i like starbucks as a chart a lot better. it's been trading between 70-80, the breakout target is 90 which is 30% above. i'm not so certain on sodastream's long term prospects. scott: for the kids out there, look what drinking soda does to you. if you look at both of the charts year to date starbucks is down 9.8%, sodastream 15%. we haven't been waiting to see how they are doing selling beer. let's see what happens with the beer and then we'll start making a judgement call. bill: round 2--russian in- prognosticate the politics - what does this mean for making money? alan: i think it all comes back to the money. i think eventually the army's not going to win. that's not going to be an arms battle, i think it's going to be an economic battle. their stock market is 25% off their october highs and they're down near 5 year lows. that's going to hurt the oligarchs and they're going to make noise and change things. scott: i think we're going to use it as an excuse but at the end of the day, it's going to be here a lot longer than we

we have starbucks crossing as well.ectations in terms of earning per share. >> the cost numbers are ahead of estimates. comparable sales of starbucks up six percent, about 5.4% was the average analyst estimate. starbucks is raising its forecast. it gives a range of the year. it is through bringing up the range at least a little bit. the company is bringing up the lower end of its range. it reports on a different sort of financial schedule. a little bit better than estimated. we have seen some stock reaction on the positive side in the after hours as well, about one and a half percent. it saw strong growth in europe, the middle east, and asia. comparable growth was also six percent which is the highest growth in that combined region in about 14 quarters. asia pacific, comparable growth which was seven percent as well and that is the area that starbucks has been focusing on. opening a lot of new outlets. it looks like that growth continues space in that particular region. >> i want to go back to paul for some analysis. we

we're combing through amazon, microsoft, starbucks, ford. s&p futures actually approaching the lows of the week, right around 1863. the 10-year has turned lower, 2.67, more tensions in ukraine, the ruble at a 10-day low, russia a notch above junk. one reason europe is in the red today. our road map with the halfway point of earnings season. a good start. earnings beat for microsoft, despite falling pc sales and once again, it's all about the cloud. >> amazon reports strong sales growth. who cares about margins. customers don't blink at a price hike for prime. drum beat of new services continues. analyst notes this morning are pressuring the stocks. >> starbucks up, earnings as analysts expected. exclusive with howard schultz ceo and chairman coming up, coffee, digital payments and why lunch is next. >> ford is slipping despite strong sales. profit did miss analyst estimates. ford's margins hit by higher production costs. shares are dropping. we'll hear from bob shanks. >> first up, microsoft did beat estimates by a nickel, fiscal had third-q

starbucks, just out with earnings.n the west coast with those numbers. >> i know you've seen some of the numbers already. first we went through this entire release. there's no mention of soda stream in here. we'll see whether or not that report that starbucks is interested in it is true. earnings came in line at 56 cents a share. that's what the street expected. 6% same-store sales growth also expected. revenues a little light at $3.9 billion instead of $3.95 billion. but operating income up 18%, margins expanded across all segments. i look at what their guidance is now for the rest of the year and it's changed and narrowed a little bit. full-year earnings guidance now raised lightly to between $2.62 to $2.68. that's a slight raise. they narrowed to the up side the consolidated operating margin improvement. they expect this year between 175 and 200 basis points. next quarter -- or the current quarter, eps guidance remains the same between 64 to 66. the street is looking for 66. they narrowed to the up side what they ex

ceo of starbucks. purchased the company in 1987 and turned it into the world's largest coffee shop chain. it serves 70 million customers per week. after an eight-year hiatus he returned as ceo in 2008. he expanded the brand to include much more than coffee. they bought a special team tailer.-- tea re 1987, having worked earlier and then you wanted to go out on your own they said not here, baby, and then to be successful and buy it, what did that say to you, what was the lesson of that? >> i knew early on that i needed to work for myself. i knew early on that i had too much creativity and energy bottled up that i was going to be very unhappy. i had nothing to lose. i had no money. i came from nothing. this was an adventure. happen incould only america. people have said that many times. i am the quintessential entrepreneurial story, growing up on the other side of the tracks and here i am. it is almost hard to believe. it it says is i was willing to take some risks and put myself out there. i also learne

