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. >> good morning, my name is richard rothmans and i'm back again talking about the mother's building at the zoo and i think since last time i've been here, i've been hearing that things have been move ining the right direction and i want to thank everybody. i did get a chance to go into the building the end of november and i was really in a state of shock. while i know it's going to take a long time to come up with a plan, i think while i'm not an architect or a professional preservationist, i think we need between rec and park and the art commission needs to go in and look at the west wall to make sure there's no more damage, it's really -- it really upset me when i saw the damage to the west wall of the mural there, so while the city's developing a long-term plan, i think there needs to be a short-term plan to make sure that there's no more damage to the murals, and also that rec and park will support the landmarks stat to make the mother's building a city landmark, although it was a national landmark, and we also need to look at the long-term goals so we make sure that what happen

lori rothman from fox business joins us with more. lori? >> hi, jenna.for the world class athlete the product endorsement is more a measure of success in many case than the actual contract with a team or sporting accomplishments on the field or the court. in the case of oscar pistorius, reports have his total net worth valued at about 5 million u.s. dollars with endorsement deals valued at around 2 million u.s. dollars per year. the most high-profile of those endorsements is with the u.s. based athletic shoe company nike. we do know that he has already been on the air with several nike advertisements. most notably the one with unfortunate tag line, i'm the bullet in the chamber. the now the statement from nike of course, condolences to all parties involved with the devastating shooting and they say it is a police matter and that nike will not comment further. some of the other endorsement deals pistorius has, british telecom company bt, sunglasses maker oakley and colleging designer. back to nike. i checked shares. they're actually trading higher by one

and joining us now, a-team author radio talk show house monica crowley, and fox, news host, laurie rothman, and michael goodwin. you areon one not attired in well, you have a tie. let me begin with you, your reaction to the cia hearings? >> i thought that whole day was a debacle for this administration. these people are all applying for a new job, that is there only because the senate republicans refused to vote on his replacement until they got more information about benghazi. you continental bine that with -- combine that with john brennan, and martin dempsey, i thought it was awful, i thought that testimony was not believable, i thought that idea that the president was not involved that night, they didn't hear from him? that is a disgrace. any officer in the military would be court-martialed for disappearing in the moment of battle, this is our commander in chief. lou: the stunning testimony to me, it came from so many quarters, defense secretary, general dempsey, who said, no one asked him for help. that was a gut-wrenching, to me, statement, one that i never expected chairman of joint

lori: i am lori rothman with your fox business brief.enty-five million shares to its buyback plan, shares worth $1.3 billion. the hotel giant repurchased 38.2 million shares last year. marriott reported third quarter profit on strength specifically in north american hotels and airbus dropping lithium ion batteries in the new 8350 carolina, switching to standard batteries, regulatory and certification issues could delay initial delivery to the planes. the move comes after battery incidents on rival boeing's new 787 jet last month. federal reserve found in those for a production decline in manufacturing and mining. january down 0.one% ending two months of production gains and that is the latest in business from the fox business network. tracy: 100,000 people think it is fun. from all over the world they expect to attend the miami international boat show this weekend, hundreds of millions of dollars. the sunshine state's economy, cheryl casone in miami with more. may not sunshine but plenty of boats. cheryl: lots of boats, lots of buyers, l

new "red eye" tomorrow with lori rothman and sherrod small. >> back to andy levy for the post game wrap up. >> anything new in the world of shot glasses? >> so glad you asked about this, yes. this is the official bloody nose, party hard shot glass. it is a picture of me with a bad bloody nose. you can buy the set at www. andrew .wk.com. >> that's a lot of w's. >> in fairness you didn't ask a question. that was merely an observation. >> jedediah, when are you on the fox next? >> pry day -- try day night knox. >> what is the book about? >> what to expect when no one is expecting. the only thing worse than not having children is having them. >> that will help the population. >> interesting. back to you. >> thank you, andy.

