>> a rally in dollar stocks. maybe like walmart and target. i think people with lower incomes have more to spend. adam: good to see you. jams a lot in a little bit of time. willis report is next. have a good weekend. liz: bye now. gerri: hello, everyone. i'm gerri willis. it's a bitter pill for americans to swallow. the rising health care costs affecting everyone. 43 million of us have unpaid medical bills. 43 million. tonight, we'll give you solutions to lowering your family's health costs. joining me now, dr. jeff rice, ceo of health care blue book. remember that name. and doug hersh. jeff, i want to start with you. we want to talk about rising health care costs and what americans can do about it. tell us why costs are rising so much and so fast. it doesn't matter whether you're going to the hospital, the pharmacy, you're seeing rising prices. >> yeah. prices have been rising dramatically for many, many years. we don't see an end to that. most patients have insurance traditionally. they haven't been exposed to the full price of care. just a fraction of what it actually costs. pro

from target, from walmart, the gdp, real estate, pmi -- charles: you never go out. any dates at all? i thought i'm worried. golly. i'll call you at midnight, you'll be crunching numbers. >> my life is a stock market. charles: there's a ras muffin poll, 36% of consumers and 44% of investors think the economy is improving. that's huge. is it too much pessimism for consumers or too much optimism for in otheinvestors. >> the wealth gap is at a 30-year high. no matter how you do the hours, we have a 30-year gap. i guess the higher earners -- the wealthiest are tied to the stock market. the middle class tied to the housing market. the lower end is neither in the housing and stock market. they're feeling the pain. wages aren't going up. there's no benefit in the stock market and house market. that's contributing to the huge gap we're seeing. charles: morgan stanley came out this week very bullish on consumer discretionary spending. money they say will flow into all kinds of areas like restaurants. the kind you sit down in. casual restaurants peaked in 2006. they've been anywhere from 15 to

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store experience. i tell people all the time, remember when walmart was going to put all the grocers out of business? you started going to the kroger's of the world, what did they do? they widened the aisles, brightened it up, next thing you know, these were a better investment than walmart. what do you make of the evidence that rite aid might be a play here? >> they did well with margin expansion, and i think it's the customer experience. i also find it a little bit interesting, the tobacco issue. i think cvs, it's amazing how they're winning having given up the billions of revenue, and the only one that's in its class doing it. they stand alone -- charles: those health clinics. >> speaking of taking away market share from walmart, rite aid is trying to get into the grocery department. not as big as walmart, but they're trying to be that place where you not only get your drug items, beauty items -- charles: they're all selling crackers and bottled water. >>> hey, fewer americans are hitting the mall, so will these end up being mausoleums to capitalism from yesteryear or will there be ne

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caffeine could till you, but the right amount is actually saving lives. >>> plus, how walmart hopes to cash in on your unwanted gift cards and what's in it for you. be right back. >>> this is the nicholas family coming from anderson air force base, guam. ha happy new year and merry christmas to all the nicholass and smiths in oakland, california. happy new year! >> we love you guys! last year they were able to raise $24,000 for that organization. and a live look outside now from one light display to another. this of course the bay bridge. there are cars out there on your christmas morning. don't know where the folks are going. most of us feel some sort of stress this time of year and in some cases the symptoms of stress can make you feel sick. the message from doctors? just relax. constant stress causes inflammation in the body that causes many disorders. experts recommend finding healthy ways to cope with stress like exercise, healthy eating, seeing friends and most importantly getting enough sleep. >>> a sign of hope this christmas morning for the parents of premature babies and it c

