i'm sandra smith. >> i'm bill hemmer, have a great weekend jenna lee in for gretchen. nk you, sandra and bil >>> week two drawing to a close and what happened to flight 370 and the 239 people on board is still very much a mystery. hello, welcome to "the real story" i'm jenna lee in for gretchen carlson. the search continues to intensify in the australian island off the coast. this week a photograph, appears to be two objects floating in the area. we still don't know if they are pieces of the missing jet because no one seems to be able to find them. now word a british satellite company had indications as early as 10 or 11

sdmshgs i am sandra smith. foils on the personal flight simulator were deleted and if it is possible to get it back the fbi is one of the few aemgss to do it. cathrein has more on the new developments. >> reporter: a source not author otherwised to speak on the record confirmed that the fbi was asked to do an analysis to cover the deleted foils. it was recovered from the 53-year-old pilot's home once the investigation became a criminal case and reassembled and they reviewed the foils that point to pre-meditation. authorities in malaysia that data records were cleared on february 23rd. one month and five day before the 370's disappearance. nsome were erased from the simulator. i would like to take this opportunity to state that the pilot and crow remain innocent until proven otherwise. >> the data simulator is evaluateated if he rehearsed dramatic changes in altitude. five remote landing shrimps were found on the simoutor hard drive. seasoned investigators said deleted files are a red flag in a case like this. >

. >> and i sandra smith. a ship on the scone is scouring the area with radar. kathryn harris has the details. >> reporter: a source close to the investigation tells sources that they are cautious that the debris below to flight 370. digital global operating of colorado provided images and further analysis bee the group of spacial organization. this is a government intelligence agency. they have support from new zelapd and the u.s. and the u.s. navy returning from a ten hour search failing to find any debrie. and a altitude of throw hundred foot. and the renowed focus on the southern indian ocean. they are located in australia and the focus of a al-qaeda affiliated plots in the past. >> the rational thought would be attractive targets in that region would be the u.s. and other military facilities along the australian coast. look at the maps of airports they could have focused on. there is a significant swathe where this aircraft could have hit. if the debris is confirmed in international waters, the investigation will fall to the malaysian and though we have a s

i am sandra smith. the hard left turn that the plane took off of the original path had been programmed into the on board computer that sits in between the two pilots. chief intelligence correspondent cathrein harris has the latest details. >> reporter: thank you, sandra. u.s. officials are not commenting on the accuracy of the claim. the flight turned westward was programmed in the computer reenforcing the theory that the jet was redirected by the pilots or one or more individuals with flying experience. >> the aircraft was scheduled to fly to/beijing. >> it was reported in new york times today. >> it could be speculation. it is once you are in the aircraft, anything it possible. >> the malaysia media reported that a half dozen remote landing strips were found on the 53-year-old pilot simulator. also today malaysia opposition leader confirmed that he is related to the 53 year old pilot adding weight to the theory that he may have had a political motive for diverting the flight. china said background che

sandra smith is with me. how long is this going to last? sandra: this is seen as a short-term threats to oil prices right now. is there any serious threats to those will supplies going out? nobody is seeing it as that. this is likely a short-term run-up. 5.5 million euros per day. russia is a major exporter of energy to europe and a lot of those pipelines go through ukraine. this is a fear premium put into the price of energy and it is affecting our everyday prices. charles: it has applications to the idea this will be east-west, for tat economic sanctions. to a large degree europe needs that oil. sandra: this is also being seen as an opportunity for the united states. the reopen of the discussion of the keystone pipeline, more exports of liquefied natural gas. this could be an opportunity for the united states. charles: oil was already breaking out before this crisis. anything else going on beneath the surface other than the headlines? sandra: it is a safe haven buying. people want to own something other than equities because they see those

sandra smith joins us in studio with more. sandra: amazing how key what is happening in china is for u.s. equity markets. concerns in china weighing on the asian markets and overnight trading at ripple affect on european markets as well. china central bank preparing to cut the percentage of cash that banks have to keep on hand if the country's economic growth falls below their threshold of 7.5% set by the government, a move that would cause of flood of cash to be let into the system in the form of stimulus because the economy would be slowing down so much they stand ready to do this and that would be a good thing economically at least in the short term for china, that was seen as oh my god is falling down so much they are talking about doing this which is why we're seeing investors across the globe, tokyo markets, hang seng and hong kong, tokyo, look at this sell-off in their trading session, 2 bling 6% drop, the hang seng, over in china at drop of 2%. australian market's down and the ripple effect we were talking about, we saw

