kohls will give a $15-gift card is for every $50 spent on site to spend at kohls... is also an official cyber monday twitter account you can follow that and keep updated. could locto good luck. >> just hours after they are giving thanks, catherine heenan shows us who took part and how this turned into chaos. >> to be fair most black friday shoppers looked like this at this macy's new york city happy looking shoppers walk in and managed to avoid me hamid. it did to get crowded with 1100 people were crowding the stores from around the lines. 9000, or from last year. >> many were opening up around thanksgiving but there was drama this was at a victoria's secret. some of them pushing and shoving the manager was pleading with them to stay calm she was not going to open until the simmered down. and also, this was a different store with a $2 item there were calling this a waffle iron ore right. and in some cases it was not really a laughing matter what this was in michigan with a pepper spray had to be used, to go head to be taken away in handcuffs. and this one command and

when you speak to kohl's they were weak across the country.ould say it's part of the election results. i think there are just issues that are there. i think it was just disappointing. fw again, it's a long holiday season. the hope is, and hope and prayer is you're going to have a better december. i think some of them will. what you want to look at, even though the department stores were all negative today, a lot of the apparel retailers were positive. 5%, 10%. that's a positive sign. >> quick comment on tiffany. huge miss. stock's a mess. is this company specific or is it luxury that we need to watch out for? >> i think it's, "a," it's company specific. i think it's luxury you want to watch. if any consumer is watching this fiscal cliff, it's really the luxury customers. it's not the american eagle customers. the american eagle customers think fiscal cliff is really a rock climbing event. >> steve, good to have you on the show as always. >> thanks a lot. >> murph, what do you do with retail? >> we added to our position in target. also look at

kohl: thank you very much, mr. leader. mr.president, i rise today to thank rabbi baruch frydman-kohl for his invocation this morning and welcome him and his beloved wife josette to the u.s. senate. rabbi frydman-kohl father and mine were friends during the first world war, both exiled to sigh beer yavment later after my father emigrated to america, he helped rabbi frydman-kohl and his family come to america. the focus of his service has been lifelong learning, care for the hospitalized and housebound and homeless. the rabbi is the president of the toronto board of rabbis and recently organized the path of abraham mission to bring jews, christians, and muslims to the holy land to explore the challenges of three religions, two nations and one land. baruch's list of accomplishments is as impressive as it is long. i ask unanimous consent to insert a copy of his biography in the record following my remarks. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kohl: i will just add that as a beloved cousin, valued friend and welcome reflec

kohl's in all regions of the u.s. reported a drop in november sales. macy's stock fell 4.3% to its lowest price since halloween. its same-store sales were down for the first time in three years. jewelry store tiffany cut its outlook after a weak third quarter. profits were held down by weaker consumer demand, as well as higher costs for precious metals and diamonds. that pinched its profit margins. the stock saw heavy volume, sliding 6.2%. in focus after the closing bell was yum brands, the parent company of kfc, taco bell and pizza hut. after hitting an all-time high during the trading session, the stock was down almost 7% in tendehours tradg. yum warned china sales have softened, leading to an earnings outlook for next year that is short of expectations. research in motion has a lot riding on its newest blackberry device when it's released in late january. investment bank goldman sachs is the latest to expect good things. it upgraded its view of the stock from "neutral" to "buy". shares of rimm have been rallying since late september, when they trade

i don't know if it was kohl's. that was something people pointed to. i thought it was way over done. we haven't yet seen the season we think will be decent. i don't know how they could put a stamp of disapproval on it yet. well before we have gotten started. i thought it was an opportunity. we bought more macy's today which we have liked for a while. could it go lower? of course. this was overdone. >> john, what do you make of today? >> you had the xlk with apple being the biggest contributor to that. that's the tech sector of the s&p 500. falling out of bed. you know, it's down from a 590 on tuesday, apple is, to 537 on the close today. it's making a bounce in the after hours. but that took a lot of oomph out of the market. to your point about the xlf, outside the potential for jamie dimon t do a buy back at jpmorgan these stocks were hammered. a lot of the so-called romney stocks where you could see a lift coming from relaxed regulation which they were hoping for with both energy, coal names and financials, that's not happening. so that rotation, out

