charles: karl icahn. this is a perfect karl icahn stock. of course, it is not confirmed yet. stock looks fantastic. it will probably trade at this pace that maybe, two or three times its volume. connell: this was spreading on twitter. charles: it is spreading on twitter. karl icahn uses a lot of place. he usually, you know, buys a lot and enforces shareholder management. it is making its rounds. this company has a lot of cash. the insiders have begun to bite billions of shares themselves. maybe, maybe. it is one of the more exciting things that seems credible. dagen: would you have owned it if you would have not have taken a stake in it? charles: absolutely not. i will point this out, july 2000, the stock hit $11. 2002, brother. july of 2010, it was back up. i would like to see more evidence that they are turning it around. connell: that is pretty funny, though. dagen: absolutely -- not. -@charles: a lot of traders love to follow karl icahn. connell: great to see you. thank you, sir. let's go back to nicole petallides for for stocks now. nicole: we are taking a close look at

karl icahn would basically lead for a push to break it up.it is dropping on the comments from deutsche bank. liz: nicole, thank you. now, over to sandra. >> look at these cocoa and sugar prices. cocoa prices flat to down today. up about 10% in 2012. there has been some major supply prices higher. there is almost constant political turmoil. they have also had that coupled with bad weather. the main ingredient in chocolate, those cocoa prices are higher as we head into christmas. also, sugar prices. they are off today. it has been a big recliner in 2012. there has been some supply of sugar and not price is down. one thing to note in the sugar market, when we are talking about hedge funds out of the commodity market, they were seen big-time and sugar. dropping 68% in the latest week. there is a very bearish sentiment in the sugar market right now. still, cocoa prices, way up. liz: to have seen these two-year lows was pretty unbelievable for shoulder. what goes down, eventually goes out. remember, we said that. sandra, thank you. to a god who has

then we also have karl icahn rumors begin the round. set to be building up his position and hp.icrosoft is up about 1.5%. you could call it an over technology stock. it did not look good early for the stock markets. the ability or lack there of in europe. mario monti is stepping down as prime minister of italy. he lost support of the people. he was out in front of italy's debt crisis last year and he lowered the bar in cost. he is a smart guy. he obviously does not want to stay there. investors took heart from the latest data out of china. growth is accelerating. no more that owning our process here. almost 10%. beating analyst estimates. copper moved higher. it is an industrial metal. money flowing into stocks. minors like numa mining. then, of course, the announcement that they would be taking a big acquisition. today, it is up more than a percent. cliff natural of about 5%. we should not forget mcdonald's. better same-store sales than expected. coming up in just a few minutes. cash is king at ethan allen peered the furniture retailer throwing a lot more cash at shareholders.