area as we are trying to find, the different types of businesses, like high-tech companies, or green tech, clean tech, and medical device, manufacturers, and you name it, and apparel manufacturers and we are trying to find the early adopters in each of these industries that we can get on board and from there, we can go to the other industries in the same or the other businesses in the same industry and encourage them to have a closer look at it as well. so we are trying to come up with all different ways of marketing to the zone and even doing the collaborativive effort in the bay area as one of the ways that we are trying to brain storm on that in that regard. >> thank you. >> any other comments? >> seeing, none, could i call for a vote? all in favor? >> aye. >> opposed? >> item carries. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> item 9 a, request approval of port's physical year 2014, 15, and 15, 16 biennial operating and capital budget. >> i am megan wal lace the port manager and i am seeking approval of the proposed 14, 15, and 15, 16 bennial and operating budget and no changes have bee

up with a data base of people who have spent a lot of money to put a pretty expensive piece of green tech up on their roof. that's a data base that's valuable to marketers, to political consultants and others because it gives you a sense of people who have expendable income and also who are interested in environmentally sensitive products. also, if you take a look at some of the other findings here, some of them are just weird, including this one. let me go back and give you some of the stats. they found 2.96% of the homes in orange county have solar panels, 4.2% of california households with income over $200,000 have solar panels. the most popular zip code for solaris 92694. 92694. that's laredo ranch, california, where 12.5% of the homes have solar panels. they're looking at things like name. people who have an opposite gender name, boy named sue, they tend to skew democraticdemocrat. >> that's weird. thank you very much. with us here now the president and co-founder of that company, haystack dna. michael simon. also joining us is a mark rotenberg. there's no easy way to put this. what'

consumer related companies, said think about agricultural stocks, health-care stocks, tech stocks, consumer services. those green areas are the ones that tend to benefit from something like an outstanding see which is what you would month to month. we will show you consumer services, some of the best performing services are travel and leisure. eight rising, 21 following. we will give you a sense of some of the best performers on the shanghai composite this morning. take a look at these stories. shanghai oriental pearl close to six percent. if you take a look at the fact , thethe shanghai composite chinese government had to step in with selling repose for the sincetime in eight months june. that shows me they are taking a precautionary measure to make sure they are in charge of what is happening in terms of the economy. that is not really translating to the way the financials are trading. the top financial stocks are falling. you can see china civic off by one and a half percent. of oneina off 9/10 percent. i will draw your attention to shanghai pharmaceuticals. they teamed up with a private dealy firm to acquire

subaru, has increased product, cross tech, the green one. we unveiled that in new york.that blue one which is a nice sports car. >> best handling sport car in the market today. >> very cool. subaru. can't think of a company, an auto company that has had anymore success of late than subaru. tom doll has only been with the company since 1982. >> '82, you got it. >> i still may have been in college back then. i'm not sure. i think i just got out. had my first job, 1982. he estimate has bottom the same job. tracy: that was crocodile dundee. ashley: the day i moved to the united states. "crocodile dundee". >> decades ago. tracy: it was. so hate me, why don't you, jeff flock. thank you very much. ashley: thank you, jeff. just doing the math. he is still young. that is what i came up with. time to check the markets. nicole petallides on floor of the new york stock exchange, watching those automakers. general motors and ford, nicole. >> keeping a close eye on both of these names that we know so well. both have up arrows today. let's look how they are faring at the moment. gm is

i don't know why i don't get a green jacket and go down there. google is a techon is a tech company. we'll keep google, throw away amazon, facebook. why? because facebook had a good run google is cheap and add bristol myers and go back to united technologies because that's my industrial of choice being brought down by boeing every day. kim co-, they think will be hurt by mall traffic and a decline in shoppers and janus is okay. i would prefer bank of america. because i think janus isn't that great of company and that's how we'll play it. let's go to robert in illinois, please, robert? >> caller: hey, is this jim cramer, the mad money man? >> yes, is this robert from illinois? >> caller: yes. hey, jim, i would like to thank you for everything you do for us home gamers and turning us into better investors. your show is awesome. >> thank you. >> caller: and your books are great, man. and i would like to find out if i'm diversified. >> okay. >> caller: i have an l, book shire b, natural resources, union pacific railroad and i recently bought some mastercard. >> i lik

