g. shares and the financials on the also not feeling very well bt be declining point seven percent. take a look at the exchange rates this hour and the euro is strengthening that versus the dollar five just a notch both the european and u.s. currencies are gaining a small fraction against the russian. moving on to oil now and it's a turning of positive light sweet as a fourteen cents a brant is out to one hundred twelve dollars or thirty cents. coming up next on out see the headlines with carol do stay with us. a soulless substance. cannot touch like a well trained army. villages in ruins. for thailand where time stands still. all becomes a sea of nothingness. the mysterious sons of russia. are teaching. the world live from syria its technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. welcome back a time for a look at the headlines now protests spread across egypt with more killings reported as people vent their anger against the military rulers not good enough to stop wednesday's football violence at the center for that base have been

p&g shares we'll take a quick look there as well. not a whole lot happening now.asked john mule ber this, i asked him sentimentally, is it sad to be selling pringles, when they were going to sell diamond foods. p&g a while ago had agreed to sell the pringles business to diamond foods. what happened was, it was mutually agreed that the two companies, pc and diamond to terminate the propose the acquisition after i guess kind of a scandal with diamond. they found that diamond had wrongly accounted so some payments to walnut growers. so it's, they have a lot of nuts, and it seemed like a pretty good fit. that deal fell apart and now it's going to kellogg at this point. >> we should mention shares of diamond are halted. we don't see any movement in that stock. >> i can't remember how long ago. kellogg predicts that the pringles purchase will add roughly eight to ten cents a share, so it will be accretive. >>> joining news a rare exclusive interview is hank paulson. former treasury secretary of the united states. quickly we want to ask you about what we've been watching

do you think the latest round of austerity measures will have on greece you can log onto our g dot com and shareyour thoughts with us there's much optimism so far as more than half of you think it will change nothing in an economy that's already more than a third say the measures only mean further hardship for the greek people six percent are convinced the e.u. will not let the greek economy collapse and the minority considers bailouts to be the only way to survive. the u.s. has hinted it could eventually give arms to rebels in syria and despite previous strides in opposition to further militarizing the conflict in the country the obama administration says if a political solution to the crisis proved impossible in might consider other options this amid warnings that washington's continuing efforts against the syrian regime could see it fighting side by side with al qaida archie's going to chicken reports. amid bloodshed in syria more extremists are penetrating the country to help bring down our sot that's according to u.s. intelligence which says all current affiliated fighters were responsible

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cockroach find out about the creepy crawly valentine's day gift some love birds are sharing with their sweethearts on r g dot com. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe it's been a black monday for banks in spain with fifteen of them downgraded by ratings agencies fitch and standard and poor's europe's biggest banks santander and spain second largest b.v.a. were both hit in the sweep which follows the downgrading of several euro zone countries last month including spain the cut reflects concern over the weakness of the spanish banking sector and its impact on the country's economy bad loans and problem debts are taught to total more than one hundred seventy billion euros. the families of the victims of the submerged coast of concordia cruise ship marking one month since the disaster they are staging a ceremony at a church near the crash site off the west coast of italy meanwhile operations to pump almost two and a half thousand tons of fuel from the stricken vessel have the gun seventeen people died fifteen remain missing after the liner ran aground the captain was said to b

find out more about the creepy crawly little valentine's day gift some love birds are sharing with their sweethearts on r g dot com. kareen is up next with the business news stay with us here on our. how to welcome to business here and how to thanks for joining me there's been a burst of interest in russian shares since the beginning of the year returning growth in the u.s. and progress with your stead is fueling appetite for risk last year more than eighteen billion dollars spent the country this year has been an inflow of one billion dollars to cool he chaired shouting from the nations as it manages says that the perception of russia is changing. there has been a change of attitude towards the russian equity market since the beginning of the euro and. demonstrated by the pond but the russian equity market has outperformed the markets in the world so to give you a flavor of russia nearly twenty percent since the beginning of the year where the u.s. market has gone up only by seven percent since the beginning of the certainty over the politics and seems to have subsided very much market expect patients now

