we have blackberry jumping about 20% at the moment. i am the 0% who has blackberry.hink it's extremely secure. alan gale and bring in jack kaplan too. and nicole will jump in if she sees anything regarding the possible blackberry-samsung deal. alan, where did you see the buy signals not just on a day like today but a rough couple of sessions here? >> we've seen the market get really nervous. this is typically a time of year when stocks are relatively strong, coming out of the chute pretty well. i think all of the issues that we've talked about on a macrofront have been a bit on the softer side, obviously, the retail sales data today did not help. the process they use in managing the allocation strategies at ridge worth is to triangulate market momentum, while we think valuations are still good, pticurly or certnly rsonae he domestically. macromomentum is okay, the overall market has changed, this is a time to be throw is add money. >> slow to add money. jack, do you agree, if not, where are you putting your money? >> no, i would tend to agree. ridgeworth is a great f

blackberry. blackberry has not engaged in discussions with samsung with respect to any possible offer to purchase blackberry. blackberry's policy is not to comment on rumors or speculation and accordingly does not intend to comment further. >>sh, thanks so much. we did see a move lower in the after hours session. >> dan nathan said it, cow and free and milk. >> you approached a lot of can'. i'm reliving my 20s on live tv. >> time for pops and drops. >> game stop a cheap stock. i'm not sure you chase it up 11%. it did not hold all the early gains. but it is cheap. and if this is a retailer that you want to play because you think there is secular trends going on, it's probably not a bad level right around here. but i'm not chasing it. >> pop for monster. 4% you'move. >> nice upgrade. gets a terrible tape. they talked about the deals with coca-cola and we know about the strength of the energy drinks. definitely giving the stock a 130 target. >> drop for irobot. >> i guess thjamie dimon doesn' like t

what blackberry would give them and i asked john chen about this. blackberry as a service.cure messaging services outside of the hardware. he agreed publicly on stage that that is what they would like to do. >> that is very much what blackberry would like to do. they want to be a platform in different company. they want to get out of the smartphone business. they want to be in your i.t. department. that will partly work because they are getting out of the consumer handset business. if you are samsung, does the customer trust you to be platform indifferent in the i.t. department at the same time as trying to sell you handsets? >> the samsung customer aligns samsung with android. blackberry has a growth problem. i cannot grow their base as fast as they need to. the magic here is taking android running it through the blackberry network, of which they have their own network to secure e-mail messages. and provide a differentiated more secure experience on android. that is the partnership they announced. this would take it to the next stage and give samsung a footprint in the ent

blackberry shares fell just as quickly as they spiked. where does that leave blackberry now?> i'm scarlet fu. let's look at how the major stock indexes closed out the day. disappointing earnings from the banks. apple fell 2%. it was downgraded to neutral from buy. risk reward is well balanced at its current price level. best buy was the worst performer in the s&p 500 today suffering its worst day of losses in a year. the retailer warned the possibility would be pressured in the years ahead because of weak demand and deflationary pricing. "bloomberg west" continues next. ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." it was a headline that said investors scrabbling yesterday. reuters reported that samsung made a big offer for blackberry. they cited an unnamed person and documents. blackberry shares went bonkers jumping 20%, adding $1 billion in market cap. what is the real value of blackberry? it raises the question. alex branca and the chief officer at idc join us. this issue of buying blackberry has been out there for a long time. people use to look at the cash flow. now they look a

you saw their employees digging up their old blackberries. the most secure and they trusted them to keep their information safe. if there is an inventory issue there, he is tried to move past it. >> the cat was already out of the bag in that case. crawford, i wonder if there is any value in this. i can't help but think that while we are talking about blackberry getting out of the phone business, we are looking at xiaomi making a big splash in china getting into the phone business. if there is some kind of value in hardware out of blackberry -- >> i believe the value is not on the hardware side. i think there are some levers that john chen is throwing around outsourcing manufacturing, blowing out old inventory, and around making themselves more attractive to the tried and true black or a customer. -- blackbery customer -- blackberry customer. what people do not realize about blackberry is the end-to-end network and the way they handle messaging so efficiently on the spectrum. that security angle is something that can be differentiated on, the