sandra smith is here. >> yes. stuart: so if we -- >> hello. you have an opportunity.art: yes, from angela merkel of all people, any european. >> that's why everyone's saying, hello, president obama, this is an enormous opportunity to become energy independent, become exporters of oil. here's the opportunity. if we were to speed up the process, we could probably do it in a few months. stuart: will he do it? that's your question. >> huge opportunity here. lots of people knock manying on his door. -- knocking on husband door. i say it's still going to take a long time -- stuart: come on, charles. >> i tell people to buy lng. it's $54 right now. >> but those export portals that are needed still take a lot of -- >> listen, i know the company inside and out. i called them the day they got the u.s. approval, i said can i speak to an executive? he said, everyone's drug champagne. i fell in lo right there. jimmy pays three or four times -- germany pays three or fur times more than what it costs for us. today need this. they needed it before the russian thing. but if merkel's g

sandra smith is here. you fired up about this one way or the other? >> yes.mailing away to your producer this morning when i saw this news, and i didn't see this last night, but i've seen and read now all michael lewis' comments. his, quite frankly, this does not render a response from me. these comments from him in this book that i have not read yet but what he says it's about, it's uninformed, it's irresponsible, and it's being written by someone who has never sat in front of a bid-ask, in front of a stock in his life. stuart: he's saying that these high frequency traders would be able to buy, say, microsoft this morning at $41. if i bought it, it would be $41.01. they're getting -- that's what he's saying. >> let me tell you something, there was a day where the specialists that made a lot of money stood on the floor of the new york stock exchange, and on microsoft there could have been a 12.5 cent spread. that spread has now narrowed to a fraction of a enemy. that is, unfortunately for them, not allowed them to make very much money. but that has improved t

sandra smith next to me. kyle herring to in san diego. gold at a six month high.ease. >> after the excessing bowl last year it became a value plan. technically speaking a lot of guys behind me love the look of these charts, it goes up to 1400 and i think we get out because then it gets too expensive because the world doesn't have a lot of money anymore. the economies are not doing well enough. $1,400 gold is a sell. stuart: how high for gold in this cycle? >> gold goes higher, makes total sense to me. the united states currency, the dollar continues to be in my mind challenged and credit rating as a country and diversifying a portion of one's portfolio into the precious metals area which include gold makes a lot of sense. stuart: back to you in a second. three big names you know, each of these companies worth billions. this is for the future. cars.com values $3 billion. shibani joshi, yoga, can the crash, the maker, the king, $7 billion value. earlier we asked everybody who would you buy? kyle, with a view to investing in the future, which of those three would you

sandra smith with more on this head scratcher. sandra. >> unusual move.rra is personally directing recall of 1.7 million general motors cars with potentially fatal law in the ignition switches. one gm has known about since 2:00 but kept using until 2006. -- 2004. they're down this year but up 35% over the past year. general motors not blaming the old prebankruptcy organization general motors for recall. this is telling reporters. this is new leadership team. we're aiming to do things in the right way. gm knows of 31 crashes and 13 front seat deaths in cases where front airbags failed to deploy, possibly because of faulty ignition switches n a letter to employees this week bara, emphasized quote, we will hold ourselves accountable and improve our processes so our customers will in the experience this again. really taking ownership of this. national highway safety tract administration investigating whether the gm reported the problem soon enough. nhtsa requires automakers to notify within five days of identify a safety defect and can impose a fine up to $35

we have scott martin, a cherished and sandra smith. why does that happen?ompare what is happening in the stock market today to any other point in history because of the level of involvement with the federal reserve to prop it up. we still look at a federal reserve with the bond buying stimulus program or whatever you call it $55 billion per month. they're not out arguably they have been propping up the stock market for quite some time and until they are not you cannot compare the rally to any of 37 she is right if did is built on air , what are we to make of it? >> it is a good side. but it's when you fall in love for the first time that you get don't, it hurts. neil: but you did not take your mother to the prom. >> she said no. [laughter] but then you fall in love it does not get hurt as much. it is the same thing with the market they see the events whether great -- greece, cyprus, egypt now brushing it does not matter we get better with experience the market can look forward then leave mouflon from christie and who would dumped 15 years ago. neil: we are

