((sot)) melody hahm, yahoo finance "the national retail federation as of today announced that only 10 percent of americans are actually done with their holiday shopping." so not only do you have plenty of company.. you still have time.. the deadline for two- day shipping.. is today!! and one-day shipping is tomorrow.. but fair warning.. it will cost you. ((sot)) melody hahm, yahoo finance "the us postal service or even fedex or ups, you are going to shock." we're talking two to three times the price of regular shipping.. so how about considering.. amazon prime now.. ((sot)) melody hahm, yahoo finance "which is an app and you can actually place an order on christmas eve on the 24th at say 10pm and if you pay 7:50 in addition to your amazon prime membership you can get that gift that same night, within an hour." but that membership does cost you 99- dollars a year.. if you don't mind a little driving.. there are some free options.. like ship to store.. buy online and pick it up at the customer service desk.. and if you don't feel like walking in? curbside is for you.. it's new and you s

((sot)) melody hahm, yahoo finance "the national retail federation as of today announced that only 10 percent of americans are actually done with their holiday shopping." so not only do you have plenty of company.. you still have time.. day!! and one-day shipping is tomorrow.. but fair warning.. it will cost you. ((sot)) melody hahm, yahoo finance "the us postal service or even fedex or ups, you are going to definitely s sticker shock." we're talking two to three times the price of regular shipping.. so how about considering.. amazon prime now.. ((sot)) melody hahm, yahoo finance "which is an app and you can actually place an order on christmas eve on the 24th at say 10pm and if you pay 7:50 in addition to your amazon prime membership you can get that gift that same night, within an hour." but that membership does cost you 99- dollars a year.. if you don't mind a little driving.. there are some free options.. like ship to store.. buy online and pick it up at the customer service desk.. and if you don't feel like walking in? curbside is for you.. it's new and you simply order on your p

((sot)) melody hahm, yahoo finance "which is an app and you can actually place an order on christmas eve on the 24th at say 10pm and if you pay 7:50 in addition to your amazon prime membership you can get that gift that same night, within an hour." but that membership does cost you 99- dollars a year.. if you don't mind a little driving.. there are some free options.. like ship to store.. buy online and pick it up at the customer service desk.. and if you don't feel like walking in? curbside is for you.. it's new and you simply order on your phone from many retailers.. including target.. then schedule a pick up.. curbside. nats: we have your items right here. liz hur tag: and that's not all.. there's also deliv.. think uber but for deliveries.. they actually offer same-day delivery options for just 5 dollars.. there's a catch though.. it's only available in 17 eh, abc news, ny. a christmas tree is charging through the streets of japan.. no, really -- take a look.. we'll explain why this fleet- footed foliage is on the move. plus -- the flub that had the whole world talking.. steve ha

yahoo! finance is still strong. they are making a big attempt with yahoo!katie couric. i do not think you want to yet say goodbye to this. there are pieces that can be spun out. it is a very difficult job that marissa has undertaken and there is still an opportunity. it is a difficult one, no question. om: flickr as a standalone company has a lot of value. from a user standpoint, whether it is yahoo! finance, yahoo! sports, yahoo! news, katie couric or whomever, the attention is on facebook, snapchat, and twitter. the news people get is from buzz feed, not yahoo!. is idea of what yahoo! was somewhat romantic. everybody wants to save it because of what their past was. he and his have shifted their attention -- new audiences have shifted their attention elsewhere. regardless of whoever the ceo .s, you cannot fight the tide the attention has moved on to other places. that is the biggest challenge for yahoo!. how do you make it relevant to the 25-year-old today? emily: you have been emphatic that the blame does not lie entirely with marissa mayer. what should h

the he had yoiter of yahoo finance joining us now. it has gone bearish with the iphone coming down. >> it is all about the iphone for apple now. and it is a blessing and a curse. of course it is a blessing because it is the most successful consumer product of all time. they will sell 231 million units probably this year. but of course everyone is anticipating the product is topped out. people are suggesting also it will even decline next year. and the multiples come way down. the multiple trades between 14 and 9 p.e. and it is about 11 now. the stock has gone from 136 to i think 107. and so the jury is out. can they keep iphone sales up, number one? and number two, what else is in the pipeline, people? right. that is the big question. >> obviously they do have a pipeline. the bigger question is can what they have in the pipeline offset the more immediate revenue losses for the declining iphone sales and that is the big question mark that every investor has. >> well first of all, we don't know whether iphone sales will decline. that is

