot about the summit. that they dragged me on a steamship all the way from the united states. we're joined by the managing director of a multi-family investment firm based in mumbai india. i think it says a lot about the conference, just the fact that it's here. it's the first time in ypo's history that the conference is in asia, and we look at the growth in the world. gdp growth, 14.5%. you say it was a disappointing 6%. in america we'd to love have 6%. why do you call that dispiemting for 6% in india? >> i think we need to grow it upwards of 8% to grow the dividend that we have. i'm sure you're aware that a large percent of our population is under 25 years old. that's great if we find jobs for them. if we don't. that's a problem. to find jobs we have to grow it upwards of 8% a year. >> what happens? why did you not get the 8% growth? >> brian, i'm not at all is surprised. in talking with my f

cnbc's brian sullivan is here with what's moving your money and i was shocked by the number.king about? >> a lot, chris. you have to take a look at some of these numbers. valentine's day spending about $17.6 billion. that's what's expected and that would be up 8.5%. >> that's a lot of chocolates. >> we're not talking about chocolate. i'm going to show you some of the things might be buying. i wish it was chocolate in a way. it's $126 a person. men get hosed because we're expected to spend nearly twice as much on you as you spend on us. >> that seems fair since we do at least five times as much during the year but continue. >> okay. we'll have to have that as a long debate. either way i think food might be in fashion more than something sexy this year such as, take a look at this, a leopard and lace chemise. it's $42. there's a velour robe. i'm not hugh hefner. some people may wear that. valentine's day is on a tuesday so apparently couples are more likely to go out for a nice dinner than stay in. which might mean less lingerie. and if you love the bling, jewelry is always hot

and you, brian sullivan, how many times did you call broad vision?> i made a number of phone calls. the british woman on the voice mail system is very nice sounding. i sent a couple e-mails to them and never heard back. >> there you go. >> we are the worldwide leader in business news, broad vision, bad job. couple calls, couple e-mails. >> there you go. >> i couldn't even make it through the voice mail system. it was like this infinite loop, like apple's address, going around and around. >> coming up next on "street signs," where is all the volume? we're going to head to the floor to find out. >> and americans are heading south to retire. we're not talking about florida. the surprising spots that they're picking. >> and also a quick reminder to vote in our facebook poll. you can go to facebook.com/cnbc. like the page if you haven't already, and you can vote, would you buy shares of facebook? yes or no. very simple. the results and your comments later in the show. also tomorrow i will be live from tdameri trade. i'm not going to be in a bikini. i'm go

. >>> we'll be right back, but first brian sullivan is here with a cnbc market wrap. reece. remember, though, it is not completely done. you havy you aro zone finance ministers meeting on wednesday. it looks good at least on paper for a greek deal. the markets are higher, one stop, a little company called apple. now worth half a trillion. just the cash hoard alone could cause greece's problems. more martin bashir half the break. [ male announcer ] if you believe the mayan calendar, on december 21st, polar shifts will reverse the earth's gravitational pull and hurtle us all into space, which would render retirement planning unnecessary. but say the sun rises on december 22nd and you still need to retire, td ameritrade's investment consultants can help you build a plan that fits your life. we'll even throw in up to $600 when you open a new account or roll over an old 401(k). so who's in control now, mayans? i never believed anything as much as i believed i'd be overweight and unhealthy my whole life... until weight watchers. points plus gave me strength nothing else did.

that's our buddy, brian sullivan. he's an assignment. singapore at the global leadership conference for young business leaders, a group made up of 19,000 ceos from over 110 countries. i know that brian is going to try and interview every single one of them. in the meantime, today's "street signs" is brought to you by -- the letter "a." earlier it was all about apple, all about apollo. let's check out a few other "a" stocks on the move today. autozone, the ticker is azo. a very nice boost in same-store sales. keep an eye also on a123. the lithium battery maker reports next week. it's been a rough ride for the stimulus darling. the stock is down more than 70% over the last year. also check out al amera sciences. and then there is abbott labs trading at levels not seen since january of 2010. >>> from sesame street to office space, that wasn't awkward at all, was it? in terms of a segway. office supply stocks are really soaring. courtney reagan, what's going on here? >> it's been a strong quarter for officemax and office depot. the street is

