lululemon shares, look, up 10% now.oga wearmaker beating earnings estimates, soft outlook for the current quarter. the stock is up by 30% this year. can it go higher from here? let's bring in brian tunic, he's bullish on the stock, outperform rating. omar son of ever core isi who is more bearish with a sell rating. brian, why do you think the stock can go higher from here where it seems to have already hit your price target of 65 bucks. >> well, this morning they issued a five-year growth initiative target, which is to double revenues and to double earnings. so now you talk about $4 of earnings potentially by 2020 and high 20s, 30 multiple, you could dream of a stock being over $100 over the next couple of years. we just don't see that kind of earnings or stock price appreciation for a lot of other retailers now. >> we had on a retail analyst and he's raised a key issue with lululemon, brian. he thinks athleisure has peaked. that would be pretty bad for lulu, wouldn't it? >> it would be. but we don't see that. we still

they have to show that they can turn this boat. >> let's take a look at lululemon. up nearly 17% in 2016. traders expecting bigger moves ahead. mike here with the action. hey, mike. >> saw five times the daily action and that's probably not surprising because this stock has a real history of moving, moving an average of about 10% on earnings and that's approximately what the options markets are currently implying. the beginning. day some of the bets were to the downside and maybe people hedging some of the gins and by the end of the day the tenor turned decidedly positive and the most active options were the weekly 67 calls. this stock also represents my wife's favorite store, so she's a big bull on the stock as well. >> i think brian kelly loves that store as well, too. >> only -- only for the short, short, short shorts, that's a tough visual. >> anyway, a trade, is there one? >> he said it. >> okay. >> the 67 calls, paying 60 cents for, the bet that will be up 10% by the end of the week. >> mike chouw and check out show on friday at 5:30, can you not unsee things.

the difference here, luol lululemon is up. i think this is a good call.ant to sell things that have gone up and get into things that haven't done anything. i think nixy is a better franchise. it's a bold call in front of earnings. >> 12:30 in the east. that means european markets are closing as we speak. simon hobbs at the new york stock exchange tells us now. >> negative in europe. energy mining stocks weighing on many national indices today. consumer confidence down for a third straight month in delayed reaction to the market turmoil of the start of the year. and calling again for ambitious reforms from governments, because it's said the ecb cannot create conditions for a sustainable recovery. telecom italia in a dispute with vevende, seeking to create a french-italian telecom media giant. and two german chemical giants on reports monday satto is ready to make a crop science acquisition. and political tensions mound in london, as you may be aware. prime minister cameron countered, after his work pensions secretary resigned. the divisive debate about whe

rally for lululemon. we will find out that story. fed sure yellen's dovish comments yesterday, a short-term bump or the next leg of the market? ♪ carol: you are watching bloomberg markets. let's check in with the markets stand right now. of the overall market, the highest level since mid-december. up .6%.500 17,740, up 16 -- up .6%. .7%, the nasdaq at 4880. it is time for a look at some of the biggest is the stories in the news right now. blackrock plans to cut about 400 jobs or about 3% of the workforce. this is according to people with knowledge of the matter. the biggest in money manager january larry said in -- the cuts will be announced in the next few weeks. the merger of pfizer and allergan is a subject of an in-depth probe by antitrust officials. issuing a so-called second request to companies. for more information related to the review. allergan,e maker of which produces botox, the deal at $160 billion. apple says it has hit a milestone in supply chain transparency. 100% of suppliers are audited for use of minerals. apple is

coming out with the latest focus list, including nike on, taking lululemon off. recent channel checks on nike indicate sales strength in north america with rational inventory levels. lululemon's first-quarter earnings according to analysts may miss consensus expectations. there is an overweight on that stock. we watching natural gas as well, after a call on that commodity, as well as on range resources. we are seeing a cut to the forecast for natural gas going to 225 by the end of the second quarter. natural gas prices are lower today. range resources taking a hit as well. david: thank you. you can watch the full address president obama is giving on the bloomberg online site. ♪ to bloomberge back markets. apple unveiled some new products at their event today, most notably their new, smaller iphone. >> some people ask is, some people even pleaded with us, to please keep the four inch products in our lineup. today we're going to do just that and make it a whole lot better. as you may have heard we are iphonesc. the david: people were pleading for this, how big a de

