. >> and i'm bill griffeth in tonight for tyler mathisen. we start with mcdonald's and coke two of the world's most recognizable brands and two companies that have been mired in a slump. but today, investors got a glimpse perhaps ever so slight things may finally be g around. mcdonald's revenue met wall street estimates but earnings share missed but the company ceo is close to revealing a plan to remake the world's largest fast food chain. coke meanwhile beat wall street estimates and for the first time in nine quarters reported a revenue bump. investors liked what they saw and heard and sent both shares of companies higher at the end of today's trade. sarah izen has more of the challenges that lay ahead. >> two of america's iconic brands are having a tough time at home. coke and mcdonald's trying to figure out how to attract younger health conscious consumers but until coke gets the product mix right they are charging higher prices for drinks. still beverage volumes were flat in north america. diet coke is a particular concern. recent my sp

i'm bill griffeth in for tyler mathisen. sue herera is also off tonight. so it's just you and me tonight. let's get to it shall we? it was a day of deals, mega deals. if they go through, it would total $100 billion. first up the big one. last night we told you about royal dutch shell in talks to buy bg group. today, shell pulled the trigger saying that it would buy bg for $70 billion making it the biggest deal in that industry in more than a decade back when chevron bought texaco in 2000 for $36 billion. shares of shell finished the day lower by 3.5%. jackie deangelis has more on what this deal means tonight. >> reporter: a big deal announced in the energy patch today. royal dutch shell buying bg's roughly $7 billion. it's the latest energy deal this year and one of the larger of the last decade rivaling when exxon bought mobile in 1998. bg known for both oil and gas assets. the addition of those assets will boost shell's portfolio by about 25%. >> for shell, the purchase of bg increases their oil and natural gas reserves as well as their oil production wh

. >> i'm bill griffeth back here at cnbc headquarters. this is a day when you think about it more than 15 years in the making. the nasdaq on track finally to end the day in uncharted territory. trading above its march 2000 all-time high. that close was at 4,0548. set back march 10th of 2000. we're a little less than 16 points above that level. the other number we're watching this hour the s&p 500 also flirting with new highs. the previous all-time high on the left, 2,117. there's the current level. we're flirting with that one. see if we can do that in the next hour. >>> the market's very next direction could be determined by a huge batch of earnings after the bell today. it is highlighted by google amazon microsoft and starbucks. we'll hear exclusively from starbucks' ceo howard schultz right after his numbers are released, bill. >> we have a lot of ground to cover this hour. markets trading right now though, interesting pop midday. pushed the dow up. it was up more than 80 points for a time. i think it was a 90-point gain for a time. no

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i'm bill griffeth in for tyler mathisen. sue herera is also off tonight.t you and me tonight. let's get to it shall we? it was a day of

. >> and i'm bill griffeth in tonight for tyler mathisen.art with mcdonald's and coke two of the world's most recognizable brands and two companies that have been mired in a

i'm bill griffeth in for tyler mathisen. sue herera is also off tonight. so it's just you and me tonight. let's get to it shall we? it was a day of

. >> and i'm bill griffeth in tonight for tyler mathisen. we start with mcdonald's and coke two of the world's most recognizable brands and two companies that have been mired in a

. >> i'm bill griffeth.ause we have been going back and forth for a long time about what in the heck is going on today with all the various markets. just trying to make sense of it all because bad news to some degree has been good news on this first trading day of the week. stocks rallying after a big sell-off on the open this morning. perhaps on hopes that friday's disappointing jobs report that caused the sell-off will now postpone the fed's first interest r

i'm bill griffeth. the fed releasing its decision in the last hour comment on the economy. obviously weak data out on the first quarter. which was much weaker than anticipated. the fed still is data dependent. it looks like june may be off the table in terms of a rate hike. we'll talk about that. we have a lot to talk about. top names on wall street, including rick rieder and james grant, coming up get their way on the economy and what the fed will do about it. >> a lot of hot earnings stories keeping us busy as well. gopro up almost 13% on the news that the company is breaking into the reality space and the debate on whether it's too late to buy the stock. >> if you were with us yesterday, it was in this hour that twitter's earnings were inadvertently released an hour early, causing quite a frenzy here on the floor of the new york stock exchange. good old price discovery by human beings on the floor. there it was. glenn getting the stock open again. it sank at that time and it's sinking again today big time. how do you make sure something like that early earnings release d

