i'm glad silvana brought up ulta. ulta is my pick for the year. they raised guidance for q4.ing is q4 earnings typically represent 30% of the annual sales. they're excellent -- they have an excellent position right now. the biggest competitor is sephora. they are right in there. they have a new ceo that has been with the company for ten years. they have big things from her. they are poised to turn that around. big things to come for ulta. >> you say big things to come. you have a lot of con if fi you have a lot of con if dence the consumer. are you big on the beauty names with estee lauder. are you strong going into the economy this year? >> you know, beauty is not a nice to have, it's a must have. i would encourage anyone who walked in ulta osephora, it looked end of days for both of those on the stores. beauty is here to stay. i know there are a lot of other companies and brands trying to get into the game. again, ulta and sephora are positioned best to continue to keep their market share and gain more. >> tiffany mcghee, your pick is ulta beauty. thanks. >> thanks, frank.

what's going on with the snacks. >> lululemon and ulta, they had tough years through 2024.ew ness that ulta talked about into the third to the fourth quarter is showing up and showing up in it top line. with ulta, you see newness with the brands they introduced. you see they are winning for holiday. all of the checks have been done. traffic is going to ulta. when you think about costco and walmart, they have been up huge. can they be up next year? we will see wins from costco and walmart. >> dana, what is your top pick? >> top pick for 2025, i think it will be a name like warby parker. >> people need glasses. >> they do. >> thank you for being here. >>> coming up on "worldwide exchange," the one word every investor needs to know. >>> the speaker showdown as mike hnn okjosolos to fend off republican infighting and keep the top job in the house. we'll be right back after this. at betmgm, everyone gets a welcome offer. so whether you're courtside trying to hit the over... or up here trying to hit the under. whew! or, hitting that win with your crew. ohhh! yes, see defense! or

but i like ulta here. i like the new ceo.-- [ applause ] >> and by the way, elf and estee lauder are not getting together. [ bell ] sephora's not merging with ulta. let's not go crazy. >> the opening bell here and the real-time exchange. big board, pursuit, attractions and hospitality companies celebrating a acquisition. the -- >> my wife told me if i don't get it she's going to have to play a new game with me. i mean, the -- she goes, here's my rem sleep. what if you don't sleep? >> i've been dealing with that for years now. my wife doesn't know whether she had a good night's sleep unless she checks her aura readings. >> i know i had a great night of sleep. >> oh, i feel great now. >> anyway, i think it's an interesting situation. it's a well-known company that -- i want that stock. get some stock in aura. >>> hanging on to s&p 6k. we got to 60.20 yesterday. gave some back. >> again, i think there's two markets. there's the health care market, the materials market, the food and beverage market. david, that area is just a was

the ulta ceo will be replaced by the commission chief operating officer.de and became the coo in 2023. along with the executive announcements, ulta raised the fourth-quarter outlook due to stronger than expected performance during the holiday season. the shares are up by 1%. if you are looking over the last three months, it is up by 18%. >>> the nvidia ceo gave the keynote address in las vegas showing a.i. chips. do they have a new name yet? are they black well? >> that is not new. for i know that is not new, but do they have another one? as for the next one was ruben. he did pivot away from the data centers. gaming is back in the spotlight. they are going back to their roots. the ceo unveiled the breakthrough gaming chips built on the blackwell architecture for the a.i. data centers. the new geforce rtx 50 series uses a.i. to enhance everything from graphics to character facial details. you can impair the price from $550-$2000 using micron memory. here he is now. for you get this incredible graphics card. we will fit it and put it in there. does that make

: you take your unwanted gift and drop it off unboxed at a happy returns site which could be at an ulta store for example and it gets shipped here. that's when the robots get to work. and this is what workers are calling the dance floor. more than a hundred automated robots pushing packages from retail to the warehouse in an attempt to revolutionize the way we think about returns. let's say you're returning something. we would combine those items with, your return with ten or 15 other returns from a bunch of different returns. they'll take it to a single box. when that box is full, we'll put it on a pallet, and once a week we'll ship all those items. >> reporter: the robots cut processing times down significantly, meaning items can get to retailers and back on the shelf more quickly and cheaply. but, do those savings come at a cost? what about the guys and girls who work here and, like, am i looking at people who are going to have their jobs replaced? >> most of our employees are very excited. we've made the job easier for them and allowed them to move away from more challenging tasks i

