. >> new ceo's unrelated to berkshire hathaway? >> yeah, maybe of the companies we invest in. >> possibly. as you look at portfolio people can get a sense what that is. we are here at the nebraska furniture mart. you are making a huge prediction on housing. it will have 1.3 million square feet. we got the exclusive video shot, it's about to open. how much in annual sales will the new nebraska furniture mart in fort worth dallas do? >> they don't want me to say this number, i will say it. i believe the store will do over a billion dollars. >> over a billion dollars? >> i do. the management does not want me to say that, but i really think it will. we do about -- this is the largest home furnishing store in the united states, and we're in the 50th or so largest market and we do 450 to 475 million here. we do 20 million in the week of the berkshire meeting. so we can do a lot of business. and i think it's going to be very big. >> right, i was hearing 600 million. you are saying a billion. >> the official forecast is 600. by the time of

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most berkshire hathaway employees will step up. >> these people are running businesses. it would be endlessly distracted by us if a name was revealed. they're better off running the businesses and as the time comes, we'll know who it is. liz: great to have you both. you guys already know in advance what some of it will say. thanks to robert miles. and lawrence cunningham. the enduring value of values. by the way, you can watch my entire interview, a lot more secrets revealed on foxbusiness.com or facebook.com/after the facebook.com/afterthebel l. closing bell ringing in 48 minutes. we knew lebron james was a trail blares. trailblazer. the one who loves blaze pizza. he's an investor. why the healthy design your own pizza joint is attracting him and other huge names like movie producer john davis. john davis, the son of marvin joining us along with jim mize us, the president of blaze pizza. this may be the most famous dress in the world. it is. forget maybe. it has everything to do with confusion over its color. care to take a guess? i know what i see. it's making others d

no company i can think of is as closely identified with a single individual as berkshire hathaway is.re talking about any number of potential combinations , i don't see how that's possible. >> i lay out the argument in "berkshire beyond buffett." it's much more than a single personality. it really is an institutionalized culture that reflects a set of core values including the sense of permanent managerial autonomy. >> how is it that berkshire hathaway across-the-board can be this flawless? especially given its in the investment world. the most hated industry there is. how could warren buffett have created such a utopia? >> i'm not sure if it's flawless or utopian but certainly stands out as an exemplar. it has had its share of mistakes. warren has never made any bones about it. it has a better image or track record than most is because of the idea of integrity. 30 years ago when warren stepped into leadeth salomon brothers -- lead salomon brothers, he told everybody that they should never do anything that they would not be happy to have a journalist report on the front page of the ne

that prompted warren buffett and berkshire hathaway to add to their profit. boosted it by 9%. $12.4 billion stake in ibm and also added to a position in charter communications as well. moving on to another interesting one here about conocophillips. they've completely sold out of their small stake in conocophillips. it was about $33 million worth. notably, they've gotten rid of all of their exxonmobil holdings. that was about $41 million shares. about $3.8 billion worth. notable energy trade there. and then here's an interesting one. first of all, 21st century fox, fox "a" is a new position about $166 million worth. but deere is interesting. deere, they have a new $17.1 million share position. that's a billion naf dollar position. what's interesting about this, melissa, is at the end of the second quarter berkshire hathaway reported the small stake. as of the end of the third quarter, it was not mentioned because they filed a private regulatory agreement with the s.e.c. saying that they didn't have to disclose it until they built up the stake. remember, buffet

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berkshire hathaway instead of trying to mimic his moves months after he made them. if you want bring yourself to to do your own homework save yourself some trouble and keep your money in an index fund. how about byron in oklahoma byron. >> caller: booyah to you from the great state of oklahoma. >> truly great. >> caller: osu country. i was wondering, nike popped about 1.9% today. if you were going to put it together, is it nike or ua? >> put a gun to my head. take the gun away. those are two great stocks. nike is great stocks of all time and underarmor has more risk than nike but if you're younger i think underarmour is the one you want to say i'll key up with it but this guy, he has ambition. let's go to glenn in south carolina, glenn. >> caller: hey jim, a big booyah from the palmetto. >> what's going on. >> they just had monster earnings the other day but guidance was not so spectacular. is it time to unload? >> i felt the same way. i said you know what they're going to tell a good story and they didn't. and you know what that reminds me of fort net. they did the

that is on the mind of any long-term investor in berkshire hathaway.g a page out of your playbook or something you might agree with warren buffett heads to europe. what should be on his plate? david: go with distress prices. unless you think these businesses are permanently disabled or impaired, it's a good place to look. he likes certain financial services. he has an investment in swiss korea -- swiss three for example. olivia: he has an investment in ali on. brennan: no comment. olivia, this brings us to the twitter question of the day. can there be peace with vladimir putin? will the security troops actually hold -- the security truce actually hold? tweet us. ♪ tom: good morning, everyone. olivia sterns has our top headlines. olivia: a quick recap of two stories we are following. first janet yellen facing the financial services committee today. yesterday, she was before the senate banking committee and laid the groundwork for later interest rate hike this year. and in greece, economic policies are only the beginning. the imf and ecb say actions spea

