the question continues to be whether mr. schultz will be able to bring in partners for this potential bid for the company and of course if in fact he's successful in doing that, what price will he pay. the stock was down sharply on friday. i think largely because of the del numbers and the sears numbers. there were other rumors around. they are still working on it. we'll see if they get something together in any way that would be a real bid that could bring to the board and what that board will do with it. people i speak to say you can make a case this makes sense. don't forget it generates free tax flow. you can get it under control. have a smaller base and have something real there. you get up into the 20s, they were 25, much harder to make any sort of a case. this is not saying they'll be successful in raising a billion and a half dollars for private equity to make a run at the company. >> i'm getting these costco and walmart in a fight to the death to sell you a 16-inch screen which is normally where i would go for best

schultz himself as he moves his equity over. raising $1.5 billion from private equity, let's call it, is still a very, very big problem, or at least let's call it a tough thing to do. a tough thing to do, given what's going on with that retailer. >> get that radio shack merging with best buy, jcpenney, together with groupon -- >> if you tie a bunch of rocks together, they'll float. >> dumb as a bag of hammer as i look at that possible leverage buyout. >> mary thompson is in for bob this morning with more on what is moving. >> we have a mixed picture in the markets right now. dow coming off the lows of the day, down 26. nasdaq is higher, up 1 1/2 points, rebounding from a lower open help by strength in semiconductors. you can credit that with invideo raised dividends. traders concerned about two things. what's happening in the eurozone and what will happen with the fiscal cliff. let's start with the eurozone first. take a look at the chart of the euro. 7:30, another leg down, added pressure on the futures. recent concerns about f