. liberty mutual insurance cheryl: the talk is cheap at walmart. the retail giant knocking 50 bucks off the price of its iphone. apple lovers can snag the 6 for only $129. the plus is going for 229 bucks. the price slashed just in time for holidays but can it boost walmart's bottom line? joining us our good friend scott martin united advisors coming out of chicago and fox news contributor. jack hough is back and lori rothman. hold on, we have to go to remarks from president obama on the ebola update from his team. >> to make sure our agencies are funded until the fall of next year. this by definition was a compromise bill. this is what is produced when you have divided government that the american people voted for. there are a bunch of provisions in this bill that i really do not like. on the other hand there are provisions in this bill and basic funding within this bill that allows us to make sure we continue on the progress in providing health insurance to all americans, to make sure that we continue with our efforts to combat climate change, that we're able to expand early childhood

retailers, walmart, macy's's, testing same day delivery in limited markets this has real advantages. it should save them money on shipping which is good for retailer. it should encourage that last-minute shopper, procrastinator, look you can still get your gift. gerri: absolutely. right here in new york city we're hearing amazon delivering by bike messenger. >> right. gerri: that is shocking to me. i'm dying to test to see if they actually make it happen. do you think this is the wave of the future? is this how retailers will be forced to operate in the coming years? >> what we're seeing no longer online, off-line, it is just shopping. retailers are trying to marry the web with their stores. amazon moving into physical location. vice versa with the brick-and-mortar stores. it is blending zoo consumers can shop anywhere anyhow. hopefully that will translate into more sales for retail years i think this year people just want to spend less. i think that is what you're seeing. for some reason this year there is different feeling out there. we'll see a the end of the day, at the end of the s

toward oil stocks that then get pulled down quite dramatically. so to it's walmart, microsoft, mcdonald's, home depot and cisco the only five names in the green, exxonmobil hard hit, caterpillar's down 10% this week alone. hey, you know what? if you really wanted to buy these stocks, they're a lot cheaper today. how about apple? apple's up 40% further year. if you're planning to add the iphone of or 6 plus to your holiday shopping list, you might run into a few road blocks. apple's latest generation smartphones are still in short supply. guess what? they're so popular -- apple loves this -- that apple is reportedly hoarding the phones for their own stores. we've been telling you that all week. what's the news here today? apple's long anticipated new product is a smash hit for the holidays. what else has apple done right in 2014 besides that, and what challenges lie ahead in the new year? who better to ask that former chief executive officer joining me now in a fox business exclusive, john sculley, former apple ceo and author of "moonshot." john, great to have you. the holiday

p.m. >> reporter: most retailers close in about 45 minutes. but if you need more time, walmart is open until 8:00 p.m., toys "r" us, 9:00 p.m., and target 10:00 p.m. >> thank you, annette. >>> we go up to san francisco now in a plea to bring christmas cheer to some of the city's less fortunate children. volunteers are standing by outside lefty o'dool's in union square hoping to collect more toys at their last-minute toy drive. donating is easy. just drive by and hand your toy off to one of santa's elves. >> it's so much fun. and we need toys. if anybody's out there driving around, come by and see us and give us a toy. we just need to continue to focus on the kids. >> volunteers will be collecting toys until 11:00 tonight. organizers hope to collect 10,000 toys, that's how many they collected at last year's event which set a record. >>> speaking of helping out, today glide family services hosted its annual prime rib lunch in san francisco. the house of prime rib donated 2,000 pounds for the event. some say glide's kitchen and dining room has become a second home, especially with fa

out at the free dr.scholl's foot mapping center at walmart. in less than two minutes, i got my foot map and my custom number i'm a 440. i'm a 210. 340. that number matched the dr.scholl's custom fit orthotic inserts with just the right support to help relieve stress on my feet. i'm a believer. go to drscholls.com for locations and save $10. neil: you know, i am telling you, elizabeth warren is so running for president. and she had democrats signing on to the spending bill proved it for me. >> why as you head out the door and a spending bill must be passed are you making it a priority to do wall street's bidding? who do you work for? wall street or the american people? neil: well, forbes says warren is off on the wall street. in fact, she's off the wall, period. he didn't say that. that was the gist where you were coming from. she was criticizing this effort to scale back some of the more onerous provisions. >> i say if you have a proper environment, wall street is essential, talking about capital raising in this country to move forward. steve jobs may have great ideas, if he didn't

