quarter. this is also the second to last quarter before patrick doyle steps down as ceo and richard allison takes the helm doyle is responsible with turning the brand around and enhancing their digital initiatives and the overall taste of domino's pizza. of note today, a report out of the brazil journal saying restaurants international, the parent company of burger king, is looking for a bid for domino's domino's told cnbc they don't comment on rumors or speculation. now, compared to its pizza counterparts, domino's is outperforming papa john's and yum brand, the parent company of pizza hut. >> i had not heard that about the deal speculation holy cow, this is not an undervalued company right now. >> and i, i mean - >> a stellar performer - >> such an interesting competition between restaurant brands international, if they did adam notice's to the portfolio because they have burger king. and yum brands have taco bell and pizza hut. some of the most intense fast food competitors, fast food and pizza going head to head if this comes to fruition, but domino's won't comment. >> this is k

level of where this company was to justify invests coming back >> it's got to be patrick doyle. >> you've got to see more for this company i wouldn't be short this stock i wouldn't be long either. you've got to wait they've got too many headwinds right now, too much erosion. the numbers just don't -- as steve says, the numbers don't support these prices >> it's the wrong strategy you're in the environment where your competitors are in a discounting strangl ining straty so why are you raising prices in the middle of that >> that's a great point. >> i don't understand that they've got to hurry up with the search on the ceo. and again, domino's, patrick doyle, look what he did there. patrick doyle comes -- >> if they brought that name out, what would happen >> the stock would surge >> stock goes up >> would that be good enough for you? >> if it's a high quality ceo who's turned around companies before, sure i'm not entrenched i'm just looking at the only thing i could look at, which is the history. i don't think papa is a very good ceo he came into perigo into valeant. perigo was at the bott

. but, ceo patrick doyle says the percentage of digital sales is less important than working with a customer. he spoke with bloomberg earlier. >> ultimately the percentage of sales is less important than what you do with those customers once they are there. if you got a great analytics group, which we do, you are finding ways to drive more sales from those customers once they have signed up with them. our loyalty program i think has been terrific for us and our customers. emily: qualcomm has raised the bid for semiconductors by 16% to shore up support from shareholders. the new all-cash offer is valued at $43 billion. qualcomm is fighting off a takeover attempt. it rejected a $121 billion offer from broadcom. joining us now, ian king, who covers all things qualcomm. walk us through the new developments that happened over the weekend. >> the weekend did not start off well for qualcomm. this morning, the two investment advisory services that work for the big investors tell them you should look at it this way, or vote this way. they came out strongly against qualcomm and in favor of br

business flash. dominoes falling in fourth quarter earnings today. spoke -- patrick doyle spoke exquisitely to bloomberg today talking about the 2017 performance. >> our long-term guidance for our performance is comps domestically and internationally will be a 3% to 6% so we were in the middle of that range. this is where we expect them to be in the medium-term. julia: cashing in on americans pouring money into their homes. same-store sales at the world's largest home improvement chain grows more than expected in the fourth quarter. it was also helped by hurricane recovery spending in the south and puerto rico. a three-year high the world's hp rejected demands for a corporate overhaul. is really chairman pushing his duty at the company in the wake of sexual harassment allegations by model kate upton and other women. the board and he agreed he should step away from the business without withdrawing salary until the investigation is completed. a special board committee with two independent directors is overseeing the matter. that is your business flash update. joe: coming up, what