so sandra smith has been keeping track of it all. what happened? you see that the dow big board, we closed at the lows of the session, still looking for the dow to settle but down 230 points, wiping out all the gains it made earlier this

cheryl: sandra smith is watching google, announcing a new partnership with where rebel tech google glass. sandra: with this eyeglass maker, this is a stylish company google is opening, and sunglasses, and google's internet connected glasses a little more cool and stylish than you and i go. it is based out of italy, but designed to develop the connected glassware which so far is only available as an expensive prototype in the u.s. google glass is of interest to a lot of people, it would record a video, e-mail, search the web and stylish glasses to potential millions of customers. google had jumped earlier and came off as a lot of shareholders are analyzing what the deal means, a 4% on word of this deal. wall street analysts are big fan of this move with one saying, quote, the challenge of convincing consumers to wear consumers on their face is a fashion problem. a technology problem. we see things play out with the stock but the special glasses can be bought by u.s. presidents, according to google's web site so still very expensive but the reason it is a wide consumer market would have to

i'm sandra smith. >> i'm bill hammer. we're going fishing. jenna in for gretchen on "the real story." >> thanks to you, bill, sandra. the mystery of flight 370, cracking what could be another clue. >> malaysian officials scrambling to discover data deleted from home simulator. they say someone wiped files sometime in the last month or so and that missing data may help explain what happened to the boeing 777 and the 239 people on board. in the meantime the families of the missing are simply losing patience. >> we can understand that emotion. shouted insults, chaos ensued. many protesters were dragged away. so far day 12 of the search turning up nothing, though investigators zeroed in on one of those two giant certainly corridors in the southern part of the indian ocean. we'll get into that in a second. peter doocy with the latest now. peter. >> jenna, there are huge dead zones in that area uncovered by radar. it's possible. this plane is missing in a part of the world where there isn't much going on. >> in this part of the world, especially ind

i am sandra smith.mmed into the on board computer that sits in between the two pilots. chief intelligence correspondent cathrein harris has the latest details. >> reporter: thank you, sandra.

let's get to sandra smith on why we really have to worry about the effects, the long reach effects ofhat is going on. sandra: look at the equity market, part of the strife in today's stock trading session is the energy market itself. here is why you should care if you are looking at energy stocks or the energy commodities. here is russia, here is the ukraine, here is europe. the red lines indicate pipelines that carry oil and natural gas, quite a lot of it, by the way. russia sends 70% of the natural gas to europe via pipeline to go through the ukraine. about 30% of all the natural gas they produce goes through those pipelines to various countries in europe. possibility of a supply disruption is what has been running oil prices up. you heard traders say the skepticism isn't really warranted, so if you take a look at what is happening in the oil market right now, they're skeptical there will ever be a disruption because it would cause such an economic calamity. oil prices holding onto their again at $105 per barrel, but look at natural gas prices. we don't export natural gas, doesn't g

our own sandra smith has the highlights and low lights from across the country. ndra: that's right, adam. topping the list, washington, d.c. that's right. it share the top spots with san jose. each spot averaging plus four on the economic confidence index over the last two years. san francisco hold the number three spot. while silicon valley, d.c. and san fran are feeling good, the rest of the country is worried, very worried. jacksonville, florida, had the lowest confidence reading with a negative 25. pittsburgh and oklahoma city also at the bottom of the list. even energy rich texas is concerned. texas governor rick perry joined maria bartiromo on "the opening bell" this morning talking economy in his state. maria: it seems job creation has not been a priority here. if there was one policy decision that can be made on the federal government's level, what would it be? >> open up the xl pipeline. that is a quickest in the president can do to put people to work and impact the economy. sandra: two cities in his state, austin and dallas, each had negative readings in

