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bertha coombs takes a look. >> reporter: health care anovalan in the nasdaq composite. investor appetite for new tech stocks helped push tin dex within 5% of all time ether net bubble high. at the risk of sounding trite, the new tech boom is different. >> in 2000 you had a power ball move in the nasdaq that s following the tail end of this 15 year secular bull market and now it's been a much steadier healthy move into 5,000 on what we see as the early stages of a new secular bull market. >> reporter: amo biggest differences? bioteches now the biggest driver of gains up 35% in 2014 as companies like gilead have brought big drugs to markets. another big difference? tech valuations. microsoft the biggest weight in the nasdaq 15 years ago traded at 70 times earnings. today, apple the biggest driver is valued at 14 times its forward earnings after posting the highest quarterly profits of all time. >> i see this as a change in that consumers are spending more on tech versus enterprise. microsoft was mainly selling to businesses. now apple is obviously a very consumer-focused
bertha coombs takes a look. >> reporter: health care anovalan in the nasdaq composite. investor appetite for new tech stocks helped push tin dex within 5% of all time ether net bubble high. at the risk of sounding trite, the new tech boom is different. >> in 2000 you had a power ball move in the nasdaq that s following the tail end of this 15 year secular bull market and now it's been a much steadier healthy move into 5,000 on what we see as the early stages of a new secular bull...
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bertha coombs "nightly business report," new york. >> a lot of value on the black market. eamon javers has b looking into that and joining us from washington. eamon, if that hack attack was done by cyber criminals, in general, what could this information be worth? >> reporter: health information is more valuable on the internet black market than even credit card information. i've been talking to cyber security experts today who say you can sell health records online on the black market between $25 and $250 each. that compares to credit card numbers that go on the black market between $1 and $5. a lot more and insent vises the hackers to go out and get just this kind of data. >> when you say health info what are you talking about here? are you talking about my cholesterol count or my medical history or the personal information that is attached to those files? >> reporter: it's all that personal information you use in a medical record that you file an insurance claim. a lot what's happening here tyler, is they file false insurance claims and that's where the profit comes in
bertha coombs "nightly business report," new york. >> a lot of value on the black market. eamon javers has b looking into that and joining us from washington. eamon, if that hack attack was done by cyber criminals, in general, what could this information be worth? >> reporter: health information is more valuable on the internet black market than even credit card information. i've been talking to cyber security experts today who say you can sell health records online on the...
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i'm bertha coombs. much more "closing bell" after the break. what the cloud enables is computing to empower cancer researchers. it used to take two weeks to sequence and analyze a genome; with the microsoft cloud we can analyze 100 per day. whatever i can do to help compute a cure for cancer, that's what i'd like to do. ok, if you're up there, i could use some help. smart sarah. seeking guidance. just like with your investments. that sets you apart. it does? it does. you're type e*. and seeking another perspective is what type e*s do. oh, and your next handhold... is there. you don't have to go it alone. e*trade gives you the support and guidance to make informed decisions. are you type e*? >>> let's get a quick check on the markets here. 2,090.57 would be a record closing high. the dow likely won't hit a new closing high. 18,012 and 18,053 is the old high. we have a shot at that. here is the nasdaq. we're at a multihigh up 0.61%. >> this happening as president obama is hosting a cyber security summit in silicon val y valley valley. >> eamon ja
i'm bertha coombs. much more "closing bell" after the break. what the cloud enables is computing to empower cancer researchers. it used to take two weeks to sequence and analyze a genome; with the microsoft cloud we can analyze 100 per day. whatever i can do to help compute a cure for cancer, that's what i'd like to do. ok, if you're up there, i could use some help. smart sarah. seeking guidance. just like with your investments. that sets you apart. it does? it does. you're type e*....
