now a bowl is usually bowl in other shops are cracked and cheap as these. how do i drink the soup if it's like this it will hurt my lips. i don't care this is a good design. oh, this smells good. i eat your noodles almost every night and i can tell if they're good or not by they're smell. [slirping] disgusting. that's okay. that's okay. hot water. much more. much more. this is good, i guess. any way noodles are important. some times the noodles are too soft and soggy and they are not good. these are nice and firm. [slirping] disgusting again. too soft are you noodles. that's okay. it's good. it's hard tore pick up noodles without breaking them. do you use fish cake? yes. really? really? i have been looking for it. but i cannot find any. oh, i got one. no wonder i could not find it. it's so thin. i can see through it to over there. that's okay. that's okay. sometimes other noodle shops use sponge cake instead. that's terrible. that's terrible. yes, this is real sponge cake. that's okay. that's okay. i'm not picky person okay. do i have to eat all? yuck. disg

usually other shops cult the fish very thin, like a very thin piece of cake. sometimes they use sponge cake instead. that is terrible. it's something good about it. fish cake very good. [slirping] good noodles. all good soup. i could eat another bowl of noodles but maybe not today. it's 16 or more. i have smaller change. can i give it to you're in your hand. i pay you one coin at a time. one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, so what time is it now? it's nine. >> ten, eleven. i see 16 more. i will come back same time. thank you very much. the clever man left the noodle shop. he saw the whole thing behind the wall. he gave the noodle man so many compliments and he was going to ask for this count so. he ask strange question. one, two, three, four, five, what time is it now? nine. ten eleven, twelve. why did he ask such a question. one, two, three four, five, what time is it now. nine, ten, eleven, this is the ten. oh, i see. that was the victory. i'm going to do the same thing tomorrow night. this man goes through all the change and went outlooking for

mutanabbi street also holds cafes, stationary shops, and even tea and tobacco shops.t has been the heart and soul of the baghdad literary and intellectual community. this tragedy is part of a wider and continuing tragedy, but one that we want to isolate and address, not only for the loss of lives but also for the implications underlying the destruction of a street where books were sold. book selling on mutanabbi street is no different from book selling here. we traffic in memory, ideas and dreams. in that sense, we feel that mutanabbi street starts at the front door of all of our book shops. mutanabbi street starts here. our first reader will be sinan anton. >> when i was torn by war, i took a brush immersed in death, and drew a window on war's wall. i opened it, searching for something, but all i saw was another war and a mother weaving a shroud for the dead man still in her womb. there was a photograph of an iraqi boy on the front page of the "new york times". he sat on the edge of the truck, 8 or 9 years old, surrounded by his family, his father, mother , and 5 sib

the clever man left the noodle shop. he saw the whole thing behind the wall. he gave the noodle man so many compliments and he was going to ask for this count so. he ask strange question. one, two, three, four, five, what time is it now? nine. ten eleven, twelve. why did he ask such a question. one, two, three four, five, what time is it now. nine, ten, eleven, this is the ten. oh, i see. that was the victory. i'm going to do the same thing tomorrow night. this man goes through all the change and went outlooking for the noodle shop. it was funny. last time i'm going to do the same thing tonight. i will give the noodle man so many compliments and use that where is the noodle man and shop, and there's a poor little noodle man for me. noodle man, noodle man? what are you doing? i was taking a nap. a nap? i'm a customer of your hot noodle. oh, it's very cold. it's warm tonight. that's true. by the way, how is business? not so good. is it. pretty good. a little different from last night. that's okay. it happens bad time wills follow good times in business. if somet

there was a coffee shop there before. mr. pagan filed $100,000 to put a restaurant there on the condition he got a building permit from the city of san francisco. and it seems rather ridiculous he would go and spend $100,000 and then afterwards the next door neighbor decides this is an illegal thing and the building department didn't even know that. it would seem correct that the city of san francisco would refund him the $100,000 that he spent to put a restaurant in there and this gentleman here his $40,000, a rather ridiculous system that the building department doesn't know the correct laws before he puts this in. and he wasn't going around anybody's back. he has a restaurant on 9th avenue and he was wanting to have a second restaurant. so, that's all i want to say. >> is there any other public comment? okay, seeing none, then, commissioners, the matter is yours. >> i guess unless there is any other comments, i guess i would move to grant the appeal and revoke the permit. >> would that be on the basis that there are no cod

