. >>> meantime, still ahead, seaworld is set to make its trading debut tomorrow, but should investors dive in? >>> first, a look, though, at how commodities, treasuries and currencies fared today. >>> you can call it a whale of a deal. seaworld entertainment, this is the amusement park behind shamu, the killer whale, will sell shares to the public for the first time ever tomorrow at the new york stock exchange. it's offering 26 million shares, and they price tonight at $27 each. raising $702 million. jane wells takes a closer look at the company. >> reporter: seaworld is hoping its stock market debut will make a big splash. the company made up of 11 theme parks including busch gardens and aquatica wants to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to pay down debt and grow its business. >> i want to see sharks and stingrays. >> can't see that stuff in kansas. >> reporter: seaworld was bought by the blackstone group back in 2009, and the new owners return it had to profitability. the recession put the business on something of a roller coaster, but net income swung from a $45 million loss i

you know i'm liking this black hawk and seaworld.emember, not to chase in the after market, but slow and steady safeway is a good alternative if you can't get into black hawk. and you know what, fairway, real good produce. don't go anywhere. "lightning round" is coming up next. >>> it is time! it is time for the "lightning round" on cramer's "mad money." my staff prepares the graphics. when you hear this sound, the lightning round is over. are you ready, skedaddy? i want to start with joey in wisconsin. >> caller: hey, jim, you do a great job on "squawk on the street." i'm calling about toll brothers. >> yeah, it's a buy, buy, buy. let's go to jim in new york. jim. >> caller: mr. cramer, jim, b-b-b- boo-yah to ya. >> i'm liking that. >> caller: thank you for your dedication, your help and your razor-sharp wit. i've been watching your biotechs for a good entry point. i notice immunogen dropped 16% and i'm scared. >> we were waiting, remember, they've got other drugs, initial drugs, they don't have the good royalty arrangement. and tha

what do you think seaworld has going for them? >> i think the sector has proven to be more resilient than people thought. the current recession, you've seen the whole theme park sector really acquit itself nicely, perform quite well. and we're no exception. so i think when you look at the sector, it's a more defensive space than you might think. and in our case, we're a total return story. we are pay agonize dividend with this offering. we feel good about the offering that we have. >> it is very unusual that you said you're going to be offering investors a dividend. very rare for a new public company to do that. why did you decide to offer a dividend? >> it speaks of the strength of the company. we generate a lot of free cash flow. we're looking at a total return for our investors. a dividend is a big part of that. that's a solid part we can offer. >> do you think that's going bring more investors to buy into the stock? >> people are look for yield these days, for sure. and that's certainly an advantage. >> and the seaworld ipo by

peta is buying up shares of seaworld stock.the seaworld ipo-ed last friday. the stock is trading around $32 dollars. peta purchased 80 shares.just enough stock to have the right to attend annual seaworld shareholder meetings.peta's first order of business is to demand that seaworld release its killer orca whales including "shamu". new $100 bills will be available this fall. starting october 8th.. the federal reserve will release a re-designed c-note.it has the added security of a 3-d ribbon and disappearing liberty bell meant to throw off counterfeiters. still to come we're fast forwarding ahead to summer with a look at what films will heat up the box office. thats later on in movies and money. but first -- how billions of dollars in credit card disputes are hurting small businesses. thats next with bill moller. 7,000 high-school students drop out every school day. let's catch them before it's too late. to start helping students in your community, visit boostup.org. bet you never heard of this term its a chargeback. i happens to be the scourge of retailers. p

go on, business is happening, seaworld ipo. the show they put on this morning was amazing. you just pointed out all of the good things right now, we're talking tech stocks right now, reason that dow is out of - of e rally is because of ibm, the worst performer in the dow jones, but best performer in dow jones is microsoft on solid earnings, pc market shrinking that hurting companies like most but they are doing well from video games, so, huge gain for microsoft today, and ditto for google, handing in a nice day, hitting all-time high a month ago but they are pushing back closer to that to 800 a share, liz. liz: i have to show the ticker for seaworld, up 24% this is significant on a day where there is concern i in the nation, but nope, seaworld looking good, up 24% this stock priced high end of range, that is $27 that is unbelievable. we have the ceo coming up in just a few minutes from seaworld. but what a move for this stock. up about 24%. closing bell ringing in about 49 minutes, coming up, don't worry, we'll watch the hunt f