i'm lori rothman. ashley: i'm ashley webster.new session lows after zigging and zagging doing everything else. the dow is down 86 points. earlier today it hit the best intraday level in five years. what is the next big move? one money strategist weighs in ahead. lori: the county down is on. fewer than four days to automatic spending cuts. the president is warning american governors they will involve crippling cuts. national governor's association chair jack markell says the president is not bluffing. he joins us in moments. ashley: plus another spike in gasoline prices. they're up 20 cents a gallon in the last two weeks. we'll see what is causing the spike and whether drivers will see any relief anytime soon. lori: time for the stocks now at the top of the hour. let's go to nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange as we do every 15. nicole. >> the fear index continues to move higher. the dollar continues to move higher. i should have requested a 10-year bond because obviously that is something the yield is dr

melissa: that is lori rothman speaking with the ceo of citi mortgage. it is quarter to.very 15 minutes let's check the markets. nicole petallides is on the new york stock exchange with activision ahead of the blizzard. >> talk about activision blizzard when you talk about the video games and the like. it is up over 12%. this is new 52-week high. they did extremely well with the holiday sales. when i say activision, people who have videos games and such should think "call of duty" it. they should think of sky landers. my kids take sky landers. this finished sky lappedders and sky landers giants. the ceo did not remotely anticipate the popularity of these characters for these videos games. fourth quarter profit, reported better than expected and obviously sales have been jumping. it is a great performer, up 12%. back to you. melissa: nicole, thanks so much. ashley: from one blizzard to another then the northeast is bracing for a megastorm that could drop up to three feet of snow on boston perhaps. the question will it break the city's record set back in 2003? go to molly l

i am lori rothman. melissa: good afternoon. i am melissa francis. lori: from 30 to three legacy airlines dwindling as we await a merger between american airlines and u.s. airways. melissa: the hottest thing on the nasdaq stock exchange may be the nasdaq itself. charlie gasparino is here as they talk to go private. lori: without any further ado, let's get you updated on the markets. we are joined by lauren simonetti. >> i want to particularly take a look at goldman sachs right now. hitting a new annual high. the investment bank says that equity markets kind of went too fast. they will slow down a little bit on their global theme. however, maintain will be tough. it is just too hard to maintain. we have the strongest start since the 1990s. melissa: oil prices rising for the first time in days. fox business contributor phil flynn is our man in the pits of the cme. >> what a reversal. oil prices were below $95 a barrel. everyone thought that they would start coming back down. a lot of focus, of course, a lot of talk about these currency wars. they have

lori: i am lori rothman. rbc wealth management ceo joins us on whether or not this pullback will last. melissa: is your wallet running on empty? consumers spend more on gasoline as a percentage on their income in nearly a decade. lori: the white house and action against china. let's get you updated on the market as we do every 15 minutes. nicole: you have to blame europe. let's take a look at the major market averages. you'll not see the dow 14,000. 13,887. that is a loss of nearly .9%. the tech heavy nasdaq is down one quarter of a percent. these were high levels that we have seen since october 2007. a lot of the bulls out there were really celebrating. the dollar is particularly strong today. it has been gaining momentum. i wanted to take a look at walmart. it downgraded today over at jpmorgan. the new price target is $75, down from $84. they talked about payroll tax increases. it is in a more competitive environment. the easy way for walmart is over. a little bit of a pullback is expected. back to you. mel

i am lori rothman. melissa: i am melissa frances. senator's attack ben bernanke and the fed's bond buying program. the fed chairman says the benefits of the easy money policy out raise the rest. president obama on the road in virginia with a warning for shipbill is about automatic spending cuts but no sign of progress ahead of friday's deadline. lori: housing market recovery picking up steam, the case schiller report signals improving home prices but not everyone is convinced that we have turned the corner and that includes the report's co-author robert schiller coming up. lori: you'll want to stick around for that. also today we have for you the latest on the battle over martha stewart, the queen of all things domestic testifying in court as macy's tries to blocker deal with j.c. penney. let's get an update on the markets, volatile session indeed. back to the floor of the stock exchange to check in with nicole petallides, cost stocks bouncing back, 1 and points of ayes today. nicole: hy of the day was 13,009/11. not too far off of t

