joining us for spring fling from the bahamas is jeanine tornatore of orbitz. good to see you and boy that looks gorgeous. will planes be packed with so many people scrambling to get out of dodge? >>yes in fact 9 of our top 10 destinations this year are to warm weather escapes. i think that the majority of the country is looking to hit the beach. >>what are some of the fastest growing areas you are seeing? >>our number one destination is las vegas. we also have 4 destinations in mexico that make our top 10 list for spring break this yearcancun, riviera maya, puerta vallarta, and playa del carmen. although they also have some of the most expensive airfare pricesupwards of $600 on average per flight. >>wow. so how do we get a great deal? >>there is still opportunity out there to get a great deal. the good news is for families a lot of the spring break this year is a little later like early april through mid-april. booking a package and combining your airfare and hotel and also look for promo codes. they are out there without blackout dates in many cases. orbitz h

those are people that go to sites like expedia and orbitz.oking to introduce the products we have to those consumers. we have recently struck a deal with expedia. our properties are starting to appear on expedia in test mode. it is noting that cannibalistic to their business or our business. there are people on the expedia platform who do not know vacation rentals are available and when they see them on expedia, they think this is a good option. they have five people going and they are selecting them. so far, so good on that test. >>.gov for stopping by. i know you're headed back to austin, sxsw. it is time now for the bwest byte. jon is jumping in on this. dave g has the bite. >> 6%. it is the number of people that access the internet from only a mobile device. i think that is an interesting trend that we sort of have to pay attention to as mobile devices, like these tablets, get a lot more capable. are people not going to have pcs at all? >> so not just mobile first, mobile only? >> i would've thought the number would be bigger than that at

. >> drop for orbitz worldwide. josh? >> orbitz is up 400% from last year. had a huge run.s year, not so good. it's a good competitive space. and that's what you're seeing today. >> drop for freeport. >> it was a wild day for copper. i think copper holds the levels. but freeport has issues in indonesia. they're being forced to build a smelter. this is the reason they went into oil and gas development. i think the stock's interesting because it's at the bottom of the range. but i don't need to own it. >>> clowngrade or downgrade, josh holds his feet to the fire on his latest call. much more ahead. (vo) you are a business pro. maestro of project management. baron of the build-out. you need a permit... to be this awesome. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. and only national is ranked highest in car rental customer satisfaction by j.d. power. (aaron) purrrfect. (vo) meee-ow, business pro. meee-ow. go national. go like a pro. humans -- even when we cross our "t's" and dot our "i's," we still run into problems. that

the idea is that there would be five orbitz, areas where a tritan is on patrol.hey are designed to stop a par scope from 60,000 feet up. they can goom in on it with a camera and call in the nearest poseidon and its crow to confirm what it found. when the systems go into service, the estimate is 2016. the huge sections of open ocean that we will find the plane in will be under an unblinking eye. it's like installing an alarm system on the high seas. if it spots a perry scope, one assumes it could spot an aeroplane. in a few years, we won't be hunting a week later. we'd be on site, pulling the wreckage from the water. >> a search is underway for the cause of a fiery helicopter crash in seattle this morning. a news chopper flying for seattle saying komotv crashed and burst into flames near the space needle. two people on board - the pilot and a photojournal were both killed. others, whose cars caught fire were able to escape. one is in critical condition. seattle's mayor says the city will re-examine policy on helicopter landing pads. >> now to the scandal surroundi

say even though the break is not significant, no customers have lost water and no reports of homes orbitzsin being flooded. san miguel road will be closed for ten to 12 hours. >>> in sanrafael, a water main broke there and left many without water. about 4:00 a.m. water rushed over when a 12-inch pipe ruptured. by 8:00 p.m. tonight the water should be flowing again. so far no word on what caused the water main to break. >>> all right. it is time to check on the weather around here. let's check on our micro climate forecast with jeff ranieri, hey, jeff. >> hey, ladies. we have something we want, rainfall. if you haven't been out in the past hour or so, road ways are slick and a lot of current system is getting an added boost he subtropical moisture. we had a few weeks ago and speeding out here from hawaii into parts of the bay area. again, that's going to be with us for tonight hoping to keep the rainfall consistent. it's not overly heavy, but you can see areas of yellow popping up on the radar and finding heavier pockets. looks like this one here will be heading right towards hayward as we

orbitz worldwide downgraded to sell from neutral over at goldman sachs.m says the travel website is showing slower growth while selling at a premium to its peer group. the stock is down almost 9%. transocean upgraded to neutral from sell over at citi. the firm also increasing its price target from $41 to 41. juno upgraded at wells fargo. that firm saying they will benefit from a stronger spending environment. ty, down to you. >> all right. thank you very much, sue. we are just minutes away from the fed's decision on interest rates. in about half hour, 40 minutes or thereabouts from janet yellen's press conference. we'll talk about that and more when "power lunch" continues in two minutes' time. two minutes' . thinking up game-changing ideas, like this: dozens of tax free zones across new york state. move here. expand here. or start a new business here... and pay no taxes for 10 years. with new jobs, new opportunities and a new tax free plan. there's only one way for your business to go. up. find out if your business can qualify at start-upny.com so our bu