. ♪ >>> i'm brian sullivan with your market wrap.sdaq rising 44. weekly jobless claims fell 13,000. housing starts rose last month and profit at gm came in at the highest level ever at $7.6 billion. now back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." the big showdown in michigan. rick santorum may have momentum on his side but mitt romney has his cash. and his super pac is hoping to eliminate santorum and the threat from his ads like this. look at these ads in michigan meant to destroy rick santorum. >> in a single session rick santorum cosponsored 51 bills to increase spending and 0 to cut spending. santorum voted to raise his own pay and joined hillary clinton to let convicted felons vote. rick santorum, big spender, washington insider. >> today santorum his own campaign and super pac announced they are pouring in cash to run ads to rebut the romney onslenau and written off as newt gingrich was in florida? the "hardball" team is here. two political ad makers who know the game. steve mcmahon. todd, when you're confronted with a

. >>> i'm brian sullivan with your market wrap. the dough gaining 73 points today.s up as well. pretty good day for apple computer. apple up more than $500 a share. now worth half a trillion dollars. the big mover though is greece. the approval of the austerity measures allowing it to secure a bailout and hopefully avoid default despite widespread protests. apple is looking ahead to the ipad 3. that's it from cnbc. now back to "hardball." >>> what a weekend. welcome back to "hardball." mitt romney was able to survive this weekend pulling out wins here in washington and the maine caucuses. but it's his line from his appearance at cpac on friday which is really causing quite a stir. >> i fought against long odds in a deep blue state, but i was a severely conservative republican governor. >> well, what exactly is a severely conservative mean? there's more trouble for romney. a new poll out this afternoon has rick santorum two points ahead of him in a national poll. over romney with newt gingrich behind. romney was leading rick santorum two to one. add to that this afte

brian sullivan is here with what's moving your money and it is the postal service pushing ahead witht cutting plan and proctor and gamble has just announced cuts as well. >> yes, not the kind of news you want to hear on friday, but that's what we have to do. proctor and gamble cutting about 5,700 jobs. all part of about a $10 billion cost cutting plan. going to be tough for the folks in ohio. then the post office. i know you guys have documented their problems very well. basically, consolidate 260 mail processing centers. regional centers. that's going to result in about 35,000 job cuts. we know the financial wows that the post office has been undergoing. there's been talk of no saturday delivery. about 35,000 cuts, another 5,700 at proctor and gamble. 41,000 total job cuts. not what i normally like to do. >> we thank you for that update. >>> a pepsi helping to revive the cola wars and bring back drinkers with its biggest launch in years. bring on pepsi next. about half the calories of regular pepsi. soda sales have been sliding because people have been moving away to sugary drinks t

. ♪ >>> now to singapore where brian sullivan has been all this week covering the annual ipo global leadershipummit. the young president's organization just launched an exclusive partnership, it's made up of 19,000 chief executives who run companies that generate all together $6 trillion in annual revenues. and you might know i lived in singapore for eight very happy years. well, it's really a model for economic growth. so brian had to find out for himself what are the secrets to singapore's success. >> mandy's always talking about the asian miracle, the singapore model. so we had to come here to see for ourselves. let's go check out singapore. construction here remains strong. another big building going up behind us here. there's so much construction, people joke the national bird is the crane. singapore's gdp is more than doubled in the last 15 years. in 2010 it was the third fastest growing economy in the world. in large part that coming from financial services firms like merrill lynch and citi group. unemployment here is only 2%. the population is young. they are hungry. they are aggressiv

i'm brian sullivan. well, the greek debt deal close tore being done, rioters aren't though. and the wild ride for your money may not be over either. the eurozone politics to a hard landing in china, we'll look at what might be the next wild card for this wild market. here at home, we're betting on recovery. all this week we are digging into companies and stocks in the front lines of american business. today it's automatic, but it's not ford or gm. and apple, $500. if apple's in the dow, we'd be at around 15,000. can anything stop this force of nature, mandy? >> hello, everybody. this is what else we're watching at this hour. president obama unveils a proposed $3.8 trillion budget that aims to cut $4 trillion from the fiscal deficit over the next decade. meantime americans are getting plenty of their spending money from atms. 2012 forecast beat estimates. and owners of new york's iconic empire state building are hoping their latest financial effort isn't such a tall order. they're selling a piece of the building to the public for a $1 billion initial public offering. brian. >

