but duff works, too. fcn which helps businesses deal with bankruptcy, restructuring, credit issues, m and a, interim management, reputation management, strategic communications, reported a dynamite quarter on tuesday and raised full-year guidance. the company sees big opportunities in the hundreds of small auto suppliers that stand to be affected by larger bankruptcies as well as an opportunity from increased regulation. something you know is coming given the proclivity of the administration and, yes, indeed, the pelosi dictatorship. congress. on the conference call, management told investors that while it's positioned to do well in good and bad economic times, it does especially well in transitional times. how about duff, duf? duff is a leading provider of investment banking services. it reported a great quarter. on the conference call, management wasn't subtle about the opportunities created by huron's tarnished reputation saying, and i quote, don't like to talk about what's happening in any one particu

how about duff, duf?uff is a leading provider of independent financial advisory and investment banking services. it also reported a great quarter. on the conference call, management wasn't subtle about the opportunities created by huron's tarnished reputation saying, and i quote, don't like to talk about what's happening in any one particular company, but what i will say is that we're very aggressive about pursuing recruiting opportunities out there. we see some great opportunities. and i think most important, our platform is viewed to be an attractive and stable platform and i think the word is generally getting out about that, end quote. clearly, duff should have taken off when the huron news broke. instead, it's done nothing. let's get one thing straight. this is not the fictional duff beer company. and we aren't in mo's tavern. this is duff and phelps. i say pour it right in your portfolio. the bottom line, don't throw out the baby with the bath water. huron's problems are huron's problems. they don't

hilary duff still lives there. >> jimmy: who? >> hilary duff. >> jimmy: the duff.to live there. >> jimmy: v and z. [ laughter ] >> yeah, the's a lot of people. >> jimmy: a nickname for everybody. but that's wild. so, you just, like -- so, the jonas brothers, you just, like, hang out and you ride your bike out and you're like, "hey, what's up, guys?" [ laughter ] and, like, you hang out after school and stuff. >> yeah. >> jimmy: come over to the house and watch movies and things. that's wild. no, you ignored each other. >> no, no. i mean, i'd go over to their house sometimes. yeah. >> jimmy: that's kind of fun. >> yeah. >> jimmy: that's wild, man. i mean, you have a crazy week as we were just saying. this guy is out. "guilty pleasure." but also you have "aliens in the attic." explain this movie to me. i like it a lot. >> yeah, it's an action comedy with aliens in it. and we obviously have kevin nealon, tim meadows. >> jimmy: who is on the show tonight. >> i know he's on the show tonight. andy richter, doris roberts. and it's about all of us go on vacation, r family

because everybody else is just sitting on their duffs drinking duff beer and i'm just getting started. let's go to kevin in florida. kev? >> caller: hi, jim, big old boo-yah from the liquid sunshine state of florida. >> i loved florida, lived in the big bend, what's up? >> caller: with the recent cash for clunkers and the big demand for sodium silicate if ppg still has room to run. >> ppg has room to run, because it's still got a high yield. i don't want to put too much on autos and go much more into china, but it has some exposure to the good ones. i think the reason you want ppg is the natural gas prices really low, great ceo, and best of all, it's moving to asia as fast as they can. get off your duff, stop drinking duff and join cramer in ending "the lightning round." >>> the lightning round is sponsored by td ameritrade. >>> mary in california. >> caller: can you call me on -- when i call in can you call in on your house phone? >> sure, i'll give you my cell number. >> caller: okay. >> you've got cramer. >> caller: yeah. hey, this is cramer. hi, cramer. hi. >> hey, mary, how are y

get off your duff. stop drinking duff. and join cramer in ending "the lightning round." >>> mary in california. mary? >> caller: can you call me on -- when i call in can you call in on your house phone? when i call back, can i call you on my house phone? >> sure, i'll give you my cell number. >> caller: okay. >> you've got cramer. >> caller: yeah. hey, this is cramer. hi, cramer. hi. >> hey, mary. how are you doing? >> caller: i want to know about deutsche telecom. >> all right. all right. i'll tell you about deutsche telekom. >> caller: yeah. >> oh, definitely. >>> i've made sure, by the way, i washed my contracts with this juice before i came out. let me put something in my eyes. it's like visine. that's other real estate-owned. also known, of course, as -- oh, god, someone licked the middle part off. man, that's disappointing. >>> tonight i'm creating the "mad money" foreign legion. that's right. we're going traveling. norway. tonight i'm a proud honorary norseman, with viking-like abilities. and i ain't talking about t

he was found shot to duff saturday night. >> -- shot to death saturday night. >> we are not scared. we are here to grieve. >> he says this is the first time his church has been vandalized, and he is disappointed anyone would desecrate the house of worship. he would like those responsible to join him on sunday. baltimore police would like your help finding a missing 13-year- old girl. michelle was last seen by her mom on july 17 in the 3600 block of ninth street. her mother says she last spoke to michelle a week later, but the girl said she has no idea where she was. if you think you have seen the show, you are asked to call city police. -- if you think you have seen michelle, you are asked to call city police. where remembering ted kennedy. this is live look at the jfk presidential library in boston, where thousands of mourners have been filing past to pay last respects. senator kennedy will be lying there until tomorrow when his family will hold a private memorial. senator kennedy's family says they are moved by the outpouring of sympathy during the difficult times. steve is outsid