at starbucks, we've always looked at total pay. we pay above the minimum wage in every market in america. but between equity, stock options, 401k, we're way above it. i think there will be unintended consequences if it goes above $10. >> charlie: give me a sense of what gave you motivation to save $30 million. >> this has been a personal issue. two years ago, secretary gates came on the starbucks board. >> charlie: bob gates, a seattle man. >> yeah. he really sensitized me to a number of issues. for the last ten years, 2.5 million men and women have been at war. the country, though, is somewhat oblivious to the fact that these 2.5 million people have risked their lives for us and oblivious because it's mostly -- well, it is an all volunteer service. they're coming back not to a parade, not to celebration, and a million-plus are now entering civilian life. there are about 20 suicides a day. about 20, 3040%, depending on what study you believe, are coming back with some form of brain trauma, no access to jobs. >> charlie: part of tha

it's -- they're going to have to open new starbucks inside existing starbucks.elieve it or not, starbucks says they are significantly understored, which i didn't know was a phrase, in many markets. including north america. for instance, currently there is no starbucks at the bottom of the grand canyon, and that needs to be fixed immediately. tonight at the staples center the clippers got back to business with game 5 of their series with the warriors. there was supposed to be a protest outside but after the nba banned donald sterling for life it turned into a celebration instead. now, up until yesterday donald sterling was supposed to receive a lifetime achievement award from the naacp. that's not a joke. that was real. it's not happening now. but we went out onto the street in front of the staples center to ask people who happened to be strolling by if they wanted to send their congratulations on this honor anyway. >> donald sterling the clippers owner is getting an naacp award. would you like to congratulate him? >> no. >> donald sterling, the clippers' owner i

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starbucks roughly flat at $70 and change.ow they're performing so far this year if you can figure out the graph, you're a better person than i am. look at the numbers there. amazon is down 16%. starbucks about 10%. but microsoft is higher by 5-plus percent. josh lipton is in silicon valley on mike soft. we welcome morgan brennan back home, here on amazon, welcome back for a couple days. jane wells in l.a. on starbucks. let's see. who do i want to go first? josh, you. >> me, me. oh. >> tyler, we know investors are big fans, but can the new ceo keep winning over wall street as he implements a new strategic software giant? since becoming ceo on february 4th, microsoft's stock is up about 8%. the nasdaq is flat over that same period. that will be the first time leading the microsoft conference call, nadella. revenue of $20.4 billion. beyond just the top and bottom lines, the street wants to hear more detail today about the company's newer strategies. so, remember, for example, microsoft recently announcing office will be availabl

we need a place to meet, we will meet at starbucks, we will gravid at starbucks.unch does is now moved out business into the lunch meeting business. let's go to starbucks, we can grab lunch when we are there. it is a smart move and they will open restaurants. >> tensions mounting ukraine has russia piles on the pressure and the border in ukraine, the prime minister is issuing a stark new warning to world investors. watch this one. more money coming up. a tall ord. up your game. up the ante. and if you stumble, you get back up. up isn't easy, and we ought to know. we're in the business of up. everyday delta flies a quarter of million people while investing billions improving everything from booking to baggage claim. we're raising the bar on flying and tomorrow we will up it yet again. melissa: ukraine unrest continues, 40,000 russian troops preparing for action. joining us with an update is foreign correspondent leland bitter. >> in the past 24 hours or so the ukrainian military began taking a stand against these pro russian separatists but it appears they are taki

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, you go to starbucks. said can you pick me up a dirty chai. everybody's own starbucks. a dirty chai. what is the secret menu and posted menu at starbucks sfla. >> i don't think we ever planned for people to start ordering things that were not on the menu. what's happened is one of the keys to the success of the company has been the ability of the customer to customize. and that customization has given rise to things we never believed were possible but also a credit to our people for being able to make it. you can make your own starbucks in ways -- i was just in last week, i was in indonesia and i walked into a starbucks in bali and i walked in and i heard people ordering things that i've never even dreamed were possible but again, it's the local relevancy of starbucks around the world now in 64 countries. >> local relevancy has to do with something that is uniquely american capitalist and i want to talk about with you. the world's changed. we were enemies with vietnam for substantial portion of the -- of v

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>> to starbucks for teavana.oward together. i love the two of you together. >> one more time, profits all benefit girls and education. >> girls -- they benefit girls in education from the oprah winfrey leadership academy, from pathways to college, from girls inc, from the national cares foundation, and from the dream academy. so the money is being spread out. i could have taken all the money for my own foundation but i wanted other people who were also empowering other young people to also benefit. >> you are always thinking of others. >> trying to spread it around. >> bravo. >> as is howard. >> i think you ask why. like-minded values between oprah and starbucks and what we're trying to do. we've demonstrated over many years success is best when shar shared. >> yes. and we have similar brands. nobody would think so, you know. >> we have to go. >> never mind. >> you know live tv. >> never mind. >> thank you. >> bring your mom to tea. >> congratulations. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> and two landmark cases a