> i'll tell you, melissa the 50th anniversary, the golden jubilee of warren buffett running berkshire hathawaym friends and family to the third most valuable company in the united states of america. coming up, there are a lot of cross currents, we know that are worrying a lot of investors. strong dollar. low oil. when will the fed move? what's happening in europe? we are going to ask the man who is considered the most successful investor of our time. oh, yeah, he's here waiting in the wings. hi, warren, and sitting with us in a fox business exclusive. he's sitting with sam taylor who runs one of the companies that warren has bought recently. different type of company but come over back this way, i will be showing you something special in this box for the annual shareholder meeting for this jubilee year. 50 years at the helm of berkshire hathaway. it is expected to be the most popular tchotchke. he is only the shareholder to make money at the ceo meeting? how does that figure? i'm going be asking pointed questions that matter to your money. it is a full hour from the nebraska furniture mart. an

now, it's pretty easy to do warren buffett net worth, a company called berkshire hathaway. so "forbes" probably isn't too far off on the numbers here. the beginning of 2010 the year for which he reported the income his net worth was about 40 billion. at the end of the year his net worth was about 50 billion. so he had an increase in net worth of only 10 billion. i then went to the bill and melinda gates foundation web site, you know, i didn't want do it, i had people -- i don't have a computer even. but i went to the web site and looked at that, and lo and behold, that year or he gave $1.75 billion to the bill and melinda can gates -- gates foundation. bill and melinda aren't there any longer they've got the spend it in three years. if it's not, they've got to take it away, and i just thought you'd find that humorous. and looked, so that's one -- i didn't go to his son's web site or to his daughter's web site. there are two sons that have foundations that he gives to and i also didn't go the kiss counted -- discounted, to the insurance premiums that are discounted now and i

liz is in omaha and spoke exclusively with warren buffett for his 50th year at berkshire hathaway.e'll hear more from her interview coming up. general motors profits soaredded from the fourth quarter of previous year, with a year permeated with recalls. what is behind the buck? how could they profit so much with some recalls? ♪ at ally bank no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like mute buttons equal danger. ...that sound good? not being on this phone call sounds good. it's not muted. was that you jason? it was geoffrey! it was jason. it could've been brenda. david: these wild swings in the price of oil over the past couple days have been historic. the question is, what beyond issues of supply and demand is going on here? let's bring in the panel. john tamny, real clear markets editor, star of to on fox, one of the stars of "forbes on fox." fox business's tracy byrnes is with us as well. john besides supply and demand, we understand saudis are pumping a lot of oil, what is going on? >> it is simple. the dollar is stronger of late really last few years. it buys more.

he is a ligety morris possibility to executives at berkshire hathaway. at least four of the recent acquisitions will be seen by his deputies. that includes duracell and a german mortar cyclic women retailer. -- german motorcycle equipment retailer. who is going to take over for warren buffett? that has always been the biggest question at berkshire hathaway. the stronger u.s. dollar may be the final nudge acquirers need. a company has a presence in 150 countries and why the u.s. dollar is helping. a new leader is still an insider. much more on that story in a moment. ♪ >> let us get you caught up on some taught stories -- on some top stories. the violence continues in ukraine. macwhinnie and government says two troops were wounded in the last 24 hours. greece has until the end of the day to come up with a new list of financial measures. some other stories making news. a series of recalls have caused the president of honda motors his job. the retailer was plagued by major recalls of defective airbags. here is his decision to step aside. >> honda is ready t

very few analyst cover berkshire hathaway anyway. >> a lot of companies are overwhelmed with detail and of numbers out there and you cannot find -- he is on the far end and there are not tons of the. but he just to the point. wesley doesn't emit is a very number six, mcdonald's, new figures this morning say that sales are down this morning. expecting a drop of 1.2%, now the new incoming eeo, taking over in about a month from don thompson. he has his work cut out for him. >> nissan, verizon fall of bricks. sales down almost 13%. last january, up 5%. there is the issue and there is the point. if that is a big part of it. then there is the fact that mcdonald's is so far out of step with the direction of how they wanted to meet. >> the u.s. is a 4%. ok, whatever, it was flat. like you cannot get good food there. that is the point. he is by a huge multinational reiteration with the amount of supply they haven't country, and they cannot import their food. it was not so good. i speaking of ceo's is, we will discuss the challenges the new ceo has after taking science earlier this month. this co