kohls will give a $15-gift card is for every $50 spent on site to spend at kohls... there is even an official twitter app at cyber monday you can follow that on twitter. keeping you informed good luck on your shopping. >> as shoppers were lining up, some of the wal-mart protesters redlining up to get a decent wage. and a elizabeth smart is going to release a memoir why she is going to wait but release a memoir of her story. >> your weekend forecast, coming up. deadly freeway crash in palo alto. one woman killed her sister in critical condition this is video. earlier, from sky 7 high- definition over how we 1 0 1. investigators say this family in an s u v hit a police car that workers pulled over. >> to women are behind bars accused of breaking into a car at the gallery and stealing in ipad. the victim tracked down the device and when officers want to address the women they tried to flee. a chase and sued one woman is still on the lives. >> still, some no word on who is the starting quarterback is going to be. kaepernick, the backup quarterback had a great last weeken

best buy, sports authority, macy's, and kohl's will open at midnight. more stores opening at midnight. >> other places are doing it, you better do it or they won't have mean left when it comes time for your opening. >> i think it's a positive thing to do. >> reporter: some shoppers are thrilled. >> i think it's a good thing. then you don't have to wake up at 3 in the morning and wait in line in the freezing cold. >> reporter: others think it's a terrible idea. >> i think it's a shame. there are some special days out of the year. >> reporter: many want to save the holiday as a time to spend with family. >> you want to go shopping on thanksgiving or have turkey? >> i want to have turkey. >> reporter: an online petition on change.org asked target to take the high road and save thanksgiving by not opening on that day. more than 170,000 people have signed. one person calling the early opening a tad evil to make people work that holiday. for many, people wanting one of the door buster prices -- [ indiscernible ] -- it all seems worth it. >>> wal-mart employee

kohls will give a $15-gift card is for every $50 spent on site to spend at kohls...follow twitter on the cyber monday with up-to-the- minute deals, good luck. >> this beautiful friday. clear skies and nice temperatures even at this hour. more is on the way for tomorrow. patchy fog for the north bay valleys right around sunrise. we could see dense fog for saturday, some sunshine and east- west, temperatures today even a few degrees warmer than what we saw today. a little bit of a change with the pacific northwest where or to catch the tail end of that. it will drop temperatures three-five degrees. in fact there is that storm system with high clouds but notice a lot of clear plenty of rainfall through washington and oregon. as we go towards sunday, some high clouds for the tail end of this week. temperatures will remain cooler on the north bay with 30's and 40's and 50's by the bay. highs for the afternoon will be 60s and low 70's really nice for the santa clara valley. milpitas, 69 degrees and upper 60s and led pittsburgh, antioch in the 60s and the same for the east

meantime, kohl's fell 5.1%, despite better than expected quarterly results. it's holiday forecast was a little shy of expectations. consumer giant disney can credit its media business for helping grow its bottom line in the latest quarter. earnings matched estimates at 68 cents per share. it has turned in quarterly double-digit earnings growth for more than a year, thanks to its cable tv business like espn and its theme park operations. the stock dropped only a fraction before tonight's earnings report. after the close, they fell 1% with analysts pointing to disney's less than anticipated revenue. just last week, disney announced it was buying the "star wars" franchise for just over $4 billion. name-your-own-price travel web site priceline has its price for kayak software-- $1.8 billion. the buyout comes just months after kayak went public. before the announcement, both stocks were down in the regular session. but kayak shot up to more than $39 per share, just a dollar below the buyout price. priceline, the buyer, fell to $614 after closing at $628 per share.

kohl's is blaming hurricane sandy. i can't wait to hear the retailers and how much did hurricane sandy affect business? the one good piece of news is the thanksgiving weekend shopping was good and encouraging. stuart: hold on a second. as soon as you said kohl's is blaming hurricane sandy charles purcell with laughter. charles: it is a disingenuous -- i wish these companies would come clean at least internally. coles has been in trouble. they were a star a decade ago and have not kept the magic going. who goes to cold anymore? go to wal-mart or target. nicole: if you are stuart varney the to the third floor of tiffany. stuart: good one. kohl's is down. thank you very much. the fbi processes 150,000 background checks for gun purchases just on black friday alone. gun sales clearly booming. worried that president obama will take away their second amendment rights. do you remember this? >> you will see a siege on the second amendment we have never seen before. president obama is trying to camouflage this issue, fog this is