as much investment going into new innovation in agriculture as there were recently in high-tech or even green energy. so people get it, it's a great investment. i've seen in washington state cutting-edge research done at our labs in prosser, a new wheat rotation crop to savvy entrepreneurs making connections like getting cherries into the north korean market. this is a tkpwroebg opportunity for -- growing opportunity. american farmers and businesses are seeing demand for their products rise on two fronts. first, american consumers want to buy their products directly from the farms in their communities, so that means that the farms are creating product for exactly what their end customer wants. and because they're doing that, they can make more money on delivering to the end customer exactly the kind of product that they want. and secondly, a rising middle class in places like asia to south america want to use their newfound spending power on purchasing our products as well. so this farm bill helps on both of those fronts, again, thanks to the chairwoman from michigan. it helps get more goods

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green. yes yes yes. [ distorted audio ] >> we are seeing this in a number of communities, particularly out west where the tech boom has been so strong, right? san francisco. right? >> price has been shooting up really high. >> it is an active debate. good it is. >> all right, thank you. >>> a new machine, stay here roxann, making it through space, launched the weather satellite, the solar powered satellite will send rain and snow observations back to earth, the spacecraft will let them create three models of storms as they develop. an update on the day's top stories and then "real money with ali velshi." >> coming up, the google glass backlash what not to do with wearable tech. all that and more in "real money." >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris, with a look at the nation's top stories. >>> a confrontation in crimea. at the same time, ukraine's former president, vurk yanukovych ivurktyanukovych is y facility in russia. >>> the california legislature has released a drought relief plan, headed to the governor's desk for his signature. mean while, a new front is poised to thr

tomorrow, in boca, the ceo of coke will be speaking there as well and the green mountain coffee roaster. >> we are higher in techsn the revelation of the head of m&a for apple did meet with tesla and elon musk in spring of last year. so, this was some time ago. it has put tesla higher on what, of course, has been a phenomenal run year to date up 35% in just 2014. nobody really suggesting that apple would buy tesla but clearly there is some sort of connection, some sort of potential relationship there. >> enough to get traders excited. >> it would be up more than 3% were they were buying it. >> some analyst coverage today, they say the brand equity remains inact on lululemon even though they admit it's one of the more controversial stocks in all of retail in oppenheimer's moves. >> i think what they are saying is that sportswear is still a growth industry. still looking at growth of 7% a year and lulu only has 2% of that overall, so it's a premium brand in markets but is growing. a good entry point. they are warning that maybe now might be too soon for the longer term. the price target is 63. >> 63, yeah. have you

tech, futuristic buildings that are producing, they might very well say yes. and one of our main work, this is the main reason for that, to get young people interested in becoming farmers. normal green a specialist, it is much less expensive to build a normal greenhouse. on the other hand, to run a normal greenhouse is much more expensive than to run one of hours. ,he lifecycle of one of hours real estate where you can grow food at the same time. the greenhouse -- you build them, you take them away after 20 and at the most 30 years, but then you build a new one. we are rationalizing an old industry and making it like a .econd-generation rain house -- greenhouse. when you do things like this, when you industrialize an old system, you have higher investment and lower costs at the end. is about fiveme years on the whole building. the business case for this is really really good. you also have to remember that the cost of a tomato -- if you buy a tomato at the grocery is cost oft 60% transportation in the store selling the tomato. we have taken all the way. -- all that away. it has much less costs at the end for our sales. >> meeting tomorrow's food needs beyond cities. rainfall pattern