sandra smith joins me with details. >> cheryl, everybody is worried, some people go to chipolte justthe guacamole. this was very deep in a 10-k filing for chipolte. increasing weather volatility or other long-term changes in global weather patterns, including any changes associated with global climate change could have significant impact on the price or availability of some of our ingredients. that was the buildup to all of this. now the threat. they say, we may choose to temporarily suspend serving menu items such as guacamole or one or more of our other salsas, rather than paying increased costs for the ingredients. return passing along the costs of higher avocado prices to the customer, we'll get rid of the guacamole. that sent the internet into a tizzy getting rid of it at chipolte. the company is responding saying this is way overblown. the sky is not falling. here is what they responded to fox business with. we use fresh ingredients and weather and climate can impact supply of those iningredients. this is nothing more than risk factor disclosure. the sky is not falling. cheryl,

david asman and sandra smith will take you through the next hour of fox business.anks for setting us up. market shrugged off ukraine. whether the concerns should continue or vladmir really pulled it off. >> you caught me looking at my notes. the dow finishes up 192 points or more, biggest point gain ever the year. we're well on our way. 225 points a minute left in trading. david: let's go to nicole petallides at new york stock exchange. >> today is biggest move for the dow so far this year. >> nicole, disney in particular, all-time record high as it sign as deal with dish. >> both those names sandra, hitting new highs. obviously great deal. long-term deal for dish and disney. david: the dogs of the market coming back. barnes & noble, and had you been watching our show yesterday you would have heard a guy say jcpenney had a 40% move to the upside coming. it made headway in that direction today, no? >> right. that is because s&p raised their outlook on jcpenney to stable from negative. that is grade news. a great move for it. [closing bell ringing] david: bells are r

i'm sandra smith. >> i'm bill hemmer, have a great weekend jenna lee in for gretchen. see you on monday. >> youthank you, sandra and bil >>> week two drawing to a close and what happened to flight 370 and the 239 people on board is still very much a mystery. hello, welcome to "the real story" i'm jenna lee in for gretchen carlson. the search continues to intensify in the australian island off the coast. this week a photograph, appears to be two objects floating in the area. we still don't know if they are pieces of the missing jet because no one seems to be able to find them. now word a british satellite company had indications as early as 10 or 11 days ago the boeing 777. you just heard from the navy, what's the latest? >> commander william marks, jenna, told us the p-8 poseidon search came up empty handed. he also told us the hunt so far covered 320,000 square meals. the p-8 poseidon spent hours over the debris field. it won't be flying tomorrow because it needs to undergo routine maintenance. >> it is work it to continue going to that area. the entire indian ocean, i

ali baba, we are calling that china's amazon, go daddy and we bow -- sandra smith is here. ndra: you are right on track. the other ones are considerably smaller. remember what facebook did for the stock market. it brought a lot of attention,. stuart: that is the point. it brought the small investor into the market on the chance that this was another google. it is across the board. yahoo!, they owned a quarter of ali baba. stuart: if you had to call it, if you are buying stock for baby cora, it would be ali baba. >> ali baba for short. stuart: yahoo! owns 24%. a solid reaction to the upside. 3%. nicole: yahoo! looking good. 24% stake. it could be the largest public offering in history. can you show me that one? >> we are talking about this $500 million ipo. the stock is up 6.3%. >> which one would you buy? >> i buy what i know. that is -- i understand, sandra. >> will they come to the new york stock exchange? it has not been confirmed. >> i would not want to be in charge of that. >> i think it was buried by the news. they are giving up oversight of the internet. why would we

sandra: i am sandra smith in for liz claman, just one hour to go in trading stocks trying to stay positive. after giving up most early gains, the dow is currently about 40 points. it had been the triple digits with session highs of 150 points. the nasdaq close to break-even for the day, up just a fraction of 1% up 3 points but still the nasdaq down 2%. the university of michigan says consumer sentiment is back this month. the commerce department says consumers spent more in february than in january. rising 0.3%. we should point out half of the increase over the past two months because of more government have still americans. a busy week for ipos wrapping up with a solid debut for cvs outdoor billboard ad company. media giant, shares up 6%, hang on to those gains in the final hour. more recalls for gener, gm telling general motors to stop delivering 2014 chevy cruise cars, joining us with many details on this is jeff flock live in chicago. would you know about this recall? >> we are waiting for word from gm which confirmed the fox business, stopped selling some 2013-14 cruises, only the one

great american panel, we have imus in the morning, and bernard mcguirk, and fox business analyst, sandra smith we need answers because all of us are at risk until we know what happened on this airliner. >> there is such a lack of information, and the information put out has been retracted. this search is now 26 countries, 12 days, people are shocked that something like that can happen in the day and age where we assume we're being watched everywhere we go. >> triple 7's don't disappear out of thin air. >> they certainly don't, but i tell you what, sean, this absolute chaos involving this woman's anguish is exactly the most vivid portrayal, they kept this woman at bay, adding to her anguish, we looked at it, said my god, the poor thing, what about the exacerbating thing about the officials, the media, where were they? there has not been a reliable bit of information. there is so much disinformation. >> we rarely agree, we're on the same page. >> nothing to disagree, the woman, what she is going through is unthinkable for anything as a parent. and the malaysian government has handled everything

