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sandisk a flash memory maker for the most part trading higher in today's trade.lsewhere, netflix hitting an all-time high, virgin media striking a deal with the company. my con tech hitting a 52-week high. these moves are fueling the nasdaq composite which hit another record high. sue? >> all right. thanks very much, seema. to the interest rate front an a-minus on the auction. see what rick santelli sees right now. >> the postmortem you can see we drifted southward on interest rates before that auction. still elevated for the day. afterward the ten-year may say it best, yields popped up a bit hovering at the second highest yield you can see on a close going back to august. the most popular currency trade today dollar yen. look at the chart going back to july 1st because the dollar is now at seven-week highs against the yen. tyler, it's all yours. >> thank you very much, rick. we keep hearing about the comeback in housing and now cnbc.com has a big story about a bubble. yes a bubble in housing. that is just ahead. plus, the apple product event in full swing out in

two other tech stocks -- micron and sandisk gave us huge moves today.nvestors were worried about more flash supply coming on the market. but last time we learned of a four in a giant hynx plant in china which makes the chips that takes capacity out of the market. less capacity means higher prices and higher prices means higher profits and this means higher stocks. finally we've got a cut, an estimate increase for apple. as well as a new recommendation. which re-ignited the stock and it looks like apple's slumber could be over. at least until the new product introduction later on this month. we have in two retail numbers that made us rethink the negatives we have been stunned by. first we have a fantastic number from dollar general. 10,000 store chain. why was this number so important? the answer is a puzzle. we have been trying to figure out where all the sales from walmart and target went as they have been huge underperformers. this dollar general certainly makes us feel that the consumer didn't stop spending but trying to get more money. at the same t

other names that potentially do business with apple, qualcomm, sandisk, nuance and triquint semiconductors our next guest is former mayor of new york city. he was in office 12 years ago tomorrow when the terrorists truck the world trade center. >>> and syria is front and center on the world stage. joining us now is former new york city mayor, rudy giuliani. great to have you here on the "closing bell." >> always great to be here. >> great to see you. >> good to see you too, maria. >> it's hard to believe it's been 12 years. we'll reflect on that but let's take a look at the syria issue. >> sure. >> in june you said the president created the syrian dilemma by not acting sooner. that he can't stand up to vladimir putin. do you still feel that way today? >> this never would have happened if the president acted decisively a year and a half ago and tried to form this group that's trying to overthrow assad. it wouldn't have created the vacuum in which al qaeda, some of the other extremists, fundamentalists, islamists took over a large part of it. many people were urging him to do it, senator mcc

. >> caller: but my question is for sandisk. what do you think than one? >> i think it's fine.ut has flash. i think it's in good shape. in terms of being able to trade up. let's go to susan in california, please. susan? >> caller: hey, jim, hi. i just want to tell you how much i value your expertise and information you share with us. >> thanks very much. >> caller: i love you, man. i own visa. i'm very happy wit. where do you see its price in the year? >> visa is one of my favorite stocks. now, you can hear people say wait a second, travel going to shut down because of a government shutdown. i think that's an opportunity to buy, not sell visa. it's a worldwide company. from paper to plastic, i want to buy it. let's go to ed in florida. ed? >> caller: yes, from southwest philly, jim. >> wow. hey, good to have you on the show. >> caller: yes, thank you. i watch it all the time. anyway, i'm torn between philip morris for a dividend stock for my ira portfolio. >> yeah, mo, altria has the better dividend. pm has the better growth. but you know what? imooh going to bless that. i thin

older versions of the i fon and triquant, nuanced communications known for its voice technology siri, sandiskh memory maker boosted its guidance on the move, and my con tech closed its ac questiontition of al pe da, a company set to deal with apple. back to you. >> okay. seema mody, thank you very much for that. >>> part of the reason why stocks are rallying today, were that president obama has okayed a russian proposal to secure syria's chemical weapons. the u.n. will meet in just a couple of hours, but the president still plans on speaking to the nation tonight. john harwood is monitoring the fast-moving situation closely. it looks like key senators are working on a resolution. are we going to get there? >> well, we're not going to get there immediately because they're not going to vote. the president is meeting with republican senators. earlier he met with democrats and it's a pretty good bet what he's doing is previewing the message he's going to give the nation tonight in the wake of the turn away from the immediate possibility of military force toward the possibility not a reality yet,

we are seeing a surge in names like micron and sandisk.ight see some of the players buying some of that memory ahead of the very busy season. meantime, sienna also strong today, beating on its third quarter and raising its fourth-quarter outlook ahead of estimates and apple also contribute together surge today. apple holding an event right after its event here in the u.s. on september 11th in beijing. back to you. >> thank you, bertha. let's not forget that in 25 minutes time the federal reserve will release the beige book. rick santelli is standing by in chicago. rick? >> reporter: and i bet you it's beige, simon. yes. we're going to be anxiously waiting that. also anxiously awaiting football season so with the charts let's go deep first, go long. let's look at a chart from may on the 10s. can you clearly see it's gone up an aggressive style and this afternoon aggressive fashion. let's go back in time. august, middle of the chart, there's the high-need close for over two years at a 289, the 21st to be exact. look at a two-day chart. see t

. >> you make us money, and today you say that sandisk is the way to go? strong volume. i'm surprised the stock is not already up. revenues up 43% year over year, 10% quarter over quarter, growth margins up from 40% year over year. 40% quarter over quarter. they changed the model, embedded chips are a bigger part of the revenues, bigger margins, tremendous pipeline. number four in patents in the pipeline after ibm, samsung, and google. it's a cheap stock. every way you look at it, it's cheap. >> what do they do? >> flash chips, the flash chips that go into all devices from phones to pcs. >> memory. >> memory, right. >> thank you, now i know. >> okay. >> the united farm workers union, muscling its way on to california farms. itments to force workers to pay dues. also, the union can increase membership and collect more money. that's an opinion. the "wall street journal" brought us this story, and that, i believe, is your opinion. >> yes. >> muscling their way in? >> basically, they bonded the workers, come back and say, we still represent them, and we want t

as i mentioned, semiconductors are strong today, in particular micron and sandisk getting a boston from plants. the semi-conductor industry association industry saying sales were up 5% in july. life insurers are looking strong. upgrades from barclays on a couple big names, metlife and prudential. a rising rate environment they say will be good for these companies over the long run. once again, the dow is up 84 points. >> thank you very much for that. in less than 30 minutes the house foreign affairs committee will hold a hearing on the obama administration's response to syria. we have two congressmen joining us who have different opinions. brad sherman who supports military action and republican congressman scott dejar lay. congressman sherman, you are going to be in this hearing in a few moments. it sounds like you support some action, but it's going to come down to the wording of these resolutions, isn't it? >> absolutely. the resolution the president sent us on the 31st of august was dead when read. the president is talking about a limited action for a limited purpose and the text hi