abigail doolittle has more from the nasdaq. how is it looking?king more positive than the open. the nasdaq is turning higher, holding the index back. atel shares are lower on downgrade from bernstein. he thinks the first quarter resorts could be at risk. the second consensus appears to be high. this could pressure the stock. the sentiment is stick -- shared by deutsche bank. the company is likely to get the lower end of the first quarter guidance that was lowered in january on concerns around china. this causes intel to trade into a parish cross. suggested theyve could see some downside head. mark: the nasdaq is trying to turn green for the year. what is continuing to weigh on it? abigail: one stock. amazon. this is the worst performer year to date. from, it's jason oppenheimer. he has taken his price target down. he's taken a cloud revenues by 4%. he believes amazon will reduce in the face of competitive pressures from google. this is the reason the stock is the worst point greg and the nasdaq this year. it's down 20%. is atabigail doolittle the

david: thank you, abigail doolittle in midtown manhattan.eeing a rally in stocks around the world, the latest endless move from the ecb, is qe finally starting to pay off for equities a year after the ecb started its bond buying program. joining us is patrick spencer. his company has -- buy equities or not? >> you put me on the spot the last time. i did say i think it had bottomed. for what it is worth, i still think that is the case. just keeping it civil is quite important. i think mario draghi -- in the europe equity markets, yields of 2.25% on the s&p and some of those of blown out. yields of 1.9% on the 10 year in the u.s. i looked again more precisely this morning and ever since 1930, only five occasions where the equity market is yielding more than the 10 year. maybe five occasions and i think, apart from only one, the market was 30% higher the following year. mark: you are not suggesting we have a 30% rally coming our way? >> the other statistic i saw, if you look at markets that moved within the color of not more than 5% and not les

now in the seventh, sean doolittle on the hill. first batter, cody decker gro d grounder up the middle. nice stop. throws out decker at first. doolittle gave up no hits, no walks in his only inning. good for him but oakland, they lose 5-2. >>> the world's number one player, novak djokovic, had fans going crazy friday and not because of a great shot but more like a ridiculous catch. during his miami open match against kyle edman, popped the ball up, instead of letting the ball fall on the ground djokovic stretched out his shorts and the ball landed perfectly in his pocket. sort of unnecessary, though, because he immediately took the ball out of his pocket to use it. but terry, i guess when you're the number one player in the world, you have the right to show off, right? >> and he was very cool about it like he's done it 10,000 times which he probably has. >> probably has. the level of difficulty i think is valely high. >> i agree with you, fallon. >> pretty good. all right. see ya. >> thanks very much. >>> we'll be right back with h

no --e of the profile -- here we go, it was doolittle's large display of united states of america. this celebration of the constitution and the new federal government enclosed the portrait in a ring of interlocking seals, representing the united states and the 13 original colonies. washington, described as president of the united states and the protector of his country and the supporter of mankind, is elevated here to a major role as a central figure of a newly strengthened federal government. the shift from a loosely connected federation of states was clipped by factual differences. it was a crucial change in our history. doolittle celebrated the constitution and its import by presenting strengthened executive power dramatically and symbolically within the unity of interlocking circles. edward savage's portraits were prominent during the presidency. his three-quarter length image, published in london, depicts washington seeking at a table contemplating the new federal city. it had all the refinement of the british technique, softness of texture and shading, and effects that made h

want to head to the nasdaq now where abigail doolittle is digging into lendingtree.nounced a buyback extension. how has it been performing? abigail: lendingtree is about flat on the year. this is misleading. sharply. went down after a buyback, the stock has bounced back. a free go back to 2008, lendingtree is up nearly 10,000% and itsits 2008 trough record peak in 2015, going from $1.42 to nearly $140. but the stock has fallen more than 60% recently. it is not clear why. one thing that could stand out is a high bear shortage risk of 27%. vonnie: any idea why there are so many short ends out there? abigail: perhaps valuation. 60%k is trading at a premium. frankly, revenue and earnings are growing strong. 40% in a year-over-year basis. no debt. it is not clear what the whole -- the hole is. the stock cross back over its 50 to moving average, similar 2014. the stock could just climb higher from here. donee: abigail doolittle at the nasdaq. thank you. lendingtree's ceo to answer the questions. doug lebda joins us here in the new york studio. abigail raised the idea of va

doolittle has the latest from the nasdaq. whole lot of movement headed the jobs report tomorrow. >> through. we do have big stocks moving in opposite direction in the biotech world. starting off with endo international. the news that the ftc or free drop -- federal trade commission is doing endo among other drug makers saying that they are generic access to versions or cheaper versions of the pain medications. it is down 73% from the peak last april. a huge slide. investor concerns around increasing reliance on generic and fallout from valiant. what will turn the situation around. david: insight is up. but as a bio start -- biotech start. what is going on there? >> what will turn the situation around. what is happening here, basically a late stage study showing effectiveness in the rheumatoid arthritis drug in partnership with eli lilly. the robust presentation. it appears to be sending the shares higher. shares are trading in a training range. --appears this may not be there may not be too much of share that to go. david: ab

