glenn bell, hence the name taco bell, probably never imagined a neon orange taco shell when he built the first taco bell restaurant in the early 1960s. back then, few americans had heard of tacos. even today, taco bell is the only chain selling mexican cuisine. 1 million doritos locos tacos per day. how do you do it? >> you do it because it's a very simple idea. doritos on the outside with the classic taste of a taco on the inside. >> frito lays even announced this week that they now have a doritos chip inspired by the taco. but as taco bell has risen to be the sixth largest fast food chain in america, it faces a familiar criticism, that it's contributing to the nay nation's obesity problem. how much fat is in it? how many calories is in a taco? >> it's quite low. i think it's less than 200 calories in a taco. but the great thing about taco bell is you've got choice, right? we're very conscious about giving people choice. but it's up to the people for the people to make the choice. i can't force them to eat whatever i put on my menu. we' taken 1.5 pounds of sodium out of our products

only bell could afford.began asking the government to take bell to cot der titrt laws the way it had standard oil. then in 1914 at&t president theodore vail sent at&t vice president nathan c. kingsbury to washington. he set up a deal that would create what vail called "a natural monopoly." we asked picard wagner of at&t what was in the kingsbury commitment. the key part of it, of course, was the commitment to refrain from buying up any more independent telephone companies, that it would provide long distance connections to the independent, which means the non-bell companies, which then existed. mr. wagner, what do you think prompted theodore vail to give up the fight, so to speak, and decide to go into an agreement with the federal government? at&t got the government off its back. and with the kingsbury commitment, we were able to go ahead and set up the long distance network. and we were assured that the government was not going to come in and take away from us that long distance network. schoumacher: henry

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the bell.e will get it out there. it is up about 2% at the moment. coming out with their quarterly report. it is a winner this year. up over 9%. what will they say about the television? they are supposed to be unveiling a television that will stream video. this will be the next thing for amazon. we will see whether or not they say something about exactly that. the stock is up 9% this year and hit an all-time high in january. they are not too far off. back to you. liz: are you amazon tribe? nicole: my husband belongs to amazon prime. let's get to these delays at major airports. the faa is apparently attempting to reduce the number of layoffs. nearly 1000 flights took off late yesterday. i mean late, they were late. they came in after the time they were supposed to take off. wrapping up earnings for the major carriers this year, excluding special costs. six of the nations seven biggest carriers did post a profit for the quarter. here are some of the names. when you see airlines finally posting a

those two on "after the bell." closing bell ringing, we're about 15 minutes away.he stock holding up the -- [inaudible] growth fund? it's been shrinking, pretty wild ride here. howard world, chief investment officer, gives us his latest view of apple and what other stocks he really likes right now. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] $3.95 arade. visit us at marsco.com. no trading minimum. no share limits. no inactivity fees. go to marsco.com to open your account today. $3.95 a trade. ♪ ♪ liz: welcome back. yeah, that's site i'm looking at right now: palm trees, the global conference here at the milken institute, beverly hills hotel. a long, storied history here. we've got the s&p 500 one point above a brand new high today. the number to beat is 1593, we're at or around 1594. my next guest says he thinks even with all of these records broken recently that the market has more room to grow. howard moore, gamco growth funds portfolio manager with a lot of exciting names. he's joining me now from stanford, connecticut. yet another record? this doesn't worry you at all. >> no, i thi

welcome back to the "closing bell."n the floor of the new york stock exchange. the nasdaq, the s&p 500 now on a five-day winning streak, but stocks are closing well off the highs of the afternoon. here's a lack at how we're finishing the days on wall street. the dow jones industrial average on the upside by about 27 points, off the best levels of the afternoon. s&p 500, picking up 6.5 on the session. a roller-coaster ride for the day. we'll bring you some important earnings coming up in the next few minutes. but first, let's get to bob pisani with this volatile day.