the consumers. melissa: into the, 90%. walmart shoppers. that is not 90%. >> it is 50 but it is huge, a huge part of the economy gets a tax cut from this. we live, we live in close sistered new york city. you go out to middle america, people drive a lot. they're more middle class and working class. this is a big tax cut. melissa: i think business get a big cut. they're enjoying it but not necessarily passing it along. look at airlines for example. >> that is whole other thing. melissa: they don't pass it along. when you see decrease in transportation costs, talking to folks from the trucking industry later, even though it is good for them i'm not sure they necessarily pass it on. >> god got to be good for the markets. >> more flexibility, going out to dinner, doing something fun, go to restaurant. melissa: let's talk politics. jeb bush hasn't said whether or not he will run for president. actions speak loud irthan words. he is releasing 250,000 emails from his time in florida and writing an e-book. he explained why in a interview over the weekend. >> despite what is current case in t

. business is ahead of the game. you're working with coca-cola, ikea, walmart. they are a business that likes to make money, that's the way they see that happening, correct? >> businesses can save money by going with renewable energy. other thing with solar power, it's a visual statement so a company like unilever by putting solar panels on warehouses, on the ben & jerry's they are making a statement who they are and what they stand for. if you look at every multinational corporation in the world wants sustainability to be part of the core value system. there is no better way to do that than solar energy you. >> for the business of making money and doing the right thing. great to see you. we'll follow your progress, david. thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. liz: david crane, nrg's ceo. closing bell ringing in 36 minutes. famous name tossing his hat in the ring for 2014 presidential nomination. what the hedge funds are saying could happen next. anthony scaramucci with charlie gasparino on desk with the inside scoop. >>> and john legere joining us live to discuss his latest in

feet. i have flat feet. i found this out at the free dr.scholl's foot mapping center at walmart. in less than two minutes, i got my foot map and my custom number i'm a 440. i'm a 210. 340. that number matched the dr.scholl's custom fit orthotic inserts with just the right support to help relieve stress on my feet. i'm a believer. go to drscholls.com for locations and save $10. neil: i don't think i'll ever get used to that graphic. anyway, time for neil's spiel. some advice for all you guys who trade stocks for a living. man and up just shut up. never again do i want to hear so much of a one of you talking about intrusive government. never again do i want to hear you bemoan federal government programs. you are beneficiaries of a lot more money. you get far more money from uncle sam than the rich recipients. judging from the fed's promise to keep interest rates low, you're going to keep getting catered to for a lot longer now. no wonder you've been trading stocks on a tear. it's like shooting fish in a barrel. can't miss. can't lose. borrow close to zero. can make money on almost eve

mapping center at walmart. in less than two minutes, i got my foot map and my custom number i'm a 440. i'm a 210. 340. that number matched the dr.scholl's custom fit orthotic inserts with just the right support to help relieve stress on my feet. i'm a believer. go to drscholls.com for locations and save $10. neil: just when he thought he was out, they actually pulled him back in. quick snack president butch just spent tens of thousands of dollars printing all these calorie count menus. not easy to do. now he has to print all new ones because the fda decided it wants calorie counts on alcoholic drinks too. butch, i think you should drop all your alcohol and just -- are you kidding me? >> it's ridiculous. neil: what are they requiring. >> requiring you to put calories on your beverages. neil: where are you putting it? >> it's ambiguous. no one knows. so many combinations on alcoholic beverages. where would you start? don't have to include wine or beer. if you have a bar inside your restaurant, don't need to have that with calorie counts. just the menu. what does that mean. neil: so

come back in stocks? >> a rally in dollar stocks. maybe like walmart and target. i think people with lower incomes have more to spend. adam: good to see you. jams a lot in a little bit of time. willis report is next. have a good weekend. liz: bye now. gerri: hello, everyone. i'm gerri willis. it's a bitter pill for americans to swallow. the rising health care costs affecting everyone. 43 million of us have unpaid medical bills. 43 million. tonight, we'll give you solutions to lowering your family's health costs. joining me now, dr. jeff rice, ceo of health care blue book. remember that name. and doug hersh. jeff, i want to start with you. we want to talk about rising health care costs and what americans can do about it. tell us why costs are rising so much and so

