the s&p. then there's the dow. take a look at the dow right now, again triple-digit rise, 128 points right now. that is an almost 1% change for the dow. it's a gain, at least, 14,829. and the nasdaq, we're now at 2000 levels for the nasdaq, 3342, more than a gain of 1%. november 2000, a long time ago, but we're back there right now. now, all of these numbers and this rally today following strong u.s. jobs data, and, of course, the european central bank's decision to cut interest rates. all that happening before the markets opened. big movers today that we're watching for you, some stocks to watch, you've got linkedin. that stock is up about 2.25% right now. and can take a look at facebook, up 28.86, that is $1.43 raise. that's more than a 5% gain for facebook. we're going to have much more on those two stocks including linkedin's earnings coming up after the pell for you. two good stocks to watch as we to through one more hour of trading on this thursday. but let's get right to our floor show. we've got traders at the new york stock exchange, the cme group group and, of course, the nymex. jonathan, interesting balance between the rate cut we got from the ecb, the cheap money flows around the world x then you have this unexpected drop in jobless claims. what do you weigh as the more important factor for the markets today, jonathan? >> i think right now the factors, the economic data coming out of washington with the jobless claims because that's just going to tie into the unemployment number that we get tomorrow x that's what everyone looks at. if you look at the far this week, it just gets back to the same thing we've been talking about. a lot of conflicting data, a lot of conflicting feelings going back and forth about this market. as soon as there's one day of selloff, everyone starts to say is this the selloff that we've been waiting for, and now everybody waits to see how the market reacts, and once again we move up higher today. tomorrow we've got the unemployment number in the morning, and also interesting is going to be yum brands earnings. we've been talking about different factors there wefects in china with bird flu and domestically people are making more money, but are they spending it discretionally? we're going to see it in that report tomorrow. cheryl: again, one of those global names we always talk about, you know, taco bell and kentucky fried chicken because it's fun, right? ira epstein at the cme, as we watch these markets today, i've got to bring up the commodities issue with yum coming out before the bell tomorrow. what we're looking at again is corn, wheat, soybeans, all those things kind of fun to watch, but we ig fore those things, i think, ira. >> that's called a weather market, and we have a humdinger of a weather market, a big one out there. and it just keeps going that the markets keep getting cold, wet weather. we keep pushing back the corn. it's going to get planted. the machinery's out there, but you can't take away the fact that you're going to have to start worrying about what happens in july. tight crops mean tighter crops when you get to the point where the roots don't get developed getting ready for the hot july weather. and that's what the market's anticipating. but weather markets, the hardest thing i know to trade. they're up ten cents, twenty cents, they're down ten, twenty, very difficult. you've got to be tom skilling on thewet channel. [laughter] cheryl: it's easy to forget all my good friends that are amazing weather casters across the country because it's one of the toughest jobs in the news business. jonathan over at the nymex, we were taking a quick peek at oil and looking at gold. as far as the oil markets go, again, we've had that volatility again this week. now we're at 94, and i would have thought we would have been higher, but we're not. what do you make of that? >> yeah. i think that's the issue with the oil market recently. we've run up to 94, 95, and then we get this fundamental data that's pushing us back down and saying maybe we're getting ahead of ourselves here. and then you look at positive economic news, and that just shows, hey, maybe we're not, we should be pushing higher. i think that's the situation we've been dealing with. and as you would expect, the option volatility has picked up because these new events that have been affecting the market have really increased the spread that has caused us to move back and forth, you know, where we're having larger gains and larger losses recently. so i think there's going to be a turning point in one direction or the other soon. cheryl: all right. i want to go back to jonathan at the new york stock exchange. you mentioned yum, but if you look overall at the earnings we've gotten over the last two week, and last week was a blockbuster week for earnings, we really didn't get the upside surprises we were hoping for, and now there's a lot of talk about second quarter and sequestration. are you already looking ahead to the next group of earnings in the next quarter? >> we have to be looking ahead, because i think that's where the real effects of the sequestration is going to come into play. and if you look at the earnings reports we're seeing now, the outlook moving forward isn't as bright as we've seen before. i think everyone's holding their cards close to their chest for now, making sure they manage expectations for the next quarter. so it's very important to put all this together and see those factors