and saks was one of them. the luxury retailer rang up a stunning sales gain of more than 20% in may. shoppers have been snapping up shoes, jewelry and clothing. earlier today, suzanne pratt met with c.e.o. steve sadove and asked him why saks is doing so well. >> our customer is feeling better about themselves, and they're feeling better about the overall condition of the economy. not the overall economy, because you you've got concerns. but there's a bifurcation in the high end customer, and they're feeling better. >> i was going to ask you about the bifurcation. because they're feeling well, and you have the midrange not doing well, and the low end doing so, so, so do you expect that to continue? >> i think the higher end is tied to the stock market. the stock market in the 12 to 12 and a half thousand raishlg, and better than 6500. and our customer looks at their net worth and say i feel not as good as 14,000. but reasonably good about my situation today. they're feeling good about their jobs and the unemplo

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oh, yes, she was very sexy, beautiful lady and she invited me into the back room and served me sak . go on! go on! well i stayed there all afternoon. talking and drinking saki and suddenly she looked at me and said, mr. kimono man, come closer. closer. and she looked me right in the eyes and said, i think i'm falling in love with you. i am! i love you. i want you. i need you. then she started taking off her kimono. she started to take off her - what happened next! calm down. i can't. i'm just so jealous. wow you must have had a wonderful night together. you think so? yeah. actually, no. no. just because right as i was kissing her. samurais brother suddenly came home. diver suddenly came home. what happened? well, when he saw us he was so angry and he puld out his sword and was going to kill me. oh! how exciting. it was not exciting. what happens. as he ran towards me, he slipped on the shiney floor and dropped his sword. so, i picked it up and i cut him down! you killed? that's right. at that point the wife took out 100 yellow gold coins and said, come on, let's run away together. no

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. >> bush displayed a saks-sized false humility. >> i am humbled and i am honored by your outpouring of support. >> yes, an outpouring of support that earned him 40% of 10% of the registered voters of a state with 1% of the u.s. population. [laughter] bring out the whoop ass! >> this is in the end zone and it feels safe! and you ain't seen nothing yet! >> no, you ain't. in fact, rather than president, gore is now running for president. chris: but iraq and katrina turned stewart's comedy from those general jabs to very tough critiques of bush and dick cheney. stewart hammered them nightly. mccain was one of his most frequent guests and right after he wrapped up -- here he is right after he wrapped up the nomination. >> i came on the show. we were declared dead, buried and -- >> you were doing terrible, i remember that. you were just in terrible shape. in some respects, i resurrected your campaign. >> you did. because when i came on this show we got on to real serious issues. in fact, for a while there i was reminded of the words of chairman mao, who said it's always darkness before it

of saks about how the upscale, luxury store is catering to big spenders while keeping costs down. taxes and identity theft. a growing number of americans are grappling with both. there were more than 248,000 incidents of taxpayer i.d. theft last year, compared to fewer than 52,000 in 2008. many involve scammers using stolen social security numbers to file fraudulent returns to get a quick refund check. but in some cases, people use fake social security numbers for work, so the victims find themselves stuck with unexpected income. >> tom: attention travel bargain hunters, groupon is joining forces with expedia. the venture, announced today, is called groupon getaways. it will offer hotel stays at deeply discounted prices. the partnership also plans to offer specials for package deals, airline tickets, car rentals, cruises and destination activities around the world. the service is expected to launch later this month. >> susie: in the "money file" tonight, enjoying more with less. manisha thakor has some thoughts on financial minimalism. she's co-author of "on my own two feet: a mod

that includes saks fifth avenue., target, kohl's. >>> this morning china is denying a cyber attack inside the bored. google said g mail accounts were hacked and came from china. the company said it happened after some passwords were stolen from a phishing scam. >>> microsoft showed off the operating system. it's a full version of windows that will operate on than lets and personal computers. it responds to finger swipes but can also be commanded from a keyboard and mouse. the current devices are finally able to run a full version of windows. for now microsoft is calling this version windows 8, but they slay that cop change. >>> today is the beginning of the first insider trading trial. this case has some pretty strong bay areas. prosecutors say winifred jowl allegedly gave inside information while working for a mountain view company. eight of the 13 haven terred guilty plea. >>> prime minister kahn said he would be killing to resign after the rebuilding effort of the earthquake and tsunami were well underway. opposit