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same-store sales up 11% for lululemon. better than the 8.5% estimated by analysts.his data was perhaps presaged by the first two weeks of march getting strong sales for overall retail and sporting goods retailers. showing some strength is returning to some of these sporting goods companies. those shares are rising. also, we are taking a look at what's going on with micron. those shares up by 2.2%. the chipmaker reports earnings after the close of trading in a does not appear to be a lot of optimism. it's interesting that the shares are rising today. there are several challenges for this country including following spot prices for memory chips. rising cloud demand is inconsistent. i'm looking at one of the charts that shows a couple different kinds of memory chip prices. you can see we have seen decreases over the past year for this pricing. we will see what kind of results micron shows and what effect it has on the stock given that rise today. halliburton. citigroup saying this is the most misunderstood of the oil service companies. investors are shying away because

fitness rival lululemon spoke out and said imitation is the best form of flattery. lu lu aside, the singer is now part of a booming celebrity trend. >> they said we're just a week away from the exposure. >> i can't stand it? >> "e.t" was another kate hudson's side at the opening of her fitness wear line. >> my thing is if you get your workout clothes, marryybe you'll workout, if not, at least you'll >> i didn't live a lot of my life in fitness apparel. we are on our own journey. >> a lot of people are diving in, but the products have to be of a certain quality. >> you caa walk down any street anywhere in the country and you'll see women wearing these types of things all day long. >> carrie underwood is right, in fact i walked in to work this morning in my yoga pants. sometimes we all feel like our world has flipped upside down right? you know why we love them? it's because they sculpt the bo they lift it all up and they suck it all in. you know what i'm talking about. >>> coming up next, luke brya and dierks bentley arehere, before they host the acm awards. country

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. >>> the athletic apparel maker lululemon athletica, strong sales during the holiday. the company laid out an ambitious goal saying it expects to double sales to $4 billion by 2020. shares spiked more than 10% today to 6780. >>> the food and drug administration rejected the applic a new kidney cancer drug from the pharmaceutical company, op kprrks o health. the fda cited issues unrelated to the drug with opco's third-party manufacturer. opco's ceo said the company will work with the fda and manufacturer to resolve the matter. shares plunged more 10.5% on the news to $9.9 0. >>> big money is being thrown at the big dance. advertisers are going all in on march madness. spending which is at record levels. but as the cable television industry changes, there's one company in particular that has a lot at stake. julia boorstin has that story. >> reporter: march madness has turned into advertising madness. the annual ncaa division 1 men's basketball championship sold a record $1.2 billion of advertising last year for cbs and turners networks and this year it's on track to grow

stephanie: when we think about women, we often think of names like lululemon.advertise with maria sharapova. >> the women's opportunity for nike is huge. we are excited to be part of leading the effort. >> how has the marriage with facebook been so far? >> it has been great. we have gone from shaking hands with mark with 60 people too many hundreds of people in two years. expectations are high. that can strain any marriage. how are you dealing with that? >> when we got acquired, it definitely woke everyone up. it was something we knew would happen. it was a moment where mark got up and said vr is the next platform. the world took notice, more than when we had been pioneering as a startup. there are a lot of people in the space. this is what we needed. it is the best thing for vr. there has to be lots to do and a huge ecosystem of content. the more people investing in vr, the more likely that is to be. >> how involved is mark personally? >> i think he is quite involved. >> how often do you talk? >> given how exciting the space is and how many breakthroughs will

we can start talking about lululemon. we can talk about the upgrade apple. she's giving us permission to talk about stocks and making money, but we insist on monday morning quarterbacking. we incesist on -- this is like spring training with the mets. i'm not playing it. i have to try to help people make money. i have to. oil is going higher. how is that happening? >> i don't know. >> that's why i said yesterday i was, quote, fed up, because i can't keep up with the conversation. >> i'm just saying we could sit here and talk about the fed and make no money or let's give you the green light and talk about stocks and making money and she's not trying to ruin the market and she's worried about digitalization and employees and wages, she cease so thoughtful, we ought to give her a couple of days before she comes on. i'm not calling them clowns because i have great respect for them. >> let's make some money. last word, i guess, listen to the head coach, yellen. don't listen to the linebackers. >> she's so clear. she's the head coach, the owner, she's much more use

lululemon. i could use the suits that stretch these days. detroit is trueing to make an all-american comeback thanks to entrepreneurs who believe in that city. daughters from the kauffman foundation shows nearly 1,000 small businesses for every 100,000 residents in that metro area. >> kate rogers is live at one business that's manufacturing 100% made in the usa denim in the motor city. kate? >> reporter: that's right we're here at detroit denim company founded by eric yellsma who lost his job as a chemical salesman, but he always loved jeans. he decided he watched to make jeans just like these right here in detroit. >> i cooperate have done it anywhere else. i could not have dolls it in chicago, new york, any other city. i wouldn't have had i think the access to space. i couldn't have had, you know, sort of the economic i guess -- not favor, but the cheapness, the ability to go finished a place and start making something. >> reporter: today they employed seven people at the newly opened manufacturing facilities and have a plan to open the st