after the fire, rob reynolds, l g 0, ulta, dena california, the increasing assets from both incoming us president dollar from band democratic senators to prevent the band on tick tock and america uses protesting against the potential shot down by migrating to another chinese on social media platform. katrina you as well from badging. so hearing from the bridge and plunging into a frozen present to you is my dog posts videos doing these kinds of extreme challenges on the chinese social media platform shelf. also known as read notes in english, the aging based russian influence has tens of thousands of photos that nearly old chinese is made by chinese for chinese. right. and what i mean by that is that if you're not fully immersed in the chinese culture, is going to be hard to gain lots of followers. but that could soon change this week, read, know, was flooded by american users calling themselves tip top refugees. it became one of the most downloaded apps into us, despite being designed for mandarin speakers. to talk users say that protesting against us government ban on the chinese o

so maybe it's like a smorgasbord for the ulta offerings, alicia's face to go a few scope alpha phones protect the fish tunnel from nadia hunting like seals. so the combs aquarian, commuters can now navigate the city without native disaster of the worst thing in europe on next to 4th. if animals could tool, what would they say? and if you could have a chat with any creature in the world, even one that no longer exist, which would it be? i beds, i would love to talk to a well, or a cow. well, a reason that because of vision in cambridge, england allowed visitors to do exactly just that a mamma exchange for about 4000 years, the quota, a zebra relative, also long gone as, as the test medium wolf. where do they live and above all minded, the species die out at the zoology museum in cambridge recently, you could just ask them in person like this, please don't over and you're guaranteed an answer scottish i was wondering if you could tell us how you became extinct the world we knew with a specific ecosystem is no longer the sea. life on bodies just was i didn't come to the late 15 hundreds.

she'll also have to pay $3 million in restitution to ulta, sephora and other retailers. part of it will be paid from the sale of her mansion in san diego county, which sold for more than $2 million. mack and her husband both pleaded guilty to recruiting women to steal makeup and other goods across california, including the bay area. all right, let's show you this. here we go again. fire another one. this is castaic fire. the latest wildfire sparked in southern california today being fueled again by the return of those dangerous santa ana winds. we're tracking the latest on this new fire. hopefully, i can make it. i'm not positive i can. it's a steep climb to recovery for so many businesses destroyed in those fires. and for those that survived, the struggles are just as deep. and i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. i'll have a look at some updated rain chances this weekend, and i'll get you the latest on the fire conditions in southern california. i'll see you back here with my forecast in just a few minutes. trending on our website. sonoma state university cutting its

an ulta beauty store on the city's south shore center was hit not once, but twice, just before and after the new year. store on webster street was burglarized just before the new year. and in the marina village shopping center, 360 gourmet burritos was also hit. the city says despite this, overall burglary incidents have gone down by 40% in the last year. san jose city officials are taking steps in phases to make adjustments to thousands of streets to comply with the new state law. ktvu south bay reporter lamonica peters has the story. >> actually, it makes sense. it's nice to be able to see around the corners, because before some of the cars were parking right at the corner. >> san jose resident alex abadia says he supports the goals of assembly bill 413 or the day lighting bill. the new law will require vehicles to park at least 20ft away from the approaching side of all crosswalks, or 15ft away from crosswalks with a curb extension. >> a lot of our customers are people who live in the area as well, so it's a good amount of foot traffic and a mixture of people who find their own parkin

after the fire, rob reynolds, l g 0, ulta, dena california, to russia and ron, i expected to sign a new strategic partnership agreement. on friday they rang and president mosley position is traveling with most go for talks with russian president vladimir putin, oregon. looks back at how the to heavily sanction countries have been built, place it by the full relationships with the west, moscow into around to putting ink to deal with shape the con tools if the relationship for the next 2 decades. i've done the good this treaty like, by the way, are treated with north korea is not directed against any country. and the rainy and official has told media the deal set to be signed between russian president vladimir putin. geranium president masood possess can, will cover a wide ranging areas from nuclear energy to regional corporation, information technology and defense. and it's been years in the making. an oil and weapons puts signed in 2001 with a 10 year expiration has been extended twice to countries also signed a $20000000000.00 oil to good steel in 2014, a move that would help them side