kohl's up 3.3%.eet only looking for a fractional gain, but it says t not going to report sales in 2013. it's also giving a lift to -- back to you guys. >> thanks so much. just a few weeks away from retail's busiest time of the year. can you believe that? but in the wake of hurricane sandy, stores across the northeast remain closed and it's unclear when they may reopen. morgan stanley restale analyst joins us now with which stores are being hit the hardest. welcome back. who should we be looking at here taking the brunt of sandy at this point? >> we've got a chart here that shows that saks, ann taylor, macy's have the highest expos e exposure. we had a chance to this morning to speak to a number of of these retailers. they're emphasizing it's important their employees are safe and accounted for at this point, so that is a huge relief. secondarily, most of them expressed a great degree of confidence in the resiliency of americans here to recover and bounce back from these kinds of disasters and in the

kohls will give a $15-gift card is for every $50 spent on site to spend at kohls...ficial twitter account for cyber monday, it will keep you up to the dat up to me tha. >> just like they did on a black friday the retailers are getting an early jump. the monday after thanksgiving as gabe slate tech report however, retailers, and mac cosmetics for also advertising and wal-mart, amazon, best buy, a teller, and even others. and taylor- >> this weekend is looking decent. we have had sunny conditions but the things are beginning to change. the onshore wind are trickling into the bay. offshore winds for the past few days. it has kept the clouds of shore. notice, the low clouds just beginning to crawl. this is the san mateo bridge. conditions will change and it is nice san jose, mid-50s. antioch, pleasanton, daly city. we will see the cooler spots for the upper 30's with the north bay. and it should stay relatively mild. with the satellite, some clouds and rain. the oregon state line this weather system is helping to improve the wind as it gets closer. that is what is bringi

kohl's is down 10% this morning in very active trading. >> giving away too much kohl's cash. >> apparenty >>> a fran drescher appearance on the show. >> yeah. all right. >>> time to check the forecast right now with meteorologist christina loren. a break in the storm. >> a break in the storm. get what you need to do done right now, even if it's just walking the dog, as we have a lot more rain on the way. we want to start with this beautiful sunrise, though, what few breaks in the clouds we do have making for gorgeous conditions this morning as you make your way out the front door. this is san jose and we have a beautiful sunrise just about everywhere with pesky showers on the forecast map. for today what we're expecting, temperatures in the 60s, mostly cloudy conditions. that heavy rain arrives between 5:p.m. tonight and 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. we'll continue to update you throughout the "today" show every 15 minutes. let's take a look at your drive. it's busy out there. >> it is. especially for 880. there's that disabled big rig. obviously it's a tanker truck. chp checking out the si

did you read kohl's. they didn't specifically say, all right, we are conservative because of sandy but you can bet that's a part of it as well as the general economic weakness. you can hear it from a lot of companies with more skconservate guidance. the hall of nerds in europe. spain sells long-term bond auction. this's good news. no. that's bad news. yields go up in spain. less likely for the ecb to start buying bonds and less likely that spain will ask for a bailout. this is the hall of mirrors again and good news is bad news and bad news is good news. doesn't make a lot of sense to me. jim, did you see what happened with the greek parliamentary vote? when they were preparing to vote at midnight, the greek parliamentary workers working with the parliamentary officials read the bill and discovered that the cuts including salary cuts applied to them! and they walked out. the greek parliamentary workers walked out discovers it applied to them. chaos for a while and then they came back in and helped prepare

kohl's is offering 500 early-bird specials.nd not just kohl's. 97% of all retailers are offering some sort of online discount this is weekend, before cyber monday. and here's why. take a look at this number. 24% of us are expected to buy all of our items via our smartphones. that's double what it was last year. that's playing a huge role. and look at some of the great deals you can find. you can get, at kohl's a camera there for $60. under $60. a tv, a 32-inch tv for under 100 bucks. and look who sells a tv better than george and elizabeth. 97 bucks for the tv. i would pay double that to see those faces. and dyson vacuums at walmart, as well. great deals to be found. starting right now, george. >> even more tiny on that screen. >> reporter: you look fantastic. >> we love you, bianna. thank you so much. >>> today, we had a ruling late yesterday, that the workers at walmart are going to be allowed to picket outside those stores on thanksgiving day. >> could be a problem. >> could be a real problem, too. >>> now, we're going to sw

