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From full global headquarters, this is Motley Fool Money.

Welcome to Motley Fool Money. Thanks for being here.

I'm your host, Chris Helen, joining me in studio this week.

From Motley Fool Inside Value, Joe Megger.

From Motley Fool Pro and Motley Fool Options, Jeff Fisher

and for Million Dollar Portfolio, Ron Gross, good to see you guys.

How you doing?

Erning season has officially begun.

We will talk earnings, we will talk housing,

and we will talk with the founder and CEO of the fastest growing restaurant chain in America.

And as always, we've got a few stocks on our radar,

but we begin with the big macro.

And guys, go ahead and pick your headline.

We've got weekly jobless claims that hit the lowest point in four and a half years.

Consumer confidence hit its highest point in five years.

And the European Union has won the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize.

I think we're all a little surprised by that one.

But Jeff Fisher, I'll just start with you.

What's your headline of the week?

All right, I'll jump to jobless claims, which were below 375,000.

And that is the magic number that signals that enough jobs are being created

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