acquiring a stake in groupon's south korea based ticket monster business. groupon is reportedly mulling a sale of at least 20% and up to more than half of its stake. >>> switching gears here. what will you be drinking in the future or a few years from now? it's happening as sara eisen tells us. >> cherry, vanilla, strawberry, raspberry. >> reporter: choice, personalization and kus tomization. what does drinkfinty tell us about the consumer in 25 years? >> it tells us a number of things. firstly, consumers are going to look for much more exciting propositions, you know? a long time ago, you had a choice between two koe las. now consumers have a vast choice available to them. >> reporter: you see them in coke freestyle to customize your coke bands or pepsi spire to mix and match combos. that's what alcoholic beverage drinkers want as well. >> the next five to 20 years, i think you see the consumer have a clear role in playing with that beer experience tastes like. >> reporter: at miller corps test lap in chicago, they experiment with profiles and skurps deman

i used groupon for many, many gifts this year. >> this is the best groupon that i found?cy: i got my daughter the little beats speaker thingie. or santa today. santa today. >> you help santa sometimes. tracy: lauren simonetti, thanks so much. >> thank you, tracy. >> family of a jordanian pilot now pleading for his life after he was captured by isis. the 26-year-old's plane was brought down during an air raid. terror fighters are parading the new hostage on social media. what happens now? chris harmer, naval analyst at institute for study of war. he spent two decades serving a combat research-and-rescue pilot. so great to have you here. what happened here? the u.s. saying it was not isis. the plane went down. >> pleasure to be with you. i'm sorry to be with you under these circumstances. you pointed out something critical in our analysis. that was a 26-year-old single-engine aircraft. overwhelmingly the aircraft failed while it happened to be over isis held territory. he ejected and got out alive. unfortunately came down in isis controlled territory and held as a hostage.

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we thought groupon and andrew mason were immune and look what happened there.y need to be careful about their reputation. >> i don't know if we all thought that. that aside, let's talk about what you were had to say. they gave us a statement that says -- as soon as they became aware of the situation they cap did. it.hey capped it sounds like it wasn't only algorithmic. , it hadw the situation been in place for a little while. >> i am not there so it is hard for me as an outsider to comment on what decisions they made and when. it would be nice if they didn't decide after something broke in the news media and they actually recognized that something is happening in sydney that maybe this is not a good time for us to introduce surge pricing. is a technological response appropriate? deciding when to put in search pricing on a human level -- surge pricing on a human level? >> for a while buber had -- for a while uber had a can response it gave to every media outlet. it is not responsible to do that. some human to be interaction, especially in a situation like this.

. -- we thought groupon and andrew mason were immune and look what happened there.ed to be careful about their reputation. >> i don't know if we all thought that. hads talk about what uber to say. they say surge pricing is algorithmic and responded automatically to the large increase in demand. as soon as they became aware of writers gotn, charge -- riders who got charged, we will refund it. >> it sounds like because of kept it ins, they place for a little while at least. >> i'm not there, so it is hard as an outsider to comment on what decisions they made. it would be nice if they didn't decide after something broken the news media and they recognized something is happening in sydney and maybe this is not a good time to institute surge pricing. >> is the technological response appropriate? deciding when to put it on a human level? >> it funny. for a while, when there were had a with drivers, uber canned response they gave to every media outlet which inquired. now i think it is more human eyes but it's not responsible to do that. there needs to be some human interac

groupon had record black friday sales where are they headed. >> they don't have the kind of sponsorship i like. so many other good companies are out there. it is a yawner and not encouraging to me. let's go to mark. >> caller: this is mark in las vegas i do well investing in companies like apple and netflix and southwest and protd i love the most is tivo but i never invested in it. it popped a few days ago on take over rumors possibly by apple or some other company, market cap only $1.3 billion. i know you don't like investing in take over rumors, forward pe of 450 and price 4.26 what do you think. >> you laid out the perimeters why i'm not crazy about it. i don't have a catalyst for tivo. stock hasn't done anything in a long time. i don't know call me crazy stock doesn't seem to have the mojo i want. it's all about the competition. amazon and netflix just aren't able to keep up with it. >>> looking for opportunity in the oil market it's there but you can't buy just anything, coming up the stock i'm willing to invest. >>> first what's working in retail. these could be your perfect stock

