carl on twitter asks what is your take on sysco, the food company? you know what? it's an amazing juggernaut, no doubt about it. it's had a trading range of 35-41. that's about a 3% yield. if someone's in it, i would say hold. it's not necessarily my cup of tea per se because it's such a tight trading range, but you can certainly sleep at night. jim, you know this company. >> their margins are being squeezed, so their strategy right now is really purchasing power. and that's the whole thing with u.s. foods. they're just trying to be the biggest kid on the block. i was at an international food event, and there sysco was -- carl charles this wasn't in america. >> i was over in dubai. it was amazing to see them as a dominant player. charles: and they've been making a lot of acquisitions. thanks a lot. >>> hey, a north carolina mom of four won $188 million. is it worth, though, the massive cash that poor people continue to pour into lotteries? is we'll discuss it next. ♪ ♪ do you want to know how hard it can be to breathe with copd? it can feel like this. copd includes

earnings season is winding down but coca-cola and pepsi and sysco and kellogg's will be reporting.n wednesday the energy department releases its weekly status report. that's a possible indicator of oil prices and prices at the pump. thursday brings retail sales numbers for january. on thursday it's also 52 years since construction began on the gateway arch in st. louis back in 1963. and oh, how time flies, on friday we'll get consumer sentiment for february. coupe i had's holiday is around the corner and it's prime time for the chocolate business. they are projecting more than $3/4 of a billion will be spent on valentine's day chocolate sales this year. godiva is on the high end of this mix. michelle, thanks for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> i think of it as the super bowl sunday for the chocolate business? >> it is, we are very excited for valentine's day this year. we actually are really focusing in last 14 days as we get into valentine's day and it's a great time to really celebrate love. >> cocoa prices after skyrocketing, they've come down a little bit. they say t

the latest sysco weighs in and they will appeal the decision. >> i'm sure.you very much for that story. meanwhile, americans have been borrowing record amounts for autos. is that a concern. phil lebeau has been taking a look and has the story. hi, phil. >> hi, kelly. the last six to nine months look, there's a bubble. people with poor credit are borrowing buying cars that they can't afford. the latest data that we've received from experian which tracks auto loans every single quarter shows that we're not seeing that. so far the total number of auto loans open in the fourth quarter hit a record $886 billion, up about $86 billion year over year. super prime, those with the best credit they topped the growth in the fourth quarter. and delinquencies remain low. there's really not any evidence showing that we are seeing above performing when it comes to subprime borrowers. when you break down the categories it's clear that while all categories are seeing growth this terms of credit ratings, the subprime and deep subprime borrowers put them together and they still

look at the stock reaction we are seeing in sysco. overall, shares down 2% on the day. they have remained steadily down around those levels. perhaps this is something investors thought could be a possibility. mark: thank you. let's get you some of the day's top stories we are following at this hour. walmart will begin paying its u.s. hourly workers at least nine dollars an hour by april and $10 an hour by next february. the plan will result in raises for about 500000 and part-time workers -- five500,004 and part-time 0 full and part-time workers. athe latest in a series of blows to american express after its with costco and jetblue airways ended. american express says it plans to appeal. up next, the power of saudi arabia and the world oil markets. we will have details when "bottom line" continues in a moment. ♪ mark: it is 15 minutes past the hour. let's check bloomberg world news. the cease-fire in ukraine appears to have existed in name only. pro-russian rebels -- ukrainian troops have given up a strategic crossroad town to the rebels. mark: from the first minute --

sysco says it would fight the case in court. pentagon is planning an adventure to retake iraq's second-largest city from the islamic state. up to 25,000 iraqi troops will be sent to recapture the city of mosul. u.s. advisors will have to train the iraqi soldiers. there are up to 2000 islamic state fighters in mosul. in a few moments angela merkel and francois hollande are going to meet in paris to discuss the situation in ukraine. we are expecting them to speak at any moment and it comes one year ago since more than 50 protesters were killed in independence square. hans nichols is live in brussels. we are also following the showdown on greece as finance ministers work to strike that deal. as we just heard, one eu official says it is not likely we will see a deal tonight. >> we have three bits of important news in last hour. the eu official is saying it is unlikely you will get a deal between greece and their creditors today. the eu, for the most part has been more optimistic about the prospects of a deal then individual finance

gone on to help create and build thousands of companies that have shaped our digital society from sysco to youtube to instagram, stubhub. according to one study, if all the companies traced back to stanford graduates formed their own nation you would be one of the largest economies in the world and have a pretty good football team as well. and today, with your cutting edge research programs and your new cyber initiatives you're helping us navigate some of the most complicated cyber cyber challenges we face as a nation. that's why we're here. i want to thank all of you who joined us today. members of congress representatives from the private sector, government acadeem yeah privacy and consumer groups and especially the students who are here. just as we're all connected like never before we have to work together like never before. both to seize opportunities but also meet the challenges of this information age. and it's one of the great paradoxes of our time that the very technologies that empower us to do great good can also be used to undermine us. and inflict great harm. the same infor

but the guy you don't want to up against, you don't want to go up against is john chambers from sysco. that's right. the mild mannered gentleman from west virginia. he's as subtle as john ledger is in your face. however, chambers has been in world domination mode. he won't stop until he vanquishes everyone in the space and then some. you won't know he's doing it with chambers politeness is lethal. i know there are plenty of fierce competitors i left out, but if you open stock with a stuffed shirt suit guy, a head coach, you may be betting on the wrong time. let's go to mike in new york. >> caller: jim, i love your show and you taught me a lot about the markets. i'm long on apple. my question is since apple's record earnings and all-time highs do you think there's a chance that the dividend increases this year? >> let's put it this way. who am i to tell tim koch what to do? my man that is close to 100 points don't trade apple, own it. go to wick in north carolina. wick? >> caller: hey, jim, booyah. thank you very much to you and your crew for helping us to make some money. >> my crew i

fourth quarter results before the opening bell as sysco the food service company, and hartford financialeaking news coming across headlines. and the new greek prime minister is in cyprus. he's speaking saying that we as in greece will support cypress's efforts for a just solution. he also says that messages greece has recently received show that logic cooperation for common european good is returning. you're seeing him make nice after a lot of bold statements after his party syriza was elect the. we've seen the walking back from those -- the harsh language especially over the weekend after you heard some words from the new greek finance minister. cyprus talking about cooperation. it doesn't look like greece wants to leave the eurozone. whether it has to be seems to be a daily rollercoaster. >> the bigger concern it could take up to four months to agree to a new contract with creditors. do investors have enough patience to wait out. >> and do they have time? greece has bills to pay. >> the debt expires a the end of the month. >>> let's switch focus. continue to talk about greece but for n

they're not rolling over sysco, they're saying we're going to fight.lain why the facts are on their side why the deal would not be anti-competitive. also one of the ftc commissioners went to twitter -- never seen this -- started tweeting why he thought it was silly to stop the deal. i rarely seen twitter -- the day we live in. >> dick costolo, please harness this thing. >> on twitter. i don't think we should have done this makes no sense, it's not anti-competitive. >> it is so anti-competitive. the reason i've been recommending cisco, both reason i've been recommending it two biggest guys getting together have a balance of powership against different customers, it would be good. but the idea that it would be not anti-competitive, i mean -- well, it's nice that they -- take trains instead of airlines that's fine. maybe google delivers food. >> got to worry about that. never know -- that is facetious. never know what business they'll go into. >> a great company if they get the deal done. they can do a great job. >> they can raise price. >> isn't that wha