. ♪ sandra: good afternoon, i am sandra smith in for liz claman.igroup feeling the pain after failing the stress test on capital plans. shares are sliding more than 5% in the session. analysts have downgraded the stock and are raising questions about citi leadership. in the wake of another failed capital test. they are considering resubmitting the plan. also, new fallout from general motors ceo, the latest video coming 1.6 million recalled cars are now safe to drive. if federal judge in texas will hold an emergency hearing on if gm should order the owners to stop driving the vehicles. repairs are not expected to start until next month. general motors shares up in the trading session up $0.38. an all-time high for the shares of the jewelry giant topping expectations for profit and sales and boosting the dividend by 20%. the ceo michael barnes will tell us exclusively how the soon-to-be completed take over will help it shine even more. officials from 100 different financial institutions are in washington today discussing everything from cyber securit

so sandra smith has been keeping track of it all. what happened? >> well, when you see that the dow big board, we closed at the lows of the session, still looking for the dow to settle but down 230 points, wiping out all the gains it made earlier this year. the s & p500 and nearly every stack in the nasdaq fell. treasury surprises spiking today, yields plummeting, as tensions in ukraine continue to point. president vladimir putin in russia, tighten is his grip on the crimea region, that causing concern. also, more weak data out of china. the growth story called into question. that leading to selling over here in the united states. that being said, russian stocks fell to their lowest in four years, and we also look at those copper prices as an indication of the global economy. copper prices hitting a 44-month low, and today's trading session and market jitters are expected to continue. secretary of state john kerry warning that there could be, quote, very serious steps from the u.s. and europe if there is no sign of resolution between ukraine and ru

sandra: i am sandra smith in for liz claman. blockbuster media at deals sending satellite tv rockets higher. dish and directv surging, each of them. dish up 9%, directv up 6% hitting the 52 week high after a report that charlie heard then reached out to direct tv's ceo about merging the top two satellite tv companies sending stocks higher but we have been talking about the possibility of this direct tv deal for weeks. charlie gasparino will have more on this coming the. also shares of team digital getting crushed in their market debut. shares falling of few bucks out of the gate. investors' hotly anticipating the candy crush maker's ideal but turning out to be one of the biggest sell-offs for a new listing this year. the latest on general motors, a new video today, the 1.6 million gm vehicles recalled for faulty ignition switches i now safe to drive. heading to capitol hill before two committee investigating the long delayed recalls. we are watching gm shares down slightly in today's trading session, holding up quite nicely thro

we're all over it, with sandra smith in new york city, and to phil flynn who says get used to it, and charlie gasperino, big banks are getting nervous. sandra? >> neil, oil prices skyrocketing northern northerly today's trading session, topping $105 a barrel and closing at the highest level in five months. all of this on fears of a possible supply disruption coming from the russian and ukraine regions. make note that ukraine is housing a major oil and natural gas pipeline responsible for taking a lot of russian oil to european countries. russia is the second largest net exporter of oil on the globe. so this is a very important key place for energy to go to other parts of the globe, and if you're wondering how that may affect you here at home, you may already be feeling it. aaa and reporting that gas prices as a national average rose to 3.40 last night. these up 18 cents from where they were just one month ago. and analysts point out that a large percentage of that is a fear premium being priced into oil and gasoline as a result of this crisis in ukraine. neil? >> thank you, san contra

