department store j.c. penney saw a better-than-expected start to the year. management credits using exclusive merchandise to attract buyers. the stock couldn't attract buyers though. shares fell more than 3%. choppy couple weeks for j-c-p. volume jumped five-fold. despite the drop today, the stock is up 35% compared to a year ago. tomorrow, home depot and walmart release their quarterly results before the opening bell. those shares were split today. after the close tonight, urban outfitters shares rallied 1.5% from this closing number, even though its results were slightly disappointing. now, we saw some volatility among exchange stocks, thanks to the nasdaq and intercontinental exchange dropping their buyout effort for the new york stock exchange. n.y.s.e. stock fell more 12.6%, but its now-former suitor, the intercontinental exchange, rallied more than 3%, and there are renewed rumors it may be interested in the c.b.o.e.-- the chicago board options exchange. its shares jumped more than 2.5%. monday merger news-- flash memory maker sandisk popped 3%. nice m

j.c. penney fell almost 5% as volume more than doubled. lee and wrangler jeans maker v.f. corp., fell more than 4.5% on strong volume. shirt maker philips van-heusen dropped alomst 5% again on heavier than usual volume. the market talk centered around worries about the cost of cotton. cotton futures were flat today and they have been trending lower since early april, but that was only after hitting post-civil war highs this spring. gap's fiscal first-quarter aeropostale inc.'s fiscal first- quarter profit dropped 64% on weak growth in sales and margins as the teen apparel retailer issued a much lower-than- expected forecast for the current quarter. inc. needham cut its stock-investment rating on american eagle to hold in the wake of aeropostale's woes and sharp growth at abercrombie. fellow teen retailer abercrombie & fitch co. also traded lower, gap's fiscal first-quarter profit slid 23% as the casual- apparel retailer posted lower same-store sales across all business segments and a lower gross margin due to cost pressures. foot locker inc.'s fiscal first- quarter profit

we'll also see quarterly results from several retailers including: home depot, j.c. penney, target and wal-mart. monday, beyond the scoreboard looks at the n.b.a. playoffs and the television money winners between disney and time warner. >> susie: it seems many people weren't talking to chuck last month. charles schwab says its clients withdrew half a billion dollars in assets in april. analysts say it's the first month of client asset outflows in ten years. schwab-- the biggest u.s. online brokerage, says customers withdrew the money to pay taxes and that trading activity slowed from a year earlier. market pros watch money flows at schwab and other online brokers because it helps measure investor confidence. >> tom: video game sales saw a double digit increase last month, thanks to the release of several popular titles. total video game spending rose 26% to $503 million, according to the n.p.d. group. despite the strong industry-wide bump, sales of sony's playstation three rose much slower than its main competitor, microsoft's x-box 360. sony has been working to restore som

before opening bell we will get turn in reports from j.c. penney and los, also builder said demand for may. mortgage delinquencies dropped again for the fifth quarter in a row. and crude oil is down nearly 2% trading at $98 a barrel. >> justine: live this largest oil company will not produce oil until the war ends. they stopped production for fear of for more attacks by gaddafi. libya's three month revolt against gaddafi has caused oil prices to soar. and spast. they rallied in 50 cities yesterday protesting against huge budget cuts and political parties have played in the financial crisis they have the highest jobless rate and a sluggish economy. >> james: when we come back a strange story police now looking for a man who accessed the bank account information of a person who was killed last week. more on that the moment. quick reminder programming change coming up on friday we will air dateline program starting at 8:00 p.m. following that a special edition of the kron 4 evening news >> justine: time for checks on the whether it looks a bit rainy s

do about preventing future illegal immigration by having some sort of temporary, you know, visa j.c. penney. that's where things kind of -- the debate hasn't really progressed past that. >> does that go down state level. >> utah has passed this. there would be a way potentially for the obama administration to allow some of what utah is doing. they could do kind of a wide scale deferred action, for example, in which they basically say we're not going to prosecute people or pursue people who have gone through a certain process in utah but, you know, that certainly would be controversial. >> what do you think? i'm not thinking -- people -- [inaudible] >> >>i'm talking about low skilled workers. >> stuart is talking now largely discredited basaro program and it worked to have a legal and orderly flow of workers to this country. and what happened is that when it ended there was no line to get into and the workers kept coming 'cause there was still a demand for their labor. and so the origins of modern -- you know, in our generation illegal immigration came really with the end of a functioning pr