abigail doolittle at the nasdaq.ad, we are following the breaking news on apple. 17 tech companies have filed an amicus in support of apple agains. more next. ♪ bonnie: breaking news. , twitter and ago 16 other technology companies filed amicus in support of apple in their fight against the fbi. they include red it, airbnb, square, linkedin. bloomberg's matt larson is in to .ell us thank you for joining us. companiesgroup of that are decent sized. thiskind of impact will have on magistrates anywhere? if nothing else, i think the bread of companies starting to weigh in could influence the magistrate judge in considering the ramifications of a ruling in this case. it demonstrates its not just a case at impacts apple and apple's concerns but it is a broader industry perspective. there are software developers, weighingnufacturers in. cisco, intel, microsoft have expressed they are likely to weigh in as well. you are really seeing a broad part of the tech industry expressing concern over the precedent that could be set by

so much,hank you abigail doolittle at the nasdaq.ing of tech stocks, they have rallied by the end of the year. more importantly, volatility remains high in the tech sector. -- wegs made colleagues asked him what was behind it all. is across volatility all these investments, really juvenile by the fact you have about 100 companies trading at astronomical valuations. the remaining are not at those high valuations. what something like a linkedin or tableau has it happened, varitek reports across everywhere. >> how many stocks are waiting to reach regular levels? i don't know when they will reach regular levels. most of the market is not that valued on the tech side. >> as an investor, you see this volatility in the tech side. opportunity?at how do you get the best of the theatility and leave rest behind? them of the only way we invest is by a three time horizon. that is particularly true for small and it cap stocks. impossible,s almost or if you do it it will be very expensive. through deep fundamental research, development of the stock

david: abigail doolittle in midtown. let's check in on the first word news this hour.as more. matt: there are reports of another bombing in turkey. this one happens in the southeastern city, it's predominantly kurdish. reports say four people were killed and 14 wounded. the news agency says a car bomb targeted police. the brussels airport will remain closed until at least tomorrow for passenger flights. officials are still evaluating temporary repairs after last week's attack. the bomb destroyed the airport's check in area. 20 reopens the brussels airport will be able to handle only a fraction of the normal passenger traffic. more than 300 refugees have been rescued by the italian authorities in an overnight operation off the libyan coast. the coast guard released infrared video of the operation where two boats rescued refugees traveling on a wooden fishing boat. in venezuela there are shortages of food, toilet paper in medicine. now a shortage of electricity could mean lights out in the city of caracas. a drop blamed on el niÑo has dropped water levels to a critical p

go doolittle.r forht european trading, provided regulators give their blessing. valued at $30.5 million, the deutsche board chief go-getter " this "bloomberg morning. here's what he had to say about the merger. >> we both recognize and appreciate each other's strengths. the management team, the boards have come together to develop those strengths. this is what we have done and delivered an intermediate result by announcing today. >> earlier this morning they look at how profitable it was. how do you explain to shareholders that this is in their interest? that this is not a dilution of interest? what do you say to them? >> i think that the business sets between the can't -- between the companies are complementary. and the growth that they have driven over the last few years is deeply impressive and it has resulted in multiple expansions that are impressive with an overall trajectory of growth in the globally diversified businesses, which is very attractive. the combination between the two house

scarlet: thank you so much, abigail doolittle. let's check on the first word news.pton has more from the news desk. a federal judge has suspended the nomination of lula da silva as brazilian president dilma rousseff's chief of staff. bureauomberg sÃo paulo chief jointly with the latest. this is one that has had reverberations around the world. tell us, what happened during mr. lula's swearing-in ceremony? julia: he had a tumultuous swearing-in ceremony. a lot of people were chanting "there will be no coup." outside and all around the country you could hear people banging pots and pans, sort of a popular type of protest in brazil, protesting the nomination, continuing the protests we saw last night after he was named. mark c.: julia, the irony here is that president lula, he was very popular when he was in office. is this latest development having some sort of effect on his legacy? julia: dilma rousseff herself called him today one of the most important political leaders -- the most important political leader of this country when she was on his swearing-in ceremony.