sandra smith is here to tell us what is up in the next hour. using those numbers are a coincidence?ou see what they did? that $200 million? >> sounds a little convenient. a lot of people went to cygnets in jeweler's. they actually own a bunch of jewelry store chains including jerrod's and acquisition of sale, the stock hitting an all-time high today. the ceo will be on exclusively with us talking about a state of luxury retail as well. microsoft making its first public appearance today, what it means for microsoft shares hitting a 14 year high. that is coming up top of the hour on "countdown to the closing bell". melissa: one company finding reviews for the google glass. here is a hint. it is helping them with hiring. details, you can never have too much money. ♪ [ male announcer ] evenore impressive than the research this man has at his disposal is how he puts it to work for his clients. morning. morning. thanks for meeting so early. co on in. [ male annncer ] it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. ido more with less with it'buss energy.hp is help. soon, the world's most i

sandra smith with the latest. >> he literally picked up the phone and called the president.k founder, mark zuckerberg lashing out at the government for its surveillance practices on his facebook page. they need to be more transparent about what they're doing or otherwise people will believe the worst. zuckerberg as we said also vented his concern on a phone call to the president and this frustration comes by the way in stark contrast to back in before ven when facebook and zuckerberg hosted the president for town hall meeting. zuckerberg and obama were chumming it up and laughing taking their jackets off and taking questions from the audience. zuckerberg concluded facebook post, call to action for interusers. it is up to them to build the internet we want. we watch facebook shares, down a percent today. still a heck of a ride at about facebook stock that started out year as 55 bucks a share. to about $67 today. adam, cheryl, this sentiment from suck suck we have one heard voiced from large technology ceos globally recently. so, something mark zuckerberg had the authority to

sandra smith is in for liz claman. what do you think, what waste of corn dogs.am a graduate of louisiana state university and they take their food very seriously so this could be quite devastating. not a good thing. great show coming up. everyone stayed tuned for this. you guys were talking about this facebook purchasing this 20-month-old company making virtual reality goggles, $2 billion. two tech expert on have differing opinions. one says this is cheap, this is worth it, this is a big deal, the other saying the investor might take awhile to come around on this so we will take a while. the ceo of royal caribbean will explain how despite all the head winds you have been hearing about his company is up 10% this year. that is coming up this our as well. up next, move over, metrosexuals, a new term in town might make you gag, yummy. talk among yourselves and see if you can figure out what it means we you can never have too much money. here's a word you should keep in mind "unbiased". some brokerage firms are but way too many aren't. why? because selling thfunds ma

sandra smith is joining us with more details. >> they knew of the faulty ignition switches dating backo 2001, three years earlier, to determine the full scope of the problem. it is evolving on a daily basis. when they first started getting reports of engine stalling that is when they first noticed the problem. in 2003 general motors dealer technicians eggs or a stalling and and it was 2004 the first year that gm previously said it first learned of the engine moving power due to this ignition problem. now we know it was 2001 and in 2007 gm received more reports of engine problems including at least one involving a fatal accident. three years later kobold productions was halted and in 2012 gm determined the ignition switch was related to 31 crashes and 12 deaths which brings us to the recall of this year, 1.6 million cars have now been recalled and develop along those lines general motors is now also saying even after the vehicle in its editions which recall are prepared owners should avoid wading down their key rings with anything other than becky and the fob. they are down another 2.5%

sandra smith here with the latest. >> hey there, ashley, cheryl. breaking news.nybody following this coupon's.com ipo, big day. it is now at highs of the session. this is an intraday chart here. it has now doubled from its initial public offering price of 101%. so this is the discount website. it was founded back during the dot-com days. it is now making a move to mobile devices. if you're wondering how it makes money, it generates revenues when customers actually use coupons. it is still not profitable, take note that, but its revenue is pointing to maybe profitability in the future. its revenues did jump during 2013 making it somewhat promising stock for investors out there. so that stock up 101%. next up, biomet. want to watch this one, guys. this is a medical device-maker. filed to go public to pay off some of its debt from the acquisition. they make dental inplants and artificial niece. acquired from ppg and goldman sachs in 2007. it plans to raise 100 million bucks and trade under the symbol, empt. on the split screen there is wear fare. you probably seen t