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is that going to crush starbucks earnings? costs are going to be front of mind but when you think about what affects their earnings this year they're already lock in through this year and 40% of next year. we think this year you'll see a benefit which is already in stone. next year that hurts them probably just a little bit. this is more of a fiscal '16 issue where you likely see a bigger hit to their earnings. >> if that's the case then, not to take away the drama from tonight, how important will the numbers be given is a you're saying these costs are hit us in a few quarters. >> i think right now people are going to be worried about dairy costs and other input costs which are rising for most restaurants' baskets. the bigger number is how are we trending in the u.s. in terms of same-story sales growth. it dropped to 5% last quarter. does that continue to decelerate will be the main focal point. >> will, a real pleasure. >>> some of the best business executives of tomorrow are already coming up with the best ways to save money

starbucks has to apologize to the customer. they are decorated with demonic emblems drawn in caramel sauce on top of foam and milk opinion according to the customer's facebook page, a barista made those drinks on sunday. the company has apologized for the incident and is taking her complaint very seriously. >>> up next, another knife sending collapse pr the a's and the warriors continue to fight for playoff position. >>> tried many moons before i had gray hair. tim was a rookie in oakland and a's fans loved him and now giants fans are loving him. >> he was great across the bay and off to a great start now. tim hudson's return to the bay. one of the question marks surrounding the giants rotation in 2014. in his first start tonight, taking that question and making it a statement. game three. hudson sporting a gaudy 7-1 year record. sco scoreless in the fourth a makes the grab savoring a run. he has the thank you glance. tom of the 6th michael moore towers the ball. bottom of the eight now. hudson continues to deal striking out ch

starbucks is moving its european headquarter to london from amersterdam. the uk accounts for more than half of starbucks 2,000 locations and is one of the coffee chains fastest growing markets.basing its european business in london means the company will pay more taxes to the uk. in today's cover story, one of the more welcome signs of spring is an improving jobs picture for college seniors graduating in the next couple of months. outplacement firm challenger gray and christmas found 64 percent of companies surveyed plan to recruit from the pool of graduates entering the job market this spring. it seems companies have deferred entry- level hiring long enough. "smart companies know that need to keep bringing in younger people. if they don't, it'll leave a gap." and starting salaries are going up. the national associationof colleges and employers says pay for this year's graduates will start one-point-two-percent higher than a year ago. the biggest jump--in health sciences where salaries are up 3.7%. "i think it's getting better, for me, anyway." "i think gr

, i pretend to be starbucks. your phone connects to me and i see all of your traffic. >> reporter: we tested it out on dummy accounts created. >> we can see here it's logging into yahoo.com. yahoo! mail and i created an account. angela smith, and there's her user name and her password is abc123. amazon, paypal. so paypell e-mail, user name. if technology were in the planned of bad hackers, criminals, all kinds of things they can do. basic level, track people through space and time. >> reporter: i want to emphasize, he is an ethical hacker. not trying to fly around a drone and get everyone's information but saying, look, this exists. this flaw exists. we can put this on drones and do all of this stuff. protect yourself. turn off your wi-fi and wants to raez awareness and oftentimes they get into trouble for even putting this information out there. >> turn off your wi-fi. the take away. thanks. >>> coming up, education secretary and former college basketball standout arne duncan go one on one on the most controvers

if we're helping recruit for starbucks, all of the young people have to complete the application at starbucks. a couple of new things we're going to do, we want to go out in the neighborhood and work with the mom and pops and all the neighborhoods to get some small business engagement and a lot of big companies but there's a lot of jobs in small business and there's a lot of opportunities there we want to end gage on. we're adding a youth outreach provider, so we put out a grant for an organization to make sure that disconnected youth throughout the summer know about the opportunities available, know about the doorways and they're able to access those. so last year, these are our six doorways. and again, served almost just under 500 young people with walk ins, screening and assessments and referrals for services and really i think stellar park that we're looking to continue. we're looking to partner more closely with the school district. the school district has been a partner of summer plus, but during the school year we want to bring employers into the classrooms for guest presentations and