i know that melissa francis and lori rothman will pick up on that. melissa: we are. people getting hammered is a sign that the economy is getting better. lori: tobacco and alcohol gambling. those companies tend to do well when the country stinks. i am lori rothman. melissa: i am melissa francis. nothing can stop the post office from safi. only the weekend. lori: our money is under attack. the latest target in a string of the latest target attacks. melissa: jcpenney is one year into its major overhaul. we'll ask an analyst at this revamp is working. now it is time for stocks. nicole petallides standing by. we are struggling for games today. down five points. nicole: we have had three days in a row, basically, with triple digit moves. we have also had 14,000. we have not seen those level since 2007. here we are today right now about five points down on the dow jones industrial average at 13,974. something that i although noticed was the drug index. it has been a part of this move that we have been seeing. names like merck and united healthcare have been weighing on the

i'm lori rothman you can catch me alongside melissa francis. thank you for joining us, good night. from new york. neil: read it and weep, coat wall street closes in on a record, why is wall strt laying off with a vengeance? welcome i am neil cavuto, at fox on top of broker bumming out, a bot of brokers. these guys got a case of the blues, jobs blews, today, news that jpmorgan chase plans to cut 4,000 jobs in consumer banking business this year, and 13,000 next year that is a lot, goldman sachs likelyhe same, as it begins annual weeding out of so-called underperformers, early this week. now keep in mind goldman sachs has already cut its workforce by 9% or 3300 employees. so you see a pattern? bank of america, citigroup, ubs ag, they have been cutting staff for years now, they show no signs of letting up now. the problem, well despite the busy market driven by surprisingly few players, not so busy anything else, investment banks under pressure in their other fa far-flung businesses, y are squeezing the lemon to make whatever lemonade they can, cutting costs, managingic pengs, the lik

new "red eye" tomorrow with lori rothman and sherrod small. >> back to andy levy for the post game wrap up. >> anything new in the world of shot glasses? >> so glad you asked about this, yes. this is the official bloody nose, party hard shot glass. it is a picture of me with a bad bloody nose. you can buy the set at www. andrew .wk.com. >> that's a lot of w's. >> in fairness you didn't ask a question. that was merely an observation. >> jedediah, when are you on the fox next? >> pry day -- try day night knox. >> what is the book about? >> what to expect when no one is expecting. the only thing worse than not having children is having them. >> that will help the population. >> interesting. back to you. >> thank you, andy. jedediah, bill schulz, that does it for me. i'm greg gutfeld. i will waive at you awkwardly as they focus on my face. but now -- >> bill: the o'reilly factor is on, tonight: >> you say [bleep] >> did you say that? >> yes, sir, did i. >> oh, you did say that? >> shepard: miami judge throws an 18-year-old woman in jail for 30 days for cursing at him in the courtroom. [blee

. >> good evening, everybody, i am lori rothman in for "lou dobbs tonight." wwe're four days away from spending cuts known as the sequester from kicking in. president obama predicting armageddon but still not negotiating with congress. still looking to raise taxes and on the campaign trail instead of working toward a negotiated solution. president obama reiterating his stance taxes must go up on the so-called rich while speaking to the national governors association meeting. >> else and republicans to adopt the same approach to tax reform as speaker john boehner championed a few months ago. under our concept of tax reform, nobody's rates would go up, but we would be able to reduce the deficit by making tough, smart spending cuts and getting rid of wasteful tax loopholes that benefit the well off and the well-connected. lori: but didn't our taxes already go off on all of us, not just higher income earners? two months ago the fiscal cliff resolution eliminated the payroll tax holiday. speaker john boehner today telling the president he already got his tax hike

i'm lori rothman in for lou dobbs. we are now three days away from sequestration kicking in.he president's scare tactics and predictions about what those $85 billion arbitrary cuts will do to our economy and safety, very much a question. the self-proclaimed most transparent administration in history, the subject of criticism from their own side of the aisle. revelations from one of their own former staffers. president today holding yet another campaign style rally to post the alleged pandemonium that will occur if republican leaders don't capitulate to is demands. those demands being more tax increases to go along with any spending cuts. >> overnight but it will be real . a sequester will weaken america's economic recovery. it will weaken our military readiness, and it will weaken the basic services that the american people depend on every single day. lori: but the president is that even selling this message to everyone left. the left leaning website posted a column today titled, is the white house telling the truth on the sequester? the very first paragraph of the analysis r

