icahn, carl. so what would you like to ask mr. icahn yourself? >> what would i like to ask carl? i would say carl, i think that the one thing in the public filings is all about -- that we've talked about, which is i think he wants to be very much involved in any significant deal that we've done. i guess the question i would say does he feel like that we haven't kept him in the loop on any potential transactions? >> okay. we will ask that question. thank you very much, michael burns, vice chairman of lions gate. and just moments from now billionaire activist investor carl icahn will respond, will answer mr. burns's question and much more. but first, here's what's coming up on the show. >> wall street craves capital. just not this kind. financials stuck in legislative limbo as traders await a clear reform bill before putting their own bills to work. find out which banks will break out of political purgatory. plus, tech shares may be frozen so far this year, but don't switch off your shares just yet. options oracles see a powerful surge this earnings season. we'll tell you which nam

then carl icahn himself. a double whammy. it alls gets under way at 5:00 at the top of the hour on "fast money." >> we're looking forward to it. weekly jobless claims could be a big market mover tomorrow. we're going to tell you what economists are expecting the labor department to report just as soon as we come back. you are watching cnbc, and we're first in business worldwide. >>> here's what to watch for tomorrow. >> i'm steve liesman on the jefferies trading floor. tomorrow we're watching for fed chairman ben bernanke testimony before the house financial services committee on exit strategies. we know a lot about how they're going to do it. what we don't know is when or the sequencing. we'll all be listening for it at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. >> i'm jane wells in los angeles top two very different retailers reporting earnings tomorrow. we've got best buy. maybe we'll get some outlook on 3-d tvs and the threat from walmart in that market. and lu lu lemon. can the canadian high-end yoga apparel retailer continue its phenomenal g

. >>> billionaire investor carl icahn has sold more than 13 million shares in the video rental chainstake to 15.1% from 16.9%. right now blockbuster is trading up about 4%. but it is a penny stock. >>> the world's biggest shoe and apparel companies like nike and adidas are betting big on the world cup this summer. darren rovell joins us. >> he has high hopes for big business and nice being the official sponsor of the world cup and he joins us now from new york city. aside from being an official fifa partner, you have the official ball of the referees. what defines how well adidas does in the world cup from a sales standpoint and how does your endorser david beckham being out affect your marketing plans in any way? >> the dna of our company, we are the worldwide leader in football. and we are very well settled with more teams than anybody and the official mesh ball and we definitely do believe that we will achieve record sales in 2010 for our football category. in 2008 when the european football championship was held, we achieved 11.3 billion euro i revenue and we will overachieve thi

lions gate rejected an offer from carl icahn to buy the company. walgreens posted a profit but still missed expectations. the company blaming a weak cold and flu season for the miss. and when you think about it, erin, that's true. not many people that i know -- >> right. >> -- got the flu this year. >> that's the thing if you go to buy flu medicine, you usually buy toothpaste. unless you're in bed, bath & beyond. >> pick up a pillow while i'm in there. >> as we count you down to the opening bell, let's bring in john brady. good morning to you, john. a quick comment from you before the bells. >> we'll pay attention to existing home sales, a little later on this morning. looking for a slightly lower number with perhaps a little bit of downside risk, given the weather in the month of february. janet young, of course, will speak later on today and we expect comments from her. there appears to be an asset allocation trade out of european equities on continuing fluid situation between greece and germany. and out of european equities into u.s. equities. s

manufacturing problems and the plummet in the stock price are what spurred billionaire activist investor carl icahno start taking a sizable stake in the company last year. icahn recently announced he is nominating himself and three others in his camp for seats on the genzyme board of directors. genzyme is holding a conference call on all this at 11:00 eastern time this morning. for more, check out the blog, farmersmarket.cnbc.com. follow me on twitter at mhuckman. let's go to brian shactman at the nymex. >> thank you. everything's down here except for the dollar index and that's part of the story. starting with crude, we have the very large bill from the petroleum institute in terms of crude stocks. we have dollar strength, equity weakness. instead of talking $82 a barrel, we're seeing if $80 can be defended. keep an eye on that. also want to talk about brent. we have the eu summit tomorrow, greece of course in focus and now we have to deal with portugal, what's going on with their sovereign debt. quick look at gold, platinum as well as copper. copper and platinum the weakest performers and goild a