this is why they are teeming with blackberry. and many people like the blackberry keyboard.his could be a lucrative deal. so say many experts in the industry. question is whether or not they will actually do a deal. it seems to be totally off the agenda according to the company. >> fascinating story. that is the story, the phones. 2014 was a huge year for m&a in the telecom sector. what will 2015 look like? we are joined now. are you expecting more consolidation? 9 >> all operators are disclosing -- because there has a been a significant competition that drove pricing power is lower for these operators. so consolidation seems to be a viable way to the recovery. if if you look at the european markets, the regulators and exporters. you need to have at least four players in the market. when we look at the prices, the prices are lower in countries like spain, france, in the u.k. so, the expectation is that and more deals may come. >> talk to me about the growth in the sector. how saturated is this market the u.k. versus europe? can these guys generate growth organically without

tom at the technology blackberry has and the patent tropes blackberry has can be successful. >> it is notable that 27% of the shares is sold short. the stock market move is certainly a whipsaw. alex branca, blackberry reporter, thank you very much. another big mover, tesla -- shares closed down 6%. elon umusk said the company will not be profitable until 2020. tesla facing issues as the world's largest auto market, china. here is elon musk speaking to automotive news world congress in detroit. >> things were a little weaker in china, but just because of some communications issues we had fixed, most important live run charging. people have a misperception that charging is difficult in china. we have got to work to correct that misperception. >> those darn consumers, they don't know how great the car is. we spoke with ben callow. i asked him about tesla's china problems. >> tesla entered china with high expectations. i think they're learning the market is more difficult than they originally thought infrastructure wise and education-wise, around electric vehicles as well. >> isn't it tru

does samsung/blackberry make sense as a tie up? certainly can if it's strategically sound and i think blackberry has less to lose than samsung does. >> and at this point let's take a pause and add into the conversation with his take on these markets, noted investor jay jordan from the jordan company. jay, thank you for your patience. we want to talk a little bit about the markets where you see opportunity, and i can't help but notice you put some money to work in the energy space lately. are you going to keep doing that? >> well, i think we're going to slow down. some of it is in the upstream energy market but we're cautiously looking at it. from a global point of view i'm very, very concerned and i would probably be the contrarian on the panel. as you know i think asset prices globally are substantially overvalued. as a result of what's happened with the fed and the financial repression and quantitative easing. once this liquidity gets finally sucked out of the market combined with price of oil under $50 with deflation raising its

. >> a blackberry and samsung denied that are in talks. blackberry ishares surged.lackberry cell back after samsung said it was groundless. quite safe you're wondering what americans have been vying with all of the cash that ms. satan at the gas pumps -- >> if you are wondering what americans have been saving with all of the cash they have saved at the gas pump, restaurants. they have been climbing as the u.s. total share. >> more exclusive interviews from ryan chilcote in russia. +++ >> time for today's company news. it is waiting for -- to show how it will protect its cash holdings. the comments follow a slump in the ruble and that's fueling concern that the biggest brewer will not bid to contain losses. it is the second lowest investment grade and is not sustainable at the current ruble exchange rates. jpmorgan has been pressed for more evidence about a data breach that jeopardized millions of customers last year. that's according to bloomberg area a group of 19 u.s. states are seeking information including any vulnerabilities exploited at a full-time mine event

samsung and blackberry denying a report of a potential blackberry.an't believe blackberry would take over samsung. and shares of the canadian device maker. plus the world's third biggest smartphone maker unveils it's answer to the iphone 6 plus overnight. it's thursday january 15th you might remember this day. squawk box begins right now. >> live from new york where business never sleeps this is "squawk box." >> good morning everybody. i'm becky quick. if you thought trading has been volatile so far this year you have not seen anything yet. check this out. marketing swinging sharply in early trading this morning. at about 4:30 a.m. you were looking at the futures indicated up by over 100 points. the dow futures up by over 100 points then the crazy

he is running blackberry. came out with a blackberry classic. how does he continue get people to use it and not look at company as software or enterprise company? we'll speak to him about that. we will speak to 3d p systems. they do!-up 3d printing. we'll talk in a fox business exclusive with the ceo in our final hour from the consumer electronics show in las vegas. david: we have the president speaking in a auto plant ironically has been closed because people are not buying cars it es producing. we'll have president and bob nardelli to talk about what the president has said. you can see the dow ending the day on the upside. 212 to the upside. we have boyle capital brian boyle where he sees most value. alpine fund michael smith, best ways to profit what he sees is improving u.s. economy. todd horowitz at the cme. todd, about that improving economy, if we're doing so well why do we have zero interest rates. the interesting thing, not only are folks buying stocks with the dow up 212 points but they're also buying bonds, no yield bonds. why? >> hel

blackberry denied the talks.ng called the report groundless, sending shares of blackberry to the yawn side but not as much as they were before the whole news broke, john. >> yeah. >> what did you make of this? >> here's what i make of it. >> when you look at a potential acquisition of blackberry it would be more complicated than even your typical $7 billion plus acquisition because of who blackberry's clients are, governments, who would want to weigh in on that and because who the potential acquirers would be. there was buzz maybe lenovo was interested and canada made it clear that probably wouldn't go. not clear that samsung would be that much better. probably a u.s. acquirer would be a little bit easier, like an ibm, but there aren't that many tech companies at scale who need the assets that blackberries has. you've got to imagine john chen is focused on keeping his nose to the grind stone making sure blackberry enterprise server 12 which needs to be a hit this year gets enough customers and then we'll see what

