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just as the closing bell comes in just about ten minutes.on to a triple-digit movement dow industrials up 189 points, financials, technology, economically sensitive all doing well today. we're back in two minutes time with more on this market. stay with us. [ male announcer ] we began with the rx. ♪ then we turned the page, creating the rx hybrid. ♪ now we've turned the page again with the rx f sport. ♪ this is the next chapter for the rx and the next chapter for lexus. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> welcome back. we're just about ten minutes away now from the closing bell. the dow we've told you soaring up 173. >> thanks for joining us. steve, would you commit new capital to this market at this level? >> very little. i would dollar cost average, and i do recommend investors be very, very cautious. >> why? >> you've got to look at the economy. the economy is still slow growth. profits are still condensing. they are slowing down. we still have problems in europe. it's not going away. our spending is still out of hand, and the market i

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"closing bell" is next. >>> ready? >>> welcome to the "closing bell."ue herera in for maria bartiromo here at the knowledge. we're higher, but don't forget it was in the final hour yesterday where we had that really big violent move down to the downside. so great to work with you, scotty. >> likewise, sue. never know what's going to happen over the next hour. i'm scott wapner in today for bill griffith. a rebound for the market, at least for now after yesterday's 200-point loss. investors like what they are hearing from ben bernanke today, that the easy money will keep coming from the fed. >> indeed, but reaction to that and more is coming up from our special guest ray duffy. he's executive chairman of the chicago mercantile exchange. he's here exclusively. he's going to be with us here for the whole 4:00 hour and has a lot to say about the stock market, the economy and a lot more. we'll ask him about the reports he's in talks with germany's bourse. >> a warning about the sequester cuts kicking in and a warning that the banks could be hardest hit if con

"closing bell" is next. >> hi, everybody. happy friday to you. welcome to the "closing bell." i'm maria bartiromo at the new york stock exchange. the major averages in danger of posting losses this week though. >> if we stay right here, we'll see that. i'm bill griffith. the dow does not be able to look like it will avoid a second consecutive losing week. the blue chip average down sharply in the last half hour on those reports of an internal e-mail from a walmart executive indicating that a very slow sales, a total disaster were the words used to describe the sales so far. we've got the latest on this developing story coming up. >> amazing that interoffice e-mail getting out like that. >> once again. >> just as the individual investor is urged to get back into the market, more news of possible insider misconduct. the government looking into suspicious trades before cnbc reported the news before it was reported warren buffett was purchasing heinz. >> automatic spending cuts are set to kick in march 1st and congress is on vacation as the cuts seem more and more likely to happen

welcome to the "closing bell." i'm maria bartiromo. stocks are higher again. s&p 500 trying to open up the week with eight consecutive weekly gains, never happened since the s&p was created in 1950. >> happy 62nd birthday, i don't know, something with the s& don't have many home runs in the market but just hitting singles and keep you go the score. i'm bill grittive. the dow and s&p are touching five-year highs fueled by reports of yet another merger. this one now involving office max and office depot. they are in merger talks, all on the heels of last week's big merger news that included american airlines, u.s. airways and h.j. heinz. the wheels continue to turn. >> really do. we'll talk about deals. one of the big deal-makers on the show today. don't look now, but $5 gas is becoming a reality in one part of the country. we'll talk about whether spiking gasoline prices to be the big threat to the economy right now. >> i knew i should have filled up yesterday. this is going to keep going up. a pair of big earnings coming your way at the top of the hour. dell a

we're getting ready for the closing bell and "after the bell." david asman is in place.drink, drink again. that will be my line for the whole weekend. liz: regular king lear. david: if we make it into positive territory this will be consistent market. we've been doing well since the beginning of the year. it was way down but it has beaten its way back up except for gold which we'll talk about in just a moment. liz: let's go to nicole on the floor of the new york stock exchange. we can not ignore what is happening over last couple minutes at herbalife. the fight for that stock continues to heat up. carl icahn

