. >>> we're looking at a company looking to take on office giant staples and officemax looking to fillole in the $300 million industry. the poppin ceo. he is joining us in a first on fox interview next. david: use foul language and get fined at least in one european city. we'll tell you what city is cashing in on cursing when we go "off the desk" ahead on aft about the he will -- "after the bell." liz: it is the classic tale of david versus goliath. we love that story, right? entrepreneur chris burch, behind tory burch and c wonder is launching a new supply line. hear is the guy who run it. it is called poppin. it will be online, you're trying to take on staples, officemax, office depot in heavily, heavily saturated market. how are you going to do this. >> sounds big, right? thanks for having me on. we saw a huge gap, design gap in the online office supply market space. no one was catering to women in particular. these are the most fashion conscious people. they're trend-setters and they're being largely ignored by the big box guys. so when my partner chris was envisioning how we could

officemax can book a gain of $671 million. officemax moves to a new high. about staples i should say some of the speculation surrounded bain capital. they may be considering a buyout for this retailer, if it were to happen may not happen until later in the year. keep an eye on it. those are what we have so far. those are the winning names for that particular group. and we're multiyear highs for major averages. back you to. tracy: nicole, thank you. when i was at staples every day last week, i'm not kidding you. what is that? ashley: supplies for the teachers every year. tracy: it is annoying. can we go back to chalk and little eraser board. ashley: little, inc. wells, back in the day. securities & exchange commission bringing the first of its kind charges against the new york stock exchange for compliance failures that they say gave some customers an improper head start on trading information which of course is so critical. liz macdonald is here now with exclusive details in emac's bottom line. >> we've been on the phone with the sec on this one. because wh

to many of these stores with officemax, staples, office depot there are too many of these stores areround. we would check back with rob at 9:15 a.m.. >> let's take a look at the weather. we do have called cover to contend with. we do see clear skies in inland. it is a chilly start for santa rosa. it is 49 degrees out the door for daly city. warmer spots are only in the upper 50s. as we had been closer to lunch time it will be about 66 through the coastal line. that '80s to become more widespread on the 3:00 p.m. hour. it looks like we will pick up about low eighties for some of the south bay locations. 78 in santa clara. antioch's 78 degrees. 78 degrees in castro valley. no. bay and napa about 73 degrees. if you are headed to ocean beach it will be pretty cloud cover. it looks like it will be a many heat wave starting on thursday. if you are headed to the giants game tonight the first pitch will be about 7:15 p.m.. >> thursday bulls star to warm things up all around the '90s. saturday is expected to be the warmest day of the week a lot of people have saturdays off. if you are headed

of course we watched the office companies, staples, officemax and office depot, we watched them very closely especially during a tough economy. david: nicole petallides, thanks very much. sandy, over to you. sandra: crude oil taking a plunge in late-day trading after hitting 100 dal a barrel last week. prices dropped it nearly $5 in a few minutes of trading to below $95 a barrel. perfect guy to join us today. andy lipow of lipow oil associates. thanks for joining us, andy. >> thanks for having me. sandra: can you explain what happened today? >> i think the market sentiment is changing. when you look around there was a lot of euphoria last week in qe3. the fed going with these unlimited mortgage back securities purchases. driving dollar weaker and commodities higher. people look around say, well will it really make a difference as far as redan? when you look into the middle east and protests and violence against america, it will not impact the flow of crude oil out of there. the market thinking, supply remains the same, demand will be an issue, maybe we got overenthusiastic. sandra: a