and how they're going to relate and equate to the earnings reports for second quarter. cheryl: and, jonathan, i do want to ask you overall as we go into this big report tomorrow, it's all about jobs. and the data that we got, adp, even initial claims today i know was somewhat of a market positive, but we're just not there, it seems, overall where we need to be in job creation. are you at all hopeful that we're going to get an upside surprise tomorrow this. >> well, i don't know if we go back to last month's number, the number was so low that came in, so i think anything that beats it tomorrow is going to be positive on the market. but overall on a macro sense we are exactly what you said before, we're not where we want to be, where we should be. so i think we're going to get an artificial positive reaction to the numbers tomorrow. cheryl: okay, ira, you know what? to you. i'm stuck on the jobs thing, do you think it is going to be a big market-moving piece of news tomorrow? we kind of know it's not going to be great. >> yeah, it's not going to be great. but can it be worse than the last number? that's really the issue you dealing with. and everybody's also forgetting currency wars. you had a new entrant today. the e.u. is there. so now it's japan going to break its currency, the e.u.'s going the break theirs, we're going to continue to break ours. we're going to keep doing nothing but buying stocks, unfortunately, that's where the biggest gain has been. cheryl: gentlemen, thank you. we've got some breaking news right now. we are getting some breaking news out of texas, i want to bring this to you right now. we're getting reports right now that one person -- you're looking at a live picture of houston, this is the george bush intercontinental airport in houston, texas. one person, it is reported one person is now dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at george bush intercontinental airport. this is the hub, one of the main hubs, by the way, for united continental, main domestic hub. it is now united continental. the person fired the shot near terminal b of the airport on the sioux city north side of the city -- north side of the city of houston. these are from reports from khlu television coming out of houston, texas. these reports just coming if, and we're going to keep you posted. this will, of course, affect airport operations and, obviously, in particular terminal b in houston listen, texas. well, we are looking at the business, and it is a big business, obviously, of travel. finish if you like gambling, vegas does come to mind. but recently large casinos have been popping up in states like michigan, mississippi, connecticut. so let's talk about regional gambling and how it's affecting las vegas. my next guest is the chairman and ceo of mgm resorts. today own the bellagio, the mirage, and the company reported stronger than expected first quarter earnings. jim, here in a first on fox business. it's great to see you. >> thanks for having me. cheryl: thank you for being here. let's talk about these numbers because, obviously, a big surprise. the profit a nice surprise for the street, revenues as well. what do you think was the main driver of strength for the quarter, jim? >> well, we're very proud of how we did. we tripled our profits at city center cans our largest new, beautiful development here in las vegas. we had strong revenue growth and even better profit growth because we've been able to drive some higher margin business into our properties x. a lot of the capital investments we've made is bringing more people here, and they're spending a pit more money. so -- a bit more money. so very gratifying. we're back in the black. we're making quite a bit of money, and we're off to a good start in the second quarter. cheryl: i'm just picturing you standing at a roulette table and betting on black. again, the best quarter you've had really in five years so, obviously, the economy as it gets better is better for companies like yourself. some analysts have expressed concern about gdp. just in general, that that's going to have an impact on the gambling sector and companies like your own. when you see it not as strong as we'd like to see it, are you concerned about your next few quarters for the year? >> well, las vegas is a little bit different that the rest of the country. it's such a value destination that we just need a little bit, just very small incremental revenue increases, visitation increases, and the operating leverage here so great, we get great profit growth. that's what happened in the first quarter. tsa what we see happening here in the second quarter. and it looks like the summer is going to be very robust in las vegas. so i understand the gdp issue. for us it's about tourism and value and about things we open. we have michael jackson coming in on the show with cirque du soleil this quarter, we have floyd mayweather fighting at the mgm this weekend, the rolling stones next weekend, beyonce, justin bieber and pit bull coming in in june, and i think that bodes well for the second quarter into the summer. cheryl: you know, you mentioned some very interesting pieces of the business that maybe we don't think of and, again, that's those big, you know, blockbusters whether it's music or the boxing tournaments. how crucial are those to revenue? because my next question's going to be china, but domestically how crucial are those big blockbuster events in vegas to you to the bottom