and john deere, 2% that stock getting a boost from berkshire hathaway..1 million investment from berkshire hathaway into john d.. beating expectations with revenue. stuart varney is on the rise and he will be back after this. cme group can help you navigate risks and capture opportunities. we enable you to reach global markets and drive forward with broader possibilities. cme group: how the world advances. ashley: a federal judge blocked president obama's executive order and immigration. right now we are joined by texas congressman henry clay are. your district is on the aborted, largely hispanic district. the amnesty for illegal hispanic immigrants has been stalled. >> it is not amnesty. what reagan is a democrat in 1986 was amnesty. this is a temporary deferral the president is looking at, this is something that is only a first step. i'd prefer that we would do a bipartisan approach to exist but apparently congress is not doing it but the president had to do it. stuart: now has been stalled. judiciary has stalled debt and essentially said the president

straight ahead here we'll talk about warren buffett's berkshire hathaway underperforming the market so the s&p 500 over the past decade of course. should you be more like buffett in your investing to secure your financial future? copy his moves even if it means buying ibm? and angie's list rallies 50% after topping the 3 million member mark for the first time. that's coming up on "the closing bell." market so far but it's sloan that's coming up on "the closing why do we do it? why do we spend every waking moment, thinking about people? why are we so committed to keeping you connected? why combine performance with a conscience? why innovate for a future without accidents? why do any of it? why do all of it? because if it matters to you it's everything to us. the xc60 crossover. from volvo. lease the well-equipped volvo xc60 today. visit your local volvo showroom for details. >>> yesterday warren buffett disclosed a handful of changes in berkshire hathaway stock holdings. a new stake in deere. he completely shed his stakes in exxonmobil and conocophillips. now that you know what the orac

i'm a berkshire hathaway geek. a business so far from actual data.t is the problem with drivers getting insurance? >> one of the problem is many of the drivers right now are worried about current coverage. they are living in the dark for the most part. they cannot tell the current insurance provider they are driving for uber. the reasonbeing , you are not allowed to drive his attack legally or right share. this provides coverage -- >> so a lot of drivers are out there not telling their personal insurance that by the way i am using the car for delivery services. >> the reason being, if you tell them you may get your insurance canceled on you, or if you have came in between, there is a risk it may not be covered. that is the problem. a lot of drivers are living in here of that happening. there can be coverage of this time happening. >> talk to me -- one of the things you are known for is sticking something in the car to see when it is things used. aggregated data to figure out what your risk profile is in sharing that something insurance at the price a

going to talk more about finance warren buffett is facing krit sfrichl analysts that cover berkshire hathawayr the call thequality of the company's financial disclosure. buffett is dismissing the criticism. he tells the ft berkshire communicates all relevant information. he said he prefers to talk directly through shareholders through the news letter. >> did you watch the grammys? >> of course i caught the highlights this morning. it started at 11:00 p.m. >> a lot of talk -- >> and taylor swift. we'll get you the looks coming up. it was a star spangled red carpet in los angeles. the grammy awards. the best album award went to a rather unlikely star. we'll bring you the details after this. >>> and welcome everybody to "worldwide exchange" on this monday morning. >> good morning everyone. these are your headlines from around the world. >> we have to start with futures now. u.s. futures pointing to a lower open as greek jitters and european shares lower. prime minister sip russ putting his government on a collision course with europe pushing ahead plans to abolish awe austerity. >> greece is try

exxonmobil is the biggest loser in the dow after buffett's berkshire hathaway dumped nearly four billionstock last quarter. the "oracle of omaha" also dissolving his stake in conocophillips. however buffett is reporting a new stake in 21st century fox, that is fox business's parent company and 5% stake in agricultural equipment-maker deere. big moves by mr. buffett. >>> the pope leading an ash wednesday procession on the aventine hill marking first day of lent but elsewhere clergy took to social media to celebrate the occasion. posting hashtag selfies on instagram and talking about their faith. it has a little bit of a blow back amongst some catholics. the trend is growing after emerging last year. >>> redefining heavy metal. new plan to pick up business. plus, dead or alive, you're going with them. real life "robocops" coming to a neighborhood near you, yes. do you ever have too much money or too many robots. ♪ the real question that needs to be asked is "what is it that we can do that is impactful?" what the cloud enables is computing to empower cancer researchers. it used to take two