joining us for a breakdown of the seaworld ipo. a firm that analyzes major privately held companies. great to have you with us. high demand for sea world. price at the top end of the range, increase the allegation of shares here. what are the fair comparisons? it seems like six flags and cedar fair aren't good apples to apples comparisons. >> there's not a direct apples to apples comparison, melissa. the big theme park companies that are comparable are really subsidiaries of disney or in the case of, you know, universal, of course, subsidiary of comcast. so there's really not a direct comparable. the closest would be like you said six flags and cedar fair. compared to them, the valuation is a little bit rich. you do have to adjust, of course, for the debt as jean said, there is this 1.8 billion in debt. we did hear about that price about 20 minutes ago, at $27. we understand it could have sold more. but they really do want this thing to pop. blackstone has an interest, of course, in selling additional shares at a high price and the

liz: get a comment from you about seaworld. seaworld supposedly pricing sometime this evening.'ll be hearing about what they can really offer. but why now for seaworld? >> yeah. everyone is calling it a whale of a deal. so aside from the pun, the fact is this is a great brand it is predictable. going into the summer season. people want to go on vacation. seaworld is a great place to go. the company has tremendous amount of cash flow. that will continue for some time. six flags and other companies in this sector have been done extremely well in the past year. investors are chomping at the bit for this one. this is pretty good ipo unless the market falls tomorrow. liz: by the way, a lot of new ipos are offering something only old stalwarts offered, that is dividend, a quick topic if you could about dividends at ipos. >> a lot of these companies generate lots of cash flow and they want to attract investors. we're in a zero yield environment. if you provide a little extra, investors are really happy about that. liz: good to see you tom. speaking about ipos and talking about, that i

. >> seaworld came 30 minutes f year, seaworld had ion out to rescue 277 sea lion pups.hey don't know what's going on. >> right now he's safe. he could be a happy show pup. >> i want him to be set free, not a performance animal. set him free. >> we jump across the pond and go to the u.k. this is quinto. >> she was born with five legs. >> quinto is a triplet. she's the healthiest of all three of them. >> is it a functioning leg? it looks floppy. >> it doesn't function. we'll see how she runs around and is happy like the other lams. >> this is so cool. >> do they put a sign at the farm, come see the five-legged lamb or do surgery to take the leg off? >> veterinarians are waiting to see if she's fine with it or better for it to be removed. >> it would figure out how to carry stuff with the extra leg. >> this could be a sign of evolution and all lambs could grow that fifth leg. >> you call it evolution, the doctor calls it mutation. she's wonderful and sweet as can be. >>> the naughty million dollar question is no longer boxers or briefs. it's thong or granny panty? >> why d

seaworld entertainment is swimming closer to a "splashy" debut on wall street. the home of shamu-- is out to raise $540 million dollars in it's initial public offering. the theme park reportedly wants to sell 20 million shares for around $24 to $27. and, list on the new york stock exchange under stock ticiker symbol "seas" . seaworld could end up among the top 5 most valuable ipos to dive into the market this year. still to come the pride of the market. why more people are choosing american stocks as investments. thats later on. but first....why tax scammers are targeting children.... what parents need to know, next with bill moller. everybody's in a hurry to get their taxes done. think about this, your child's social security number is particularly vulnerable this time of year. thieves know just what to do to steal their identity and you might not know it for years. the details can be learned from the book, bankrupt at birth: why child id theft is on the rise and how it's happening under parents' noses. joe mason wrote it. joe what's the typical story you've se

seaworld is hoping to lure investors to its ipo today. seaworld shares priced in at $27, the top of its range. also out today, blackhawk networks, a spin-off of grocery chain safeway, is expected to price between $20 and $22. in ipo action thursday, chemical company taminco priced in at $15 and closed at $14.55. green-reit hannon armstrong priced at $11.40 and ended the day at $12.50. and satellite- maker intelsat opened at $18 and settled out at $19.25. a new study shows there's an "extreme" divide between the amount of money married couples and single people save for retirement. the national bureau of economic research uncovered that by the age of 60, married couples on average had $190,000 saved, while singles had just $39,000. one of the reasons for the sharp divide, according to marketwatch.com, is divorce. northern trust has a new "hands-off" rule for facebook. the bank updated its ethics policy to insure employees don't use work contact info on personal pages and aren't posting while on the job. the bank told us in a statement, nor

