. >> and brown foreman. >> bull or bear on jack. >> i'm bearis. >> brenda: your prediction. >> i likeattel, i think it's going to have a great christmas and i own the stock by the way, i think all-time high in february of next year. >> brenda: toby, bull or bear. >> cl in your stocking. >> brenda: what do you like,

without doing a proper investigation, i mean, my father was the director of safety and security for brown foreman over 20 years. >> he was a santa claus, right? >> yes. in his retirement. >> he was very keen on safety. >> yeah, growing up, his nickname was safety man. my dad was in my house with me all the time, and my mom was, too. and this idea that my house was somehow, you know, halfway built or any of those kinds of things, it's just absurd. it is absurd. the person that came up with the ashes story was me, you know, i was worried that when i went to bed and saw the box next to the mud room -- sorry, in the mud room next to the door, i thought, oh, i should put that outside, and then i thought, no, it's okay. i vividly remember this. of course i do. so i went to bed, and when i got up i came out to the front to the top of the porch, i looked around and i saw my parents' bedroom windows, and i looked and there was no flame there, and i looked back, and the way my house was built i could go all the way around, and i saw 8-foot white parks coming out the direction of the meter, and the sound --

without doing a proper investigation, i mean, my father was the director of safety and security for brown foremanr 20 years. >> he was an in store santa claus, wasn't me? >> yes. in his retirement. in his retirement. >> he was very keen on safety and that. you were very aware. >> yes, yes. as a kid growing up, i mean, his nickname is safety man. my dad was in my house with my all the time. and my mom was, too. and, you know, this idea that my house was somehow, you know, halfway built or any of those kinds of things, it is just absurd. it is absurd. and so, the person that came up with the ashes story was me. you know? i was bereaved that when i went to bed and saw the box next to the mud room, or i'm sorry in the mud room next to the door i thought, oh, i should put that outside. and then i thought, no, it's okay. i vividly remember this. of course i do. and so, i went to bed. when i got up, i came out the front on to the front top of the porch. i looked around. and i saw my parent's bedroom windows and i looked up. there was no flame there. and i looked back and the way that my house was built

brown foreman reports wednesday. this is an interesting one. why? because goldman downgraded it to sell. just last night. i've seen this movie. they were wrong last time. they'll be wrong again. i'm going to bet them a bottle of jack daniels that will be the case. in fact, i'll bet them a case of jack daniels that will be the case. if they're close, as we told you we like asina. we told you we like it. i would be willing to be a buyer of that niche retailer ahead of this quarter because of some merger gains i think we'll hear about charming shops. but again only on news of setbacks to the fiscal cliff talks. we're not going to go in and buy anything these days. you'll get some representative congressman, senator come on say you stupid idiot. you bought stock and i'm talking on a microphone. you're a moron because i'm sending the stock market down because there's no progress. we have not one but two huge analyst days next week. only one an opportunity to buy. starbucks is coming to town on wednesday. you better get ready for one terrific show as the

brown foreman was slapped around by s&p with a downgrade.it with a credit negative rating from moody's so on and on and on. here's the deal. we're seeing 173 companies issuing dividends. this is and indicator taxes could be go up. 2 1/2 times the rate we saw of companies issuing special dividends in 2010 when bush rates were threatened to be revoked back then including dividends. interesting part of the story executives who championed fair share, americans should sacrifice like the cofounder of costco, jim senegal is getting a special dividend and saving $4 million in taxes along with the rest of the board. the board overall is saving eight million bucks on early $29 million payout. the 1%, corporate insiders who see the cash on the balance sheet, see the tax hikes coming are saying you know what? give me the special dividend now so we don't have to pay increased tax. >> costco hitting a all-time, 52-week high today. >> that's right. sandra: thanks very much, liz macdonald. david: today is the anniversary of the first text. find out just how

lift my spirits with brown foreman. >> we didn't booze up before the thing but we probably could havek is not moving today. not only is it fun to talk about spirits, but second quarter net income rose 9.8%, raising full year guidance. margins were higher. it's an ig nonomonous number. >>> your biggest corporate story of of the day involves citi group. bank saying it will slash 11,000 jobs in order to save more than $1 billion a year. let's talk more about it with glen shore. he has a buy rating on citi with a $41 price target. glen, stock already at $38 and change. will it take this move or more to get to your target of $41? >> we're moving quickly. i think you had an initial pop on it today but long story short, people have understood they had differentiated growth outside the u.s. they have capital building. they have less mortgage related exposure than some of the other banks. this was the other piece of the story that people really wanted to see little bit more commitment to a more efficient company, better profitability, therefore better earnings, better capital, better capital r

brown foreman and carnival, also moody's saying look it, we're giving you a credit negative warning.rrowing money to pay out these special dividends. melissa: crazy. >> sounds like a great idea because of tax hikes are coming on dividends. the issue, a lot of companies have insiders who own a lot of shares in the company. look at costco. the ceo there is saving about, i think billion $4 million. he will get $14 million personally in dividends, accelerated into this year in advance of the gas hike. the issue with this gentleman, he has been out there, saying americans have to pay their fair share. all about tax fairness. banging the drum about that. board members are banging the drum. charlie monger is on the board of costco saying i'm for a vat. bill gates's father is for raising estate taxes. the father sits on the board of costco. the thing is, 1% shouldn't be clamoring about tax hikes when they're getting special dividends accelerated into this year. melissa: they're gaming it. >> that's right. the other issue writing yourself a special dividend check before taxes go up. you know

foreman hitting all time highs up 28% year on year, bk. >> so i start with the hold 'em fold 'em. >> you can do anything you want. >> brown came out with greaty raised their guidance. great company. what concerns me is the price action today in the stock. when they have good news it comes up and that's my signal to get out. technically i get out of this thing. i still like the company. here i would fold 'em. >> you fold 'em but hopefully hold later. >> hold it later. take your profits. >> right. >> you confused him on that one. >> is that really super confusing? >> no. you extended the segment a little bit. >> grasso, i'll send you the rules later. the fight to be your favorite cup of coffee far from over. which coffee stock do you like the best? sima, what do you like? >> the coffee wars are heating up. investors are in the china, asia pacific region. they remain inline. yum, starbucks though ended the day down by nearly a percent while the rally at green mountain continues. which stock would you rather own. matt tweeted green mountain all the way. starbucks will be troubling if the economy falls down. last week i think starbucks is the bes

foreman colt. ronnie hillman and he drives inside the 25. hit by joe haden. a five-yard pickup. cleveland has used its final time-out. 3:27 to go in the fourth. so the browns will fall to 5-10 on the season. don't forget, "60 minutes" is coming up here on cbs after our telecast except on the west coast where it will be seen at its regularly scheduled time. how about some votes for executive of the year in the nfl? john elway, the architect of this roster and obviously pulling off the biggest move in the off-season, getting peyton manning to sign on the dotted line. dan: there were a lot of suitors for peyton manning. the hall of famer john elway convinced him this was the right place to be. big payoff for everybody involved. ian: knowshon moreno brought down. it will be a loss of two on the play. dan: the broncos have four wisemen. elway for getting peyton manning. john fox for putting it all together. mike mccoy and jack del rio. mccoy adjusting the offense, meshing it with peyton manning. the success he had, and then jack del rio turning around a defense. number two in the nfl against the run. that's what all coaches talk about. we have to stop the run a