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in earnings after hours: symantec reported a 14% jump as it cut costs. however, revenue dropped 7%. the stock inched up slightly after the close. grub hub profits more than tripled. the online delivery service recently went public. that stock rallied 1% after the bell. and, the federal government had a budget surplus in april of $114 billion. according to the congressional budget office. the biggest april gain since the financial meltdown. what's in store for the stock market on this friday? we turn to trader mark sebastian of the swan wealth advisers for some answers. mark lots of trouble in tech land right now. would you be a buyer of any of these stocks? > > i-- probably not. i think the tech sector and small cap got way ahead of itself in the back half of 2013 and early 14 and i still don't like a lot of what i'm seeing and if you look at the rvx and the vxn which is the vix of the russell and the vix of the nasdaq, they are still sky high and saying steer clear. > > what about the overall market here? we are having a hard time getting a clue as to what to watch. we've heard fro

hacking attacks are boosting sales at symantec. revenue forecast that thbeat estimates. %.uipment or will rise -- 10 >> it is difficult to keep up. there are two elections. kiev will hold a presidential election on sunday. pro-russian separatists desire a referendum. putinhile, prudent -- o watched army drills and made attend a naval procession. what are you most focused on in the cacophony? >> the question is, what is putin's game? >> we don't know >> he has been very difficult to read. this was yet another move. he comes out of the meeting and says yes, i am for dialogue. and thin your expertise reading of the literature, who is the cap? -- cabinet? is he acting alone? >> they have receded into the woodwork. you almost never hear from them. who is nowe someone, prime minister. he calls the shots. >> is he a despot? >> he is not authoritarian leader. he is not a democrat. he is adept and with the old-school power politics. >> who or what has leverage? china has been silent in all this. do the oligarchs play a role? >> that is a go

. >> we're looking at symantec earnings. it was a mixed bag for the cyber security company.t on the earnings side coming in at $.47 a share. however, sales did come in light, down seven percent on the year, coming in at $1.6 billion. one analyst says it's a c plus company.or the going forward is where they are making some inroads. 6.7 ilion dollars, going and also sees the earnings of the high-end of $1.92. what this highlights is how the cyber security companies are doing well in light of the hacker scandals we have seen. we saw spending on security software could rise nine percent this year and symantec could take advantage of that. its core businesses trying to figure itself out. they've also been trying to spin itself off. to an issue of utmost important -- the gay and lesbian community and how they are being affected in business right now. i want to welcome founder todd sears. last year, the event was hosted by the goldman sachs ceo lloyd blank fine. ceo michaelroup corvette and in addition to his address, attendees heard from a lot of the whigs, they heard from david p

symantec we have some bay area bridges.ght now runs at all like a street scene a lot of made when the is low to mid 50's and the north bay rain and that's associated with this particular system and the oregon border. it probably won't see this just in north bay. the rest of the bay area stand a chance come tomorrow. i talk about that, tomorrow at about 4545 bridge right now temperatures in the afternoon will ban the upper 60s. same story for the south bay as the north bay as well. 70 for now but 62 in downtown san francisco with mid-60s and oakland 3 here's a 7 day around the bay forecast and again today and tomorrow we stand a chance of sins of light rain spread was an impossibility of a thunderstorm. tough said the cans film festival yesterday that is the message that's been circulating around the world. first lady michelle lobov also spread the word at recently. cigar's including sylvester stallone will give said arnold schwarzenegger and in tokyo and then there is. same sex marriages could start as soon this afternoon i

symantec, up 21.85. and goodyear tire and wind stream higher as well. do it for this edition of "power lunch." thanks for watching. >> we will see you tomorrow. "street signs" begins now. >>> so is europe once again the canary in a coal mine trouble for stocks? bojure. >>> retailers should be very happy and what's wrong with walmart >>> super businesswoman kathy ireland pops on to talk small business, mandy. and you have your eye on another ireland. >> yes. that's something i want to t

there is no -- i mean, the chairman of the board of microsoft, thompson, from symantec, a brilliant manm university, we're going to convene at our convention in june, june 30th. leaders from morgan state and hampton and howard and a & t and spellman and morehouse and florida and convene with the trained engineers and besides engineers, the issue of -- no blacks, latinos involved in a transaction. at every level they do business, professional services, advertising agencies, the whole range, we must be a part of the growth of america. we are americans. we deserve to be there. >> reverend jackson, appreciate your time. certainly making a slash out west. we'll keep an eye on your efforts. thank you very much. joining us from los angeles. >>> meantime google considering buying dropcam, that connected camera start-up. our "squawk on the tweet" keeping its eye on you. what cop it pull off with the help ofcam? tweet us. your answers next. >>> dow's up 62 points. oh my god! look. you need to see this. show 'em the curve. ♪ do you know what this means? the greater the curvature, the bigger the di

