metlife shipping 2600 employees from that state and others to a lower tax state to north carolina. republican governor north carolina with whether he can make them feel home. good to have you back on. an offer too good to refuse, what drew them? >> a great quality of life, a good business climate. and a great workforce. in north carolina. so, they are setting up, we have 2600 new employees for next 3 to 4 years, they will live either in charlotte or kerry, raleigh area of north carolina, two different areas, strong areas. and these new jobs will help build our economy. i think they made the right decision, we're glad to have metlife, a gri great company coo north carolina. neil: there are a lot of zero-tax states like texas and florida trying to do what you are i do, the governors have a contest to do that but there are fewer of you guys than the high tax state guys. what happens in you woo those jobs the republican-run state ewhat do you offer they do not? >> rick perrynd nikki haily and bob mcdonald, we consider them competition, they are friends but they are competition, we welc

and metlife paid $40 million in settlement moneys and told nbc news it is on track with remitting policy proceeds to beneficiaries. but critics say the insurance industry should do even more. >> if they wanted to find you to collect a bill, the bill collection industry is very efficient and they can find people and track you down. so the life insurance industry can do that as well. >> reporter: in a statement the american council of life insurers says life insurance companies are committed to keeping their promises to consumers and are working to ensure all beneficiaries get the benefits they are due. to find out if you're owed benefits experts recommend visiting missingmoney.com, a website run by the national association of unclaimed property administrators. >> there's half and half -- >> reporter: for andy and chris fox, their missing money was a welcome but hard won windfall that they'll be passing on to their own family. john yang, nbc news, chicago. >>> there are ways to find out if you're among those owed money. we have them including links to those websites john mentioned. it's al

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prudential, metlife, hartford financial, lincoln national, all ending the trading day in the green.ll them under up almost 40%, this morning as job report better than expected. the ten year jumping six basis points to 2.06%. now the question is, will the fed tighten sooner than later? liz: that seemed to be part of the cortex of the investing community there. gambling, that is big all across america and in states online. shuffle is a company that provides games for casinos on the web. its ceo joins us exclusively. look at this year-to-date picture. find out how the change in landscape could lead to bigger profit. david: venezuela post-chavez could there be some real opportunity for investors with the death of hugo chavez? the former u.s. ambassador to venezuela, he has kept his business ties intact with that country. we'll be talking to him later on about where you go in venezuela. liz: but first, we're going to tell you what drove the markets today on another record breaking day with today's data download. a sea of green on wall street, with all three major indices ending the week

another one we like metlife as we look at life insurers, both the banks and life insurers will benefitnk that's going to happen the next several years and they'll make more money both are wealth management companies and very large positions in our portfolio. stuart: you mentioned earlier that part of this rally is based on energy. natural gas, we've got a lot of natural gas, we've got oil. americans, jobs, et cetera, et cetera. >> right. stuart: you like bp. >> we do like bp. we like bp because of several things, one, it's a cheap stock. we tend to like stocks that have been hated in the past. if you've been spilling oil in the gulf of mexico, you hate it. the investors think about the bad things and headlines that the stocks get too cheap. stuart: didn't bp have to sell off a lot of of assets? >> they had to sell off a fair number of assets, but i tell you, bp has one of the best balance sheets in all of the the oil industry. incredibly robust cash flows so we look at it and the other thing we like, natural gas is very cheap, which is great for consumers, it's great for manufacturers,

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citi, suntrust, allied and metlife. what are you expecting to hear this time? kind of pass and system be happy again? >> well, keep in mind sometimes people confuse failure of the stress test with the capital plans or distribution plans being rejected. so, for example, last time there was at least one institution, maybe more that actually passed the stress tests per se, but had their capital distribution plan rejected and they were dubbed by the media having failed the stress test. keeping those two things somewhat separate but i do anticipate better result this is time because banks have all-time high according to the fdic equity levels and capital levels. there has an about significant improvements in the health and stress of banks as measured by other third parties. i hope and believe the results will be directionally positive. tracy: banks like citi and bank of america could use a positive result, right? they are arguably undervalued. it could be off to the races for the financial sector as a whole, which many argue how goes the financials goes the rest of