shares of groupon trading higher.dman sachs is considering acquiring a stake in groupon's south korea ticket monster business. the deal of the day website is down almost 30% year to date. >> that 6% gain today helping a bit. 'tis the season for returns. considering to new data about 23% of all returns for the year actually take place during the holiday season and a ton of those are coming from online purchases. dom chu live at newport center mall in jersey city. >> here is why the returns are perhaps a story about -- the positive for retailers. returns are going to happen but what it gives bricks and mortar stores ability to do is get traffic into the stores. so they can try to up sell or keep that business within each individual retail outlet and that gives them the chance to keep the business and/or get people to buy more stuff. so traffic a silver lining for return process. now the online story is also interesting because at least this year things seem to be getting better in terms of online traffic. ibm has this w

and groupon chairman and washington capitals owner will join us later on this hour. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the evolution continues. the next generation 2015 escalade. >>> it is new year's eve and uber will have its busiest day of the year. expecting to make 2 million trips in the course of 24 hours. here the guidelines of the best and worst times to avoid the surge pricing or what the company calls dynamic pricing. expecting highest demand and fares between 12:30 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. you can see the peak of that mountain right there. suggested maybe book right when the ball drops to get the lowest price. >> when no one is looking. we'll see how that is tonight. europe is going to close in about 5 minutes. simon hobbs here wrapping up the year as well as the day. >> the final trades actually for most of europe. a lot of europe wasn't open today. it was a half day in most of the major markets today. so how are we looking now as we complete the year in europe against what's happened in this country? it is a stark underperformance. december was rough for european markets and they didn't recover as you have re

groupon offered nfl sweaters. $60 each. already sold out its entire stock, dave.s, a soxson, and target -- amazon and target are very popular. >>> time is 5:57. we're back on storm watch for you this morning. we have crews all over the bay area. we are seeing things like this. we are tracking a very wet and windy commute. >> the storm is causing major flooding. we'll have live coverage from one of the bay areas trouble spots. >> we're still looking at a commute where traffic will be busy. this is highway 24 looking up to the tunnel. you will see standing water. >> rain totals are just coming in incredibly fast. we have a couple updates here. start a revolution a revolution in coffee quality with the finest nespresso coffee blends. a revolution in technology with unique centrifusion. a revolution in taste with a naturally formed crema on both coffee and espresso. nespresso vertuoline. experience the revolution of coffee.

groupon shlg pandora, linkedin seeing some love. >> microsoft having a nice pop today.better than 8% still today. >> linkedin of course moving on the back of a wells fargo upgrade. outperform is where they initiated coverage. good international growth especially in china but early in the space risk is on. >> yes. of course the following the fed day, can't forget too it is an expiration week. and if cashin were here he would say december expiration tend to be one of the more favorable for the bulls. let's get to scott wapner and the half. ♪ >>> welcome to the halftime show. let's meet the starting lineup. stephanie link, josh brown, jon najarian, and robert sechan is with us from ubs, private wealth management. and a baron's top 100 financial advisers and ben willis is on the floor of the new york stock exchange today.

he had a similar e-mail advantage with a sushi restaurant over a dispute with his groupon.just have one thing to tell the professor. >> you know something? no soup for you! >> no soup, and no sushi. tonight the professor gets an old-school f. >>> and finally, republican senator tom coburn, he gave a powerful farewell address to the senate this week. >> to those of you through the years who i have offended, i truly apologize. >> we see ourselves today with a president that we need to be supporting and praying for. thank you to each of you for the privilege of having been able to work for a better country for us all. i yield the floor. [ applause ] >> senator coburn's colleagues gave him a standing ovation. tonight he gets a c, but it's not what you think. it's c for classy. with all the hostility here in washington, it's refreshing to hear a republican with kind words about the president. thank you for your service, senator. we wish you well. and thanks to all my students tonight. class dismissed. that's tonight's edition of reverend al's weekly report card. [ inhales deeply