did take her home, but we survived survival and determination after the fire, rob reynolds, l g 0, ulta dean to california. you know, his vice president of the harris will leave office on january the 20th and it's an open question. what she will do next. that's a goal hang takes to look at what her future might hold. it's will be ways as the city and vice president campbell harris had the an enviable job of certifying the results of the presidential race. she lost to donald trump cementing whose future hers very much in question the. she gave an indication of how she sees her future, rolling her concession speech. i will never give up the by the price, the bike is a 5. i will never give up using the word side 319 times, hard trump last the 2020 presidential race to jo button and ran again in 2024. but very few losing presidential candidates have run for the office again. hear his story and see a potential parallel between harris and former president richard nixon. she was within about the same margin of distance as richard nixon was from john kennedy. in 1960, under 2 percent of the pop

particular, they claimed at the time that they were targeting drug producing factories, but that result ulta in thousands of civilian casualties. and they you, when bid look and said like even mentions and in that email and that they said that it resulted in 39 civilian casualties including 14 children and one woman. and again, just because there was a drug for the some factory does not mean that the west has the power and authority to bomb until civilians there. this is what he brings up and i presume the guilt. he feels as a soldier taking part and not. and he wanted the world to know that the west then went onto to cover it up. so again, p t is the or not, it doesn't necessarily mean that what he's saying or allies or that these are the words. so my uncle imagined because some things can be verified, there is more and more concern in the united states over veterans and violence related crimes. and there was even the studies this address of veterans these days . martin viral veterans have it worse than previous generations. why they claim that there are 3 times more likely to suffer from p

mujer señalada como la líder de una red que robó 8 millones de dólares en más de 200 tiendas sephora y ultao revendía en amazon. mark fue sentenciado a 5 años, 4 meses de prisión y también deberá pagar una indemnización de 3 millones de dólares. ella y su esposo fueron detenidos en 2023 y como parte del acuerdo de culpabilidad para que puedan cuidar a sus hijos, ella cumplirá su sentencia luego de la de su marido, quien fue condenado a un año de cárcel. el primer caso de gripe aviar en una persona fue detectada en san francisco. se trata de un niño quien, según las autoridades, no ha necesitado de atención hospitalaria. el menor de edad comenzó experimentando fiebre y una infección ocular. lo que no está claro es cómo fue que contrajo el virus esta marca. el segundo caso humano de gripe aviar en el área de la bahía, pues un niño de alameda también dio positivo en noviembre. los funcionarios de salud insisten en decir que el riesgo de que un humano contraiga la gripe aviar sigue siendo muy bajo, ya que no hay evidencia actual de que el virus pueda transmitirse entre personas. bueno, y hasta

i have noticed ulta or to corresponding eager stand off brings us more. what i can say is really kind of, i show is both tactically and uh, well uh, symbolically imposing, too bad. a lot of ways it was one of ukraine's t outposts on the southern to the front. it was a holding the russian advance that quite well in a, in a quite major way to play the big role in ukraine's logistics and uh, in ukraine's defensive lines. it was a big outpost now, full and under the russian controls. now we did get reports that the ukranian guys and faced a truly disaster there. because while the russians there were centrally saying that they did manage to split, you create in forces in any kind of i spoke in the half encircling, at least some of the guys in a big chunk of the guys and in the southern parts in the southern half of that settlement and that the ukrainian soldiers that they were presented, confronted with an ultimatum, either you surrender or well, you die because you simply have nowhere to run any more that as that was happening, the ukrainians smoke pena is th

did take her home, but we survived survival and determination after the fire, rob reynolds, l g 0, ulta dina california. the present was former president gibe, both an arrow that has been blocked from attending donald trump's integration off of the countries talked. the court refused to return his passport, as an art has been under investigation for the past year. here's the legend involvement in an attempt to prove out the last 3 election in 2022. it is possible what sees those thoughts, the investigation and on thursday, judges found you still poses a flight risk cube. a has read 20 prisoners jail for protesting against the government, and move as part of the deal with the bite and administration to remove to the us vista towers and sponsors and sanctions on the country. one of those to release of a 500 prisoners in the coming days, people's been unrestricted american trainings on the for the 6 deckers. the increasing efforts from both the incoming president, donald trump, and democratic senators to prevent take talks about in the us. the apps uses protesting it's potential shut down

