twitter getting clipped, sliding by the noted short seller citron research, saying wait until the senate hears twitter's hidden secret we're going to take a deeper dive and it's being called exhilarating, tawdry and moving in almost equal measurer u what is it? the eagerly awaited new book on tiger woods hitting store shelves i believe today. one of the authors will join us. tee it up, because "power lunch" starts right now >> welcome to "power lunch." a choppy day following the big rally yesterday. stocks are swinging. we are higher now for the dow as well as the s&p, sec knowledge is showing signs of weakness by a third of a% the bond markets results of a five-year note auction about to drop it could be a market mover, we're all over that. shares of tesla taking a hit today. the national transportation safety board is sending two investigators to look into a fatal model crash that involved one of the vehicles. we have much more on this straight ahead michelle >> i'm michelle caruso-cabrera i'm live tess forum in midtown manhattan. a lot of power players talking business, deals, oil, in

last year french auto giant persian citron bought its german competitor opel and six months ago siemens and also announced merger plans these corporations have strengthened european businesses globally but trade between the neighbors is also growing. in twenty seventeen germany exported goods worth over one hundred five billion euros from swiss the second largest receiver of goods stamped made in germany after the usa at the same time german imported french products worth more than sixty four billion euros pushing french goods in third place behind china and the netherlands. the countries have well developed trade connections now from sports convergence on fiscal policy to one suggestion is to create a euro zone investment from which would help support european states if they run into financial problems because of austerity policies. it's black velvety and profitable guinness ireland's most iconic drink and tomorrow millions of people around the world will down a pint or two to celebrate st patrick's day the beer is now brewed under license in more than fifty countries and available in

twitter stocks plunged 12% today after the analyst group citron predicted twitter's price will fall even more. all the talk about data privacy and says twitter is more vulnerable than facebook. twitter fired back that it's a public platform and that accessibility is its strength. >>> facebook won't confirm it but several news cites are confirming that coe mark zuckerberg will testify before congress next month. three separate congressional committees want to question zuckerberg. members are investigating claims the research firm got access to the personal data of some 50 million unsuspecting facebook users. at least 37 state attorneys general are also demanding answers. if you want to limit what information facebook gives out to its app, we've got you covered. we've tweeted out a step-by-step guide on how you can see what to share and how to stop it. our handle is @nbcbayarea. >>> coming up, a cancer-causing chemical found in the water of a fire-ravaged neighborhood. why some are asking if a multimillion dollar fix will even work. >>> a mild 73 in san jose today. if you like this, you're

nvidia has come down i'm not saying it's been derisked look i'll sure right now left is listening from citron and he's ready to say this stock is vulnerable you know why? because it is just vulnerable. that could take it down. >> rigorous. >> if it were really good it wouldn't go down, because he said it's vulnerable if it were really good it would go up even though he said it's vulnerable that's the kind of stuff we are dealing with right noumt he is having a great time. out in california,an joying him. good for him. >> jim, great to see you thank you for joining us have a great long weekend. >> you too, thank you melissa. >> we are looking forward to that interview it is must-see for all of you invested in chips and nvidia the ceo of nvidia, tonight on "mad money" top of the hour. we go to the resident crypto baller on our desk, brian kelly. >> jim nailed it it is not a bitcoin stock. an ethereum stock. different type of chip needed to buy bitcoin ds ethereum. if you are buying it for ethereum, ethereum may go from software mining to hardware behinding. they are planning to do this anymore.

twitter )s stock plunged 12- percent today after the analyst-group, "citron" began telling investors that it predicts a major droin >>> facebook's hurting twitter. the analyst group began telling investors it predicts a drop in the price of the stock. the fallout from the privacy scandal. expected it to spread to twitter and google. twitter blasted the comparison. now, facebook won't confirm it. several sites are reporting. mark zuckerberg will testify before congress next month. in the wake of the scandal. three congressional committees want to question him. they're investigating claims, the access of the personal data of 50 million. without their knowledge. at least 37 state attorney generals are demanding answers. if you want to limit. we have got you covered. we tweeted a step by step guide. how you can see what you share and stop it. a push to repeal the gas tax on the way to earning a spot ballot. dropped off voter signatures. blasted the tax. it was hastily rushed through the legislature. passed without voter approval. doctors are working to exceed the signatures to leave room