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you got a beef on the taco bell thing, juan?u got taco bell running for the border there. you know, i think it was not demeaning. i thought that was evidence of life in old bones and people having great fun. >> bill: let me stop you. life, old bones. okay. drug use implied. all right? other immature acts that younger americans maybe 16, 17, they are getting a hoot out of it big tattoo the guy gets on his back. this is what you think reflects senior citizenhood in america, juan? >> no. i didn't think -- i didn't think it reflected all life of seniors. i think the idea that seniors have some sexuality about them. that they are not simply, you know, people who are to be stockpiled, ignored or demeaned i think is a good thing. >> bill: couldn't it have been done in a classy way. have to portray them as clowns? >> no. not necessary necessary. i didn't think they were clownish i thought they were having fun. i'm sensitive to what your perspective is i really thought it was evidence of someone who is shortly going to be among them. i t

that will do it for closing bell. stay with cnbc. options action begins now. >>> this is options action. tonight, take a bite apple shares have been rotten but could a major shareholders meeting get them cooking again wechltle debate it and show you how you can make money too. >>> talk about an oscar worthy trade. >> i'm the king of the worl. >> cohen carter teaming up for a trade on time warner that could make you five times your money in two months tichlts a blockbuster trade you won't want to miss. why are all those option traders pigging out on wendy's calls. a super size explanation. the action begins right now. >>> live at the nasdaq in new york city's times square, i'm melissa lee. these are the traders. stocks break their losing streak. the dow closing with over 100-point gain breaking its two-day losing streak. is this healthy price action or is there something amiss in the markets? it was a tough week for home builders, retailers and autos. they are surfacing about the strength of the consumer. >> we saw disappointing resul

about 30 minute away from the closing bell right now.re keeping a close watch on whether this market can make it to an all-time high. not everybody is convinced that this rally is for real. >> some saying we're setting ourselves up for a direction and should take money off the table and others still believe in this market saying this is the time to go long equities and both join us to duke this out. >> thanks for having me. >> once we got to 14,000 on the dow just to use that as an example, we've stalled here this, raly. >> that's right. the market is getting choppy. we saw the big correction earlier this week. those are technical danger signs. compare that with what we're seeing in the real economy, a major divergence between economic activity, growth and durable goods spending down, consumer being hit with higher gas taxes and comments out of walmart and higher payroll taxes. seeing the danger signs technically. i think you want to take your money, take your money out early and come back and live another day. >> in other words, you thi

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"countdown to the closing bell" starts right now. good afternoon, everybody, i am actually webster in this afternoon for liz claman. the last hour of trading and things have deteriorated over the last hour or so. we are bouncing back a little. most of the dow 30 as you can see is in the red. mcdonald's one of the key bright spots, verizon endocrine that is wal-mart. very few and far between. we are off of the session lows, down 105 points coming back from there down half a percent. the s&p down 10% of the nasdaq also up about a third of a percent. you don't need to look any further than the financials, all red, the market leader until recently. today's weakness across-the-board, goldman sachs up 2%, goldma morgan stanley al. ubs also down over 2%. gas builders the best performers in 2012, but as you can see red arrow is. toll brothers all moving down two or 3% today. as for stocks in the skid, volatility is picking up, some analysts predicting, looking for downside protection. the vix jumping almost 8%, up nearly 2.5 points. breaking

bell is seeking at least 5,$000. shedoesn't know that she was directly affected but her attorney says she's emotionally damaged. ms. bell is the first patient of dr. nikita levy who worked for the hospital. bellsaw him for six years. >> i can't remember one occasion we were talking about an issue, per se, health issue that i was having and brought up to my doctor, and he was almost extremely interested. >> bell said it's hindsight now but she remembers feeling uncomfortable. >> i yelled in the break room at lunchtime. i said no, that's my doctor. >> in the lawsuit, bell claims serious painful and permanent injuries from dr. levy's actions and that johns hopkins intentionally and fraudulently withheld information. >> there's clearly damages in this case. they've been hurt and abused. >> another baltimore law firm has taken more than one hundred calls from former patientings. attorney steve kelly says he's waiting on more information before he files lawsuits. instead he submitted requests to the hospital. >> the number

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here's what's on tap for today's "closing bell." the dow for a time was within 100 points of the all-time high. then it went sideways. we have realtime analysis on what happened and was. >> another market worry is the fed flinching on how and when it will stop priming the monetary pump? our steve leisman with a report you cannot afford to miss. this will be market moving. >> especially this week with the fed. >>> all right. later, forget gambling with your money. if you've got to go to vegas are you now gambling perhaps with your life? there's been a string of violent crime on that iconic strip and it's taking its toll as some are worried about tourism hits to vegas. >> not a good time for that to be happening. >>> we kick things off with this seesaw day for the markets. let's get you caught up with the dow. down 62 points. it was at the high of the day up 81. at the low down 107. and the volatility index has reared its ugly head. fear is coming back to the market today. the nasdaq at this hour is down 11 points, about 1/3 of a perc

