blackstone nitd its partnership with gpg capital is in negotiation, but raising its bid could clencho parts productmaker. looking forward to talking to steve swartzman very soon. >>> earnings just hitting the wire. very short of the expectations, so we're not sure if that's apples to apples yet. $1.23 versus an estimate of $1.45. this is a pretty big miss. revenues came in at 11.3 billion. the expectation was for $11.43 the 5 billion. i'm looking at the samt here to see if we have any other -- >> weather. no, seriously, they say the fourth quarter hurt by unusually severe winter storms. i hate it when companies use weather as an excuse, but this year in the south especially was such an anomaly. their guidance is interesting. 6.55 to 6.80. >> that's way below expect ig as of 6.89. >> not only that, but a pretty big guidance fwap. no visibility or -- here is my question. i thought given the weather situation, retailers would get hit, the but everybody would start ordering everything online and companies like u.p.s. and fed ix would be the big winners because that's how you get it home.