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symantec, up 21.85. and goodyear tire and wind stream higher as well. that will do it for this edition of "power lunch." thanks for watching. >> we will see you tomorrow. "street signs" begins now. >>> so is europe once again the canary in a coal mine trouble for stocks? bojure. >>> retailers should be very happy and what's wrong with walmart >>> super businesswoman kathy ireland pops on to talk small business, mandy. and you have your eye on another ireland. >> yes. that's something i want to talk about today. i want to start with europe. the nasdaq and small caps are a major drag on the market. we've been following that almost daily. maybe mr. tepper has something to do with that. in a question of who is wagging who these days, you can make up your own mind. i want to bring up this chart, you made this chart. italy, usa and ireland. the red flag in the middle, usa. italy down 2% in the last month, first quarter, its economy contracted. down here, look what is happening with ireland, down over the past month about 4%. our question, brian, is europe onc

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hacking attacks are leading to more sales at symantec, the biggest maker of antivirus software.st-quarter revenue that beat estimates. they are shifting from desktop to mobile devices. radioshack plans to close as much as 1100 stores to cut costs, and now the company will have to shut down a lot fewer of them because they are not gotten the go-ahead. that is the latest in tech and media -- catch all of the latest in tech and media every day at 1:00 p.m. eastern time only on bloomberg west. you missed we are if away from the opening bell on this friday. we had a top 10 trades you do not want to miss. keep it here on "in the loop." ♪ >> first. bloomberg. >> welcome back. you are "in the loop." i am betty liu. it is 26 minutes past the hour. bloomberg tv is on the markets. scarlet fu has the latest before the open. >> it looks like we are headed into the opera lower with points.off 1.5 we have wholesale inventories at 10:00 a.m. after the market opens. european stocks are down, putting a bit of pressure on the broader market here in the united states. we are focused on individual c

anti feel like symantec of water in an -- i take the subway by myself that night, but i have been the victim of being mugged twice and having my house broken into twice. and lived in brooklyn. i am always very wary when my sons are out late at night. i come to this subject having been a traditional labor and employment where. when i moved over to cornell one of the things that became of interest to me was the use of social science research and have the to come together, how lawyers use social science research and house sociologists, industrial organizational psychologist use what they see happening in the legal profession for the research that they do. this is where i come from. when i think about this topic of collateral consequences and recidivism, the first thing to think of as i get. this has so many pieces to the puzzle. we certainly have race discrimination, fear, negligent hiring, drug addiction, my favorite topic, unemployment, crime, public safety. but i look for all the way through the lens. and records are being used as a selection of vice, this election device, job-related

. >> to be fair, it's been dead a long time part of the reason why symantec has had changes at the tng sure they don't get in at all. there's different tools of business to prevent attacks. >> yes. >> what about consumers? we know about vulnerabilities on android and companies like lookout mobile security trying to protect people. what more should the consumer be doing or demanding policy-wise to make sure they're safe. >> let's talk with the basics. passwords are the most important thing to maintain. be fresh and up to date on your passwords. secondly, be careful of misleading links that appear on social networks. a lot of what happens to leads to your vulnerability, an employee at a company mistakenly finds an article, click the link and it unleashes this malware across the corporate networks. no different than you and i clicking on something we think is a call for help for money to be sent overseas, but in reality is this hidden attack. the consumer message is the same, be vigilant about your own social networking behavior and mindful on pass words to keep them up to date so your

intel's got mcafee, interestingly is interesting ly symantec executive said anti-virus is dead. how long -- what you're doing exactly right now is going to be the main way to keep the devices secure? >> i think, you know, we are a little different from the traditional anti-virus software companies, because we have a suite of what we call mission critical applications that help not only protect users on mobile internet, but we also help you optimize the operating systems for android, for example. >> free up memory, things like that? >> free up memories, make it go faster. and another thing that's different, we're a firm believer of a free model. you know, for large traditional anti-virus software company, they still have either, you know, a pay subscription models or a free model, but, you know, if china we've developed a unique model where you give away your security product for free, and then, you know, you monetize it in a demp way, for example on advertising, on games. and i think that would be very disruptive business model, even in u.s. >> andy, there's some skepticism gene