another benefit of consolidating their shopping order through j.s, is the added value they offer. instead of running to the store, scott and tim can now order online, consult with their culinary team and gain access to their independent university to learn more about food service management, finance, and hospitality. >> we do recognize that the independent store owners, restauranteurs have a bit of a disadvantage when it comes to competing with national chance out there. we have professionals from the community coming in and teaching the independent guys, you know, this is what you should be doing. >> all right. so your first day is coming to an end. what's your thoughts? >> it's been an unbelievable experience and we've only just begun. >> yeah. i'm a little overwhelming honestly, but i like every idea that was pitched and every comment that was made. >> i don't want to add to it, but i do have three home work assignments for you. first is the menu. we need to cut that down to the bear bare bones. i want you guys to take care of yourself. you're f

now -- is everyone who shops at wal-mart sexy?o there more often if this is what you get. >> that's my wife. >> stephen: oh, it is. >> no. [ laughter ] i had various models over the years go in and i paid them to shop basically. so that's how the series began. i had the classic american blonde shopping in wal-mart. >> stephen: let's go to the next one. okay. is this called us. >> great big us. >> stephen: i love this one. is there anyway you could -- the only thing that would make it better is can i click on the painting and purchase these items? >> i sometimes snack while painting. it's -- you know, it's very big. this one is like seven feet by eight feet. >> stephen: how much do these things go for? >> that is worth $40,000. >> stephen: $40,000 whasms is the low end? >> the small one goes for $1,000. >> stephen: okay. could people who shop at wal-mart afford the paintings you make of them? [cheers and applause] >> what is interesting about the -- half the people who buy the paintings

you can go online and shop for any kind of procedure. we joked about shopping for a

shopping shopping shopping so i don't know that george bush was on xanax he's a heavily drug addled smack and do psychopath or just got people to buy stocks until they kill themselves well no population in the world is my. more depressed takes more antidepressants anyway than france the world health organization just recently said that there the french are more likely to suffer a major depressive episode than any other nation on earth the second to them was the united states the americans so francis economic rut deepens but borrowing is no problem economic data flagged a growing risk of recession in the euro zone second biggest economy france but investors nonetheless snapped up the country's bonds banking on them as a safe bet well you know the french people are on speed they're the biggest takers of pharmaceutical speed i mean everyone says all those people are so slim it's because they're on crank nor crank every single day for breaking news that's how they get so slim the women like they all are so slim and so healthy no they're on drugs this is the biggest pharmaceutical market in eu

usually other shops cult the fish very thin, like a very thin piece of cake. sometimes they use sponge cake instead. that is terrible. it's something good about it. fish cake very good. [slirping] good noodles. all good soup. i could eat another bowl of noodles but maybe not today. it's 16 or more. i have smaller change. can i give it to you're in your nd

[laughte >> well, i see that you're shopping-- are you shopping for anything special? >> um, we're going back to school, so i want to be styling for the first day. >> o.k., and what... and i see that you're wearing these beautiful jeans. >> thanks. >> are you happy with them? >> not so much. >> how come? >> um, actually, they give me a bit of a muffin top, um... >> women: mm-hmm... >> they're really low-rise, so i get a lot of... cheek action in the back. [julia laugh and, um, they're not really my favorite length. they kind of drag in certain shoes. >> katie: well, they're not respecting your curves. you have beautiful curves... >> thank you. >> and these aren't doing the job for you at all-- i mean, they're basically flattening you out, they're making your thighs look a little bit wider. >> i saw that. >> you saw that? o.k. >> andrianna: she sort of has a lumpy look. >> a lumpy look, and that's because of the waistband: it's really tight, it's not stretching, so it's not allowing for your waist, so then your waist kind of goes over the waistband, and it's giving you

i asked my wife, why are you shopping at victoria's secret with our 13-year-old daughter? she's a little young for that, isn't she? >> reporter: but it's young girls like gabby that retailers are banking on. the tween market is worth $150 billion to refarls. retailers who target the 18 to 22-year-olds are really hope young teens like gabby are paying attention. >> i don't think any marketers would actually come out and admit that's what they're doing, but clearly it seems to be something that's happening with products that are designed for younger and younger girls. >> use the purple with the gray. >> gabby and her 13-year-old friend brianna say lots of girls at her school are sporting the line. >> if you go down the hallways, whether it's a high schooler or it's a girl in our grade, sometimes it's the seventh graders or sixth grader. >> the limited brands owns victoria's secrets. cfo spoke about the company's strategy at a recent conference. when somebody is 15 or 16 years old, what do they want to be? they want to be older. and they want to be cool like the girl in colle