on capitol hill. companies like walmart closely monitoring this, you should too. rich edson joins us from washington. >> reporter: evening, charles. senior congressional aides say democrat and republican negotiators are trying to strike a deal for expiring tax breaks. if law make pers fail, some businesses and families would pay billions more in taxes, they include business expenses, state and local sales taxes, out-of-pocket teachers' expenses and renewable energy credits. key senators thought they were approaching a bipartisan deal to make permanent deductions for research, expensing, sales taxes and transit costs, then president obama threatened to veto the emerging deal because it failed to extend certain breaks for taxpayers with children and lower income workers. with that the talks continue with one senior aide saying it appears congress may simply extend most of these breaks for a year or two again, further delaying a decision on whether these deductions should be a permanented part of the tax code or eliminated. charles? charles: okay, rich. down day for the market. oil hit

now, i think that stocks are very much in a bull market. stocks like home depot and walmart and the banks at 52-week highs, that indicates a bull market is still intact. where i'm betting is against the credit markets. we talked about how a lot of the high yield. the junk bonds leverage loans are starting to look week. that's the canary in the cole mine, i'm betting against bonds, particularly the high yield and the short-term interest rates in 2014. gerri: what would you tell an average investor nearing retirement who only feels safe maybe in bonds, what would you say? >> of course, our portfolio should reflect our own individual perspective and our own individual needs, and you know, if you're nearing retirement, your portfolio needs a change regardless what the market entails. just might mean people say they hate to have money in cash because they're earning nothing. if you need the security of cash, that's the price you pay and that's the security that you should want. start with your needs and portfolio should move from sdmashgs if you don't have three to five years to invest i

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? >> welcome to 2015. >> from grinches to goodwill, dozens at a central valley walmart got surprises. this man spends the day before christmas paying for the order of customers. >> i've been blessed my life. when i see folks buying chrn's clothes a -- children's clothes and toys, i like to help them out. >> i'm happy i have these toys for my kids. >> george says he might be stopping by one more store. >> sacred heart church plans to hand out books to 5,600 kids in san jose. they tell us they are a thousand toys short. >> researchers say using ereaders before bed could have aing in tiff effect a negative effect on your health. what they say you should do instead. >> maybe you don't normally get affected by fog. today that's probably not the case. >> and let's give you a live look outside. check out that gorgeous picture of san francisco. it is tuesday, december 23rd and you are watching "today in the bay." >> from

looking to give the gift of an iphone. listen to this. walmart is slashing the price of the iphone six to $129. the six plus to $229. fifty bucks off for the 16 gig models. walmart also applying the discount to samsung five. the sale runs until february. big question, how much product will they have on hand? we don't know the answer to that one. we wrap up our users guide with a way to get your budget ready for 2015. we have the ultimate guide. stay with us. >> more turmoil on wall street as stocks and sharply lower as oil prices continue to drop. down by more than 300 points and a roller-coaster ride does not make it easy to keep your household on the budget. don't spend your holiday is over of spreadsheet but my next guest has a good way to budget your finances in their new year to get real results. our special users guide is a vice chairman and author of the of book automatic millionaire. i think the word a budget is a bad word nobody does everybody thinks they should if you think i will spend my weekends with the spreadsheet to you are crazy >> but people don't think they work.