looking at staples and officemax. staples is a name that came to the headlines in the last 24 hours as a private equity firms may be interested in buying staples legal taking it private. was reported yesterday but we have seen the name on the move to the upside. perhaps bain capital. all kinds of speculation you may not see until later in the year. office max another name on the move. to lehman brothers, it is all settled and they can focus the gain of $671 million as stock hits a 52 week high. dave: have a great weekend. the federal reserve announcing another round of money printing yesterday. ronald reagan's budget director calls the move, quote, madness and wonders if capitalism will survive ben bernanke's medicine. david stockman joins me now. great to see you again. madness, an end of capitalism? you are not a little overwrought? >> this is in q e 3. it is q e i the dismal to in finnerty. they are going to print money and they are going to buy bonds and when they run out of bonds they will buy the m b s and as wi

of course, they have their rivals, office depot and officemax, but it's a hard business, right? see whether or not there's any sort of leveraged buyout offer and some of the prices that include that maybe $17 a share. so, at these levels here, it really has potential to the upside, but that the offers may not come until later in the year. >> we shall see as they say. >> we have it here, right? >> you heard it here. >> i use cliches occasionally. let me wrap it up with five minutes into the trading cess. dow up 40, oil up close to a barrel. key polls from the swing states from the wall street journal nbc poll. president obama leads romney shall 49-44. and in ohio 50-43. to virginia in that swing state. obama ahead 49-44. and, but now to a national tracking poll, this is from rasmussen, and this trks likely voters, very important distinction, in this poll, mitt romney leads president obama 48-45. and the election still all about the economy. so, we hear. so, here is the the question. does ben bernanke want president obama to win in november? greg valliere plays it right down the m

like staples, office depot, officemax. why are we looking at these three names in particular?ility notes that were of concern from women. they are done. there they are up. staples getting a stellar pop. up 4%. the tech heavy nasdaq up 1.1%. the s&p looking good. the dow hitting new update your highs as we have been noting. dennis: thank you very much, nicole. videogame makers trying to fight off their worst losses in six years. cheryl: liz claman find out how as three days in the valley continues. first, take a look at some of today's winners over on the nasdaq. ♪ [ male announcer ] let's say you need to take care of legal matters. wouldn't it be nice if there was an easier, less-expensive option than using a traditional lawyer? well, legalzoom came up with a better way. we took the best of the old and combined it with modern technology. together you get quality services on your terms, with total customer support. legalzoom documents have been accepted in all 50 states, and they're backed by a 100% satisfaction guarantee. so go to legalzoom.com today and see for yourself. it's

officemax, for example, hitting a fresh 52-week high. that is on the move as well.his is big news. starboard is saying office depot is dopely undervalued. really showing a vote of confidence on the company which sup 19 cents right now. back to you. tracy: see you in 15 minutes. >>> chaos continues in the middle east today. the latest clashes in afghanistan. hundreds burned cars and threw rocks at the military base in kabul. the crowd chanted, death to america. they charged police and attacked government buildings. the wave of protest over the anti-islamic film has spread to pakistan a tunisia. the attacks in pakistan left one protester dead and many injured. hundreds of people set fire to a government building in northwest pakistan and sparked a gunfight with police. in jakarta crowds hurled firebombs at the u.s. embassy. this is the first violent seen in indonesia, the world's most poplous muslim country since the outrage began last week. ashley: all the violence in the middle east has certainly sparked concern about rising oil prices. libya, epicenter of the unres

thirty-three years at xerox, officemax. this is certainly a change for you.you doing differently? >> well, i think the company was a great company. my brother had taken it over in the late 90's, and he was a terrific of japan or in through the company. now we are in a phase where we have a terrific market opportunity if committed we are coming in with a lot of new products. we have, with 11 new products of the past three months to mature in with more in november. things like cereals that people can use. steaks and bars. one of the things that i think we have done pretty well is the convenience of our product. if you're out during the daytime working in busy, people to stake out a bark, use products that are easy to use and it really is a 5-in-1. five men to fast meals during the day and one lead in green deal. we have seen fit great success. we have been growing in over 20 percent, so are a pretty sight. we are seeing people. i was at an airport the other day. in the lady said tomorrow, your the chairman of maxus fast, i lost 75 pounds. it's great to be up th