. >>> jm smuckers sales were hurt by the weak coffee business. it increased the coffee prices which caused consumers to buy other brands. but its profit rose from the same quarter last year as margins widened and as it lowered overall costs and expenses. still, shares were off slightly to $101.66. >>> a cloudy forecast sent shares of salesforce.com after the closing bell. they predicted it would come in below analyst expectations and that forecast overshadowed results that beat estimates. you can see the shares tumbled after hours during regular trading though, shares were off 2% to $61 and change. >>> well, williams & sonoma rose higher after they logged better than expected third quarter profits. its fourth quarter outlook was below the street outlooks though. st spiked after the announcement. dow a the close little to finish at $69.42. shares of cliffs natural took a hit on a report that it might have to close a mine in it revealed that three big steel makers were in talks to invest. the company is looking to narrow the focus to five iron ore

before the bell, we have target, jm smuckers and staples.hen in political news, the nation's republican governors are also gathering today in florida for their annual conference. that, everybody, is your squawk planner. joe and becky, i'm wearing my white glove. >> do it. do it. >> since we have some room here. this is my -- >> oh, my god. >> there, is that -- >> now, wait, put down the papers. you've got to get the glove up in the air. >> whew-hoo! well done. i give you credit. that's awesome. >> people don't know that glove was just laying around, andrew. they think you have that glove. >> i wear it every day for mj. >> why is that glove laying around? >> oh, by the way, this is only the one percenter glove. >> oh, because we weren't allowed to touch the watch. oh, okay, that gives smu cover. >> i'm going to put some sequins on that for you. well done, andrew. come back to the set. come on over. . >>> still to come this morning, a major controversy at uber. why at least one executive with the company wants to silence critic necessary a ver

jm smucker fell after a disappointing second quarter outlook.e to a sharp drop in the folger coffee sales. sea world is sinking on weaker than expected third quarter earnings. 5.6% decline in attendance of a year ago. we'll end with two major earnings reports after the close. cisco systems expected to earn 52 cents a share on sales of $12.6 billion and analysts are concerned they could temper expectations ahead of the news stocks trading fractionally lower. jcpenney also out with the results. embattled retailer expected to lose 80 cents a share on sales of $2.18 billion. doesn't sound good. lost $1.81 a year ago. shares trading off 7.5%. >> thank you very much. >>> well, boring stocks are about to get exciting according to veteran fund manager bob olstein. he's had ten stocks in the portfolio takeover tar gets or subject of activist investor campaigns. >> yeah. bob olstein joins us again. great to have you back. listen. what do you mean by boring and can you give us a couple of other names that investors should take a closer look at? >> when we