i have received notice that cheryl smith, who is the director of their community affairs, many of you know her from her deep work. she comes from the bayview. her tireless work of the last six years. certainly she will be missed. she's created a deep bench there in order to carry on her work. but really, i think the shipyard, it stands where it does today in large part to her personal commitment and her work on behalf of her neighborhood bayview and all san franciscans. she certainly will be missed and we wish her well. but they certainly do have a deep bench to carry it on. but i did want to draw your attention to that. that concludes my director's report. >> thank you very much. we will be sad to see cheryl go, yes, she will definitely be missed. not that she's like, you know, not in the community any more, but not lennar. madam secretary, please call the next item. >> the next order of business is item 9, commissioners' questions and matters. madam chair. >> thank you. any questions or matters? no? excellent. next item. >> the next order of business is item 10, closed session. >> t

cheryl: sandra smith, adam, simon, guys, thank you so much. good to have you. can key coma. dennis: and health insurers say it's a bit early to declare mission englished. cheryl: and why starbucks is just now opening up to the idea of franchising in europe. yeah, finally, right? as we go to break, though, want to take a look at the energy markets, and there you go, crude in that range of 93.5. brent and arbob. be right back. ♪ ♪ hi honey, did you get e toaster cozy? yep. got all the cozies. [ grandma ] with n fedex one rate, i could ll a box and ship it r one flat rate. so i kn untilt was full. you'd be crazy not to. is tt nana? [ male announcer ] fedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex. try align. it's the number one ge recommended probiotic that helps maintain digestive balance. ♪ stay in the groove with align. ♪ ♪ cheryl: a couple of stocks to watch today, goldman sachs in the green, that is taking the dow higher, but we just went into the negative, never mind. i take what i just said back. take a look at a couple of names, y

cheryl: just keep that up. well, thank you. sandra smith, of course.e will come back to you shortly for the s&p futures closed. david: wonderful stuff. markets at new highs have helped some stocks really take off. i am talking triple digit gains. can these highfliers keep the run going? look what happened to twitter today. three names as record run might actually just be getting started. cheryl: pandora and apple better watch out. dozens of new online music service is getting set to launch putting a competitive environment for your ears and dollars. we will talk to one of the new players. david: and will streaming radio services eventually kill the traditional radio, a.m., fn, are they, way out? we will read your answers. ♪ [ale announcer ] once, there was a man who found a magic seashell. it told him what was happening on the tradg floor in real time. ♪ the shell brought him great fame. ♪ but then, one day, he noticed that everybody could have a magic seashell. [ indistinct talking ] [ male announcer ] right there in their tding platform. ♪ [ indistin

sandra smith investigates from the cme. cherylmal-like robots with strong ties to the u.s. military. why is google buying the company that is manufacturing these real cool robots. ashley: that is george lucas movie. that is disturbing. we'll have so much more on the superfast paced and robotic hour of markets now. we do a lot of robot stories recently. cheryl: it is fun. ashley: it is very cool. cheryl: ashley, thank you for having me on the 2:00 p.m. hour. ashley: pleasure. cheryl: as with stocks we do this every 15 minutes. nicole petallides on floor of the new york stock exchange. markets are talking about the fed, there is nothing else. >> you're right, the fed is a top, top story, cheryl, absolutely 100% correct. the 17th and 18th are days we've been eagerly awaiting on. right now the dow is up 143 points. seems taper, no trader, investors talk about the 10 or $20 million of tapering maybe not. we're having $80 billion of bond buying each month. we have a lot of mergers and deal talk. that may be fueling this rally as well. w

cheryl: as we close out the year, joe durant is here. hi, joe. we have larry stover, sandra smith standing by at the cme. sandra, i want to start with you. the lady that does trade, one of my favorite segments on fox business. what was your favorite trade for 2013, sandra. >> i brought on trader and trader said, pull up the broadcast, remember on the trade we talked about gold was a sell when we saw it at, lofty heights above 1600, $1100 a troy ounce and what a far way gold fell. worst performance for gold in 32 years, guys. a lot of people are talking about maybe gold sold off enough at this point. when all the major investment banks calling for commodity prices to do so horribly in the new year, maybe they could be a big surprise. i do hear a lot talk about that, david and cheryl. maybe commodities will emerge. as people get sick of stock prices in the new year, maybe they start to take their dollars to put it to work at some oversold, undervalued commodities. david: larry shover, let's talk about the 10-year interest rate. we saw it double this year. if it doubles again by the

cheryl: are the oil cartel ministers ignore and the production around them? matt smithling under the surface. dennis: with them but he glued to the bankruptcy, adam and laurie show you where this is already played out in the 55% cut in retirement benefits. could it happen again? adam: welcome back to "markets now." lori: stocks cannot decide which way to go. the dow and s&p swinging back to the downside heading to the worst losing streak in two months. adam: central falls, rhode island, emerged from bankruptcy drastically choppy retirement benefits by 55%. we are going to talk to the man at the head of the negotiating table, a lawyer representing the receiver. lori: benefit package that is the furthest thing from being cut. charlie gasparino on the latest golden parachute flying down on wall street. adam: a perfect storm brewing for opec. fighting for relevancy as it battles supply issues in the middle east and the leadership void at the top. right now time for stocks heading to new york stock exchange where nicole petallides is watching what is happening. now negative

smith jr. former chairman of merrill lynch international coming up with his take on the company's downfall. cherylre is such a thing? i do think there is such a thing. adam and i will introduce you to the man by the brands that bottles once is left over by some of the best figures. every day we're working to be an even better company - and to keep our commitments. and we've made a big commitment to america. bp supports nearly 250,000 jobs here. through all of our energy operations, we invest more in the u.s. than any other place in the world. in fact, we've invested over $55 billion here in the last five years - making bp america's largest energy investor. our commitment has never been stronger. yep. got all the cozies. [ grandma ] with n fedex one rate, i could ll a box and ship it r one flat rate. so i kn untilt was full. you'd be crazy not to. is tt na? [ male announcer ] fedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex. and this park is the inside of your body. see the ecial psylliumiber in metamucil actually gels to trap some carb to help maintain healthy blood sugar l

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