>> not blackberry patents but patents that blackberry owns.hey may have not developed the technology yet. melissa: you agree with that? you look like you're laughing there. >> it was plausible only because samsung has so much cash and not doing wise things with it right now like returning to shareholders. which makes you think they could do something unwise with it soon. this would fit into that. good thing it is not -- melissa: blackberry ceo told fox business last month they're still very interested in keeping the company public. after this afternoon the company is down 20% since last year. >> john chen has only been at the helm, what, about a year ceo of the company and he really has been working hard to turn it around. he has stopped the bleeding in a lot of ways. he has refocused business. it is possible that if you give john chen a little more time he could turn this around. melissa: blackberry classic. >> i don't know. what is old is new again. >> they could do work in phones but something more interesting in i.t. >> they're not going a

i have my blackberry still. thank you very much. i get to meet with john of blackberry. they made an announcement, but how is their blackberry classic doing? we'll talk to him about that and about real opportunities for blackberry here at the consumer electronics show. ford dumped microsoft for blackberry when it comes to their think method in their cars. john in the next hour. liz, back to you. liz: we have so much in common. los angeles, the kings, and, yeah, i have my crusty hair sprayed blackberry. fifty minutes until the closing bell. much more with liz. keep it here. the s&p and nasdaq about to score their first gains of the year. which way will they swing next? twin market expert shares shares his market shares with us next. you're driving along, having a perfectly nice day, when out of nowhere a pick-up truck slams into your brand new car. one second it wasn't there and the next second... boom! you've had your first accident. now you have to make your first claim. so you talk to your insurance company and... boom! you're blindsided for a second time. they won't g

and the new blackberry is kind of cool. i will lend you mind. is a high-tech conspiracy settlement. apple and google agreed to a $415 million out-of-court payment in a case accusing them and other tech companies of secretly agreeing not to poach each other's staff. this is an old story being dredged up again. >> it is outrageous, the idea that if you are an employee and you do not notice that your bosses are secretly conspiring behind your back to us as press -- to suppress your wages. >> i think it works out to about $64,000 per employee. that is a lot of lost wages that this court's finding that resulted from these decisions. >> with all of these goals not to do evil, silicon valley seems to fall short of that market a lot. >> all the time. i think they have a specific definition in their mind of what evil is, so maybe at one point maybe it is pollution, maybe it is something influencing the government. but they have this view that anything that they do, since it is innovative, will also be correct. >> number eight, greek banks two have reques

blackberry has not engaged in those reported discussions. as you can see, blackberry closing 30% higher at $12.60 but then shares fell slightly after hours. samsung trades in korea. >>> general motors sent shares lower. expects to hike capital expenditures as looks to grow luxury brand but investors were disappointing when the company's cfo said there are no plans for a dividend hike. shares fell almost 3% to $34.30. one stock that participated in the selloff was freeport mac ma ran, the mining company impacted wi copper prices falling to a five year low. copper is a major part of that company's business. the shares plujed about 11% to $18.74. >>> tough day for foot locker too. goldman sac downgraded to $8. cited concerns that peak margins on basketball sneakers may be a little risky. shares down 4% to $53.21. final finish line fell in sympathy of that. >>> a unit of entertainment file for bankruptcy in chicago. this is according to to a court filing. a group of the casino operators bondholders filed the papers to force the decision into inv

is blackberry burni iturning th around?chen is live in las vegas. >> john, thanks for joining us. a bunch of the announcements from blackberry today, involving car, involving wearable, internet of things but also phones. let's start with that. at&t announcing not just the classic is going to be sold through their network but also the passport. it's been a couple weeks since we last talked on cnbc. how is demand looking for the classic as we sit. >> it looks pretty good. i need to work on the the distribution. and the at&t announcement helped us a lot tremendously about getting the phone to the use skeers and the enterprise. >> i want to pick up from there and talk about the internet of things. i was with the ceo of qualcomm yesterday and he was saying what we really need is a secure network for internet of things. because the health information communicated from all the watches and bands is so sensitive. and that is what o you are announcing today. how big a deal do you think this can be for you if in fact you are targeting