welcome back to the "closing bell."stock exchange. the market and dow closing higher for the fifth time. but the nasdaq set to settle out lower. take a look at this market as we settle out. dow jones industrial average lost a lot of momentum going into the close. it thought there were some sellers that came into this market and the dow finished up, but just by about 14 points or so. nasdaq and s&p 500 both in the red. tough day for the broader market, but

"closing bell" is coming up next. >>> and we welcome you to "closing bell." i'm bill griffeth here at the cnbc headquarters in englewood cliffs today. maria is finishing up an interview. she will be joining us from the new york stock exchange in the next few minutes. and here we go again. look at this market today. dow 15,000 is not all that far away. all this on a day when the fed blunders with an accidental release of information that we'll be talking about. and that information hints that it may be taking its foot off the pedal sooner rather than later. so there's a lot to chew on today, as stocks continue their melt up. very special and exclusive market guests to sort it all out for us today. the great mario gabelli is with us. top economist and noted bear, david rosenberg, who, by the way, may be having a change of heart on this market. and he'll explain why. the great billionaire, sam zell, the real estate whiz is also with us. in fact, sam will be maria's special co-host at 4:00 p.m. eastern. so stay tuned next hour for that. also with us, exclusively,

like bell, he has also been cited numerous times for inappropriate conduct.tchett says he has been forgiven for the past. >> when you accept god into your life, he says to forget about your past because you're a new man in christ jesus. this one here says that the holy spirit leads you in the small things of life every day. and then i back it up with acts 8:29, 16, 6 and 7. >> what is it that you are doing? >> writing a script for the bag. and i fold them up. and just put them in the bag. i mix them all up later on and pass them out. and everybody will be blessed. this is a spiritual bag. the bag was given to me by god. >> the bag was given to you by god? >> to make it and all of the scriptures and everything in it. >> so, the inspiration was given to you by god. >> yes. >> where did you get the bag? >> the bag, i picked up here from the kitchen, i think it was. >> pritchett says god inspires him in other ways as well. >> you pray in tongues? >> yes, ma'am. [ speaking in tongues ] >> you don't know what it is. and it's not done in church. but it's done betwee

welcome to the "closing bell" from los angeles. i'm maria bartiromo coming to you from the milken conference in l.a. in the next two hours i'll be speaking to some of the biggest names. peter wineburg. boone pickens. a whole host of people who are making money in this bull market, bill. >> looking forward to that. maria is in my hometown. i'm in hers. bill griffeth at the new york stock exchange. bums running wild again today, maria, put the s&p on pace to close at a record high. as mandy was mentioning, one of the leading groups in this sector have been the utilities. they are hitting yet another five-year high today. coming up we'll look at whether that red hot sector can continue to move this market higher. we'll look at that coming up, maria. >> and once again, of course, it's a lot of fed induced buying. today we're talking to former federal reserve governor kevin warsh weighing in on whether the stimulus measures are actually keeping inflation too low. his take on whether the fed might dial it back. >> all right. let's get yo

. >> "closing bell" is coming up next. >>> and we do welcome you into "closing bell." i'm bill griffeth. >> i'm michelle caruso-cabrera at the new york stock exchange, in for maria bartiromo, who is in tomorrow. we are, of course, watching this market very closely, but we are also waiting on a much-anticipated fbi news conference, where it is expected a picture of a person of interest in the boston bombings will be released to the public. we will bring that to you live as it happens. >> watching that very carefully, as you said. also, watching a huge trifecta of earnings. it will be out right after the bell rings. google, microsoft, ibm all with reports that could either turn this market around or make it go lower than it already is right now, michelle. >> apple going from bad to worse, bill. it could close before $400 today. it would have to do pretty big intraday turnaround in the last hour, if it was going to do that. we are going -- if it were going to reverse that. we'll keep an eye on that and have reports throughout this hour just on exactly where apple closes.