let's get to abigail doolittle who has more from the nasdaq. have the nasdaq struggling to trade higher. one boost is gilead sciences. i reached out to bloomberg while tech analyst who said this is for two reasons. first, the payout for merck and a recent patent infringement case over hepatitis c drug is a measly $200. a lot less than what the street had been looking for. mark's hepatitis c drug saying it is relatively weak. less competition for gilead than what investors had been looking for. he has said all along that gilead is the 800 pound gorilla in the hepatitis c space. a volatile ride for the stock over the last two years to read interesting to see how all of that plays out. betty: thank you so much. abigail doolittle at the nasdaq. much more ahead. a battle of the charts. it will be consensus who wins this time. junk bonds losing some luster. lisa abramowicz will go head-to-head with matt miller in a few minutes. ♪ betty: live from new york, on bonnie lou -- i'm betty liu. vonnie: i'm vonnie quinn. look at business stories in the news

you are like the dr doolittle of the sea. >> in some waysiest. is it clear that there's anything to worry about. >> 20 years ago we spoke about it being destructive. that's the two faces of el nino. winners and losers, and it depends which side of the coin you are as to whether it's a good or bad thing. >> that's "america tonight"s special look at el nino. tell us what you mining at aljazeera.com/americatonight. talk to us are on twitter or facebook. come back, we'll have more of "america tonight" tomorrow. >>> e.u. around turkish leaders prepare for a second day of talks with hopes of a deal on the refugee crisis. also coming up on the program a defiant north korea launches missiles into the sea. chaos in brazil. anti-government protesters return to the streets after a controversial appointment by the president dilma rousseff. there are new efforts to bring farming to pakistan's largest city and the

doolittle celebrated the constitution and its import by presenting that strengthened dramatically and symbolically within the visually , indissoluble unity of interlocking circles. edward savage's portraits were prominent during the presidency. savage's three-quarter length mezzotint image published in london in 1793 depicts washington seated at a table contemplating the new federal city. it had all the refinement of the british technique, softness of texture, subtlety of shading, and richness of have to, that made the mezzotint so popular. furthermore, it had the advantage of showing washington out of uniform, dressed in a presidential black velvet suit. guests describing the "tall, manly figure of washington clad in black velvet" were very impressed with his magnificent presence. this was an important symbolic addition to washington iconography. he is no longer the soldier but statesman. the peaceful succession of one elected president the next had yet to be proven, but to some, a very military president had dictatorial potential. washington himself fully understood the importance o

thank you, abigail doolittle. of information to digest this week, including commentary from janet yellen tomorrow with that friday monthly jobs report. our next guest sees more ahead. he joins us now from boston with more. good to have you back with us. there is a lot going on this week. janet yellen, though, the yuan to as a fake she will give us anything earth shattering or just more of the same from the fed? >> just remember, we are one week away from her last statement. the difference here will be that she needs to walk back what we have heard since the last fed meeting. one week ago we got what appeared to be a more dovish statement and the more dovish handling of q&a with two increases in 2016. lo and behold last week we had a parade of speakers leading more hawkish. it's difficult to disseminate that news. we have nonvoters, people that tend to be hawkish. i think she did a pretty good job to get us back to where we were one week ago, sort of settling down the movements we have seen in currency markets and

you are like the dr doolittle of the sea. >> in some waysiest. is it clear that there's anything to worry about. >> 20 years ago we spoke about it being destructive. that's the two faces of el nino. winners and losers, and it depends which side of the coin you are as to whether it's a good or bad thing. >> that's "america tonight"s special look at el nino. tell us what you mining at aljazeera.com/americatonight. talk to us are on twitter or facebook. come back, we'll have more of "america tonight" tomorrow. >>> >>> the u.s. calls on north korea to refrain from fuelling tensions after pyongyang carries out another missile launch. also on the program, rising tensions in brazil. now a federal judge blocks the appointment of lula da silva as chief of staff. e.u. leaders agree on a plan with a deal with turkey to stem the flow of

today, in about half an hour, abigail doolittle has more.of a bumpy session today with the nasdaq. abigail: it has been bumpy but higher once again. not just on the day but for a fifth week in a row. nice winning streak for the nasdaq. the weekend -- the weekly gains are needed. in this tire on the week are less than 1%, so let's see how the next minutes play out. from the point perspective, member waiting% up about 3%, trading higher ahead of next monday's media event when apple will unveil a smaller iphone and a refresh of the ipads. they claim that this could be a catalyst for apple. maureenrlier this week, out with a bullish comment saying that the recorder appears to be tracking well. apple is above the 50 day moving average and this suggests apple may move back ahead of the 200 backup 100average or $12. from a percentage standpoint, a better performer is tesla. the stock up more than 10% on the week, and today, popping above their 200 day moving average. bullish action could be ahead. the last time this happened last april, they moved

abigail doolittle of the nasdaq. we are struggling holding on gains.w a bit of a drop for all of the indexes nearly close. valeant, the bombs keep dropping. stock is up today. to step down.ng the company also accusing the former chief financial officer of taking over for two months while harrison was gone. accusing him of improper conduct. this is howard schiller. and bill atkins is going to be joining the board. can you keep all of this straight? i will bring you the senior health care analyst at renshaw. he joins us now. crazytainly was kind of a press release that was released this morning. we still have up by reading on this stock. why? >> if they can stave off for four -- default, this would justify repainting of a buy rating three of. the lower guidance show that they can meet, they are able to get near-term issues resolved. it is a question of whether or not they can final their financial statements in line with the deadlines that are in the covenants with their debtholders. and state law and inventive default. they have not missed any payments

you are like the dr doolittle of the sea. >> in some waysiest. is it clear that there's anything to worry about. >> 20 years ago we spoke about it being destructive. that's the two faces of el nino. winners and losers, and it depends which side of the coin you are as to whether it's a good or bad thing. >> that's "america tonight"s special look at el nino. tell us what you mining at aljazeera.com/americatonight. talk to us are on twitter or facebook. come back, we'll have more of "america tonight" tomorrow. >>> i.s.i.l. atrocities. >> in my judgment d.a.e.s.h. is responsible for genocide against groups in areas under its control >>> the u.s. formally accuses i.s.i.l. of committing genocide against christians and other religious and ethnic minorities. will this lead to more aggressive military action. syria's prisoners. >> i saw them died and they just