seaworld entertainment held an initial public offering last week.the ethical treatment bought 80 shares in seaworld, that allows the group to attend shareholder meetings and also introduce resolutions. it wants the company to stop breeding and buying animals and release whales and dolphins from their parks including seaworld in san diego. a woman from month ray has pleaded guilty to illegally feeding wells. marine scientists nancy black owns a whale watching company she admits back in april of 2004 she said chunks of whale lovers to a group of orca that she encountered while boating. this is a file picture from the company's web site of nancy black in a boat near a different group. she'll be sentenced in august and faces one year of probation plus community service. >> today gun control advocates clashed once again with the nra. this time there was a twist to the debate. two sides argued over science and had a meeting on help. caused for studies of gun ownership such as self defense. others argued others should focus on the debts. after the connecti

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seaworld is planning a $540 million ipo.do-based theme park operator plans to sell 20 million shares at the current level, it looks to be among the top five biggest ipos in the u.s. this year. seaworld owns 11 parks, it has 67,000 animals. they bought the company in 2009 for 2.3 billion. it will remain the majority shareholder in january, though, take a look at this pictures, all interested parties. plotting out the deal, all hands on deck. it looks like some of those investment bankers might be lost there. >> save the whale. here we go. >>> and that other big ipo set to price taylor morrison, diana olick is in washington with the pricing and the challenges that one faces. >> hi, tyler. not a whale, but analysts are calling this a strong offering. taylor morrison is not a start up, but a company already taking advantage with a very solid pipeline. the scottsdale, arizona builders plans to sell 23.8 billion class a shares for between $20 and $22 a share, making the deal worth as much as with sales and orders sup 46% from 2011

. >>> a san diego sea lion was rescued by seaworld after being found roaming the city streets.ute. she's being treated for severe mall nourishment. hope she gets well. >>> a police dog reunited with the people who saved his life. he was treated by a helicopter medical crew after being shot in the neck during an altercation. yesterday, he was all smiles and happily posed with his crew. >>> from pint sized presidents to blunders, let's look at the week that was. easter fun until one bunny got a lesson in helmet laws. the white house pulled off a prank. the joke was on president obama whose basketball blunders left us asking, i thought he had game? >> president obama shot baskets and only made two shots out of 22. even dick cheney was like that guy needs to learn to shoot. >>> jufrt of louisville basketball player, kevin ware, was back on his neat. >> the network showed it once and that was it. you know what i'm talking about? it's like geez -- let me show it to you now. >> meanwhile, masters champion bubba watson brought out his hovercraft. >>> the rutger's university basketball

and seaworld made a splash. the entertainment and theme park company began trading on the new york stock exchange on friday with an ipo price at $27 a share, the deal raised some $700 million. >>> austerity persisting in britain and europe, despite forecasts of downgraded growth in the uk and recession in the single currency eurozone. this coming from the spring meetings of the international monetary fund and the world bank, where i spoke to the former head of germany's central bank, axel webber, now c

seaworld filed for 20 million shares.n the ranks of the top five ipos, so definitely a household name, one that we're watching and bring you updates as soon as we have more. >> no comments from shamu yet? >> i reached out, but no comment. >>> dalles on big data download, turning waste into health care industry, did you know that nearly 1.2 trillion are wasted annually through inefficient practices? today one expert looks at how big data is being put to use in order to eliminate waste. catch it all today. big data download at cnbc's mobile app.. on the half, you asked for it, so we'll give you the trades, so you know where to put your money next. that's in two minutes. with fidelity's new options platform, we've completely integrated every step of the process, making it easier to try filters and strategies... to get a list of equity options... evaluate them with our p&l calculator... and execute faster with our more intuitive trade ticket. i'm greg stevens and i helped create fidelity's options platform. it's one more inno