and warren buffett and berkshire hathaway was able to come in and now you get at least four junk piecesmail from. it works. it's great. charles: this stuff doesn't happen in europe because we have this sort of laissez-faire capitalism. this is a de facto way. the devoid was filled where regulators wouldn't fill it. these guys would fill it. >> i'm okay with letting the markets play out. it's not black or white. the short-term focus of a lot of these guys is going to result -- it would o iitwill be unintended. layoffs. spin-offs. lack of long-term growth because you want the money now. that's a negative. charles: let's go to the real, real deal on this and talk about some potential deals. what are some deals that these guys may be looking at this year? >> i think there's some fun ones. in the last couple years, it's been health care and pharma. we've seen that recently. it was in the tech. two names you probably know darn well. charles: yahoo? >> twitter and netflix. charles: really? wasn't icahn involved in that one way or another? >> yeah, and he got out. but it's still a name ripe for

jonathan: at warren buffett's berkshire hathaway, they have exited an investment in a some mobile asce of oil has halved since june. exxon mobil stock has fallen since then. a regulatory filing showed that buffett sold the holding in the fourth quarter. snapchat is said to be seeking a new round of funding that could value the company as high as $19 billion area and -- $19 billion. it would value the disappearing photo and video app as more than fiat, ryanair, and burberry. yes, really. another company that snapchat could be worth more than is carlsberg. carlsberg reported earnings today that showed slowing sales as well as the departure of their ceo. caroline, the top line of the earnings is the big management shakeup. >> after seven years at the helm rasmussen is stepping aside. he will be handing over the reins in june. the man who is going to be doing it is cees 't hart. he is the first non-dane to ever run carlsberg. this is the first non-dande to take the helm. he was the chief executive of a dairy company since 2008. it is tough times he is embarking on. fourth-quarter sales t

you heard it on fox business two weeks ago first during my exclusive interview with berkshire hathaway chairman warren buffett. he hinted he was about to buy a company in western europe. listen. >> we'd like to buy more businesses around the world. we're probably going to buy a small business in europe, but i'd love to buy big ones. liz: he bought a biker business. the oracle of omaha bought a german motorcycle equipment retailer for 452 million dollars. that's small to warren buffett. he wants a bigger one. he wants something more than a billion. it's called devlit lewis, it sells shoes to shirts and generated a little over 300 million last year. he loss of the cash generation businesses. this isn't the first time buffett jumped on the seat of a motorcycle company. in 2009 he bought a stake in harley-davidson. since that time the stock of harley up 300%. you heard it here first. more than a week and a half ago, buffett back into europe. >>> closing bell ringing in 13 1/2 minutes when. this man wants something, he gets it. cantor fitzgerald ceo howard lutnick live next to talk about hi

this year marks the 50th anniversary of warren buffett taking over berkshire hathaway. he sat down with liz claman. according to the oracle of omaha, he doesn't see the federal reserve hiking rates any time soon. warren: it's going to be very tough to raise rates when you have what's going on around the world. i mean, if europe has got them at zero, and you get rates higher in the united states, that would exacerbate a problem with the stronger dollar and funds flow. i think they have a very tough -- it would be tough for them to raise rates. liz: janet yellen, has she created unintentionally any kind of bubble that you can see? warren: no. liz: no bond bubble? nothing? warren: the last asset i would buy would be a 30 year government bond. that's a by-product of other policies that make sense. liz: how about a 10-year? warren: i don't want a ten day bond. >> go to foxbusiness.com to see the interview in full. fox business' hit new show, "strange inheritance" coming up. jamie colby is here on what to expect on tonight's episode. coca-cola is getting into the business of

it celebrates his 50th year at berkshire hathaway.ing of warren buffett, he tweeted, he says warren buffett recommended raven industries that's down 40% in 12 months. what's going on, long-term hold? you hate to go against warren buffett. execution has been horrendous. they've missed the street the past few quarters. warren maybe has a longer investment horizon than i do. i would not be in the stock right now. you follow raven. right? >> right. they've come to prom unanimouprominence. beyond that there's too many diversified areas. it's a conagglomerate. charles: down 40%. i'd rather look to make money on this neil move 20,000 to something else. denny who asked what do you think about kite? the pharmaceutical stocks getting crushed. gilead getting hammered. twenty points off the high. (?) another problem is execution. has not been good. they have a pretty good product pipeline. couple of intriguing drugs. wall street loved the stock until they, of course, haven't. i like biogenic weakness. i kind of like intercept. i'm not in kite. al