sot mandi woodruff/ personal finance correspondent, yahoo finance 18;23;36;50this is not a new tactic that these doing it for years - but it's really nice to see the government finally cracking down on them. if you want a piece of the millions, you'll need to fill again, you only have until thursday to file the claim. drop south through the next several days. for now, southern nevada is dealing with cold air being filtered in from behind the weak front that past over head about 26 hrs ago. mainly sunny skies will be common today with into the low 50s. winds will be mild; ranging between 5 and 10 mph which should yield a slight wind chill making it feel like the upper 40s this afternoon. tonight and the next several nights, lows will fall to freezing within the valley. by thursday (new years eve), the low being watched to the northwest looks valley. heavy moisture and upper level push will stay to the north of clark county so chances for rain or snow will be lacking with this system but what will not be lacking is the wind. 10 to 20 mph sustained winds will be common through the celebr

editor and chief of yahoo finance. >>> mr. cynic. which ones did you not like -- no, which ones did you like? >> i think that snap chat is spot on. when you talk about mobile and sport messaging and video, i see it with my daughters. they are not on facebook or twitter, but they are obsessed with snap chat and instagram. but i think that you'll see snap chat grow into an instagram valuation over the next year. >> tim? >> i think virtual reality is much more difficult to monetize, even though i get the gaming element of it. i think when you get to the guys that made a major kmicommitment it, it is not why i want to own facebook. i think it is a value that people could throw into the others. with where we are with wearables, we talked about this with fitbit, right now to me it is a crowded space. with barriers to entry for new plargs. i don't think it is high for guys that already have a platform and have a following and a eco-system. so i could be reluctant to pile on that. >> i think it is a good point about facebook. not owning it f

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because the big thing yahoo has, yahoo finance, which is a great site. and yahoo sports.re the two main sections. comcast could wo be great. >> and comcast the owner of cbs. and they put that out as well. i can't believe you didn't know matchmaker, matchmaker. so what do you think? >> i'm going in a different direction. i don't see a corporate buyout. i'm going with the silver lake private equity. if they could buy it for cheap and milk whatever they can out of the existing base, which is big, dwindling but still big, maybe that is how you do it. >> i don't know how they don't know that mary poppins was my favorite movie. it is crazy they didn't know that. >> mary poppins is not -- that is fiddler on the roof. >> it is from your generation. >> watch what this one is. iac should right swipe on this. why do i say that? because they own tinder. it fits perfectly with the different properties. that stock hasn't done well but you should buy iac stock but i think they might be interested in this little thing right here. >> nice right swipe. bringing it up to the century here. t

there's a big audience that goes to yahoo! finance and yahoo! sports. lots of viable businesses, but i think they are just looking to get greater expertise in online video, mobile video, and verizon did launch their go 90 product about a month ago now, which is an online video service. i think they are looking to make investment, looking to get smarter. yahoo! may be an opportunity for them. david: a search engine cares so much about patients when it comes to getting search results quickly -- so much about patience. do much more patience investors have with marissa mayer and with the current board structure to get it turned around into something they would act? paul: i think it's very thin. the honeymoon is certainly over with marissa mayer. when she came on board, she did do a lot of very good things. she brought a lot of very good talent. she made yahoo! kind of a hit laced to work again -- kind of a hip place to work again. made some acquisitions, tumblr probably being the most notable. what she did not deliver is revenue growth. ofhave not seen anyt

mail, homepage, sports, yahoo! finance, but it is a shrinking busiss. a business seeing revenue declines year after year. on the other side, you have even --right now it is basically valued at nothing on the books. k at the's it loo risks of the alibaba spin. if they were to do that and they were not granted a tax-free -- how costlych would that be if they did this been? >> it's unclear from the acquisition costs and how much the tax bill would be, and that's part of the problem. investors who own the shares wouldn't really know what the tax treatment is going to be, and that's a big overhang. whattors just don't know their bill is going to be, and they don't know if the value of the alibaba stake has less value because the capital gains that might be applied to it. alix: very busy afternoon. thank you so much. up, is the u.s. economy ready for a rate hike? what does it mean for growth. ♪ alix: i am alix steel. "what'd you miss?" let's get to our bloomberg business flash. morgan stanley planning a severance charge of $150 million in the fourth quarter.