when we think about women, we often think of names like lululemon.ve seen you cut ties with maria sharapova. >> the women's opportunity for nike is huge. we are excited to be part of leading the effort. >> how has the marriage with facebook been so far? >> it has been great. we have gone from shaking hands with mark with 60 people too many hundreds of people in two years. we have relocated onto the facebook campus, so the food has improved. we get free ice cream. it really has been great. >> you guys are under a tremendous amount of pressure. expectations are high. that can strain any marriage. how are you dealing with that? >> when we got acquired, it definitely woke everyone up. i was talking about that before, that was something we knew would happen. it was a moment where mark got up and said vr is the next platform. suddenly, the world took notice, more than when we had been pioneering as a startup. there are a lot of people in the space. this is what we needed. it is the best thing for vr. ultimately, there has to be lots to do and a huge ecosys

lululemon, killing sports authority and now reported by the wall street journal and other sites that supports sports authority will file for chapter 11 bankruptcy. it could happen this morning. if that whats, if they get debt or in possession financing they can close 150 of their 450 stores across the the u.s. if they don't get this financing, that means by the end of april all stores done. you can get good sales but not good to see a major retail chain going belly up. fng jobs involved in that also lauren thank you. catch lauren on the fox business nec if you're not sure where to find it that's where you can fiend it or go to fox business.com/channel finder. >> owing. oh -- i was not prepared for that. the weather. >> that wasn't yeah. >> yeah one more time. >> yeah. >> brave guy. >> aye-aye -- >> out the door do you need wet weather here todays? >> yeah. but mainly for early morning so we have rain coming through early morning commute with strong wind gusts 40 50 miles per hour. in new jersey or city rain is passing ousts area soon so if you're going to be not leaving for a little

and we're watching shares of lululemon this morning.s because the yoga maker topped estimates on the top and bottom lines with same store sales up 5%. however, they did give a lower than expected forecast for the current quarter and full year. so the stock up about 4% in the premarket. we'll see where that lands when things open up. >>> okay. republican presidential candidate john kasich is rescinding his pledge to support the gop nominee regardless of who it is. during a cnn town hall last night, kasich said he was wrong to make the pledge so early in the campaign. i'm chuckling like you. but that's an honest chuckle. this guy is a piece of work. he says the actions of cruz and trump have him questioning his commitment. >> i got to see what happens. if the nominee is somebody that i think is really hurting the country and dividing the country, i can't stand behind them. we have a ways to go. let's see how this all folds out. >> he is also continuing to say that he's got these guys right where he wants them. the other two should drop ou

pbrands lululemon really very opular right now. pyou normally would work out gear pand sports authority now you're pgoing to other stores to do so. p>> true. p>> all right. p>> thank you, lauren. p>> see you guys tomorrow. pbriefly we did want to bring you pupdate pedestrian involved crash pout brooksville cortez boulevard pand griffin road we're getting pword from fhp that the edestrian was a nine-year-old pgirl. pthe car struck her apparently as pthe school bus was loading. pshe was air lifted to st. joe's phospital fortunately we can pinjuries. pminor injuries. pgood, good, good. poh, good. pit will turn dryer late this pafternoon. pbut looking forward to lower 80s pby next week. pokay. phere it is, folks this is how pgood day gourmet ends. pclean the plate club. pclean the plate club gold stars pall around. pyou going to eat that? pthat will do it for us today is pmarch 2nd. pwe're gone. psee you tomorrow. ptake care everybody. >> it's "live! with kelly & michael." today, from the new series, "the family," joan allen. and a tas

lululemon reports next wednesday, and i'm fretting. i love the long-term outlook, but it seems to be of more of an apparel outliar for a moment it's hard to tell. after the close wednesday micron, woe is me. and expect this company to post a terrible number. and they're -- more personal computers than oil. if you get bei don't want the pc, it's n xmt pi. you know what i mean. thursday the company with one of the best acting stocks in this entire market, nasdaq, holds an analyst meeting. i have to tell you they exchange stocks are smoking hot. and good demonstration worth of the software, somehow i know there's value in that company, because it's so hated. it's -- it's so bad that it's good, so to speak? any the end let's accept that blackberry's products have been crushed by the smartphone. i wonder at what point there's so much cash that someone will just buy the company for that -- the stash of cash, and for the intellectual property. which brings us back to the friday's number, an even vent that controls everything from the actual m