line? >> well, they're vital. our business model's very different than ten years ago. 75% of our revenue here in las vegas is outside of the casino. it's all about rooms, entertainment, food and bev ramming, retail. so when we can drive big events like the prize fight this weekend or a big concert next weekend or opening up a great new show at mandalay, we drive an awful lot of tourism, and we make a lot of money doing it, and that's the future of las vegas. it's expanding the pie, having more people come, over 40 million people will visit las vegas this year. we own most of the rooms, 42,000 hotel rooms in r. so if you get little increases in revenue and you can raise prices a little bit, still create a great value proposition for the consumer, you make a lot more money, and that's what's happening here. cheryl: and there's also all that boardwalk expansion. i do want to move on to china, obviously. you're doing a construction project, you've got another property there as well. mgm china, that piece of the quarter, again, another record-setting number for mgm. china, there is more competition. steve wynn in particular has got more properties there. do you find that china is more of a challenge, or is that maybe a secondary market to you at this point as you focus on the u.s.? >> well, it's -- the market, belief it or not, as small as it is geographically, is a 38, almost $40 billion gaming market. that's larger than the commercial gaming market in the united states. and there are only six companies that can operate there. we're one of six. so it's a classic supply and demand benefit to the incumbents, the ones that are there. wynn is doing very well, sands is doing very well, the other operators also are doing well, but so is mgm. we just had a record quarter, and we're building a $2.5 billion resort that opens in a few years. cheryl: jim, i have to ask you quickly about regional gambling and gaming. we are seeing casinos pop up across the country. is that a growth area for you? >> it is in certain markets. you were talking about jobs earlier. what i'm doing, i'm building a new arena here in las vegas and a park. that's going to employ 2,000 people when we open that in a year and a half. we want to open a casino in springfield be, massachusetts. tal employ 3,000 people. we want to open a resort outside of washington, d.c. in maryland. that will employ over 3,000 people. so if you find the right markets, not every market, but the ones tack grow, you can make a lot of money doing that and create a great economic benefit for the community. cheryl: jim, always a pleasure to see you. it was a great quarter. congratulations on the numbers, jim. thank you. >> thank you very much. cheryl: all right. closing bell going to ring in 46 minutes. coming up, we're breaking down the top life-changing gadgets. what are some of the things you cannot live without? 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[laughter] cheryl: okay. >> i mean, we're equal opportunity. cerl cheryl i do too, just want to make sure. >> however, you know, you have to focus in on our customer, and we actually do have categories of business like electron you cans and culinary where we do have more of a balance, but you have to remember about 50% of our business is in what we call the her categories of jewelry, beauty, fashion, for example. so it does skew that. but, again, what we're trying to do is broaden our audience, broaden our reach and be able to engage with as many customers as we can. and mobile, to your point, is definitely one of our fastest growing businesses. just in the quarter we have 78% growth in mobile. and what we're seeing in mobile is the customer is younger, more affluent and more diverse. so tremendous adoption, and that's both smartphone and tablet. cheryl: well, i do want to say in this definitely showed in the numbers. you did, of course, beat earnings per share when you reported before the open, and then your revenue coming in. a tiny, tiny miss, but let's not get lost in that one. obviously, the digital sales space is strong for you, but i do want to ask you overall as you look at the retail landscape because now you're not just competing with, you know, other web sites or other tv channels, you're also competing with the brick and mortar stores. you've got jcpenney and macy's battling it out right now. the retail space hat never been so, i think, dramatic. what do you make of everything that you're seeing and all the changes that you're seeing? >> right. well, the reality is you're really competing for the share of the customer's wallet. [laughter] a lot of options in where she wants to spend, and we want her to spend with us. so some of the things that we think are ditch shaded, over 70% of all the products we sell are exclusive to us. you can't get them anywhere else. and what we really strive to have is great product, great stories and great storytellers, authorities, design authorities like alexa hampton who's on today or style authorities that run through our business or our chefs like wolfe fang and -- wolfgang and emeril. so not only are you seeing products that doesn't exists anywhere else in the retail landscape, but you're being shown by the expert themselves. and i think differentiation in today's landscape is very important. cheryl: it really does sound like you're doing what terry lundgren is doing, and that is those exclusive boutiques in the store except under the hsn name as well. you