then he spotted fbi techs returning from their search and so he went out to the home to snip fibers for himself. >> saw all the green carpet. >> did you feel, this is it? >> you know, i really didn't. >> because it was a middle class home. a young man living with his parents. but peterson thought -- >> i'm going to run this back to the lab and just look. i started with the green carpet. once i put that sample under the microscope, i mean, i knew instantly that that was it. >> you knew that they had the killer? >> i knew that was it. and i -- you know, i had made hundreds and hundreds of comparisons to carpeting in various suspects' environments before and nothing was even close. until that night. >> did you stand up from your microscope and scream, hallelujah, we've caught the guy? >> i really did just want to say, oh, my god! >> still, wayne williams was allowed to go home that night. >> and make a couple of other errands so i was in the area. >> in the morning wayne williams called in reporters and tv crews who agreed not to show his face. >> he asked what was dropped in the river? nothing. >> he acknowledged he f

green. honestly. >> we've got to move on. >> that's for tomorrow. you have to wait for tomorrow. >> okay. >> class dismissed. >>> google, the giant tech company, is readyo take on states. and the state is trying to limit how drivers use their product, that fabulously fancy this mansy google glass. you know those headsets? you think they're safe if you're driving? well, lobbying the lawmakers, will it work for google? i've got to explain this. and you may think differently about google after this or be behind the company. legal panel is next. hey guys! sorry we're late. did you run into traffic? no, just had to stop by the house to grab a few things. you stopped by the house? uh-huh. yea. alright, whenever you get your stuff, run upstairs, get cleaned up for dinner. you leave the house in good shape? yea. yea, of course. ♪ [ sportscaster talking on tv ] last-second field go-- yea, sure ya did. [ male announcer ] introducing at&t digital life. personalized home security and automation. get professionally monitored security for just $29.99 a month. with limited availability in select markets. ♪ [ car alarm chirps ] ♪ [ male announcer ] we don't just certi

green could mean on the radar coming up later on, you guys. >> thank you, jeff. >>> up next, the newest travel perk for a select group of tech workers. >> and last night the white house, today the bay area. why france's president paid a visit here today and we'll tell you about his high-profile lunch. [ sports announcer ] here's another one, alyson dudek. hales corners, wisconsin. nice pass by alyson dudek. can she hang on to that spot? and she does! [ male announcer ] with the u-verse wireless receiver, your tv goes where you take it, allowing inspiration to follow. ♪ [ dad ] looks pretty good, right? [ girl ] yeah. [ male announcer ] switch to u-verse and add a wireless receiver today. ♪ >>> first it was google, now facebook is using a ferry to bring employees to work. the charter boat can fit 30 and has wi-fi, coffee and snacks. the workers can catch the boat near at&t park and ride a short ride to the campus. facebook is trying to ferry the service out for three months. goggle stopped after a trial period, no word on when and if it will be restarted rc. >>> the president of france made a quick sweep. president francois hollande made the

tech names like apple, microsoft, google. biotech, gilead and biogen leading the gate today having the most positive on the index. tesla, greenffee, baidu, all higher on the day. talking about two movers getting buzz today. just take a look at blackberry stock. up 5% after an upgrade from under her perfoperform. they have r. seeing limited downgrade to the stock but it did give kudos to management team and dan loeb, staking a small stake in the conn company. wanting to finish up on lulu. getting a buzz after upgraded by oppenheimer. look, oppenheimer says this is a controversial stock. a lot of we have been seeing has been self inflicted but they do like the brand equity and they do think that it is now a good entry point. scott? >> sheila, thanks. guys, quickly. this nasdaq move can't be overlooked or understated. when you have the other major averages fighting to try and get back to flat or positive for the year, you went the nasdaq up 1 1/2%. it's not even better than that. steph, is technology really going to be the place to be in 2014? is that going rule the day? >> i think it is. especially because valuations are not ex