single mom who was a recent victim of a burglary. >>> how walmart hopes to cash in on unwanted gift cards and what's in it for you next. ♪ ♪ >>> it's a nice story, oklahoma city police officers respond to burglaries all the time, but one recent call really got to them. it spurred them to go the extra mile, bringing a brighter holiday to a mom and her 3-year-old son. sarah stewart were there as they surprised the woman at her work. >> reporter: tears of joy and surprise from young single mother debra ennis. her monday night work shift at denny's was not at all what she expected when about two dozen police officers came to see her. >> it's completely unbelievable. i didn't expect it at all. >> reporter: master sergeant casey owens was called to debra's home sunday night after someone broken in and stole all the christmas presents and two televisions. >> only thing that came through my mind was this is the first year my son wasn't going to have a christmas. >> reporter: owens put out a message to fellow officers and dispatchers, saying he was going to try to replace the presents an

rating. we had walmart today talking about cybermonday and the electronics, and had had many, 16, happened to be a great seller for walmart. we will continue to watch the stock trading down 2.8% but an up arrow today. dave: a busy week for apple. following the grand jury ruling and protests in ferguson president obama held a white house meeting with his cabinet, civil rights leaders and law-enforcement officials, pushing for a $263 million program to expand police training and add body cameras. operations officer and president of security firm diligence, mike baker is with us. good to see you. says ferguson merit a federal intervention in the local police affairs? >> in part this is driven by a federal program to transfer and decommissioned military assets to state and local police so that part of it makes sense. to your point i can think of a few things that are as bad an it as the federal government getting involved in state and local policeing community policeing each is. that is the wrong direction to take. dave: the direction this administration feels most comfortable federa

retailer, walmart, is testing an unprecedented gift card swap. yes, on its website you can exchange gift cards from more than 200 stores, restaurants, even airlines for a walmart card. for example, a $100 gift card from target would get you almost $97 at walmart. one from best buy $92. starbucks, almost $73. >> i think it is something that is unique and could certainly help to be a driver of walmart sales. >> reporter: at atlanta's lenox square, robin fox was here early to beat the crowds. how many returns are you making today? >> it was about ten. >> reporter: ten returns? >> yes. >> that was half off. >> reporter: if you'll be joining her this weekend at the return counter, bring your id. more stores are asking for it, to cut down on fraud. and the post-holiday rush is just beginning. u.p.s. said today that it expects just u.p.s. alone to return more than 800,000 holiday packages to retailers. kate? >> wow. gabe gutierrez in atlanta tonight. and as you heard gabe mention something that may help post-holiday sales a little bit, this was a 92nd straight day that gas prices have fall

restroom inside a local walmart. this man was hiding inside the stall ten minutes before he was discovered. he ran off before police arrived. white, tall, 6'4", and about 45 years old with curly salt and pepper hair. >>> the woman accused of running a pill mill out of her los gatos clinic is expected in court today. she is expected for a preliminary hearing. prosecutors say she prescribed large quantities of powerful prescription drugs without performing exams or even reviewing medical records. she is also charged with knowingly prescribing drugs to addicts. she was arrested in 2012 following a year-long investigation. >>> still to come, a bay area community gets tougher on plastic. the new stricter rules now in place. >>> plus, spreading holiday cheer to those in need in the south bay. how thousands of families are getting all the fix, for the holidays. >>> and welcome back to you. the dow roaring ahead this thursday 278 points. the fed yesterday said it would raise interest rates eventually and it was the eventually part the markets really liked. >>> uber is offering uber slei

do have laggards like cisco, walmart, chevron, verizon, caterpillar's in there, but the real winner today, jpmorgan. jamie dimon, the chief guy at the very top, saying no signs left of the previous cancer that he had had, so that's definitely good news. and on top of it, the financials are all doing wonderfully. goldman sachs jumping around $3.91. dupont and pfizer, we've got j&j and american express rounding out the top five. sony, ticker symbol sne. the hack attack seems to grow more mysterious and confounding by the minute. first it was leaked movies and computers that were essentially left for dead, then all of the fingers pointed to north korea. that was then followed by a few new theories that it could have come from inside sony, an inside job. now we have learned that hackers leaked the social security numbers of more than 47,000 current and former sony employees. that would include a bunch of celebrities like sylvester stallone. adam shapiro's been covering the story. adam, this is all hurting sony. the stock is basically at a 52-week high, and i'm just wondering if that mov

