>> texas judge, exxon mobil. what a surprise. exxon mobil does not like lawsuits. they are the biggest bullies when it comes to lawsuits. governors races, why?

friday the unofficial energy portion of earnings season got started with a bang when we heard from exxon mobil and chevron. i have delivered a more different pair of results. chevron posted a strong top line beat and trounced the earnings per share expectations whereas exxon missed badly on the top line even as it solidly beat the earnings numbers. that's why chevron quickly rallied 4% on friday while exxon declined by almost 2.5%. and it didn't stop there. this week the analyst community chimed in and they were suddenly much more bullish about chevron's prospects while being incrementally less positive. but you've got to wonder how is this even possible? well at a time when exxon's performance is, say, suboptimal? these are two of the largest energy companies in the s&p 500, two integrated oil titans. so you would think they would tend to have the same results, wouldn't you? the truth is that exxon and chevron have always been a little different. exxon is more of a steady eddie story. throughout the downturn in energy, prices we've seen in recent years, exxon has always managed to stay profit

she is surprised that the judge exxon mobil did not request it. >>> your forecast from chief meteorologist kevin lemanowicz and the fox25 stormtracker weather team. >> kevin: a cold day and snow this weekend. we talked about it last week and all week long we have been tracking it. flurries in central massachusetts. even had an inch in barre near the quabbin reservoir and the berkshires hit the hardest. over a foot of snow in many places, over two feet in portions of vermont and upstate vermon still slowing in the berkshires. the great lakes and the lake effect snow and they had a ton of it from the great lakes is blowing all the way to new england hitting the hills and mountains and berkshires, rising up and snowing right on the berkshires. notice how this dries out on the way down. jason and i were looking at this saying maybe the radar could be overshooting some of this. if you are watching us in the connecticut river valley and getting flurries, let me know. we are seeing some flurries and i just talked to one of our spotters holden who said they don't see any flurries where they are. i

. >> this is an exxon mobile in or the -- in torrence. could this affect gas prices as we go into a busy travel season, we don't know yet but not a good sign when the california refinery has a fire like this. we'll continue to follow it. >>> crews are working around the clock trying to put out a raging three counties on high alert as the party rock fire as they call it, continues to grow. the blaze charred more than 3,000 acres. only 15% contained. this fire is the second most critical fire in the country right now. >>> good news for the three cows stranded after an earthquake in new zealand. the two cows and a calf were grass. the powerful earthquake, 7.8. they were rescued after their farmer dug a track and brought them back out. the farmer says the cows were desperate for water but in good shape. >>> giant simple hole swallowing up one family's backyard. imagine stepping outside of your sliding glass door and this is backyard. the home could go next. the image is hard to fathom. a pennsylvania family was home saturday night when they h

general is figin the order requires her to be in texas next month to be questioned by attorneys for exxon mobil. saying that her climate change research is politically motivated. the herold reports that she is pushing back saying it takes exceptional circumstances to demand she is deposed. and a live look at first alert traffic. this is the mass pike. traffic is moving slowly out of the city eastbound, and 93 southbound. we're looking at now under a half hour to go from mass to route 3. that's an improvement there. 44 minutes northbound to go from the upper deck to route 128. that is close to 45 minutes. the pike west 25 minutes. let's go 128 has you head northbound, you're looking at route two to i93, that will take you close to 40 minutes. so problem spots around the area. >> as cuba mourns the death of fidest of u.s.-cuban relations are uncertain. >> still ahead on newscenter 5, what is next for our newly restored diplomatic ties. >> and pope francis i is trying to mend the relationship between >> now at 5:30. a closer look at future relations between the u.s. and cuba. 50 years of tension g