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this place is obviously too big for one bell and so we needed another one. and nick in his vision, nick who served actually as the head of foundry for a kindred institution across the bay, the crucible came up with this amazing vision of this hand crafted bell that each speaker as they get up here today will put another ring on at the very end, we have a very special guest, who will do the final ringing and we will open up for the day. so for my ring, i want to honor our institutional history and memory and for all of those who have come before us. thank you, dennis very much. >> our next speaker needs no introduction, he is a advocate for redevelopment and believes in buildinging the peaceful communications and a great communitier and collaborative or and reorganizing agency to better serve all of us in the bay area and coming all of those to come to the exporatorium he is a walking billboard for this place. please welcome san francisco mayor ed lee. [ applause ] thank you, dan. dan i just wanted to say, thank you for your great work and leadership, you are

. >> "closing bell" is next. >>> hi, everybody. welcome to the "closing bell." what a day. i'm maria bartiromo here at the new york stock exchange. this market in rally mode following a batch of strong earnings, but it's not that simple. >> it never is. i'm bill griffeth. the dow is back, higher after a free fall on the heels of an associated press twitter account being hacked and some hackers sent out an erroneous message about explosions at the white house and injuries to the president. that didn't happen. the ap has shut down its twitter account. the market is back again, but what a wild five or six minutes we had a couple of hours ago. we'll have more on this story, the impact social media can have ton markets. that's coming up in about ten minutes. right now the dow is up 125 points again. >> it shows you how vulnerable and edgy this market really is. we're going to get into that. the other big story, of course, behind this rally in stocks, is apple's earnings. we are awaiting its on deck, after the close tonight. could the numbers be the catalyst for returning things

welcome back to the "closing bell."aria bartiromo on the floor of the new york stock exchange. stocks surging on wall street, gaining back half of yesterday's losses. finishing out the high of the afternoon with another gain on the day of 156 points. that is up better than 1%, at 14,738 on the dow. nasdaq picks up 48 points, 1.5%, and the s&p 500 higher by 22, also 1.5%. we're in earnings mode right now. we are awaiting earnings from intel and yahoo!. our jon fortt is going to dig through the numbers as soon as they come out and we're going

closing bell ringing in 17 minutes. just mentioned the housing market seems to be on dumb and. what does that mean for the investor looking for good play? does it mean you should take on some risk in the housing sector through the opportunity of lending? two money managers totally disagree with each other, they will do it out and we ask you on facebook and twitter whether you thought the recent twitter hackings would hurt twitter's ability to launch a successful ipo. take a look at your responses. we went out and asked people a simple question: how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave peop a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn changed: the official retirement age. ♪ e question is how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoall of these years. ♪ out of people saying the housing market has come back. there's more than thing and here are the numbers. m

lori: nicole, minutes away. 30 second as way from the closing bell.d after the bell. how is that stock looking ahead of the results? the street is looking for a firm report? >> ebay is to the downside. we saw applebee low 400.

that was supposed to happen after the bell. maria. >> thank you so much. >>> a closer look at what's moving this market today. >> let's talk about that in our closing bell exchange with stephen wood from russell investments, greg mcbride from bankrate.com, joe duran from united capital and mr. market himself, our own rick santelli, stephen wood, you know the earnings that have come out so far, we got a slew of them this week, have not exactly set records. but you say stay the course in the mashlrkets nonetheless. >> if you've got long-term time horizon, the volatility we're seeing was expected by us. the pullbacks, you can reload some beta. picking better names in what we think is going to be an okay earnings environment, but a challenging revenue environment. not every balance sheet is going to execute equally in this environment. you've got some opportunities for -- >> what it means is the fed is going to stay the course on quantitative easing, basically. >> i think that is very clear. >> greg, tell us about this new study yo