and lori rothman filling in for lou dobbs.he white house thinks the president's council on jobs and combativeness is shutting down. the announcement made on the same day, in fact come as weekly jobless claims unexpectedly skyrocketed. president obama created the jobs council back in 2011, billing the advisory board of prominent business leaders and economists from around the nation who were to offer proposals to help spur job creation and economic growth. the president only met with his jobs counselor handful of times, four to be exact, rejecting or ignoring many proposals, including a plan to lower tax rates in order to broaden the overall tax base. the council's last official meeting one and one year ago. unemployment has dropped from more than 9 percent of the council's inception to the current rate of 78%, but more than 23 million americans remain of work or are stuck in part-time jobs , wanted full-time work for. meantime, we learned initial jobless claims rose to 360,000 last week, an unexpected jump of over 38,000 from

today we are joined by our business a-team, lori rothman and adam shapiro. so exciting.e got a scandalous one for you. a man in oregon is suing the u.s. government, and an irs agent alleging the agent forced him into having sex by threatening a 40% sex penalty. >> he has leverage. melissa: how did he come up with that number? >> he said it all started when she called him saying he was being audited. she supposedly continued to send him flirtatious texts, and she unexpectedly showed up at his house. i mean, like, this sounds like the plot for a really bad, you know, sort of late night -- >> she was a government employee -- [laughter] he was a tax dodger. melissa: i don't know that i even believe this story. did this happen to you, adam? are you the guy in this story? i don't know. >> i'm thinking of so many inappropriate things that would get me fired. melissa: go ahead, it's cable! >> it's painful. the story's painful. >> i just feel like we're not hearing the whole story. how -- melissa: is it not believable to you? >> it's totally ridiculous. how did this particular ir

i am lori rothman with your fox business brief. >> we are disciplined and thoughtful and we do not feelny pressure to go out and acquire revenue. we want to maintain great product. that is what we are about. if a large company could help us do that even better, that would be of interest. >> we will keep our eyes open for apple, that is for sure. the organization says a majority of growth will come from china. that is the latest from the fox business network. giving you the power to prosper. ♪ dagen: you can use it to express your feelings and knowledge you can use it to shop online. paid by tweet allowing cardholders to buy discounted products by using hash tags. they will send a confirmation tweet before processing the transaction. amazon kindle fire, sony action cam and xbox 360. connell: we are talking about tax reform. if we want some guidance, we should look at the states. scott hodge is joining us now. which state should he be looking at as an example or guide? >> the first place to look is louisiana where governor bobby jindal is about to introduce a very bold plan. we are also l

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i am lori rothman. melissa: we crossed it and now we are below it. i am melissa francis. the dow about 200 points shy of a new all-time high. lori: 157,000 jobs added last month. a small pit in the 12 million people still looking for work. we will be asking why a strategist is not buying into this rally today. melissa: breaking news on ubs new strategy. charlie gasparino is here on that in just minutes. lori: we are now just 30 days away from a huge reality check. sequestration deep across-the-board. let's get an update on the market as we do every 15 minutes. our very own nicole petallides. that jobs are for pushing the dow to 14,000. nicole: this is a really exciting day. when you see dow 14,000, it is a psychological level that sony people have been waiting for. we are back to those levels that we saw in 2007. at 13,997 and change. let's take a look at that s&p 500. also a winner there. you do see where we have that popped in the 10:00 a.m. hour. it jumped up and crossed into the 14,000 zone. 14,004 was the height of the day. we have seen bank and retail stocks doing v

. ♪ ♪ >> i am lori rothman with your fox business brief. the unemployment rate picks up to 7.9%. the economy added 335,000 more jobs than initially reported. shares of merck, meantime, under pressure. lower fourth-quarter results to boot. revenue fell more than 4%. that also topped expectations. michael dell will take the majority ownership of the pc maker. that is the latest from the fox business network. giving you the power to prosper. ♪ you turn for legal matters? maybe you want to incorporate a business. orrotect your family with a will or living trust. and you'd like the help of an attorney. at legalzoom a legal plan attorney is available in most states with every personalized document to answer questions. get started at legalzoom.com today. and now you're protected. otherworldly things. but there are some things i've never seen before. this ge jet engine can understand 5,000 data samples per second. which is good for business. because planes use less fuel, spend less time on the ground and more time in the air. suddenly, faraway plac