i'm brian sullivan. maybe we'll call it the eastwood bump. automakers on the move today with some saying it could be a very good year for gm and ford. so rev up the grand torino and pink cadillac. iran walking the tight rope. the president ordering new sanctions against the country. and you will not believe what iran is doing right now. and don't go any which way but loose, go big or go home. your all star market guests on why the biggest of the big caps are the best investments right now, brian. >> hi there, brian. good morning, everybody. look at what we're watching at this hour. stocks are modestly lower fol ling friday's big gain. and did you notice the movement after the super bowl is virtually nothing at all. well, health insurer, humana down. raised forecast for 2012. that raised forecast is still well-below analyst estimates. there is a big winner in the health space as well. and that is hospital operator hca better than expected earnings, but the big crowd pleaser here a $2 push special dividend. the stock up about 6%. brian. >> all

i'm brian sullivan in for scott wapner today. your crew for today's cruise, you've got patty edwards, jon najarian, brian kelly and stephen weiss. he can tell brian why he's not the captain. let's get straight to the market today. patty, i don't know how scott does it. with me, it's ladies first. give us your overall read. i thought jcpenney's numbers were just awful. give us your overall take. >> looking at the market overall, we are struggling to get through that 13,000 mark and hold above it. i'm still a little bit hesitant, i guess, to go in, especially on some of the number that is we did see. jcpenney's numbers, if you took out the charges that everyone was expecting them to have, were actually fairly decent. my problem is it's a financial engineering story and not a revenue growth story. i would much rather be in something like kohl's where i think they can ramp up quicker to get into that. >> i like jcpenney, patty. and i know that, of course, herb greenberg is pretty hot on this one because of the ron johnson side of it.

but first brian sullivan has the cnbc market wrap. >> stocks may be facing their biggest down day ofst decline kleiners of the dow. p & g was the only stock on the dow that was higher. the issue, what else, greece. the rhetoric heating up again. more investorses concerned that greece may be forced to default on its debt. even apple impacted today, hit 526 a share, now just 500 bucks. that's it from cnbc. first in business worldwide. can help you build a plan that fits your life. take control by opening a new account or rolling over an old 401(k) today, and we'll throw in up to $600. how's that for common sense? woman: what do you mean, homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods? [ heart rate increases ] man: a few inches of water caused all this? [ heart rate increases ] woman #2: but i don't even live near the water. what you don't know about flood insurance may shock you -- including the fact that a preferred risk policy starts as low as $129 a year. for an agent, call the number that appears on your screen. spark card from capital one. spark cash gives me the most rewards of any sm

i'm brian sullivan. it's not quite friday the 13,000 yet, but the dow looks like it's headed back there. before you do a victory dance, we are going to show you some of the spooky similarities between this market and the last two big runs and drops. big tech a big part of this market run. some of the biggest names rising from the ashes like a phoenix. but on microsoft, cisco and others set to fall back to earth. and i think we can forget the big boys for a minute. it's stock screener friday on "street signs." we have five mid cap names, low p/es and no debt. those names ahead, mandy. >> indeed they are. good afternoon, everybody. i'm mandy drury. happy friday. the house and the senate get it done two weeks ahead of the deadline. they've passed an extension of the payroll tax cut through the end of the year. the measure now goes to president obama for his signature. meantime, u.p.s. is trying for a $6.7 billion acquisition. the company botched by tnt express but discussions are still going on. and fresh f

i'm brian sullivan. guess what, there is hope for housing. say what you want, more markets are improving and we're going to show you where prices are popping the most. forget the baby boomers, meet the singletons. nearly a third of americans are flying solo. and they are spending like mad. the staggering stats and the stocks that stand to benefit. and can microsoft finally connect with investors? the stock's been getting no respect for years despite printing money. will the xbox technology be the push the company needs to gain some respect? courtney reagan is here with a look at what else is in the news. >> thanks, brian. i'm courtney reagan. greek political leaders are meeting in athens to finalize details of proposed austerity measures. that's necessary before the country can receive $170 billion in bailout funds. and another banner month for mcdonald's. worldwide same store sales rose a better than expected 6.7% last month as strength in the u.s. market offsets slowing growth in europe. and slow global economy or not, consumers around the