the reality here is that goldman saks understood no later than december 2006, the subprime market in particular was going over a cliff. it was going to be a disaster. they then ended uptaking the short position, which at its peak was $13 billion. $13 billion short position on the subprime market, a big position just for them. there was not ensuring liquidity, but a short position contrary to what they said elsewhere, and they knew that they could profit by betting against the market. i've absolutely no problem with that. they want to do that, that's great. all the years when i was making wall street cases, the response from the republicans, be it congress, the banking community, the ideologs pushing back was self-regulation will work because the markets will mend their own problems. leave markets to themselves, let the markets take care of these issues, both the ethics of the market place and the self-corrective nature of the market place solves the problem. we don't need you as a bureaucrat to ensure integrity. here's the question i then ask after you parched the entire record, when

visit the master stylist at saks fifth avenue. his mission to make over two our viewers.urning to the work force after 15 years. she wants to tame that curly mane. alia is getting married in september and wants to tame her auburn color. >> we're going to make you guys gorgeous. come, let's go. look at all of this hair. we're going to have lots of fun. this is what we're going to do. we're going to shape your hair into a nice, soft bob. vincent's first hair-tastic tip -- try lowlights, once or twice a year. >> like someone who has been on the beach. you get that enhancing around the face. >> reporter: alia can't wait for vincent's tip number two -- get a color recipe that you can maintain at home. >> you're going to feel very glamorous about yourself. we'll give her a formula she will be able to maintain this color with a product over the counter. >> reporter: vincent teaches them one of his top tips. tim number three, cut your own bangs. >> use the top of your brow as the guideline. hold the hair down and just go directly across. >> reporter: while the women are waiting f

. >> reporter: dena pollard saks has four children and like most children they love video games. >> itto tear them away at the level of addiction really. >> reporter: as a parent her concern is the increasingly violent nature found in "call of duty" and "manhunt." >> my concern is they start to think violent terms when you do something all day long it tends to affect the way you see the world, the way you think, sometimes their immediate reaction to some kind of dispute is oh i'm going to blow his head off. where'd you get that? well you just blew the head off in the video game. >> reporter: some experts agree saying the images and actions kids are exposed to while playing the games could impact their behavior. >> video games especially ones out now there's much more active participation. we are involved in it, these kids and teenagers are the ones doing the killing or maiming or involved in the violence. >> to me the government doesn't just have the right but the obligation to tell parents what's going on with the games, what they believe the games can cause in terms of harms to child

and who could forget winona ryder stealing over $5,000 worth of clothes from a saks department store?kind of void in your life. something that you feel that you were entitled to, you don't have it. so, you're going to take something else that is somebody else's. >> reporter: as for beata boman she tells police she was planning on returning the $11,000 scarf all along. making this one very expensive lesson. andrea canning, new york. >> i'll say. >>> now to lara for "the morning menu." >> here's a look at what's head on "the morning menu," a family reunion. tatum o'neal and her father ryan join us live to talk about their 25-year rift and how they reconnected. >>> plus, "show me the money." a huge response when we found people cash. we want to help you, too. stay tuned. >>> a denim makeover for dads just in the nick of time for father's day. all coming up on "gma." of a ki. and now, you have the power... [ giggling ] to help significantly extend his healthy years. a groundbreaking 14-year study by purina... proves that puppy chow, then dog chow nutrition, fed properly over a lifetime, c

silicon valley executive david saks, who helped revolutionize payments as a co-founder of paypal, wantsmmunicate at the office. three years ago, he launched yammer to bring social networking to the workplace. >> in every company i ever worked at, there's always this problem that you don't know what your co-workers are doing. so yammer is really born out of our own need for this product. >> reporter: so he built a site this allows employees to post things about work. 100,000 companies around the globe are now using it, from ebay to seven-11 to xerox. the information is secure and not for public consumption. >> we're very collaborative culture. i think it just enhanced that. >> reporter: caroline runs corporate marketing for polycom. she says yammer is replacing e-mail as the preferred way to communicate with co-workers. users may put up a work-related post or question and just like facebook, others will weigh in with their own thoughts. >> it's just a new way of thinking. it's how people want to communicate so we're just giving them the tools to do so. >> reporter: with sites like facebo