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go to abigail doolittle live at the nasdaq looking at some biotech movers.: here is the nasdaq after a two day winning streak. the most -- the worst performing sectors are biotechnology and health care. biotech,ake a look at we are talking but the bear market in biotech and this bear ofket is the worst one several since 2000. it has been down as much as 40% from its peak last year. have we seen a bottom or is this selling going to continue? will the biotech bear market manage to pull the nasdaq into a bear market as well? biogenesis down on uncertainty of whether or not one of the country -- one of the company's partners may release data tomorrow. a neutral rating from suntrust saying the pipeline is fully priced at the current level. both of these stocks are down sharply as a lack of near-term catalysts could suggest the biotech air market does in fact have more to go. , abigailnk you so much doolittle at the nasdaq. the university of texas has the second largest endowment fund investing $35 billion. scarlet: erik schatzker interviewed bruce zimmerman at th

alix: thank you so much, abigail doolittle.let's get to the global market. .ll eyes on investors joining us now is a chief investment officer, he helps oversee over $1.5 billion in assets. what is the message from the fed this week? >> nothing will happen on interest rates. i think june -- it will be interesting but will happen on the dots. mark b.: meet in the middle? >> likely meet in the middle. mark b.: do we really care about the dots? can we look beyond our nose? >> i think people care about the dots. i think it is a fair and reasonable policy to have right now. the dots matter. alix: and term of the markets, we have been looking at is in p -- smp. across the board, technicians have been very concerned. what kind of downside you think there is? much.ng into the fed, not i think there is some, if they shop the market,, hawkish. i don't think that will be the case. end, aboutey will where they are today. i don't think they're going to crash. i think europe is much better valued. relative valuea that has a short on u.s. equi

let's check in with abigail doolittle, live from the nasdaq.il: we do also have the nasdaq struggling to trade higher. the last indecisive trade struggling between small gains and losses. boosting the index is biotech. today, the ndi is up 1.5%, perhaps stopping a two-week losing streak. and analyst says he thinks this is a snapback to downsize pressure, and he thinks investors have little motivation to jump back in on a sector that is down about 24% year to date. alix: who are the winners? abigail: this is a fun one. tesla is up again, seven days in a row. it's best winning streak since march 2013. buy.tock be upgraded to a stock jumped back again from its 200 day average. it happened last april ahead of a 25% move out. perhaps some bullish action ahead for tesla. scarlet: let's check in now for lubitz first world news. mark crumpton has more now from the news desk. mark c.: thank you. donald trump's presidential campaign will add security to its events. recent rallies have seen violence. the front runner does not condone any of the fighting.

let's look at tech movers with abigail doolittle who has the latest from the nasdaq.: the nasdaq is down slightly, but we have two big tech things moving. after sayingare up that the march quarter could meet the year declines of iphone sales. the iphone 7 is due out this year and it could bring apple back. the stock remains above the $100 level, also just think of that could be a rally in store for apple. another tech name, intel shares are higher after the stock was upgraded to outperform after being on the sidelines for some time. the company's data center revenue is likely to surpass or balance out weaknesses in the pc market. there is more than 20% upside to the price target of $30. -- $38. get to germany. reports outside of germany from accel springer. hans nichols sat down with the chief executive and discussed how we defines working with different tech companies to distribute content. >> i think the big tech companies are developing different approaches on how to do with the environment. it seems that facebook has to find a way where they are the major benefici

abigail doolittle is live at the nasdaq.l: shares of tesla pulled a u-turn today, reversing higher. the stock had been down more than 3% earlier on a downgrade to sell by s&p. they cited valuation in a secretion risk. the stock is now higher by 1%. thistors are siding with year's big turnaround after the committee gave a better-than-expected model s -- shares have been down 40% year-to-date, now down just -- paypal, the stock is down has gene munster reiterates his underweight rating, citing a recode report that apple pay may go mobile by the end of the year. one analyst saying this will likely have no impact on paypal, but he does concede that there could be headline risk. alix: let's get to the first word news. mark crumpton is at our news desk. the samere are signs islamic state network that carried out the terrorist attack in both brussels and paris. many of those blamed in the violence linked in brussels. they're are trying to coordinate a response to the glowing that's growing wave of terrorism. -- response to the grow

