. >>> tobacco giant philip morris raised its quarterly dividend 3%, the yield just above 3.5%. philip morris shares fell a fraction to $116.86. >>> medicaid coverage prior centene will buy if i hfidelis . shares of centene rose 8% to $98.16. >>> after the bell, dow jones reported tennent health care is proposing a possible sale, sending shares spiking in the extended shares. but shares finished down 5% to 16.24. >> a rise in customer spending wasn't enough to offset slowing foot traffic at cracker barrel. the restaurant and gift shop chain reported lower than expected sales but did beat analysts' earning estimates. the company says it expects the environment to remain challenging in the months ahead. shares rose 1%. >>> the ceo of equifax issued an apology today in an op ed in "usa today," describing the breach that impacted 143 million americans as the most humbling moment in the company's history. he says he's devoting extraordiny resources to make e apology did little to help the stock price. it was off more than 14% in the session today. equifax is one of three nationwide c

goldman sachs adding philip morris to its conviction buy list are we good?re we all on the same program >> i tdon't know if that came through or not. >> philip morris. >> this is not a social hour for you too. >> i like the call i like the management changes. i like the way we've seen a pullback it's going down to josh's favorite moving average, the 200 day, and holding right above it. i like it. i think it's an excellent call. >> karen. >> i think it's an example of don't bet against the sin stocks this has been one of the greatest stocks in the s&p over the last ten years. >> you won't buy it, though. >> no, we don't buy it because we don't own them. we don't own cigarette stocks at our company. but if you had owned it, any form of it, fantastic. fantastic stock. and it's undeniable that you've got a built-in base of people that need your product they're putting a lot of money in vapes. >> do you want to hit this vape real quick >> not a chance. >> they're not in love by any stretch with the staples in general. >> i think this company's product should be o

got a long history of doing the bidding of industry funders in the 1990's it was teamed up with philip morris to challenge the facts about the health risks of tobacco. now using the same tactics along with funding from the koch foundation, exxonmobil and other fossil fuel interests, it's out to undermine public confidence in the establishment of scientific consensus about climate change. it's quite shameless in its methods once sponsoring a billboard comparing those who accept the science of global warming to the unabomber. for my 180th time to wake-up speech, i'd like to explore the heartland institute's latest gambit which is to air drop climate denial propaganda directly into children's classrooms. this spring heartland delivered packages to hundreds of thousands of k-12 and college-level science teachers across the country. these materials were designed to have a veneer of credibility. each one was stamped with the headline study, science teachers giving unbalance education on climate change. this intriguing story was attributed to something called environment and climate news. inside the

. >> caller: hi gym philip morris >> that's a good one tim in ohio. crimin . >> caller: thank you thank you thank you. >> sure no problem >> caller: thank you for teaching us and providing us goodrich character congratulation to your chief eagles taking our -- and beating the giants yesterday with a 60-ya 60-yard, one-yard game professor cramer, buy sell or hold factory suit call >> no, we're going to say don't buy. we like everything that joe papa's doing i think the thing will be okay but i still got so many drug companies that are down on their luck right now i can't go for that one how about ken in massachusetts >> caller: hey jim >> i'm going well how about you. >> caller: doing great a long time listener big boston boo ya although i'm living in newton >> i love newton >> caller: have you ever find yourself here give me a call >> fair enough i like that >> caller: you want to know my stock? >> yeah. >> caller: bbun. if you like it i want the know why. >> we like it because we had them on and it's a terrific situation. the last quarter was good. i