mcdonald's, boeing, facebook, apple, all will have reported by the end of the week. >> a lot of tech news, nike reportedly leaving the wearables market. >> and more trouble for general motors. new documents showing that the automaker waited years to recall hundreds of thousands of saturn ions with power steering problems. >> first up, though, we are basing for a barrage of earnings reports. netflix tonight, tomorrow, mcdonald's, travelers, utx, at&t, wednesday, boeing, p & g before the bell and a big night on wednesday, apple and facebook

we get data later today from the likes of boeing apple and facebook. the dow rising 65 points. safety regulators when a vehicle is in danger of hitting a car or object the safety hits the break. microsoft is giving schools the ability to block adds when it uses it's bing search engines while it is meant to create a safer environment for kids it is meant to promote bing which trails google. >> it is a fine wednesday morning. we are starting to get pretty sunrise shots. if you don't have to leave we'll show you that sun. overnight it was pretty gusty especially into the hills. we are going to wake up. when the sun comes up we'll see a mix of sun and clouds in there. it will be a welcomed sight. 69 degrees along the peninsula. cloudy at the coast today on shore flow will increase. those clouds will come in this evening. the east bay is at 66 degrees in the try valley. i want to show you what you can expect as you head throughout the next few days. we'll be at 71 degrees. at 60 by friday. we'll keep that chance for rain going. 20% shot for san jose and san francisco. as we head thr

. >>> dow chemical, procter & gamble, boeing, apple and facebook all being released today. a lot coming up. at 7:30 eastern time, the dow chemical ceo will be joining us and we'll be hearing from at&t ceo john stevens. the company says it had a higher than expect ed amount of customers switching to a new plan. if you take a look at what's been happening with at&t shares, you'll see at least it was down by 2% after hours, i think. 35.50 was the last trade. >> yum brands getting a boost from stronger sales. where it's most important, china, the parent of kfc, taco bell and pizza hut says that first quarter sales in china rose 9%. customer in china are buying more chicken following an avian flu outbreak and food safety scare which impacted demand. the fast food operator gets more than half of its overall sales from china. most of its more than 6,300 restaurants. >> how many? >> 6,300 are kfcs. that stock traded higher. in after hours trading. >> speaking of china, china's factory activity slowed for the fourth straight month. the hsbc purchasing manager'sen devil for april ros

on wednesday boeing, procter & gamble, apple, facebook, new tech, old tech-ish, consumer discretionary be all about growth, perhaps advertising, and then apple maybe what they're going to do with all that cash at some point in the future. also with thursday, caterpillar, gm, 3m, a whole slew of big nails, and ford on friday. so very much a confuser focused end of the week. it will be key to see whether there's any comments about a tangible effect in the future about the ignition switch recall and what's happening with sales overall. brian, a big week for earnings overall. >> thank you very much. dom, on thursday a huge week. i think i'm trying to corral this herd on thursday. won ner picked a good day to be off. now i know right. if it appears it would be the biggest pharmaceutical deal ever, but it's a huge if. pfizer may make a bid for astrazeneca. >> meg has the latest. >> thanks, brian. it could be the biggest pharma deal of all time. pfizer for astrazeneca at $101 bill chron. reports over the weekend say pfizer may have made the approach a few months ago, but talks fillsled. despi

and it's another big day for quarterly results, including dow chemical, procter & gamble, boeing and appleory activity slows in china and this is the fourth straight month that that has happened. it's wednesday, april 23rd, 2014. "squawk box" begins right now. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to "squawk box" here on cnbc. i'm becky quick along with joe kernen. andrew is off this week. we have another big show this morning with a huge newsmaker coming our way at 7:30 a.m. eastern time. bill ackman will be our special guest. he's making waves as he teams up with valeant in a bid for allergan. we'll talk about this more coming up, including comments from carl icahn. he was on the opposite side on herbalife. there's a lot of enimity. >> at one point he said i have nothing at bill ackman. he made me $400 million. i like him. >> there's been a lot of bad blood there. >> he was saying in a way he took advantage of