erika: attorney general maura healey's probe into exxon mobil lands her a court-ordered deposition. healey will have to defend her investigation into whether the oil giant deceived consumers and investors. one analyst tells the herald the judge's order raises concerns about political motivations. healey's spokesperson says they're surprised by the court order. healey will testify next month in texas, along with new york's train operators around the country tested for sleep disorders after this deadly crash in hoboken, new jersey. the engineer in september's commuter train crash was later diagnosed with sleep apnea. that may have led to the crash that killed one woman on the platform. the engineer says he does not remember it. a sigh of relief for thanksgiving travelers. strike after the holiday. the union says they want the public support in their fight for higher wages and would not want to stall holiday plans. o'hare, of course, one of the nation's busiest airports. erika: some apple customers say they're experiencing a glitch with their phones. iphone 6s users say their phones ar

the order requires her to be in texas next month to be questioned by attorneys for exxon mobil. they say healey's investigation into the oil giant's climate-change research is politically motivated. the herald reports demand she be deposed. we do continue to follow breaking news. the shelter in place order has been lifted at ohio state university after reports of an active shooter. one suspect is dead. emily: the man accused of killing nine parishioners and a south carolina church wins a request to act as his own lawyer. what the judge said to on the way. the timeline on two separate rounds of rain and the warm-up with it. erika: new flights to cuba, the airline offering regular trips to havana. >> a half hour of news of the top of the hour. newscenter 5 at 4:00. j.c. monahan, ed harding. got any good gift ideas? is gonna be my gift ? ? cash stays in your pocket ? ? it's got hd streaming others are too stingy... ? (deep voice) with verizon you look awesome. ? you wanted more data and look what santa gave ya ? ? verizon keeps you going with that always-on data ? ? 4g lte that's a

. >>> four workers in critical condition after a fire at a giant exxon mobil refinery in baton rouge hurt as they tried to restart a main unit after it gulf refinery in two days that has caused gasoline futures to jufrp nearly 1%. >>> investigators in philadelphia are searching for clues after a man was seriously injured by an explosive package. they say the 60-year-old victim opened the large envelope which had been left at his door thinking it was medication. but when he opened it the package exploded injuring his hands and face. officials say that the incident was not terror related but it appears the victim was targeted. >> say it substitute for your thanksgiving dinner gravy. heinz is recalling jars of its pork gravy because it's mislabeled. it's really a different flavor that contains milk and soy. >>> another consumer alert. apparently no aloe vera in this the store brand sought in several chains. bloomberg had it sold at walmart, target and cvs analyzed and found no trace of the plant. inconclusive. companies are on the honor system mostly. >>> a large house and a treasure tr

. >>> maura healy is heading to is approximating questioned as part of a lawsuit involving exxon mobil. the company is accused of hiding damaging day about climb change. she is being investigated over her probe into the company's public statements of global warming. exxon said her investigation was politically motivated. new york's attorney general was also called before a judge. >>> president obama has wrapped up the final international trip of his presidency. he was in peru for the asia-pacific trade summit. impact of donald trump's election on international trade. he told the leaders not to expect the worse from trump until he finished putting his cabinet together. president obama met with russian president vladimir putin. they met four four minutes discussing the syrian conflict. we are learning no fully operational hospitals in the rush shaengs of aleppo. after attacks from both sides. air strikes took out the last remaining hospital on friday. one of those hit was a children's hospital forcing staff there to evacuate babies to safety. hospitals are desperately in need as estimate

exxon mobil says her investigation is politically motivated. "the herald" reports healey is saying it takes exceptional circumstances to demand she be deposed. the mbta management and financial control board is set to meet today on plans to improve the experience of t riders. the t service. emily: millions of consumers set to take advantage of cyber-monday deals today. the national retail federation expects more than 120 million americans to shop online. cyber-monday marks retailers' last chance to build on strong weekend sales. a sign today could be strong. more americans made purchases online than in stores on black friday. taking a look at the markets now, asian stocks mixed overnight after oil prices take a slide. stock futures here are lower. from the holiday weekend. of course, last week's big gains for the dow reaching 19,000 for the first time ever. randy: trending stories, an avid cubs fan using his baking skills to relive the world series win. the man unveiled a gingerbread replica of wrigley field. it weighs more than 400 pounds. it