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i'm bertha coombs, back to "squawk alley." >>> thanks so much, bertha.hours re/code's coextuv editor kara swisher will sit down with president obama at the cyber security summit. she joins us from stanford university. good to talk to you again. >> good to see you. >> the avevaters are out. i assume you keep them on for the interview? >> i don't think so. i have a little respect for the president, not you guys. >> that's always the question before a big interview. what do you hope to get? >> well, you know, i think i would like him to talk pretty plainly about his success or failures in the technology area, his relationship with silicon valley, net neutrality, issues around privacy and, you know, a little bit about his own personal thoughts on technology and where it's going from ai to, you know, the use of selfie sticks. >> kara, same question we were talking about earlier, almost so many different elements of security i'm not sure how you focus on one. do you get a sense of what the president or the white house's agenda is going to the west coast today?
i'm bertha coombs, back to "squawk alley." >>> thanks so much, bertha.hours re/code's coextuv editor kara swisher will sit down with president obama at the cyber security summit. she joins us from stanford university. good to talk to you again. >> good to see you. >> the avevaters are out. i assume you keep them on for the interview? >> i don't think so. i have a little respect for the president, not you guys. >> that's always the question before a big...
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bertha coombs joins us with the latest as does eamon javers. bertha? >> this could be one of the largest breaches ever of a health care company. anthem officials say they discovered it themselves a week ago today and contained it and alerted authorities. personal data of as many as 80 million current and former anthem customers and employees was accessed including social security numbers which are gold for identity thieves, e-mails, physical addresses, but no medical data appears to have been stolen. the ceo personally apologizes on a dedicated website that handles the breach saying the company's working with the fbi and others and is promising free credit monitoring and identity theft services. as the nation's largest blue cross operator anthem has more than 37 million current customers in 13 states and in a more consumer oriented market, winning back trust is key. >> it is a crisis. they have to manage this properly. they have to assure their customer base that they are taking this very seriously, they do have the fbi looking for the very targeted se
bertha coombs joins us with the latest as does eamon javers. bertha? >> this could be one of the largest breaches ever of a health care company. anthem officials say they discovered it themselves a week ago today and contained it and alerted authorities. personal data of as many as 80 million current and former anthem customers and employees was accessed including social security numbers which are gold for identity thieves, e-mails, physical addresses, but no medical data appears to have...
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bertha coombs at the nymex to break it down. y, bertha. >> movement has been the operative word in the bond market of late. you would be forgiven for having whip lash the 10-year up 50 basis points when it comes to yields in the last few weeks alone. an unprecedented or wild move we have seen as the actual price of the bond has moved lower. scott nations, what's really behind this wild move that we've seen? >> shorts in the bond futures world are get brave now. among traders, short interest is at a highest level in five years. the question is why? with crude oil bouncing 10% drives a stake through the heart of deflation fears. >> so brian scotland what are the afternoon minutes what kind of impact could they have on the bond trade here? >> i think it's the minutes are critical not so much what the fed said. they were going to say they want to be patient but take a look at what the fed governors, are there any fed governors getting impatient with the words patience and start to dissent from that we're at a critical level in the 10
bertha coombs at the nymex to break it down. y, bertha. >> movement has been the operative word in the bond market of late. you would be forgiven for having whip lash the 10-year up 50 basis points when it comes to yields in the last few weeks alone. an unprecedented or wild move we have seen as the actual price of the bond has moved lower. scott nations, what's really behind this wild move that we've seen? >> shorts in the bond futures world are get brave now. among traders, short...
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bertha coombs is there. >> the nasdaq big caps today that are lagging, carl.outperformers, but if you look today, it's the small caps that are holding things up. we've seen a lot of small cap energy names that have been so beaten down, today you're seeing them rally rather strongly. you're seeing some of the big cap areas really in weakness, in particular, when it comes to the biotechs ahead of gilead. out of some of these names that have done so well, some profit taking. apple today one of the weak points as apple goes, so goes the nasdaq and the nasdaq 100 in general. apple earlier this week having or last week rather having hit a fresh all-time high, has been trading above its technical moving averages, but today, showing a bit of weakness here. the other thing that's been interesting to watch today, have been some of the big movers. staples, the best performer. that on reports that staples and office depot may be considering a merger. office depot also one of the biggest gainers in the russell 2,000 as well. there was a time when we who have thought that t
bertha coombs is there. >> the nasdaq big caps today that are lagging, carl.outperformers, but if you look today, it's the small caps that are holding things up. we've seen a lot of small cap energy names that have been so beaten down, today you're seeing them rally rather strongly. you're seeing some of the big cap areas really in weakness, in particular, when it comes to the biotechs ahead of gilead. out of some of these names that have done so well, some profit taking. apple today one...