starbucks sells $4 billion -- starbucks sells 4 billion cups of coffee every year, what happens to all cups? stay "in the loop." ♪ >> time for today's big number. 6.6 million people tuned in to watch "game of thrones" on hbo. the largest number the network 2007.en since the night would have been a major victory for hbo if the number of people watching on the online app had not caused it to crash for two hours. these days, it is all about building a brand. who better to take a lesson from than a household name like new york giants wide receiver victor cruz. he touches on everything from signing with an agent to establishing a signature dance move. on and off the field. i would like to think of myself as a brand first. athlete andes the everything else. i like to look at myself as a walking brand. i am fortunate to grow up about five miles from giants stadium and to play with that team. i love being here and i love everything new york entails. the culture is perfect for not only myself but my brand as well. if i had to pick one person to emulate, derek jeter. he has been able to stay in

an admission from starbucks in efforts to recycle the paper cups that consumers use is proving to be a tall order. starbucks will not meet the goal of recycling bins in front of each other by next year because different cities have different policies for recycling. 40 percent of starbuck stores have recycling bins for paper products. from another company, ben & jerry's are set brighting the 35 anniversary and offering a free cone -- yes, free cone today at any ben & jerry's around here. >> nice day to have it. >> it will be in the 80's in some places. >> we will get a cooling along the coast and in san francisco but the temperatures are well above where they should be. great day for ike cream if you didn't give it help for a certain event with visibility lyses than quarter-mile at half moon bay the localized sea breeze will bring cooler weather to the coast in san francisco today. the temperatures are, though, are warmer-than-average. in the south bay, in alum rock it is 54. sunnyvale is 55 and santa clara and saratoga and cupertino and campbell at 53 and 58 in san jose and los gatos

starbucks raising its full-year earnings outlack and expects revenue growth of 10% or more.he company is also rolling out carbonated drinks this summer along with an oprah chi spice tea drink, developed of course with oprah. it goes on sale in the states and canada next week. >>> and visa's second quarter profit rose 26%. revenues fell slightly short of estimates. these are warnings that growth is slowing and u.s. sanctions against russia is hurting card transactions. shares fell 5% in after-hours trade. >>> let me show you what's coming up on today's agenda state side. the final report on consumer sentiment is due out at 9:55. earnings expected from ford, colgate-palmolive, moody's, state street and vf corp. >>> and the drought risks big increases in many food categories, beef, poultry and pork. >>> great to have you on board, bob. there's a lot of after-hours action. what do you think that suggests for the trading pattern today? >> i think the overall market could struggle. you could see technology get pulled up. i think personally microsoft, the beat on microsoft was expe

will weather be a factor when starbucks reports later today? perhaps.res everywhere. the street is looking 10% growth, comp store sales of 5%, 6%. they locked in prices a year ago. the one headline they're following, what about the report out of israel that starbucks wants to take a 10% stake in sodastream. >> being talked about here on the desk. jane, thanks. >> you bet. >> you sold sodastream. >> 46. >> okay. >> how about starbucks and now dunkin'? >> what do you mean? how when dunkin' all the way? listen, they didn't -- >> what do you mean what do i mean? >> what do you mean -- [ laughter ] >> first of all, the stock is down .8%. it was down more. i think go green before the close today. i'm not wrong. and this is really important to me, full-year guidance, the company reaffirmed, and i think weather is a pretty legitimate excuse. it was the worst winter basically since they've been recording this stuff. and half of the stores -- >> you didn't say that yesterday. you didn't say that yesterday. >> jane -- >> -- one day's reaction. >> jane, i was going

two people were injured after a car crashed into a starbucks in schaumburg. a 71-year-old driver lost control of her car and slammed into the starbucks on barrington road yesterday. police say she mistook the gas for the brakes. two customers inside suffered minor injuries. authorities say it's not likely that the driver will face charges or get a ticket. hundreds of people gathered on chicago's south side to remember grammy-winning music legend, frankie knuckles. the veteran club d-j, known as "the godfather of house music", died last month from complications from diabetes. last night's memorial was called a "celebration of life" for the 59-year-old producer and re-mixer. knuckles first gained fame for his work in the 19-70's, pioneering "house music" at several nightclubs in new york before moving to chicago. he would go on to work with michael jackson, luther vandross, and diana ross. the death toll from the sunken ferry in south korea is now at 108-people. 194 others are still missing, but divers are having a hard time looking for them underwater. andrew

