Target pulls out a bead on top and bottom line. But reaction not a whole lot better. Whats the trade in black friday. There was there a steep selloff yesterday which put the nasdaq in correction territory. The head of mcdonalds u. S. Business is out and Jeff Stratton will assume that business starting january 1. Capped off last month with the first decline in Monthly Sales in about nine years. Well begin with a teale of two retailers. Walmart, revenues coming in short of forecast. As for target, the Company Posted Third Quarter earnings well above estimates, says its poised for a strong Fourth Quarter, but walmart has some issues here, jim. Theyre talking countries including but not limited to brazil, china and some others too. Yeah, i was thinking it bick, not brick. Russia has been left out of the equation, foreign corrupt investigation, not a great number here at all. The stock had become a very big institutional favorite. If you recall during the mexican investigation, when New Yor
After watching the interview. Later in the show, the question everyone is asking, can the Livestrong Charity go on . Well ask the ceo. Have you noticed you didnt make quite as much as you did before the new year came . Of course, you are not alone. What is behind this sudden cut in pay and give you ideas of what you could do to offset that loss. The story we hope will bring a smile to your face. What folks in one city are doing to boost the spirits of random strangers. Great story. We want to start with Lance Armstrongs confession. Anne thompson has more on what he had to say. Anne, good morning. Good morning, savannah. Lance armstrong said he had the perfect story for so long, overcoming cancer, winning the Tour De France, and it wasnt true. Lance armstrong was emotional, but not tearful, apologetic, but not contrite. In an exclusive interview on own, armstrong admitted to Oprah Winfrey what had long been suspected. In all seven of your Tour De France victories, did you ever take bann
Past few months or even a year, it is anything but robust. The president finally apologizes for all those americans losing their Health Insurance despite his promise, but of course he hedged it, a lot. The day after the twitter ipo, jumping in the stock yesterday, so there is nowhere for the stock to go but down. Only one way for us to go here on Varney Company, and we are about to begin. When we made our commitment to the gulf, bp had two big goals help the gulf recover and learn from what happened so we could be i n tell you safety is atfer the heart of everything we do. Weve added cuttingedge technology, like a new deepwater well cap and a stateoftheart monitoring center, whe experts watch over all drilling activity twentyfourseven. And were sharing what weve learned, we n all produce energy more safely. Our commitment has never been stronger. Charles yes, were going to get to that jobs report, but first this from president obama. The other big headline for the morning and it is har
And new term, new do. First Lady Michelle obama changes up her hairstyle with a bang as the final preparations are being made in washington to host the president s second inaugural today, friday, january 18th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning, everyone. Im Savannah Guthrie. This is a confession years in the making. Did you watch Lance Armstrong interview . I have to say i did. And even though we all expected, we all thought we knew what we were going to hear, when you heard those blunt answers to direct questions, it was still somewhat starting. A lot of people had been waiting to hear what armstrong would say, the disgraced cyclist using everything from Human Growth Hormone to testosterone. Maybe not the answer some people wanted to hear. For years, cyclist Tyler Hamilton, that man right there, accused armstrong
Epidemic of Violent Crime in america. His focus, overwhelmingly and as expected is on guns. If White House Correspondent peter doocy starts us off from the north lawn, good evening. A few minutes ago, the president said he never gives up hope that congress could someday pass on Assault Weapons Ban but in the meantime he thinks there are more common sense measures that can be taken to protect crimeridden cities making the same joke twice. He doesnt think anybody needs a gun with 100 rounds of ammo unless they think a deer is wearing kevlar. We arent changing the constitution, we are enforcing it. Speak of the headlines of the president s multipoint plan are arrest firearms dealers, help former prisoners reenter the community and expandable limit opportunities for young adults. Help make sure the young people pick up a paycheck instead of criminal. Critics argue criminals are emboldened by softer sentencing standards and bail reform. The biden plan will not address the rise in murder and