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♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> i'm bertha coombs your cnbc news update.s consumer sentiment fell more than expected in february to 93.6 amid concerns over wage growth, down from an 11-year high. a prosecutor in argentinas has reopened an investigation into alleges that the country's president was involved in a cover-up of controversial negotiations with iran. not the happiest of lunar new years at alibaba. there's a report employees of the chinese e-commerce giant have been told they will not receive their new year's bonuses. "new york post" says jack ma broke the news citing a rocky 2014. notwithstanding their massive ipo. jpmorgan chase ceo jamie dimon out with advice on how to handle bad employees. head to cnbc for the whole story. back to the "halftime report." >> bet he's not nice. we'll look. taking on amazon, marc lore is the founder and ceo of jet, an e-commerce start-up that has its sights set on disrupting the amazon business model and joins us on set. hello. >> hi. >> what's the value proposition you have? i'm a prime subscribers to amazon. i b
♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> i'm bertha coombs your cnbc news update.s consumer sentiment fell more than expected in february to 93.6 amid concerns over wage growth, down from an 11-year high. a prosecutor in argentinas has reopened an investigation into alleges that the country's president was involved in a cover-up of controversial negotiations with iran. not the happiest of lunar new years at alibaba. there's a report employees of the chinese...
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bertha coombs at the futures now desk. >> that's right.ems like you can't find a moment of zen when looking at bonds looking for the yields to move higher after the weak retail sales numbers, they fell. so is that it? is that all there is in terms of moving above 2%? let's bring in the traders to talk about it. scott nations, this just is one of those things it seems as though this yield does not want to move higher? >> that's right. and the interesting thing to me is that we pay attention to both stocks and bonds and generally they move in the same direction at least over the long term, but right now there's no rhyme or reason. bonds are focused strictly here in the united states retail sales, stocks looking thousands of miles away, what's going on in ukraine, so there's a real opportunity for somebody to move money from one asset to another. >> jeff, do you think this rebound that we saw today is a blip, is it over? >> well, we've seen nine trading days in february and there's been a jump and when 40 basis points move in the 10-year from
bertha coombs at the futures now desk. >> that's right.ems like you can't find a moment of zen when looking at bonds looking for the yields to move higher after the weak retail sales numbers, they fell. so is that it? is that all there is in terms of moving above 2%? let's bring in the traders to talk about it. scott nations, this just is one of those things it seems as though this yield does not want to move higher? >> that's right. and the interesting thing to me is that we pay...
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>>> i'm bertha coombs and here's your cnbc update.unce an executive order encouraging information hearing between the private sector and the government. kara swisher will interview the president at the end of the day. head to cnbc.com for that interview. >>> meanwhile, mastercard sends to invest in the mastercard safety net. before fischers and processors notice a threat of one. >>> yahoo! is reportedly cutting between 100 and 200 jobs mostly in canada after the layoff in october of 400 employees. >>> hormel foods is said to be in talking with apple farms. >> thank you very much. >>> what a week it's been for the markets and what a week for apple. and a market cap that made history but is the stock growth sustainable, katy stark is with bgig. this is an important break outhere? >> it has been. this month, we've seen apple clear at its november high. right around 120. you could get a higher target out of 130 some that break. that fast approaching that targeted level. but the stock koshts to exhibit positive momentum across all-time hig
>>> i'm bertha coombs and here's your cnbc update.unce an executive order encouraging information hearing between the private sector and the government. kara swisher will interview the president at the end of the day. head to cnbc.com for that interview. >>> meanwhile, mastercard sends to invest in the mastercard safety net. before fischers and processors notice a threat of one. >>> yahoo! is reportedly cutting between 100 and 200 jobs mostly in canada after the...