"closing bell" with mandy drury is next. >>> and we do welcome you to the "closing bell." i'm bill griffeth at the new york stock exchange where we've had another interesting day for stocks. another comeback day, mandy drury. welcome back. >> great to be back. i'm mandy drury at the headquarters out here in new jersey in for maria bartiromo who, by the way, will be back tomorrow. on today's show we are watching this market very, very closely. because let's not forget it. it was at this hour on friday when everything really changed for stocks. what an ugly day it was after the bad jobs report. and almost came all the way back, right, bill? anything can happen as we know in these next 60 minutes of trade. >> as it usually does. we'll talk about that and why that happens. the market also bracing for the start of earnings season. which kicks off on this program in an hour when dow component alcoa reports its first quarter numbers. ceo klaus kleinfeld will join us. listen for that and what he has to say coming up in a little bit. >>> let's take a look at what the markets are up

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closing bell ringing in about 15 minutes. down to the new york stock exchange life. more with nicole petallides, picking apart the thousands of stocks, the ones that you need to know about. and rap star and now sports agent? the music mogul expanding his empire. take a look as we head to break. ♪ ♪ >> i'm adam shapiro with your fox business brief. a weak report of the u.s. labor market is pulling markets down. right now the dow is down 92 points. home price rose marking the largest annual increase since by 2006. prices rose more than 10 percent compared to the same time last year. prices have increased an annual basis for 12 straight months. the only states to report price declines. continuing. does your current job make you happy. quality assurance engineers and sales representatives. on the flip side, teachers, nurses, and attorneys were among the happiest. we continue our "countdown to the closing bell" with the woman the believes that scotch testers have the happiest jobs on the planet. liz: that would be candy. stranger

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the closing bell ringing in about 19 minutes.ma taking the stand in a big way rain together businesses and the u.s. to get involved in training and hiring of our armed forces. one company that is not even based here in the u.s. stepped up to the plate in the biggest way. already hiring more than 300 veterans with in the last year, and the german giant is pledging to hire even more. siemens' u.s. ceo is up next in a fox business exclusive interview with breaking news you will only see right here. ♪ ♪ liz: rearing its head again, shares moving higher today after the earnings for kate's to went out. the have to look at this. in the brink of an insider trading stand -- scandal, one of the top partners, and you can see him handing information over and taking money from somebody that he was stepping off about certain stocks. that information being passed out. it really has put the accountant in turmoil. but herbalife is having trouble finding a new accounts. last night the company said, there is no assurance it will be able to find a n

ashley: just before the bell starts ringing.ating system but investors liked facebook's new announcement maybe because it wasn't a phone. >> i'm still trying to wrap high head around why we would want to do something like this but facebook investors buying you up the stock today. it was up more than 3% at

"closing bell," is next. >>> hi, everybody. good afternoon. welcome to the "closing bell." i'm maria bartiromo at the new york stock exchange. rally mode once again, bill. >> now we're starting the new quarter here. i'm bill griffeth. it is a stock market that just will not quit. a broad-based rally so far today, although we're well off the highs right now. take it for the naysayers to cry uncle. is it time now? don't look now, but we are not too far from dow 15,000. there, i said it. >> all of this as the north korea situation is escalating, escalating the threats, anyway. restarting a reactor to make nuclear weapons. yet traders don't care. we'll find out why. >> also, are u.s. businesses kowtowing to communist china right now? apple ceo tim cook with that over-the-top apology to china and now movie studios are we working scripts to not offend the chinese government. we have a special report on this rather alarming trend, coming up. >> what gives with this story? check out where we are on the markets, as we approach this final hour on trading. the dow jones industrial ave

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role reversal here on the "closing bell."i, who is usually down here at the exchange, is over at world quarters. brian shactman here at the nebrasnyse, where bob is usually. >> bob, even though you're not here, what's going on with this market? >> everybody and their mother cannot stop shorting the stock market and it makes sense, it's gone nowhere but up. the s&p is up about 2%. that's a straight line. everybody knows, the federal reserve and the japanese and the europeans are backstopping the world. the federal reserve is backstopping the world. but there's also some other stuff going on. china had very low, very low inflation report this morning. that gives them room for some stimulus. did you see what happened to some of these big commodity names today? they're all flying. they've been crushed in the last few weeks. it's been these defensive names moving up. look, copper's up 2%. this is all on this china play. look at the export numbers over the weekend from china. if they're up noticeably, you could be back in play with