attorney general maura healey's probe into exxon mobil lands her a court-ordered deposition. healey will have to defend her probe that looks into whether the oil giant deceived consumers and investors. suggests motive. she'll testify next month in texas along with new york's a.g. randy: some water trouble in westfield forced college students to leave campus early. the students were told to be out of their dorms by 4:00 yesterday afternoon so that the crews could work to fix water pressure issues. the city has restricted water use throughout westfield asking people to conserve until the problem is fixed. emily: tom brady's homecoming ends in a win. he started with a bang throwing for two t.d.'s on the first two possessions. check this out. brady on the move in the fourth quarter finds malcolm mitchell for the t.d. pats win it 30-17. next gaming sunday against the jets in new jersey. randy: and the eyeopener team had a great time this weekend. we celebrated america's hometown emily: annual tradition for us. as you can see for thousands of others. volunteers working hard to make

if the head of exxon mobil hates ducks or not. it does not matter to us how he feels about the environment, whether he likes seagulls or whatever. we only care that there were certain things you should have done and you did not do it, and this is a foreseeable result of that. but when it comes to race, the only thing that matters is whether we can prove someone hated black people. you could take every possible action, and if we cannot prove you hated black people when you are doing it, suddenly we don't feel like we can report on those actions the way we need to. my work is saying i don't care. i can show you made a decision that you knew would be harmful and you did it anyway and i want , to know why. that is how we need to think about reporting on race. legal discrimination has been outlawed in this country for 50 years. people know how not to do that and write things on paper. but it is not an accident that in every facet of american life, we are still seeing black americans being disadvantaged. that is not accidental or incide

exxon mobil in bp are still writing declines.missed estimates in revenue fell in the british banks division. the banksto show that losses are restoring the dividend. they posted a loss. u.s. prosecutors are building a court case against valiant pharmaceuticals. this could result in charges. according to people familiar with the matter, they are focusing on michael pearson and howard schiller. to ties to aing secret pharmacy that they controlled. gambling revenue has risen in macau. it is up 9% in october. that was beating a slump that lasted two years. a public holiday led to a jump in businesses. -- business. vonnie: we provide context and background. in terms of american exceptionalism, student debt loan stands out. no other country imposes the cost that the u.s. does. nowhere else to loans covered so much of those costs. the roughly $1.3 trillion in education debt in the u.s. is more than the rest of the world combined. would spend $350 billion over 10 years to reduce student debt. they would lower interest rates and making lo

bloomberg business report says she is questioned as part of lawsuit for exxon mobile homele and company accused of hiding damaging data and questioned exxon lawyers into the over the statement regarding global warming and exxon claims the investigation was politically motivated and new york attorney general was also called before a judge. >> julie: we track traffic and weather together every ten minutes. it has it is been a slick and slippery commute this morning. drive times on the expressway, 34 minutes on the braintree split and exit for the pike. >> shiri: winds gusting 40 miles per hour on the vineyard, 33 miles per hour in boston and there's still boston, feels like only 12 in worcester right now and breaking down how long the cold, wind and even the flurries stick around. >> daniel: new look at marathon bombing through the eyes of the victims. still ahead this morning, how you can see the emotionally charged documentary following the attack and long road to recovery. >> it was a tragic night for my gravy had an accident. follow me. i'm usually the gravy master. my guest list just

is the sixth largest employer on the planet, employing around 1.5 million people, compared to exxon mobil's3,000. these units are likely to be taken over by prudential government, but also taken over joint ventures backed by outside investors. most of these units fall under the wholly-owned company, not petrochina, which is the listed entity. petrochina is feeling the pain itself as a result of these low oil prices in the first nine months of the year, where profits were down around 95%. it was forced earlier this year to selloff its pipeline assets to try and meet profit targets set by the government. how does -- manus: when i talked to guests about state owned enterprises, tom, where does this fit into the broader context? many people are saying that this is china getting ready to clean up the state owned enterprises and readiness for the next step in the china evolution. give us your take. >> manus, that's interesting. there is certainly a big push before the next meeting of the communist party next year, which is a big political event here. but this is part of the streamlining for cnpc