not look that great but cume walmart numbers with better than expected sales for cyber monday. charles: we do live in a bifurcated world. >> it sets the tone we're having that relationship with the market. gerri: we want to see china improve, and europe improve, that has been a headwind. >> today was u.s. investor film away little bit better. gerri: blowing the whistle, first page. pain's investment play brook, our debt $18 trillion, do you hear anything about it on your news programs or local cable programs? >> there is also something that is stiring inside of you that does not right. yesterday i talked about the market rallies and economy maybe lifting off a 2% growth, a base it has been at for a long time. that news was greeted with a young, this is yale school of business, they do a stock market confidence index that fit to its lowesest r-td -- reading since 1989. how can we become toe numb to the number? >> numb, if you think back to 2008, it was at the top of all of our minds. you look at the economy with low interest rates people are quick to push it to the side, but un

you've owned it. here comes walmart and other companies trying to do that too. how long do people keep a game before they turn it in? is there an average? >> it varies based on the quality of the game. a great quality game will stay in the hands a little longer. a game not of the same quality will come back a little quirk quicker. we tend to get games back in the 60-day time frame. thirty to 60-day time frame. you see a cycle of -- liz: people get bored fast. >> not only do you see them coming back at one time, you see them coming back over and over again. that's what will prolong that average. liz: are you going to sell any of your brick and mortar stores. do you feel that's the way to go? you don't worry that will be the blockbuster 2.0. where they seem to own it, but then it shuts down. >> we still see a robust business in our brick and mortar stores, but we have opportunities in technology business to take some of the gamestop stores and move them into a string spring mobile or a mac store. liz: something tells me it worked out well for you to pull the trigger on black friday

beemer. very seat. all right. -- vehement. we saw all the enormous lines, insane sales and walmart protests. for the third year protesters took to the streets to fight against walmart's wages. union organizers propsed, quote, hundreds of -- promised, quote, hundreds of walmart workers, that's what they said, yet a new report found only a tiny number of them actually work at wal-mart. veronica and dan are back with me. do you think it would change people's perspectives if they knew people out front are not walmart workers? i mean, these are, you know, community organizers, these are labor leaders who want to unionize the folks inside, want a share of their paycheck. >> who are they and who's paying them, that's what i want to know. and how can they take time off to go protest if they're not even working this? if they don't represent the workers, you have to ask what right do they have to voice concern if the workers themselves aren't voicing those concerns? melissa: dan, on top of that walmart workers, you know, make between $16,000 and $31,000 which is not a lot of money, obviously

shelves as new. we found them doing it at victoria's secret nordstrom, walmart, macy's bloomingdale's gap, and marshalls. at the time when we caught them the stores told us they would re-educate their staffs. so today, four years later, we're buying underwear and swimsuits at those same chains. and putting them to the test again. did they learn their lesson? we're doing exactly the same as last time ripping off all the tags and using this marker to put two little black dots right on the label. that way they know it's ours. right away good news we return our used underwear to macy's and they end up in a clear plastic bag with other damaged items. >> there you go. >> thank you. >> reporter: at bloomingdale's the clerk takes the underwear to the back room, never to be seen again. nordstrom and the gap both come out clean foo. but things are about to get gross all over again. at victoria's secret we return two pairs of underwear. >> thank you. >> reporter: the salesclerk quickly tosses them behind her. and it doesn't take long to find them right back on the table for sale as new. remember we

these companies are giving you hundreds of dollars worth of services. it is a good deal. >> walmart has a solution for all of those good gift cards. customers can trade in gift cards for more than 200 retailers. in exchange, you get walmart dollars. you can get rid of the gift cards that you do not want. >> i want to know what walmart is getting out of this. >> that is a great question. >> $0.95. maybe less. this is. get the people in your store. they will spend money. i love the idea, i just wish they would give people $0.100 on the dollar. >> this goes on all the time now. people get a gift card from a store that they really do not like. they sell it for a slight discount. walmart gets the upside to this. $750 million of gift cards go on spent every year. people get $8090 for stuff they want. >> i love gift cards. i do not know what is wrong with people. you will love the clip on device that slips the armrest down. i have two say, this is kind of cool to me. >> there are rules, tracy. >> state to the outside. >> state to your corner. >> just got off a long flight. a complete buyer

