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Coincidental. it's too early to tell at this point. >> let's talk verizon here. it seems as if they're restructuring, they're buying these employee buyouts. they want to cut costs and ramp up their investment. there's a lot of takers to this buyout program that's going on. what have you got? >> there have been, indeed, a number of takers. more than 10,000 people have chosen to opt into the package that verizon is offering. verizon is caught up in this race to be the dominant player in 5g as we're seeing this race take place on a worldwide scale. verizon is targeting $10 billion in sales by 202...

Wrap. >> thanks chuck. the dow rose 11, the s&p gained three, and the nasdaq added nine points. new home sales fell short of expectations in january. even though americans bought nearly 4% more new homes, that's a bounce back from the steep decline from december. and jc penney will close up to 140 of it's 1,000 stores by june. department store says it will offer a voluntary buyout program to 6,000 employees. that's it from cnbc first in business worldwide. there's nothing more important to me than my vacation. so when i need to book a hotel room, i want someone that makes it easy to find...

Like federal officials just don't do enough. the army corp of engineers are not doing enough to block the river, build levies and prevent these homes from getting flooded. instead of federal relief, they would rather the government begin a buyout program and just buy out these homes so they don't have to continue to do this. a lot of people would love to move out of the area, but they can't because who will want to move and buy a home especially in this housing market in an area that gets flooded so many times on a yearly basis? >> julie, you and i both were out there in that same area in the ...