bill mcdermott talking about that this morning. something to watch when you talk about some of these corporate stories, to see what that dollar strength is having on some of these numbers. >> speaking of ifo, the president of the ifo institute joins us now on the line before we get into the data. can you talk about the changes in methodology for this month. you announced this new change and how it will be calculated. can you walk us through what the changes are and why you thought now was a good time to do it >> es. the most important change is the integration of the service sector into the index. the service sector in all developed countries is an important part of the economy. the old index used to focus on manufacturing, on industry and construction but we had a separate index for the service sector we have had service sector index for ten years now. we think that it's time to integrate this into the business climate because the idea is that the business climates will reflect the entire german economy. >> so it's a better reflec

we are being asked tovote yes on a merger with chicago bridge and iron if this goes through, mcdermott will go to a reverse stock split. would you hold the stock >> no, look, i don't like -- it's time -- you got to skedaddle. there's really -- there's so many better companies right now out there. i want nothing to do with that, frankly. sure it may have rallied but don't get too comfortable. we have china to worry about and that's why i think it's time to swap out of one of my favorite company, caterpillar or uri. more "mad money" ahead big day to play. i'm taking another look at talend can you help protect your data can they do? you know what we go to worry about our own data and talking to cynerix tonight's edition of the lightning round. so stick with cramer hey, what are you guys doing here? we've been helping you prepare and invest for retirement since day one. why would we leave now? because i'm retired now. so? we're voya. we stay with you to and through retirement... with solutions to help provide income throughout. so you'll still be here to help me make smart choices? well, w

and elsewhere, mcdermott international offering of 3.56 billion in the leverage of high-yield bonds.ompany is using the funds to back its takeover of chicago bridge and iron. joining me is bob miller, george resnick, and anupam damani. on the margin in credit, things used to have the initial talk and then tighten to execution go to the market and rally above heart. we are not seeing that play out so much when these new issues come to market. why? bob: the market is becoming more saturated with what is going on. you are seeing late cycle behavior, especially in credit, you are seeing the idea fundamentals waking up to debt. the are seeing triple c's outperforming. they've outperformed the last nine or 10 weeks. george: you are also seeing the idea of weaker covenants issuance, and unfortunately the market is pushing back a little on the weakening fundamentals, and not able to digest it as well. jonathan: is it the beginning of the end of the good times? it's ursa feel like a gradual shift away from the pricing from year-to-year. bob: i think we are in a regime change, and i know my co

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consider increasing the price if it could further assess mcdermott's business mcdermott already has aanother company the average price of gasoline now at $2.83 37 cents per gallon over where it was a year ago. joe? >>> among today's biggest movers, toy stocks hasbro out with numbers toy maker says its results were impacted by the bankruptcy of to a consensus estimate of 33 cents. down about 7% as you can see there. revenue is also well below forecast shares of hasbro and rival mattel both lower on the session. >> many apps claim to help users budget better, save more, invest smarter. but one newcomer is offering all that plus the expertise of a personal financial planner joining us now is cofounder of and ceo of implanner >> pleasure to be here >> let's talk about this what does empower do and how does it differ from something like a mint? >> empower is like having a personal assistant on your phone watching your money 24/7, helping you make smart financial decisions. it looks for savings amongst all your various transactions. on average users are saving between $200 to a thousand >>

the first are from renee mcdermott who wrote this. know you all know our director, but what is right and what is true. he made us better when we need it most. the next is from david calio's. i hope this is an instance of fake news. the third from michael bailey own, the events, we all feel the pain. these are people who are on comey's aside, he's now a political figure. if i investigate and i don't like this before or trump or hilary, why would i be nervous? >> these are people who express personal feelings with someone they worked closely with. let's go back to the watergate investigation. ken starr. let's look at people who are running investigation. all republicans. >> tucker: we weren't supposed be happy with that. these are not politicians. these are fbi agents -- comey has put them in an impossible position. they are now tied to comey. they are comey partisans. it's okay to think your bosses great, he was fired. now that he's made him soap into a political figure, it disparages their reputations and he puts into question the ind

kevin mcdermott helping us keep our finger of the pulse there of the folks in st.s. >>> this just in to our newsroom. the inspector general of the environmental protection agency, the inspector general of the epa, is now going to investigate administrator scott pruitt's use of his security detail in his personal travel. specifically the ig is going to looking at pruett's trips to disneyland, the rose bowl and college basketball games. this investigation was requested by democratic senator sheldon whitehouse. before this investigation, there were already nine investigations open into scott pruitt from the inspector general, congress and the white house. but, again, word now that the ig is going to be looking at pruitt's use of his security detail as it relates to some personal travel. the inspector general is the in-house person, someone who is nonbiased, objective, someone who is essentially apolitical. this is an in-house person who takes a look at suspected wrong doing. the ig at the epa has been extremely busy over last year or so. >>> a connecticut father who l