first, fox business network sandra smith on the market numbers that are barely up. >> and we had a triple digit gain for the dow today, and in fact there's been 23 triple digit moves for the dow so far this year but still no decisive direction for the stock market. take a look how we're finishing up the month. the s&p up .7 of one percent. the tech heavy nasdaq, the sole loser for the month of march, losing 2.6%. different story when you look at the markets for the quarter. for the quarter the dow jones industrial average actually losing .8 of one percent. the s&p 500, gaining more than a full percent. you can say the broader stock market is up for the year. the tech heavy nasdaq a winner for the quarter, up a half of one percent. while the stock market barely budged, there were certainly some standout stock, including social networking site facebook, making a couple acquisitions. facebook shares up 10% in the first three months of the year, and as far as overall sector performance, the utility sector, the high dividend paying, safe haven utility sector was the best performing sector, and

sandra smith with the latest. >> citigroup basically upgrading jcpenney shares, buy them at this levels the stock up five 1/2%. it is top gainer in the s&p 500 right now. it has come off its session highs but still a hefty 45-cent gain for a stock trading around $9 a share. this is the story we've all been talking about. look at this drop, over 40% fall over the past year and even recently flirting below the $5 mark. some folks are saying that jcpenney might be going away but citigroup is saying buy the stock. here is the reason. updates to its home merchandise are going to be good. they're removing unpopular items off their shelves. and they're restocking basics and private line labels. so he is really optimistic. his caveat, the go forward phase for citigroup, it might be slow but they do like the risk/reward ratio. so guys, they're saying buy it. stock getting a boost today. one other name i wanted to point out, macy's up a couple percent. this stock getting analyst upgrade at wells fargo to outperform rating. look at this, all-time highs for macy's today. great day for department s

. >> also, geraldo rivera, and fox business network sandra smith.ur job to keep these two safe. >> daunting task. >> it is. i got to see geraldo. he kissed me this week. that will make news when that is seen. >> i kissed a boy and i liked it. >> oh, katy perry. except it's a girl. i'm following this flight. i'm getting angry. they're announcing to families they lost their families and there is zero evidence of where this plane might be, although there's 122 pieces of debris that a french satellite has picked up. it's very frustrating. >> very frustrating, and these poor people. this investigation has been so botched since the beginning. the leadership has been horrible. so yes, they're crying out. they don't have answers, sean. this is just going to be one of those things where every new lead is going to be the best lead they've had, but they have an obligation and responsibility to chase down every one of these. the problem is the weather is so awful. >> you can get 20-foot, 30-foot swells. geraldo, you have a big sailboat. >> i was hanging out wit

bring back alan knuckman and sandra smith. because commodities gyrated so much.in with you. how do futures look? >> futures closed we, considering, we were much lower obviously in the overnight market as we came in with the gap lower from what happened sunday night. we're down 14 on the day in s&p and much closer to the highs than the lows. i have to view that as positive, throughout the day calm heads remained. i can evenly state ahead we went seven 1/2% straight up in s&p in less than a month. i would view this as profit making. fundamentals haven't changed. in the markets.e bit of emotion you think what it truly does mean. if capital leaves russia i have it has to go somewhere. i think it comes to the u.s. market. david: sandy, what do you think? >> oil rallied on a five-mon high based on fear of a possible supply disruption. not fear of a probable supply disruption. there is arguably a lot of folks saying that oil prices could top out here. a lot of people are talking about the fact that $105 a barrel, we actually topped that point at one point today, is not

sandra smith reached out. the sky is not falling. the stock is down a fracture. on carry-on bags. the logo ♪ stuart: this is ash wednesday. we have a religious discussion for you. jesus was not a capitalist. here is a quote. aggressive capitalists. we have the father joining us on this ash wednesday. was jesus a capitalist, yes or no? >> i think it is absurd to call jesus a capitalist. there was no system of capitalism as we know it. did he encourage people to be productive? yes. >> let me put it a different way. the foundation of western civilization -- stuart: did we -- right at a crucial moment. if we can get him back, we will get him back. this is interesting. stuart: lots of parables. they never settled. it was always open to interpretation. >> everything that you just specified sounded not only capitalistic, but conservative. stuart: regrettably, i do not think that we can get him back. a news alert for you. now you cannot bait up in bars, nightclubs and other places. one councilmember acknowledged that he could not say for sure whether or not you cigarette

sandra smith, biotech, you think the party might be over? sandra: they haven't entered into a bear market territory which would be a drop of 420% or more but correction territory, raising some eyebrows. charles: in a short period of time. sandra: their recent high was late february so it is 12% even with some bounce back, stocks 12% from recent highs. is there a concern? yes. nicole petallides will talk about that, and keep that in mind. charles: i think the audience needs to understand that there are the iliad of the economy and then there are the one trick ponies with amazing things on the drawing boards. that is when you start to worry. >> they are still positive for the year. there are some companies that have been able to buck this downward trend. charles: coming into the week, 46 ipos. virtually, none of them have profits. the highfliers of recent times getting hit. they are bouncing back after taking hits over concerns of the pricing. yesterday, for them, there was news about the hepatitis c drug. nicole: right. it is up about 60% in t

