gregg greenberg is a reporter at thestreet.com. gregg, is the search for yield over, in other words the time to dump dividend stocks if the economy is pick up steam? >> absolutely not. from the fund managers that have been coming to speak with me, the search for yield is still on. and it's going to be on as long as treas year-- treasury yields relane low. we heard from the fed just last week we going to keep rates low for the foreseeable future, so as long as that is the case, people want yields. >> tom: so the hunt to get paid while you wait still is out there and among them, fund managerless highlighting stocks, include intel here. yielding over 3%. and close to a 52-week high. what is kept exed from intel? >> well, that's pretty surprising for a tech company. but intel has been on a tremendous run over the past few months. i think it's up over 40% since september. it's yield --.1%. it's really become unmoored it was stuck at 20 dollars a share for a long time but now it is around 27 dollars a share. and a lot of people say that

. >> >> set greenberg and virginia tech hosting clemson. watch marquis, soaring one handed putback. he also fouled. that's a three-point play. the hokies hold on to defeat clemson. they improve to 2-6 in acc play. >> it's time for a quick break. coming up, the great eight make their way to the lineup. stay with us.  >>> welcome back. the odds were stacked against the odds. they hosted the number one team in the pacific division. the l.a. clippers. a team that has gotten the best of them the last five times they met. of course, blake griffin was in town, right? first quarter, mo williams to griffin for the one hander. l.a. was up early, 21-12. let's stay in the first quarter. wanting to get involved in this jam session. he drives in for one of his two baskets. final seconds of the first half, remember this guy? the former wiz sadr, butler dialing long distance, his three falls at the buzzer. he is 13 points. at the break. second half we go. how about more from mo williams and more from griffin. the dunk, he has a game high 21 points. the wizards get crushed. a six s

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for that, we go to herb greenberg who's getting ready for his 2:00 p.m. signs" beatdown that i'm going to give him on jcpenney. >> you think so, do you? >> i know so. >> don't even go there. >> what are you watching on the twitterosphere? >> i'm watching interestingly enough sodastream. sodastream's been one of those names -- >> shocker. >> no, this is why. yesterday we had michelle caruso-cabrera on our show, "street signs," talking about -- >> mandy's midday market show, herb, you know that. >> that's right. michelle was there, was at the sodastream headquarters. she was at the plant. he was talking sodastream. i'm neither bull nor bear on this thing. but i went and looked at the stock. the stock's just flying. it was up like 7% the past two days or so. it was up big yesterday. i was thinking to myself, why? there is no news. the only news out there is the company is going to report earnings next week. we all know it was probably a pretty good christmas. but i started then thinking about another name that's been chatted about a lot, which is deckers. i

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coach greenberg loving it. to hokeys win it 74-73 in major time. in foggy bottom, st.omes out strong. langua langston galloway up for three. part of a 19-2 joes run. hawks up 22-20 at the break. tony taylor to david pellam, with two points in the game. colonials within six. and drive, pull-up jumper, smooth, brings g.w. within four. here we go, but on the ensuing st. joe's possession, they strike right back, carl jones, nails the three-pointer. st. joes goes on to win it 73-66. in fairfax, on bracket bust you are saturday, george mason defeats lamar university 75-71. ryan pearson went for 17 points and 10 rebounds. the patriots improve their record to 23 and 6. hometown hockey, truth is we won't be seeing the hometown team play until next friday. last night they started a four-game road trip. final minute of the first period, no score, steven weis, to thomas priority to that he had shut out the panthers twice in two starts. third period, still 1-0 panthers. alex ovechkin the rock star, his 24th of the season, game tied at 1. later in the third, still tied at 1, alexand