." >> thank you very much, brian sullivan. >>> let's check out the euro because it's been moving.s backing off from an eight-week high following reports that a meeting of greek political leaders has been postponed till tomorrow. they haven't yet received a draft at 130 billion euro bailout agreement that includes details of those various austerity measures. so the euro right now has moved up about .75%. >>> now let's head to brian shactman. >> thank you very much. i want to show you a stock that lost 1.18 a share. scotts miracle-gro. loss was less than expected. revenue beat and they expect 6% sales growth. a clearer sound coming from harman. little bit of margin compression but not a concern at all to investors. up 4.5%. a lot of people asking, well, this coinstar news, what's the impact on netflix? well, it's funny because they were up 2% earlier. they've had a pretty much complete reversal during the day. they were positive and they are now negative, although still about 35% or 40% better than the next best in the s&p year to date. >>> big week for media earnings starting with

i'm brian sullivan. so what exactly is the deal? a lot of people thought greek deal is what the market needed. so where's the rally? of course that is if a deal gets done. america's new nuclear age. for the first time in 33 years the government green lighting plans to build a new plant in america. the ceo of southern company is here with why it matters and how many jobs will be created. say what? a photo finish for kodak has all of us scratching our heads. we'll explain, mandy. >> indeed we will. hello everybody. i'm mandy drury. let's look at what else we're watching. freddie mac says mortgage rates remain at record lows. the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate coming in at 3.7%. the house passed a measure banning securities based on knowledge of nonpublic information. differences between the house and senate versions need to be worked out though. and cfo and global product chief will leave on april 1st to be replaced by controller bob shank while engineering will replace him. >> mandy, thank you. finally, a greek debt deal is on t

i think brian sullivan has a spot for him on the show. a few dealers were concerned that new fed communication "could be misinterpreted by the market" and other comments, check this out. several expect to drop the calendar date reference. that didn't happen. a couple expected guidance on the fed balance sheet. that didn't happen. a few expected upgrade to the economic conditions, that didn't happen. things they were forecasting. wall street saw the first rate increase in the second half of 2014. in that sense the wall street and the fed are aligned. the recession probability dropped to 20% from 25%. and wall street sees the second half of '14 the funds rate 75 basis points rising to 2.5% in the first half of '16. this is exactly what we were talking about yesterday, brian and mandy. >> bottom line it for investors, what does it mean? >> it means two pieces happening here, mandy. the first thing is the communication of the fed as to what was going to happen when they were going to enhance their communication was not that clear. okay. the s

. >>> i'm brian sullivan with the cnbc market wrap. ends its worst session of the year, fell 97 points. the s&p off 7. the nasdaq off 16. overall industrial production was flat last month. factories though were busy with manufacturing up 0.7%. the minutes of the fed's last meeting show the members are divided about another round of bond buying to try to boost the economy. john deere says strong sales has profits up 4%. investors expect more. shares lost 5%. that's it from cnbc first in business worldwide. now back to "hardball." >>> back to "hardball." the flip side to all of this positive news for president obama is all the negative news there is for the republican candidates these hours. there's been little for the gop this summer face it with the primary season that left even republican voters wondering is this all there is? our question tonight, is it time for republicans to hit the panic button and start looking for other candidates even now? joining me now is an old friend ed rogers, former aide to president herbert walker bush.