but it is the starbucks he go but the "666" was offensive. >> what are people thinking? >> a dramatic rescue in chicago after an off-duty t.s.a. worker jumped in front of a train to save a woman. the worker wearing bright orange jacket jumped on the inbound track and waved to stop the train. the train did stop short of the platform. the woman was safely pulled back on to the platform by other commuters. >>> banks are warns to keep a russian eye on the tam's and here is looking at you, how do faces on cereal boxes affect what consumers buy? >>> here is america's money report. >>> good morning, a big warning to small and medium sized banks: an increase in a.t.m. cyber attacking withdrawing more than the customers have in an account and in when case $40 million was taken from 12 accounts. 44 percent of americans now consider themselves middle-class which was 53 percent back in 2008 when the financial crisis hit. >>> 140-year-old philadelphia cream cheese has more real fruits and vegetables and says the new version is to appeal to health conscious consumers. >>> marketers ar

and the starbucks ceo talks about minimum wage and their partnership with oprah. atnerilliam shots -- sh has something completely different. first, we kick it off with what everyone is talking about. the standoff between ukraine and russia. >> tensions rising in ukraine. militants continue to occupy buildings despite a deadline to leave. an emergency meeting of the un security council. they blame each other for the violence. >> tensions between russia and ukraine are kicking up a notch over the weekend. at least one ukrainian service member was killed in a shootout with a pro-russian gunmen in the eastern part of the country, which has a large russian speaking population. cities in this part of the country that we are talking about our kiev and others, that had flareups last week. just seen of a police hanging sides. we cannot say that this is just the russians. there is obviously a part of the local citizenry that is pro-russian. ofre have been suggestions russian involvement in organizing these bodies. >> that is not what the russian foreign minister says. >> we

now mcdonald's is promising free coffee and starbucks is bringing breakfast foods back to its menu.fastball companies, and really one of the only growth areas. i think it's about 21% of all restaurant visits now, and that's up 3% year over year lunch dinner, down 1%. >> i love breakfast. i don't know about you guys but i do love it. and starbucks announced fancy pasties and are now bringing back old stuff that people crave. >> people are very habitual and you get addicted to the thing you eat every day. how often do you eat the same thing for breakfast versus lunch and dinner we eat the same thing for breakfast everyday. >> yeah starbucks is bringing back the pumpkin loaf -- >> yeah and there is one other one. >> you said starbucks started this battle? >> mcdonald's was the first to introduce breakfast in the mid '70s and then others started to take notice and starbucks was the place you went for your morning coffee and introduced food and then mcdonald's saw that and felt threatened and introduced higher end coffee and now taco bell is trying to get in on the turf and launching the

first, number 14 on the list, howard schultz of starbucks.ere's a company that just reported a smashing quarter with same-store sales better than just about any retailer i follow. lots of people think this stock is tapped out higher coffee prices, saturation. whatever. hence why it's been stalled at $70 lately. i look at that as an opportunity to get into one of the highest-quality growth companies ever, these are four reasons why. first is, think about this. technology. not that long ago, howard stepped away from the minute-to-minute running of starbucks to spend more time emphasizing mobile initiatives putting them ahead of the competition. not just in retail, but technology. that technology business could be worth -- i'm not kidding, tens of billions of dollars because how much better it is than everybody else. second is disrupting. when we were in seattle march 19th, howard announced oprah chi. i think it's going to do with tea what it did with coffee. it's been underutilized. drive throughs now, lunch initiatives. and get this, even beer

starbucks did that a long time ago with magic. >> with magic.schultz always pointses out how proud he is that magic had the vision. >> people work hard and go home and when you work next to me in the empire state building you are used to starbucks and you see whole foods in midtown. when you go home you love that brand, why not buy it again. >> can i say say word about damon john? >> say word. >> that's damon john and you'll be able to see more of him tonight on "shark tank." i hope you got these ideas, because, boy, he's made us fortunes. >> don't jinx me. >> no! said it last time and you're even better this time. >> say word! >> thank you. >>> coming up, evasive maneuvers. a sudden dive into the red doesn't mean you have to sacrifice all your hard-earned greed. tonight, cramer's sharing his secrets on how to avoid some of the pain. it's all part of his playbook. >> and later, playing defense. it's time to get ahead of the market's next move. tonight, a stock with medical might that's been immune to the recent weakness. find out if it can be re