after the fire, rob reynolds, l g 0, ulta, dena california to facilitate ronelle da 0, a hand truck here comes the risky from manchester united. that's coming up next and spoke with you the best. not at this point now, his joy told him, thank you very much. defending champion arena sab blanket remains on track for an australian, opened a hat trick of titles. the well number one was made to work called by den months clara telson and the 3rd round on rob labor rena. her sub was letting her down and house and broke the belt of russian full straight times at the start of the match. the son house or blank i hung on to win 7664. also more than 2 difficult hours of tennis to now face 14 feed, meta unbeliever. in the 4th round, during this my tour was thinking, oh my god, i'm really thought because it was so many really thoughts, situations and i was just staying there. i was trying to put her on the pressure i was so i was trying really hard over the years. so i struggled a lot with the different different stuff, and they seemed all of those to all of those difficult experiences to make. make m

phil laval has spoken with one such a southern tend firefighter in ulta dana pfizer, just to visualize it. no, i got you. i got some stuff for sure. with boiled writing these at quite the journey from behind. balls in prison to out front in the fight against california as wild fires. it really gave me the opportunity to redeem some of the things that i've done in my past when i was a young man. raimie was given 6 years for burglary when he was just 20 years old, but signed up for a program to train as a firefighter, as part of his sentence, i was like, you know what? i don't like myself. i want to change. why am i want to be trustworthy? i want to be responsible. as los angeles has bunch, the incarcerated have help. nearly a 1000 convicted criminals joining firefighters to bottle of places that have whites out anti areas and left dozens dead. if ever there was a need. this last week has proven it because even with the 90005 fights is they had access to when it came to these wildfires that devastated so many places like counties, 5 chief says they just didn't have enough people. that is

they have doubled in the last year but let's talk about ulta. it is down 3%.ment of its ceo. have you noticed egg prices higher at the grocery store? maybe barely any eggs available? the supply keeps getting cut because of recent outbreaks of bird flu. it may not be helping your wallet but higher prices and recent holiday demand did help them boost their share for 82% compared to the year prior. i am definitely having shell shock from these high egg prices and copy prices too. we will have to hatch a plan for breakfast. okay, i am done. >> very clever. as always, kristina partsinevelos, thank you. >> kevin simpson is back. he is the cio and founder of capital wealth planning. we think we have figure this all out. let's try this again. nvidia, you did what the other day? >> yesterday, scott, we tried to harvest to the volatility that we saw in the free market. we wrote a call expiring this friday. for three days, the option brought in one dollar per share. it is a $147 strike. it gives us a little bit of upside. if you annualize out the premium, this is a fun t

on the corporate front, ulta ceo is retiring and will be replaced by the chief operating officer.. colleagues will sit down with the first on cnbc interview with the ftc commissioner lina khan as she prepares to leave the post. >>> chinese competition is a good thing according to samsung electronics vice chairman and ceo who has been speaking exclusively to our very own chery kang. he is optimistic despite risks from the new u.s. administration. >> translator: we compete with china a lot. it's more helpful for us who have a lot of competitors. from a consumer point of view, they can get better products and better serving products so i think we need competition. in terms of what sets us apart from the products, when the internet started, our promise was the future home was a smart home. what goes above that is anything, security related technologies that improved a lot. we are getting security related approvals and appliance security. basis is it's safe to use. also, it's not just samsung products connected. it's through various themes. it is not like i'm browsing wifi and connecti

also popular beauty stores ulta and sally's beauty was broken into and the front door of sta izzy's alameda cannabis store was vandalized but nothing stolen. we are going to hold those who have >> committed crimes in our city accountable. and i'm looking forward to some follow-up on the story. >> and let me to police chief joshi says these recent crimes are suspected to be linked. we have some leads. we have. >> we're putting a case together and i'm confident that there will be resolution to the these events. >> alameda police tell me that they are looking at transit patterns to solve these specific crimes and additionally through license plate reader technology at the exit and entry ways into the city. additionally, business owners are also helping to solve these cases by sharing their security footage in alameda, lindsey ford kron. 4 news. >> and richmond, police are urging you to be extra careful if you're there. they've seen around the city an uptick in robberies and they have some advice. they've seen 30 robberies since december first. so they're saying when you are out be aware of you

