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Opened their books so far and profits were -- earnings were quite good. profits only up 6% from the same time last year and that is not great. the reason for that is that companies are cutting costs. they are not adding to the topline or their revenue. they are not selling more. the demand is not there. and they are also definitely not hiring. they are worried about the healthcare costs and about the bush tax cuts about to expire. they just dont know what it costs to hire another employee so it ...

Profits are one thing and they can come from cost cutting but revenues, that is sales, that is the topline, that is what people are really going be watching. and if revenues arent coming through then we are not likely to see much more hiring and the job market is key, it is critical not only to our economy but to the stock market as well. >> shannon: absolutely. brenda buttner, host of "bulls and bears." thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. you may have been following all of our c...

Hi, brenda. >> the bulls have been running no question about that. you may not have notice their latest sprint because it hasnt been in big triple digit days. but stocks racked up their best first quarter performance in a dozen years. a 5% gain so far this year. and that is the fourth straight quarter with a plus sign. now, the broad market wasnt alone. the blue chips ahead by 4.1%. and what about the nasdaq, huh? gaining 5.7%. you now you may not have notice the bulls because they were running ...

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Our diplomats around the world. >> chris: does the president take personal responsibility rest.e fact that rest. petersburged requests for -- repeated requests for more security were made and rejected. does he take personal responsibility for that? >> at the topline level the president of the united states is responsible for everything that happens on his watch. these were judgments made by the security folks at the state department and, of course, we are going review that whole process and see ...