bucyrus and put a beatdown on joy global.at will ride any upturn in our economy thanks to diversification. joy kbloebl is still behind the eight ball domestically, if only because of the obama administration's hatred of dirty coal, as well as the low price of natural gas hurting the domestic coal biz. here's a real key thing. remember we spoekd to dominion the other day, talked about the election? if you think obama is going to win a second term, you can think the epa will force the dirtiest coal plants to be closed, causing a quicker shift to natural gas and hurting joy global more. some people think joy global has a big edge in the takeover department. unlike cat, small enough to be acquired. however, got to tell you, i don't see it. joy global is still large enough -- it would be a tough pill to swallow and i don't see any potential suitors that make sense, especially sits co mats u doesn't plan acquisitions. there is always a chance. so the bottom line. i think these are two great companies, and i'm glad that a viewer cal

ironically, bucyrus is current ily one of the few cities in the u.s.osted on cheaterville. one of the lowest infidelity rates in all of america. >> what's the town staying? >> no comment from the town at this moment. >> a million bucks, though. >> a million bucks. what do you think? would you do it? >> no. they need the money, though. i thought l.a. was cheaterville. >> make it rain. >> here's your friday polka. ♪ politics and foreign wars ♪ all the news, all the scores ♪ that's the world news polka ♪ tapes that roll way too slow ♪ stuff you saw on koppel's show ♪ ♪ that's the world news polka ♪ it's late at night you're wide awake ♪ ♪ and you're not wearing pants ♪ so grab your world news now mug and everybody dance ♪ ♪ have some fun, be a pal ♪ every anchor guy and gal ♪ do the world news polka ♪ who cares what the bosses think ♪ ♪ they're a goofy crew ♪ and if your neighbors call the cops ♪ ♪ here's all you have to do ♪ when they yell it's half past three ♪ ♪ tell them hey, it's news to me ♪ ♪ that's the world news polka ♪ the bridge ♪ they make us

gunning for them with its highly competitive bucyrus suite of mining products especially in china. i'm sure the straightshooting ceo michael sutherland will let us know. we're going to also hear from staples on wednesday. i usually don't talk about staples as an earnings play. i don't even want to know whether the company beats the estimates. you i just want to know what they say about small business growth. that's still a weakness in our economy. so we need to find out whether this quintessential job-creating group, whether they're back or not. staples going to tell us. thursday kroger. now, you know i'm a whole foods guy. when i'm not a trader joe guy. and i think whole foods, really all the other publicly traded supermarkets, they pale in comparison to wf. but kroger, giant supermarket chain that has been under pressure from food deflation. so we've got to hear what they say about the consumer and whether they're trading down to private label because that's been a continual theme of the show. whether there's an appetite for passing on price increases. and whether people are spen