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marshal nobly up 100%, bank of new york up 200%, state street up 300, suntrust up 300%, citigroup up 400%. bank of america up 900%, all from the lows they paid over the past three to six months. >> the lows were the seventh to eighth level of dante's inferno. these comparisons are a little misleading. >> they certainly are in that sense. i have to tell you, when stocks make a move of that magnitude, the only thing you can see over the next couple of quarters is virtually all the companies i mentioned for you except for state street and bank of new york are going to lose money in the third and fourth quarter. >> let me focus on that and i want to get danielle to weigh in. why are they going to lose money? you and i talked about that a lot. you have a very steep upward treasury curve very bullish for banks. that curve is anchored by zero short term interest rate, which ain't going to change atom's federal reserve meeting. i have argued even a banker can make money under those interest spread conditions. therefore, you can grow your way out of the toxic assets. what made you change your

we're now seeing it with bb & t, which overnight has leaped frogged past capital one and suntrust to become the eighth largest lending institution in the country, you probably never even heard of bb&t, with this deal, they will now be one of the top dogs in two states where previously hadn't even been among the leaders, florida and alabama. bb&t, a north carolina-based company has long coveted the deposit base of florida, which is a much faster growing market than its own. until this deal it was only the 16th largest bank in the sunshine state. a non-entity. now, after this acquisition of the alabama bank colonial, bb & t becomes the fifth largest bank in florida, that's critical mass. now it's able to spend money for advertising. now it's able to have a presence, able to take advantage of the rebound we are seeing in orlando and in the west coast. and yes, in the movement of condos in south florida. alabama, another market that could grow once the economy turns around. that would be a terrific fill in for bb & t. why? because bb & t was the 56th largest bank in alabama before this d

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staffing and consulting firm mjp group upgraded to buy from neutral with a $13 price target by suntrust robinson humphrey. this is because of higher job posts on the company's website and improving industry sentiment. duke energy downgraded to perform from market perform by oppenheimer. that's because of valuation and lower load usage. shares of the power produce had been up nearly 10% over the past month. and wnt offshore cut to underperform from market perform by bemo capital markets. the call made because of the company's weak portfolio of drilling prospects and lack of internal growth catalysts. bob. >> thanks very much, melissa. join meg now to discuss what the markets are doing alan valdez vice president at hilliard lyons and gordon charlop at rosenblatt securities and cnbc market analyst. gentlemen, the bottom line is this. we've got selling today in the groups that were up last week, in the cyclicals and the financials, but the volume's not very heavy. so once again we face this minute amount of profit taik and the markets basically are moving sideways here. let's not get excite

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suntrust building still lit up and it will be dark and rainy out there for most of the day.r swings around through jersey. philadelphia, big showers towards your east and more on the way, though, coming out of the lancaster county area and that moves in towards your region this morning. delays in philadelphia and same with new york once it gets up there. showers around the great lakes and zoom on in towards the northern indiana. look at the rain, it's there for most of the afternoon. more on that coming up in a little bit. >> what a mushy, rainy, friday. 101 in l.a. and 114 for phoenix. so, there you go f. >> 101 in l.a. they'll feel that. >>> thousands of firefighters are expected in buffalo, new york, today. they're turning out to show their respects for the victims of this awful fire. wow, is this... fiber one honey clusters? yes. it's delicious. delicious. i know./ but it can't have... can't have about half a day's worth of fiber? i assure you it does. i was expecting... expecting sawdust and cardboard? i know. i can only taste... only taste the crunchy clusters, honey,