mentioned alexa hampton, is that where you think you're going to go more, those exclusivity arrangements that got martha stewart into trouble but maybe not for you? >> well, you know, we've been doing that consistently over the past six years. it's part and parcel of the dynamic transformation of our business was to be able to build out these incredible, authoritative verticals. and if you look at our new digital relaunch which occurred in january, that really brought it to a whole other level. we have an immersive beauty experience, fashion experience, etc., and we use our personalities to help create the content around that business. and to your point, terry's done a greatob atacy,and i thkhe reilerwho e gointoerfm -- d ihink e rean why o busess coinue to create value -- is because we are so differentiated in terms of the product, the content, the personalities and how we're leveraging that across every one of our platforms. cheryl: and you certainly are doing that across several platforms; video, mobile, etc. mindy grossman, thank you very much. congratulations, nice quarter for you. >> thank you. cheryl: well, we're getting close to the closing bell, and the dow's still looking good, thank you. right now we've got 29 minutes to go. all right, spirit airlines trying to boost passenger spirit by cutting ticket prices. i'm going the find out when ben bald zahn know, the airline's ceo and president joins me next. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ everybody has different investment objectives, ideas, goals, petite for risk. you can't say 'one size fits all'. it doesn't. that's crazy. we're all totally different. ishares core. etf building blocks for your personalized portfolio. find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus, which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing. risk includes possible loss of principal. very logical thinker. 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(screams) i'm really glad that girl stayed at home. vo: expedia helps 30 million travelers a month find what they're looking for. one traveler at a time. expedia. find yours. ♪ ♪ cheryl: boston beer stock down double digits today. lauren simonetti on the floor of the new york stock exchange with that one. lauren? >> reporter: so we've been talking about winners all day, let's show you a loser and a big loser. boston beer, the maker of sam adams which, by the way, is coming out in a can later this month, the stock down nearly $19, almost 11%. it's had a phenomenal run-up this year, but he's the issue with this -- here's the issue with this craft beer market. it's on fire. on the conference call the chairman, jim koch, says two new breweries are opening every single day, so competition is fierce from both the top and bottom, and boston beer is definitely feeling it. the other thing i wanted to point out is the volume on that stock is huge, much, much more than we would typically see. cheryl, back to you. cheryl: all right, lauren, thank you very much. she seems so fended by the can concept. myway, let's talk about this. let's stay on the business of travel and take a look at spirit our lines. the stock is on a tear this year. take a look at this one, up more than 50% year to date. ben baldanza, ceo and president, joins me now. i'm sure it's nice to see a chart like that when you are ceo. how do you keep the good news going, though, for shareholders? >> well, thank you, cheryl, and that is a nice looking chart, isn't it? well, you know, spirit's been profitable since 2007, and we're on a fast growth rate as well. we're growing at about 21% this year over last year and 2012 was a 20 president growth over the -- 20% growth over the prior year as well. to the combination of strong earnings and growth rate make us pretty compelling right now, and we're encouraged by that. cheryl: you've really been growing, bun of the things you have is a -- but one of the things you have right now is a lot of cash on hand. are you going to buy more aircraft, use that for a little dividend for shareholders? what's the plan here for the cash? >> well, right now, um, right now we're going to use the cash to continue to grow. we think that's going to provide the highest return to shareholders, and that's what we focus on here at spirit, shareholder return. airplanes are expensive, and we've got a lot of them on order, and you start paying for them before they even show up. so with an order book of almost 100 airplanes on order, we're going to use the cash we have and that is growing to make sure we can continue to fund that airplane stream for now. and, you know, maybe down, some point down the road when things are a little different, we'll think about other uses. for now it's all about maintaining the growth for the airlines. cheryl: you've got 49 aircraft right now. you do have the airbus, and i'm curious if you're concerned about the age of the fleet. how worried are you about the not reallyt now? worried about it because our average airplane lease is 12 years old, and 12 years is still pretty young for an airplane, and our average fleet age is under five years old. our average plane is only about four-and-a-half years old. we've been taking brand new airplanes, and the planes are getting retired at their 12th year, so the come by nation -- combination is going to keep spirit a young and fuel-efficient fleet which is important. cheryl: all right, ben, certainly one of the ways you've been making