. >> well, warren buffett has started a global guessing game about which companies berkshire hathawayabout to buy. in his exclusive interview with liz claman, he gave a couple of clues. take a listen. warren: we're probably going to buy a small business in europe. but i'd love to buy big ones. >> this small big business, i won't ask you because i know you won't tell me, but is it in western europe? >> yeah, that's as far as we'll go. cheryl: okay. we know it's a small business in western europe. that's it. we want to know what you think. do you have any gises guesses about warren buffett's company will buy. let us know on facebook.com/lizclaman. we may share your answer. it went up during his interview, the hourly nerd. >> is he profitable? >> yeah, he said it's profitable. >> oh, so he was profitable? >> do you want to take -- i'm going to take a commercial break. do you want to keep talking? can we go to break early? >> we have to make sure if hourly nerd is profitable or not. >> closing bell is going to ring in 28 minutes. liz claman, the oracle of omaha, back in bonds. with heavy

there was not only the refinery explosion but yesterday's news that berkshire hathaway sold three quarters billion dollars. george soros got out also. when you combine exxonmobil, they were down big, totaling 16 points off the dow. david: stock always seems to be in the news as far as hedge funds are concerned, herbalife. herbalife is down, why? >> herbalife is down because several hedge funds are selling positions. who is increasing his stake by 80%. george soros. took money from exxonmobil and bought some herbalife. liz: that is interesting. [closing bell ringing] into utilities now. the bells ring on wall street. as we look and see how stocks finish -- finish up. it has been what the lower banner says. volatile day for stocks. fed minutes came out showing quite a bit of hesitancy moving forward on just single words like patient. makes you start to wonder if they are overly frightened, david how to proceed here. david: clearly they are. and the betting was right before these minutes came came out there probably would be a rate hike in 2015. even anthony scare my think may be changing his

anticipation of future outlays for insurance company, and i didn't go to the difference in owning berkshire hathaway and you don't have to pay capital gains tax birth you own the toys -- i don't too that. i looked at the total amount there and i got -- i got warren buffett's income in 2010 as being about 12.5 maybe 13 billion, from what i looked at. you follow me there? i win back to his taxes, which a little less than $8 million, and i calculated the percentage of income he paid in taxes and comes out to be about .06 of one percent. do you think he recommended taxings unrealized capital gains? the increase -- do you think he recommended to president obama that we should tax, let's say, the tax -- the first billion you give to bill and melinda gate's foundation or your son's foundation? of course not. he recommended raising tax rates on things he done pay taxes on and that he greats a congressional medal of honor for it. this is where you guys have to be serious. we must tax all income at a single rate from dollar one to dollar in and stop. [applause] and you got to do it on everything. i apologize

he said i actually wish people would think of pershing square as a holding company as berkshire hathaway i asked warren buffett about activist investors, i've known from interviewing him, he doesn't like these guys. he thinks they're in for the short move and they're not long-term investors. >> that's where ackman makes this compelling case. listen, there are numerous positions we've taken where we are in it for the long haul. in essence, he's saying that doesn't apply to us. you can't paint all activist investors with one broad stroke. the one thing i spoke about was the legality of some of the recent moves. >> the government doesn't tell us when they're going to do something. but the fcc has been at it for two years. the ftc is announcing a formal investigation which took place after i guess an informal investigation. so i'd be shocked if something doesn't happen this calendar year. >> that was on the position with herbalife, which has become -- a media circus. carl icahn on one side. bill ackman on the other. >> ackman loves it. >> he hates it. so you have this idea of this tension. t

say about the world in a very expanded 50th edition, because it's the 50th anniversary, of berkshire hathaway letter. what am i looking for? obviously, buffett's world view as well as clues for his next hunting ground. it's been a while since we've seen that man bag an elephant. he's got the cash to make some big acquisitions. i also want to hear about more ibm, despite repeated earnings disappointments. does he think he's made an error in buying a tech stock after warning us for years about the hazards of going beyond your kin and picking up one of those kinds of stocks? doesn't seem like ibm has built much of a manti te'ooat. does that bother him? plus, what is the view of oil after he booted exxonmobil from the portfolio, at one time a huge position even though he still rides the burlington northern railroad which has the most oil exposure in the group, that bakken line. buffett might not answer these questions in his letter but i bet becky quick asked them in the extravaganza monday "squawk box." don't bother me during those three hours, don't tweet me. especially if he comments on what i

so, look, if you think that warren buffett knows something, then buy berkshire hathaway.erwise -- liz: extension in greece. it is unloved sector right now when it comes to europe. why not go into unloved area instead of richer and richer by the minute u.s. names. gary? >> is that to me? the. liz: yeah. >> look i agree it is probably unloved and undervalued, the whole reason you point out the greek, euro, germany doing what they're doing, russia over there, just too much stuff going on i don't understand. liz: we climb the wall of worry like we did in the u.s.? >> any times, you hear stories, warren buffett bought that, carl icahn bought this. warren buffett and carl icahn's investment goals are very different from most people's investment goals and their resources are different from their resources. i'm hesitant about blindly doing what warren buffett does. he is not trying to fund his 401(k). liz: had you bought railroads when he did in 2005, six, seven, you would have won. get to major indices at all-time highs. there were a lot of stumbles and a lot of triumphs this we