buying everything online and they have 450 stores to keep on you have heard the ap leash you're think lululemoneash you're gear i wear them all the time and they're comfortable and ath leash you're is killing sports authority. >> i was checking 11 'loan in maryland not to mention virginia and d.c.. >> last but not least chick-fil-a this is fast food company that doesn't follow mold they're not on sunday for religous reasons and they'll speak about political views and put the phone down. >> it's a family friendly restaurants. when you come to chick-fil-a and you're with family or friends put phone in cellphone coop a box they devices where a fran dmiz georgia devices and folks love it they come in and put their phones in the box and talking to the people they're with and not on phones and if they're able tob do that they get a free ice cream sunday. >> yeah ! >> sunday. thanks, lauren. innovative. >> we'll see how people here in this area like it. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> all righty. >> coye go for a sandwich. >> chick-fil-a sand sglich any problem you know i don't like people telling me

of us -- steve: 99 percent don't need the hydration of coconut water while we walk around in our lululemons. thank you very much. we settled that. nick, a lot of people were out today. what an amazing -- this is like late april, early may. nick: we're talking record high temperatures out there. area. philly, 81. 80 at albany. 78 washington, d.c. 77 in central park. great weather for this time of year. and another one is coming up tomorrow. we'll be in the middle 70s. there's fox 5 sky guardian. there's nothing going on. mid to high scattered clouds. that's about it. let's take a look at our current temperature. first i'll show you the satellite photograph. we have some of the clouds streaking across the sky. mostly high clouds. it's no big deal. and we'll be talking about just some clouds around from time to time tomorrow. late in the day, more so tomorrow night as a cold front approaches from the west. it may kick off a couple of showers. look at the current temperatures. they're awfully warm for this time of year. 81 at newark. 80 at poughkeepsie. 70 at the jersey shore. 72 at new york ci

. >> clothing apparel lululemon ll throwing shade at beyoncÉ'seyce new clothing line.tonight the brand apologizesth to beyoncÉ.e. hey, sue.he >> hey there, sarah and laura. l a bit of a gray day althoughhoh warm. atrm least 74 degrees maybe ware we are.we a currently 73 degrees and we're d watching radar closely becauselu we believe a few showers are s going to enter the forecast. for not too much out there now.herew we'll give you a first look atot tonight's forecast and letast ad wasn't to expect for tomorrow. fox5 local news at 5:00 will0 be right back. wall street. the nra. they're powerful. they usually get their way. but not with democrat donna edwards. she won't take cash from wall street banks. and when washington insiders wrote a loophole to let the nra spend dark money to kill gun safety laws, donna edwards said 'no' she's fighting to ban assault weapons and putting the safety of our communities first. because to democrat donna edwards, the special interests aren't special. we are. women vote! is responsible for the content of this advertising. he's begun for

and we think about women we think of things like lululemon and see you sever ties with sheriff over -a. the opportunity is huge, but what results do you have that prove you're getting there? mr. parker: the women's side is growing at a faster clip than the men's business. we expect that to continue. it is a smaller percentage of the business today, but we expects it to outpace men's for the foreseeable future. stephanie: what about the lebron contract? you do not have steph curry? mr. parker: no, but we have amazing athletes. we should not forget the athletes that nike has. a range of across all sports. the athletes drive the inspiration, insights, and innovation. stephanie: do you feel the temptation to go off athletes. we have seen what adidas has done with kanye west. many people say kanye west is a marketing expense. will you stick with athletes? mr. parker: we are all about athletes. our core is athletes. it is not just the world-class athletes, it is all athletes. we might work with someone like kevin hart who was here yesterday. an amazing athlete and entertainer with amazing e

