Points. S p up by close to 2 points above fair value pt and the nasdaq is up by 3. 5 points. Andrew, tag, youre it. Thank you, becky. We have Corporate News for you this final thursday morning before a long weekend. We should tell you that lululemons founder and advisers, the one that was kicked out, you might recall, chip wilson for those comments about who should be wearing those pants, hes reportedly talking to some private equity firms gauging their interest in a buy out of the yoga wearmaker. The wall street journal reports there is no deal in the works. A buyout would face a number of big issues because the premium that would be needed over the companys 6 billion market capitalization might be too high. But that is what people are talking about this morning. Also, volkswagen denying the report is planning a bid for u. S. Truckmaker paccar. Earlier today. Two analysts, two Research Analysts noted included the head of dominos truck unit saying that he has been told that volkswagen
A big upset in College Football as ohio state stunned topranked alabama at the sugar bowl. Not answered. Intercepted. Ohio states gonna win it. Oregon ducks trounce florida state. Setting up a much anticipated showdown to the College Football playoffs National Championship. And angelina and al. One of hollywoods biggest stars opens up about directing her new film, her family and her battle with chicken pox. It was so absurd. The day before i was trying to do interviews and it was like, what is happening . Well have that exclusive interview, today, friday january 2nd, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Weve got al here, willie in for matt. Sheinelle is in for natalie and, i dont know, my new years day was fine but you sat down with Angelina Jolie . Wow it was a lot of fun after i did the rose parade with hoda, i sat down with angelina. Th
New york governor. And then there were two. A big upset in College Football as ohio state stunned topranked alabama at the sugar bowl. Not answered. Intercepted. Ohio states gonna win it. Oregon ducks trounce Florida State. And angelina and al. One of hollywoods biggest stars opens up about directing her new film her family and her battle with chicken pox. It was so absurd. The day before i was trying to do interviews and it was like what is happening . Well have that exclusive today, friday january 2nd 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Weve got al here willie in for matt. Sheinelle is in for natalie and, i dont know my new years day was fine but you sat down with Angelina Jolie . Wow after i did the rose parade with hoda sat down with angelina talked to her about her movie unbroken, which is just amazing. She also talked about acting ve
Its taking place on the various stock exchanges of the three major powers. And right now the russians and the chinese are winning when it comes to hearts and minds of american investors, as demonstrated by the dow plunging 231 points, s p tumbling 1. 7 , and nasdaq diving 1. 64 . Put simply, right now we are in a news vacuum in this country, were post the big employment number, preany earnings reports to speak of. The only Earnings Announcement of note were krispy kreme and william sonoma. Both were positives with the latter being spectacular. If anyone cared about Williams Sonoma today, wed be much higher, not much lower, because the quarter was so superb. You know some of the strength has to be because of the consumer still spending on their home. When you see that kind of spending on a mallbased store, it makes you feel like people are investing more, not less in their homes. But that didnt seem to mean a thing today for anything beyond a chain that sells pots. No. What matters is r
And thank you for sticking with us as we come out here every night for you. The New York Stock Exchange and the nasdaq might as well relocate to beijing. Thats what i feel. After this week, at least that way the action could make some sense. And then i could come up with a better game plan. Let me think about it. Once again, to bes struggled. Dow 43 points lower. Nasdaq climbed. 35 . Why . Here we go again. Tensions in ukraine and economic weakness in china. We cant seem to get beyond these, believe me, for those that own a lot of industrials, oils or banks, it was plain brutal. An entirely miserable week so what thing do we have to look forward to next week . Lets start with russia vs. Ukraine. Forget a vote that allows crimea to succeed from ukraine and go with russia. We know from statements made earlier this week that secretary of state kerry will have to live to up to his obligation and take action meant to reverse the situation. Teach the kremlin a lesson. Well, i dont care about