. ♪ >>> your shares rally 3% today after a filing revealed that warren buffett's berkshire hathaway mores stake in the farm equipment maker. and bullish activity in the options market. dan is at the smart board with the action. >> so total options value ran two times average daily and calls outnumbered puts 2 to 1. obviously, it was on this buffett news here. he more than doubled his stake. and here's a stock that i think a lot of investors have liked to lump into cat tractor, which has had a tough go of late. the stock got killed. since filled in the gap on disappointing results. here's the thing. these to companies have very different exposure to emerging markets and the strong dollar, and deere has less. maybe that's what mr. buffett sees. and one other point. today the most active strike on the day was 2800 of the margin, 95 calls. both being bought. they went out yesterday at 42 cents. today closed at $1.14. when you think about it, into earnings, a debated risk play in the options market maybe makes sense. the report is friday morning, the options market is implying a 2.5% one-day

it is his first interview in his 50th year of running berkshire hathaway. fox business exclusive, asks not just about energy or entire railroad he bought, david to transport energy but does he see inflation coming? how about betting on any currencies? plus his sizable investment in coca-cola and moody's which is controversial. david: how much is the one hour lunch he charges for? liz: more than a million. david: more than a million. got it for free. liz: i like your thinking. david: 3:00 tomorrow. we'll be watching. we'll analyze it on "after the bell." we're awaiting earnings right now from consumer giant disney. had a 32% rally in the past year. do they have enough in the pipe line to keep the rally going? liz: big day for retail. you saw macy's on the lower third has better than expected 2014 full year numbers. how about office depot and staples? could they be on the merge of a massive deal. on the flipside, radioshack on the brink of bankruptcy. we'll discuss it with a former office depot chair around ceo. david: plus is oil or the rise of oil recently

one of the things we have seen berkshire hathaway invest -- he dressed that she invested in direct tvple below him that are knowledgeable. they tend to make media picks. maybe fox is the next one. betty: and petro china, he had a big stake. he made like a $7 billion profit. number seven sony, forecasting a surge in profit of $4.2 billion within the next three years. the ceo says it is using games and entertainment to turn around its electronic maker. alex: this is something analysts have wanted to them to do in a long time. finally, you are starting to see commentary that sony is earning back the investment community's trust. saying more or less, if we get -- matt: they are willing to sell their tvs were big enough premium. alex: you wonder what is that premium at this point. they are saying, we're willing to sell if i enough bid comes in . you would imagine, they would be willing to sell for a reasonable bid. the margins on tv manufacturing have been going down. they are so much higher in other instances, like game consuls. betty: if there is a right price. matt: you remember when pe

the chairman of berkshire hathaway says -- go to bloomberg, you will see the article there.hala says do it now. very tough is what warren buffett actually says. that risk still exists in terms of the debt market. that is the dollar backdrop. that sets the tenor for where we are in terms of the unemployment report which is tomorrow. now, what is going on with the euro. the european central bank says we will not allow week sovereign bonds as collateral anymore. you have to go to your own banks. there has been a little bit of reprieve. it is germany day. i am seeing notes that say anything that moves back up to 150, any kind of correction in the euro-dollar is an opportunity to consider your short-term trader as a cell opportunity. the volatility in this currency and this caught my eye this morning. price swings are at the highest level since 2011. that is what is driving the euro-dollar market. that is the critical issue. if qe doesn't take the euro lower, what will greece do? you saw the dollar rise and the real fall. what you have here is again moving toward strong u.s. fede

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started the companies from amazon to berkshire hathaway to google and apple into starbucks and focus make as huge difference and even apple a shift after steve jobs passed away. tim chookook has done a marvelous job. >> and four women around the table, not one of those companies have a woman ceo. >> not true. ibm has -- >> not in the top ten. >> i know. i noticed that as well. >> actually, if you look at the companies where there are women ceos, ibm, you mention them they're not doing so well. >> true. the thing about that is we now have women leading some of the largest corporations in america. there was a time when the women ceos were the media and advertising companies and now are ibm you know lockheed -- >> it's coming. >> companies have struggles. it's probably equal in terms -- >> let me ask you, one area of expertise for you is russia. i was actually at a swedish chamber of commerce luncheon in new york city yesterday. my brother, the ambassador, was speaking there and he was naming off all of these incredible companies that are based in stockholm, spotify being one of them. >