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shares of lululemon catching a bid. up 6% ahead of the open. 6%, that was above expectations, take a look at shake shack down 11% and this morning would be higher. long bow raising from a buy to a neutral saying the chain has potential to succeed nationwide and we're looking at a higher look at the broader averages. and anastasia, we've got the adp report out 30 minutes or so ago, it was better than expected. 200,000 jobs created in the month of march. what's your take? >> that's right, a little better than expected. i think it's a good indicator going to friday's payrolls, maria, you were talking earlier in the show how the trend in payrolls has been a steady one, 200,000 plus, seems we're going to hold that. it confirms janet yellen's stance yesterday on the domestic front we don't have a whole lot to worry about. on the international front we do and that's why she ultimately will deter the next rate inthese. maria: does that mean we'll get a good jobs number on friday, the expectations call for the same number. dagen: 205 it,i think -- 205,0

nike is trading lower and under armour is trading lower and lululemon as well.f higher movers have to do with oil and gas. they are unusual. oil and gas, as we pointed out, are not doing a lot today. chesapeake energy is higher after the cofounder was killed yesterday in a car crash after he had been indicted the day before. the shares were up sharply. they continue to rise today. as do shares of southwestern energy. both of these stocks have high short interest in the case of chesapeake. we could now be seeing something of a short squeeze. alix: thank you so much, julie hyman. let's bring in charles maxwell. he is a friend of the late aubrey mcclendon, he joins us on the phone. i am very sorry for your loss. i know that you knew him very well. what was your relationship like with him? he was a very sociable fellow. very well spoken. he was capable of speaking knowledgeably about energy in any context. , alert him to be quick and fun to be with. i will miss him. he had a very controversial life and we understand that. but he had guts and determination and he bui

online they have to chalk up e-commerce and ask use yoga clothes workout gear during the day like lululemon taking a bite out of sports authority. >> in the meantime go to most. >> what are you saying? >> got to go to most. taillight commercial a great little jingle. smg you never know hopefully saved by somebody. >> they're in talks. lauren, thank you. >> coming up on "good day new york" a look at the changes that are in the new cats. >> s.a.t. exam that is saturday. the test, there's the only good thing about the s.a.t. that i recall you were encouraged not to study the night before. [laughter] >> so you've been studying almost a year. we're talking to the president who does a tutoring service and new fresh step with the power of febreze. odor control worth celebrating. attention parents: before school this september r all kids entering 7tht and 12th grades t must get ther meningococcal vaccine. it protects against serious and sometimes deadly diseases like meningitis. call your health care provider today. learn more at [content sigh] ah, excuse me? mr. jones? hi. already? you booked an a

we are getting lululemon's numbers after the close on wednesday. avon.k of the company cut itself into two parts, reached a settlement with investors. it will stave off a potential board fight and those shares are higher by 7% right now in the wake of that agreement. alyx: thanks so much, julie hyman. pandora is changing its tune when it comes to who will lead the streaming media service. ryan mcandrews is leaving as the company ceo after 2.5 years. he will be replaced by tim westergren. pandora's stock has been singing the blues down over 50%. does westergren have what it takes to turn the beat up company against spotify and apple music? let's ask cory johnson who joins us now from san francisco. typically when we wind up seeing a shift in management at a beleaguered tech company that stock tends to rise. while we not seeing that today? corey: the plan was not working. plan this company had was not working. a big change. tim westermann was seen as a guy retired from the company. when he was ceo before the company went public, enormous crisis ease

fourth stock, lululemon, duelling calls.ce pressure and soft traffic will hurt the specialty retailer with particular weakness at five companies including lulu. margins could be under pressure. on the flip side, the proprietary tud propriet proprietary study points to continued momentum. >> no clue on the calls other than set foot in the mall two weeks ago after two years. there is a lot of companies selling this kind of stuff. this is called -- fab something, like stretchy yoga stuff. >> something you wear. but if jan rogers is correct ones had call and athleisure is dead, maybe we re-evaluate. >> there is a lot of new people trying to get into a dead market. somebody remind me. fab fabulosa? fabletics. the under the radar name, udr, a colorado-based real estate investment trust with $9 billion market cap, upgrading it to an outperform from a market perform. part of a big apartment recall. said the stock trades at 13% discount. cash flow estimates, boost the target on udr by a dollar. to 40 bucks from 14%, i guess you could

first quarter outlook looks conservative, he is saying lululemon shares should be bought.s passed since chesapeake energy's -- died in a car accident. allegedly teaming to leak drilling options. in aofounder of chesapeake bloomberg exclusive. alex joins us now. alix: this was a wide-ranging interview. the two met when they were 23 23rs old and worked together years at chesapeake. and unbelievable relationship. started a newand venture. this is what he had to say about starting at. were better together than we were separate. an extraordinary example to me of being able to raise capital. very heartfelt and quite open about their relationship and he said it was hard for them to compete against each other. they were going at it and bidding for the same kind of land. classy put it delicately that he left. he was forced out of the company under questionable circumstances. >> this has to do with the fact he was allowed to privately purchase the ownership of the well, the chesapeake drill, totally legit. he had borrowed so much money to do that and they had bar of money to a bank