for the record, brian sullivan, co-host of "street signs," sleeps on a select comfort.loves, it especially if you have a bad back. also for the record, i have no idea what kind of mattress amanda drury sleeps on. how about market share? right now tempur-pedic's in the lead but select comfort has a lot of room to grow. their market share is only about 5%. but in a number of cities they have as much as 10% or 15% share. select comfort's targeting 15% market share by 2015, and basically how they're they're already doing it in some parts of the country that's doable. in short select comfort would triple their market share and that gives them a lot greater run growth. at 11% of sales versus just 6% for tempur-pedic. that's a big deal. because the mairnlgz on direct sales are a lot higher than mattresses sold through a third-party retailer. what about comps? remember we have to go through all these different metrics. last year tempurr-pedic rose 14% on units sold. that's good. but select comfort posted an even better 31% increase driven by 16% more mattresses sold. last year

i'm brian sullivan. on wall street it seems like nobody wants to be the first man to go out on the ledge and say i'm going all in on this rally. what is it going to take to get some bold calls and bold action? battleground nokia. a new phone coming out to market this summer. and new critical buzz about it. new hopes that this could revive their sinking stock. and recovery roller coaster, why a little free fall in your portfolio could be a good thing. courtney. >> i'm courtney reagan. here's what else we're watching at this hour. won't go down as one of google's better investments. it's selling clearwire. it invested $500 million in 2008. shares are down 5.5%. investors walking away from crocs and decker outdoor. gives first quarter earnings forecast below wall street estimates. crocs down 6.5%, decker about 12%. and successful debuts for two initial public offerings. bazaar voice up nearly 40%. plastic parks maker chalking up nearly an 80% gain. how is that for a runup? >> that's not bad for a friday. co

i am brian sullivan. $107 oil and a lot of fear out there that $5 gas will stall the rally. but is that worry overdone? we are going to show you what the markets did the last time we hit this mark and see if you can spot the trend. is america losing its mojo? some of america's best and brightest think so. we'll have the scary stats from a new survey about how the u.s. may be at risk of falling behind. and don't say that "street signs" doesn't listen. we took a lot of heat yesterday about our etf segment. so today we are bringing you the other side. we are going to show you the worst single stocks in that basket of etfs. courtney. >> thanks, brian. i'm courtney reagan. here's what else we're watching at this hour. dow component proctor & gamble tells investor conference it plans to cut $10 billion in costs by fiscal 2016. cut 5700 non-manufacturing jobs, slash overhead and reduce cost of materials. 4,100 of those job cuts will come in fiscal 2013. investors checking out shares of safeway. stock down 7% as higher fuel prices, brian talked about those, profits and margins shrin

brian sullivan is back at headquarters with the lowdown. brian?u, one of my hobbies is going through 13-f filings, and that's what we did last night. let's start with perhaps the most followed, berkshire hathaway. as of the end of fourth quarter, six weeks ago, but it's our rare insight, berkshire taking new stakes in davita, interesting name there. and they reduced their stakes in j & j and kraft foods. now to green light capital, david einhorn. we know he has some long bets, specifically new in dell, stere ox, research in motion and yahoo!. soros' fund management, they completely ended their stakes in xer xerox, but they were long tech. in fact raising his stakes in google and yahoo!. finally, guys. appaloosa, they raised their stake in apple, by 377%. they ended their stakes in e*trade, google, applied materials and citigroup. >> interesting, blien to see how much are just chasing apple. i don't think that will get them outperformance. >> you know, you're exactly right. two things, david. every 13-f i've gone through, apple is in there or has b

brian sullivan said the same thing yesterday, we're waiting, but one thing that hasn't been discussedgovernment in spring will -- they have to make sure they'll have something that last. disney beat on profits, but a couple interesting things, espn which is an absolute beast for them had ratings go down and the ad revenue was flat. they make money off fees and advertising, so that's something to keep an eye on. mcdonald's global comp sales were up everywhere on the planet, even in europe. >> so, brian, is there a setting where you can tell it to stop telling you what you think it's writing and just write what you want. >> yes. >> do you know what i'm talking about? >> yes. you go to settings, and you can -- you have older children like the rest of us, you could get this problem solved. >> i go to anybody under the age of 30, tell them my problem and they solve it for me. >> brian shactman, thank you. i need therapy, obviously, iphone therapy. we'll be back with the best of late night. the employee of the month is... spark card from capital one. spark cash gives me the most rewards of