. >> i'm bill griffeth. the adage is that they say in may, then go away but they're not waiting for the first day of may tomorrow. they're getting out on this last trading day of april. the industrial average to the low of the session, down 215 points. look at the nasdaq -- >> down 1.7%. it is giving up 85 points on the session. back below 5,000. 4,937 is the level there. a lot of those biotech names again under pressure on the session today. >> manile sectors are down today. technology has been the highlight. biotech once again. the very volatile biotech sector starting to move lower again today. we have a lot to cover over the next couple of hours. >>> we also have a lot coming up. we're just hours away from tesla's battery announcement. the stock pulling back in today's trade along with the rest of the session. should you be buying before tonight's big event. >>> if you think movies like "furious 7" are the only movie makers for i max, think again. the ceo will join us to give you the details on unexpecte

i'm bill griffeth. the fed releasing its decision in the last hour comment on the economy.first quarter. which was much weaker than anticipated. the fed still is data dependent. it looks like june may be off the table in terms of a rate hike. we'll talk about that. we have a lot to talk about. top names on wall

. >> and i'm bill griffeth on what has turned out to be a very busy news day which we'll try to fit inere. stocks meanwhile, getting a temporary boost from the fed minutes as the dow tries to close in the green slightly for the third time in four days. the pros will be weighing in on when the fed finally pulls the trigger on its first rate hike in nearly a decade. >> oil is plunging after a

. >> and i'm bill griffeth we're in rally mode and you can thank general electric for the rally accountinghe gain with the announcement that it's selling much of ge capital over the next 24 months for $26 billion. big, huge share buyback. the stock is up 10% right now, $2.60. the dow up 100 points as a result.

. >> and i'm bill griffeth. >> no all-time highs so far today, you hit them on friday with the s&p andts under pressure. the small caps that wrest until particular, all eyes are on the biggest name in the nasdaq basically the world about to earn reports. >> if you want to buy apple before the report next hour you have one hour left to do it. you'll hear from one analyst who released a note this morning saying you should buy

. >> and i'm bill griffeth.pean market hitting a new intraday record in the earlier trading session. >> earnings out last night. you had both alcoa and bed, bath & beyond. look at what both of them are doing today. alcoa down 4%. they hit the number, but their revenue came in light. the guidance i guess was below

. >> and i'm bill griffeth. happy national beer day and world health day.i guess. >> celebrating hand in hand. >> so to speak. rallying for a third straight day here on wall street. the dow is up 72 points. led higher by energy and biotech stocks today. >> the big elephant in the room is earnings season. a lot of analysts expect it to be a rough one. >> coming up we have morgan

i'm bill griffeth. >> and i'm sara eisen in for kelly evans.of march, we are kicking off april on a down beat note. look at the action in today's market. we were down as much as 200 points on the dow earlier. of course it was in this hour yesterday that the bottom dropped out for stocks so you have to stay tuned to see what happens next. >> oil has been very strong today. >> yes. >> as we watch the story out of iran as the negotiations continue. yields on the

. >> and i'm bill griffeth. the chinese market so strong. >> the european market hitting a new intraday record in the earlier trading session. >> earnings out last night. you had both alcoa and bed, bath & beyond. look at what both of them are doing today. alcoa down 4%. they hit the number, but their revenue came in light. the guidance i guess was below expectations as well. >> klaus kleinfeld talked to us. we're going to look to that bill not because alcoa necessarily should be a barometer, but because it so often is. >> down 6%. the worst performer in the s&p 500. we're not exactly off to a great start in the earnings season that didn't have very high expectations anyway. >> deal-making activity for the year. talk about the fastest pace we've seen pretty much in history. $100 billion announced in just the last 24 hours coming into today's session. so we've certainly got our eyes on that one, too. >> we do. >>> coming up here constellation brands is one of the winners, and that's after the wine beer and liquor

. >> i'm bill griffeth. day of may tomorrow. they're getting out on this last trading day of april. the industrial average to the low of the session, down 215 points. look at the nasdaq -- >> down 1.7%. it is giving up 85 points on the session. back below 5,000. 4,937 is the level there. a lot of those biotech names again under pressure on the

. >> and i'm bill griffeth. >> no all-time highs so far today, you hit them on friday with the s&p and the nasdaq, but that's not the case right now. >> no we are seeing markets under pressure. the small caps that wrest until particular, all eyes are on the biggest name in the nasdaq basically the world about to earn reports. >> if you want to buy apple before the report next hour you have one hour left to do it. you'll hear from one analyst who released a note this morning saying you should buy that stock. that'll be coming up a little bit here. we have an apple countdown. i love that. >> it even looks like an app in some ways. this isn't your market's countdown clock to be sure. >> tesla taking off today, the electric car maker making a big announcement. it could mean a new revenue stream for the company. we'll explain that one for you. we have the details coming up. >> very, very very interesting. also, a crude reality check, oil backing off of the rally over the last month here. finished lower today, we're around $56.95 we have two sides of this story, whether or not this recent ru