i'm currently at the korean tv home shopping warehouse. as you can see, there are many products such as the machine, frying pan, supplements, and the most popular right now, exercise equipment. south korean products account for 70% of the items. its strategy is to do the south korean brand. it's already famous across asia with electrical appliances and cosmetics. this set of korean frying pans is proving popular. it's not cheap at about $70, but some 5,000 sets have been sold every month. >> the market here in thailand will explode. i expect. so, that the market size will increase very fast. >> reporter: japan's largest tv shopping company has a new competitor. also exploring the thai market. it set up a venture with a local firm aiming to launch its new channel as early as june. to differentiate itself from its south korean rivals, the japanese company is mainly targeting the wealthy. high-grade japanese items are expected to be the main lineup. on this day, trading is under way. they apparently make the products more attractive to thai w

today the company launched google shopping express.r the first 6 months brings product on line straight to the your home in cards like this we post a link to the invitation on our web site. find the under see it on t vichlt pretty soon faster an pizza. >> it's crazy. >> talk about the weekend weather forecast. >> sandhya is here with a look at that. >> yes you will need umbrella this holiday weekend. showers won't take the a break. unfortunately timing not good but we'll pinpoint the timeing in a moment. not tracking any moisture we have clouds around as you look at the view from the high definition emeryville camera. bay bridge here. sutro tower. visibility just fine here but we have some low clouds and fog around exploratorium 54 right now. oakland 57 degrees. it's 58 currently in san jose. here are the highlights. partly cloudy overnight. warmer weather tomorrow and showers are likely this weekend. you will see here on our commuter animation in a moment. pacific satellite picture showing you what happened today. saw few showers earl

but they're only shopping for one thing, bad guys unloading stolen merchandise. the range of stolen items they recovered is staggering. >> gpss, jewelry, droids cell phones. >> reporter: they have a meeting with a top of the line mountain bike they suspect is stolen. the seller arrives with the bike. but first they make sure it's really the stolen bike. >> roger. we're coming. >> reporter: it is. and detectives try to decipher how this guy who goes by the name alif i ended up with it. >> where did they get it? >> i don't know. >> reporter: but they can't prove that he stole it. so they confiscate the bike. >> got another bike off the streets. >> reporter: and they cut him loose. relieved he's not going to jail alfy says that craigslist is the best thing to happen to him. >> it's the american dream. have your own business at home. >> they're letting you off. none of them think you didn't know you were dealing in a stolen bike. >> when i bought it and checked the numbers and find out how much it was worth i knew it wasn't a cheap give away. >> reporter: craigslist

only a few shops in america received this blessing. despite one per person - seriously - this shop in chicago ran out by two pm, leaving roughly 3,000 other beers available at this store. "so who's the lucky recipient of all six of these? it's probably going to be me. my wife might have one, but the rest will be all me." > > they say this is going to be a one-time deal. "i'd agree with that. westvleteren's very well known as being very, very, very private." however reclusive the monks of westvleteran, their beer showed up on ebay going for up to $350 a six-pack, only a few hours after stores sold out. they may want to rethink that one-time- only thing. that's it for today. thank you for watching. you can find us on facebook and follow me throughout the day @angiemiles on twitter. from all of us at first business, have a great day! [music

they damaged the locks of nearly a dozen small shops. one business owner gave haaziq madyun a look at the damage. it's a story you'll see - only on kron >> "you can see the glue right there in the lock" vandals targeting oakland businesses here downtown on 17th streetusing glue damaging the locks of multiple shops in this area >> "they sprayed the lock here" the president of the south of broadway business associationel tyna mccree gave me a tour of the shops that were targeted >> "this one was donenobody can get in upstairs" mcree says this latest gluing incident continues an ongoing string of vandalism here in fact one shop owner of tells me she is considering relocating her business out of oakland >> "that is right and i shouldn't have to do that oakland is my home, i want to live here, work here, and do my business here" mcree says merchants here have no idea who is targeting themthey just want it to stop >> "it just continues to go and on" on 17th street in oakland, haaziq madyun-kron 4 news pinole police are hoping someone will reco