mcdermott to end the war that began seven decades ago, north korea's kim jong-un and south korea's moonld a historic summit in the demilitarized zone that divided the country's. the two agreed to a nuclear free korean peninsula, but north korea is not expected to give up its nuclear weapons easily. the news media urged the us to drop in hot hostile piracy. olicy. the meeting is encouraging news but he warned it is still too early to tell how things will pan out. >> the most important thing today is the walking the fact though there is a long way to go before we see resolution to the crisis of the problems we see on the korean peninsula. i think this is a very important first step. mark: he also met with mike pompeo in brussels and the rest secretary of state arrived there after being sworn in to meet with nato ministers. it showed mr. pompeius commitment to the alliance. hundreds gathered at the border fence in israel today trying to rip through it after drying heavy israeli fire in one of the most violent incidents yet in five weeks of protest. some fatalities were reported. the united

let's talk to mike mcdermott who is a professor at georgetown university and has a phd in clinical physcology tweet or tv, or any other way than in person and having a conversation is probably less than good practice. robert lui below what we expect of a good leader. —— probably below. what is the benefit in terms of human resources, human relations, of doing it in person that the president has always said he prides himself on being able to fire people, but it looks like he prefers to have it on twitter or a television screen? the advantage of doing it in person is to maintain some form of relationship with the person. it's also to communicate respect for the person that you're letting go. and in so doing, you're giving a message to the people who work for you, which is, "i value you, i will treat you with respect, i will treat you with dignity, and if we part ways, that does not mean ican if we part ways, that does not mean i can treat you with a lack of dignity or i respect you any less. it simply means we have to part ways because of different views, different ideas of performance," and wh

. >> the woman took home a lot of prizes, including the big man's heart and it is frances mcdermott.aying frances, we're going to have to exchange numbers because just between you and i, i know no one else is watching, we're going to get married. >> wait, but -- >> you thought you had something. >> she can't even do the eyebrow. >> i tear for you. i feel for you. these men, they're so cruel. one minute they're like we're all about the eyebrow thing and next thing you know. >> golden globe ambassador. she was so nice. >> she won an oscar. exactly. tly. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, it helps pick up some of what medicare doesn't pay. and could save y

looking at individual market movers mcdermott lower today, and they currently have a deal in place toerge with chicago bridge and iron, that stock, as you can see, up some 15% today goldman sachs upgraded merck to buy from neutral that stock up 2% today as we have 18 minutes left of the session. kelly, over to you >> thank you i'm here at the sohn conference, and joining me now, my next guest, manager of partners, president, and founder welcome, it's good to see you here >> thank you for having me >> you're the guy who comes on set and says, i love cole right now, i want to invest inn this,e largest way to participate in the coal market. >> wrticipate? we've talked about war on coal, and when the president came into office, he changed that a little bit, but there's a lot of difficulties out there >> it's undeniable, but it is international, and those markets are growing nicely, so in our opinion, you can actually get the u.s. business for free if you buy it today based on the valuation of the international business >> you are telling me the thing that peabody benefits from is being an

here to help us out is asp ceo bill mcdermott to tell us about it.onal story. you borrowed $7,000 as a teenager and started a deli in high school and now you're a global ceo and along the way you've helped others. why are you so passionate about helping others. >> i had the greatest mom and dad in the world and best family and trained and raised to understand that you leave this world better than you found it and the true measure of a leader is not what you take, it's what you give and it's always been that way. so i'm a blessed manage. i'm a lucky guy. >> you gave me a copy of your book "winners dream" out now. you want to check that out. earth day, you're a software company. what is sap doing to help the environment. >> we want everything to be renewable and clean energy. we have to keep this planet healthy. so we help our customers create solutions to save this planet. you know, example, there's 105 elephants and rhinoceroses getting killed every day for the ivory and the horns. and we want that to stop. so we use our super fast database hana and

it was hand painted by mcdermott. give away to military and first responders.. i wanted to give away a truck. brian: that's where we were standing in november and here we are in april with the former nfl star herschel walker. georgia, dallas cowboy minnesota viking. welcome back, herschel. do you remember that moment? you were a lot younger then. trying to give away this truck to a worthy veteran and so many great applicants that saw that a lot of people saw it and they wrote in and said i want to nominate my veteran to win this truck. >> yes. and you know what was so great about it we had seven judges read over 5,000 entries. and i will tell you what, when we saw brian's story, he is an absolutely amazing guy. talk about a great american hero and that's who it is right there. brian: brian, had yo you had and boss watch us. he wrote a letter for you recommending you. who was that guy? what did he say? >> well, yeah, an old boss of mine. he was very general. he didn't know the details. and when i got the phone call that said i was a finalist. i go he doesn't eve