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i'm bertha coombs. now back to power lunch. >> thank you very much. let's go to dominik chew. >> tyler, we're keeping an eye on shares of the health care partners. this is the provider of kidney dyalysis services that hosted better than expected profits and sales. it also reiterated its full-year outlook. the shares you can see are down by 5%. the company is of particular interest to some investors because the company's biggest shareholder is warren buffett's brookshire hathaway which at the end of a third quarter had a near 18% stake. neck week we'll find out if the company added to or -- since mandatory holdings are due next week. those are known as s-13f filings. >> cyber security center stage today as president obama meets with tech leaders out at stanford university. about a half hour from now he is going to push for a more cohesive sharing of cyber threats between business and government. >> the summit is a step in the right direction but we still have a long way to go. he is back with us from london. james, welcome back. good to have you here.
i'm bertha coombs. now back to power lunch. >> thank you very much. let's go to dominik chew. >> tyler, we're keeping an eye on shares of the health care partners. this is the provider of kidney dyalysis services that hosted better than expected profits and sales. it also reiterated its full-year outlook. the shares you can see are down by 5%. the company is of particular interest to some investors because the company's biggest shareholder is warren buffett's brookshire hathaway...
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bertha coombs numbers now. >> hi, carl.t of cold weather move in to the east coast, we had fairly cold temperatures over the last few days we saw smaller than expected withdrawal of 160 billion cubic feet. the issue here just as the issue is with oil, we're still producing quite a bit. even as people shut in rigs. so we are seeing a smaller than expected withdrawal. the five-year average for this time of year is about 178 billion cubic feet so this is a fairly bearish report although we are seeing prices stabilize off of the lows of the morning. also seeing a bit of a pullback a little bit in crude after more data showing that we're continuing to see bills in cushing. back to you. >> thank you. >>> whole foods shares up sharply. changes to the image and price cuts seem to be working. we'll tell you now what to do with the stock. >>> meantime let's send it over to sue herrera for a news update. >> thank you, simon. here's what's happening. american express saying it's seeing negative earnings impact of the stop of dealing wi
bertha coombs numbers now. >> hi, carl.t of cold weather move in to the east coast, we had fairly cold temperatures over the last few days we saw smaller than expected withdrawal of 160 billion cubic feet. the issue here just as the issue is with oil, we're still producing quite a bit. even as people shut in rigs. so we are seeing a smaller than expected withdrawal. the five-year average for this time of year is about 178 billion cubic feet so this is a fairly bearish report although we...
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. >> bertha coombs is with us. >> the interesting thing is watching the nasdaq come back towards 5,000ve a different sector that leads. oftentimes it's biotech and it is again today. the biotech indices hitting historic highs. the nih is saying its eye drug was more effective in patients with diabetes. meantime you're also seeing some big names that were high flyers then high flyers again today like priceline. that strong dollar is encouraging a lot of folks to travel. a lot of those stocks are moving to the up side today. tesla reviving even as of course we have to hit on apple, that's the biggest change from 15 years ago. today right now not quite there but having hit a high above $129 a share its market cap topped 3/4 of a trillion dollars. >> that's a very big number, bertha. we're keeping an eye on that one. >> from also land to standard bearer. >> i think it's around 172 to hit the trillion dollar mark. thank you for now, bertha. >>> our bob casani is over here working the floor for us at the nyse, what do you see, bob? >> there's a lot of action in some subsectors. while in oil
. >> bertha coombs is with us. >> the interesting thing is watching the nasdaq come back towards 5,000ve a different sector that leads. oftentimes it's biotech and it is again today. the biotech indices hitting historic highs. the nih is saying its eye drug was more effective in patients with diabetes. meantime you're also seeing some big names that were high flyers then high flyers again today like priceline. that strong dollar is encouraging a lot of folks to travel. a lot of...
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. >> bertha coombs. >> watching what buffett's done regarding oil-related securities.loor? >> if you look at the charts oil stocks bottomed december 15th. we don't know when mr. buffett took imagine. imagine if you're a broker selling that stock look at december 15th bottom it's not in sync with what happened with oil. it's in sync of what happened with trading of stocks. it looks like coincidence there. december 15 bottom, why? i've been waiting to figure out. >> "stop trading" with jim in a moment. can data help cure a disease? the right treatment for you is out there. the problem is some of it's in this lab. some of it is in her head. some of it's in this new journal. and the rest of it is in your personal medical history. ibm watson can not only read this data, but understand it. it's trained by doctors. and it's always learning. it can help find hidden correlations and help your doctor recommend treatment options for you. there's a new way to work and it's made with ibm. >>> time for cramer and "stop trading." >> carl, i was going to talk about now northrop grewma
. >> bertha coombs. >> watching what buffett's done regarding oil-related securities.loor? >> if you look at the charts oil stocks bottomed december 15th. we don't know when mr. buffett took imagine. imagine if you're a broker selling that stock look at december 15th bottom it's not in sync with what happened with oil. it's in sync of what happened with trading of stocks. it looks like coincidence there. december 15 bottom, why? i've been waiting to figure out. >>...