. they brought in ed ramsey who used to run in walmart north america. he never fails. >> i love him. he's amazing. i've had some famous daves right here in the front of fox and it's fantastic. i didn't pay for it so full disclosure. it still didn't affect my idea. i like that one. matt: i like usna. it got hit when herbalife and all that got hit. nutritional products. pulled back 15 points. sitting on support. charles: multi level marketing. you're not worried that any bad news that comes from herbalife will be an indictment on the space. matt: i'm not concerned. charles: once you said utah, you don't have anything to say. >> greenbrier. gbx. they manufacture freight. they fix freight. so what i like about this. as we are getting lower gasoline prices, manufacturing is going up. we'll see a lot of stuff happening on the railways. also, i like the fact only 12% of the revenues comes from outside the united states. charles: we had the chart. there's a lot of oil -- these oil car makers that were juggernauts and they got hammered big time along with oil. to me, i think they're oversold. in p

return, some companies end up losing money online. walmart, kohl's, target expressed concerns about margins operating online. costs are counterintuitive, on line you don't have brick-and-mortar store, don't have a lot of expenses. when you look at that way, almost everybody is forced to do free shipping and return. i'm a more likely throw it in the box to send it back than have help sleep back to the story store and return it. >> purelien line outlet makes very few. "new york times," i if they make their margins based on online product versus what they charge on therapy print ads? this is a different ballgame. it will be very interesting to see how businesses are forced to commodity advertise basically. >> this has helped more, i don't know if anybody that measured it but, the fact that there is really no, very limited pricing power because of the internet. melissa: right, right. because you can just instantly compare. you can google an item. they can't charge any margin whatsoever. always somebody willing to deal cheaper. >> great for consumer. melissa: as long as it last. >> as lo

. those are the 30 dow stocks, 27 in the red, three in the green going up. walmart, this is interesting, cutting the price on the i phone and galaxy. the i phone 6 plus, the big one on sale for $229. the iphone 6, $129. those prices are for the 16 big model and discounted 50 bucks from the standard price. will also cut the price of the samsung galaxy 5s by 50 bucks to $79. see world's, the chief stepping down and see world will cut jobs. see world came under scrutiny after the 2013 film black fish which documented the killing of a trainer at the orlando florida park killed by a whale. the stock is down a fraction on that news. back to that story out of london. aerospace reopened and somewhat restricted after a computer failure. greg, right from the get go, what caused this? do we know? >> good question. initially there was discussion of a power outage at the main computer that controls the air, skies over london and southern england at the air traffic control center but now they are telling us it was a technical glitch which we haven't gotten confirmed it has been fixed but as you noted

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. it just sits there. i am a little concerned for stores like walmart and target. that is where i am really concerned. everybody gets all excited. when how far do we have to get into 2015? >> we talk about this all the time. unemployment people need to be employed. we also need to have wage growth. when we start seeing people move away from that and actually spending real money that is when we will start seeing people spend continually in these stores. >> retail comments are very valuable. our next guest literally wrote the book on fracking. greg zuckerman. a big year for oil production. what is going to happen? >> we have some more earthquakes in the southwest. you look at a company like continental resources. they have cut back recently on their spending. as a result, the production will slow. it will continue. that is good news for us all. >> are they in cahoots with us politically? what are the saudis going to do? >> there is a reason why they collapsed. you can argue that maybe we worked with the saudis they are. i do not think that that is really the case? they continue to put