. >> i'm lori rothman with your fox business brief. of acme package are surging today after oracle announced it is buying the company. price tag, $1.7 billion. so the deal breaks down to 29.25 per share, that's a 32% -- 22% per share price on friday. oracle says it's basically an effort to capitalize on demands for all ip networks. chlorox shares getting a nice boost after second-quarter results topped expect takeses, making a profit of 93 cents a share. looking ahead, clear rock raises -- chlorox raises full share earnings. we'll be looking for yum brands outlook today after closing today, expected to share a revenue of 4.1 billion. that is the latest from the fox business network, giving you thc power to prosper. otherworldly things. but there are some things i've never seen before. this ge jet engine can understand 5,000 data samples per second. which is good for business. because planes use less fuel, spend less time on the ground and more time in the air. suddenly, faraway places don't seem so...far away. ♪ dagen: stock mutual fun

i am lori rothman. talk about boeing coming up. melissa: a winter storm is barreling towards the northeast. grab your ski gear. president obama -- the senate considers the nomination of john brennan as cia chief. lou dobbs will give us his take. melissa: checking your e-mail after work. should that be considered over time? back to the floor of the new york stock exchange. nicole: what we are seeing right now is the dow jones industrials down about 92 points. at our lowest level we were about 13,852. the truth is a lot of the traders still look at this exceptionally strong dollar. it puts pressure not only on our equities, but also on commodities and materials and that is the environment that we are seeing right now. oil pulling back. as far as the major averages, names like caterpillar, hewlett-packard, as i noted energy, exxon is one of the biggest lakers right now. we did cross 14,000. that was our fundamental moment will the move to those highs. melissa: strongly rejecting proposals for direct talks with the united states on a h

melissa: hi melissa frances lori: i am lori rothman. don't call a come back. better than expected earnings and that the housing report and the second day of testimony for ben bernanke. melissa: what should that apple shareholder meeting do with its $137 billion in cash? we will bring you the latest as ceo tim cook addresses investors. lori: in two days the sequester it. will you even notice? we are cutting through the sky is falling hype just ahead. melissa: new fears rising gas prices could spark the stock sell-off. chief market strategist jeff kleincop on the stock market peak. time for stocks as we do every 15 minutes on the floor of the stock exchange, nicole petallides standing by. the down near the high of the day. nicole: we are right now f-1437, high of the day was 1441. as you noted a couple points away from our highs of the day, we are up 137 points. it is a broad based rally. when you check the dow jones industrials, those 30 names, 29 of 30 are actually in the green with the exception of hewlett-packard, shows you we have retail stocks, drug stocks

lori: i am lori rothman. we will learn how hi our deficits could rise. melissa: we will hear from the president in just a couple minutes. we will bring you the remarks live. lori: immigration reform also on the top earner today. we will hear from business leaders on how reform should be done. lou dobbs weighs in. melissa: our very own charlie gasparino goes one-on-one with municipal analyst. that should be very interesting. lori: let's get things started with the latest addition of stocks now. the 20 you see volatility here. the fix is to the downside today on a day where we are gaining triple digits, unlike yesterday where we love triple digits. the majority of the dow components are in the green. we have economic numbers showing expanding numbers in the u.s. service. we will take a look at a longer term chart. back to you. lori: thank you, as always. melissa: breaking news. the budget office releasing the latest numbers. what we can expect our deficit to be. rich: $845 billion for this year. this is the first time in five years. let's take a look at th

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rachel rothman is at susquehanna financial group. rachel, welcome to the program.reat timing. almost one year after carnival had a ship run aground off the italian coast. but again, to have a major accident like this at a crucial time for bookings for the cruise ship industry. this is the season, is it not. >> you have a good point. if you have what is considered a minor incident of this point at any other point of the year, it would probably be a nonevent. but given that it is taking place in the all-important wave season which spans from january through march, which accounts for about 35% of bookings, and up to 50% of revenues for the year, it is unfortunate timing for them. >> you know, investment community seems sanguine about it. at citigroup they said that historically they said there's little to no impact on business if nobody dies. when there was a fire in february, no significant impact, november 2010, a similar incident and no impact. would you agree with that? >> i think that an incident of this magnitude is not that material. i would agree with him in t