is black friday getting out of control, going to marshall's to buy the skillet, kohl's to buy the spatula. head to our facebook page. will you be heading out to shop this black friday? >> no. >> or earlier, right after thanksgiving dinner. log on and let us know what you think. >>> mcdonald's monthly sales dropped. revenue for the world's biggest hamburger chain fell in october. the last time the monthly revenue dropped was in 2003. mcdonald's has slowly seen the sales declining after beating out some of the rival chains. a weak economy and improved menus from the competition are being blamed. >>> all right. we have a warning for all your twitter users. your account might have been compromised. twitter sent out a message to them telling them to reset the password. twitter as not confirmed the size of the hack but said everyone who received an email should reset their password right away. >>> in the year 2030, adrian will be able to vote for the next president. >> uncle rosie has a story about her birth, when she was bornen side her columbia home. >>> yesterday we sought assistant principa

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target has put their specials on facebook and kohl's will have codes on the shelves that let you scanpurchase and ship an item to your home while in the store. some big changes. here is your planning guide so you know when you can get shopping for the traditionally deep discounts after thanksgiving dinner. wal-mart, sears, toys 'r' us, they're the ones leading the charge with store openings at 8:00 p.m. they're followed by target at 9:00 p.m. and then at the stroke of midnight, a host of other stores like macy's, kohl's, best buy and many shopping malls will fling the doors open to the crowds. on top of that a small group of retailers like k-mart and many old navy stores will stay open during the day on thanksgiving. and coming up in the next 30 minutes, i'm going to bring you the skinny on the hottest holiday gifts this year and what you need to know about it. >> sounds good. >> may have a bite out of the apple just for you. who knows. you know he doesn't like apples. >> daily deals are next and i have ideas for that as well. >> money saving all the time. >>> business in lower manhat

it dashes right through the sliding door of the kohl's in iowa. she was searching for her lost fawns who had made it in and out of the store already. the deer got out without damage or injuries and she got some great deals. >> i guess so, right? >> why not. >> elizabeth, i don't know what's going on with these deer. >> i know. frank said deers gone wild. i like it. >>> it's a super busy morning. the reports keep coming in. it's hard to keep up. this is what's going on. it's slick in spots a lot of our traffic cameras are a little difficult to see this morning. this is the san mateo bridge. westbound 92 looks okay across the span. but be careful wherever you're going. a lot of our major freeways have spinouts. they have been clearing them quickly. let's go to the maps. this is one of the worst problems. it's a jackknifed big rig blocking several lanes. they issued a traffic alert eastbound 580 approaching north greenville so we have a slightly different location for this accident now but again it is blocking three lanes, traffic squeezing by slowly

macy's discussed newness and kohl's hinted at it as well. retailers say don't put us on your naulty list. we're giving shoppers what they want. last year nearly 25% of black friday shoppers hit the store by midnight. for some americans it's a welcome escape for family. for some shopping late is better than getting up predawn for door busters. >> thanks very much. >>> not everybody is thrilled about stores opening on thanksgiving. in fact, my next guest is a target employee, casey st. clair, scheduled to work on thanksgiving. she started a paelt asking target to, quote, save thanksgiving. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> casey, you're scheduled to work wednesday night overnight until 5 a.m. on thanksgiving morning and again thursday evening starting at 8:45 p.m. what will this do to your thanksgiving? >> i'm actually -- i'm working wednesday into thursday till 3 a.m. and then back at 8:45 p.m. on thursday night on thanksgiving, so that pretty much book-ends my whole holiday. i'm looking forward to -- i was looking forward to

tiffany and kohl's. retail retailers, they say, kohl's has missed the mark. think you have a combination of sandy related problems and companies that don't seem to be getting it. >> all right, higher precious metal and diamond costs also cited, what we have heard from a lot of the jewelers across the board. this is the third time that they have cut their full-year estimates. the stock is down single digits for this year. this hit, 14%, maybe sort of a catch up trade, you know what? the third time they're cutting estimates. tiffany has more troubles than we thought it had. >> i think that's a smart way to look at it. we have to start thinking that the problems here may not be in the stars, but themselves, i like to quote shakespeare. >> you do, more or less every morning i can get a little dose. brush up on your shakespeare, start quoting him now. >> i do think that -- look, we're in disarray here in the northeast and we don't seem to even realize the kind of disarray we're in, and it not until you try to call the contractor and the contractor says look, i'm n