their delivery boy, they pay but the president he loves his form of twitter, andrew, don't listen citronersus trump. but you've got to get the facts -- to some degree this is a fake assumption. >> the amazon collect sales tax in every state that has them and it's kind of hard to argue that usps doesn't benefit from package volume, which amazon -- >> they clearly do and numbers are right here and they are very big. i'm sorry i have to deal with numbers. the facts are such a pain in the butt. >> there was one wall street journal editorial i believe some time back that claims that the postal service system costs are subsidizing amazon in part because of the way they keep their pricing in terms of percentage of the volume that is actually packages and therefore $1.50 more if they wanted to be fair amazon is getting a great deal. >> go raise your prices, i don't know. >> others say to your point, they are paying what everyone else is paying. >> they are paying what they are supposed to pay. when it comes -- by the way, if the government says you have to pay x in taxes any single one of them a

short-seller andrew left of citron research says he is betting against the company.his comes less than two months after he made a rare bullish call on "closing bell" last night left said the about-face came as a result of the growing scrutiny surrounding social media >> they're obviously doing it. the senate wants to know to what extent it's being done we won't argue it's being done people woke up to the privacy issue last week. it's been longstanding nobody cared about this. going forward i think at these multiples twitter becomes uninvestable until we see what happens and we see changes being made >> calling it uninvestable the stock down over a percent. left also says of all the social media names, twitter is the most vulnerable to privacy regulation >>> lululemon's fourth quarter results topping forecasts. same-store sales rose 12% helped by a more than 40% jump in online sales and strong growth in europe and ahas lululemon up 6%. >>> big news from the korean peninsula coming up. why china says north korea has agreed to denuclearize the peninsula. a live report c

citron said the streaming giant cap has ballooned by $7 billion to this month alone.rted. no company is interested in netflix acquisition. 124% over the up month. the executive chairman of the world's biggest chemical company is stepping down. dupont is planning to split into three independent companies by the middle of 2019. that is your business flash update. jeff bezos isn't setting his sights out of this world. -- is setting his sights out of this world. he munched on iguana on facebook spend his "amazon lottery winnings" on space travel. us.joins this was a fascinating event. spoke about his space aspirations. his family was there. talk about the space comments he made. tom: he said he was planning on spending a lot of his " winnings" on going into his space. he is comparing the internet with amazon. he is apparently spending a billion dollars a year on this. blue is doing it through origin and not amazon? tom: totally separate. has $131 billion. this is lucky. there are all types of exploration, and the most expensive is in space exploration. researcher was also

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a row this week that it's seeing massive losses, following a tweet from in order to short seller citron research on monday, suggesting the company is a pure stock scheme, suggesting that the press releases are riddled with inaccuracies and fraud yesterday the company getting removed from the russell 2000 index due to insufficient free floating shares, the company telling cnbc that they plan to reapply for inclusion in the index, guys. a tough week back to you. >> wow, meg, thank you very much, meg terrell with breaking news there >>> let's remind all of you, dow is up about 260 points, a gain of more than 1%. the final trading today of what is going to be a down quarter for stocks, albeit the nasdaq looks like it's going to finish the quarter with a gain. the dow and the s&p certainly look like they will not. they'll break that winning streak >>> tesla on track for its worst month ever we've made it our call of the day. i want to figure out what you guys think about this particular call they lowered the price target from 500 to 420. >> based on production concerns. that came basically o

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. >> at leslie citron's mill valley home, it's easy to see who rules the roost. she claps her hands and her girls come running. leslie began raising chickens about 10 years ago and what began as a hobby has become a legitimate business. >> i do not call myself a chicken lady. i call myself a chicken broker. >> reporter: the washington post calls her the chicken whisperer because her expertise is in demand by silicon valley tech workers who have taken urban chicken raising to an ultracompetitive level. >> i know people are speechless when they hear what people down there are feeding their chickens, with the organic watermelon or the salmon. i think that's just a reflection, they probably treat their dogs the same way too. >> reporter: leslie builds custom coops for her clients, some costing tens of thousands of dollars. exotic breeds are favored, like amy, a hybrid called an easter egger because of the blue eggs she lays. her son who helps operate mill valley chickens says besides collecting cool looking eggs, there is a genuine desire to eat healthier and more et