. >> i'm bill griffeth

i'm bill griffeth. >> and i'm sara eisen in for kelly evans. after wrapping up a volatile month of march, we are kicking off april on a down beat note. look at the action in today's market. we were down as much as 200 points on the dow earlier. of course it was in this hour yesterday that the bottom dropped out for stocks so you have to stay tuned to see what happens next. >> oil has been very strong today. >> yes. >> as we watch the story out of iran as the negotiations continue. yields on the 10-year note have plummet plummeted. >> and the dollar turned around. weak data out of the u.s. earlier this morning. >> all kinds of moving pieces. one stock bucking the trend behind us at the new york stock exchange, go daddy. the stock prices last night above the expected range and traded for the first time today with a symbol gddy. the investors liking it as much as their racy commercials. should investors go for go daddy even at these levels? you had a rather eventful morning. >> they took over the new york stock exchange. there was a huge crowd. >>

. >> and i'm bill griffeth on what has turned out to be a very busy news day which we'll try to fit in in the next couple hours here. stocks meanwhile, getting a temporary boost from the fed minutes as the dow tries to close in the green slightly for the third time in four days. the pros will be weighing in on when the fed finally pulls the trigger on its first rate hike in nearly a decade. >> oil is plunging after a huge jump in inventories. the collapse paving the way for shell's buyout ofb g group. this is a huge one. around $70 billion. coming up we'll look at which companies in the energy patch could be the next takeover target. >> also here come the earnings. alcoa ready to kick off the parade. ceo klaus kleinfeld will be here exclusively just moments after the aluminum giant's results are released. that's coming up just after the ringing of the closing bell. >> and dzhokhar tsarnaev has been found guilty of multiple charges in the deadly boston marathon bombing. he could now face the death penalty. we'll have the latest coming up. >> by the way, i should point out, as soon as an

. >> and i'm bill griffeth we're in rally mode and you can thank general electric for the rally accounting for much of the gain with the announcement that it's selling much of ge capital over the next 24 months for $26 billion. big, huge share buyback. the stock is up 10% right now, $2.60. the dow up 100 points as a result. >> take a look at that. this is the major catalyst. after the company announces this major restructuring, it's not only divesting this business it will return $90 billion to investors through dividends and stock buybacks by 2018 bill. >> the dow component soaring trying to close at its highest level in nearly seven years after the company announced that restructuring. we went over all that. juke see >> you can see what the major story of. >> the other big story, apple's watch. it's ready for preorder but it's already sole out. it's backordered until june. will consumers make this the next big blockbuster. so far so good. we'll hear what the experts have to say and whether it moves the needle needle. apple's stock. >> also japan bringing aboard a legendary film icon to s

. >> i'm bill griffeth. thank heaven you're here now because we have been going back and forth for a long time about what in the heck is going on today with all the various markets. just trying to make sense of it all because bad news to some degree has been good news on this first trading day of the week. stocks rallying after a big sell-off on the open this morning. perhaps on hopes that friday's disappointing jobs report that caused the sell-off will now postpone the fed's first interest rate increase which apparently caused the rally that we're seeing right now. we're trying to parse that out. >> that's what makes the markets so interesting. let's start here as we head into the final hour with where we stand on the major stock market indexes indexes. the dow is up 168 points and remember we've had many, many more 1% swings this year than we had last year, and today by the way, we've had them in both directions. the dow is up about 170. the s&p is up 18 points right now, nearly 1% there to 2085. the nasda

. >> and i'm bill griffeth. happy national beer day and world health day. that goes together i guess. >> celebrating hand in hand. >> so to speak. rallying for a third straight day here on wall street. the dow is up 72 points. led higher by energy and biotech stocks today. >> the big elephant in the room is earnings season. a lot of analysts expect it to be a rough one. >> coming up we have morgan stanley's adam parker. he will tell us what he's expecting from earnings whether they can spark a sell-off in stocks, talk about the words earnings recession have been discussed in conjunction with the first quarter earnings reports due to come out. >> and where is howard marks putting his money to work? you will find out in an exclusive interview. >> plus bill richardson former new mexico governor gives us his reaction to rand paul running for president and what he thinks of the senator's plans if he became president he would get rid of the energy department and three other cabinet positions if he were to become president of the united states. we'll get governor