term view in the comfort of your home without any noise, go listen to the call or read it, go to yahoo finance, get some of the research, street.com, cnbc, get some with what was said, take a longer term view. that's the advantage of the individual investor, you don't have to play that day. >> doug in nevada. doug. >> caller: booyah, mr. k. >> okay. >> yeah, my question is i have a 401, fairly substantial. would it be advisable for me to change that to a self-directed ira? >> okay. what matters is the match. if you have -- if the employer is matching, no. okay. you want to get the max -- you want to get the max match, so to speak, and then after that, yes, or -- but if it's just six and a half or one half dozen to the other and the funds aren't that good that you are allowed to be in your 401(k) then, yes, i want you to choose a self-directed ira. let me help you take control of your financial future. your company matches your contribution to 401(k) max that out, but if you don't get an employer match go straight to the ira. on mad tonight you just got your diploma so now what? don't miss my i

i've seen more articles on yahoo! financeketwatch.com and everywhere else, and they're all trying to game it. what do you see? >> you know what? i've seen an economy this year that has just been progressed along at 2% growth, and i want to see us get out of this. this'll be interesting, because we've had a big increaseover in our pocket -- increase in our pocketbook with gas prices so low. we'll get a hint of the fourth quarter next month, and we'll get a hint of holiday sales to see if any of that money went into the system. i want to see us jump into the 2.5-3.5% growth rate before i get too excited, otherwise we're going to plod along again next year. liz: hey, guys, we've been in business for eight years, and we've loved having you guys on all the time. thank you so much. >> happy holidays. liz: stuck by us here at fox business, thank you so much. >>> by the way, the closing bell with about 40 minutes to go, a lot happening here. keep your eye trained on that dow bug, up 212 points. we'll see if we can really punch higher

i still use yahoo! finance, which is heresy in the bloomberg building.o you use it for? scott: looking of stock prices and news. i think they still do a good job. this asset -- betty: you just turned uncool to me, scott. [laughter] scott: you know the real me. i make a room more cool but leaving it. [laughter] you have this asset that is undervalued. the stock used to treat on the likelihood they would spin alibaba, and now it will trade on the likelihood they will sell yahoo! because you have to bet, every major private equity player in the world, and head of m&a for verizon, comcast. aol.: verizon already has scott: the stock would pop 10% next monday if the board meeting is extended through the weekend. i think the stock has to go up. this is a great asset, but it is time for value to be unlocked by some videos. betty: outside -- time for value to be unlocked by somebody else. betty: outside private equity, could it be comcast, softbank? scott: news corporation, disney, telcos desperately trying to differentiate themselves, t-mobile, sprint. there is

autos, yahoo! finance, yahoo! travel, yahoo! news. go to yahoo!gly mug, a tease and a package of really good reporting, a ooh good snapshot of where cuba and its relations with america stand today. >> olivier knox, thank you for bringing me that interview which you can see much more of on yahoo!. >>> coming up, a look at how the trump brand is faring overseas after the gop candidates' comments about muslims and why some businesses in dubai are taking a second look at trump's influence. dave'and starting each day game, with a delicious bowl of heart healthy kellogg's raisin bran. how's your cereal? sweet! tastes like winning. how would you know what winning tastes like? invest in your heart health, with kellogg's raisin bran. no crying today... erectile dysfunction get and ya kkeep an erection. guys with talk to your doctor about viagra. ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain or adempas® for pulmonary hypertension. your blood pressure could drop to an unsafe level. to avoid lo

yahoo! finance, doing well. why is this the gang that can't shoot straight?> you are arguing that the valuation of that business at less than zero is a mistake? >> yes, i think it's insane. look what verizon paid for aol. if verizon is so inclined, you put these two together, people go to yahoo!. it's not myspace. i go to yahoo! every day. i don't know, maybe i'm an idiot. maybe that's it. maybe this whole thing is being an idiot and looking at yahoo!. okay, i'm an idiot. self-proclaimed idiot. i have it in my iphone. does that make me a stegosaurus? >> i will reserve comment. >> maybe t rex. >> >> they're not extinct. >> termite? >> $838 million in potential 2016 earnings before taxes, depreciation and amortization. if you back out the value of alibaba, yahoo! japan and the 5 billion in cash you have a core business trading 2.4 times '16 ebita. >> that's ludicrous. >> this is the argument this board will be dealing with today. i'm sure it promises to be an interesting conversation. they will speak to mr. smith this morning, i can tell you that's scheduled in