"closing bell" starts right now. >>> happy friday, everybody. welcome to the "closing bell." i'm maria bartiromo at the new york stock exchange. this market fighting to make it a perfect five for five this week. doesn't look like it, david. >> not right now, at least. i'm david faber in for bill griffeth. coming up, it is the final hour of what's been t another very, very strong week for stocks. they've been in the green the first four days this week, but will we pull it out today and be positive on the dow? >> let's take a look at where we stand right here, with the dow jones industrial average down about 30 points on the session. banks in the news today, big earnings from jpmorgan and wells fargo, as you know, out this morning. we've got the wells fargo cfo here exclusively as well as fdic chairman shelia bair. she still says too big to fail may be over. she's here exclusively to talk to us about that. >> and we'll have more of my exclusive interview with liberty made boss john malone. he tells us how ben bernanke's media policies are helping him build an even bigger empire

after the bell. >> we are in the sweet spot this week. market's response to all these earnings? for the most part, they're taking them all in stride. >> they are. it's really not surprising. we thought they would beat, on the bottom line, revenue would be a little weak. >> it's one thing to be able to cut costs enough to get the profit up, but if revenue doesn't continue to grow, you've got a problem here, don't you? >> you definitely have a problem here. i still think you'll see slow growth, but it's definitely starting to change some momentum here in the market. >> but they're raising their price targets for a lot of these averages. s&p capital like you up to 1650 and looking for 10% earnings growth for the end of the year. do you see that? >> i don't see that. that's a little high end. we're looking a little less than

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closing bell rings in 39 minutes. of earnings season, and you'll hear that about 50,000 times. alcoa kicks off and big financial names this week. the companies to watch for and pick apart, and alcoa is not necessarily one of them. who is the best paid ceo? more importantly, does their company stock match up to their highly sought after salary? this could enrage you. we'll take a look at of break. stay tuned. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] from more efficient payments. ♪ to more efficient pick-ups. ♪ wireless is limitless. ♪ from tracking the bus. ♪ to tracking field conditions. ♪ wireless is limitless. liz: no surprise, not a shocker to you, but merges struggle to make ends meet; however, one group is doing pried -- pretty well, ceos of certain very large companies. nothing wrong with that, by the way. that's great, but does their performance equal the perchings of the company? we decided to take a look at the top paid ceos for 20 # 12. third in line, disney brings in a stunning $37.1 million, up 18% from last year, and m

closing bell ringing in 27 minutes.voting member, but he is let -- calling for a wait and watch policy before making the next move with quantitative easing in making and interesting prediction about when it will scale down. we are bringing in bond guru scott mather to weigh in on that next, telling you what he is betting on. plus, one company might not know about getting a very nice of a boost. we had live to the nyse-listed one next. speaking of cars, check out some of the most iconic cars of all time as we head to break. personally i think maserati should be in there. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: i'm dennis kneale with your fox business brief. bank of america will pay $165 million to settle a dispute over its sale of mortgage-backed securities to credit unions which later collapsed. the national credit union ministration announce the settlement. bank of america did not admit any wrongdoing. u.s. factory orders rose 3% in february, the commerce department says. the biggest jump in five months. durable goods orders rose over five n