all that extra cash has been those fees. there's been a lot of controversial when it comes to those extra fees, but $100 to check a bag, do you worry at all about traveler backlash? it's not just you, it's every airline. are you worried about backlash, all of a sudden the consumer's going to say enough is enough of the nickel and the diming? >> well, you know, we don't see it as nickel and diming, and the reason we don't think we're going to see backlash is we look at what customers pay. and do the total price that customers play on spirit meaning the fare plus the extras they buy, the total price is in almost every case less than they would have paid on another airline in total. so customers are flying us because they save money, we just present anytime a different way. we charge incrementally for optional services that you might a want. if you go to a restaurant and today say that the drink is separate from the entree, you don't think of that drink price as a fee, do you? it's just a price of a different, for something else. [laughter] that's the way we present it at spirit. but the total price is less than the other guy's. cheryl: if it's a good drink, ben. [laughter] i do want to ask you about the impending merger of american and us airways. what do you think this means for the business? >> well, it's really a continuation of a trend that started a couple of years ago when delta and northwest teamed up and then continental and united and southwest and airtran. and i think it's a reality of what's happened to the industry in a changing energy price environment. you know, in 2008 the airline industry, the u.s. airline try lost almost $10 billion n. 2012 we had fuel prices that were almost as high as 2008, but the industry made about 4%, and that's because the industry is consolidating itself down to a more stable financial position. so the american/us airways merger is just a continuation of that same trend. it'll result in a more stable industry. cheryl: ben, would you consider a her injure? i -- merger? i mean, the biggest airlines in the world are merging. is that something that's on the horizon for you? >> no. we're a smaller carrier, and we're expanding with a much lower cost structure, and i would like to say that we're like southwest was back in 1985 using a much lower cost structure to bring lower fares in and stimulating travel, and we've got a lot of native growth in the company over the next number of years. and so at this point a merger for our airline would be really off strategy for us. we've got a lot of native growth, and maybe that's ten years down the road, but it's not now. cheryl: ben baldanza, spirit airlines. nice to see you again, thank you for being on the show. >> thank you, cheryl. cheryl: especially on the day of travel. well, on to news from another airline, delta making the huge investment in the city of new york. the carrier set to unveil a new $1.4 billion high-tech terminal at kennedy airport. don't worry, though, you don't have to book a flight to see it, delta has a mock set up in the heart of manhattan. adam shapiro went to the pop-up terminal to find out why delta is making this billion dollar bet. >> we are new york's largest carrier, and we owe it to our passengers. new yorker's are incredibly sophisticated travelers. they have a choice of many airlines here. this is the most competitive airline aviation market in the world, and, you know, for us one thing that we've continued to realize is you can't stop investing in the customer. cheryl: flights will begin taking off from the new jfk terminal on may 24th, and there is delta. the stock is up about 60 cents, 17.44. all right, a developing story now. the faa issues a ground stop for all flights at houston's bush international -- excuse me, intercontinental airport. this is the breaking news we brought to you just a few minutes ago. shots were fired, this is according to several local television reports, but tsa has confirmed now that one person is dead at bush intercontinental airport terminal b, self-inflicted gunshot wound. now, this took place near the security checkpoint of terminal b of the airport. the airport itself was on the northern side of houston, this is a very large, large airport if you've ever flown through it. and, again, one person dead of a self-inflicted gunshot room, but this will disrupt, obviously, operations for at least the next couple of hours. wanted to give you, though, a confirmation of what is taking place, and we'll you updated for all the carriers that operate out of that airport. closing bell going to be ringing, we've got 17 minutes to go. here's a question: is e land musk the next steve jobs? one hedge fund manager says he is, and he joins me next about why he's going all in on this stock. and earlier in the show i asked you the one thing you'd pay extra for when you fly. check out your best responses. as we head to break. ♪ ♪ for seeing your business in a whole new way. for seeing what cash is coming in and going out... so you can understand every angle of your cash flow- last week, this month, and even next year. for seeing your business's cash flow like never before, introducing cash flow insight powered by pnc cfo. a suite of online tools that lets you turn insight into action. one in three kids in the united states is overweight or obese. let's shrink that number by shrinking the size of our portions. all you have to do is use smaller plates. when it comes to our