abigail doolittle has more from the nasdaq in midtown. you are looking at apple.nicely higher after the fbi dropped its case against the iphone maker. they got in through the iphone without the help of the company. this is a bit of a relief pop coming from investors. it will put the focus squarely back on iphone sales. analysts have been more bullish and constructive. morgan stanley was saying the current quarter is tracking ahead of the guidance. all of this bullish thinking more recently about iphone sales is reflected in the stock chart. the buyers are firmly in control of the near term markets. the last time this happened, the stock back above its moving day average. it could suggest that they move toward $112. they are trading only slightly higher. what's dragging it down? abigail: ebay has gone lower. been downgraded. they are talking about weak fundamentals after this split from paypal last summer. attractive valuations, it's unlikely to create a reason to buy the stock. went below the stock the 50 day moving average. the sellers are in control now. the las

do not see how i could have gone through childhood and adolescence without books.hool from doctor doolittle and nancy drew to 17 summer and the ras catcher in the ride, which the house maker and my quaker boarding school confiscated for my room as unsuitable.best way i remember certain great traveling book moments. for example, reading moby dick . state straight through, nonstop from a train from new york to california which may be the best way to read moby dick. discovering a new favorite, hg wells because he was the only english-language author. in the light prairie. having my mother greet me by immediately thrusting a book into my hand and say, you haveve to read this.ple it was the first james a bond. [laughter] i have been asked about my life and letters and what inspired my latest book. the idea of a life and letters amuses me because it makes me think of brilliant people who write all day and talk about books all night. my life and letters has been w sporadic, intermittent and late. my first book was published in 1986, my 86, my second book was published in 2001. my third book w >> h

the abigailwn to doolittle. abigail: one stock that is declining is jetblue.s are plunging after a negative outlook for the first quarter. this is after revenue has fallen for the month of february. down 8%.revenue they are blaming storms. the stock just crossed across average. there may be more macro concerns at work. vonnie: some of the winners in that sea of red. i see walgreens. abigail: urban outfitters needs $.51 per share. that is a penny debtor on a year by year basis. baird's likes the merging story. this is what is turning the stock around for 2016. the recent pizza store acquisition may drive more shoppers into stores as planned. a lot of analysts were scratching their heads when that came out. thank you so much. courtney donohoe has more from the news decks. -- desk. the measure was drafted after the november 13 attacks in paris. but of the provisions would impose jail time on technology executives who deny access to encrypted data. the european union is getting closer to turkey on a deal to stem the flow of migrants. german chancellor angela merke

abigail doolittle has the latest from the nasdaq in manhattan. is tradinghoo!her, hitting their highest level of 2016 on a report the company is looking into selling $1.3 billion worth of non-core assets, including patents and properties. it is part of the decision to form a committee to explore alternatives. marissa mayer is under pressure to make changes. is trading down today on the news that the company will stop moving advertising sales in the largest u.k. client through ireland, resulting in a bigger british tax bill. it will take effect in april. the bigger bills will be paid next year. it is unclear what the impact will be for the numbers of facebook, but the shares are outperforming the nasdaq index itself on a strong december report and a positive look at 2016. vonnie: thank you, so much. facebook.s stay with in 2014, the social media tycoon in u.k. taxes,s just over 6000 u.s. dollars, less than what the average british worker paid. it will change in april. facebook will stop routing advertising sales through ireland and increase its tax bill finally

doolittle and nancy drew to 17th summer and the catcher in the rye which the housemaker in my quaker boarding school confiscated from my room as unsuitable. [laughter] i remember certain great traveling book moments. for example, reading moby dick straight through nonstop on a train from new york to california, which may be the best way to read moby dick. [laughter] discovering a new favorite, h.g. wells, because he was the only english-language author in the library of a french transatlantic liner. and arriving in london from school in new york to have my mother greet me by immediately thrusting a book into my hands and saying you have to read this. it was the first james bond. [laughter] i have been asked about my life and letters and what inspired my latest book. the idea of a life in letters amuses me because it makes me think of brilliant and probe lick people who write -- prolific people who write all day and talk about books all night. my life in letters has been sporadic, intermittent and late. my first book was published in 1986. my second book was published in 2001, and my

abigail doolittle has more life from the nasdaq. are looking at a reversal of a small decline earlier. the nasdaq now trading higher. if it closes that way, the first four-day winning streak of 2016. boosting the nasdaq by the most today, apple shares up strongly after bullish comments from piper jaffray's. ise itspany could ra dividend and buyback plan to $50 billion. the march quarter could mark a trough or decline in iphone sales. taking a look at another tech mover, yahoo! shares hit their highest level of 2016 on a report out of reuters in the company could be looking into feeling some of its non-core assets. decision by the company not so long ago to form a committee to explore strategic alternatives. marissa mayer under tremendous as thee to make changes company has fallen 40% since she took over in 2012. vonnie: what else is new? for a semi-are always under pressure. let's check in on our first word news. -- marissa mayer always under pressure. vonnie: republican rivals say they will support donald trump if he wins the nomin