to buy blackberry.sees patent cross license deals with key partners. it is in discussion with blackberry to expand its corporation. it already is in operation with blackberry on some matters. what is interesting is it has denied its interest in actually launching a full-scale takeover of the embattled former leader in mobile technology. samsung is in talks to use blackberry technology in its devices, that there will not be a full takeover says the co-ceo speaking in seoul a few moments ago. let's focus on today's company news. fresh from picking up a golden globe award last week amazon plans to move. amazon plans to release films in theaters and then on the amazon prime instant video online streaming service four to eight weeks later. several hundred jobs are on the line at dreamworks animation as the company seeks to rekindle it slumping operation. over 350 jobs could be cut following a number of box office disappointments, including turbo and the lowest grossing of the madagascar are pictures. china's

whether it is blackberry android or iphone or windows' based machine.k-up plan if something happens. and sony had an ad hoc, make it up as you go along back-up plan. you want to have a back-up plan that includes alternate mobile communications and way to reach people. even just old-fashioned telephones land lines. >> imagine that old-fashioned telephones. and you are aware there is another private firm that said it wasn't north korea, it was insiders inside of the sony company, disgruntled employees who did it and the fbi and the white house still standing by at sesment it was north korea. based on your expertise and what you have been ale to watch here -- able to watch here do you believe it was north korea behind this and do you have any doubt? >> i definitely have doubt. and i'm not saying that it could not have been north korea. and the fbi said we have secret information, secret intelligence that nobody else has that leads us to conclude that it is north korea. but there are so many things about this attack that don't make sense if it was north kor

shares of blackberry down as much as 17% in today's trade.up 30% yesterday on a bogus report that samsung wants to take the canadian company over. so, big, bad report. big gain yesterday and today. the higher end of the smart phone market, a chinese company has released its biggest and most expensive smartphones yet. it is bigger lighter, and thinner than the apple iphone 6, plus the cost them a $371. is now the third-largest smartphone seller. an investor, now the biggest in the new york times company. it exercises options to buy 16 million shares. leading the paper 250 million dollars to get through the financial crisis, they got paid back 150% of its money in interests and late fees. no early fees. catch all the latest in tech and media every week that 1:00 the eminent 6:00 a.m. eastern time only on bloomberg west. now turning to media ourselves, nominations for the academy awards came out last hour. and word man was nominated for nine oscars. it tied with the oddball comedy "the brand boot test hotel. we are joined now from los angeles. i

reuters says samsung offered to buy blackberry for as much as $7.5 billion. samsung is the top smartphone maker but blackberry is strong in the corporate market as the secure network handles e-mail traffic for thousands of companies across the world. >>> the "wall street journal" says the struggling electronics retailer is talking with a private investment firm about buying its assets out of chapter 11 but there's no guarantee a deal will be struck. the company is looking for funding while in bankruptcy. radio shack warned last year that a bankruptcy was possible. >> thanks so much, landon. >>> 4:48, we've been talking about the booming and busting. let's check in with meteorologist christina loren, i hope we have a boom this weekend. >> i think that's subject to what you like. if you like great weather, boom, we'll get that. if you want the rain, kind of a bust when it comes to the shower activity we're expecting. i'll show you in moments. 43 degrees in the south bay. east bay is at 45 and we're starting out rather chilly in the north bay with some of the tu

potential blackberry. i can't believe blackberry would take over samsung. and shares of the canadian device maker. plus the world's third biggest smartphone maker unveils it's answer to the iphone 6 plus overnight. it's thursday january 15th you might remember this day. squawk box begins right now. >> live from new york where business never sleeps this is "squawk box." >> good morning everybody. i'm becky quick. if you thought trading has been volatile so far this year you have not seen anything yet. check this out. marketing swinging sharply in early trading this morning. at about 4:30 a.m. you were looking at the futures indicated up by over 100 points. the dow futures up by over 100 points then the crazy move from the swiss national bank that no one was anticipating. you know the central banks are good about telling the markets what they're going to do in advance and when that doesn't happen you see swings like this. the swiss national bank coming out with it's news saying it was going to delock the swiss franc from the euro. since 2011 they had been tyi

