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Big business, not workers, who benefit from this plant. let's separate the facts from the spin. cnn's alison kosik look at what this means for you six months in. >> six months ago the corporate tax became law. they cut the taxes for companies. in the first quarter, it fell by more than $117 billion. so how are companies spending all their extra cash? they're buying their own stock back, raising shareholder dividends and investing in their businesses. in the first quarter, stock buybacks for s&p 500 companies topped $187 billion. that's a record, the best since right before the recession in 200...

Conscious customers went to walmart looking for the retail tear deliver on the promise of every day low prices. they didn't mind bypassing workers marching outside to get at the bargains inside. joining the table now is carmen wong olrich, host of market place money. i wanted to ask you to respond to part of what michael said earlier. michael is with us. that customers want not only do associates want to work at walmart but customers want to shop at walmart. those images -- >> because of the low prices. >> makes it look like yeah, people want to shop at walmart. >> this is not how business run...

7.2% and in the third quarter of 1996 it dropped to 3.8%. that's not what we're seeing right now in the country. >> we mention add big boon today for the tech-heavy nasdaq. what win the world was going on the there? >> reporter: all about apple. icann having dinner with ceo tim cook. they pushed for a stock buyback. that's very good news if you're a stockholder in apple because essentially what happens during a buyback is the company buys its stock back, it lessens the amount of stock out there, basically increases the price. invefrts like that. >> second time icann has been talking that way. ...

History. so among those, according to "the washington post," that had bigger debuts, at&t, deutsche telekom, the $15.8 billion public offering of gm stock back in 2010, chris. it of course was performed in part to pay back the government. if you add in preferred shares, it came to over $20 billion. back in 2008 visa raised about $18 billion in its ipo. so facebook at about $5 billion or a bit more is definitely not in the top five. >> pocket change. mandy, great to see you again. thank you. >> thank you. tonight, speaking of lots of cash, one of the world's most recognizable works of art goe...