welcome to the "closing bell." i'm maria bartiromo at the new york stock exchange where they have stayed open despite the storm and the stock market. today is in a fight to the finish the week on the positive. bill? >> hey, maria, yeah. i'm bill griffith here at cnbc headquarters. let's face it, the market is doing better than the roads in this nor'easter so far this friday. here's what you have to think about. the dow has to finish higher by about 66 points for us to be up for the week. if not, this remarkably would be the first losing week for the dow this year so far, maria. >> yeah. it's been such a year. also today, we are, of course, following this storm as it continues to develop and intensify. there are worries about widespread power outages with these blizzard conditions. thousands of flights already cancelled. more than 3,000 in fact. likely many more to be cancelled. full coverage on the storm, plus we're speaking with the president of wse & g who is company is in the spotlight after handy. >> very much

for coverage, don't miss "after the bell," and we continue "countdown to the closing bell" with cherylheryl: all right. two companies dropping keeping the dow in the red now. the big board, if we can, down 28 points, 13898, why does it matter? we brought back a lot of the losses throughout the afternoon so we're well off session lows and back down 29, but, again, not, you know, down triple digits at this point, good to see. 13898 #. bringing back in nicole from the floor of the new york stock exchange to give us back and forth of the afternoon session. >> that's right. we were down 108 points yesterday, down over 90 points today, and you can blame, right now the moves we see to the downside, caterpillar, wow, nice and big, 1.7% to the downside. excuse me. caterpillar and home depot, together, are accounting for 27.5 negative dow points. basically, the dow, without these two names, would actually be flat for the day here. we've, ofng, watched the two names under pressure. home depot downgraded today, and cat caterpillar, one of the industrials a lagger because of the weak fed numbers. t

the countdown to the closing bell begins right now. liz claman is on assignment in cleveland where goldman sachs held its first graduation ceremony for entrepreneurs. fascinating stuff. you will hear about it in a few minutes. but first, to these markets, stocks are down, but trading at their best levels overall since november of 2007. the dow down almost 35 points as you can see on your screen. s&p losing ground as well, down a fraction. and the nasdaq down more than 7 points. we're going to watch it for you in the last hour of trading. there are some individual names we're looking at right now. these are some names that are hitting new highs. linkedin hitting a new high today following last week's fourth quarter numbers, up 4%. google is actually lower, down 3/4 of a percent. eric schmidt laid out his plans to sell half his stake in the internet giant. let's take a look at amazon, down 4.95. though it did announce a streaming deal with cbs, but investors not impressed, that stock at $257 per share. let's get to our floor show. we hav

the breakup of the old bell system.i think that it was highly doubtful that bob is associated with digital technology applied to medications, such as the internet and broadband services, would have occurred so swiftly or perhaps at all. but for the disintegration of the bell system monopoly. although not a turn at the time, the bell system, in partnership with its regulators and notwithstanding at bell labs, had systematically targeted rather than promoted the adoption of new communications technologies. in successfully promoting a new communications freedom, the freedom to innovate, tom whitehead made an enormous contribution to social well-being, not just in the united states, but on a global scale. thank you. [applause] >> tom whitehead, audio book, chapter four. [laughter] first, i just want to thank margaret, clay, and abigail, for inviting me to be here today. i was a part of a small but important part of his life. tom was a very large and important part of my life. in november of 1982, i met a man who would chang

bell foundation. >> it's been a week since the shooting. (bell tolling) for most of the journalists in this newsroom, they've never covered anything that came close to being as horrific as this. it is a singular event in the history of connecticut. (bell tolls) >> narrator: a week after adam lanza massacred 20 children and six adults at sandy hook elementary school, church bells tolled across the state. memorials were erected to the 26 victims. president obama read out 26 names. but there was a 27th person murdered that day-- the gunman's mother, nancy lanza. >> nancy lanza is the person adam was closest to in the world. she was the first person he killed. he shot her four times in the head while she was in bed, and then he went off to sandy hook elementary school. if we can begin to understand adam's relationship with nancy, we probably can begin to understand adam. >> one of the things that josh and i talked about early on when we were given this assignment is the fact that it didn't seem like nancy

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closing bell ringing in 39 minutes.nitowoc hitting 52 week high after reporting better than expected fourth quarter earnings. coming up the chairman and ceo of manitowoc will join me in a fox business exclusive. i will ask him the other ways the company is manufacturing profits. you don't want to miss that. there's a gorgeous stock chart. and, yeah, as we mentioned, the picture. that's right. he's not in the super bowl, but you know what? he was nice enough to show me how to hold a football. although i got it wrong. that's when we got to meet tim tebow. ♪ ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. ♪ liz: here's your fox business market check. so the s&p 500 will end in positive territory as it stands firmly above the 15,000 level. s&p is not 15,000 it is, of course, 1500. 1511. as a cousin of this week's winners. a close race at the top as of the companies have seen quite an earnings bump. how about little sydney bows which has not been makin