abigail doolittle has more. abigail: we certainly have the nasdaq in full rally mode.y 2% on the day. majorforming the other averages. some of the top leaders into -- in technology are here today, including facebook and apple. upd resort shares are nicely. of wind resorts revenue. resorts revenue. to explainuld help why wynn resorts is trading at a five-month high. shares of this chipmaker are down after the stock was downgraded at merrill lynch. lowered estimates citing limited multiple expansion. vonnie: thank you. portugal's new leadership is trying to spark growth and easing austerity measures. portugal bonds tumbled last month. yields soaring on concerns the socialist minority government will not do enough to curb the deficit. joining us now is the finance minister of portugal, mario centeno. portugal's 10 year yields spiked. they have come back. can the ecb do more to avoid these spiking yields in countries like yourself? >> thank you for having me. it's a joint work. from our side, we are pretty much committed to keeping the to curbation process on the debt over

with go to abigail doolittle live from the nasdaq in midtown manhattan.as pared its losses from earlier but the index is still trading down. american airlines is down on the news the company plans to raise wages by 6% for flight attendants. if it goes through, it will take lace on april 1. constructive, so cutting the price target. one analyst thinks investors are likely to take this piece of news negatively. is there a knock on effect two other stocks? abigail: jetblue's down as well down more than 1%. it could be trading down in sympathy. jetblue seems to be one of the most likely buyers of virgin american, given the similarly -- similarity of the fleet. thank you very much. secrethead, citigroup's list of top clients. we will tell you about wall street's top 100 of 1%. ♪ vonnie: live from new york mark: and london, i'm vonnie quinn. i'm mark barton. you are watching bloomberg markets on bloomberg television. time for a look at some of the biggest business stories in the news right now. books like and has not finished a plan to fix nearly 600,000 diesel

abigail doolittle has the latest at the nasdaq.ve some tech movers including skyworks solutions. abigail: sky works has been trading down today. this is the apple chip supplier. and analyst has taken his rating down, warning the risk level is more balanced, following the rallies over the new iphone. he is also saying that the smartphone market appears to be shrinking. not a good thing long-term for sky works. interestingly, the price is above where the stock is trading now. so perhaps a housekeeping issue there? betty: any other tech stocks in the news? abigail: the wall street journal is reporting that yahoo! is setting an april 11 deadline for primarily bids. plus the stakes in yahoo! japan and alibaba. one backer for the bid who has been in the news is microsoft. this could be a possibility. this sort of partnership would not be surprising considering a 10 year search deal between the two companies. it is less clear whether there is a possibility and how the stocks we converge. caroline: thank you so much. i know it is a british

more abigail doolittle has life from the nasdaq, where she is looking at airport stocks.t so surprisingly, seven out of the top 10 worst percentage performance in the nasdaq performers are travel related. this includes priceline, marriott, american airlines. the worst of all is priceline. interestingly, if we go back over the last six month, they are still ahead of the levels ahead of the paris terror attacks. lots of volatility. to bounce backnd quickly from these tragic events, but over the long term, it could be how is this company going to deal with an entry into asia? how will they deal with airbnb as competition chec? alix: thanks so much. scarlet: let's check in now with first world news with mark crumpton at the news desk. mark c.: reports say that islamic state is claiming responsibility for the three bombings in brussels today. at least 31 people are dead. more than 180 others were injured. belgium is on the highest terror alert in its history. muscles with is in the latest. good evening. mark. good evening, let me give you a lay of the land. over my left should

abigail doolittle has more live from the nasdaq. looking at are small gain for the nasdaq.he fourth straight back-to-back red to green reserves -- reversal. the nasdaq could have its first five-day winning streak since april of 2015. helping the nasdaq is the biotech sector. it is up sharply. dragging is big tech, including apple, amazon, and microsoft. vonnie: any notable name down? netflix. shares down from a bearish search. -- we spoke to paul sweeney. he says if the company misses its net weight, the momentum stock that trade-off of the subscriber numbers, netflix did trading to embarrass that cross. that suggests sellers are lurking and waiting to take netflix lower. vonnie: thank you. coming back to europe, greece is still the world. the finished finance minister is toing the imf and ministers -- he spoke with bloomberg tv in brussels. is thee frank, the imf one pushing for the harder line in the european commission seems to be more lenient. the key is to find a solution with the upcoming weeks to months, so we are not in a similar situation of crisis as last summer.