i did sayed i felt that yahoo! finance is very relevant. i think she has done a good job on getting that football gig. i no he that i've been on the other side saying i think she has done a good job. >> john sometimtymer called it mill. >> windmills are a good business for him. >> i know the show is not about making friends. i thought she was doing a good job in a horrendous situation. i feel like if i'm her and this board is doing this, saying listen, you are not even part of the equation, i would find that as an affront. >> take a look at the futures. the euro on track for the biggest daily gain since mid-march. a four-week high. futures on the rebound too. we are back in a moment. >>> how often have i looked at you and said, there is a high quality problem developing in a company, too much demand. >> rarely. >> avago. a semiconductor company. >> use that as part of the currency. >> this company was the leader before the big downturn in semis. skyworks backing away from making that acquisition instead of buying back its own stock. it's a

yahoo! mail and pages such as news and finance. shares of yahoo! rallying on the news. >>> dara, back to you. >> thanks so much. >>> just ahead, the sixers taste victory and tiger woods is now ranked number what in the world? plus, tyson meets -- tyson. sports is up next. you never know when it'll be your moment to shine. so don't trust your smile to any regular toothpaste. improved crest 3d white brilliance removes 5 times more stains than the red box. try the whole collection for a smile that gets you noticed. coughing...sniffling... and wishing you could stay in bed all day. when your cold is this bad... ...you need new theraflu expressmax. theraflu expressmax combines... maximum strength medicines available without a prescription... ...to fight your worst cold and flu symptoms... ...so you can feel better fast and get back to the job at hand. new theraflu expressmax. the power to feel better.tm >>> this morning on "today" a look how a major security breach is affecting children's tech toys and what you need to know to protect your kids. let's g

yahoo! mail and pages such as news and financing. shiba, shares of yahoo! rallying on the news. over to you. >> all right, landon, thank you. >>> in sports, the wait is finally over. the philadelphia 76ers have ended their 18-game losing streak this season, and 28 overall losses dating back last season. the sixers toppled the lakers, of all teams, and philly native kobe bryant in his final hometown game. sixers win 103-91. to hockey and the red hot patrick kane. the black hawks' forward scores on a power play goal to extend his point streak to 20 games. kane has 12 goals and 20 assists this year. the wild beat chicago this time 2-1. >>> in college hoops number two maryland on the road to take on ninth ranked north carolina. tar heels and the terps their first loss of the season 89-81. both teams are now 6-1. >>> and in boston, the price is right. according to multiple reports, the red sox will load up the armored car, and pay pitcher david price a whopping $217 million over seven years. and check out this cute video here. former heavyweight champ mike tyson at madam tussaud's in

what to actually do with the core business, he is saying focus on things like potential like finance and yahoo do not focus anymore on search. they already lost the battle. a partnerether with like liberty media to explore the core restructuring, to score the issues further with a potential spinoff but do not continue to buy what he calls zombie companies. they recently spent an estimated $200 million on a company and he says she cannot be given license to spend so much money on acquisitions that really do not add anything to the company. david: what happens next. marissa mayer addressing last week on a conference call to what do we have to look forward to? we might learn what exactly she is thinking about the future of the company. emily: she is on maternity leave. just head twins a few days ago and no one is giving her a break. before she left, she came out saying we are not going to sell the company. we will explore off the company. we will not spinoff alibaba stake. she appeared in public with the chairman who supported her. board continues to support marissa mayer's leadership and she is

they will be focused on new opportunities in finance and sports. yahoo! has got to have best in class mobile apps in those areas. there are opportunities still in things like over-the-top for yahoo!. they missed on version one under the current management team. but i think they could have another go at it and be successful. the cherry on top would be i would like to see a partner like liberty media involved as an investor, around the board table at yahoo!, because i think someone like that can add tremendous value guiding on the restructuring that has to happen. there is a tremendous amount of value with alibaba and yahoo! japan. i think the current idea of spinning off the core is not going to be the best course of action. i cannot think of anyone better than liberty to be part of the discussions to figure out the best steps forward and how to maximize value of the stakes. >> david here. one thing that has been said is this is a hard company to turn around. marissa took it on at a time when this was a real challenge. i personally think she has made good