take a listen. >> iphone or blackberry? a blackberry in one pocket and trying to see if i can enjoy the iphone in the other pocket. >> i have a ipad under -- on my leg, and i have a blackberry in my pocket. >> okay. >> and you can catch the full interview at davos.cnbc.com. head to our facebook page where you get in on the action. later we'll sit down with sheryl sandberg and mylinda gates. log on and submit questions you want asked. >> i liked richard branson is trying to enjoy the iphone as he puts it. always a way with words. >> yes. >> we have a couple minutes before noon time on the east coast. a look at a couple corners of the market for you today. first off, the vix, the vix has fallen about 9% on the back of that ecb decision that's been moving the markets all morning but the reason why that's important is because the vix is the single most important indicator when pricing an ipo, 17 still considered a little bit more of an elevated number than we saw in the later parts of 2014 but to see it fall that much on an ipo

blackberry down after hours. take a look at that. back to obamacare.t because you're not on obamacare doesn't mean the law won't affect your bottom line. workers now getting penalized if they don't participate in their company's wellness programs which was advocated by the health care laws. paul howard a senior fellow at the manhattan institute. this is wellness or else, isn't it? >> it is. under the law there is a cadillac tax starting in 2014. if you have a high-cost plan, there will be a 40% excise tax. companies are trying to get those costs down. (?) wellness plans they offer penalties if you don't lose weight, et cetera. gerri: a lot of people say they're not on a cadillac plan. but the reality is, it's being defined down. right? >> it also keeps creeping up. it takes affect in 2015. middle class plans will get hit by the tax because the costs go up year by year. gerri: it's magazine any -- originally they were using carrots. now sticks. we'll talk about in a minute. does it really work? >> these wellness plans don't work. the time frame for peop

look at blackberry. what a difference a day makes went straight up yesterday, a deal with samsung blackberry denies any talks. before we move on she loves it. >> the new blackberry classic. the plastic wrap on it. touchscreens, half i phone and have a blackberry with a keyboard i am in love with this machine. stuart: i will move on to best buy. disappointing forecast. lower demand for computers and tablets, not good. down 13 for best buy. traveling to cuba to an ounce from the white house expected tomorrow. come on in rich edson. what is this all about? >> senior administration officials say this could open the way for americans to buy a plane ticket to cuba online if the traveler falls within one of 12 categories like education, trade or journalism and they will no longer need to get a license from treasury to travel there. these rules effect tomorrow. they allow visitors to bring back to the united states $400 in 7 years $100 of that could be alcohol or tobacco, banks of the band maintain accounts, the

blackberry shares fell just as quickly as they spiked. where does that leave blackberry now?t conversation is next. ♪ >> he has been called tech's boy genius. perhaps the only ceo who has refused to keep a schedule. david karp started tumblr before he was 20. he sold it to yahoo! before he was 30. it is now one of the most creative and social blogging platforms, all from a guy who dropped out of high school. he drives a vespa. joining me now, tumblr founder and ceo david karp. thank you for joining us. thank you for having this on the schedule. >> i do have a schedule now. >> now you are part of yahoo!, you have meetings. >> we had meetings before yahoo!. but yeah, this has turned into a major team of 300 people. a major business we launched 1.5 years ago. >> tell me about you, where you grew up. tell me about your parents. >> i was born and raised in new york city. my mom was a teacher. although she started in the music industry. my dad was a composer. i found myself surrounded by all of this creative technology growing up. in my dad's recording studio. and my mom's work in

blackberry stock gained 30 percent yesterday. rumors can move a market. we have the latest rankings of u.s. airlines. the milled seat says alaska and virgin america came out on top. alaska invested in satellite technology that helped fly in bad weather and fog. it guarantees you can get your bag to the carousel in less than 20 minutes. virgin america give workers bonuses. ranking last year the big guys. we are hoping for a better day. i have to say looks like we are not going to get one. futures down. it could be the 59 down day in a row. >>> don't miss loren on the fox business network to find it in your area log on to foxbusiness.com/channel finder. >> it is 18 minutes after the hour. the terrifying call you never want to get. >> he says look we are going to kill him if you don't wire this money. >> the virtual scam tricking hundreds of people into paying ransom. >> the stars of american sniper they open up about their emotional roles. >> i love it but it is very different. >> behind the scenes with sienna miller and brad de cooper. that's up next. from

i ain't blackberry patents as it continues to fight apple.eloping a smart scarf to keep you warm. it is controlled by an app. eventually to have sensors to tell your emotions. the internet will no longer exist. there will be so many devices and sensors that people will barely even notice that it is all around them all the time. let's get a check in with lori rothman. >> where are the best global investment opportunities? what are we missing? with claman continues her coverage. two representatives from those companies. cheryl: we will see you at the bottom of the hour. one part of the special joy that is flying commercial. why one company is betting you will enjoy airplane seats even more. one hundred oem dollars. the evolving situation. taking over part of libya as central bank. you can never have too much money. ♪ you're driving along, having a perfectly nice day, when out of nowhere a pick-up truck slams into your brand new car. one second it wasn't there and the next second... boom! you've had your first accident. now you have to make your