potential really tied to athletic wear, a lululemon could trade down to the weak guidance that julierading we will see whether or not back in last. growth ina boom in the entire category. estimates were so high. remember earlier this month, the bankruptcy announcement out of sports authority. we need to continue the conversation around the markets. seventh, it is the seventh birthday of the bull market and i want to say it is true -- going strong. it is tough to find any aboveipants you have oil $40, recovering losses for the year. is theyou think this case? is it just the ecb a week and a half ago? julie: that is the big question. is this a growth story? a lot of people out there think it has more to do with easing. i saw a goldman sachs note saying if you look at financial conditions, there has been a huge drop in the tightening of financial conditioning recently. there are a whole bunch of technical factors around things like stocks, a lot of people talking about this being the biggest squeeze of all time. we will have to see how that plays out. at though if you look portfolio, he

it's got a poor outlook, down goose under amour and lululemon as well.resident obama stayed in cuba and many said that he should return home, including governor john kasich who said that on our program yesterday. listen. >> i think he should come home and begin to coordinate with our friends around the world and figuring out why we have the vulnerabilities and what to do to fix them. stuart: the president didn't come home, in fact flew on to argentina where he is now. what we did get was a 51 seconds mention at the beginning of the speech, a mention of the terror attack and then the present went on to a baseball game and seen doing the wave at that baseball game. there he is. congressman brian babin is with us, republican from texas. congressman, your thoughts on the president and his speech yesterday and his being in cuba. >> i think it's a disgrace, stua stuart, to have one of our allies, belgium to be attacked and have 30-some odd killed and over 100 wounded for him to give 51 seconds of lip service to that and not bother to fly home and develop some

chance, as the charts show over and over again, whether it be for freeport or whether it be for a lululemon, whether it be for a general electric, which we'll talk about, or whether it will be, like, for stocks we never get any talk, travelers, united health. why don't we talk about companies like that, where people are making fortunes? >> my friend, we have 57 minutes of unscripted tv, we can do whatever you want. >> we ought to because i see stocks in the dow, a verizon, united health, travelers. i mean, hey, these companies are making fortunes, and how? because they just keep doing blocking and tackling. we tend to focus on a couple of companies, but i look at a united health that pulled back from the affordable care, i look at travelers, which has pulled back from writing some insurance that's not that good, u.s. competitive, and i say these are the stars. when you talk about the unsung stars, no one wants to talk about these companies. they just make money. they buy back stock, they do better-than-expected earnings, and they are gems. >> let's get micro in just a second but let's go qu

stuart: some movers for you, how about lululemon, did well during the holidays, look at that, up eightearly 9%. higher sales at carnival cruise line despite the seasickness, a 3% game. sun edison, i'm waiting for the music. we haven't put them on fed watch, but we will. we shall' doing it anyway. one of the units said it had substantial risk of bankruptcy. >> well, it's down 9 1/2%. how about energy stocks, oil is up today. and that is giving the energy sector a boost. by the way, in one hour we'll get the latest read on the supply of oil. >> oil up, well, about a buck, so according to the ratio, the market should be up about a hundred. >> you're right, it is. oil is up a buck and the dow is up 111. webster triumphs yet again. >> here is story for you. would they're going to cut 4500 jobs. boeing? >> people are going to be retiring and they're not going to fill open positions. they're going to do voluntary layoffs. we're talking about 4500 jobs by the middle of the year and whisper numbers, double that. the stock is a dow component. here are reasons, number one, they're competing again

. >> when you're not touring, are you lululemon and no make-up? >> yes. aren't you the same?re little, that's all you want, put on hair and make-up and high heels. you do that for work, and when you're not working -- >> when you go home to south carolina, don't you feel like people want you to dress up? >> i guess they expect it. where are you from? >> oklahoma. >> southern girl, too. as far as jcpenney's, what's your involvement? >> i'm kicking off the new campaign. it's a cool thing. we don't remember how far pennies go. remember the last time you picked up a penny and saw what you could do with it or saved a penny for good luck, whatever. they have a new campaign, basically seeing how far your pennies can go. it's to make sure that the customers understand that jcpenney knows that people's lives are busy. and that they'ir shopping experience is worth the time, money, and effort it takes to get there and do it. they want to honor that. and i thought, as a shopper, there's so much out there. jcpenney's been around a lot longer than you and i have. they know how to do it. >>