. >>> this seal in san diego rescued by seaworld after she was found roaming the city streets. the 10-month-old jumped into the car of a driver who pulled over to check on her. well, she's now being treated for severe malnourishment. hope she gets better soon. >>> and finally to pennsylvania, where a police dog reunited with the people who saved his life. zeke was treated by a helicopter medical crew after being shot in the neck during an altercation with an armed suspect last month. well, yesterday, zeke was all smiles and happily posed with his crew. and a toy, of course. good-looking dog. >>> in sports, another departure from rutgers basketball in the wake of outcry over the video showing abusive practices that got head coach mike rice fired his assistant coach has resigned. jimmy martelli also reportedly yelled at players and threw basketballs at them. >>> in the finals of the national invitation tournament, number two seed baylor rolled over three-seed iowa 71-54 for its first ever nit victory. >>> the ncaa final four is tomorrow at the georgia dome in atlanta. louisville

seaworld entertainment is trying for a $540 million ipo, among the largest offeringsings so far. they plan to sell 20 million shares between $24 and $27 a piece. back to you. >> mary thompson, thank you very much. >> own a piece of shamu. >> big slice. >>> let's check the weather with meteorologist, christina loren. >>> good morning. it is going to be a nice day today. i am happy to be able to bring bring you some good news. temperatures aren't going to be all that warm just yet. we are talking about the 70s today. can't beat that. on your seven-day forecast, i will reveal when the 90s come into the forecast. it is going to be really warm around here really quickly. 48 degrees. good morning in fairfield. 45 to start the day in walnut creek. thanks for waking up in oakland. temperatures are running on the chilly side as we head throughout the day today. they are going to warm up nicely. start in the low 50s, upper 40s. by noon, temperatures are going to be in the mid-60s. winds, much more of a factor. your wind gusts now, in the 15-20-mile-per-hour range. not as gusty as we head t

blackstone paid $31 billion for seaworld in 2009.ll retain control of the theme park following the ipo. black stoeb also making waves with the announcement it's dropped out of the bidding war for dell citing an industrywide drop in pc sales. shares of the pcmaker under pressure this morning and founder michael dell attempting to bring the company public this year. boeing is cutting production of the 747 jets due to the demand of passenger and cargo planes. the first delivery is expected early next year. simon? >> thank you very much, courtney, for more on all of the developments from watertown and broadly, let's bring in -- let's take a break. we will return to our coverage very shortly. this is cnbc. ♪ [ watch ticking ] [ engine revs ] come in. ♪ got the coffee. that was fast. we're outta here. ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ >> the massive man hunt in boston continues this morning with basically the entire city of 7 million people locked down, deserted, meantime, as we know, one suspect from the boston bombings are killed overnight and the oth

. - seaworld will now let you borrow a killer whale for spring break. - i'll need a whale saddle. - andven spielberg wants you to star in his next movie. - kate capshaw's husband? - [sighs] - tracy, congratulations. i loved your acceptance speech. - tracy jordan asked me to accept this on his behalf because his mouth is full. - [muffled] pop tarts! - so i guess you've made it to "the next level." i look forward to seeing how this empowers you to make my life more difficult. - as am i, liz lemon. it'll probably involve a guitar-playing chimpanzee that i bought this morning. - no. - uh, hold on. dotcom is confirming that he drowned. - oh. - why are you putting me in a suit?

that's some of the deals we'll be watching for in the coming months, bausch & lomb, seaworld, cdw, covering a broad range of sectors. more tech deals are expected later this year. companies like market o, fire eye have filed confidentially, while several others have reportedly hired banks in preparation for ipos. on tap, independent bank group of 3.2 million share offering and harvard apparatus regenerative, a smaller one. so watch for that. >>> a big decision by the government today impacting millions of americans who get their insurance through medicare advantage. bertha coombs is here to tell us about it. it's a complicated issue. >> well, it's a private insurance and medicare does reimburse those insurers. more than 15 million -- 14 million seniors buy those from insurers. they're popular. to get the extra coverage beyond medicare itself. cms the health department's center for medicaid and medicare services said that the growth rate for reimbursing the insurers in 2014 is going to be over 3%. a big reversal from their proposal last month that would have cut medicare advantage rates by m