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no seth greenberg, come on. can't believe it. weer. >> going to overtime.eth curry drives open lane to the bucket. he had 19. and his dad is loving it. duke goes on to win 70-65. hokies drop to 4-10 in the acc. big game in charlottesville, virginia. seconds remaining in the first half. lets it fly from deep. beats the buzzer. cavaliers up 30-26 at the half. tyler zeller, big man, drives, dunks. >> american beats lafayette, 76-59. >> thank you. that is our news for tonight. "saturday night live" is coming up next. up ne[ male announcer ] with citibank, it's easy for jay to deposit checks from anywhere. easier than actually going to the bank. mobile check deposit. easier banking. standard at citibank. [ male announcer ] from our nation's networks... ♪ ...to our city streets... ♪ ...to skies around the world... ♪ ...northrop grumman's security solutions are invisibly at work, protecting people's lives... [ soldier ] move out! [ male announcer ] ...without their even knowing it. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. >> woman: don't forget the yard

more now from cnbc's own jon fortt and herb greenberg who counts 920,000 followers on his g-plus aloneue? >> it's true. maria's ahead of me. she's at 1 million. and cramer's at 1,000 behind me. here's what's interesting. 920,000, i have 12,000 on facebook and i have 25,000 on twitter. when you get to the issue of -- bang for the buck, the type of reaction i get when i post something on twitter and facebook is actually considerably much more and much higher quality comments than i'm getting on google plus. i think one of the reasons for this is because google plus is still used a lot by people who really like technology, financials news isn't on there. i hear from a reader who posts on facebook today, says, technically, i'm one of your followers on google plus, but i rarely ever check it. the gravitational pull to facebook is still stronger. therein lies what these numbers show. >> jon fortt, is google plus a club that they've just let everybody into but nobody wants to be a member of? >> yeah, they sort of let people in blindfolded sometimes. sometimes people end up signing up for goog

>> you're used to it, herb, the greenberg effect. herb see you at 2:00.eekend. >> take care guys. >>> times are changing and so are toys. next week the world's top toymaker mattel will unveil out his company is using technology to entertain your toddlers, we'll have your first and exclusive look at what's in store. we welcome bryan stockton, c eo of mattel. thank you for being on the show. ? thank you for having me. >> we have some of the latest items on the set, a hot wheels toy and then i can't tell exactly what this toy is in front of me. let me just get, i guess your reaction to what's happening right now in the overall marketplace for your business. certainly the stock has done quite well, as has hasbro's. >> we feel very good about the condition of the toy business right now. we had a very good year as an industry last year, despite a lot of pressure from the economies. overall the toy industry was roughly flat but we feel good about that because the industry is about 5% larger than it was before the economic crisis, despite the fact that commodity

herb greenberg and david faber reporting on this now. herb, what's your take? >> my take is that the criticism of this deal from community pharmacies and other chains has been something that has been in the works, but we don't know based on this. remember, this is from reuters report, right, david? that's the key thing at this point. >> having a very significant influence on that stock particularly that of medco. express not down that much. but they're citing a source closely watching the situation. i've been in the business a long time and i've done a lot of different atrixs, but there's a lot of different fear out there right now. omni care went down in a similar industry. that's exacerbating fears, introduce a story like this ech with that weak atrix, you don't know who that source is. >> potentially how much of a win is this for walgreens? >> if the deal would be opposed by the ftc, it would be a benefit potentially to walgreens. there's a lot here. we'll know a lot more in the weeks and months to come. if we see if there's ftc action, gets back, herb, basi

coach seth greenberg loving it. overtime. >>> bracket buster saturday. george mason in traveling from beaumont texas to play the patriots, the lamarr university cardinals. george mason and lamarr meeting for just the second time ever. to fairfax, home of one of the best pep bands ever. the george mason green machine. let's go to the second half. ryan pearson, inside. hits the turnaround jumper. the senior went for a game-high 17 points, ten rebounds. patriots up by ten. lamarr rallies. under four minutes to go. pearson's pass picked off by mike james. throws it down. caps off a 17-6 cardinals run. lamarr takes a one-point lead. george mason responds. bryan allen with the jumper. george mason wins. >>> to washington. the colonials taking on st. joes. second half, g.w. down by eight. tony taylor throws it up to david pell ham. this is nice. alley-oop. pellham finished with 12 points. under two minutes to go. four-point game until this. st. joe's breaking down the zone defense. carl jones for three. buries it. st. joe'

