you can find a lot of budget bags out there. >> i love t.j. maxx. t.j. s where you can get the max for the minimum. >> that is true. i'm going to point out this bag, this purple one. you look at it and think, there's no way. it's so expensive. i mean, it looks like it would be 100 bucks if not more. >> it's not. >> how much did you say it is? >> are you ready? >> are you guys ready for this? >> forty dollars. >> 40 bucks. and it looks very designer. >> very nice. >> you can get this on a budget. let's talk about these we have over here. these are hot now. all of these are. but these are shoulder bags. >> totes. >> totes, sorry. >> you always have to have a tote. what i love about this tote, traditional black quilted tote. but it has the chain and the material mixed on the handle. i love the fact it has a zipper. >> gives it that expensive look. >> gives it that expensive look. and it's 50 bucks. >> that's perfect. what do we have next? >> neck we have a messenger bag, a shoulder bag, cross body bag. >> okay. >> it can do it all. it's amazing. i love the p

t.j. maxx and home goods bucked that trend jumping on a sales boost. yo orasure technology jumped up, awith its home hiv test being approved. >>> cnbc reminds us the world's all-time most expensive divorce settlement belongs to rupert murdoch and his former wife anna. he paid her 1.7 billi$1.7 billi their 1999 split. so it could be worse. >>> well, coming up, the nats sweep, youkilis gets more comfortable in white sox, and record aces at wimbledon. >>> plus, the mets' improbable ninth inning comeback against phillies' top closer. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> nobody wants the weekend to end but we do want the heat wave to end. that will happen. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." and in sports, dashed in their attempts to sign point guard steve nash. the knicks settled for a surefire future hall of famer. here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. another day, another big signing in the

. >> reporter: discounters t.j. maxx and ross stores reported some of the largest sales gains. both also raised their second- quarter profit forecasts. even as consumers continue to hunt for bargains at so called off-price retailers, feldman says it will be late august when back to school sales peak, that we'll see just how much cash shoppers are willing to spend. ruben ramirez, "n.b.r.," new york. >> susie: a new twist in the countrywide financial saga, a report issued today by the house of representatives says countrywide, once the nation's largest lender, bought influence in congress by issuing sweetheart loans to lawmakers and other government employees. the so-called "v.i.p. loan program" was known by insiders as "friends of angelo", named after the company's former c.e.o. angelo mozilo. but mozilo denied using the loans to curry favor. countrywide's risky mortgage products, and loose loan approval standards are blamed for a wave of foreclosures that triggered the housing crisis. >> tom: more central bank help from europe and china didn't do much for u.s. stocks, with the

tgx, operating t.j. maxx, home goods and marshalls, and shore technology zoomed over 10% on news the food and drug administration approved its first home hiv test which starts selling in october. finally, all that talk about the tom cruise and katie holmes divorce, cnbc reminds us, the world's all-time most expensive divorce settlement was the $1.7 billion rupert murdoch had to pay his former wife anna after their 1999 split. ouch. >>> well in health news this morning a new study finds more than 13,000 babies in the u.s. are born each year addicted to prescription painkillers likes oxycontin and other narcotics. they call addiction in women a monstrous tidal wave. the number of babies born addicted increased by more than 20 times over the past five years. for more information on this and other health stories check out the health page at msnbc.com. >>> to sports now. in their attempts to sign point guard steve nash, the knicks settled for a sure fire future hall of famer. here's mario solis. >> good morning. a

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if the model is bullish, typically the stock is moving up, like a t.j. maxxre positive on ebay. you certainly cited the fact this stock has done well. what is it in the ebay model that has you excited in a world where people have a lot of competition? >> it's paypal. 110 million paying subscribers. compare it to facebook with 900 million nonpaying subscribers. they reported a very positive earnings surprise in april. the stock spiked up 10%. i doubt that that's going to happen again. but this stock looks good. it's pulled back about two or three points here. i think it's a buy. the model is bullish. >> how about harley davidson? i tend to be bullish on this name. i'm looking at this company. you're bearish on this. >> the model is bearish. the analysts have been lowering their estimates. the stocks have been trading poorly. i try not to second guess the model, melissa, you're right. i think you've got to get out of some of these names ahead of the earnings because you could get earnings shortfalls and the stock opens down 10, 15% and you don't know where to g