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"countdown to the closing bell" starts right now. ♪ liz: well, take a look.do have a market that is trying to come back after what could only be described as a shocking number two the market. take a look at the screen. the entire closing bell. we have come fighting back. yes. all major industries are in the red. gold is skyrocketing. at one point, up $29. live from the floor of raymond james. one of the top 20 global brokerages in the world. we are here to get information from paul riley. that is right. here comes fox business on the trading floor. morgan keegan is being acquired. let's get right to the traders. it has been quite a busy day. jeff ford. good to have you here. this morning, the second the number came out for the jobs report, what did you see? >> the futures dropped dramatically. we solve broad-based selling. technology stocks were getting whacked. after the opening, all the bids disappeared. we waited for the markets to settle down. liz: 11:00 a.m. that seems early to be. what is the first signal you saw at 11:00 a.m. that indicated now, the re

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welcome back to the "closing bell." i'm maria bartiromo on the floor of the new york stock exchange. we had a huge reversal on wall street today. stocks staging a major comeback at the end of the day today, ending modestly lower, following the weak jobs report this morning. we had been down 170, we're finishing down, take a look, 41 points on the dow jones industrial average. nasdaq composite down about 21 points, s&p down about 6.75 points. the market suffering the worst week of the year, across the board. where do we go from here? joining me now, heather hughes, quenton, and paul diedrich from fairfax global markets. good to see everybody. thanks very much for joining us. >> thanks, maria. >> let me kick it off with you, paul. thanks very much for being here on set. i want to ask you about this reversal today, down 170 at the worst. down 41 points at the close. were you surprised? what do you think's behind this? >> well, you know, obviously, it was the jobs numbers the that came up early on today. but, you know, we l

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welcome back to the "closing bell." i'm maria bartiromo on the floor of the new york stock exchange. the nasdaq, the s&p 500 now on a five-day winning streak, but stocks are closing well off the highs of the afternoon. here's a lack at how we're finishing the days on wall street. the dow jones industrial average on the upside by about 27 points, off the best levels of the afternoon. s&p 500, picking up 6.5 on the session. a roller-coaster ride for the day. we'll bring you some important earnings coming up in the next few minutes. but first, let's get to bob pisani with this volatile day. over to you, bob. >> well, the important thing, maria, at one point, we were one point away from a closing historic high, but we drifted south. just put up the s&p 500. let's take a look. 2:00 is when the market on close orders started coming in. those are orders for the close and whether they want to buy and sell. it drifted toward the sell side in the middle of the day, about 3:00. and i think that was the major issue. exact reasons,

liz: there is the bell for the s&p futures.ry, thank you very much. >>> a major shake-up in management, you can't say you didn't see this one coming, sent shares of jcpenney tumbling double digits today. ceo ron johnson was fired and replaced by former chief executive, mike ullman. is it too late to save the iconic retailer? been a while to say it is iconic. >> i would say so. liz: we took to the streets outside jcpenney in manhattan to see what they think. >> i'm not a regular customer, when they made the change, no coupons, i stopped. >> they tried to go away from sales. that didn't work. so they will go back back and do sales. if that is what it takes to save retail, that's what they have to do. >> i love shopping at jcpenney. i have no problem with with them. liz: interesting. ashley: what is next for the struggling chain. adam shapiro joining us with the very latest, the "b" word is being used, adam. what can you tell us. >> the concern the next chapter in the jcpenney story will be chapter 11. burt fleckinger, the nose tr

be reporting after the bell.n appeals court grants macy's request to temporarily block j jcpenney from selling certain martha stewart goods. last week the court allowed jcpenney to carry some home goods that didn't carry the martha stewart name because macy's claims that it has the exclusive rights to sell martha stewart goods under a contract that runs through 2018. after the bell reporting disappointing numbers and intell numbers ahead of the estimate, still concerns about the future weighing on its stock. back to you. >> mary thompson, cnbc headquarters. thank you very much. >>> let's check in with meteorologist christina loren, who has a look at our forecast this morning. >> we finally got done with the strongest wind. we'll see a really nice day shaping up. good morning to you. wednesday can be difficult. get you over the hump, 4:46 so we can get closer to that all-important weekend. winds relax and high pressure ridge take over, which means warmer days ahead. will be close to 90 by the end of that seven-day