marcia greenberger is co-president of the national women's law center in washington.he supports the new federal rule. >> it's essential for women's health and for the health of their children and ultimately the health of their whole family. and that's why the institute of medicine, all of the scientists and medical experts, said that contraception is an essential health benefit that should be available without co-pays, without deductibles. >> reporter: but the scope of the new regulation raises complex legal and moral questions. john garvey is the president of the catholic university of america in washington. >> it is not about whether the health care law to provide for or even insist on coverage of contraceptive care for women. it is about whether every institution that provides a health care plan ought to be obliged to pay for that even if they have religious objections to it. >> reporter: garvey is also a legal scholar who focuses on constitutional law. he teaches a class weekly at the university and believes it doesn't matter that the students they serve are not a

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on the veterans building in greenberg, we wanted to not disturb any historic fabric to add the ada ramp. but it did not look like a modern, contrasting ramp. it had to blend with the historic building, so it did. on third street, wheat maintained -- we maintained -- president miguel: thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is rose hilson. please support architectural heritage and hpc's stance on this legislation. thank you. president miguel: thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am not an architecture. -- an architect. i am not a developer. i use tim as my expert. if he is for it, i am against it. i think we should leave this to the experts. that means san francisco heritage and the hpc commission. some of the points that i am concerned about is the outreach process. i think in san francisco, where many of the homeowners do not speak english, or may not read proficient fleet -- that is a major problem. also, that affects renters. i think the bar is a little bit too high in that regard. i know in the past there have been many important ordinances and changes with re

he's greenberg, he's cramer.ou came out in our segment we talked about cheesecake and lumber liquidators, my question to you during the commercial break that viewers couldn't hear, if we get the $5 gas, is it very different than $5 gallon gas two years ago given the change in the overall economy? >> yes. >> are we making too much of it? >> i never want to make too much of it because i paid $82 in one saturday and it's in my mind i pay $82 because i handed the guy $75. >> are you driving a school bus? >> it's a 2006 lexus, you know -- >> $82? >> yeah. i just driven down from boston. i was paying $4.25 in connecticut. but here's what always confuses me. i keep waiting at the $4 last time we had clarence otis, terrific ceo, say on his call that this is the level where it hurts red lobster thrks , this s where it hurts olive garden. it's almost as if it's not as shocking as people think it is. >> or is it just that it's crept up on them right now and they haven't seen it yet? >> i'm going to break every single rule.

. >>> seth greenberg and virginia tech hoping to rebound from a heartbreaking loss in georgia tech. mfon udofia throws up a prayer and it is answered. timeout. the three at the buzzer is good. hokies age georgia tech 74-73 in o t. hokies are now 4-8 in a.c.c. play. >>> it was a homecoming game at fogy bottom. jorge washington hosting st. joseph's. gw led by 19. gw off and running. taylor to robert pellum in the alley oop. the colonials cut the deficit to four points. the hawks would add insurance. despite a big rally, gw falls at home to st. joe's, 73-66. george mason defeats lamar 75- 71 in a bracket buster matchup. >>> 10th ranked georgetown will be tipping things out at the top of the hour in providence. the top four teams earn a double bye into the quarter finals of the big east tournament in three weeks. but as j. t. iii will tell you, they are taking games one at a time. you look at the big picture, you get consumed. we take care of with a we can. >> a bye or double bye would be really good for our team or any team but i couldn't think we're -- we are not playing these games r

the judge in the case calling that a callous indifference for human life and that judge robert greenberg ordered release of the videos today only by requests from the media. brittany norwood was sentenced to life in prison without the possible of parole. >>> a virginia man is suing a loudon county sheriff's deputy. this was taken at a shopping has if a in november of '09 as the sheriff's deputy responded to an incident. carlos garcia claims he was hit in the head while his hands were in the air, knocked unconscious and suffered a brain injury. the deputy is not commenting on the case. >>> the latest on the story you see right there, the stunning death of whitney houston. her body arrived in her native new jersey for her funeral later this week. it could take weeks until we find out the cause of her death. the autopsy was completed yesterday. a coroner's official said some prescription medications were found in the beverly hilton hotel room where houston died but not in large quantities. meantime we're getting more insight on houston's death from a local man whether or not gave her one of