american person who really wanted will planned parenthood and susan g komen foundation to continue working together because we share a joint mission early detection and prevention of breast cancer >> controversy has a silver lining since tuesday breast cancer preventive services 500- $700,000 a year from the susan g komen foundation. president of planned parenthood federation of america conference call with reporters >> very relieved and grateful to resume the of relationship we have had for several years with the susan g komen foundation. our work has always been about their work and health care for women and excited to get back to that now >> group of 26 united states democratic senators sent a letter to susan g komen urgent charity to continue grants to planned parenthood united states senator dick durbin did not signed that letter but working on his own when he found out susan g komen burst decision to pull funding >> that was the right thing to do the cure and breast cancer efforts susan g komen are across the board politically represent every part of the political spectrum and i think they realized cutting of

g morning. i've seen my share of hearings, and this one by far was one of the nastiest i've ever seen. members of the congress blast add toernlg eric holder for "operation fast and furious." no scandal seemed too controversial to reference. at thursday's contentious capitol hill hearing on "operation fast and furious." >> my question for you is what's the difference between the case of joe paterno at penn state and the justice department under your leadership? >> reporter: members of the house oversight and government relations committee grilled attorney general eric holder. >> how many more border patrol agents would have had to die as a part of operation fast and furious for you to take responsibility? >> that kind of question i think is frankly and again, respectfully, i think that's beneath a member of congress. >> reporter: the atf's gun-running scheme was supposed to infiltrate and identify high-level drug runners and criminals. instead the agency lost track of hundreds of guns, some of which were recovered from crime scenes in both mexico and the u.s. including the scene of bria

g? the takes shares, that raises prices and they stick. i actually -- i think both those companies are ahead of protecter. i know they'll dispute it, i'm happy to have them on the show. >> and they'll probably say just give us more time. >> i have no more patience than the analysts that have covered them for a year. this is like the sportswriter covering the yankees and literally in the locker room saying when are you going to start getting better. you know you'll almost get cut off access, but almost everyone joined in on the bash. >> is yum the best way to play china at this point? if you wanted to invest in china, but you don't want to buy the stock or the stock market, you want to buy. >> i'm going to give you caterpillar, cummins and joy. >> over yum. >> yum bizarrely, i think is a subtle and sub -- that no one didn't trust the food chain in china, and at kfc, it is u.s.-certified chicken. >> they control the food chain, they don't outsource the acquiring of food, the acquisition of food, but people do feel it's the safest food, that

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g multiple ways out. aren't they technically issues shares that i don't know if the board could be on board with the shares they are to validly authorize shares given what's happening with the account of the company. >> the whole value would given the stock. that's for certain. >> let me ask you a quick question. we've seen on these accounting issues many times in the past the first announcement is far from the last. this is more than just a bomb shell here. what else do you think we can expect down the road? because it's never just one or two headlines in a situation like this. >> the justice department is investigating this. so you have some other issues here. what will they find? what could they find? what was their intent? there are other things i don't want to bring up related to this deal that were quite troublesome that the timing of some events. the real issue here is take a look at wall street. how they push this to investors. look how the stock went up. since that justice department announcement came up. look how some brokerage firms rolled out experts to say there's no problem here. those are th

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shares rose 1% on news the ipad 3 will use the 4 g networks. that's it from cnbc.hardball." >>> i understand some folks in washington may want to treat this as another political edge issue. but it shouldn't be. i certainly never saw it that way. this is an issue where people of good will on both sides of the debate have been sorting through some very complicated questions to find a solution that works for everyone. with today's announcement, we have done that. religious liberty will be protected and a law that requires free preventive care will not discriminate against women. >> that was last friday. welcome to "hardball." president obama says he never saw the contraception debate as a wedge issue, but it's turned out to be a wedge issue in a whole new way by making an accommodation to the catholic church. he solidified his base among liberal catholics. but has this changed the political game? andrew sullivan is brilliant and breaks it down in "the politics of sex." e.j. jeb also joins us. andrew, i guess that's the key question out there. you got to it in your ess

and vivus shares up 77% after an fda panel endorsed its obesity drug. p and goliday sales boosted profits at target. that's it from cnbc. now back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." today, again, the politics of contraception and women's medical care are out front and center. democrats on capitol hill at a hearing of sorts to allow testimony from that single witness. she was the woman democrats wanted included in last week's initially all-male panel discussing contraception in the obama health bill. it was not technically an official hearing today, it allowed democrats to make clear they will not back down on contraceptive coverage. and there's polarizing reaction to governor bob mcdonnell and his decision to shift his ruling on ultrasounds before abortions. he says he objects to requiring internal ultrasound, but he supports an external one. this small move gets the governor out of his glaring national spotlight or no. perhaps more significantly, will it keep him in the race for vice president. elijah cummings attended the hearing today. and virgin

