kohlberg says the acquisition will help the piano-maker expand globally. the deal is expected to be finalized toward the end of the third quarter. airline fees soared above $1.5 billion, and that's in just the first quarter of this year. according to the department of transportation, checked bag fees brought in $800 million, and fees to change a ticket raked in another $685 million in the first 3 months of 2013. all told, the fees helped the industry eek out a rare profit this quarter. still to come, reckless charges: why insurance costs are skyrocketing in some states. that's later on. but first, entrepreneurs are getting creative when it comes to the latest and greatest in app development. a look at what's trending now is after the break. th a deadly disease. i was one of them. i'm a nurse and i knew how damaging the disease was to my life. nothing i tried seemed to work. my brother died. from complications of the exact same preventable disease and i knew i had to do something to get healthy. my disease was obesity and after consulting with my doctor, i

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. >>> kohlberg and company is taking a 160-year-old piano maker steinway piano instruments private. it's ticker symbol will be dropped from the big board lvb. >>> with raises hard to come by for the average worker, top company executives are singing a different tune. seeing their pay continue to climb, thanks to a healthy stock market. a new study just out shows that on average, ceos of big companies earn 20,000 more in 2012 than they did the year before. which ones earn the most and how much money are we talking about? mary thompson has the details? >> pay for the average work may be stagnant. but the highest levels of corporate america continues to rise. >> once you have these high numbers, everybody wants them. >> in 2012, the average pay for the top 200 ceos with firms over $1 billion in revenue, $17.8 million. median pay rising 16%. according to a study by the compensation researcher equilar. total shareholder return was in the double-digits. returns downplayed by rosa beth kantor, who says many times the markets gains mask a ceo's true performance. >> we often credit ceo's as

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steinway, 160-year-old make irof pianos and trumpets agreed to go private by private equity firm kohlberg kravis. a deal is valued at 438 million. i will miss the ticker symbol, ldv, ludwig von beethoven. a walkout derailed 400,000 riders on the nation's fifth largest rail system. it affected every mode of transportation. it's a busy day. hang in there. "after the bell" starts right now. david: let's get right to today's action. a lot of ups and downs. chris relzler, the comanager of the needham growth fund. since his last appearance his stock pick is up a whopping 31%. so he knows what he is picking. what is he buying now? we'll tell you in a minute. lincoln ellis in the pits of the cme. lincoln, i want to start with you. let's start with europe. we got some very depressing figures out of europe. there was a time not long ago before the market rally in january concerns in europe really hit the market. not so today. it was down off its highs but clearly unaffected by what is happening in europe. why? >> i think there is two things here, dave. one is the pmi numbers that came out really si

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