results were disastrous for kimberly clark. >> what do you mean?the gowns tested failed. >> reporter: 77%? >> 77%. >> reporter: at hospitals like uf health in jacksonville, florida, we found surgeons who told us they repeatedly experienced strike through with blood getting through their gowns and on to their skin. some surgeons were so upset about it they took pictures of their bloody arms and gowns and sent them to the company. did you receive complaints from nurses? surgeons at all? >> on these gowns? >> yeah. >> frequently. on a frequent basis. >> reporter: what kind of come sflan -- come of plants. >> strike through. sleeves falling off. >> sleeves falling off. >> sleeves falling off during a procedure. >> reporter: were you at meetings where the problems were discussed? >> all the time. we were telling seen germanagement. >> reporter: what was their response? >> i remember the response one time from the coo was, nobody really cares about this. nobody really cares about surgical gowns. >> that's just not true. >> reporter: chris lowery, c.o.o.,

he worked for halyard health, part of kimberly clark.ember 2014, when two nurses at a dallas hospital became infected after caring for a patient with ebola, vizzo says he was relieved the nurses hadn't been using microcool gowns. but he was concerned about the way the company went into high gear to sell the product. >> reporter: these gowns were recommended for use with ebola. >> aggressively recommended. >> reporter: in what way? >> we put a full court press to drive microcool sales. we told hospitals to stock up or microcool product. told them to have eight to 12 weeks of product on hand. that's when things became very difficult for me. >> reporter: difficult, because vizzo says he knew the gowns were not consistently meeting industry standards. >> reporter: there is a test for this? >> a test. conducted at outside facilities. >> reporter: did your gowns consistently pass this test? >> no, they did not. >> reporter: was the fda aware? were they notified? >> no. not that i am aware of. >> reporter: were customers warned? >> no, customer

he worked for halyard health, which was part of the kimberly clark corporation until november 2014.n two nurses at a dallas hospital became infected after caring for a patient with ebola, vezeau says he was relieved the nurses hadn't been using microcool gowns, but he was concerned by the way the company went into high gear to sell the product. these gowns were being recommended for use with ebola. >> vezeau: aggressively being recommended. >> cooper: in what way aggressively? >> vezeau: we put a full court press to drive microcool sales. we told hospitals to stock up on our microcool products. we told them to have at least eight to 12 weeks of product on hand. and that's when things became very difficult for me. >> cooper: difficult because vezeau says he knew the gowns were not consistently meeting industry standards. there's a test for this, right? >> vezeau: there is a test. and it's conducted in outside facilities. >> cooper: so did your gowns consistently pass this test? >> vezeau: no, they did not. >> cooper: was the f.d.a. aware of this? were they notified? >> vezeau: no, no

. >>> a spinoff of kimberly clark denies allegations it sold defective medical equipment. that's where we begin tonight's "market focus." hallyard health was the subject of a record on cbs' "60 minutes" which said the company deliberately sold defective protective equipment to health care workers following the ebola outbrack. hallyard health has responded to that claim saying it hasn't received one complaint of personal injure iy from its gow. >>> brocade communications lowered its quarterly earnings and revenue guidance. the maker of networking equipment said weak demand for information technology services weighed on results. brocade is expected to report its financial report on may 19th. shares of brocade fell more than 11% to 8.51. >>> cost-cutting efforts and the early easter holiday helped drive profits higher at food distributor cisco. the company also reported a gain in revenue with results topping analyst expectations. cisco finished the day up 5.5% to 48.61. >>> gnc holdings may be considering a sale. the health and wellness retailer has initiated a review of stra

kimberly clark, 129 to 106. este lauder. it has gone from 95 to 81. the parent of google.he strong dollar. now we know that a rate hike would be good for the banks. in fact they need multiple rate hikes. but it hand budged at all. so in other words, the stocks of the international company are getting hurt even as the supposed beneficiaries from the rate likes get nog lift. that's why this market has become so darn hard. it inspired a stronger dollar. even the natural winners seem to gauge nothing. that's why these fed officials with the endless talks, they matter how. they're driving the dollar higher. exactly the opposite of what our international companies need to see the stocks rally in the second half of the year. stick with cramer. smart devices are up. cloud is up. analytics is up. seems like everything is up except your budget. introducing comcast business enterprise solutions. with a different kind of network that delivers the bandwidth you need without the high cost. because you can't build the business of tomorrow on the network of yesterday. because you can't bu

kellogg, kimberly clark, consolation brands. that's this week's raging bull. that's where the money will be made. ron in new jersey. >> caller: thank you for your show. i'm a new listener and i'm learning a lot. verizon has been happenered the last couple of weeks. there is no end to the strike. is it a hold or a sell in. >> it's a buy. i think this is one of the rare opportunities when they are not on the run. they have iphones coming up. i think it is terrific. let's to go braden in california. >> caller: my question, the stock just got crushed after the reported earnings. i bought it shortly after that. on monday a thought that i am a might be a better month for them. shortening the stock with the exposure to china. companies have a great ratio among competitors. huge dividends. should i hold on to it? >> it wasn't that great a quarter. it doesn't like china. a lot of them are speaking out. these guys, they have big mouths. they're doing it for charity. so we're going to give them a pass there. you ought to make up your mind about this. let's go to greg in

the session procter & gamble, kimberly-clark and clorox. not huge gains but gains in the last. better. interesting here because even as we have this expectation the fed will raise rates sooner than the market was pricing and, we have yields going lower and we tend to have utilities trade inversely with yields. take a look at the terminal. at thisooking flattening yield curve we've been talking a lot about recently. on the bottom we have the changing expectations for the june meeting to see if there is an interest rate increase. that the bulk of we saw yesterday. and we have the price to earnings on staples and utilities. they tend to go inversely with these interest rate expectations. they have been rising this year, two of the best-performing groups. scarlet: like you so much. alix: some people are calling this most important chart in the world. a huge surge in well over the past 20 years for people at all different levels of income, except those in the 70's to 80's percentile. the x axis is the percentile of people in the y axis is how much their income has actually increased

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