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. >> joining is andrew left, executive editor at citron research thank you for your time. listen, if everybody else wasn't selling off, we would think it was you who had done it to twitter, but what specifically is your concern with this company? you think it's the most vulnerable in tech to privacy? >> well, i think people today are just looking at facebook in a vacuum by itself i took a step back and said, okay, who else -- when we saw congress was requesting facebook, google and twitter, you then said, who's vulnerable? now you see twitter trading four year short interest at a low on a multiple that spread compared to facebook and google that we haven't seen in years. so stock prices are vulnerable, business model is vulnerable because they do sell a fair amount of data their data licenses business and while it might only be 15% of revenues, it goes to 80 to 100% of gross margins so it's a high percentage of their earnings >> today we've heard from twitter and their statement makes very clear that public tweets are viewable and searchable by anyone it's part of the powe

a short seller left of citroen citron saying it will go down to $300 per share.t to expect a netflix buyout anytime soon know how much people are buying netflix shares, who knows. brandsally, newell bouncing back from last week's decline based on news that toys "r" us was liquidating because of all of the great co--- graeco products it made. we also had news that a director for the board of newell brands -- i am seeing now confirmation on that director is supporting the star board. joe: let us look at the government bond market. not a ton of action of ahead of the cpi report tomorrow. that will be the big show of the week on the eco-front. 10 year yield, some buying in the treasury market today. there was an auction that seemed to go pretty well. nothing too scary there. the tenure yield is down to 2.86%. >> let us look at currencies. the trade concerns getting hyped up last week as the trump administration watered them down. they are still lingering. the euro holding study. gainingie and the kiwi after australia was excluded from the tariffs. and the yen is firm

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the stock fell more than 8% yesterday after noted short seller andrew left of citron research said he is betting against the company. this comes less than two months after he made a rare bullish call left said the about-face came as a result of the growing scrutiny surrounding social media >> they're obviously doing it. the senate wants to know to what extent it's being done we won't argue it's being done people woke up to the privacy issue last week. it's been longstanding nobody cared about this. going forward i think at these multiples twitter becomes uninvestable until we see what happens and we see changes being made >> left says of all social media twitter is the most vulnerable to privacy regulation. >>> lululemon's fourth quarter results topping forecasts. same-store sales rose 12% helped by a more than 40% jump in online sales and strong growth in europe and asia don't think i would have ever imagined i'm part of the revenu revenue. >> you have yoga pants >> not yoga pants. these are -- >> you're wearing lulu >> these are >> do a fashion show >> i'm not doing a fashion show.

movement by mainstream media -- >> looks like we've got a stash here of some amsterdam, new amsterdam citrony took control of their story. >> we were not pleased with the media, because somebody would be at home watching a channel. they would text or tweet someone and say this is the story that's being told about you. >> this is just an excuse to just go out there to rob and loot. >> and i know that's not true because i was just out there myself. >> there's police marching behind us. >> that's why social media was such an important tool for us because it allowed us to tell the truth unfiltered. >> why do you need me, white tv host from new york, to be the person that points a camera at your protesting? people got a lot more control over their own stories. and that's profound and powerful. >> it was social media that propelled the black lives matter movement onto a global stage. >> put your hands behind your back. >> i can't breathe. >> keep your hands where they are, please. >> yes, i will, sir. i'll keep my hands where they are. >> reporter: when cell phone images of unarmed african-america

citron is wrong. stuart: using information it has would not be good for the stock, would it? a moot appointment, stuart, twitter executives came out and said listen, we're not doing what facebook is doing. we're not harvesting data from direct messages. the beauty of twitter is out there. it is legal whatever data we're sharing, people are voluntarily disclosing on their tweets. so it's a completely different situation here. stuart: okay. interesting. i want to talk to you about microsoft. morgan stanley says it is going to hit $130 a share this year because they're big in the cloud business. $130 on microsoft. what say you? >> yeah that is the magic trillion dollar number, isn't it? i disagree with that analysis for one major reason. honestly, microsoft is a great company. i think their cloud business is crushing it. they're even approaching or outcompeting amazon what i want to say. the reason why it will not reach the trillion dollars the overall market fundamentals will not allow it. the market is afraid of higher rates. good news is bad news for the markets. gdp came out