gordon johnson, the guy i remember who downgraded to a sell last week.day titled the nightmare before christmas. feared worse than anticipated. even more resolute in our subdued outlook. accelerating and $2 price target. he's not mincing words here, and he won't mince words tonight on "fast money" at 5:00 because we are talking to gordon johnson. a great day, as i told you before. negotiated these take or pay agreements. he says it's not going to make any difference when it comes to the liquidity picture and that is the concern of investors here. >> and to give gordon fair credit. i mean, he has been negative on many of these solar companies. been wrong a little bit, too, but negative on many of these companies for a long, long time. the one that is outperforming, it's had a little -- maybe he can answer why they're trading at such discrepancies, many of these companies. >> yeah. we'll talk to him tonight. i do want to take a check on the markets here. we are seeing the continuation of this rally after the fomc minutes were released. the s&p 500 up by 1.

gordon johnson, managing director at axiom capital. much more ahead in the next 20 minutes of bloomberg markets. the beer carousel keeps spinning. to snap up the miller brand. in a housing bubble? prices are soaring in cities like vancouver. that has the government contemplating a crackdown on foreign buyers and maybe more transparency. the company defends accusations it doesn't do enough to get rid of counterfeit goods. ♪ betty: good afternoon and welcome back. time for a look at some of the biggest business stories in the news right now. walmart workers have successfully lobbied for higher wages. now, a new demand. they want a bigger discount on food. they receive a discount on some items, but not the vast majority of food items. .he change won't come cheap it could cost the retail giant more than $400 million a year. the retailer will begin its black friday sale on links giving day at 3:00 p.m. the news comes after h&m said stores in the u.s. will close on length giving for the first time. danish brewer carlsberg plans to cut about

. >> i interviewed gordon johnson who slapped sun edison with a sell rating.three quarters they'll have to do a bond restructuring and raise capital. those are not any way you cut it, not good. >> i think it's pretty positive for sun power here because they are going to be able to buy a lot of these assets at lower prices. you are going to put up 33% revenue growth as tom talked about next year? that's going to be an attractive asset. i would keep an eye on sun power. you'll probably get an opportunity to buy it on the lows here. >> energy stocks fell sharply as crude oil closed down 3%. one trader bet more than $7 million that the pain would continue for one big oil name in particular. dan's got the options action. >> it was exxon on a day the stock was down 80% from its recent highs. put volume was 10 times that of call volume. stock was $80.35. there was a buyer of 70,000 april expiration. paying $1.05 for that. that's $7.35 million in premium. breaks even on april expiration at $68.95, down about 14%. if the stock is down at $60, that trader can make up $6

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not clear why it has recovered, but axiom capital, gordon johnson who then he spoke with recently isith a downgrade of the shares. his price target on the stock is only two dollars. sun power is out with some preliminary numbers. it is an increase over its prior forecast. they are holding an analyst day today. when we talk about sun edison and that decreases it has seen recently, it has high hedge fund ownership. you will see the top shareholder with 7.8% is greenlight capital. at least as of the last filing at the end of june. we are -- we will see if there are any chance of just changes. holder innother top the hedge fund industry. list, a look at angie's the company is climbing 12% after iac interactive offer to buy it for $8.75 a share in cash. the shares rising above that level. iac seeing little change. yelp is gaining on some speculation that maybe there are some buyers. putting itselfut on sale and then put the process on hold. betty: julie, thank you so much. in washington, the newly appointed speaker of the house paul ryan has pledged ins will be done differently under his

they tell news 4's chris gordon what they were thinking when they saw their former student receive the medal of honor. >> at walter johnson high school in bethesda florent groberg led his relay team to a maryland state championship. he invited his high school coaches to join him at the white house and watch as he received the medal of honor. >> to hear what he did was a remarkable act of bravery. >> captain groberg said he didn't think about his personal safety when he grabbed the suicide bomber in afghanistan. he was seriously wounded and four others were killed, but his heroism saved many lives. >> you just react. you trust your training and trust your instincts and you trust that you have the inner fortitude to go out there and do the job that, you know, you're asked to do. >> his extraordinary bravery and the courage that he showed, you know, we don't see that stuff and that's the stuff that comes from the heart and that's really what i guess made me the most proud. >> groberg ran track for the university of maryland. coach andrew bauman keeps a media guide from 2003 with groberg's picture on the cover. he says grober

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gordon. will they ever learn? don't complain about the fans. ever. under any circumstance. the latest to run afoul was eagles offensive lineman lane johnson.g sunday's home loss to tampa bay, a loss that was punctuated by a chorus of boos by those eagles fans, johnson unburdened himself. he said that's just kind of how it is. it's not really home field advantage playing here anymore. johnson went on. i've heard it so much since i've been here that it don't really faze me like it used to. as variety -- criticisms go this was pretty mild stuff. philadelphia sports fans can dish out the abuse with the best of them. what followed was as predictable as the sunrise. first on johnson's twitter account, quote, my comment about the fans was out of line and apologize. we need to earn that home field advantage and i know that. then, johnson hit the radio circuit. he assured the hosts and the audience that his words didn't mean what they seemed to mean. >> when you can sit here and hear me say the words. >> as they always do, he chalked it up to frustration over losing. >> they need to win. >> reporter: here's the thing. philadelphia sports fans proba

johnson on national security. the debate on raising the minimum wage to $15 following that. on the next washington journal, an update on afghanistan operations with major general gordon davis in kabul. brendan duke of the center for american progress and stamp worker of the american enterprise cute on the state of the u.s. economy. that's followed by a look at the work in congress to update the no child left behind legislation. our guest is from education week. washington journal, live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. you can join the conversations with your calls and comments on facebook and twitter. next, a demonstration of imb's artificial intelligence computer system, known as watson. the talk with the founder of an instant messenger service used by isis. and rapper snoop dogg on his new cannabis pop culture media platform. from this year's annual techcrunch disrupt conference and san francisco, it's an hour and 45 minutes. unenthk you for that usiastic welcome back. [laughter] i appreciate that. it's monday, so we are only going downhill from here. our next guest is very exciting to have him join us on the stage. we talked a little bit about ai. elon is not o