qwest the biggest thing we're doing with streamlining. qwest we call it our core market.w york area and surrounding states and southern florida, which is where we have a strong brand presence. go in these locations, they really work anywhere nationally. >> may be frozen yogurt is more your thing. you will love 16 candles, new york's first self-serve frozen yogurt place. qwest today, people are focused on finding something that is not but peopleernative, are a lot more concerned about what they're putting into their bodies. think that is why people are gravitating toward the frozen yogurt rocks. -- >> it really peaked and then dropped off. qwest at that point, it was alternative. qwest it was a non-ice cream. >> it was ice cream's stepbrother. >> 16 handles i thought was a liquor store. how did you come up with the name for the frozen yogurt chain? class i loved 31 flavors baskin-robbins. i understood the impact as a of numbers. one of my favorite movies as a child was "16 candles." >> there are sugared up and high calorie choices as well. >> frozen yogurt your way. our mo

qwest sure.the years, last year, when everyone was concerned about the emerging percent,own three frontier markets were up 26%. we coined our own term, indonesia and sub sahara africa, the most excited -- exciting story. that is why we think emerging markets have been oversold and we believe by going to a volatile asset class, we could increase return and decrease risk. it is an important part of your portfolio. qwest alix steel has been comparing some of the gross traverse the -- behind u.s. stocks. qwest looking at the stocks for u.s. and china come it is an interesting story. they have gotten a gain this year and it is a better place to be. the 1000 index, the white line etc., apple and exxon, around the third senior high. economy could grow this making that better off. qwest i do not believe so. u.s. and it will be a mistake this year. if you brought it out to interesting asset classes, global reach is a great diversifier. i prefer mid-cap and also like global bonds. >> why? qwest look at per

qwest thank you. our senior markets correspondent on the retailers. in washington, pressure grows on eric shinseki. a shutdown after the release of a scathing report detailing delays in care at the v8 medical centers. the waiting list. has more. democrats have now called for go. sex for him to >> some claim the whistleblowers to parers were not up and they were hiding the list of official participants at the v8 -- the v.a.er medical center. politics here, the senate passes only iraq war veteran. report is thehis final straw and there is no repe final straw and there is no way for shinseki, a vietnam veteran himself, to leave the department. left veterans at risk of being lost or never having received care. the report centered in phoenix and found 700 veterans were left off an official weight less to prop up the performance. the most recognized member of congress agrees shinseki needs to go. >> numerous inquiries from the senator and me that it is time for secretary shinseki to step down. he does not v

qwest you want something to change. although things have been running on all six cylinders, plus wind turbine is. , that is --t engine >> i do not like the delay. >> i do not like the lag either but there is hardly any of that anymore because it is the 90's now. not much. in any case, i will put you in an ego boost during the break. we will talkback, to 40's outgoing ceo. not outgoing until july. the still ceo alan mulally will join us. stay with us and we will be right back with more. ♪ >> it is time for bloomberg to get on the markets and we are there. here, but not much movement in the s&p 500 gaining and the dow is down. just a little bit. really, you are seeing a pause today. yesterday, we hit once again an all-time high. still trading, 16,500 72. eight points short. s&p 500 at 825. real movement on the nasdaq, up 6/10 of one percent. that.much volatility on i have my eyes on sprint. sprint is meeting with banks to work out funding for its bid with t-mobile. we will see that workout with loss of regulatory. up. the

qwest at the same time, it is phenomenal.5%e, and is really solid and still running really well there the question is, if the federal reserve will continue its stimulus and keep interest rates low for a longer time, if you have not these the be starting their own quantitative easing how are theymonth, yields going to go up? where will they go? it will stay the same as low growth environment. higher bonds may be good. >> junk bonds and stocks, how are they different in terms of trading? injunk bonds are not trading stocks. it is a human market. them up traders calling and saying, i am looking to sell this. it is not as trans parent as stocks there to does not move as quickly. if them people are concerned ife is a major selloff or a major deterioration in credit sentiment, people will not get out as quickly. traditionally, the biggest wall street dealers use their own inventory to create a cushion. if they saw a big chunk of bonds, they would say, i will buy them for you and then believe them out of the market opportunistically

qwest clearly, you get a lot of dudley, --eir is qwest clearly, you get a lot of leverage. >> does directlytv get to renew the package? >> yes. ke$hanly, it is the nfl leverage. maybe they will increase dollars there are other clauses and they want to get out in the marketplace sooner to take advantage of the top television. that this has been a package, the linchpin of driving growth in directv. it has been an exclusive package. the feeling in the marketplace is this maybe the last exclusive deal they do. going forward, they may want to offer the back edge up to netflix and apple. qwest so it would be streamed at the same time? >> correct. dollars are there. is that band was going to be there? road, onears down the of the things that might be adjusted going forward is the length of the deal were the nfl can go back in the marketplace where they can see opportunities. how much do you think the nfl sunday ticket was worth, valued as part of the $48,000 deal? >> is around $1 billion a year. of the the valuation deal itself. before this ever came about, they were probably going to get a 67 --