chevron, exxon mobil, some of the big shares.f you look on to some of the volatile oil and gas companies they're also on the rise. chesapeake energy, a 5% today. range resources up 4.5. trans ocean getting a ball before percent. moving away from oil and other commodities we have been watching, freeport, copper and gold has been on the run. callan says freeport is the go to copper investment vehicle after the impressive actions taken by management to right side the balance sheet. $20 is the price target, under 15 at the moment. westlake chemical rising today. stock was upgraded over at vertical research. best in class earnings upside under a u.s. corporate tax reform scenario. those shares of 5%. a different kind of commodity we are watching today. poultry. tyson foods is plunging after the company said donny smith would be stepping down in the next fiscal year as chief executive officer. he has been there for some time and has also presided over a big increase in the stock price. the company announced earnings that missed estimat

they report it is over lawsuit involving exxon mobile. company allegedly had damaging data about climate change from investors. healy will questioned by exx lawyers over her probe into company's public statements about global warming her investigation was puck cly mow at this stated. new york attorney general also called for questions. >> for second time brockton city council set to meet monday night to question the mayor on how spending taxpayer money. the city council want to know why mayor bill carpenter going to school on the taxpayer's dime. documents show in august the city auditor approved payment for few it and other fees. so mayor take a foreign language class at community college. meeting but mayor however did not show up. >> three local police departments have tracked down man allegedly selling drugs. officers found this large a. heroin inside of chelsea home. police say belonged to alexander. officer from chelsea everiette molden executed search warrant. 2er trafficking heroin. also identity fraud you. take look pictures. cras

it requires her to be in texas next month to be questioned by attorneys for exxon mobil. they say heely's investigation into the climate change research is politically motivated. "the herald" reports healey is pushing back saying it takes exceptional circumstances, her words, to demand she be deposed. emily: flags half-staff in cuba. in miami, the mood is less somber. people took to the streets holding signs and demanding human rights and the release of political priss meoneprisoners. randy: the busiest shopping days has a challenger. back to work for many today after the holiday weekend. the simple steps you can take to >> we've got to get them out. emily: a fiery crash in walpole. witnesses jumping into action. the quick thinking that lively saved four lives. cindy? cindy: it is a cold start today, but we are going to warm up a little bit with lots of sunshine today. my timeline on when rain returns and sticks around much of the week. that's ahead. first, look at these temperatures as you're heading out the door. a little chilly this morning. only in the 20's. clear ski

randy: new this morning, attorney general maura healey's probe into exxon mobil lands her a court-ordered deposition. healey will have to defend her probe that looks into whether the oil giant deceived consumers and investors. motivations in her use of power. they say they're surprised by the court order. she'll testify next month in texas along with new york's a.g. also new for this monday morning, we're now learning that former governor deval patrick's lone walk was part of a ceremony that cost thousands of dollars. it topped $300,000. though spens expenses were covered by donations, the and award ceremony for patrick staff and a portrait of him that hangs in the state house. the expenses were just revealed in public report. emily: caught on camera, a sea rescue off the coast of new bedford. a fishing boat taking on water in buzzards bay. the coast guard was called in for a salvage operation that quickly turned into a scue. that six-member crew left days before returning yesterday morning with 5,000 pounds of scallops. it appears they hit a rock when autopilot to use the bathroom. they