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jackie deangelis and bertha coombs for all of what they saw today. bob, let's begin with you. the records that we are notching here today. >> it's right across the board. wilshire 5,000 is the broadest measure of the stock market. historic high. sipp s&p historic high. the dow transports have not hit a new high. everybody says the nasdaq is not quite at historic highs. 2 to 1 advancing and declineingdeclining. it was a nice rally. >> almost a stealth one. that's what's so interesting here is despite all of these record highs, kenny polcari was saying this earlier, doesn't exactly feel like the champagne and fireworks are out. is bertha there? bertha? we'll come back in a second. jackie deangelis let's talk about crude. this has been the driving force behind the market going up and down and all over the place recently. what are you seeing out there lately? >> it's interesting, we saw seesaw action again today. we were trading higher for most of the day but then we ended under $50 and we were in red territory. this was actually the one trade that really didn't have anything to d
jackie deangelis and bertha coombs for all of what they saw today. bob, let's begin with you. the records that we are notching here today. >> it's right across the board. wilshire 5,000 is the broadest measure of the stock market. historic high. sipp s&p historic high. the dow transports have not hit a new high. everybody says the nasdaq is not quite at historic highs. 2 to 1 advancing and declineingdeclining. it was a nice rally. >> almost a stealth one. that's what's so...
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so let's get to bertha coombs at the nasdaq market site monitoring the situation.hink we do it next week don't you? >> we are awfully close. i think we definitely get back to 5,000 next week although we obviously have the greek drama still overhanging going into next week. but the nasdaq composite is the best performer this week. and along the way we're seeing some all-time highs for the s&p i.t. sector thanks to a lot of tech giants here that are doing so well. the biotechs continue to be on fire and actually we have more biotech stocks on the nasdaq composite than we have tech stocks these days. and also the qqqs continue to power higher and some of those nasdaq 100 stocks today at all time high that is are taking out their all-time highs even from 2000 include intuit saying that the fraud that they saw with some of the tax returns weren't due to a hack on their zmsystem, and, of course apple which continues to power the nasdaq higher. the best performer of the week and so far one of the best performers of the year. >> unbelievable since march 2000. >> art cashin
so let's get to bertha coombs at the nasdaq market site monitoring the situation.hink we do it next week don't you? >> we are awfully close. i think we definitely get back to 5,000 next week although we obviously have the greek drama still overhanging going into next week. but the nasdaq composite is the best performer this week. and along the way we're seeing some all-time highs for the s&p i.t. sector thanks to a lot of tech giants here that are doing so well. the biotechs continue...
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bertha coombs following the big -- >> we actually got about within 12 points 5,000 at the open before falling back. it certainly doesn't help that am today is back below $130 a share. you have a lot of leadership today, a lot of stocks at fresh highs, including monster. ross stores as well. firing on all cylinders. and an all-time high. then you look at some of the old guard that still haven't put out and made their new all-time highs. cisco, intel, microsoft still haven't hit new all-time highs, but these days they do give def dendz, and that's one of the interesting things. more than half of the nasdaq 100 issues dividends, and they're fairly handsome. 3% or more. back to you. >> all right bertha thank you very much. to brian sullivan for a news alert. >> thanks tyler. looking at the baker hughes rig count. it's one of the more important numbers out there. oil and gas rigs dropped again. down 43 last week although 33 of those were oil. ten were gas. overall we're down 502 oil and gas rigs from a year ago. 444 of those were oil. the baker hughes recount is drilling rigs down 43. guys
bertha coombs following the big -- >> we actually got about within 12 points 5,000 at the open before falling back. it certainly doesn't help that am today is back below $130 a share. you have a lot of leadership today, a lot of stocks at fresh highs, including monster. ross stores as well. firing on all cylinders. and an all-time high. then you look at some of the old guard that still haven't put out and made their new all-time highs. cisco, intel, microsoft still haven't hit new...