they include starbucks, monster beverage, intuitive surgical, netflix and amazon.to start with first? >> let's start with starbucks because it was the one that fooled so many people when it came out of the gate in the early days, opening stores right across from one another. we said it's ridiculous. you say it's never going to work. so especially for coffee. lesson learned in this because i have lesson in each of these. the rules of retail can be broken. starbucks is great proof of that. the second -- >> first off, let's hit the food mistakes. then you have monster beverage. did you make the same mistake for the same reason on monster and starbucks? >> no. monster was totally different. i used to cover the beverage industry. i just assumed the big guys would quash them if it was really a product that had legs. >> you know what they say about assume. it makes a what out of you and me? >> yes, we have been there more than once, brian. >> when you assume that the big guys would -- you're talking about the cokes of the world, right? >> absolutely. and, you know, i did

how do you go from sleeping outside a starbucks to this?ed was software-- stuart: wait, wait, wait you just lost a. >> not a problem. imagine you were on a new story and you could extract a motion sentiment and license it to financial institutions so they could trade on public markets. stuart: that is our you started? >> yeah, yeah. stuart: went from the get-go? >> i had a blog before that in the kind of moved to this. ultimately the company did fail, so that's when-- stuart: that's why you are sleeping outside a starbucks. >> yeah, yeah. i randomly got a job working behind the counter and the founder today is like the greatest mentor i could address for. i ended up getting asked to speak at a conference called. [inaudible] about cloud sharing and privacy in a ended up picking up a few clients and they asked me to do something i wrote would say i could do it. i needed a job to read i would figure out how to do it or hire someone to do and just keep going. eventually i getting more referrals and my cofounder was one of my clients. stuart: co

outside of starbucks, and just, you what they are up do to it is weird, if they are emboltened to do> it is weird, that cars look freaky and they take aerial view of your backyard, and we'll complain? but we still go on google and be happy. neil: i want to thank you, we're cut for time, did you see the new me? >> pretty clear what republicans are not serious about cutting spending how about calling democrats bluff, and hiking taxes. not on everyone just the rich they can afford it let's say moving top operate to 45 percen -- top rate to 45% will take a big cut off the top of the table, i bet you will see deficit come down while you are at it. it that points, millions of americans, were simultaneously having strokes and heart attacks but they missed my closing line. after this. eople a question, how much money do you think you'll need when you retire? then we gave each person a ribbon to show how many years that amount might last. i was trying to, like, pull it a little further. [ woman ] got me to 70 years old. i'm going have to rethink this thing. it's hard to imagin how much we'll

outside of starbucks, and just, you what they are up do to it is weird, if they are emboltened to do is weird, that cars look freaky and they take aerial view of your backyard, and we'll complain? but we still go on google and be happy. neil: i want to thank you, we're cut for time, did you see the new me? >> pretty clear what republicans are not serious about cutting spending how about calling democrats bluff, and hiking taxes. not on everyone just the rich they can afford it let's say moving top operate to 45 percen -- top rate to 45% will take a big cut off the top of the table, i bet you will see deficit come down while you are at it. it that points, millions of americans, were simultaneously having strokes and heart attacks but they missed my closing line. after this. (dad) well, we've been thinking about it and we're just not sure. (agent) i understand. (dad) we've never sold a house before. (agent) i'll walk you guys through every step. (dad) so if we sell, do you think we can swing it? (agent) i have the numbers right here and based on the comps that i've found, the timing is

two days later, a woman in a financial district spots the suspect heading in to starbucks. >> in the same outfit. she followed them in to the starbucks and waited there, called the cops. >> police arrested paul raynal on monday. she is stunned by the power of social media and community. >> it's absolutely jaw dropping. >> her laptop and phone are still missing but a person she believes was an experienced coffee shop thief is off the streets. moon says the incident will not scare her away from her favorite cafe, but she will no longer leave her valuables unattended. as for raynal he is expect ed in court later this week and expecting a long list of charges. >> thank you, jean. it's a common crime. >>> a followup on the fire that burned three homes in san jose yesterday. investigators say that fire was accidental, but they are not revealing anything else about what sparked the fire. the fire destroyed one home and damaged two others yesterday near the west gate shopping center. >>> our continuing coverage of the leland yee scandal. he pleaded not guilty to federal charges of corruption

