. >> shares up 1% at the latest and the proxy battle of trian .o board nominees two nominees were announced. trian sang the root cause of disney's underperformance in our review is a board that is too closely connected to a long- tenured ceo and two disconnected from shareholders interests. disney responding sang it will review the proposed nominees and make a recommendation to the board saying it has, quick, and experienced, diverse and highly qualified board that is focused on the long-term performance of the company. now we are waiting for disney to file its slate of directors nominees and set a date for shareholder meeting coming up this spring. >> thank you. now looking at cost go down a little bit before its earnings report and ot. >> it's all about the company's earnings call for costco. one of the few that still release monthly sales report so we already know they are adjusted same-store sales were up 3.9% in the quarter excluding gas at the conference call is front and center, specifically around the sales environment next year as slowing

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just a few moments ago, peltz's trian putting out a press release referring to what jim cramer reportedof course if you recall, peltz a year ago was in the midst of a potential proxy fight to seat himself on disney's board and then gave up that proxy fight right after an interview i did early last year, early this year, with bob iger. they're back. and this time, it is not just penalties but another nominee jay rusulo, an interesting name to note, because mr. rusulo had been the cf o at disney from 2010 to 2015, and also had run the parks and resorts from '05 to '09. the disney i know and love has lost it ways, he's quoted as saying. independent voices in the board room, nelson and i are confident the combination of his decades of experience at disney and nelson's board room skills and history at driving positive strategic change, will get things back on track. those are my words, not theirs. what i would share with grew their letter is the following, they say the root cause of disney's under performance in our view is a board that is too closely connected to a long tenured ceo and too