. >>> on october 29th, floodwaters were up to here at this bagel shop. storm destroyed the property, but not the owner's resolve. we're here to help them reopen with a "your business makeover." coming up next on "your biz." >>> small businesses are revitalizing the economy. that's why we're proud to present "your business" on msnbc. >>> hi there, everybody, i'm j.j. ramberg, welcome to "your business." today is a milestone for our program. it's our 300th episode, and so i want to thank all of you for welcoming us into your homes every single week. this has been a really amazing job for me. i've gotten to meet so many incredible entrepreneurs and tell their story so all of us small business owners, including myself, can learn from and replicate their success this week, we have the opportunity to tell one of the most amazing and heart warming stories we've ever done on this special makeover show. utt a comeback story. scott edwards and tim keenan are two of new york city's bravest. firefighter who's put their money into a seaside bagel shot to help support

do you think that consumers are still going to be very reluctant to spend or are we such a shop till you drop society that they will come in any way? >> well, i always thought we were kind of a shop to drop economy but unfortunately pem are dropping. if you look at the sales results from pennies, if you look at sears, if you looked at the report that wal-mart has for the first sales report that they are looking at now, you're talking about some pretty weak numbers. these are the value shoppers. this is where they go. and they're now paying thos taxes again and it's taking money out of their check and it is going to have an impact there are people at the top that will continue to shop but there are people at the bottom that have already started to drop. >> susie: talk to me a little bit about the sequester. you know, we sometimes think washington will come up with some last minute deal, that's just the way washington works. any chance of that happening. and if not, what is all-- what is the sequester really mean for the consumer and for the economy? >> well, i suppose it's possible. y

shopping and dollar stores, not shopping and middle-market stores anymore. they are strong.t's like who moved to my customers. it's gone. gerri: keep that attitude. we will come back. you will be joining our panel for the latest controversy let later in the show. but shopping, our next story sounds like science fiction, but it is reality. retailers track is on line, but now they're doing it when you physically walk into their stores. it is like a theme from that steven spielberg movie minority report were tom cruise walks into gap. ♪ >> hello. welcome back. how did that tanker got free? gerri: not quite at routine yet. hidden cameras with facial recognition that no your age, sex, even your mood, even the store mannequins are watching you. consumer reports have just completed an investigation of the issue. the senior project editor joins us now. welcome back to the show. love having you want. what are we looking for? wire a spying on us? >> so funny. we used to read the book and3 talk about 1984. everything is done far worse than that. we are used to being lost when we stop.

when the economy is strong, all lenders are shopping for transactions. in times are tough on credit, you want to rely on those deeper liberation ships with your lender. you want to develop a relationship with a lender. it is the case where you want to open up an account, while to have another bank services that you want to have a relationship with your lender with it because when you go to them for any loan requests, you want them to know about your business and feel like they are a partner of yours, not just that you are shopping them. if you are shopping, you are just looking for the best deal from them, rather than a long- term relationship. >> i want to thank everyone for coming. hopefully, you have all signed up for our updates. we are going to be hosting these on a regular basis. the next two coming up will focus on becoming a government contractor, how your small business can partner with the government. the next one will also be on how to grain your business, with tax -- green your business, tax credits available with that. for non-profit, charit

the rear wall of the shopping center had been blown down.to tear down that shopping center and rebuild it. >> amazingly, the entire crew makes it out alive, but several fire fighters are hurt. >> injuries range from contusions, to burns, bruises, debris, you know, cuts and thing, and, you know, some of them still have challenges dealing with it mentally. >> but chief mcswain says the harrowing incident only brings those in this tight-knit force closer. >> it's a very, very, very close, you know, close brotherhood, sisterhood. >> two years after the incident, the shopping center is finally rebuilt. some of the businesses destroyed in the blast reopened, including lito's pizza, which relocates down the block. inside the pizzeria is a commemorative wall honoring the brave firefighters who risked their lives. coming up -- a tractor trailer jackknifes, then ignites. >> boom! it went up. >> and a gas station turns into an inferno. >> when "caught on >>> may 15th, 2009. a tanker truck carrying more than 10,000 gallons of gasoline catches fire while

the six-screen movie theater, hotel, shops, and restaurants. some say the development is a good idea. some community groups say the project is moving too quickly. >> i have a major concern, which i said again and again, is traffic. this is very likely to congest everything. it really has not been planned for. >> residents are pushing for bike lanes, safe pedestrian crossings and traffic mitigation. even without a plan, negotiations are under way. phase one of the project with housing and retail is almost complete. construction on phase two won't begin for several more months. >> just in case you hadn't realized it, we mentioned it earlier in the newscast. march madness officially here. that includes games at the shark tank that start tomorrow. that's where you catch cal bears taking on unlv. last night st. mary's getting off to a good start in the ncaa tournament, wing and advancing to 64. st. mary's beats up on middle tennessee, 67-54. the gales in action. still alive. take on memphis tomorrow. >> i got no words to describe it. it's awesome. n