. >> blackberry picking. late august, given heavy rain and sun for a full week, the blackberries would ripen. at first, just one-- a glossy purple clot among others, red, green, hard as a knot. you ate that first one, and its flesh was sweet like thickened wine: summer's blood was in it leaving stains upon the tongue and lust for picking. then red ones inked up and that hunger sent us out with milk cans, pea tins, jam-pots where briars scratched and wet grass bleached our boots. 'round hayfields, cornfields, and potato-drills we trekked and picked until the cans were full; until the tinkling bottom had been covered with green ones and on top big, dark blobs burned like a plate of eyes. our hands were peppered with thorn pricks; our palms sticky as bluebeard's. we hoarded the fresh berries in the byre. but when the bath was filled we found a fur, a rat-grey fungus glutting on our cache. the juice was stinking too. once off the bush the fruit fermented; the sweet flesh would turn sour. i always felt like crying

. >> blackberry, did you hear about this? makes embarrassing mistake on twitter. >> i didn't even know there were still blackerries around the cell phone company tweeted out a since deleted message reminding its followers to stay up to date on twitter only for the tweet to show it had been sent from an iphone twitter app. >> oops. >> no comment so far from blackberry about the mistake. but there is a twitter for blackberry app that could have been used. >> well, recall involving the ikea style mattress consumer product safety commission says the crib mattress could create gap between the mattress and the crib trapping your baby in the opening. there had been report of at least two cases where children were trapped. fortunately, they were not injured. the mattresses were sold at ikea between august 2010 and may 2014 for about 100 bucks. >> okay, snow was a bet they thought they wouldn't lose. now furniture accompanying is paying up to the tune at one and a half million dollars find out exactly why. >> plus, dramatic rescue out

. >> caller: the ticker is bbry, blackberry. >> yeah you know blackberry it got really juked up by a story and a lot of bad money got into it and it's coming back down. i'm not going to recommend a stock a takeover basis. and i don't think the fundamentals are improving in blackberry. i don't want to touch it i just don't. we just mentioned veriphone. why do i have to go down the food chain and buy something i don't think is that good? proprietary over commoditized. i'm trying to teach over that segment. that was a segment about trying to understand the commodityies not so good. much more "mad" ahead, including apple's stunning quarter and why they cost you money. >>> and the blizzard may have put the freezen o a lot of business, but i'll talk to a player who benefits from frigid conditions. and i'll see if your portfolio is prepared to weather when we play "am i diversified." stick with cramer. >>> staggering. but can it continue? doesn't it have to run out now? given the law of large numbers, how can it stay like this? isn't this a one-trick iphone pony ready to blow up at a moment

blackberry. you know i still have a blackberry. i'm still addicted to this thing.ackberry itself the account, got sending out a tweet, i read at the bottom from an iphone. >> yes. >> so even the blackberry folks themselves are known to need iphones to do typical things. i will admit i tweet from an iphone because it's a heck of a lot easier. the blackberry it's important for that stuff because that's why they've lost the market share that they've lost along the way. >> if you have a reason to really need to stay with a blackberry, you are sending too many e-mails to people. because that's all it's good for. >> i send e-mails. >> you do. i don't anymore. if die need to send any, i use it i dictate it. i laugh, because it comes up with the most ridiculous things and then i change a couple of word. >> i rely more an more on my iphone. >> but you'd be sending fewer things to people. right now, have you ever felt that you are so -- you know, if you're out of touch for five minutes, could the world end? >> yes. no i can be out of touch for five minutes. joe, you get the

now blackberry's down 16.5%. >> irs responsible story. how you could be that wrong, both sides deny it, within 45-minute period. >> state of m&a reporting, someone who has done it longer than anyone else it's not what it was. >> raises eyebrows? >> yes. i'll do that. >> i'm in pursuit of happiness. >> curious to hear what reuters is saying after the story, after denied by both sides. but it's down another 15% today. >> it's got a higher -- seem to have a higher base. higher than it was when it started trading yesterday. >> i think people feel where there's smoke there's got to be a lit match somewhere. but this was very discouraging in terms of retail investors trying to figure out a reason to be in our stock market and they like blackberry, you know got 2.7 billion in cash. next thing you know, 13.15, great credibility, it's reuters. we grew up in a world, reuters, if reuters says x -- >> we're in a world, listen publications well regarded writing things companies are thinking about doing. that is now a story. >> memo from a banker. >> o