qwest that is a tough one.here is a lot of pressure right now to accept something like a prisoner for a young girl's swap . once you do that, it will incentivize boko haram to carry out the same tactic again to carry out the next item in their want list. it is a long-term defeating proposition to do that. i do not rule out the possibility it might take place. >> i want to bring your attention to an op ed in the financial times. he said the government's response to the resurgence has been overwhelmingly military and they have further grievances in the new -- in the northeast. more nuanced responses i needed directing poor governance here does that ever happen? >> i would agree with that, although, it is important to understand i am not sure around would be persuaded by those kinds of reforms. it would create an environment that would make it far more difficult for it to operate because it clearly has the justrt of a lot of ordinary northern nigerians who are unhappy with government policies but are in no part re

qwest the ukrainians kill ukrainians.as close to civil you can get. >> i sent the messenger asking to respond to these in the german media. >> [indiscernible] >> these were spread even before and they were rejected. now they are out again. we would like to see whether this is true or not. we also asked about the united conversation. indicates he might have been involved in the life of the governor, he might have been involved in inciting foreign fighters to the ukraine and so on. we are waiting for answers. have a view yet. qwest we have strong suspicions. this might be true. americans, they say, well, you should not pretend you're not there. reports of 10 to 12 russian engines. reaction was, please present them to the world. show thedocuments, interviews with them. this happened for months now. no single allegations have been proven. without any challenge, you know. we shall call them bluff. ukraine is in a civil war. >> as close to the symbol were as we can get. my point is an interesting point. i always proposal -- pro

qwest a good question.bout a consumer to consumer selling marketplace, almost where the great matches sell products to one another. the other is more of a traditional business to consumer marketplace where actual their products to consumers rather than consumers selling products to consumers. qwest why would they not break out the numbers? a great question. this may be something they have to amend. they are really big numbers. another site they mentioned, you might know that one but i do not. so that is another one they mentioned. the 87% ofpart of revenue coming from these sites. it is an interesting business. alibaba.com, that is the business they are suggesting will have a lot of growth. it is more of a b-2 b business. there is a lot more growth potential but not breaking it out. qwest any indication one site is doing better than the other? even if we do not have the actual numbers, just anecdotally? >> part of the challenge for enough for alibaba is the fact withit is doing all right lesser priced items

qwest potentially. of january, 2013, it is essentially 11 in change on the downside around 23 on the upside. that is a range we expect to remain intact for several years. there is an increasingly embedded yes, it would correlate essentially with the move up to the upper end of the range, pullback in the s&p, that could equate to six percent. that is the largest pullback we have seen since january 2013. we do not think that is imminent. qwest gotcha. about somealk individual companies. we are seeing increased action in options ahead of earnings due out thursday. what are traders expecting when we look at options trade? >> we covered it with our internet analyst. what when up this morning is .5 this friday. it is very obviously a trade around the earnings report. typically, the stock moves only about three percent on earnings. that is what is implied right there. solidfirm it will be a quarter. at the very worst, it will be in line. he could be better. stocks come in. it is at the bottom end of its yes, i

qwest all right. the ever flotation on bond market. thank you.k to us as usual about what is going on with bonds. street smart is next. ♪ --all right, out we are where will be final hour of trading lead us. there you go. "street smart" starts now. welcome, everyone, to the most important hour of the session. taking up to the close. countdown to alibaba's expected ipo.

qwest is any of this matter? i was struck by the headline that ep is working oser.any of this matter or business is? >> absolutely. from a business respective, if the situation in the you rain were to the venue to deteriorate any word seeing the russian border, yous thefrom a would see serious implications because of sanctions and repercussions for global financial markets. hope lake, we have diverted that. let's hope we. we appreciate you joining us. as a reminder, president obama will make a statement at the rose garden at 2:45 p.m. and is expected to keep hundreds of troops in afghanistan. later this year. we will have live coverage. coming up, the latin america report with the law taking. a look at where the best teams will be playing next month at the world, and -- world cup in brazil. ♪ qwest time for k's latin america report. facing off. here is a look at what those teams will be playing on. -- nottnership artificial turf, but a commendation of grass and that. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i am pretty tight and i cannot eight or the world cup. that is your work for this tuesday

richard qwest, thank you so very much.ll have more on what americans that are being polled about this are saying and the next phase ahead. >>> new details about yet another horrific terrorist attack in nigeria. witnesses tell cnn that more than 150 people have been killed. it's the work of the very same militant group that kidnapped more than 200 girls from their school last month and grabbed another eight girls from their homes yesterday. the leader of the terrorist group boko haram boasts that he'll sell those girls. the mass kidnapping has enraged people around the world. >>> an acrobat that plunged to the ground is speaking out. a five-inch clamp snapped sending eight acrobats to the ground. despite the accident, samantha says she will return to the circus but she says she may reconsider doing that routine in the future. >> the curtain went down and we got to about the third leg position. hear a huge popping noise and then just plummet to the ground. i got a couple small factures on my spine which i actually really can

our richard qwest has an exclusive look inside immarsat's operation center. >> reporter: this is immarsat company which for 35 years has been used by ships and planes to keep in touch. we were given exclusive access to the network's operations center. it's here in the satellite control room in london that you see the technology involved and you start to understand how they came to the conclusions. the satellite involved is immarsat 3f1. one of 11 satellites in the immarsat collection. it's in geo stationary orbit over the indian ocean and it was to this satellite that mh370 sent the signals, the so-called handshakes. leading the team here was mark dickinson with his colleagues they dived deep into the data. >> there are three types of information that we. messages from the ground station to the plane and back again that tells you the terminal is switched on and powered up and we have some time information and in addition to that there was some frequency measurements. >> reporter: timings told them the distance between the plane and the satellite enabling them to create the so-called arcs.