berkshire hathaway doubled its stake now owning 5% of deere's total shares boosting it to its highestevels since may of 2014. this does come ahead of the construction company's earnings. >> i wonder if we'll see them facing threats from the likes of apple. it was unlikely automakers would face a threat. a week about apple's plans to build its own electric car. the latest from cnbc hq. >>> apple's project is still official ly officially secret but it's been widely reported on. they plan to start production by 2020. industry experts say it typically takes five to seven years to develop a vehicle and up to a decade if they start from scratch. the project may never reach the market if it fails to impress apple executives. it would compete with tesla and gm that could have a range of more than 200 miles per charge. the times says apple has assembled a team of about 200 people both from inside the company and potential competitors like tesla and battery maker a-123 systems, suing apple for approaching employees. apple's venture is being called project titan. apple has been getting more invo

sec filings show warren buffet's berk berkshire hathaway sold and also raised it's stakes in deere and imb and took a new position in 21st century fox. another very well watched investor took new stakes in transocean but did dump google apple, intel, walmart and netflix. the total value of his stock holdings fell. take a look at how some of the stocks are trading. let's take a look at apple. it hit an all time high yesterday. up about 20% and that rally could continue. it's trading higher in frankfurt by 1%. >> let's remind you of the headlines. the nasdaq takes aim at 5k. the latest sec filings show warren buffet dumped oil stocks in the 4th quarter and ukraine's president confirms that troops are being withdrawn from the strategic town. we'll be back in a couple of minutes. >>> ukraine's president is currently with drawing troops from the strategic town in the east of the country. speaking with reporters it's already 80% complete. the russian foreign minister says they agreed ceasefire is currently being reserved in all front line areas. >> now actions by russian backed separatists a

regulatory filings meantime revealing that warren buffett's berkshire hathaway sold its entire stake exxon mobil, 41 million shares. berkshire increasing its bet on big blue adding 6.5 million shares to ibm. berkshire disclosing 5% stake in de. r deer. >> i'm expecting them to say we don't make the numbers. ag is terrible. but it's a value play. ibm -- there were so many hedge funds, when you see the disclosure, no one told me he dumped exxon. services and guesses of what buffett's doing are completely worthless. i find that deer if someone chases it today, they do report. so they tend to be saturnine in the way that they handle things. ibm, amazing. when you talk about ibm, they say we're giving shareholders what they want beat buyback. but you know what? -- >> but shareholders -- >> what is that? you want a stock that says at 210 instead of 210 to 160. >> you're calling for higher stock prices? >> i think that's the kind of return that shareholders really like. >> you know he has -- >> a lot of people -- >> he always likes tech and energy. >> hasn't embraces buybacks but in this ca

berkshire hathaway buying german motorcycle for 400 million euros.or in the european market. that's your cnbc news update. "squawk on the street" will be back after this quick break. stay tuned. in my world, wall isn't a street. return on investment isn't the only return i'm looking forward to. for some every dollar is earned with sweat, sacrifice, courage. which is why usaa is honored to help our members with everything from investing for retirement to saving for college. our commitment to current and former military members and their families is without equal. start investing with as little as fifty dollars. >>> euro don't finance mainsters assembled in brussels to try do a deal with greece. what the greek finance minister said on the way in. >> hope that is going to be an agreement and i trust we are going to have one. the greek government has gone not the extra mile the extra ten miles and now expecting partners to meet us not halfway but 1/5 of the way. >> equally, as bill was mentioning before the break, french and german leaders meeting in par

position in ibm, warren buffett will release his annual letter celebrating 50 years at helm of berkshire hathawaye with buffett monday morning. buffett tells "fortune" i'm one quarter coca-cola, if i eat 2700 calories a day, a quarter is cokeca-cola coca-cola. i drink 5 12-ounce servings. >> maybe that's why that stock hangs in there. >> what is he 83 84. >> god love him. >> his mind is incredible. >> i'll eat whatever he's eating. >> amazing. >> i may switch. >> the best walking advertisement cokeca-cola has, 84. >> the salesforce cokeca-cola in germany. >> the 50th anniversary, see what that brings. >> i've been reading letters since '83. they are brilliant. and becky will do a fabulous job. that will be must-watch tv. >> "stop trading" with jim in a moment. don't go away. sometimes the present looked bright. sometimes romantic. there were tears in my eyes. and tears in my eyes. and so many little things that we learned were really the biggest things. through it all, we saved and had a retirement plan. and someone who listened and helped us along the way. because we always knew that someday the

it's berkshire hathaway. some interesting moves coming out of the regulatory filing.s aez of december 31st. the big headline ibm. the shares lost about 17% of value in the fourth quarter. well warren buffett added to his position in ibm boosting his position by about 9% to 77 million shares of ibm stock. also charter communications a 25% boost to their stake there to about 6.2 million shares. that's about a billion dollar position. also looking at some of the new holdings they've put on here. they have put on new positions in deere, about a 17 million share position worth $1.5 billion. also 21st century fox, a new position there of about 4.7 million shares. and then some notable complete dissolutions. warren buffett has gotten complete of conocophillips. it was a smaller position there, about $33 million, but also completely out of his position in exxonmobil. that is about a $3.8 billion position that was dissolved completely. they sold all 41 million shares during that quarter. so again, boosted stakes in ibm and charter. gotten rid of completely conoco fill limbsphi