we see groupon on the screen. with any that came out $25 billion private valuation.ss than out half that. they were trying to milk this world of young journalists and blogs wanting the big scoop. it led to a big ipo and that the --iders of that company companies selling insider shares before the deal ever went out as an ipo, enriching themselves and the companies. i wonder what we will see what xiaomish -- the valuation this week is surprising. they raised $1 billion at a $45 putting it inion, an amazing and unique world. that is how much people are chasing the yield curve. a place where individual investors who got money are at great risk. >> why is it ok for cory johnson wear no no tie -- to tie? >> this is not the beach. get yourself a tie. cory johnson, you have a merry christmas. we spent months talking about russia, ukraine, syria and iraq. we want to tell you about a global hotspot you may have missed. libya. stay with us here on "market makers." ♪ >> it was nearly four years ago that the us-led coalition overthrew muammar gaddafi's government in libya. of the

in where mobile phones have been around in asia and smartphones around much longer, companies like grouponr alibaba are looking at mobile rates of 50% of revenue coming from mobile phones. david: one of the things they do going to mobile they bypass google. when you sit at your desk you go into google. if you're in mobile you don't have time. you go right to amazon or whatever, alibaba, whatever it is. what does that do to google? >> it is eating directly into google's primary ad stream. so take for example, q3 or most recently in october and november stats. about 39% of shopping searches actually started on amazon. that is eating really directly into google's ad stream revenues. before that 39% used to be occurring on google.com. cheryl: all right, eric, let's talk about health care because, this is interesting, we've been going through all the cyberattack stories with regards to sony. health care records are actually more profitable if you're a hacker than a credit card. but health care overall, this is where we're going. everything is going into the cloud. is that a story, do you think,

look, it's the biggest, this and groupon are the biggest underperformers in the internet sector at large cap for the full year. and amazon, i think the market had patience for three years. 11, 12 and 13 and lost it this year. for understandable reasons. i was one of those who thought we would see the investment turn positive this year. and i think it will turn positive next year. we'll start seeing a stabilization in margins. that's one of the unknowables hard to tell. if they don't stabilize margins and don't see the reacceleration, it won't work. i stick with my point earlier, 300 is the back of the truck price for us on amazon. >> it's steve grasso. i hear you and totally agree with you. we've seen this huge amount of investment within the firm. and now, don't you think it's going to look like they're pulling a 180 here? and if they stop and skid, you know, it's sort of -- there's no place for them to go here. i'm a huge fan of amazon, but can they do no right now? >> can they do no right now? so the market sentiment is what you just said. they can do no right. people don't expect mar

remember groupon. company everybody said growing in the whole world and three weeks later, they said, it sucks and we hated. -- hate it. this happens very regularly. >> the privacy issue any amount of data they gather. it is not just uber. do you use this tool? tell me about the data. who owns it. who is looking at it? i want to play a little bit of what the founder said about privacy. >> as we have grown, we have added more and more safeguards to those privacy policies internally just in the last few weeks. certain employees are able to see in regards to users information. a good conversation to be having, and one we are open to working with him on. this like companies like need to get more data out? >> personally, as someone who is not too concerned with this i do not attest about my personal data. there have been lots of concerns over facebook and there are a bunch of companies, google, who have extraordinary amounts of data. is scary to have the data out there, but at the end of the day, i think th