one of the workers adopted him and named him duff. duff's first owner by the way has been charged now with a misdemeanor. >>> yeah, i know that jen westhoven is a cat lover. she had he better not get close to her. >>> gas prices hold steady and they could be going down in the next few weeks. jen, this is good news certainly in a bad economy, but also we're seeing some of the crude prices go up. this is surprising. >> it is. i think this is definitely some good news about the economy for drivers. you know, if you feel like the oil companies stick it to you, you might feel good about this story. aaa's latest national average is 2.63 a dpgallon. you might remember there was a couple weeks there when the prices were creeping up. analysts say the refineries were trying to raise your prices and passing on higher prices. trying to give it to you didn't work. people stopped buying gas at the higher prices. that sets the stage for lower prices at the pump because there's a lot of supply right now and a lot of unused gas right now. this is the

a hard look at what onthat than had to say about dining with the duff. >> greg: with us is remy spencer. knows injections like i know infections. >> if fierce intelligence were a fire truck i would ride him with a daldale dalmatian. and harris hawker in, she is so hot, cub scouts use her to make s'mores. our "new york times" correspondent, great to see you, pinch. >> not so great to see you, greg. >> continue. >> bill, what is wrong with your face? >> well, greg, a transformers helmet for my birthday. >> greg: so you got a helmet for your birthday? >> i sure did and i'm never taking it off. >> greg: when we do the show we can't have you wear that because we can't hear a word you are saying. >> what if i talk slower? >> okay. >> she had her fill of talking about bill. hillary clinton is secretary of state and her husband is not. on monday when a college aged student asked her what her hub by thought about a trade deal she snapped fashionista that snaps fast. than something watch it, watchers. >> are you worried about the china necessary country. >> interference is from the world bank aga

. >> reporter: traffic can be duff tough so many believe metro is the best bet. around national staying on friday some faps were already using the metro to show up for friday night games with most saying metro is the way to go. >> do you think metro is going to be ready? >> it's hard to say. with the way the economy is, there's a lot of people who will be using metro who wound normally take it. >> three games on a saturday? i don't think they're ready just yet. >> the metro is ready. especily, you've got tcaps going on, the wizards. they usually do a good job of providing transportation. >> reporter: tom sherwood, "news 4 today." >>> you can avoid the crowd by watching the game from hoe. the game against the pittsburgh steelers will air here on nbc 4. we'll be live at fedex field with pre- and postgame coverage. >>> if you haven't traded your car in for a more fuel-efficient one, time is running out. the cash for clunkers program program ending on monday. already the cash for clunkers rebate is almost ready. dealers are seeing more customers trying to get in. >>

emerson paying to sit on your duff until we get the out performance. i'm glued to new korp. no one can make money when it turns like the friend of the show, dan. cash for clunkers plus the right models, makes it a dynamite place to play. i still prefer the preferred to the common stock. how about a w? i skipped over the m for a second. that's hard. who can navigate through this mess? let's take the v now. when we get to the top, you know what? we'll address it then. the m, the disaster scenario, a bit of the japan. as you know, i don't believe in either scenario but i also believe that i am fallible and we are fallible and that arrogance is a sin when it come to investing. as i explained in the first gospel according to, well, me. 538 copies sold last week. i don't care. jim cramer's real money. so i would buy gold. which is going higher. it works when everything else is imploding. you can buy gld, or cramer 5 gold miner, thank you. or ran gold, off a little today. doing some internationals. the other is to go overseas with love and dividends. the other way to prepare is go

romantic idea but it can't be a great life but there is not much that is romantic about sitting on your duff day after day sunday after sunny day when you would rather be outside walking, biking, a jogging or goofing off. it really is about the work in the end. >> host: how long has it taken need to collect all of these books? >> guest: there are some downstairs and some upstairs. i have always loved books even in germany i was collecting german books and these grand books with a lot of serious things this beautiful edition, it is an american book by found it in a london bookshop. so maybe books i a technically could not afford but i bought them any way. new grub street it talks about how one guy will forgo his dinner to buy the only addition he loves of the book of the fall of the roman empire if i remember correctly. although i am not willing to forgo my dinner because i love a good meal with wine, please, but nevertheless i would scrape my money together to buy books. and also art i cannot afford but why not? if it disappears tomorrow i will be fine without material positions since i have

duff double single, two rbis. he is happy and having a nice evening in the field.r hes. >> one strike out as we go to the 7th. morales has had a single, seven game hit streak right now. for morales. tillman, a couple walks, three strike outs and the best part of it, settling down after this first inning giving up just a home run in the 4th and getting outs otherwise and even better staying in the game here to try to get through seven in the first game of the four game series. here is the 0-2 on the way. morales down to first base. huff, he will make the flip. one down. >> it's a nice play by aubrey right there the ball taking a bit of a bad hop. coming for the adams apple. that last play, the double play to get out of the last inning, hot shot made it look routine. >> telling brian how much that one kind of unnerved him because it was coming right at his throat. >> you could see the veteran move. mora, 7th. he comes over and gives tillman a little bit of time after he covers first base. >> couple extra breaths. >> everybody in because of the ability of aybar to bun

get off your duffs, get the job, which will have good health care, which means the rest of us wouldn'te to carry the water for you. the people who feel that way are people who have never insurance and have been lucky enough to never have to test to the max or people who have had some luck -- they've been lucky in terms of circumstances. i do think that they're sort of -- a clash divide. people don't want to think luck has as much to do with some of this as it does. they want to think they're not that vulnerable. i'm wondering if it's not touching a deep core of terror how vulnerable we can all be walking around in the world. >> what are you sensing about this? people are involved in this. they're fired up about this like few things they have been in the past. why has it touched such a nerve? >> because it's going away. among people i know, this is priority one. you look at the paper for jobs and very few of them offer health care benefits now that the employer even contributes any portion of the pay toward -- toward the health care that the people can buy. what i pay for in health care