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we did talk to the ceo of orbitz very recently, and there was no indication at that stage. this tuesday lunchtime. >>> meantime, there's a hedge fund manager in london who calls oil correctly. how did he do it? what is he betting on now? kate kelly is live in london with more on that story. kate. >> hello simon. merchant xhoddy generated 59% up side in 2014 partly by using an unusual economic indicator. rubber. yes, rubber. rubber demand for his sister company in singapore that essentially creates -- or sells the raw tirl that sfwz into tire for industrial commerce for industrial equipment. saw weakening demand for its product in the middle of last year. they regarded it as a tell on slowing gdp in certain parts of the world, and eventually slowing crude demand. that gave them an edge going boo intoou that bearish period for the market. take a listen. >> rather similarly, it's linked to gdp because it's an industrial commodity. it goes into industrial -- it's historically been a good prof esy of how global growth is going, the demand was poor. now, you can argue with that m

orbitz we have a greater exposure to the u.s. 70% of revenue comes from the u.s.ollars that's great for the majority of our travelers because it allows them to be -- makes europe as a destination more affordable. clearly businesses have greater exposure to europe meaning that their earnings when translate into dollars may be impacted by the fact that those euros translate in a lower rate. >> you and expedia within the universe you both stand out. in fairness if you talk to analysts some are concerned broader term you don't have the size and scale to bid effectively against the likes of expedia and priceline and say look barney has done a great job through the own brand label, doing back office for other people you run ammention's operation but that will fall out of the figures and they will be more challenged what would you say to people concerned in that way. >> we have three key parts of the business. a flourishing bc business. i think people may have tried to write us off in the past but they see our continued and ongoing growth really showing through and i thi

orbitz jumped 15% in new york trading and closed 8% higher. holds off volkswagen to stay the world's top-selling automaker for the third straight year. worldwide sales rose 3%. last week, volkswagen reported a 4.2% gain to 10.1 million vehicles. those are your top headlines. tome keene is sitting on a rooftop in switzerland. i have never seen him looking cooler. take your shades off and start your interview. >> i'm too cool for school. i have to have my shades on because of the sun glare and all of that. it is also time to go techie. i have the clearest recollection of davos men and women keeping social media distant. that is what the kids do. that is so over. it is profound -- the changes we have seen in social media over the last three years. let's call it the social media affect. there is no one better to speak to then david kirkpatrick. he is the author of "the facebook effect." the social media effect is profound. >> you are right. it took business a while to digest, the landscape has shifted because of social. every company has to engage

expedia, think of its two traditional rivals, orbitz and travelocity. is basically running travelocity and orbitz is in distant back place. booking.com and priceline are doing very well, too. i think we're going to see some new parties enter from the side, whether it's chinese organization like sea trip making an ambitious push into the u.s. or somebody like amazon who has a great relationship with consumers already moving into travel. we're not going to see it necessarily from a travel startup coming in but it's somebody who already has a lot of money who has great relationship was consumers and knows how to sell. >> jason, it was a prael plerea pleasure, buddy. so what are the stock that is stood out to us in this very hectic and wild week for the markets? we have to stick around and find out. >> our stocks of the week. standout stocks of the week. and also the dow. look at this. it's not quite at but near the very highs of the day right now. it's currently up by 110. stick with us to see how this day will end. is that a gandalf reference? so you're l

and there was an interesting day for shares of orbitz. that stock was halted at one point and then it was reopened on a report that the online travel site is exploring a possible sale and has drawn interest from private equity firms as well as other internet companies. you can see shares popped midday closing 9% higher to $9.95. that story is not over yet. pepsi pepsi co led by nelson peltz looking to split up the company by the snacktivision. rose slightly today. shake shack a long way from upscale burgers out of a single push cart in a new york city park a decade ago. it's planning to raise up to $80 million in an initial public stock offering. the burger chain now has 35 u.s. locations. more in the middle east in russia turkey and england and it expects to put 5 million shares up for sale now priced between $14 and $16 a piece. don't know if french fries are included with that though. >>> coming up why lawmakers in the country's biggest city are zeroing in on a start-up that's trying to change the way the hotel in >> more fallout now f

the owner of orbitz reaching out to poor tinsel -- potential suitors. and music app shazam just raise $30 million in a new round of funding, pushing all you asians asked billion dollars. -- pushing past $1 billion. and starting with $409, it is the largest funding round ever. and despite a collapsing bitcoin currency. now to the lead, get ready for netflix in all corners of the globe. the streaming service has a global expansion program going so well that it will be in 200 countries by the end of the year. generating material global profits into 2017. no profits in the fourth quarter but 4.3 million subscribers. the revenues were up and there was no cash flow. net income on $83 million. that stock is aiming after hours. -- zooming after hours. i say the stock not for the business, but that subscriber number. are these from previous quarters? >> it is definitely international. it came in pretty much in line. margin expansion, they have provided more than ever before, a very strong outline for earnings. invisibility by 2017, as you alluded to. >> the thin