as judge greenberg said, she thought she was in control. she thought she was calling the shots.or several days, she was, but that was not the case. >> they knew where i lived. they know where i live. >> reporter: two days later after the first interview, brittany was back at police headquarters. >> they said if i was to pass anyone and open my mouth, i could consider myself dead. >> reporter: norwood said the killers had made her leave the store and move jayna murray's car. police had found her blood in jayna's car. >> the whole point of this is trying to come to a successful conclusion. >> reporter: detective jim drury at this point knows some of the forensic evidence isn't matching up with her story. people would probably ask, well, why didn't you just keep going and not go back, you know. >> because i was scared for my life. >> if you were in the car and drive ago with a -- >> i knew they knew where i lived. >> reporter: later that day, nor wad was arrested and charged with jayna murray's murder. we are now see for the first time the actions of two apple store employees who s

. >> and seth is greenberg and virginia tech hosting clemson. midway through the 1st. er doian finney smith, miss thisfully pointer, but rankin the soaring one handed touch put back. they are 2-6 in a.c.c. play. >>> lots of good hoops today. the wizards and clippers later tonight. >> that does it for us at 6. we're back tonight at 10 and for the news edge at 11. >> hope you will be, too. bye bye   

travel editor peter greenberg is here to reveal five things your hotel doesn't want you to know. no. every hotel say you can get the best rates online. that is absolutely not true. because all the inventory isn't online. if you call the 800 number, that's even worse because you get a clearinghouse and give you a rate they can't negotiate. you need to call the hotel directly. never ask for reservations because they'll reroute you back to the 8 hundred number. >> peter, when you call information and ask for a hotel number, you get that 800 number and you say you want the local number. how do you get it? >> you get that one online and what a concept a conversation with a human being. ask to speak to the manager on duty or the director of sales. they'll know if the johnson wedding canceled and they have 60 rooms to dpum p. that will not show up on the reservations number. >> i've never heard of this phrase. out of order rooms. >> there are a lot of out of order rooms in every hotel. what it means it maybe the lampshade is broken or the head board is not fasen the properly. we don't w

here with how to find the best deals, cbs news travel editor peter greenberg. >> good morning, marriedthe valentine's day weekend what do they do? >> let's start with a warning. love does mean saying you're sorry if you don't book spell gently. there are so many stunts, it's overpriced. byo. get your own champagne, chocolates, make your own package. there are some deals. one in austin, texas. the barton creek resort and spa. $214. includes accommodations, breakfast in bed. and the cool part, a romance consequen concegiere, sounds hooky, but it sounds great. >> a lot of guys would love to sign up. >> no, a lot of women. president's day, around the corner. what are the deals? >> find them in las vegas, new jersey. harrah's, $157 per night and they throw in a show. do the math. a lot of shows very expensive. a great way to get away. a lot of excess capacity in las vegas, including new jersey, borgatta resort. great deals. >> excess capacity, because of the "costa concordia, " the terrible cruise ship disaster, deals to be had on cruise ships. >> there would have been deals anyway, such ex

peter greenberg appears to reveal all of them. we love these five things segment. off a plane at will. >> it's in their contract. if you don't dress properly, let's get you a definition of that. or you smell they can throw you off the plane. it's actually written in their contract about offensive bodily odor and dress code. what's the dress code. every airline enforces it differently. you come along with flipflops they let you on a plane. >> you had to dress up for the airlines. that's no longer the case. the big thing is turning off your electronic devices. does it or does it not interfere? >> that's number two. it does not. the reason i know this is because the faa has done this for years, research tells you that none of the electronic devices affects any of the a on ix in the dock pot but the faa allowed them to use ipads at distances of three feet from the equipment. having said that, the rules are still the rules. alec baldwin, notwithstanding, if they tell you to turn it off, turn it off. >> you don't want to be the one to test that either. >> you shouldn't b