you can look around this shopping center, you see other stores, the babies r us, the kohls also shute the water came into those stores and ruined everything on the ground level. toys r us could accommodate about 1100 customers, this tent can only handle about 200, but they've created a makeshift store inside that tent, and can they have had a steady stream of customers on what would normally be one of their busiest days of the year. a lot of folks picking up basics like diapers that are on sale today, others buying toys for family for the holidays, others simply surprised the place was even open in the first place. >> kind of feel guilty when you do it because you feel i'm getting all these things, and can all those people don't have. that's why we've been donating a lot of toys, and we try to do what we can. and that's -- everybody should try that. if everybody did that, there wouldn't be so many people that would be hungry. >> it was easy. it's empty. i didn't even know it was open. i'm on my way to home depot, and i saw that the sign said now open, so i ran in. >> reporter: but th

kohl's, macy's and many sports authority retailers are also opening at midnight. new deals revealed through social media hoping to entice shoppers to come back to the stores. office max is bringing back its black friday every friday through december 19th. most analysts believe the early black friday will more than likely just shift when sales are made. the goal is grabbing shoppers early and gaining market share in the process. though there's concern that retailers could repeat last year's stunts. retailers panicked and offered deeper promotions further cutting into margins. jpmorgan's matt boss says many retailers are planning to roll out new product as the season unfolds to keep consumers shopping. on earnings calls, macy's discussed newness in december and kohl's hinted at that as well. sue? >> thank you very much, courtney. >>> this weekend brought the biggest opening ever for a james bond movie. sony just telling cnbc the movie "sky fall" brought in more than the $88 million originally reported. it grossed in the $90 billion barrier as well. who's cashing in?

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add midnight wal-mart, best buy, macy's and kohl's will open along with other outlet malls. sear's will open at eight p.m. thanksgiving day and kmart is open all day thursday in case crazy uncle eddie is driving you crazy at dinner. from the does -- buying something on black iday and finding cheaper three days later on cyber monday. you will see you doesn't that stink in that's why if you plan a big electronics purchase check all the online prices first and pay special attention to cyber monday ads. you don't want your great friday find to be a bad deal on monday. of course some deals available only on black friday at 5 or 6:00 a.m. so no matter how many sales start a day or two earlier, some key door busters will still require standing in line at 4:00 a.m. don't waste your money. >> and now, maryland's most accurate forecast. >> it's a chilly, chilly night now that we have had sunset. 58% relative humidity. dew point 32, temperature 46, headed down in to the 30s once again tonight. a chilly weather situation. take a look at the set up today. cloudy situation throughout the

sears, macy's, best buy and kohl's will be opening on thanksgiving night. >>> good evening, the electionover, what does that sound like when the flood of robo calls and political ads finally stop. you'll get that story from one of the states where the sound of silence is most election. we're talking about ohio. new at 6:00 -- >> i want to go back and see my children that i transport every day. >> a bay area school bus driver was fired after she opened up to us about safety issues on her bus. we'll see you at 6:00. >> good night. ♪ just put a little bit of yourself ♪ ♪ in everything you do [ female announcer ] add your own ingredients to hamburger helpere. for a fresh take on a quick, delicious meal. it's one box with hundreds of possibilities. progresso. in what world do potatoes, bacon and cheese add up to 100 calories? your world. ♪ [ whispers ] real bacon... creamy cheese... 100 calories... [ chef ] ma'am [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >>> on the broadcast tonight, power struggle, a new stor

so retailers nordstrom and kohl's get a thumbs up, that's thanks to their hassle free return policies, while airlines delta and spirit get a lump of coal for their costly upgrades and add-on fees. >>> for the second year in a row california's debt has put the golden state at the bottom of 24/7 wall street's annual 50 state financial health check. and for the first time north dakota tops the list. that's thanks to an oil and gas boon that's wiped out its budget deficit and brought unemployment to the lowest in the nation. >>> all right, coming up, a basketball roundup, and remembering the man who transformed baseball. >>> plus, new york city's iconic empire state building shows off its new high tech lighting. you're watching "early today." >>> here's a look at some of the other stories making news early today in america. a tragedy in new york last night as a commuter bus plowed into a long island home and killed a 6-year-old little boy that was inside. police say the bus had just swerved to avoid a pedestrian and then just lost control. at least 11 bus passengers and the boy's 7-year-o