mcdonald's, boeing, facebook, apple, all will have reported by the end of the week. >> a lot of techews, nike reportedly leaving the wearables market. >> and more trouble for general motors. new documents showing that the automaker waited years to recall hundreds of thousands of saturn ions with power steering problems. >> first up, though, we are basing for a barrage of earnings reports. netflix tonight, tomorrow, mcdonald's, travelers, utx, at&t, wednesday, boeing, p & g before the bell and a big night on wednesday, apple and facebook after the bell. on thursday, we'll get c.a.t., gm, 3m, microsoft, visa and amazon. and we'll close out the week with ford results on friday. i mean, this is -- talk about the calm before the storm. not a lot to work with today, but we all know how crazy we're going to be in about 48 hours. >> i can't tell which one i'm most excited for. if you have to pick up themes, what to look for out of these companies, guidance for sure, because this quarter was heavily impacted by the weather, especially in some of those consumer names like mcdonald's. tomorrow,

boeing and caterpillar. and gm just beat with profit impacted by the recalls. apple making news with strong earnings raised dividend and increased buy back pack and surprise 7 for 1 stock split that floods the market with more shares at lower prices may make it easier for individual investors. the market shrugged off the positive earnings news closing lower after six straight days of gains and staying exactly unchanged thursday for the first time in 12 years for the dow. bank of america is discussing a $10 billion deal with the federal government to settle charges that it misled investors on the quality of mortgage backed securities months after j.p. morgan paid $13 million. >>> books and diapers and now sopranos. available on amazon. they have a $300 million deal to stream the network's programming to amazon prime subscribers. we're wrapping up a busy week of earnings season. what does america's report card mean to you and broader economy? alison deans and senior columnist at yahoo! financing. great to see you both. we're halfway through and there has been a lot of

boeing blamed the crash on air speed. >>> the shovels are in the ground. apple's new campus in cupertino will force streets to close. a section of prune ridge avenue will be closed permanently. this will be a construction zone for the next two years. we are in cupertino with the details. >> reporter: the area around the construction site is a mess for drivers. this is just one example of that. and it's about to get worse. [ inaudible ] many stores and restaurants at the cupertino square say that business has dipped but admit that the shopping center's expansion project might be contributing. >>> we are not doing it and we need to now do it. >> what happened? did the package not run? >> i'm investigative reporter steven stock. lawmakers demand change after we expose the lack of oversight at daycare. we investigate how the system fails parents and children and what the folks in sacramento now want to do about it. >>> the issue that may force a breakup between a dating site and a web browser. >>> and the drastic measure parents today when a daughter didn't clean her room. >>> and what is setting up to be an active day

we will get png, six flags, boeing and delta before the bell. facebook and apple after the bell. president obama begins his tour releases itshe nfl 2014 schedule tonight at 8:00. >> we wait with bated breath. we just wanted to mention, the president has arrived in tokyo. he will be meeting up with the president of japan, prime minister of japan at seven: 15 for an arrival ceremony at the imperial palace and then have dinner with abe. >> look at the shameless plug for ana. walk up the latter thing. mr. president.y >> i don't think that is the president. >> this is in downtown tokyo, essentially. >> not necessarily downtown. it is about 2.5 hours away. >> it is the worst right. bumper-to-bumper, three hours. there is the presidential stairway. >> he has a lot to talk about. >> can i point out, it is somewhat reassuring to know even the president has to wait for slowness at airports. they don't have everything ready for him. >> let's do a presidential data check. a little excitement with futures on the screen. the euro has gone nowhere in like eight weeks. our next screen is more in

boeing, delta and caterpillar. ford narrowly missed on weather impacts and slower sales and gm just beat profit impacted recalls. apple making news with strong earnings. a raise dividend and an increased stock buyback program, plus, a survey surprise 7-1 market. maybe making it easier for individual investors to get in on the stock. the market closed lower on wednesday after six straight days of gains, then staying exactly unchanged on thursday for the first time in 12 years. bank of america is discussing a $10 billion deal to settle charges that it misled investors on the quality of mortgage-backed securities just after jpmorgan paid $15 million. and books, diapers and now, t"te soprano sopranos". they have a $300 million deal to stream is network's programming to amazon prime subscribers. we are wrapping up a busy week of earnings seasons. alison deans is senior adviser at varick asset management. whatç do you think so far abou how this earnings season is shaping up? >> there's a vibe toward deposit that's not positive. that the economy is picking up steam. truth is, the companies had expected better than expected