breaking news -- orbits exploring a -- orbitz exploring a sale.yman is on top of this in new york. julie? >> with saws shares trading up, but now we have been halted for volatility. there was too much trade after the headlines began to cross. shares were up about 11% before that halt happened. ortibitz operates orbitz.com and cheaptickets.com. the company has about a billion dollars. according to those familiar with the plans, they have gotten interest from private equity funds as well as other internet companies, but we do not know exactly who and analysts are estimating the company will make a record $932 million in revenue for this year as we see a pickup in u.s. trouble. remember, it did have private equity owners in the past -- it was part of travel port, which was a blackstone company that bought it in 2006 and they went public in 2000 seven. watching the action here -- it looks like the shares have resumed trading. usually these volatility halts are pretty brief. at the moment they are up by 12%, cory. >> julie hyman, thank you very much. w

. >> in april dawn is set to land between the orbitz of mars and jupiter.ace debris will also get attention in 2015, 17,000 trackable objects larger than a coffee cup are currently in order around the earth. they are a threat to satellites. >> the net essentially opens up and being in space, you don't have any problem of drag and when the net reaches the body of debris the net impacts on the debris and the masses continue their courses, so they wrap around and entangle the decree. >> reporter: once caught they plan to drag the debris down towards earth where it will burn up on re-entry. last year they placed a lander on the surface of a commit for the first time. >> you are going to see water flowing away gas, and all of the other materials at much higher rates, so for many scientists that's the big deal. >> reporter: in january nasa plans to launch a satellite. to remur the solar winds. it is also putting up one to explore how the earth's magnetic fields affect the planet. endoinendoinendo -- other countries are also planning to launch satellites to give u

so because they are in different orbitz they will be at different distances from each other. >> at theit might be 150 days. >> right be 150 days again. radiation alone could be the big problem. but also as you get further and further and further out there, you have grown out of options if something goes wrong. if damage is done to the craft, there is no help. so again, the iss is a very safe environment, as space goes. >> yeah. my car got stuck yesterday, and it freaked me out. jake good to see you again. >>> the international space station isn't just great for human experiments, all of the vibrant new space startup companies happening here on earth are dependant on the space station for all practical research. bottom line the international space station will grow to have even more importance in the coming years as the industry on earth begins to boom. melissa chan has more. >> reporter: it's a prospector's map to hidden treasure. private space company planetary resources believes that incredible amounts of plutonium and rare earth metals could be mined from these asteroids. metals tha

an oral histories provide something of a thesaurus for more fragmentation, a talk about fiefdoms, orbitz, factions and tribes, and the white house versus the white house, and over in congress, you have 12 years of pent-up democratic demand's were spending and for different kinds of policy, and 40 years of treating republicans with some disdain as a supposedly permanent minority, so the polarization goes both ways. there is a house committee that noted during that. that they would enact the communist manifesto if only they had jurisdiction. [laughter] by contrast, the president really reflected more of "the bipartisan consensus that happens horizontally between the governors." this reflected the governor's wing of the democratic party. and that mattered, because it meant that some of the domestic policies, and again, to paraphrase one of the oral histories, could be very good macro politics but not good for micro-politics. they would attack sacred cows or at least sacred interests. given that members believe that money salt problems in the domestic arena, we also talk to other decisions,

orbitz worldwide you can see up by 8% on today's trade.er to you guy approximates. >> thanks, dom. we'll see you later. a lot of earnings coming out after the bell. markets have certainly had a volatile start for the year. today has been no different. so how does a firm that manages over 20 billion of clients' money navigate these kinds of moves you ask? >> well let's ask calamos investments john calamos joining us now. john, it's great to see you again. welcome. let's just begin with the volatility we've had so far in january. how it affects the trading decisions that you're making and what you think it means for the rest of the year. >> it seems like, you know, we're just on a risk on/risk off type of environment that's been a really tough environment, but i think you got to look through some of this near-term volatility, look a little bit further out and position yourself that way, and we're actually positive for 2015 overall, but this volatility has really been quite dramatic and it's not going to go away soon. >> john most money manag

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travel service providing will be allowed to provide services to travelers going to cuba, but will orbitz be able to sell travel online, will the u.s. be able to deliver packages to support entrepreneurs in cuba? i don't think that's clear yet. there are some references that are a bit vague. one is exploring additional options for promoting the growth of entrepreneurship in the private sector in cuba. that may or may not come in an initial round of regulations. my read of the president's authority is similar to bob's which is that he can use his licensing authority broadly. so one thing that i've been suggesting is that he could license imports into the united states of products made by cuban entrepreneurs. so you could license ebay to engage cubans on their platforms to sell things into the united states. i'm not sure that's going to be part of the initial regulations, but it does seem like the sort of thing that would be consistent with the president's announcement. so that's the short term. but i think the longer term, the enthusiasm and the curiosity that exists right now is going to