the issue is expected to be discussed in the g-20 finance ministers later this month. >> prince alwaheed is sharing his thoughts with maria bartiromo. this is what he said yesterday. take a listen. >> what may happen with iran and closing the hormuz strait but there's a sense that in the vicinity of the $100 both the consumers and the producers fear that price. we will not let the price of oil go more than $100 which means we can use our leverage, our excess capacity to be sure we pump more if needed, we are not -- the consumer countries while they're getting out of the recession slowly but surely. >> and let's see if the prince is right. oil prices this morning are still under $100. ed 96.23. t the. >> this is pretty interesting with everything that's laying out what's going on with israel. tensions have been stepping up. there was that article in "the new york times" over the weekend that suggested we could see an israeli attack and that july for some reason is the date that has been circled as it's got to happen before that time if you really want to be effective in shutting down their nuclear p

share of packers stock. we had a serious conference call and we concluded, that we should be for the team that beat the pack. i am for the giants, period. there you g. - go. >> may have lost the new england states. but he's for the giants in the super bowl . he called the former massachusetts gov ghov pro abortion and substantially dishonest and can't tell the truth and george soros. the liberal billionaire. and he was surprised and stunned by the last debate and dishonesty of mitt romney and he even quoted charles crod hammer . we are back with the panel with a quick review. >> i appreciate the shout out but it will not work. that was the best of the newt and the worst of newt. best of new. at one point he talk about the issue. we discussed early about the obama campaign and the attack on religious institution and talked about defending freedom and he was good. if only romney had the capacity to do the off the cuff that gingrich does, it would not be a contest it is because mitt romney is trouble with the language of an ideology he came late to, he's stumbled and made a mistake this week and there is such resistance in state after state to giving

shares soaring to $535. among the features expected on the new ipad are clearer screen, faster processor and even better camera and 4 g come patibility. >> new technology is everywhere these days, and now it helps to keep the peace between divorced parents as more and more judges send couples online to keep them out of court. we have a report. >> the divorce was no walk in the park. >> it was really chaotic, and it started during the separation. unfortunately, we were highly conflicted, and that just made things a lot more challenging. >> reporter: like many divorcees she found co-parenting complicated, which is why more courts are turning to the internet to help, ordering parents to use online software to keep the peace after the split. >> this is easter weekend? >> yes. >> the e-mails going back and forth were getting nasty and it was a he said she said thing. so this seemed to quell and calm that down a little bit. >> reporter: this judge mandates the use of online technology in his divorce cases. >> that takes all the mystery out of when they used to come to court and said, he said this or she said this and the ot

g. [ male announcer ] good choice business pro. good choice. go national. go like a pro. >>> shares up today on the back of pretty strong earnings. what is next for the generic pharma leader? before we get into your business, you are a ceo that does a lot of business around the world. you just heard somebody from the white house effectively say that they want to change tax laws as regards to taxation of profits and cash overseas. right? >> yes. >> i countered that that might encourage companies to move overseas. he did not seem to buy that argument. you are a ceo, do you buy that argument? >> look, i absolutely agree that the united states needs to look to do something to encourage corporate growth in the united states. i think we have the second largest tax rate in the world. so i absolutely am for let's look at lowering that. i think there are a ton of loopholes that need cut out. but i'm not as familiar with the plan they came out with today that if it actually does that. it doesn't sound like you're convinced. >> we don't know all the details is my point. and we've talked about

g task force program would work for them. so i am expressing my disappointment here and in the spirit of transparence in government which i think we both share to the best extent possible. i do not think that this is one of the things we have to keep out of the hands of the bad guys. may i see if a request is made to your s ooffice, the data tha supported your decision on that? >> yes, you can say that. and with respect to virginia that request was pending for some time. and what we have done in virginia in the meantime is deploy more i.c.e. agents into the areas where we were told that the task force would primarily be focused on a theory that full-time federal agents would be more productive. i'll be happy to get you briefed up on that as well. >> thank you for that, the expenses related to running the program, could you describe for us, just generally what those expenses would be and what savings are being realized by the disdecontinuing of that program? >> constant training is a big expense, travel for training, some overtime in those areas. so, thatw, they are little buckets. they are buckets. but they add up to a substantial number whe