. >> berkshire hathaway never split. >> i'm still disgusted by i'm going to drop a burrito bomb.ng to find out who wrote that. >> i have a guess. >> i didn't write that. >> you didn't write that and you don't like it either do you? chipotle doesn't like it. >> i would say i would like the stock in come in toward the low 600s and that will probably -- >> low 600s. that's like going from 72 to 62. >> for a long-term stock it's a good name to own but for the next 12 to 18 months probably not yet. >> does taco bell have the same problem as mcdonald's with chipotle? it's not fast casual? it has a stigma. >> taco bell is still fast food. there were a few observers a couple of years agathao that tried to see it as a come pet to to chipotle but it's just not the same level of ingredients. well i would say that they're good for different occasions but i mean younger people love chipotle. >> steven thank you. >> we have a couple of other stocks to watch this morning. toyota raising it's full earnings guidance. it's helping offset slufringmping demand in japan. sony has cut costs of its ima

he's a member of the board of berkshire hathaway. praise came in from around the country. en buffett said you can sum up don's life. everybody loved him. he is known nor the creation of new coke. it's not eelzasy to make a mistake in corporate america. but don affected the art of mea culpas. and took to the stage to apologize in front of hundreds in new york. his speech is the stuff of legend and harvard case studies. he shared some of the more comfortable responses. one address to the chief dodo that asked what ignoramus decided to change the color of coke? if you'd like to see his speech you can find it on youtube. keough is survived by his wife six children 18 grandchildren. i sure hope so. with healthcare costs, who knows. umm... everyone has retirement questions. so ameriprise created the exclusive confident retirement approach. now you and your ameripise advisor.... can get the real answers you need. start building your confident retirement today. can it make a dentist appointment when my teeth are ready? ♪ ♪ can it tell the doctor how long you have to wear this thing

also regular tore followings revealing the latest news from warren buffett's berkshire hathaway. 40 millionra phil lins. buying 6.6 million shares of deere. andarding to the ibm hold and do wore wail watch whatting. >> we were talking about ibm in the previous house. january 2011 math is our friend. the dow, since the beginning of 2011 is up about 55%. ibm is up about 8%. that's being generous. it's been a laggard for now for a number of years. >> the worst performing dow for two years running. >> well now, it's american express. >>> we do have interesting news that is just out from drugmaker actavis, when it completes the acquisition of allergyan as its name. with the consensus earnings report with ceo brent saunders coming up later in the hour. >>> greece's government confirming that it will request an extension to its eurozone agreement. michelle is back with us. joining us back now just joining us for those in the news in chicago or whatever waking up, how close do you think we really are? >> impossible to say. just to clarify what you just read there, they're going to see an extension

we'll be live in omaha with berkshire hathaway ceo warren buffet. you can post it to your social network using the #ask warren and use twitter, facebook and instagram and submit a video question. weet your video or your vine at cnbc or you can share a video or instagram. remember to include the #ask warren. but he will be with us live for three hours monday morning. >> as of this morning pot is now legal in washington d.c. but not everyone is happy about it. that's the way it's been. an odd consequence, tracie potts joins us with the story. >> hi joe. so there are republicans here on capitol hill who do not want to see this go into effect. technically it did at midnight just a few hours ago but they're threatening to have the mayor of washington d.c. arrested saying she could end up in prison for pushing this. 70% of d.c. residents voted it but washington d.c. is not a state like alaska colorado and washington state where it's legal they are subject to what congress has to say about it. d.c. is under home grow home use which mean ifs you're over 21

earlier this week we learned berkshire hathaway bought a stake in the company.n political news the nation's current and former governors are going to be gathering in washington today for an annual meeting also taking part in the conversation administrative and legislative officials along with business and academic leaders. >>> here are some of the stocks we're watching. intuit posted a stronger than expected loss, strong demand for its turbo tax. tax season. >> hurry up. the clock is tick inging. >> sneaks up on you. nordstrom's earnings falling short of estimates. the company says margins fell as it worked to clear inventories and used deeper discounts to do that. the retailer's quarterly same store sales did beat forecast ss and shares of noodles getting slammed. the casual restaurant chain posting disappointing quarterly results and warning its full-year earnings will miss the mark. it was a mixed quarter though, for marvell technology. the other is marvel. marvell earnings -- >> disney. >> the earnings revenues did beat expectations. the company, though issu