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groupon. these are a number of places you're going to find deals. newegg will offer you deals on electronics. and another place to check today is travel. travel deals at this time of year are some of the very best if you book today, you can get 60% off hotels. >> all right. you got our attention. >> 60% off. >> thank you, rebecca. >> thanks, guys. >>> now to the fallout in ferguson. more protests over the weekend as officer darren wilson resigned from the force. this afternoon, the president will examine the issues in a series of white house meetings. abc's alex perez is in ferguson with the latest. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning, george. for the first time since the grand jury decision, skooth schools are back open today. wilson said he stepped down because he feared he would become a target. overnight, st. louis police condemning the actions of the st. louis rams before sunday's game. players raising their hands in the now iconic hands up don't shoot pose, a show of support for the family of michael brown. the st. louis county polic

. >> real quick, does uber have a groupon problem? can anybody pick it up and use it?he network effect, which is already a lot of people are using it. in some countries, other services are emerging. but certainly in the u.s., it's already got a whole system. drivers are making their living -- people have gotten into the business of limo driving because uber has enabled t. >> created a whole new class of employees, i suppose. >> some of the best internet companies create opportunities for whole, huge groups of people. >> michael wolf, our guest host for the hour. despite the headlines, is uber winning? tweet us, @bsurveillance. ♪ >> good morning, everyone. "bloomberg surveillance," negative 13 earlier, but negative nine right now. so yeah, it's a weak market, but better than it was one hour ago. let's get to top headlines. >> a stellar trading debut for lending club as the company's valuation rose to almost $8.5 billion. the shares climbed 56% to close above $23 in new york. according to data compiled by bloomberg, the lender's market value is now higher than all but 13

. >>> groupon sold 40,000 ugly sweaters. >> unbelievable. >> the next one. >> that's a tease. >> when on the ugly sweater beat this morning. >>> next, nestle waters, owns pellegrino, taking advantage of declining soda sells betting big on water. the ceo after the break here on cnbc. here's some news you may find surprising. we're for an open internet for all. we're for creating more innovation and competition. we're for net neutrality protection. now, here's some news you may find even more surprising. we're comcast. the only isp legally bound by full net neutrality rules. >>> there's a new reason to be bullish on bottled water. according to the beverage marketing cooperation bottled water is set to become the number one packaged item in the united states ahead of beer, soda and juice. what will the growth drivers be and cause for concern? joining us exclusively here at post nine, tim brown, chairman and president and ceo of nestle waters north america. we should note that nestle waters controls poland spring, pel grin no, pure life, a lot of the bottled water we know. >> definitely.

groupon has sold more than 40,000 ugly sweaters this season. retailers cash in while they can.erground trend amongst college parties. now it's gotten exposed to the general public, it may last only a year or two more. here are some of the examples of the fanatics. ugly broncos sweater. >> so ugly. >> they run about $60 or so. but they really sold out of the most popular sizes. they couldn't find any smalls for me. so we have mediums and larges here. but this is a miami dolphins for the dolphin hater or lover in your family. >> there's going to be a moment where you can't -- >> perhaps. but they're hottest sellers right now. but they have a limited shelf life. only a couple months every year. >> once. >> i think this plays in. the sweaters you've worn in here i think are ugly. so this sort of would combine with the sweater -- >> exactly how popular are these ugly sweaters because who classifies whether or not a sweater is ugly or not. maybe someone doesn't think this is ugly. >> put a zipper on a couple of those and they're sorkin's. >> i think of randy quaid from "christmas vac

also watch shares of groupon. >>> the rise of online shopping means more for shippers.joins us. you were out somewhere last week and now you're back in studio. where were you? >> i've been all over the place. i tell you i'm about to go back out starting tomorrow as well. >> where you going tomorrow? >> actually tomorrow i'm going to be in berkeley, california. the next day d.c. and then wisconsin. >> get your frequent flier stuff together. >> i'm racking it up. >> no kidding. all right, but anyway, back here in the studio taking a look at the shippers given the surge seen in online sales, they're bracing for another peak season. so this holiday season the nrf expects online sales to grow as much as 11% with more than half of consumers doing at least some of their shopping digitally. while cyber monday is still big, many people are waiting longer to make purchases. that's really important. according to ship matrix, the week of cyber monday has been slowing. you see that here. it's expected to continue this weekend. that's why shippers expect their busiest days to come la

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