blackberry and gdx. >> this is tricky. >> i don't like where this is going. >> blackberry is the singlehat has the youngest ownership and poorest ownership and gdx is the most wealthiest ownership so you're a very polarizing figure. >> that's 100%. >> but you average out to a vanilla portfolio and with the high volatility in terms of the individual. >> i'm a polarizing individual, i like that. >> polarizing high volatility individual. >> that's what you are. >> you're young. >> see, i'm a gem any. >> finally guy, selgene and intel. >> guy's portfolio was the oldest on average age, 54 years old. >> speak up. 54 years old. >> that's uncanny. >> are you set in your ways? >> no, because i'm going to the kesha concert. >> none of you guys had any of those picks, none of you had any red state picks. >> what are red state picks? >> walmart is a big red state, oil and energy names, all red states, but if you own an energy name you live in a red state. >> and a blue state. >> all tesla, blackberry, facebook, twitter, all of that is blue. >> and the youngest sort of demo. >> the youngest demo goe

. >> famously crushed by blackberry lawsuits. >> but now back in with a new verng version. they claim is the thinnest keyboard in the world. on the back there is a the kick stand and it's magnetic. so it comes off and goes back on. and the keys actually travel. so the idea is to take an ipad and let you use it like the laptop. >> like the microsoft surface. >> so just like they got sued by blackberry, i don't know. i'm wondering. a kick stand and magnetically attached keyboard. >> you seem to like this. >> i haven't had enough time trying it but i do like it just because it is so thin and easy. and i think this kick stand is big deal. >> and there's been charging cases for the iphone for a long time. this is another one. you can see the bulge there. but this one has something i think is cool which is the prongs are built into it. so you can plug it right into the wall. >> no more forgetting the cable. >> and you can push this off and plug it into the wall and keep using your phone, charge the battery and have it. this is to me, putting aside tvs, cl they really do inintrodu

eyes on laptops and blackberries. they are tracking every step of alena's travel to yemen.tric, but hanging over the operation, questions. what happens if the european blond dies. collateral damage. alena makes it to yemen. storm recalls receiving a text message from one of his danish handlers. >> saying congratulations, brother, you just became very rich. >> soon he is in yet another meeting with intelligence agents. one from the cia is anxious for storm to open the briefcase they brought with them. >> and he looked at me with a massive smile on his face. what do you think the call is? i think -- i have no clue. i didn't even think there was three numbers on each side. come on, come on, he said, think about it. i said, i don't know. i have no clue. he said, 007. >> james bond. >> james bond. it's 007, he said. and clink clink clink. and click, it opened up. >> so happy with the cash, he took this photo of the $250,000 inside. then this, an encrypted message from awlaki, an update. it's about alena. we got married. awlaki ironically adding, she turned out better than i expe

last week there was speculation that samsung was interested in acquiring the company blackberry. but both companies said they're not looking at that type of partnership. perhaps this is the type of partnership they're looking at to discuss a potential use of blackberry technology in the samsung devices. samsung has been dealing with heightened competition with the hikes of apple among others. interesting development here. we'll see how to helps samsung and shares in today's trade. >>> back to the european markets they're trading in positive territory ahe of the european central bank council meeting on thursday. the underperforming is france. cac 40 trading flat at the moment. the smi the swiss index seeing a little bit of a rebound after two days of big moves gaining about 3% after the swiss national bank scrapped that national peg of 120. something that has been in place for over three years. a look at the bond market. we have been seeing significant move in treasuries. treasury yields in the u.s. falling to multiyear lows with the 30-yield settleing at the new record low. last

investors and blackberry had a roller coaster ride on wednesday after reports of a buyout by samsung. shares soared on rumors of the $7.5 billion deal. they fell back into the 15% after the company released a statement that it was not in discussions with the company. one of 37 firms on a name and shame list. they said they failed to pay more than 2600 pounds to 540 of its workers. >> facebook coming to the office. you do not have to hide behind your computer. >> the product is facebook at work. this is what it looks like on the u.s. itunes store. employees will be able to set up their own a new professional profile. it will be stiff competition for linkedin who are leaders in this market. >> it sounds complicated. thank you. that look at business. time for the press review. >> let's look at what we claim act using have been saying. the leading stories the publication of charlie hebdo's first show -- first issue. >> all eyes have been on this. it is the first issue after the charlie hebdo attack. controversial and defiant. you see this cartoon of the prophet mohammed shedding a tear, h