an ulta beauty store in the city's south shore center was hit twice just before, and then after the new year, the cannabis dispensary on webster street was burglarized just before the new year, and in the marina village shopping center, 360 gourmet burritos was also hit. however, alameda reports overall burglary incidents went down by 40% last year. >> our time now 508. the white house announced another flurry of last minute executive actions as president biden is wrapping up his time in office. that includes banning drilling and mining on more than 800,000 acres of federal land. another executive action is a new rule that bans medical debt from appearing on credit reports and the transfer of 11 guantanamo bay detainees to oman. however, it's likely incoming president donald trump will challenge some of these orders when he takes office. >> typically, anything done through executive action can be undone through executive action. is it going to take some time? absolutely. >> biden administration also reportedly is negotiating with the taliban to exchange americans detained in afghanistan

also popular beauty stores ulta and sally's beauty was broken into and the front door of ease alameda. a cannabis store was vandalized but nothing stolen. we are going to hold those who have >> committed crimes in our city accountable. and i'm looking forward to some follow up on this story. >> and let me to police chief joshi says these recent crimes are suspected to be linked. we have some leads. we have. >> we're putting a case together and i'm confident that there will be resolution to the these events. >> alameda police tell me that they are looking at transit patterns to solve these specific crimes and additionally through license plate reader technology at the exit and entry ways into the city. additionally, business owners are also helping to solve these cases by sharing their security footage in alameda, lindsey ford kron. 4 news. >> richmond police are urging people be extra careful because they've seen an uptick in robberies around the city. there. there have been more than 30 robbery since december. 1st. so the police say if you are out and about stay away or be aware of y

. >>> shares of ulta jumping afterhours.ing margin above high end forecasted range. and the ceo is stepping down, being replaced by the current president and coo. karen, what do you make of this sudden news? >> i don't love sudden ceo change without a little more description why that is. but to sort of soften the blow, they did talk about the quarter was looking good, that margins will improve, so, that's why the stock is up. now, i think it could be somewhat of a seamless transition, but i don't love that. you got -- the gold standard of transition is morgan stanley. james gorman, i don't know why they don't all do it like that. >>> shares of gm and ford higher today on hopes the automakers may be spared from massive tariffs in the new administration. "the washington post" reporting that president-elect trump was considering narrowing the scope of the proposed levies, though trump did deny that report. megan cassella has more. >> that's right, melissa. the report said that trump's team is focusing only on imports deemed cri

ulta beauty gaining about 3.5% after a morgan stanley upgraded the cosmetics retailer to overweight from also raised the price target to $500 a share from $430. reddit anything but red today. look at shares, jumping 6.25% and briefly they hit a record high of $is 91 -- 19 is after raymond james boosted its price target the $200 a share and maintained its strong buy rating. the newly sworn-in commander in chief says the israel-hamas ceasefire is, quote, percentage -- fragile. israeli ambassador to the united nations danny danon weighs in on president trump's assessment. do nonis -- danon tells us when the next hostages now held for 472 days will be handed over. "claman countdown" returns in a moment. the dow is up 488. nasdaq having a strong day here, up 127 points. ♪ ♪ ah, these bills are crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she owns a life insurance policy of $100,000 or more she can sell all or part of it to coventry for cash. even a term policy. even a term policy? even a term policy! find out if you're sitting on a goldmine. call coventry

also popular beauty stores ulta and sally's beauty was broken into and the front door of izzy'snalamedanabis store was vandalized but nothing stolen. we are going to hold those who have >> committed crimes in our city accountable. and i'm looking forward to some follow-up on the story. >> and let me to police chief joshi says these recent crimes are suspected to be linked. we have some leads. we have. >> we're putting a case together and i'm confident that there will be resolution to the these events. >> alameda police tell me that they are looking at transit patterns to solve these specific crimes and additionally through license plate reader technology at the exit and entry ways into the city. additionally, business owners are also helping to solve these cases by sharing their security footage in alameda, lindsey ford kron. 4 news. >> the fremont police department is crediting prop 36 for some recent arrests. police say they arrested 18 people in december during a two-day operation where officers watch to businesses. the thieves usually steal from. they say 9 of them were credited to