brian sullivan is live at cnbc global headquarters. >> everybody's eyes are still on greece.n. you're kind of waiting, right, and we just keep waiting and waiting. and what did tom petty say, the waiting is the hardest part. >> it is the hardest part. >> but he also says that even losers get lucky sometimes and in this will case maybe greece will get lucky. i'm not calling the country losers, but they have their financial problems. i will not be going to astoria anytime soon now. but either way the market is waiting. futures slightly down. just in a holding pattern. but i know you were talking about this yesterday about this robo signing. it looks like 40 attorneys general have signed on to this $25 billion deal. >> california? >> no, see, there you go, california and new york have not signed on. which is a big problem because california apparently has a lot of people in it and one of the biggest states for foreclosures. so until they're signed on, it reduces the value of that deal. so california not yet. but 40 states, that's a good sign. markets slightly down following yest

rlier this morning, cnbc's brian sullivan caught up with facebook co-founder eduardo saverin at the youngdership summit in singapore and in an exclusive interview, brian asked him how big can facebook get. >> i think you can really be as big as we can imagine. there's really, if you look at the company and the space, it's in the very early beginnings and there's just a lot of things to get done. what facebook had really done today is it allowed us to have identity on the web. now there's our passport and that includes a bunch of different things that we do, such as our social graph that people around us, things that we like and there's a lot more to do. >> is it going to come from user growth? meaning 800 million up? or getting more from each of the current 800 million users? or a combination of both? >> in temperatures of user growth, you have the limit of the world's population. i think both will take place, i think it's going to expand in terms of user growth. one of the things that's fairly unique. is we just touched the surface in terms of what types of applications and uses the sobo

your friend brian sullivan has pointed out many a time that if you look at what has happened after a hard default in countries and a possible devaluation that the equity markets have historically had a spectacular run afterwards. >> right. >> let's talk about what's going on now, what i was saying if you take a step back from what you hear is they're in the process of another round of easing here, essentially another long -term refinance operation from the ecb is an easing operation, qe from the bank of england is an easing operation and i will tell you there's a fabulous and robust and really interesting debate in the united states about whether the fed is on the cusp of another quantitative easing. john which wiilliams said yestee 8.3% unemployment rate still too high. the fed president. and suggests the fed needs to use all of its tools. >> but further qe, is that really going to bring down unemployment? >> stop that conversation for just a second. >> okay. because? >> because the conversation about whether it will work is a different conversation about whether or not they're goin

. >> i was there, yesterday, brian sullivan i had to throw a southwest airlines flag on him.rible, nevada, nevada. >> i had one of the candidates call it nevada. >> they'll lose the primary. >> i thought it was nevada. >> facebook's ipo -- >> nevada? >> there's no, it's nevada. it's absolutely nevada. >> one of the candidates did that. facebook's ipo formally expected later. i should talk, because i have changed, i think it should be -- >> we're back on this again? >> we went for several months and now we're back there. >> it is german, it means to exchange. it was always my suggestion for the proposed nyse deutsche bÖrse deal that the new exchange should be called tauscha, too. >> if we're talking german. but my ancestors decided to change it to tauscha. >> they might have gotten the deal passed if they would have changed the name. >> that would have been very diplomatic, it never got steam. facebook is the deal of the day now that we know the fate of that deutsche bÖrse deal and what we're expecting is prospectus to come today, filing for placeholder of $5 billion. andrew a

. >> brian sullivan did not know yesterday. >> really. >> gave him a the lot of hell about it on the show. >> he's a creep. >> what rock has he been living under? >> i don't know. coming up, in honor of valentine's day some match making of the corporate kind, companies likely to tie the knot next. >> i'm very interested in this absolutely. >>> first, though, "sports illustrated" unveiling its 2012 swimsuit cover. >> i'm interested in this, too. >> david letterman having the honor of making the announcement last night dropping a sheet from a new york city billboard. this year's cover model i have met. >> you know kate upton? >> i said hello to her at dinner last year. >> the correspondents dinner because darren rovell, she was darren's guest and she will be on with darren on "power lunch" this afternoon. she is very cute. >> she's not coming on this morning? >> she was 18 -- and she had a little blemish. i thought, wow, supermodels get zits, too. but when you're 18, is that a surprise? she's 19 now. as we head to break, i'm glad at this point. >> you still get zits? is. >> i do from m