kids, sometimes less is more. the more you know. cheryl: ahead of its earnings report, shares of linkedin hitting a record high after years of trading at $200 a share. let's go to dennis kneale. >> hello. earnings are not out til after 4:00 today, cheryl, but it hit that new all-time high, stock's up 70% since it started the year. the pe is something like 120 which is eight times those in its group. here's what wall street's looking for, earnings per share of 31 cents compared with 15 cents a year ago, so earnings per share would double and revenue growing close to 70% at 317.2 million versus about 190 the year before. so we'll hear -- we'll see how they do with that. a couple key metrics to watch. they started last year, linkedin, with 160 million members, they ended 4q with 202 million, so how many will they say they have now? most of that growth has been overseas. 70% of the new members are in overseas markets, but less than 40% of the company's revenues are overseas. mobile, all these guys got to make that shift over to mobile. that's what hurt facebook, now they've got to use it on their cell phonee, so let's see what they did. 30% of linkedin traffic is now mobile. overall, wall street already has decided they like this. if this company comes out with a revenue miss, because in the year ago quarter grew 100%, this quarter it's going to grow 70%, the stock could actually take some profits and take a little tumble after hours, cheryl. we'll see. cheryl: we're going to be watching and, of course, you will as well from the 12th floor, dennis kneale, thank you very much. and let's take a look at this one. look out apple. the tech giant taking a downturn so far this year. there you go. there's the five-year for you. one money manager says another company is planting its roots to be the next apple. coldwell cox is the chief investment officer at longboard investment management. you say tesla is the next apple and elon musk is the next steve jobs. how do you figure? >> you know, if you look at the kind of path that elon has taken along the way and the adversity that they've had to overcome, you know, there are many times that tesla should have failed as a company and just the ability to continue to overcome adversity and execute and position the company for where they're at today in terms of of their overall vision is just an amazing feat. cheryl: here's something i think is crucial. 26% of this stock the short, i mean, excuse me, 226% of the stock is shorted -- 26% of the stock is shorted. how do you explain that? is this an overall green energy sector attack, or do they know something that we don't here? >> no, i think that, you know, the short sellers are kind of looking at missing the big picture in the sense they're not seeing the early adopter, they're not looking at the success of the product and what's really going on from a customer standpoint. and i can assure you as a person who's driven the car and touched and felt the products that it's quite obvious to me that the short sellers have not actually ever experienced the product, because the last thing you want to be doing is short a position with a product that is of excellence like the tesla vehicle. cheryl: okay. let me get to more chart analysis, if you will, of the stock itself. because your cars are very interesting, and they're very bullish, obviously. you're saying $100 a share within the next 18 months, okay? and then $200 a share within the next five years. when you're looking at a tock that's sitting at $54, $55 right now, how do you account for that huge jump in stock price? >> well, it's a huge jump, but you have to also look that you're coming from a very low base. the market capitalization of tesla today is only a $6 billion company. you're talking about manager that has tons of rooms -- something that has tons of rooms to grow. it's got a global customer base. so while the growth is there, you're talking from a percentage standpoint it's coming from are a very low base with a huge runway in front of it. cheryl: other electric car makers have had a lot of trouble. you've got the state of california trying to put electric vehicle charging stations and subsidizing that with california budget money, things like that. how do you think tesla can circumvent the issues that have hit companies like mys kerr? >> the difference between fisker and every other market is the product that's being adopted not because of tax credits, etc. the adopters are being purchased because of the quality of the vehicle. pound for pound, the tesla vehicle is competing with x class, porsche. you're buying a high performance vehicle that happens to be an electric vehicle, not because of a tax credit. cheryl: and you're saying ev. >> yes. cheryl: electric vehicle. >> correct. cheryl: all right. just want to make sure. cole cox, elon's definitely got personality, i'll give you that one. thank you very much. bold call from you, appreciate it. >> thank you. cheryl: all right. closing bell going to ring, seven minutes to . don'forg tomrowli is ing be ve trehe berkir hthaw sarehder etin she'rackg up those miles. liz is going to sit down with the three buffett boys including howard, the son of the ex-chairman of berkshire hathaway, and we have got you covered. all of that coming up next. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ [ man ] on december 17, 1903, the wright brothers became the first in flight. 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