nordstrom's i might be thinking my mother-in-law loves that. my nephew, mcdonald's, you have to have the right selection in all categories that work well for gifting. what we do see in the fashion cards are good sellers at holiday and increasingly the open loop, you have to distinguish between closed and open loop. >> i don't know the difference. >> an open loop card wore visa and mastercard those are most popular. >> knows act as debit cards, in other words. >> you know, they are supported by a deb et transaction but the difference is a gift card, it is a one-time use product. you can't reload it. we do offer reloadable products but those are not intended at gift cards, they are for every day spending. >> a part of sara's question, there are -- i'll make up foot locker i don't know if that's actually one. >> yes, it is. >> there are some obscure cards where you think, really, they have a gift card? >> right. >> why do you have a foot locker gift card? >> you do market research on this or take anyone that comes to you? >> perfect question. we d

and we flew up there and we went to this guy nordstrom.ad an office that was the mall post office. yet plenty him windows and he pressed buttons and shades can demonstrate came down to show us how rich he was. we were putting money in and he put money in. we had to make sure we were doing the due diligence thing. the sky shows us his tremendous operation and meanwhile during the meeting there a couple of kids coming in and out. bear 25 or 26 years old, 20 years old and they are apparently the developers kids. so the presentation stops and someone says -- i have to ask a question so he says you know, you are going to have a wonderful operation. you are like a one-man show here though. i see you have a lot of people working for you but you are the boss, your one person one-person it all depends on you. i see you have got a couple of kids coming in and out and i have kids of my own only at that time bruce did know how many he really had at that point. [laughter] so he says, i've got kids of my own. i know how that works. so he looks at him an

. >>> a big scare after reports a man in nordstrom. why it turned out to be a false alarm. >>> the day start off with some drizzle. now it's dry. and rosemary orozco will tell is if more showers will return. >>> and the rare appearance of the cuban leader today. o?oowq >>> a tense situation in a shopping mall near boston is over. police evacuated the burlington mall this morning in search for a man who witnesses claim had a rifle. after hearing about the gun scare, man in question called state police to tell them he was the guy they were looking for. however, he never had a gun, only an umbrella sticking out of his backpack. >>> this morning a ceremony was held to mark a somber anniversary. it's been 16 years since the deadly oklahoma city bombing. a moment of silence was held at the expect same the bomb ripped apart the federal billing in 1995. empty chairs sit at the memorial for each of the 168 people kill. timothy mc veigh, the bomber, was atwitted and executed -- acquitted and executed. >>> highly radioactive from the basement in

chairperson mar: those are those housing units behind nordstrom? supervisor elsbernd: that is now all owned by san francisco state. they made the same promise mike has made to all those tenants, but there is nothing binding them. >> i am going to move to the next few slides until the project sponsor is able to elaborate. and i think we might want to move on to the presentation about the design of open space and sustainability. i will step in at various moments. thank you. >> i am from planning department's staff. i am going to take you through some of the design highlights of the proposal aspect we have not and able to touch on in previous presentations. feel free to stop me if i am going to fast. one of the major opportunities created by this project is to reconsider the block pattern, the existing street pattern at parkmerced. it is a

the man was seen carrying the rifle in nordstrom's.gain, this is in burlington, massachusetts, just outside of boston. if we get any more information we will bring it to you. >>> 8:46. let's bring you up to date on some of the other top stories we're following for you now. >>> this morning, in oklahoma, hundred of people gathered for a very somber anniversary, 16 years to the day since that deadly oklahoma city bombing that killed 168 people. 90 minutes ago, there was a moment of silence to remember the victims. >>> we do have new information here at home on a story we've been telling you about all morning. oakland police have identified the woman shot and killed in the possible drive-by shooting last night near poplar park. she was 34-year-old beatrice burton, a young mother near richmond. and president obama is holding a town hall meeting in virginia. the focus, america's skyrocketing debt and how he plans to bring it down. he says taxes need to be raised on the wealthy and spending needs to be cut for the defense. pam? >>> president

length on the seabed it's been dubbed as one of the most ambitious marine projects ever russia's nordstrom pipeline which scrap would be nearing completion but provide what certainly grew up with a new level of security. in the construction site to gauge the progress. might look like common in middle of a muddy building site but behind me is a key point one of the most ambitious engineering projects undertaken anywhere in the world over the last few years the point which you can see just going into the ground and out the see behind me as the north stream pipe is the world's longest underwater gas pipe at the world they can supply and it's also operating under the most pressure it's a flagship project for russia it was mooted for over ten years before construction could actually begin here and it's going to cost over seven billion years at least . proving it is capable initialising in carrying out such large scale projects taking part in all the places starting from modeling to constructing breaking. this is no ordinary metal pipe it's got to be able to withstand extreme conditions the thic