and exxonmobil were the best performers, contributing 27 points to the dow. walmart is reporting the biggest cyber monday in history. the retail giant says, more than 1.5 billion pages were viewed on walmart.com between thanksgiving day and cyber monday of the deals are not over. walmart will continue to offer 500 online deals every day until december 5th. >>> the auto industry getting a boost from cheaper gas prices and black friday deals. total industry sales for month of november were best since 2001. >>> uber is launching a ride sharing service in new york city. it is called uber pool. it will allow riders to split costs and save up to 50%. those are some of the hot stories right now on foxbusiness.com. >>> still to come. ties season of giving. we'll answer questions how do you do that? is everything you thought about aging completely wrong? stay tuned to find out. ♪ how could switchgrass in argentina, change engineering in dubai, aluminum production in south africa, and the aerospace industry in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global eco

knocke about that -- joke about that, they've brought some high brands into walmart. you can't take the -- >> i would not say walmart has high brands, but they do dominate -- >> they wrought in avia -- charles: we've got one more, guys, coors making a nice comeback after bottoming out. it is. it's near that breakout point. 78, we talked about it. i love the action. i think it got an updecade today or -- upgrade today, but i'm not sure which firm. >> i still don't like michael kors. it's not the cool factor anymore. >> matt is right. operating income in the stores has declined, licensing has declined, they're losing their luxury appeal, and that's really -- >> and they're in outlets. >> exactly. >> you don't want to lose your luxury appeal. >> and just as scotty talked about, the stock is kind of in no man's land right now. you'd rather buy it higher -- charles: well, here's the good news, jessie, do you like michael kors clothes? >> i think it's gotten diluted. charles: wow. i'm the only one. [laughter] >> you're all by yourself. charles: when that stock breaks 80 and goes to 58, 90, gu

. there is something to be said for walmart here. a company been on both sides of this issue who is advocated for increase in the minimum wage for very long time, partly because a lot of folks they're competing against, rural markets are mom-and-pop shops that actually pay minimum wage. walmart doesn't. >> can i say something about that? what walmart is doing in order to pay for the higher minimum wage is pinching at the top. there was an article about. that they have been squeezing more highly-skilled people at the top in order to expand at the bottom. america should be about rewarding excellence. people should not want to stay at the bottom. they should be wanting to do everything they can to get to the top. what walmart is showing us, a lot of these false moves to artificially push the minimum wage actually hurts people at the top and middle at the expense of the people at the bottom or who are expanding. we don't want to be a bottom-centered country. we want to focus on getting to the hop. tracy: peter that's is where people use the term socialist. that is what it is. share the

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minutes ago. if you need more time, the walmart closes at 8:00, and this toys"r" toys"r"us, most locations close at 9:00. and target closes at 10:00. live in san jose, nannette miranda, nbc bay area news. >>> many of us travel to spend the holidays with friends and family, but for some bay area day laborers getting home for the holiday isn't a reality. that's why the center of mountain view throws a party every christmas eve. the center takes in gifts and donations from the community, orders meals and invites musicians to play. they have been doing it for 15 years. organizers say the gratitude of participants makes all the hard work worth it. >> well, they are so grateful. there's people who are very hard-working, and they know what they are coming to do here, and they are very appreciative with the community. they really enjoy it. >> reporter: on the menu for as well as some traditional favorites. san francisco ride sharing company uber has hit another roadblock, this time in south korea. the company's ceo is now facing an indictment for allegedly violating a law that bans offer

. >> reporter: stores like walmart and toys r us plan to open round the clock leading up to christmas eve in case you don't finish all your shopping today. and by the way, super saturday is not just an american phenomenon. the british have their own version. and they have their own name for it, carl. perhaps a more fitting one. they call it panic saturday. >> hallie jackson in california, thanks. >>> in addition to last-minute shopping something else is poised to create headaches heading into christmas. a pair of winter storms could make a mess for holiday travel in the days ahead. for more on how that could play out, let's bring in nbc's dylan dreyer. how bad does it look? >> it looks pretty bad especially by the time we get into christmas eve for the east coast. right now it's starting as a major rain event for the pacific northwest. heavy rain is falling from seattle right into san francisco. and over the course of the weekend we could see as much as four to six inches of rain. tomorrow, across the rockies especially above 6,000 feet that's where we're look at a snowstorm. we could see as