we have seaworld tonight. private equity generally does bigger deals.vate equity market. last year was a vc market. >> i understand that there was a dress rehearsayal for the penguins last night. they brought penguins down on the floor to walk them in. we have a penguin ringing the opening bell tomorrow. rock stars and opera stars, heads of state but i don't think in the 15 years i've been here, i've never had a penguin ring the bell. >> i think it will be fun tomorrow. it is a great company so we are excited. >> we have some natural gas inventories. carl? what's going on? >>> let's get to sharon epperson, get nat gas inventories crossing a few second ago. >> hey, carl. we are looking at natural gas rallying a bit. at least it is up a bit on this natural gas data. we got the first increase in supply of the season in the natural gas market, up 31 billion cubic feet last week. the increase was 31 billion cubic feet. that's slightly less than what analysts were expecting. they expected an increase between 33 and 37 bcf. we are looking at colder temperature

seaworld stock caught a wave in its first public day of trading.shares opened at $27 and closed just above $33. also friday, blackhawk networks stock opened at $23 and closed around $26. today, truett-hurst wineries is going public in the first winery ipo since 1999. and next week, ing plans to spin off its u.s. insurance unit for $1.5 billion in the second-biggest ipo in a year. mcdonald's first quarter earnings were a mixed bag: profits were up, but same-store sales slowed in the first quarterly decline in a decade. mcdonald's blames the economy and increased competition for the slump. it hopes dollar menu items will bring customers back in the spring. kimberly clark's first quarter profits were up 13% on strong sales in brands kleenex and cottonelle. also, emerging markets are bringing demand for diapers and household goods. still to come, why so many americans are scared of the stock market. that's later on. but first, on this earth day, how some of america's largest corporations are getting into nature. bill moller has that after the break. th

another exciting name would be seaworld entertainment.penguins and otters and monkeys and entertainers. they own busch gardens. down just fractionally. the key story it happened on friday. and it surged over 34, 24%. big jump. traded as high as $34 and change. huge move on friday and didn't give much back at all. down 15 cents for the new ipo. tracy: everybody loves shamu. thanks, nicole. see you in 15 minutes. ashley: great, shamu. tracy: big whale. ashley: love the penguins. tracy: weaker-than-expected existing home sales raising new doubts about the housing recovery. real estate consultant john byrnes will tell us the best and worst signs for housing right now. ashley: but first, le's check how the u.s. dollar is doing today. pretty much of a mixed picture, up against the euro. the pound up against the dollar at 1.5270. it is a very mixed picture. as is the markets today. we'll be right back. friday night, buddy. you are gonna need a wingman. and my cash back keeps the party going. but my airline miles take it worldwide. [ male announc

neil: are you hearing from the popular tour sites within your state, orlando, walt disney world or seaworld or universal or miami that its effected hotel bookings, resorts, has it gotten to that stage? >> we're in day four and people are frustrated with the delays. my concern is they'll decide not to -- to book a flight to florida. we have a million jobs in our state tied to tourism. we have a lot of business here too. i just want to keep our economy going. look, when i came into i officei reduced the budget. we did it with common sense solutions. we didn't take a meat cleaver to it or adversely impact jobs. we did the right thing and our economy is booming. >> neil: the sequestration cuts, both parties agree, weren't ideal. republicans are saying in retrospect, they beat no cuts at all so they're saying these are arbitrary, fickle, unwieldy but beat having not cut anything. what do you say? >> look, i had to cut my budget the first year, $3.7 million but i used common sense. i didn't do things that adversely impact jobs like this will in our state. this is ridiculous what they're doing. th

seaworld entertainment looking to make a bigger splash in its wall street debut.ment park operator eyeing an ipo half a billion dollars, five times as much as it originally planned back in december. blackstone group bought seaworld in '09 for $2.3 billion. >>> avon is planning to reduce the global headcount by 400 as part of a broad $400 million cost cutting initiative. avon saying it will close and restructure operations in underperforming markets and in parts of europe, the middle east and africa. >>> a federal judge in philadelphia will hear arguments tomorrow in the concussion-related lawsuit against the nfl. more than 4,000 players have sued the league with some battling dementia and depression. that is the latest from fox business network, giving you the power to prosper. melissa: so as we do every 15 minutes, let's check the markets. we have jonathan from meridian equity partners on the floor of the new york stock exchange with the latest market moves for us. what is really driving the session today? we're down about 2 points right now. what is the biggest