tech guy from those ranks. i suspect he'll learn sales technique quicker. >> he has to. >> number two, soda wars. coca-cola buys a state in greenmoving in soda streams at-home beverages. who wins and loses in the latest soda -- >> only reason he had a job, people were who lazy to get up and change the record themselves. many more ways to listen to music today, but people still listen to the radio. people are still going to want to go buy a can of coke, i think. >> i think so, too. what's the whole point, in my book, of getting this newfangled contraption? i'm trying to get my kids to drink less of that stuff and drink more water, and, or, you know, perrier or something like that, without the flavoring and without the sugar. >> looks like a lot of work, dom. >> here's the thing. the best business america arguably in the world throughout history have been the ones able to adapt to changing environments both in the marketplace and in the economy overall. with coca-cola, pepsico, all of these companies, soda it stream, green mountain, this is the next evolution, if you will. somehow they'll find a way to make money. >> the only way

green there. trust us, there are at least three winners in today's trading session. there you go. there are nasdaq winners in terms of percentage movers. ocean techp 76%. >> by the way, in case you're wondering, the nasdaq is now only 1.4% away from its all time highs. the s&p, 1.8% from its all time high. one more rally day, we could be close to all time highs. the dow took a bigger hit during the pull-back recently. it's still 3.6% away. still, you wonder, is this -- was that it? was what we saw at the beginning of the year the only correction we will see for the year, or at least the foreseeable future? we'll follow that coming up on "closing bell." >> see you then at 3:00 p.m. that's it for "power lunch." "street signs" begins now. >>> what a difference a month and a fed chair makes. stocks are on fire. janet yellen lets doves fly. the dow up triple digits. we are now up more than 3% in one week. gold is higher and mandy, the nasdaq did something kind of amazing today. >> yeah, kind of amazing. with today's gain the nasdaq is now positive for the year. the s&p for its part is now only about 1.8% below its all time high and back above 1800 as

green bay ahead of schedule and on budget. [applause] with us are dean schmitz, matthew gehrman, brian firari and travis schreiner from zenith tech, and scott nachreiner and joseph quist from lunda. we are also joined by some of our hard-working folks from department of transportation; will dorsey, robert arndorfer, dale weber, randy asman, tom buchholz, and brian roper. thank you all for your hard work [applause] thank you all for your hard work and thank you to secretary mark gottlieb for your leadership in completing this project so quickly. [applause] good roads and bridges and freight rail and ports and transit and airports are important to more than just construction workers, they are vital to a thriving economy. [applause] all sorts of industries rely on a strong transportation system: manufacturers, farmers, miners, loggers, retailers, and many others. overall, this is just a summary of all of the good work we are doing to improve the economy and to strengthen our fiscal standing. tonight, i thank our partners in the private sector, as well as my staff, our cabinet, and our state employees for their hard work over the pas

green arrows across the board. the dow jones industrials up. almost a half of 1%. just like the tech heavy nasdaq.he s&p is getting -- walmart with some tough numbers out. back to you. dagen: what's app. that is how you are supposed to say it. connell: some mixed reviews from the analysts. >> $19 billion is what facebook is paying for what app. according to early investors -- what's app adds 1 million users every single day. the stock is actually down 2.2%. they see a higher costs and delivering engagement. they're taking a more positive stance. the strategic rationale is sound. here is something i loved researching. he tweets hear all about it. it is amazing how things change. >> it is. tac is something a lot of people are talking about. we bring michael bloch in. good to see you. what is your first reaction? >> my first thought is i am not a what's app user. i do see that there could be merits here. you are right. sometimes we are out of it on these types of things. >> it is a lot of money. it is money that they do have. they have time warner and aol merging. connell: remember that big news conf

we had jeff green who's a billionaire investor, he flat out said i am shorting this thing because he had gotten shares very early. >> the smart money that i talk to is short many of these techot of the real smart money got in very, very early, and this answers your point. a lot of the top executives already cashed out somewhat in these earlier offerings, and so to finish my previous point, if the employees are looking at the same sentiment that other people are looking at, there isn't this ball of secret information that we're waiting to unlock with the unlocking of the shares, so you really have to look at the overall momentum around that date to predict what'll happen. liz: let me show you who has big chunks of shares here and who may very well cash out may 6th, and some include names like, for example, jp morgan. there's a management company, spark capital. spark has 32 million shares, the other has 85 million. jpmorgan has 48 million. at some point they want to give back, they want to get back what they put in and make sure that they see a really strong return. and is it fair to compare to facebook here? >> a bit, but i don't think you can take that comparison a little