yahoo! has an interesting finance page, they have interesting web content, financial content. i like some of that stuff, i think investors like that stuff but the notion was that money was supposed to be used to build that out and it's not going to happen. what do you do? what is marissa mayer's plan? i can tell you she didn't wow people today. i think she's on the hot seat. i talk to investors saying if you save one ceo a year from now might not be there, she's one of them. liz: charlie gasparino, thank you very much. >> go back to the protests. liz: we are keeping an eye on that, it is shutting down or stopping a major metropolis. we'll dip into chicago if we see anything there. >>> high-tech very much the attention on capitol hill, specifically search engines and e-mail distribution. silicon valley got slammed for not doing enough to stop terror recruitment. congress is calling on social media giants to regulate isis activity on their sites. the house foreign affairs committee is introducing legislation that demands more information from president obama on his strategy of c

yahoo! some of the biggest ones still working are finance and sports. he last few years where yahoo! is unfocused and doing thousands of little apps and websites that none of us even know. so, there's got be a lot more focus, has to be fewer people. just turning around the core is probably the single big squeft thing within the company's control that it can do for its shareholders. finally, obviously, you got the two stakes in alibaba, and wj. >> you talk about the company ousting here partnering with a company called liberty which obviously a tax expert to some degree. >> i think it makes enormous sense. i think the yahoo! shareholders would be compensated highly for bringing in a latter near like liberty. liberty oversees internet assets that garner a 14 x multiple. if you believe starboard at present yahoo!'s core is get valued by the market at a 2 x multiple. obviously an increase in the multiple due to competent management would help shareholders enormously. in term of the whole tax issue i mentioned earlier i can't think of anyone better than someo

yahoo is still a tremendously valuable platform. they reach a billion people around the world every month. they have still a huge e-mail business. they have a huge news business, sports, financethere is a lot there to work with. you would have to think about what you want to do with it. you could say telecom companies. you could say media companies. there's a media distribution platform. we have all the traditional networks saying what's going to be the future of television? maybe yahoo could be used in the future of television. somebody is going to have to make a bet. nothing is a sure thing, but there's still value there. >> hiring marissa myer was a bet on the technology camp. we'll come up with technology that will fix this. that has been a slow process. meanwhile, the business -- traditional business has been under assault because you've had direct advertising, the people wrum stuff is getting replaced with program attic, video, all these others things. it's been very hard to grow revenue in that environment. >> i don't know if it's going to hold her interest that long. right? how often do you want to go to work and get punched in the face every morning that things aren'

finance and e-mail. by the end of the week they could be on their way to splitting into two separate companies. no comment yet from yahooout jobs here. how could this affect jobs. so we'll keep watching this. >>> thank you. 8:37. sal is watching the commute and everything else. >> yes, sir. we are looking at slow traffic trying to get into san francisco from the east bay. let's go out and take a look at this commute at the toll plaza, 15 to 20 minute delay there. if you have the luxury of waiting around, i think this will get better in the 9:00 hour. also looking at 880 north and southbound, southbound looking okay but northbound is backed up getting into downtown oakland. san mateo bridge still not busy. south city on northbound 101, it's slow getting into san francisco. >>> the forecast had a lot of clouds in it and some light rain rain. it's raining on mare island, not the fake stuff, the real stuff. i believe it. quite mild this morning at 50 degrees, relative humidity 71 with a dew point of 41. it's almost short sleeve weather. we talked about the clouds coming in. there's a pretty good easterly breeze around port

((sot)) melody hahm, yahoo finance "the national retail federation as of today announced that only 10 percent of americans are actually done with their holiday shopping." so not only do you have plenty of company.. you still have time.. the deadline for two-day shipping.. is today!! and one-day shipping is tomorrow.. but fair warning.. it will cost you. ((sot)) melody hahm, yahoo finance "the us postal service or even fedex or ups, you are going to definitely see sticker shock." we're talking two to three times the price of regular shipping.. so how about considering.. amazon prime now.. finance "which is an app and you can actually place an order on christmas eve on the 24th at say 10pm and if you pay 7:50 in addition to your amazon prime membership you can get that gift that same night, within an hour." but that membership does cost you 99- dollars a year.. if you don't mind a little driving.. there are some free options.. like ship to store.. buy online and pick it up at the customer service desk.. and if you don't feel like walking in? curbside is for you.. it's new and you simply

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((sot)) melody hahm, yahoo finance "the national retail federation as of today announced that only 10 percent of americans are actually done with their holiday shopping." so not only do you have plenty of company.. you still have time.. day!! and one-day shipping is