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sandra smith has joined us.t do you say to this two top executives saying don't buy my products if you are a denier, fly my airline. do you think that could be a good move on their part? >sandra: a lot of times they kep their emotions or personal beliefs aside and they buy it on the finances of the company. now richard branson tim cook are saying not so fast. you should be thinking but these kind of things. in fact richard branson say more companies should follow what apple is doing. but i got all worked up looking at richard branson's footprint. let's tape omak kee keep in mins preaching more businesses should be green has more than five states and homes across the globe which he does not fly commercially. he has multiple private jets, sometimes maybe only one flying on that jet. many cars when he gets to those destinations, so his footprint is huge that might look a little bit hypocritical to hear him talk like this. stuart: there is a movement called conscious capitalism that poses a great threat because you

sandra smith is here after her performance on fox news yesterday. congratulations. other new area for amazon to get into. you say it is a hit? sandra: big hit. it will be very competitive. we don't know how much they will charge for this. add to the list list streaming products available right now, google chromecast. this is offered cheaper every day. everybody wants it. this puts amazon into your living room. right now you can only get the streaming on amazon devices. a lot of original content, they already produce some but putting this in your living room, they are encouraged to do more original content. stuart: number two is, just look at walmart for a second. it is getting into the used videogame business. you can walk in, hand over your used videogame in exchange it for groceries or anything else walmart sells. it is not good news for game stop which has long tolerated the market. there are two angles here. i think the sale of physical games is going the way of the dodo. downloading is everything, isn't it? sandra: not everything. walmart doesn't do something li

and i am sandra smith. nato flexing its muscle with two weeks of exercises in eastern europe.om ukraine. >> reporter: moscow making the official grim reality and russia for all intents and purposes is in control. in addition to the stroke of the pen, 20,000 russian troops in crimea on the ground backing it up. we are getting 10,000 ukranian troops in place in crimea. government officials said there is an evacuation plan in place and that would be an effective surrender from kiev even

thomas, but also derek smith and others who are here from school board president sandra lee furer, professors and medical researchers [speaker not understood], and pro he if he iser stanton [speaker not understood] from ucsf, and many others. ~ with the growing popularity of e-cigarettes and public usage by youth, it's time to [speaker not understood] in line with cigarette youth in order to protect businesses and individuals. the e-cigarette i was puffing on is a flavor called lime and coconut and it costs about 6 to $8, with about 400 puffs, i believe, and this device. there are many types of other flavors that are cotton candy and gumy bear and other flavors that clearly are to entice young people. my 13 year old daughter has told me how her friends purchase them online. currently there is a terrible marketing system right now and an ability for young people to buy online, but also in many different businesses throughout the city and you'll hear from youth leadership institute, youth who surveyed and did action-based research showing how they were able to purchase e-cigarettes very easily

sandra bullock did in 2003 or something, she came up and actually accepts the award. >> i think ben affleck was really upset about "gigli." here's the worst supporting actor, will smith kardashian, did you know she was in tyler perry's "temptation" movie. she got worst supporting actress. >> not the best year for tyler perry for the razzies, apparently. >> she should be on every worst list, no matter what the category. >> all right. let's check in with rick -- >> the worst weather. >> it can be pretty. >> kim kardashian would take that award if she did the weather. >> can you imagine her as a meteorologist, rick? >> no, i can't. but i can imagine some stations giving her a job doing it, let's be honest. >> that's true, that's true. i know. but we have some snow to talk about. mike, you've been saying that phillies had a little bit of snow. you're at your third snowiest season ever. and maybe tomorrow you'll be right back up into the second place. but your fourth snowiest year wasn't that long ago. it was only four seasons ago, where you had almost 80 inches of snow. so you should remember that. here's your forecast for your day today across the northeast. take a look