. >>> blackberry shares. got a boost on the rumor of a samsung buyout. both deny a takeover. 15% before the bell. blackberry has lost almost all of the share in smartphones. >>> the president renewing his fight for paid sick days. white house released plans to push congress on the healthy families act. allow workers up to seven paid sick days a year. that could mean a huge change for 40% of workers who do not get paid sick time. the u.s. is the only advanced nation with no paid sick time policy. >>> "early start" continues right now. terror threat on capitol hill. police arresting a man they say planned to setoff a series of bombs in an isis-style attack. new information about the suspect and what his father is saying about his arrest this morning. >>> the french war on terror. searching for more suspects here. people who could be on the run believed to be involved in the attacks on paris. this country vowing to fight al qaeda. the group now claiming to orchestrate the attacks at "charlie hebdo." and now the government approves new air strikes on isis. i'm john berman live in

i can sense she actually doesn't want to spend this time trashing blackberries a great silicon valley tradition. i may skip that question. one thing i guess i did want to start on. the white house -- it was in the post today -- that the white house network had been breached again, which made we wonder, are the technologists here and their contractors, will they ever make products that are as good as gmail or should they just give up and switch to the stuff that's getting built out there? >> the technology teams here are fabulous as cto, i don't oversee those. i'm aware of the issues that are going on that, you know, attack not only places like the white house but companies where i've worked before, et cetera. so the main thing there is there is a great team working on this. and they're working through it. we'll see where that goes. >> but you think that the tradition of having government contractors and government officials doing -- building their own e-mail systems, for instance, is something that makes sense at this point? >> one of the things that is exciting about what i think the

partnership like using blackberry patents in samsung's mobile devices.n there's amazon, developing more original content says it will produce full-length feature films. they would debut in theaters like traditional movies then head to amazon.com for streaming. steven moore we've kept you waiting all this time sorry about that. i want to talk to you about the state of the american economy. we had a growth rate of 5% in the third quarter of last year. now we find that the rest of the world is plunging. interest rates are falling currency turmoil, recession in europe recession in japan. is that going to affect us and drag us down? >> let's hope not, but i think it will to some extent. look, i think the story of the u.s. economy is we've moved out of this really flimsy 2% growth rate over the last five or six years which has been the worst recovery period since the great depression. i do think we bumped up from 2% to about 3% growth. we're not at 5 we're probably closer to 3 which is going to feel a lot better over the next year than 2% did but we could stil

. >> watching shares of blackberry in the session stock moves higher on reports from canada's financial poegs that samsung is continuing to pursue the acquisition of all or part of blackberry, and the stock up 7 % in today's trading, trading at 22 million shares well above the average trading volume sue, over the past of the three months. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> draghi laid out a trillion dollar bond borrowing plan and while it takes time to settle there's bets on how the ecb plan might shake out. let's see how the next guest plays the ecb decision. kevin kelly joining us chief investment officer at recon capital, running the first u.s. listed etf tracking germany dax index. nice to have you here. >> thank you for having me. >> what is the best way to play what mario draghi did putting something in place now in the anticipation it takes time to play out. >> sure. look at the previous quantitative easing programs happening in the u.s. and in japan, you got to see a lot of multiple expansion. right now, the dax is trading at 12 times forward earnings and the u.s. is tradi

john chen of blackberry will be the star on 4:00 p.m. eastern time hour.back at the consumer electronics show. he will be sitting down with us as well. david: looking forward to it. thanks liz. we'll look forward what happened to the markets as you know. we had a precipitous fall in all of the indices, but still ended up with triple-digit losses. what is not shown mid-sized caps are down 2%. that will affect markets in many different ways. friday those jobing figures are what is expected. 240,000 non-farm jobs. 5.7% unemployment. that would be down a tick. if those figures are off, could affect the markets in a big way. "the willis report" is next. gerri: hello, everyone, i'm gerri willis and this is the "willis report." the show where consumers are our business. hacking may be the new norm but what if your financial advisor stole your? new details of a morgan stanley broker, who did just. that ripping off details of 350,000 clients, posting it online, an inside job. meet the new congress. republicans take control of both chambers on capitol hill for the f

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