i looked at the boxes, i looked at kohl's, i looked at target. >> why do stores right now -- this isou're out there even during the week, you'll see very busy stores. it's almost like what's happened? what are we seeing? >> the customers really, really interested. we've had great sales for the last two weeks. >> here's the bottom line, herb. as you should know. anybody who's bet against the american consumer's desire to spend money has littered the path of sadness throughout economic history. >> i agree but the consumer -- >> never bet against americans' desire and interestingness to spend, whether cash, credit, lay away, your uncle's donkey, whatever it might be. >> but increasingly they want a sale, a good deal. amazon's kufti ingcutting price. >> they might want to buy but at what price point is the question. >> right. that has to be a factor here going forward especially this holiday season. >> herb, we're seeing better online sales from my guys that we are from amazon. >> if you're saying that, ultimately that has to hit the bottom line in a different way. again, we could have s

corporate america tries to get back to business, earnings are expected from disney, kohl's, whole foods and groupon and as well as the new york area power provider con ed. on tuesday it is judgment day, the election. on thursday we will find out if the u.s. imports or exports more goods with the international trade balance and on friday consumer sentiment. the white house has seen a jump in its housing value. a market price of $284.9 million. a slight increase from four years ago. real estate site zillo made the estimate taking into account the washington neighborhood surrounding pennsylvania avenue and tax assessments of other homes nearby. it boasts 16 bedrooms and 35 bathrooms and plent tif charm. that will do it for us. next week the story continues and the work begins, we'll have reaction to the 2012 presidential election and look at what the president will be dealing with. each week keep it here where wall street meets main street. have a great week, everybody, i'll see you next weekend. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] they are a glowing example of what it means to be the best. and at this

big retailers such as best buy, macy's, kohl's and walmart all open bright and early at 12 am on black. kmart opens at 5 am and toys 'r' us at 9 am. and online shopping isn't left out - amazon will offer limited- time specials as part of its "black friday deals store." in corporate earnings, exxon topped earnings expectations even though profits fell 7% to $9.5 billion. the oil company blames a drop in production and falling prices at the gas pump. at avon, revenue dropped 8% to $2.5 billion. the ceo admits earnings were disappointing and improvements will take time. pringles chipped in crisp sales at kellogg, pushing the cereal maker's revenues up 12% to $3.7 billion. and, pfizer's revenue plunged 16% to $13.9 billion, mostly because it was hurt by generic sales of its blockbuster cholesterol drug lipitor. following a deal with disney, george lucas is making a "star" donation. the "star wars" creator will reportedly donate the bulk of the big disney deal to education. this week disney bought the "star wars" franchise, along with lucas' production company, for 4 billion dollars. still

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macy's, best buy and kohl's will open at midnight black friday. >>> a very memorable child birth for a d.c. couple. their son was delivered on the sidewalk right outside their home on "l" street in southeast d.c. happened last friday. the newborn's mother says she felt mild labor pains and called her husband. as he drove home, she says those labor pains took a sudden turn. >> all of a sudden, things shistsed and i just knew this baby was coming right now. >> she rested her hands on the car and she was standing up. i held my arms underneath and the baby fell right into my arms. >> wow. doctors say the baby boy is just fine. his mother was in labor for 50 hours with her first child. she was hoping that it would go a little faster this time. maybe that's not quite what she had in mind. >> that's really fast. >>> coming up -- newly released video shows a pilot crashing a pain on the runway. investigators say it was not an accident. >>> our news4 i team looks into the resurgence of a dangerous drug and why it accounts for half of the police-involved shootings in one local county. >>> and

you going on a unionize kohl's or target? that's what the union movement wants. >> rick,ometimes the unions maybe they say they have the best interest of the workers at heart, but sometimes it leads to closing a company. look what happened at hostess. look what happened in american airlines where the union protests led to the companies either shutting down or going into bankruptcy. >> let's talk about hostess. this is a misconnection. no ses associates at wal-mart are going out on strike, period, end of story. >> you're talking about cashiers -- >> they're not going on strike. >> yes, th are, rick. there are a dozen protests -- the fact -- >> hang on. there are a dozen protests across the country and strikes breaking out. hang on. there have been strikes breaking out -- >> they're warehouse workers. >> the fact remains that wal-mart has said to fox business and to "forbes" magazine, there have been unionized attempts since 1997 going on across the country and they have been -- we're talking about -- >> we want to bring it out