seaworld went public today. stock is up $4 a share.s trading out $31 a share after going public this morning. >>> time now 7:i 46. we're following breaking news in the boston marathon bombing case. boston's police commissioner says everyone in boston has to stay inside as the continuing search for the one surviving suspect in the marathon bombing goes on. these are live pictures obviously you're looking at armed police officers on guard ready for anything at any moment. now a news conference will be happening at any moment as well. we'll keep you posted on that. boston's police commissioner made an announcement a short timing a after a long night of violence that left the other suspect in the marathon bombing dead. as we've been telling you since 4:30 this morning, the two suspects in the boston marathon bombings are brothers. they're from a part of russia near chechnya. ktvu's brian flores back in the studio now. you talked this morning with an expert who knows more about the nature of the continuing conflict in chechnya. brian. >> th

. >> you have hilton hotels, and, of course, seaworld, most riantly you worked with, all companies lookingns and are on board with you. >> well, now, different companies looking for different things. for example, sea world is looking for paramedics, which is sort of a real specialty that the military would have a lot of people relative to other groups train for. >> right. >> each withdrawn of the companies looking for different types of positions. we're looking for people with manager experience, projects in the armed services because some of our companies can grow faster if we have more capable middle managers to help drive those businesses. >> that's the exact characteristics of so many of the vets. sir, i have to ask you, the firm does so much charity work, started thisads-like schorship in china,work with leukemia, and yet, you know, you stand in front of the white house, voted for romney, why is wall street vilified? there's so much philanthropic work done out of firms like your own. >> well, firms, like ourselves, like everyone else in america in this sense that we work hard to make

tonight, seaworld entertainment will try for a $540 million ipo. it could be among the largest offerings of this year. the business behind shamu plans to buy some 40 million shares. half of the stock comes from blackrock which is the owner of sea world. now here is a trading update. we are seeing some interesting moves in gold and the euro and the yen at the moment. the european markets generally speaking are moving much higher. we're seeing the ibex 35 there to the far right in spain of 1.3%. the cac 40 nearly 1%. germany's xetra dax a little less and illustrate had a sharp sell-off better than 2% yesterday. nevertheless, not a downgrade coming as expected or at least as rumored, although eegan jones did make a move, but not one from the majors. here is a look at what's happening with u.s. futures, as well. looking about 6/0 points to the upside for the dow, similarly for the nasdaq and s&p 500. a separate portion of those gains. and it follows, of course, the nasdaq selling off quite sharply on the back of that downward move in apple yesterday. h

some of the notable deals we'll be watching for is bausch & lomb, coty and cow and seaworld.als were the most pervasive in q1 there should be more tech dealts later this year. watch for those. enterprise software firms, marketo and fireeye and lifestyle media company glammedia have filed confident ali. while several other tech companies have hired banks in preparation for their ipos. carl, independent bank group expected to price in the 24 to $26 range, offer 3:.2 million shares. and a smaller deal, har ward apparatus regenerative. >> thank you very much for that good piece. jacqui deangeles back at hq. >>> i want to bring in david menlo. let's give the toys "r" us thing out of the way. a derailer of sorts? >> no, i don't think it's a derailer. i think it's really letting the market know that just because you have private equity sponsorship doesn't mean the deal is just going to have the doors open wide. the investors out there are becoming very suspicious of all of these pe deals because the underwriters unfortunately are still favoring the issuers. >> there's a very fine fi

world right here at the new york stock exchange going public and we should also have pricing for seaworldwell. these are two big brand names and the ipo markets are hot right now and a lot of them are doing fairly well. we are down 20% in gold stocks this week? deutsche bank upgraded a couple of big south african gold names and the key thing, jim, and i'm sure you talked about this, huge price differences in the production costs of different companies. some companies produce as much as $800 an ounce and some of them reduce their 1600, $1700 an ounce with gold at 1300 now becomes very important and picking the right companies and the right low-cost producers now becomes very critical. back to you. >> couldn't be more right. barrett having trouble finding gold corp. listen, the mining costs have gone up. burberry opened a lot of shows in china and they claim that helped them make their quarter. china. >> let's shift to bonds and the there are and at the cme group in chicago. >> good morning. everybody's been talking about all of the issues we hear on this floor. some of the big bourses in e