speaking of apple, let's check in with abigail doolittle.live at the nasdaq. : as you mentioned, stocks are lower at the nasdaq. the lowest performer is not a tech stock, but nintendo international. it is down, in sympathy with valeant. although this is a continuation of the pressure that has taken it down 15% over the last year. relies more on generic drugs, something that pressures margins. however, one person says this is an unfair drag on anendo. alix: what is going on with tech stocks? abigail: we have apple nicely higher. reverse higher. one is amazon. amazon says it will launch a service for the cloud. it is said they are further flexing their muscles into the cloud, which could be at judgment to -- at detriment to oracle. alix: thanks so much. scarlet: let's check in now with our bloomberg first world news. mark crumpton has that from the news desk. mark c.: thank you. donald trump and hillary clinton can each take big steps forward as five states hold primaries. for republicans, ohio has become the crucial battleground. recent polls

abigail doolittle has the latest from midtown manhattan. it is not all about the overall index.re stock watching that is moving higher this morning as netflix. the stock is up. its subscribing estimates for the first quarter above 1.7 million. an analyst was out with more cautious comments, but saying those numbers could be at risk on a plant price hike. also, the possibility of an increase turnaround. tonie: you would not think look at the overall numbers, but there is a good 2%, 3% move. abigail: starbucks is another winner. it is a topic for 2016. and analyst says it is well-positioned. the really stands out, is ongoing call that the company is likely to double profits between the current fiscal year and 2019. these are not small numbers. currently bloomberg has starbucks' for two cents a share. at four see a number dollars. it will be interesting to see how that plays out. vonnie: a tall order. thanks, abigail. betty: let's turn to the commercial real estate market. topping one chilean dollars globally. that is a 6% ride over last year. in-swerve be is the head of research.

abigail doolittle is live at the nasdaq in manhattan with more company movers.il: it is a green day here at the nasdaq. the nasdaq is up half a percent at this time, similar to the s&p. one stock moving to the downside and has been one of the biggest drives all day is paypal. citing valuation . the stock is now, he says, trading at a premium. this perhaps suggests it may trade back down into the trading range of an ipo formed last summer. alix: what about the noticeable winter? abigail: there is a top stock which is adobe systems, after they've beat their first quarter estimates. cells above estimates. apparently, the strong performance is being diverted by momentum in the cloud, also, subscriber to a system. today's gap higher, the system hit a record high, is above the trading range. ed.en, those gaps are fill we will see is adobe systems falls back in the weeks ahead. scarlet: let's check in now with mark crumpton with the headlines from the news desk. mark c.: thank you. the united states is calling for a meeting of the un security council to discuss north k

let's go to the nasdaq where abigail doolittle has more.il: we do have the nasdaq higher this morning. we have the nasdaq biotech index down about 5%. dropped below its 20 day moving average after a time of relatively flat trading. a 30%ime it was ahead of decline, so this could signal we may see some near-term selling pressure accelerate in biotech and perhaps the biotech market overall could get worse. vonnie: looking at the biggest biotech losers, any idea why they are down so much? abigail: this is after news yesterday that a new medicare pilot program will be launched and change the way medicare part d is reimbursed. i did speak with our bloomberg biotech analyst to said it will hit these two companies the worst. but could it create a selling environment that we saw last summer where politicians were concerned over high drug prices? it will be interesting to see how it all plays out. vonnie: thank you very much. let's check in with our bloomberg first word news. up, more than 13,000 refugees are piled up at the border of greece and mac

abigail doolittle live at the nasdaq with employees for its first three-week winning streak this yearail: it's been an interesting day. the index opened slightly higher and was down and around 2:00 was up. just a minute ago, it was back down. now, slightly higher. it does appear either way, unless there's a huge plunge , it will have its best winning streak since last year. the biggest point boots are at apple, amazon, microsoft. many other tech companies support apple around its fight against the government and constructive comments from gene munster and out of sterne agee. micron shares are up more than 8% on the week after it was .ighlighted for an opportunity stock is down more than 15% year to date on what was literally the worst performing stock in the nasdaq in 2015. bonnie: what about laggards on the week? abigail: this stock down about 20% on the week. there is one analyst out there who is saying this is a broken story in the near term. bonnie: thank you so much. the nasdaq for us. theident obama applauding february jobs report, saying the nation is enjoying the fastest job g

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with abigail doolittle where she has the very latest. abigail, you're looking at apple.: it stands out today. we have the nasdaq down 1%. of the top 25 point influenced isers on the nasdaq, apple the only stock among those 25 names that is trading higher. this is coming out of morgan stanley. it is stating that the march quarter iphone is traveling well. bake -- it could travel 56.5 units. stanley's own estimate of 49 million. it is possibly a nice beat or upside that could cause the stock to trade towards the upside. it could travel through the quarter. mark: abigail, the nasdaq is down more than the other averages. what is going down the index." -- index? abigail: what is interesting is that there is no real news out there to speak of. i did not speak to an aimless here. it seems to be that there is just more downside momentum in the bear market. the high fires in recent years show selling of the biotech sector. some of the biggest losers include bio jen, gilead, regenerate, and celgene. let's check in on how the other major averages are trading. we had the s&p 500 dow