earnings are expected from disney, kohls, whole foods and groupon among others and the new york areaower provider coned. >>> on tuesday, it is judgment day. november 6th, the election. on thursday, we will find out if the u.s. imports or exports more good with the international trade balance. on friday the latest reading of consumer sentiment will be out. something you won't see in the real estate section this week. the president's home would have a market price of $284.9 million. a slight increase from four years ago. real estate site zillow made the estimate taking in to the neighborhood surrounding pennsylvania avenue and tax assessments of historic homes nearby them single-family home boasts 16 bedroom, 35 bathrooms and plenty of charm. thank you for being with me. next week the story continues and the work begins. we will have reaction to the 2012 election and look at what the president will be dealing with. each week keep it here where wall street

woroch says retailers like kohl's and macy's will be scaling down prices closer to christmas, and thatome smaller one-of-a-kind shops will make a similar move. having a wonderful christmas followed by a debt-heavy new year is no fun. paul golden of the national endowment for financial education is with us this morning. good morning. you have 5 tips to manage holiday spending, starting with "stop at one." > > that is right. that is probably the biggest pitfall that we all fall into. i think it is very common to hit the stores with our list, and we have already bought something for somebody, and then as we are roaming around we will see another item, and it looks like a great gift, so we will buy that as well, and maybe we don't return the thing we previously purchased. once we start to exceed our budget with overspending like that, we are really going to get into trouble. so it is important to really be mindful of who you're buying for. by one gift and stop right there. > you also say it's important to make concessions. what do you mean by that exactly? > > you have to think about every

we just saw kohl's stores and nordstrom report poor same-store sales. both the stocks sold off.e also saw tiffany sell off on earnings. so i think cyber monday is the biggest e-commerce day ever. > > people are spending money. consumer confidence is at five- year highs. housing stats are coming back. a lot of economic indicators are getting very, very positive right now, so i think you have to remain bullish on the economy. don't worry about inflation. i got a 50-in. tv for $399. > nice. > > prices are not going up. > nice. let's talk about your bonus round question now. andrew, you love apple. everybody who watches the show knows that. so i have a question for you: how many varieties of apples are out there? 1000, 3000, or 7000? > > macintosh, fuji... > > i will take the middle one. they always if you don't know the answer, b or c, so i will take 3000. > > hybrids or straight? > the answer is actually 7000. 7000 varieties of apples. > > i haven't seen 6900 of them though. > i like them apples. good to have you on the show. have a good weekend. > > thank you. don't go anywere. u

for instance, kohl's, if you follow them on twitter, or like their facebook pages, they're offering deep incentives and discounts and running promotions for you, warning you to be involved in their -- rewarding you for being in their presence. if you download the wal-mart app, or sign up for e-mails, you'll be getting, also incentives, and only disownlt discounts to e people who download the apartments. apps. the idea is going to extend beyond black friday and into monday. which is a smart move on their part. >> susie: with all of this technology at your fingertips, what does this mean for the future of retailing? why bother to go to a store and stand in line when you're a click away? >> i don't think the stores are ever going to go away. people really like to touch the product and see it, but we're going to see that trend continue, especially as people buy more electronics. it just makes the buying process easier, and it could potentially make it go longer over periods of time, and using black friday as the rallying cry to start it. >> susie: okay. it is very exciting, all of the change

best buy, sports authority, macy's and kohl's will open at midnight.ores opening on thanksgiving than last year and earlier hours showing the serious competition for your dollars. >> other places are doing t you better do it because otherwise, they won't have any money left when it comes time for your opening. >> i think it is a positive thing to do. >> reporter: some shoppers are thrilled. >> i think apts good thing. you don't have to wake up at like 3 in the morning and wait into the pressing cold. >> i think it is a terrible idea. i think there are special days out of the year and that is one of them. >> i think it's a good thing. >> do you want to go shopping on thanksgiving or have turkey. >> want to have turkey. >> reporter: an online petition asked target to take the high road and save thanksgiving. more than 170,000 people have already signed. one person calling the early opening a tad evil for making people work that day. but for some, it seems worth it. >> last year, the black friday weekend accounted for 11% of total holiday spending. before