tech and telecom companies. intel was named number one. 100 percent of intel's power usage comes from green sources.gh, based on any combination of three options; renewable energier certificates, on-site operations and ask utility products. rounding out the top four, microsoft, google and apple. love this story, for all dog lovers out there, check out this new gizmo. the i see pooch allows you to talk to your four-legged friend while you are away from home. you can even give them a treat. you set up the app for your smartphone or tablet to the i see pooch device and, presto, facetime with fido. the company has launched a kick starter campaign that went live today, it is looking for $20,000 to go from prototype to production. it's day one, and they have already raised over $3500, and we should note that the inventer is 14-year-old brooke martin. looking forward to this, because she's going to be joining us on february the 17th, so we look forward to having brooke here in the studio. great story, tracy. tracy: i love that story. ashley: yep. tracy: i've got to get my kids to invent an app. [laughter]

green on the screen today. >> a mixed day. market leaders like financials recently and tech have been on the downside today.nsitive stock. more defensive names. look here. there's your leaders. telecom, utility consumer staples. financials sort of lagging again here. bank stocks have had a tough time. citigroup having a tough time all throughout this year. technology also lagging. that's been doing pretty well overall. we've been trying to figure out the eskffects of the weather. i want to talk about cons. cons is a retailer that operate in the south. think of pc richards for the south. electronics. this is not a typo. down 31% today p you they came out and unexpectedly cut -- put a full screen. cut their fourth quarter guidance and cut the full year next year guidance overall. they cited two reasons for why they decided to cut it. higher delyenk quincys around te loan. they also decided lower than expected sales growth. the thing that's interesting is they're in the south. the impact of weather is going to be relatively minimal. they did say there might have been some impact on their ability to repay the l

tech contributing to the out performance in the nasdaq. we're seeing google and amazon shares higher today. biotech, you got to take a look at biogen, aelectionion in the greeng that facebook is undervalued. now, with that said, take a look at the s&p tech index. you will see it's up on the year. guess what, apple not contributing to this year's gains. very similar story to what we saw last year. in fact, morgan stanley writing that when it comes to apple, sentiment is negative as most funds are questioning apple's ability to grow revenue long term. back to you. >> thank you, seema. >>> let's bring in simon hobbs as we count you down to the close in the uk and continental europe. >> take a look at this chart. what stands out? greece stands out. right at the bottom. 3% gain on greece. one of the best performing stock markets this year. up 12% this year when we're flat in this country. in the meantime, overall, across europe is pulling back from the six-year highs. it's notable a lot of utilities are lower and the uk house builders are also in negative territory. boy, what a run. the uk house builders have had. for example, up 75% during the course of the last

green for the year. the dow has 420-ish points to make up before break even. the nasdaq is doing well. >> techt are trading at a one-year high. >> we'll see how it all shakes out. >>> empire state is just out. rick santelli is at the cme group. steve liesman is here on set to talk frozenomics. rick, do you see the numbers? >> yes, i do. 4.48 is the number from a nonrevised 12.51. that was january, this is february. and how does this number stack up? well, 4.48, you know, it kind of fits into the range and 12.5, one was on the high side of it our last look. as we come in, we can see this number is putting more downward pressure on interest rates. so instead of kind of looking at 2.75, we're looking at 271 on our way to 270. the dollar is stronger against the yen. lately that means carry risk-on trade. that has been in a funk on the correlation of the last several days. we'll have to wait and see if the fixed income markets were any indication, i would think it's going to be an on-pressure equity day. that's my opinion. >> i want to know if a number like this will take into account weather, to w

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