Apple is a big drag on the averages today especially with the nasdaq. The company hit with a nearly 2 billion fine by the european commission, the ec, said apple has abuse of rules for other streaming music providers but may be a bigger concern for investors is the companys perceived slower start to the ai race. We have much more on the story, courtney. We will start with macys. That stock rallying 15 today as arthouse and Brigade Capital raised their offer for the company to 24 a share from 21 bucks. Macys confirms it has received the offer and its board will review it as they did previously. Joining us, gabrielle, managing partner and our own leslie picker is here with us as well. Leslie, kick it off. Thank you, gabrielle, for being here. The big news is that you bumped up to a 51 premium to the unaffected stock price from a few months ago, but shares still trading about 3 1 2 dollars below that price tag. You said in an earlier release that the board was unwilling to engage due to a
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