foundation for a global rant. all that and more over the next hour but first let s get headlines from our radio cohost carol massar. thank you very much. we start off with take two interactive. reporting earnings that beat analyst estimates. its outlook for the quarter a little bit of a mess falling short of expectations. maybe video games could have helped out retail sales purchases increase in the month of april and followed a revised 1.5% jump in march that marked the biggest gain in four years and the coca-cola company will become green mountain s largest shareholder. coca-cola is doubling down on the maker of keurig coffee brewers. pfizer, the drug giant, is to consider its $102 billion bid to buy the u.k. drugmaker astrazeneca. this is a showdown between two big pharmaceutical companies as well as politicians here and in europe. that issue is whether pfizer will cut jobs if it buys astrazeneca. here is shannon pettypiece and steve brozak. as part of the wrangling th
international franchise. let s get headlines from carol massar. apple out with its earnings. quarterly profit rose to $7.75 billion. the jump in iphone sales making up for the drop in ipads. microsoft out with its earnings after the close. profits fell shy of estimates. half it down by the acquisition of nokia s handset business. and herbalife shares rise getting more than 25% as bill ackman failed to convince investors there was fraud. cory johnson joins us from san francisco. let s go through microsoft. how did the company performed during the quarter? gross margins slipped but we have seen that going on for the past couple of months. we were talking about the surface. i was just asking. $409 million spent. somebody out there is buying a lot of surfaces. maybe validating the surface team we will file later. how much? $409 million. a lot of money to develop things like the surface and the xbox and a lot of software. talk about the profit margins. they are dec
mm. you ve got to get in there. and i think about that word minority a lot, because it is not going to make sense for much longer. because according to statistics, by the time we get to 2044 the minorities are going to be making up the majority of america. this week on the show, we decided to investigate latino people, because i feel like i sort of haven t done a good job of connecting with my latino brothers and sisters. especially because latinos are america s fastest growing demographic. [ one person clapping ] you see, in a few years it is more people clapping, but right now it s just that dude holding it down. thank you. [ laughter ] my name is w. kamau bell. as a comedian, i ve made a living finding humor in the parts of america i don t understand. now i m challenging myself to dig deeper. i m on a mission to reach out and experience all the cultures and beliefs that add color to this crazy country. this is the united shades of america. to explore the vast topic t
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