estee lauder speaking about breast cancer awareness month. hologic.le, facebook and vodafone make up nearly half of the point gain. >> yesterday was interesting. the nasdaq was down the least of any point gain. one of the reasons it's so hard to fathom in this market, how can the nasdaq stay up, even ahead of the shutdown. and the answer is that these companies have their -- apple is inexpensive, facebook has got the momentum, a lot of biotech there. this is regeneran, celldex, blessed with a lot of non-economic companies. >> phil lebeau has the auto sales tonight. >> ford auto sales, an increase of 5.8%, a little best than estimates on the street. these are the best september sales for ford since 2006. f-series truck sales up 10% last night. these numbers are not going to be blockbuster numbers not only for ford but all automakers because the calendar has two fewer selling days and you have labor day included in the august numbers, not september. so, again, you have ford up 5.8% for the month of september. >> we also got chrysler earlier in the morni

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avon is down, almost 23%, and estÉe lauder up 1%. ceo saying it is a tough quarter, no shortage of challenges for us. having a problem with recruitment here in the u.s. if you look at estÉe lauder, they had a great quarter. bullish about the holiday. a lot of new fragrances coming out. while they had weaknesses in some regions like southern europe, all in all a great quarter. cheryl: thank you very much. cannot wait for the next time i see you in 15 minutes. lauren: good. dennis: what's bugging me is unemployment benefits. they are out of control and a stunning new study says they're making unemployment rates worse, not better. five years we have paid out over half a trillion dollars in unemployment benefits. in 2128.3% of u.s. workers were out of a job and we paid them $94 billion. benefits have almost tripled even though the jobless rate has less than doubled. that is because jobless benefits used to run out and 26 weeks, but now they can last 99 weeks. but the nonpartisan national bureau of economic research said extended unemploy

we can go to the website and donate back to the charities and you'll see estee lauder this perfume, it'solid perfume compact. streakers if you want to put a pink streak in your hair. and one of my favorites, kohl's has this great gear line. it's inexpensive from $7 to $20. >> wow. >> such a great way to get yourself active and avon has great crusade watches to fight for the cause. go to our website, these are great products because they give all the proceeds back. >> love it. >> love you. >> all right. thank you. >> okay, hoda -- is fat old or is old fat? >> i don't know what you are talking about. >> i don't either. >> apparently we're going to find out. but you have to wait a little bit. >>> welcome back to this "today" on friday. no matter our age, we need guidance in our lives, a mentor to keep us on the straight and narrow. >> when you're a kid, that person's usually a parent or teacher. what about when you're an adult. here to talk about the importance of a mentor is jennifer hartstein a psychologist and author of "strings attached: one tough teacher and the gift of great expectati

we'd like to have people like estee lauder and clinique sell to us.e's an opportunity in certain types of cosmetics. we're looking at that business. we're testing a couple of cosmetic -- i won't say racks. i would say small areas in two of our buildings in southern california. so we think there's an opportunity there also. >> well, i know i've got a pick her in your presentation of the suppliers, bullt i also know, i buy kirkland. i buy kirkland because i think it's a better brand. now, these great suppliers who are your partners and you talk about in the most recent coupon, our suppliers put together terrific savings on products. how do they feel about the fact that kirkland brand is so good it gives them a run for the money? >> i can't answer how they feel. i know that the kirkland signature brand has been a very good brand for us. we always try to build a quality brand. and, you know, there's a cost of getting into a kirkland brand. we wouldn't mind having a supplier keep us out of that business if their prices were low enough, but, you know, it's

the new york stock exchange, estee lauder hitting a new high. want to tell me why? brand. on the low end -- the high end consumer is very strong right now. every single region, they are bullish on the holiday, a lot of new fragrances, perfume's in more than a decade. this is a winner up 2% and there are a lot of qualities. stuart: we got the dow industrials down 46 points. an announcement from the faa. don't have it in full yet but they want to expand the use of electronic devices on flights. do i have to listen to somebody else's phone conversation to go from new york to california? i don't know the details yet but this is a breaking story. the big board down 44 points. i have had it with this endless speculation on the fed's next move. sandra smith, charles payne, i am being jerked around here and fed up with it and i think financial journalists should move beyond this nonsense, the reason for the market's move. r u with me on this? >> i am. the least we could do is don't ignore it, maybe question the fed and actual relevance, credibility at this point because the

estee lauder is another company that had a new high.e seeing strength and a lot of regions that do business and they make mesquita cherries and glory knows what i'm talking about. you might wear some of this when you come to work. >> sometimes it is a you have to take off. >> it takes longer and longer as time goes by. >> i wish i was a man every morning at 6:00 a.m.. >> we have to move on. thank you very much. >> charles payne looking at linkedin, why is that stock catching on this time around? charles: etna october it $220 a share, held their and promptly went to $250 a share. we are right around that point where it held before and what cards typically tell you where all the weak hands are so for the most part most of the weak hands just not too long ago dumped their stocks and stopped selling, the only one holding is not going to sell tomorrow. and it could gain some momentum. >> two things really upset people, one was the change in guidance but it seemed as if a piece of gross of signing up new users and slowing down. is the problem

this is in the face of estee lauder beating and raising. right? and having 6% organic growth.ttle. i won't be buying it. >> is it just they appeal to a different sort of consumer? we heard, we heard from visa, that spending slowed down towards the end. >> i think it's that, and the transition is taking longer than expected. they've gone from being more of a paper company and boring products, and really trying to upgrade. and it's taking a lot longer. by the way, a lot of competition in this arena. >> that is true. shares of oshkosh, as well. they are also sharply lower, and this after than weaker-than-expected, and what's the problem, dom? >> the problem is the outlook. there's no surprise when a company that gets 45% of its revenues from the u.s. government, that when budget sequestration and those issues come into play, their forecast is not going to be great. this is a stock that's done very well, but down maybe 11%, 12% over the past week. with this stock, it really is about these trucks, armored vehicles, fire trucks, construction equipment, jlg lifts, they make all of th

we can go to the website and donate back to the charities and you'll see estee lauder this perfume, it's such a great way to get yourself active and avon has great crusade watches to fight for the cause. go to our website, these are great products because they give all the proceeds back. >> love it. >> love you. >> all right. thank you. >> okay, hoda -- >> i don't know what you're talking about. >> i don't either. >> apparently we're going to find out. but you have to wait a little bit. >> how long? >> right after your local news. we lowered her fever. you raise her spirits. we tackled your shoulder pain. you make him rookie of the year. we took care of your cold symptoms. you take him on an adventure. tylenol® has been the number 1 doctor recommended brand of pain reliever for over 20 years. but for everything we do, we know you do so much more. tylenol®. ugh! actually progresso's soup has pretty bold flavor. i love bold flavors! i'd love it if you'd open the chute! [ male announcer ] progresso. surprisingly bold flavor for heart healthy soup. surprisingly bold flavor it's an opportunit