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cbs news travel editor peter greenberg is with us.w do we go through this process to go through the security faster sm. >> well, they've been testing this over the last couple of months. about seven u.s. airports, miami, dallas, los angeles. they screened about 336,000 passengers. what it does, if you're eligible for this, it allows you to go through the program without having to remove your shoes, your belt, your coat, take out your laptop. it saves a lot of time. in the process, of course, you're moving the lines much faster. they're expanding it to 28 airports around the united states. what you do is you go to the tsa website, you register there. you submit your background information and then they'll give you an identification number which you will then use when you make your reservation. there's no guarantee once you do that you're even eligible. you won't find out until you get to the airport. show your boarding pass to the tsa agent who will scan the bar code and if you are, then you go to a separate distinct line and all those

cbs news travel editor peter greenberg is here with five things your hotel doesn't want you to know.of ten times not even close to the truth. >> one out of five. mo rocca misses his grandmother's ravioli and he wants to meet your grandmother too. we'll tell you why. >> the simpsons celebrating it's 500th episode this week. you'll meet one of our favorite all-time guests. president obama is scheduled to fly out of the san francisco >>> good morning. it's 7:56. i'm grace lee. >>> president obama is scheduled to fly out of san francisco airport in an hour. the heavy security will cause traffic backups in the area for a while. so watch out, plan ahead. president has been in the bay area attending fundraising events. his departure will be streamed live on our website, cbssf.com. >>> bart plans to run limited overnight rail service this weekend because those westbound lanes on the bay bridge will be closed. the upper deck of the bridge is set to close at 8:00 tonight and they plan to reopen on tuesday morning. >>> we'll have your traffic and weather coming right up. the early show continue

psychotherapist gary greenberg is the author?are two problems, clinic trials show that antidepressants are only moderately effective with depression. what that means is they don't necessarily do better than placebos do in treating depression. >> john: you had the experience? >> i had experience being treated with a placebo or drug not knowing which. i had the experience according to the studies getting better, getting better. >> john: tests said you were doing better? >> he was convinced i was on the antidepressant and indeed i was on placebo so i'm walking evidence that the placebo effect is real and has an effect particularly on the thing we called depression. >> john: but the placebo effect is powerful. that works for lots of problems. my understanding is depression from any people it's kind of chemical imbalance and 250 million prescriptions are written for these things, i assume there is proof to that. >>> there is a little proof for chemical imbalance and nobody knows what chemicals are i am balanced. the idea of chemical i

for now we go to herb greenberg, who's always plugged into the chatter here now that twitter is here.mond? i'm surprised you're not with telling us why jeremy lin isn't overvalued or something. >> here's the deal with dimon. i was on last week with steve weiss. >> bad memory, but go ahead. >> you own the stock for what is probably a day. i said at the time. what happens in they walk away and roider had a story that said when the contracts are up, possibly many are telling reuters they want to leave. what's what you're hearing from the inside. that's a factor. you have to put that in place with everything else going on with this company. >> weiss put everything into play and bought the stock. >> 10% overnight is a good way to go. >> that's 400 million of a billion in revenue. with the market cap trading beloaned 600 million, i'm not pay -- >> then why don't you own it? you're making a strong case for owning the stock for more than -- >> i'd love to answer you. here's the answer. because they don't have enough transparency on the accounting. i'm not saying the accounting is flawed. i'm

we go to herb greenberg, who's always plugged in, and now the twitter sphere. >> on twitter i tried to you when i get a chance. you are a prickly type of guy. >> there you go. stock has been very active rising into -- you know, the company really disappointed in the last quarter. here we have this market where you have sort of exemplified for everybody butt the fundamentals. >> it's been the year thus star. and their resurgence. if you enup -- >> it is if you -- here's the deal. if you end -- throughout my career, one thing i have learned is if the stocks don't do well, they fall into a vacuum. >> what do you have, herb? >> sodastream. >> talk about it. >> it's been in the active column. scold, that's like saying usual have a show, because you have a show. and you can see that -- that said, when the company reports on february 29, the christmas for sodastream was probably strong. >> on open table, i'm short some of the puts. i think there's more of a franchise than people expect. >> look at the metrics, if you look at revenue med ricks. >> they're all going in the wrong direction. >> d