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>>neil: those who are careful to wait, the last minute shoppers, are they rewarded? >>guest: they will win. retailers have been disciplined after a few disappointing seasons and they were lean on the inventory so you had to buy it when you saw it. this year those that held out are really going to benefit from the entire store 40 percent and 50 percent and 60 percent off sales. >>neil: do you think the retailers put themselves in a bind by, in other words, unless you see a sale, you don't buy in so, they have a sale, and unless it is a big sale, you keep pushing it? >>guest: it does. but, again...

halfway around the world, thousands of michael jackson fans are attending a tribute concert in wales today. the pop icon's three children are attending it also. several of jackson's siblings are performing. it comes as jackson's physician stands trial for involuntary manslaughter in the singer's death. for the first time this week, we heard dr. conrad murray's interview with detectives. >> everything happened very quickly. just about the time i was gone and i came back. so i started immediately to perform cpr and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. >> testimony in the trial resumes on mond...

But it is an absolute -- it just doesn't make sense to suggest that there is a problem with oil supply and that's why oil is at $110 a barrel and higher. tell me what you think. >> the facts are that inventory levels are high, global demand growth is low, there is no supply obstruction to speak of except for libya and africa has already made up for the shortfall in libya. so why are oil prices $20 or $30 even higher than they were a few months ago? obviously, people are putting their money where their mouth is, or at least their clients' money where their mouth is. so the fact of the matter, o...

First. the fact is that inventory levels are high, global demand is low. there's no supply disruption to speak of except for libya, and opec has made up already for the short fall in libya. so why then is oil prices $20 or $30 even today than they were a few months ago. obviously not all the traders are crazy. and, therefore, these people are putting their money where their mouth is or at least their client's money where their mouth is. so the fact of the matter, oil prices always move on perception, and perception in this market, as you well know is reality. nobody knows what will happen six ...

Those are probably going to weigh on the market just as much as anything. in terms of the economic data stream we're pleased to get this number in positive for three quarters in a row. we're glad to see corporate investment and cap ex here has increased on a sequential basis. we hope to see that increase continue. but the real solid picture, too, here is a lot of naysayers about the gdp growth rate in 2009 said it had everything to do with inventories, teardown of inventories which showed that was the boost. that's not the case in the first quarter now. we're seeing a moderate buildup of inven...