now the reports are that starbucks is that company and wants a 10% stake in soda stream, as we said,10%, closed at $77.04. >>> and znga reports a lost, the game-maker's revenue passed expectations. also the company's founder, mark pinkus will step down and remain as chairman. shares of znga rose in the after-hours session. >>> and shares of valiant and allergan are also getting a lot of attention today. there are fresh questions about the hostile takeover valued at around $50 billion. and it is not only that the offer came from the unlikely team of bill ackman and the canadian drug maker, valiant pharmaceuticals but also the way the offer came to be. >> it is an unusual case where a hedge fund partners with a company. that is what happened with valiant. now, the unlikely partnership happened this year, ackman and michael pearson struck up a pact on allergan. that happened on the 25th. and you're seeing a stock price here, a purchase of 174,000 shares kicked things off. then 122,000 shares the next deal, working out to be $76 million worth of allergan shares in just two days, ackman s

starbucks is selling its evolution fresh juice in nearly 70 percent of its stores. but lessem-bsays despite competition from bigger players, she is confident her business will grow. she envisions a business customers turn to as a hub for nutritional counseling. you see cold pressed everywhere, even in places like starbucks but to actually get medicinal, unpasteurized service like this is very rare. for first business news, i'm jackie keenan. smoothie giant jamba juice is oddly late getting into "juicing" the chain is rolling out cold-pressed juices in 300 locations and pricing drinks below the market. if you have your heart set on buying a brand new car. you'll want to crunch the numbers 'before" arriving at the dealership. mike sante- managing editor of interest.com tells us the middle class is struggling to drive off of the lot in cars that have just rolled off the production line. "we looked at the 25 largest cities and what the median income family could afford in each one of them and we found that in exactly one city were all the factors in line that actually a

so starbucks is back to selling slices...at the higher price. qq still to come: record run ... how the average "bear" is reacting to this market. plus...can junk food junkies learn to love kale? the man who is betting big on clean eating. and... what the fbi may uncover as it digs into high frequency traders... first business continues, after this! high speed traders highlighted in a 60 minutes piece over the weekend for alleged bad behaviour are also the focus of an fbi investigation. for the past year reports say the fbi and market regulators are questioning whether high-speed trading firms violate u.s. laws by obtaining insider information and are high speed traders manipulating the market by getting to exchanges first-- better known as front running. joining me on set this morning is dale rosenthal-- assistant professor of finance at the university of illinois at chicago. thanks for coming by dale. what's your reaction to this story and all those reports that have been coming out of late? >>thanks angie. there's a lot of heat and light. there's a lot of concern but there's

sodastream shares are popping on rumors of a buyout from starbucks. shares shot up 10 percent wednesday. starbucks is in talks to acquire nearly 10 percent of sodastream, according to israeli business newspaper globes. the move would help the israel-based carbonated beverage maker boost its presence in the american market.neither company has commented on the report. a menu adjustment at popular sandwhich chain potbelly. flatbread is coming as consumers aim to cut down on calories and enjoy healthier options.potbelly went public back in october, the stock is currently trading near its 52 week high, above 16 dollars. it's earnings are expected may 6th. as wedding season approaches...guests are getting ready to spend more. american express says couples are planning more lavish weddings, which puts the pressure on family & friends to shell out more to participate in the big day. guests will spend an average of 592 dollars per wedding on travel, hotel, attire and pre wedding festivities. that's up from 539 dollars last year, a 10% jump. still to come: char

oprah winfrey joins us on her new partnership with starbucks on her own blend of tea.he tony award nominations. this is the "cbs morning news." for this tuesday, thanks for watching, i'm an marie green. have a great day. watching, i'm an marie green. have a great day. i'm michelle griego. and i' >>> good morning everyone, it's tuesday, april 29th. i'm michelle griego. >> hi everyone, i'm frank mallicoat. nearly 4:30 on this tuesday. get you out of the gate with someone we haven't seen in a while but we're going that way first. >> all right guys. hey you know what? cranking up the heat heat wave --, the heat wave begins today. the temperatures going to soar well above the average. even at the beaches some 70s out there and you like that huh? >> i am not complaining happy to be back in filling in for liz today. only thing is construction on the bay bridge and starts around the inclune and looks -- incline and looks like that around 5:00. >> good to have you back. >> good to see you. all right. >>> it is 4:30 and a bay area family talks exclusively with station stag about