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Wal-Mart profits beat expectations

Wal-Mart's first-quarter earnings, the growing ubiquity of million-dollar homes, and prime-time ad sales.

On today’s show, we’ll talk about Wal-Mart’s much higher-than expected-profits in the first quarter; an increase in the number of seven-figure homes; and prime-time ad real estate.

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