>> the dorito taco bell thing was great.hours ago they announced earnings and in china they were devastating. the chinese stopped eating their food. a smack of desperation there. >> they are turning down our fast-food? they are smarting than we are. anne, you eat nothing but taco bell, so you must be thrilled. >> i am saying wendy's your move. jay wendy's is going to do mcdonalds flavored burgers. i don't know what that means. bill, this is my theory about taco bell, they are a genius. they can make a new product every month out of the same two ingredients, meat and tortillas. and they come up with something new every day. >> they mush it together and it is a slightly different shape. now it is this, and then we do it. aside from china, they are smarter than us. >> it is a taco and flatten it, hey, it is flat. and then hey, guys, watch this. roll it uptight. >> i also don't believe that the names of the products are real spanish words. i think they are like -- >> chime chimechonga. >> they are a delivery system for foods the

c, taco bell, pizza hut.e headwinds particularly in china where they had some problems. this publicity problems pertaining to chicken. that obviously bodes knot well, is not good news for the revenue that they generate abroad. down 4% for yum! brands. ashley: no one likes a chicken scandal. nicole, thanks very much. we'll be back in 15 minutes. that is true, isn't it. tracy: that is the quote of the day. no one likes a chicken scandal. stocks rebounding nicely. the s&p back above 1500, already hitting, year-end targets. what does he do? see if he comes to work tomorrow. we'll ask bmo harris private bank cio jack ablin. ashley: fyi. even as earnings season is winding down, i guess we're 60% through, big names reporting after the bell. what you need to do know before disney, chipolte and zynga report. let's check how the dollar is moving right now, with the dollar gaping back a lot what it lost yesterday. check out the euro, up to 135.77. euro lapped leaders not happy with the strengthening euro as you can imag

. >> alan bell, jr. is an 11-year veteran of the dover volunteer fire department.e, louis morales with the randolph fire department is also on the scene. >> we saw a lot of smoke coming from the first floor and lot of smoke coming from the second floor, in the front of the house. >> morales learns a woman is trapped on the second floor. he and his team quickly assess the situation. >> when i arrived, i just saw the randolph fire department on scene establishing water supply and trying to get into the building to be able to make a rescue of the victim that was reportedly trapped. >> shortly after arriving, alan bell pulls out a brand new gadget, a helmet camera, giving a rare glimpse of what firefighting is like up close. >> i got it for christmas of 2009 so probably about six weeks before this fire. that was the first time i actually used the camera. >> because of a change in regulations, it's the first and only time bell will use his camera on scene. he turns it on and goes about his job for the day. >> we are initially what they called a rapid intervention team t

and coming back to griffin bell, the reason i was, i mean, i volunteered to testify at griffin bell's hearing because i flew that griffin bell was the one who got both sides of the school desegregation in a courtroom and said, look, you all know more about atlanta schools than anybody else, you all work this out. and when you get through call me, and i'll make it a court order. [laughter] i mean, there was, there was a trust and a realization that this was a real problem that had to be faced regardless of the risks that were taken. now, compare that with right now where, i mean, people are writing about stories in such a way that, well, they do better reporting on the falcons -- [laughter] and, i mean, more in-depth reporting on the football game. >> we like our falcons, okay? [laughter] but i understand what you mean. >> but, but -- >> to your point earlier, too, that -- and those who read the book, i would point you to the chamentder on bo galusa. and while no one would ever say the press wuss more on the front lines of danger than the people in the movement themselves -- >> i would

lindsey bell of the street.com. we continue our monday series with some of the nation's top universities, we call it "nbr- u." our partners from harvard, stanford, wharton and vanderbilt, bring us vast knowledge about business issues. and you can read in-depth articles at: www.nbr.com, just look for the "nbr-u" tab. tonight, depression babies and how our economic experiences affect investment behavior here's tom hudson and stefan nagel, professor at the stanford graduate school of business. >> when people have lived through periods where it is very well, you see that people are more willing to invest in stocks, people are more opposite about the rates of returns from -- stocks and what you basically see are long-term cycles where-- in the stock market basically induce people to invest more in stocks. >> tom: is the inverse true, in other words, if you happen to live through a bear market in stocks you are less likely to put your money there? >> precisely. and actually what we find is also that the effect is stronger