and you were on the panel asking questions to buffett and munger. 20-thousand people in the qwest center and there you are on stage at the center of it all. a thrill - or a panic moment? >>you would almost think it's a moment of panic. you're getting set up 15-0 minutes before they start the whole thing off. oddly enough, i just sort of phased out the fact that there were 20 thousand people sitting there in front of me and really focused in on the questions. i think it helps too because warren and charlie are right off there to the side of you. you've got the laptop in front of you and you're reading the questions directly off of it. so you're really focused in on what you're doing. you're also paying attention to how they are answering questions. you're looking for potential feedback loops, potential follow up questions that you can ask. so after a while, the crowd just sort of phases out. >>you only hear them probably in those lighter moments and there's humor in the air. >>you know you've asked a good question too when they start clapping or they start laughing after the question come

qwest let's talk about your business the civic the area i think of you guys as offering software andor customer support, just like moderates from sales port. how do you differentiate from competitors like sales port? dancehave told an amazing where it is extremely easy to discover the product, try the product, rollout the product, and start using the product. almost removing the technology from the interaction between your company and customers. it is a phenomenal experience. we have over 40,000 businesses all around the world in more than 100 or the countries -- 140 countries using our software to provide fantastic customer service for more than 100 million of the hundreds of millions out there. we believe we are defining a new generation of cloud-based where results out of the gate and zero configurations are keywords. explain how sticky your business is and how that might change in the near future. >> we are very proud about our ability to retain our customers. ourose very little of business every year. on the other side, our customers are giving us an immense expansion rate every

richard qwest, cnn, immarsat, london. >>> this new report isn't exactly sitting well with many of theight 370. they say there are not enough details in this document. let's bring in sara. her partner, phillip wood, was on flight 370. sara, welcome. >> thank you for having me on the show. >> thank you for being here. are you satisfied by today's report? >> well, we're pleased that they finally started to give some information but we are not satisfied that the report has been delivered in a format that is clearly had management done to it. what we expected were raw files. the data cycles that get downloaded from the satellite to the satellite station would be far more difficult to manipulate or to falsify than a pdf file as an example. i'm not accusing immarsat of doing that because i believe they're a good company and doing their best to help in this situation, but that data has been taken out of their hands and been massaged through also now the malaysian government before it was released to the public. it also doesn't hold everything that had been asked for. there are probably about

qwest very quickly, we did that. but we lost a lot of people.we were putting soldiers -- it just -- it makes you want to cry reading those people who got sent over there knowing to northern africa and then italy and then ebay. a number of people we lost because of lack of training, lack of leadership, lack of resources. there were people whose guns did not land. you know, we do not want that again. nobody wants that. and yet, we did it again in korea. then every time after a work, we have taken our military down and then we pay the price and they pay the price afterwards. they have to kind of built back up. we build 86,000 planes in one year in world war ii. >> we do not need that now. qwest knows what we need? can watch this markup in its entirely at c-span.org. we will even out to take you live to the u.s. house.

. >> again, the origin of the rule was to respond to qwest for clarity. -- to requests for clarity.what we are doing is perhaps additional payment is the. we wait to see how these discussions go. this is a dialogue between us and the industry, and we do hope to learn quite a bit during this time. >> are the clear distinctions that can be made within a hospital setting? >> certainly observational status is supposed to be used for short period. periods. for the purposes of determining whether a patient needs inpatient level of care. and during that time there ought to be diagnostic and other monitoring team conducted. i would hesitate to go any further in the distinction because i'm not a clinician, but i think your point is well taken, which oftentimes these are based on complex medical judgments that are difficult to translate into payment costs. >> you mentioned seanez is moving toward our short stay payment rule right now and you are starting to get some feedback, comments on the. what are the very factors, just for the committee's benefit, what are the very fact is you're taking

qwest is ibm the only company doing this sort of thing?this is been the first we have found that helps get you around the federal requirement with the data. talking to lawyers with ibm, they have not seen this specific situation before. some are saying, ibm is an innovator. now they are innovating, workers rights side of things. their pensionged years ago. they are known as an early mover in terms of employee benefits. >> thank you. coming up, drones. amazon is making a push to use them for package delivery. bringt the only one lot -- lobbying for the commercial use of these unmanned vehicles. a new sports car. .e got a behind look stay in the loop. ♪ >> here is a look at our top headlines this morning. no sire brands is joining a critical deal. birdseye vegetables, you can make the whole meal out of it. expected to close by september. sally and made a $46 billion offer for the botox maker last month. allergan said the deal substantially undervalues the company and is not in the best interest of shareholders. the washington monument in d.c