security picks opposed that deal randy: massachusetts attorney general maura healey's probe into exxon mobil lands her court dered deposition. healey will have to defend her probe that looks intother judge's orde raises concerns about political motivations in her use of per.e'll sh testify next month in texas along with new york's a.g. also new this monday morning we are learningeval patrick's lone walk was part of a goodbye ceremony thatost thousands of dollars. the 2014 farewell topped $300,000, though expenses were covered by donations from private citizens and corporations. walk and awards ceremony for patrick's staff and a portrait of him that hangs in the state house now. the expenses were just revealed in a public report. >> caught on camera a sea rescue off the coast of new bedford, a fishing boat taking on watern buzzer's bay, they called in for salvage operation that turned the six-mber crew had left new bedford days before returning yesterday morning with 5,000 pounds of scallops. when the ctaut theat on auto pilot to use the bathroom. the coast guard was called in with pumps to s

that facility used to belong to exxon mobil, pbf energy has owned it since july of this year. there was an explosion at the same refinery in february of last year as well. >>> the children's discovery muse 'em of san jose is expanding. a groundbreaking ceremony will be held at 11:00 this morning for bill's back yard bridge to nature. it's more than 27,000 square foot outdoor learning area. this doubles the current museum space and is designed to help kids explore nature. there will be ten areas focusing on science and environmental education. it's set to open next june. >>> discovering startling revelations this morning about your cell phone. some may be sending copies of your contact list, even text messages to china. >> scott mcgrew, sounds like a paranoid fantasy. security experts say this is very real. >> very real. the first question everybody is going to have is, well, what phones? at this point we don't know. we do know it's hundreds of thousands of phones. the only thing we do know is apple iphones are not affected. the biggest problem seems to be with android-based lo

it requires her to be in texas to be questioned by attorneys for exxon mobil. they say that the investigation into the climate change research is politically motivated. the herald reports healey is pushing back saying it takes exceptional circumstances to demand that she be deposed. continues mourning the late fidel castro and a series of tributes to the former leader begins today in havana. now in miami, the mood, less somber. these people took to the streets holding signs demanding human rights and the release of political prisoners. castro's funeral will be held on sunday. randy: busiest online shopping day may have a challenger. why cyber monday sales may drop this year. back to work for many of us today after the holiday this morning that you can take to make coming back to work today easier. emily: a fiery crash, witnesses jumping into action. the quick thinking that likely saved four lives. cindy: a cold start as you head back to work and school today. we are going to warm up. with sunshine, my time line on when the rain returns, that's ahead. first, tak

. >> caller: hey, my companies are car aisles, exxon mobil, dover corp., 3m and g.e. >> interesting. i'm going to show you a twist here. dover has energy exposure, exxon has energy exposure, and ge has it. i don't like -- dovyou're going get a health care company. we're going to add johnson & johnson and take out dover. a drug company, another diversified industrial, and oil and gas. why am i okay with these? because they're in all different verticals, and that's what matters. polly in kansas, polly. >> caller: hey, mr. cramer. >> yeah. >> caller: first i got to tell you thank you, thank you, thank you. it was because of you that i took an investment class. it's because of you i read more about investing in stocks. so now help me out here and see if i'm diversified. >> all right. >> caller: i got box. >> okay. >> caller: red hub, ray televisi television, mining, and williams sonoma. >> all right. this is very interesting portfolio. okay. we got home improvement. we got entertainment, television entertainment. we've got very high growth tech. we've got a mineral company, very speculat

. >> caller: hey, my companies are carlisle, exxon mobil, dover corp., 3m and g.e. >> interesting. i'm going to show you a twist here. it's going to be interesting for you. dover has energy exposure. exxon has energy exposure, and g.e. has energy exposure. g.e. fortunately is offloading some of it to baker hughes. i don't like the dover. dover is trading way too much with energy. you're going to get a health care company. we're going to add johnson & johnson and take out dover. that will give you a diversified industrial, another industrial but not a lot of overlap, a drug company, another diversified industrial, and oil and gas. why am i okay with these verticals, and that's what matters. polly in kansas, polly. >> caller: hey, mr. cramer. >> yeah. >> caller: first i got to tell you thank you, thank you, thank you. it was because of you that i took an investment class. it's because of you i read more about investing in stocks. so now help me out here and see if i'm diversified. >> all right. al >> caller: grub hub, gray television, mcewen mining, and williams-sonoma. >> all right.