abigail doolittle has more from nasdaq. rightw is free much flat now.&p 500 -- really unchanged as well. .25%.sdaq is down what is happening down there? abigail: we have movement here dollar tree.s and the company beat fourth-quarter estimates. we have roxanne meyer trading the stock to a by citing second half tailwinds. stores is said to be licking their chops. one different retailer that could the struggling is big five sporting goods. one of the worst percentage performances after offering a week view -- apparently weather is a factor. dollar tree is down today, one of the worst performers in the nasdaq 100 after it was downgraded. some are calling it a double downgrade. one analyst says come sales growth is slowing. he makes note of the fact he had a strong by for eight years. a big shift in view. let's check in on our bloomberg first word news with tornado. courtney: the un security council has approved new sanctions against north korea. the sanctions are retaliations for the recent missile launch a nuclear test. all cargo going to and from north k

abigail doolittle is live at the nasdaq the latest.bigail: the nasdaq has been trading all day down, dragging health care and biotech. really interesting here -- the big drag in biotech with big names -- now it is and though pharmaceuticals. the stock has simply plunged someghout the day and investors may worry about the company's move toward generic drugs. one analyst says these drags are unfair. the other big story here is apple. the stock has been strong all day on constructive comments from morgan stanley. demand for thes iphone appears to be tracking above expectation and above guidance. tradeould help the stock higher in the near term and could help investors get used to and above average delivery and could put the pressure on apple to deliver when they report on april 25. alix: tech was down this morning. have we seen an extended reversal here? aboutl: amazon was down 1% and is now up about 1% as the company plans to launch a dated pace migration system using the cloud. one analyst says this is amazon flexing their muscles and i

on more fromn now midtown, manhattan and abigail doolittle.: the nasdaq is trying to trade higher after opening. two of the top stocks, let's take a look at them. shares are surging on takeover speculation in particular. they say they are hearing takeover chatter and that priceline is mentioned as the other accountswo met having similar reports. i've been on twitter for quite some time. i know that you too checked around a bit. no one news -- knows who the open outcry or is. it's important to remember that there is some anonymity there. it is surely speculation. one of the top two stocks in the nasdaq today. speculation moving the markets, we like to tell people what it is. any others going higher? tesla is up on a report analysts,l-known suggesting that the model x production is likely to excel a rate this year. he recently visited a factory and he is pretty bullish. all of this is in contrast to the short interest. a well-known short seller of citroen research recently put out negative comment thing the clock should -- it should be tracing -

abigail doolittle is live at the nasdaq with the latest.il: we have a big selloff here at the nasdaq and the selling accelerating all day. that winning streak will be snapped unless there is a monster rally in the next few minutes. biotech, driven by gilead sciences, the the stock is down over a patent for a hepatitis c drug. merck says gilead owes 10% of its sales in the form of a royalty on this drug. thegilead is appealing decision and says it will only have a 5% effect on the stock. percentage standpoint, seagate technology is the worst as ubs has lowered numbers citing numbers in the desktop and commercial business segment. one analyst has reduced his price target to $24 a share and is reiterating his selling with the stock down and some investors are clearly taking it seriously. betty: what about other tech companies and play today? watchingwe have been google as they announced the platform cloud event. the street really wants to know how serious google is about its move into the cloud. whoached out to an analyst seems more impressed

now for a check on the stocks, abigail doolittle has the latest on the nasdaq, starting today with microns, abigail? abigail: micron is one of the ,orst performing stocks today after it was downgraded to a neutral. really a bearish call by analyst from it shock, who says that supply is ample, and the price good good lower. other analysts are calling for a margin recovery later this year. this analyst says that is unlikely. current -- that my bearish callhave a later. i love the ticker there. what else? performing,ron was outperforming the nasdaq. most recently the board did form a committee to explore strategic alternatives, including a reverse been of the company's stake of alibaba, even the sale assets, including patents and properties. even with yahoo! up, shares are down sharply from the record peaked back in november 2011. vonnie: thank you so much. we will check back in later run. turning the company around could be difficult according to the linkedin ceo. he joined emily chang exclusively this weekend on "studio 1.0" and discussed the future of yahoo!. guest: i think turnarounds ar

abigail doolittle has more from the nasdaq ar. >> the nasdaq has periods ganz and netflix shares areing. it's not entirely clear why. it could be the news late yesterday that the fcc is saying that netflix is filing with the regulators should be looked at for potential while asians of misrepresentation after netflix addict used internet providers of slowing videos but the fcc says netflix may have done this themselves. it will be interesting to how it plays out and shares are still down more than 10%. it put in a bearish death cross which tells us the sellers are lurking and there could be some sideways to downside volatility ahead. betty: what about lulu lemon gainingaining? beat and wasy driven by a strong holiday season and is up despite getting a somewhat mixed forecast. says he believes the first quarter outlook will prove to be conservative and shares should be bought. it's worth noting that there is a high bearish short interest on lulu lemon of 21%. some of this pop could be some of those shorts covering. betty: thank you so much. let's check in on the first board news. u.k.,