she worked for a company called ben david's sowing shop. then -- sewing shop. she would work a lot. i would come home and get dinner ready for the six siblings, the six of us. >> when you got dinner ready did mom lay out the instructions and say follow this recipe you can do this or did you get in the kitchen and make it your own territory. >> well, mom did things. she didn't write it down. i would watch. >> did you like to eat? >> i liked to eat. we grew up in a small resort town in vietnam with a lot of french influence, so, i always liked to eat and i like to cook. the book talks about a little story. i got here and got a gourmet magazine and they took me to a thanksgiving dinner and i decided to study the book. i remembered watching tv to find out how they cut an onion. that was my instruction to cooking, watching that show and the fact i was working in a lot of restaurants. my dad was a janitor and i was exposed to it, the english push where he worked at -- pub where he worked at. then i worked at a nightclub called mums. i was poor but i liked good food. i continued to work wi

shopping, particularly, we have seen tremendous uptick. >> where they shopping? other shopping outlets and in the casinos >> at think it is a sense of freedom that has been developed over the years. neil: tell my ten or 11 year-old. whatever you do. >> your tenner 11 euro will go to one of the children's pools around here. neil: and the other ten year old says the same thing you have to worry. >> not really. we did a study as to whether or not that model would scare away businesses. and it did not. it is very enticing. neil: okay. by the way, you both should be heralded for having the least expensive more value breakfast than any place on the planet. you can eat like a king for $0.99. >> keep spreading the good news. neil: you got it coming up next. gerri: hello, i'm gerri will live from the at atlantic city. tonight, new obamacare fees catching empyers by surprise. what's in store for your company and why so man firms are fuming. also, it's a whale of a problem for j pmorgan, be did the bank ignore warning signs. getting to the bottom of the huge trading loses.

what's the name of your shop, it's called, bingo. i'm going to get good luck for me. i'm going to say that tonight here you go. if it's raining already. you are very quick. i have short temple. when noodle man eat slow i don't even feel like eating. new chopsticks. usually other noodle chop sticks provide old chop sticks. they're no good. who knows if they're clean or not. these are clean. good. oh, this bowl is very pretty. all bowls are pretty. you are very good. usually at noodle shop the bowl is chipped and not as pretty. this bowl is very good. oh, this smells good. i eat the noodles every night. i can't tell if they're good or not but they're smell is. hot. [blowing] [slirping] good food. this is good. i know i eat those noodles almost every night. good food. [pleased noises] good noodles. sometimes they're too soggy and these are nice and firm. your noodles are perfect.

. >> i don't do that much shopping online, but it would work good for me. >> wal-mart shoppers seem toove the idea but they're not exactly the target audience. >> those people are online. >> consumer psychologist says wal-mart's in-sthor shoppers tend to have a lower income rate, reportedly 30 to 60,000 a year while amazon recently boasted half of the most affluent americans have shopped on amazon over the past year. wal-mart is angling for some of thoo business and a battle between the two retail giants is heating up. >> by 2016, amazon will be the second larger retailer in the world right after wal-mart so they're duking it out. what they're doing is watching what the other does well and trying to cake some of that from them. >> since two-thirds of americans reportedly live within five miles of a wal-mart it hope ises to tap into the fwroeing number of affluent shoppers who want the convenience of online shopping with the immediate gratification of in-store pickup. >>> wal-mart's new lockers are more about convenience than security. wal-mart will be offering neshgs day and same-day d

>> i love photo shop more than anything in the world. >> i don't think that's photo shopped. that's you. >> people don't look like that. >> but she might. >> she could pull it off without photo shopping, i think. >> she does not need it. there are other folks that do need it. >> and they get it too. >> very, very humble. this one coming to us from wthr 13 in indianapolis, indiana. a nearby henryville, one school is celebrating a year of recovery. in march 2012 tornadoes tore through the town destroying a high school of students hunkered down inside. nearly a year later, the same students now walk the halls with a newly renovated school. they say it's amazing to get back to normal since the school is like their home. looks great now though, doesn't it. >> i'm sure they appreciate everything about the school so much more. >> school is seen as a home. i always remember my schools. >> you were there so much. >> we were. aemds rich lui, this is "early today," your first stop of the day, today, on your nbc station. >>> from three letter words to one too many popes, veronica cruz ha