exxon mobil, largest oil company. disney, entertainment. apple, you got a lot of cash coming on the sidelines. yes, both best buy and target said their stuff is well done. i think that's fantastic. great play. thank you, cara. how are you? >> i'm good. how about you, chief? >> caller: fantastic. hey, i got google, facebook, amazon, lockheed martin, and martin marietta. jim, am i diversified? >> all right. you got a bit of the fang. fang does trade together, so we're going to have to -- maybe have a little surgery here. what do we do? my charitable trust owns both facebook and google, but we've got a lot of stocks. i feel this is -- you're going to have to get rid of one of them. facebook, amazon, geez, you own too many of them. let's keep amazon because it's pulled back 15%. and let's keep facebook because it's down on that metric story that's not true. we're going to hold off google right now even though it's a charitable trust name. lockheed martin, defense. martin marietta is materials. i just want a health care in here. we'll use merck

every one of these oil stocks with the exception of exxon mobil had spent too much money and they weren't able to rein in spending fast enough to deal with the declining price of crude. mare thathon decided to split o its refining and marketing decisions from its exploration and production business at what amounted to the top of the cycle in crude. without that refining cushion, marathon was about as vulnerable as any of the cash-strapped independents. we saw the stock plummet from the 20s to the high teens before we booted it. fortunately we dodged the trip all the way down to $7 where the company had to issue more shares just to stay afloat. unfortunately, the trust took a major loss, which did not endear us to subscribers. it wasn't all that bad in the oil patch, though, because we had had some foresight when it came to the combination of kinder morgan at the entity's ceo rich kinder put together deciding we had been greedy and not ring the register on that. even though i had written rich kinder up as a brilliant executive, he was the first major ceo to slash his distribution, which ef

and they manage to figure out a recreation plan that they got total consensus from everyone from exxon mobilto the audubon society and the entire louisiana state legislature and again, it's this pushing harder to figureout , if we can restore wetlands, and gary graves is the freshman republican congressman from louisiana and he used ted up the local restoration of authority in louisiana and he tells a story i repeat in the book about disappearing wetland and most of louisiana's privately owned, almost all owned by gas companies so he said the environmentalists were all like, take the land away from them because it was a really critical ecological but also the wetlands are critical store protection or not only the city of new orleans and all those people but were oil and gas infrastructure, the biggest infrastructure in the country with most of our oil and gas moving through those ports in the pipelines so instead he said, if you go to the oil company and say if you help us restore this wetland, not only are you going to hold on to your bottom line because the land, you also lose the mineral

shell up by 17%, chevron up 34%, and exxon mobil up by 14%. all up but to varying degrees.t to focus on this chart because the big data points here in the u.k. today with pmi, a slowdown in manufacturing growth in october and the headline factory gauge was at 54.3 last month, down for a tube year high -- two year high, which separates acceleration from the traction. it was drove at the robust pace. issues of input and output prices, this is what is interesting, surging to the highest in more than five years. the white line is manufacturing input prices. blue line is manufacturing output prices. look how they have risen, andifically since brexit sterling declined, so we have measures of input and output surging to the highest in more than five years, showing the double-edged impact of the pound weakening. the increase in purchasing costs was one of the steepest in pmi in nearly 25 year history. keep an eye on the level of sterling and how it impacts and put an output. the big data point in time today was the manufacturing at pmi, which rose to the highest level in two years.

