. >>> plus, an interview of paypal ceo dan schulman what he told me about competition in the paymentpace and comments on facebook and amazon all to come. >>> first up, though, what the markets are doing one hour before the close a big improvement from what we saw this morning futures were lower early before the bell and there's been a turnaround the dow up walmart's a big part of that story. better earnings. s&p strong up .4 the nasdaq also charging ahead almost half a percent higher coming off of eight straight gains. >> below the open, high of the session, now. >> that's been a trend lately. >> europe closed and that was not a majorly soft session and negative and allowed the u.s. equity markets to pick up. >> what is helping shares of walmart soaring after a big beat on earnings record holiday sales after the government's december retail sales report showed the biggest decline since 2009 what does it say about the health of the consumer bring in simeon siegal and kate rogers following walmart what is the general take on the consumer versus the comeback story? >> hey there, sara ye

dan schulman was the youngest member of at&t's senior executive team, cofounder of verizon mobile withon, and ceo of paypal, transforming it into a global payment powerhouse by working with banks, rather than compete against them. schulman never lost sight of the social activism he learned as a child.

. >>> plus, an interview of paypal ceo dan schulman what he told me about competition in the payment

through it all, schulman never lost sight of the social activism he learned as a child. as he told rutgers graduates last year -- danes

through it all, schulman never lost sight of the social activism he learned as a child. as he told rutgers graduates last year -- dan