boeing, procter & gamble. we are seeing down arrows for most of those. apple, good old apple, we'll be hearing from apple.n up arrow now, up about 1%. you remember when this was a $700 stock. everybody's been waiting for great innovation and great numbers from apple, we'll see whether or not that can come to fruition. i was reading some of the comments from the analysts, and yum brands, you may remember, also has been beaten down in china because of the poultry problems and pr issues there. and some of the analysts particularly over at jpmorgan saying that recovery in china has already been priced into the stock. so everybody's waiting to hear some good news from some of these guys, and some of it is is in stocks. you have got to have a little caution. liz: let me just say this, that they have a division called aziza for younger girls, and i don't know about anywhere else, but it's the hottest thing for kids in new york. all these girls are taking dance classes, and they all want to do spin. it's nuts. they could really come back here, something to watch for lulu. >> i love lulu, liz. i love my yoga wear,

is also had knowing which --boeing which was higher because of deliveries. everyone is waiting for apple the treasury market, they will be a five-year debt sale later this afternoon and you are seeing a little bit of buying across the curve. itstenure is falling below benchmark level. -- the 10 this year note is falling below is benchmark level. coming up later this morning, we get new home sales at 10:00 a.m. >> more numbers on housing, thank you. there is a look at our top headlines -- jet loop pilot said voted to unionize. it was a part of by more than 70% of eligible pilots and ends their carrier status as the biggest out that airline without i union. it could lead to higher costs. at&t reported higher than estimated first-quarter earnings. it said revenue rose 3.6% and it raised its outlook for the year. the company is getting a profit is from customers who are paying full price for smart owens instead of signing a two-year contract and getting their phones at a discounted price. the number one automaker for the third straight quarter. they sold more cars than any of its competitors

on wednesday we get boeing and proctor & gamble before the bell. and apple and facebook report after the bell. and thursday, caterpillar, gm, microsoft, amazon, visa and we'll close out with quarter results on 500. the first quarter earnings are projected to increase by 1.7% from a year ago. we'll see how those hold up. a lot of numbers. we better get our machines ready. we'll check on the overall markets this morning with the futures this morning, at least at this hour, are indicating higher. dow futures up by 21 points. s&p futures up by a point. and the nasdaq up by 4.5 points. the you check out oil prices, you see right now they are down slightly. down by 21 cents, but still talking about wti, above $104 a barrel. the ten-year note this morning, which has been a huge position of interest that people have been watching, the yield at this point is 2.706%. just creeping up over 2.7% for the year. the dollar is down against the euro, the pound, it is up against the yen. the euro is at 138.24 and the dollar/yen at 102.53. gold prices this morning after all of

apple and facebook and qualcomm tonight. we'll try to preview those later in the morning. for the time being the dow is going to be dragged a little lower by at&t. but boeingto open up almost 3%. >> yeah. boeing is going -- like i said boeing is going higher. boeing is part of that cohort of companies where the revenues are really soaring. we used to keep hearing that industrials all done with cuts. it's all done with firings. that's not the case with some of these great industrials anymore. >> sort of echos the action we saw against snap on and rockwall automation and itw. all close to 52-week highs. >> snap on is an amazing story. a great american technology company just doing terrific things. >> there's the bell and a look at the s&p going for seven in a row up days today. that has not been done since last fall. down here at the big board, portfolio solutions, highlighting the dividend dog seers etfs. at the nasdaq a biopharma company celebrating its 30th listing anniversary. you drew our attention to the dow components. skyworks going to be a 12.5 year high today. >> skyworks did a lot of things right. i think, you know, you mentioned qualcomm. so the