also popular beauty stores ulta and sally's beauty was broken into and the front door of sta izzy's alameda cannabis store was vandalized but nothing stolen. we are going to hold those who have >> committed crimes in our city accountable. and i'm looking forward to some follow up on this story. >> and let me to police chief joshi says these recent crimes are suspected to be linked. we have some leads. we have. >> we're putting a case together and i'm confident that there will be resolution to the these events. >> alameda police tell me that they are looking at transit patterns to solve these specific crimes and additionally through license plate reader technology at the exit and entry ways into the city. additionally, business owners are also helping to solve these cases by sharing their security footage in alameda, lindsey ford kron. 4 news. >> well, the bay regional park district police department arrested somebody they think was involved in a series of recent burglaries. police were on a routine patrol of martin luther king junior regional shoreline. car matching the description of a one

all of the programs really were a direct pipeline from your pocket into the pockets of the ulta-wealthyall of this lavish spending trying the sort of create winners and losers. it cost the government, you, your taxpayer money, a lot of money, and, of course, we could see what happened, right, with respect to the renewed spike in our deficits. it's gone back up higher and higher and higher. meanwhile, what happened to real wealth? this is going back just a few years. take a real good look at this because it's absolutely amazing. the top 10%, they saw their wealth absolutely explode in the past four years, right? the orange, by the way, you see where the orange is, that that's where the top 10% go. look at that line, that red line, and then look at that little yellow line. that line up there, that big space, the red space is the 1% of the 1%. they have more money and earned more money in the last four years than the bottom 50% by a long shot. like i said though, it's a new day, and show, of course, is designed to help you improve your financial lot. and with that, wanen't to bring on one

. >> something we've heard from ulta. and sephora and a number of other brands that have said it's good business to. have a lot of different. >> newer brands. >> from different types. of entrepreneurs on shelves. do you think a lot of them are going to pursue the same goals under a different name? that's a good question, and it's hard to say. >> i am. >> going to follow up with target to ask them what their plans are going forward, but we've seen a little bit of. >> that happen. >> after the affirmative action decision. by supreme court, where. >> colleges have come up. >> with different ways to approach diversity, that that. maybe were just structured differently. >> and we. >> may see. >> this in the corporate world too. >> yeah. melissa, thanks. appreciate it. melissa repko reporting there. as we mentioned, target's actions are a growing trend across corporate america. and it's a focal point, a major one of the new administration, president trump's executive order earlier this week calling di programs illegal and discr

husband, kenneth mack, of grand theft and conspiring to steal and resale $7.8 million in products from ulta and sephora. those thefts took place across 21 counties, including nine bay area counties. >> well, 2025 is bringing changes to school districts across california. ktvu sally rasmus takes a closer look at the changes. school districts, charter schools and county education agencies will have to consider this year. >> one of them has to do with homework. the healthy homework act was signed into law by the governor this past fall. it calls for school districts, charter schools and county education offices to set rules and guidelines about how many hours of homework to give students per day, and even whether homework should be graded or optional. >> no. yeah, that wouldn't be a good idea. >> parents had mixed reactions. some worried about lowered academic standards. >> they have to do homework. you know, it's a value, you know, to for the kids to succeed. and if they don't have any homework, it's going to get worse. >> while others breathed a sigh of relief. >> there are numerous studies

on the sidelines of names like ulta and target and we are hoping for interest rates to abate.pretty choice for the how they choose to spend -- choiceful for how they choose to spend. we are hoping that discretionary dynamic become stronger going forward. jonathan: on china, where are you seeing scientific bottoming out? who is winning and who is trying to get around? oliver: going back to louis vuitton, we think they are well-positioned in terms of awareness and they are executing really well preach stocks we don't cover -- well. stocks we don't cover but hermez is executing at the highest level of luxury. our top is louis vuitton. jonathan: we appreciate it. gucci's problem is they are trying to go into quiet luxury. that's going to be difficult. lisa: especially because they have a reputation of loud luxury. the cosmetics thing, can we talk about that? jonathan: please. lisa: i'm wondering at what point people start to push back against that. we did see a little bit of a hiccup but the beauty products being the hotspot, we saw teenage girls going into the and preteens. i won