orbitz 34 years ago in which it talked about the decline and essentially the impartial arbiter or referee of democracy. roldan as been played by, you know, a place like the "washington post," the new york times or a think tank. in other words an institution that isn't fully brought in to one side or the other. those of us who were in those places are trying to do that. one of the challengers, and this is not so obvious to all people get the information they want as opposed to seeking the permission of may challenge of. it's easy to have your views reinforced because you can ignore the places that might challenge of. there's -- that's the age in which we live. the other is one of the things we have seen is that in the past 20 years if you're republican or democrat you're not any more or less enamored of your own party. you see your own party basically in the same way, generally positive. but if you're a republican and with the democratic party orchard a democrat elected the republican party you see that the other side and a much more negative way. therefore as a result of that there is so

orbitz is showing slower growth. >> jpmorgan gaining.k agreed to sell its physical commodities unit for $3.5 billion. the sale comes amid regulators concerned that banks could control commodity prices if they own and traded them as well. they will get so big that their failure will hurt the entire financial system. >> number two is first solar, now up about 20%. analysts say one big announcement, it is pushing at the low end of its 2015 earnings guidance. we are not talking about a k, yields rising the most since 2011. do we have that shot of the close? there is the new york stock exchange. this coming on the first day of our new fed chair's testimony, first testimony ever from her in terms of a press conference. we did see her earlier in the year as she spoke before the senate and members of congress. the fed is abandoning that 6.5% employment threshold that they had clung to for so long, looking at other ways to measure the economy. hyman and us is julie ethan harris. >> and what about me? >> we know you are here, matt miller. a are no

. >> number eight, orbitz worldwide, downgraded from buy to neutral, slower grooves -- slower growthng at a premium. >> number seven, oracle, posting fourth-quarter results as the company faces salesforce.com, helping their rivals sell internet-based programs. they have collected sales growth around five percent and 10 quarters. home, swamping the gain, beating as well is surging. they said that new home orders rose six percent around a higher community count, shares gaining on the news, not so much bad weather. >> number five, the game maker delaying titan fall for xbox 360. released earlier this month for the xbox one helped to boost sales of its newest console. .> number four is not a stock talking about treasury, keeping our eyes on government torowing, right? make sure watch our special coverage of the event today live, when janet yellen host stir first news conference in pairs. -- hosts her first news conference. suspending commercial meetings, application for sales jobs in china, this comes from a new report and midst china investigating allegations that is anin -- nu skin ill

there is a new ceo at east men codec, jeff clark emma who has he chairman of orbitz replaces antonioerez. eastman kodak emerged from bankruptcy last year now makes equipment for commercial hunting and packaging. that story still breaks my heart. we all grew up on codec. on wall street, profits were lower last year but bonuses were higher. that is according to the new york state comptroller. 15%ays the bonus pool grew to a total of $27 billion. profits for stock exchange members fell by 1/3. the bloomberg exclusive -- george soros. anchor,pean down withacqua sat george soros and he weighed in on everything. it was an exclusive interview. he is watching the crisis in ukraine closely. here's what he said about what it means for europe. call tone is a wake up europe. russia has emerged as a rival of the european union. utin has tried to reconstitute the russian empire as a rival for the european union. he has been very successful politically. he has not been terribly successful financially because the russian economy is not doing well at all. putin has outplayed, out maneuvered the europ

. >>> travel website operator orbitz world would have been has been down fwraded to sell from neutralar reported smaller than expected fourth quarter loss. same-store sales would be up 1% to 4%. it recovers from what it is now calling a challenging holiday season. >>> we are mow counow counting janet yellen's conference. steve liesman joins us now. >> the excitement is palpable, brian. >> i can see it from here. >> it's building up to the 2:00 statement and the 2:30 press conference. i have christian with me. he was the former senior policy adviser for bill dudley. thanks for joining us. >> great pleasure, steve. >> we know was going to happen. but you think there's a lot of interesting things on the table for yellen to decide. she wants to have continuity. she may not have that luxury. >> that's right. the main emphasis today, we know even though the fed is approaching its 6.5% threshold for rates, they're going to emphasize the broader assessment of labor markets plus weak inflation means no early rises in the fed funds rate. >> but they've done a good job of keeping the markets lid

travel has announced completion of a second round of funding for more than $5 million and it includes orbitzff flehr, we welcome back the co-founder and ceo. it's with trepidation we have you on because last time you were on i think we crashed your site. >> you did. you did. but we're glad to be on again and this time hopefully we can withstand it. >> okay. listen, let's just remind everybody what you are trying to do here. you are catering to a large proportion of the travel and leisure market that simply is unable to book people online despite the fact that's how everybody's searching. >> yeah. so, we're one-stop shop that helps travelers and locals to book activities so that might be a kayak tour or a wine tasting. what we discovered is that when it comes to activities, a lot of the operators aren't online. so, less than 30% of activity operators in america actually have online booking capabilities. so, peek.com provides a one-stop shop for travelers to be able to book activities and we also provide a whole suite of back-end tools for activity operators to manage and run their business so