instead, most major outlets, including macy's and nordstrom posted better than expected sales. but not at the mall. new numbers show mall vacancies hit their highest level in more than a decade last quarter, as more shoppers did their buying online. >>> and if you're in the market for a new computer, why not kick it old school? the commodore 64 is back. the hottest-selling computer of the 1980s still has the boxy look with its updated, latest technology. the company says they've already sold out their first batch. it even has the same price tag as it did in 1982, $595. and betty, i think i like old school. >> yeah, i wasn't lucky enough back then to have a computer. but -- >> it's classic. >> yeah, exactly. i don't know if i want to pay about 600 bucks for it. but that's just me. all right, ashley, joining us live in new york, thank you. >>> the jury in the trial of baseball star barry bonds begins deliberating today. lawyers and federal prosecutors made their closing arguments thursday. and the case was handed over to the jury. bonds is charged with obstruction of justice and

it's more secure the nordstrom's capacity may be increased by twenty five to thirty billion cubic meters of gas gas problem has an officer so that the situation in the european market is currently difficult for the us partly because of significant supplies from cattle besides there are significant risks in the long term concerning the launch of gas supplies from america but on the other hand germany is expected to increase gas consumption by fifteen billion cubic meters as it will reduce the consumption of nuclear energy following the disaster in japan so everything will hang on how hard gas problem tries to consumers in europe and sign long term contracts. that's the latest i have for you this hour but i always find more business stories if you are. told website. the. wealthy british style. sometimes cuts. the. market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with meit's conjure for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cons report on r g. this time was silent for decades. twenty five years ago and the entire fifty thousand pop

is it's the nordstrom projects construction in its final stages bringing closer to reality the pipeline which will pump russian gas direct to the e.u. and that means big changes in energy ties between the two. major financial players from around the world are discussing the future of the global economy at the historic venue of bretton woods in the u.s. the event hosted by billionaire philanthropist george soros is exploring what role emerging powers will take in a new world economic order or a lister has been covering the conference for. we heard a former prime minister gordon brown at lunch he addressed the crowd talking about the role of bric nations brazil russia india and china their growth as ours in the globe and how this needs to be addressed and needs to be global governing bodies need to adjust to this if the west in europe and the united states are not going to decline he said does the rise of these nations mean that europe in the united states will decline said will that all depends on how they adjust if they're able to change your free will to invest more in education in sci

gas supplies to a year bypassing certain under libel transit countries initially it was planned at nordstrom will it deliver fifty five billion cubic meters of gas per year to hear it but amid the recent events in north africa the middle east of course the japanese nuclear catastrophe under schooling output of nuclear power in europe russia says it is ready to further increase gas supplies to european consumers as fifty five billion cubic metres per year is not the limit for the north korean project from his written recent feat things denmark for cooperation on this project and has emphasized that the recent events unfolding in north africa and japan once again are that chill gas is the most ecological energy resource. b.p. may finally resolve a dispute with its russian oil partners as t m k b p says it's ready to sell its stake in the joint venture vehicle vegs and bet it one of the partners in the a arkansas which emergent fifty percent to eighty eight says a sale could be possible if they're offered a good price they are had earlier refused the piece a twenty seven billion dollars often s

they wouldn't allow that a couple of blocks down in property of nordstroms but it happens out here all time. >> reporter: it has been lost in the shuffle despite time after time of schemes to fix it up. the cash register at kaplan's sporting goods has running on market street for 67 years. the latest with tax breaks for twitter and other businesses along with the burgeoning art scene is greet we had weary- eyed optimism. >> twitter will bring people into the area. that's what we need, more traffic. and who people who can expends some money. >> people might walk down during lunchtime and help all of these stores out. >> it is so refreshing to go to a beautiful city in rome or chicago or new york and see the main street that is something that's really vibrant, something that's really, really fantastic. and we are hoping that market street can be that way for us. >> reporter: the mayor announced today that the officers of burning man will be moving to 6th and mission. and twitter, which will be in the san francisco mart right across the street, has 300 employees. in three years they expec

number of chains reporting much stronger-than-expected sales for march including the likes of costco, nordstrom, limited brand. march had some nasty weather, higher pump prices and easter falling later in april. that does impact sales in a big way. one notable exception, san francisco-based gap, its same- store sales across its three major chains down 10%. the gap says it was hit really hard not only by easter but by the disaster in japan. but the market not really responding all that well to that raferty of good news. europe's central bank raised its prime interest rate for the first time in three years to combat inflation. that's got the market worried. looking at the market, the dow is down by 2. still an improvement after the open. nasdaq turned positive now up by 9. s&p is gaining 2. >>> the big changes on the way to youtube. the "wall street journal" says that google is going to create a number of content-driven channels. content that it's paying for and creating through some networking in hollywood. putting about $100 million towards this. youtube is the most popular video site in the wo