joining me to break all this down, usa contributor regina lewis. good morning. >> hi. >> home builders showing the highest confidence in eight years. home building permits. the highest in five years. that's important because it portends future growth. right now the rate of home building for single-family homes in the u.s. is half a million per year. in a totally healthy economy you would look for that to be 700,000. but we'll take it. still marked improvement. in related news, the labor department this week saying unemployment benefits, people playing for them, the lowest since 2007. and the link there is that for every new single-family home that is built, that equates to three full-time jobs for a year and about $90,000 in tax revenue. >> that is a good link there. is the blackberry dead? >> certainly they have had a rough run. jim kramer and others follow the company. the commercialization of the business phone. as you will recall, we all had blackberrys. in many companies, they gave them to you. people went home, got in their comfy clothes and