and actually opened a >> gene: attorney general healy questioned as part of lawsuit involving exxon mobile homele and accused of hiding badged data about climate change and questioned about exxon lawyers in the probe regarding global warming and claimed it was politically motivated and new york attorney general was also called before a judge. >> julie: we track traffic and weather together every ten minutes. if you can leaf earl and that's causing a lot of accident. now at hour and a half on 93 south from andover to the zakim bridge. shiri? >> shiri: winds gusting right now 30 miles per hour in plymouth and we are going to see the wind get even stronger into the afternoon. check out the wind chill as a result. feels like 23 in boston, 16 in worcester, i have timeline on the cold, wind and those flurries coming up next. accident. >> why did this happen? why? >> still ahead the oceania investigation underway this morning as we learn more about the tempt to save the man's life. >> daniel: good morning, daniel miller, i'm following developing news right now. four police officers shot in three

head of exxon mobil hates ducks were not -- or not. it does not matter to us how he feels about the environment, whether he likes seagulls or whatever. we only care that there were certain things you should have done and you did not do it, and this is a foreseeable result of that. when it comes to race, the only thing that matters is whether we can prove someone hated black people. you could take every possible action, and if we cannot prove you hated black people when you are doing it, suddenly we don't feel like we can report on those actions the way we need to. my work is saying i don't care. i can show you made a decision in new would be harmful and you did it anyway, and i want to know why. that is how we need to think about reporting on race. legal discrimination has been outlawed in this country for 50 years. people know how not to do that and write things on paper. but it is not an accident that in every facet of american life, we are still seeing black americans being disadvantaged. that is not accidental or incidental. i thin

exxon mobil says global demand for oil will rise about 20% through the year 2040.hat is your bloomberg business flash. realthere seems to be a tone about a lot of companies doing better than expected. i see it story after story where there to be an adjustment. facebook last night got hammered, but the shell oil captures my attention. francine: facebook was because they think the next 12 months will be tougher. the problem when you beat growth,ions, is it real because your investments were right, or cost-cutting? tom: let's begin our coverage of washington. washington, is our d c bureau chief good morning what is the level of panic within the clinton campaign? megan: i would not describe it as panic. i would describe it as heightened awareness. moving seen my -- money into states that have not put money in before it -- probably in before. if they are looking at arizona, new mexico, colorado. in virginia they are not trending toward them as well. does donald trump have more pathways to 270 than he did before? tom: i want to congratulate you on the pole yesterday. i t

but that 4% gain for wti crude is helping big stocks like exxon mobil and chevron. exxon up by 1.33%. two of the biggest point contributors to the dow there. if you are looking for the action that could be hot, you want to check out history. because according to the data partners of kensho, during the week of thanksgiving, a lot of the retail focus companies are in the spotlight, if you will. according to them, since the year 2000, the s&p 500 is seasonally strong this week of thanksgiving, up by close to a percent and up 80% of the time, or 70% of the time. if you look at some of the standout stocks in there, take a look at nike or tiffany or amazon, all up at least 80% to 90% of the time, between 2% to 3% to the upside. the real stand is coach, watch these shares possibly for some move over the past 16 years as these shares have moved about 5% higher on average just during the week of thanksgiving. so certainly if history is a guide, it doesn't necessarily repeat. but if it is, guys, retail stocks could be big this shopping season and specifically this week. back o

if the head of exxon mobil hates ducks or not. it does not matter to us how he feels about the environment, whether he likes seagulls or whatever. we only care that there were certain things you should have done and you did not do it, and this is a foreseeable result of that. but when it comes to race, the only thing that matters is whether we can prove someone hated black people. you could take every possible action, and if we cannot prove you hated black people when you are doing it, suddenly we don't feel like we can report on those actions the way we need to. my work is saying i don't care. i can show you made a decision that you knew would be harmful and you did it anyway and i want , to know why. that is how we need to think about reporting on race. legal discrimination has been outlawed in this country for 50 years. people know how not to do that and write things on paper. but it is not an accident that in every facet of american life, we are still seeing black americans being disadvantaged. that is not accidental or incide