lorillard has pulled back some. david: netflix. down for the day.ting earnings coming any moment. just look what happened today. >> got to expect some volatility. they have to come out after the close. we have to see the subscriber growth numbers. [closing bell ringing] this stock is notorious for being very volatile the next few trading days. liz: a little bit of a punch from intel. bells ring on wall street. let's look and see how the stocks stack up. dow jones industrials off the highs of the session. at one point we were up 124 points. after the fed's beige book came out the regional indications how different parts of the country are doing. you see a good number, up 71. zap up by 10. russell 2000 up a full 10 points to 1275 on this record day, david. david: gem bowen said we may be in a boom. he is kind of a hawk. conservatives see that good rise for the market. "after the bell" starts right now. david: let's get right to it on this record breaking

checking in on those shares in europe today, reynolds and lorillard are lower while imperial up nearly>> let's take a look at other top stories this hour. starbucks is back to business as usual after a computer outage affected registers at all of its u.s. stores on friday night. they were forced to give away free drinks at some locations before closing stores early. the system was restored saturday night. the glitch was caused by a software update and not a hack or data breach. let's take a look at the board. it's basically flat trading at 155.81. quite the under performer. >> indeed. now, let's move on and talk about puerto rico. s&p has down graded their debt down into junk territory. s&p says the cut is based on the view the u.s. commonwealth's access to the waryk has -- market has weakened. >>> and here are your headline right now, the death toll from the earthquake in nepal continues to climb with over 3,700 confirm dead according to the country's home ministry. investors wait to hear about apple's cash pile plans as it reports after the bell and volkswagen shares jump after the c

as can you see, reynolds american up 4% lorillard up almost 3%. >> thank you very much. >>> today ishat's why we're all wearing some form of blue. sara well. also taking a deeper look at autism, the people it affects and where we stand on treatment. we have more on that from hq. hi, meg. >> that's right. autism encompasses under a uchl brel la of autism spectrum disorder. the cdc defines it as a group of developmental disabilities that can be associated with significant social communication and behavioral challenges. well, the advocacy group autism speaks calls it a group of complex disorders of brain development. while all causes of autism are not entirely understood yet, it's thought to be associated with both genetic and environmental factors. more than 3 million people in the u.s. and tens of millions of people worldwide are affected by autism spectrum disorder. and the prevalence is increasing. in the u.s. about 1 in 150 kids had autism in 2000 according to the cdc. in 2010 that had risen to 1 in 68 kids. the reasons for that increase aren't entirely known. it's thought to be pa

weighing over reynolds american, whether they will be allowed to pursue their $25 billion takeover of lorillardmbers came in better on higher pricing. reynolds has been able to raise the prices on cigarettes and that offset declining volumes and shipments of cigarettes sold. >> update i've seen a number of analysts weighing in as they need to do in terms of speculating how the process is going at the ftc. >> reiterating it is fairly confident this deal will get signed off and we'll get a decision by the first half of 2015. they are sticking to that. we've got a few more months to go. bonnie herzog of wells fargo says 90% probability. >> i saw that note. with limited divestitures. one brand that is not particular? >> they've been working on this. they have divested to the number four player. >> yes. that's part of it. the question is whether there be additional need to do anything of significance. >> no word yet from management on that. as you mentioned, the stock has been pretty rangebound until we get some sort of decision on this. >> it was imperial taking a lot of the brands. can you create

a bunch of names hitting new awetime times including disney monster beverage and lorillard.he sports network says verizon will be in a breach of contract if it allows customers to choose a smaller bundle of tv channels each month. and while wall street waits on apple's earnings, keep an eye on these names. unitedhealth, rent-a-center and general growth properties. brian? >>> we are joined now by bob diamond, ceo of atlas merchant capital, the former ceo of barclays. thank you for joining us. before we get into where in the world you're investing, i want to talk about banks. scott minerd just said he thinks the ten-year yield is going to go lower. if i'm running a big bank and i hear yields are going down, i'm not happy with this. is this a bad time for big banks? >> well i think there's a number of things going on with big banks. but from interest rates alone, three virtually nothing in the financial services area that is benefiting from continued lower and lower rates. so i think it's the sector. financial services is rooting for higher rates. i tend to agree with scott, no