g task force program would work for them. so i am expressing my disappointment here and in the spirit of transparency in government which i think we both share to the extent possible, we always have to keep things out of the hands of bad guys, i don't think this is one of them. may i see -- or may the committee member see if a request is made to your office to report a decision on this? >> yes. you can see that and i would also say with respect to virginia, that request has been pending for some time. and what we have done in virginia in the meantime is deploy more i.c.e. agents into the areas where we were told that the task force would primarily be focused on the theory that full time federal agents would be more productive. so i'll be happy to get you briefed on that as well. >> the expenses -- thank you for that. the expenses related # to running the 287-g program and i know you have a lot of things on your plate, but can you describe for us just generally what those expenses would be and what savings are being realized by discontinuing that program? >> oh, constant training is a big expense. travel. travel for training. some overtime in

g. komen foundation. walter writes, it's their money. they should do whatever they want with it. send us a message to our ktvu channel 2 morning news team on facebook and we will share some of the comments coming up in the next hour. >>> right now it's 4:37. in just about an hour the labor department will announce the january jobs report. most economists expect the unemployment rate to remain unchanged at 8.5% but they also forecast a slight increase in the numbers of jobs created last month. it's especially difficult to predict what the numbers will show because the government does not do a particularly good job of accounting for seasonal hiring during the holidays. >>> today president obama will unvail a new jobs program specifically for military veterans. the veterans jobs corp will be based on the civilian conservation corp. the corp will rebuild roads, levees, and trails on public lands. it's expected to put 20,000 veterans to work. veterans have an unemployment rate higher than nonveterans. >>> a surprise from the donald coming up at 4:46. donald unvails which candidate he's endorsing for the republican presidential nomination. >>> the 49ers have taken another

shares of kellogg is soaring. moving beyond cereal and striking a deal to buy pringles from p & g. >> i don't know quite how to call him, first proctor & gamble makes a cash deal with diamond foods but the x comes up, diamond foods loses top executiv executives, the deal is off. now, kellogg had wanted it before but couldn't complete -- compete with that tax advantage deal pg cut with diamond. $2.7 billion in cash. the net might be a little less than the previous deal, but proctor & gamble will still get $1.5 billion in the end and that's where it lands with kellogg. here's what's worth noting. first for kellogg, it will be delude of this year and slowdown in stock buybacks, but long-term a global snack brand worth about $1.5 billion in annual sales. ubs analyst david palmer says pepsico can now consider kellogg a competitor. the stock up 5%. proctor & gamble been gjifting foods. and give earnings a nice near-term pop with about 47 to 50 cents after taxes. it's up basically flat for the day. now, the 1700 workers at pringles just expected to trade jersey colors. kayla, over to you. >> john, transformational deal, s

g for close to $1.5 billion. an improving job market is good news for linkedin, the social networking site for professionals. earnings were better than anticipated, and showed a 30% jump from a year ago. shares came into tonight's earnings report off a fraction, but rebounded 4% in after-hours action. other new dot-com stocks saw heavy selling after their first earnings reports as public companies. groupon shares tumbled 14% after reporting a surprise loss. trip advisor fell 15% after its first earnings report came in shy of estimates. its outlook was disappointing, too. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> tom: today's settlement over bad foreclosure documents, nor a deal to bail out greece change the coming slowdown in consumer spending, leading to a failing economy and a market crash. that's harry dent's forecast. he is president of h.s. dent, an economic research firm. and he's author of the new book, "the great crash ahead." nice to see you again, harry. >> nice to be back, tom. >> tom: you're in the bruised up here despite forecasting a great cash of the money show. in january you were looking for a 30 to 50% move in the market before september. you've gotten good jobs numbers, manu

g. komen foundation is facing more backlash after pulling grant money from planned parenthood. the president of the national organization of women joins me tonight. share your thoughts on twitter using the #edshow. we'll be right back. >>> and i'm going to work very, very hard to make sure that the people in this country have a brighter future than that just being projected by the cbo. driven by the policies they're seeing from a president who is failing. he's frequently telling us he did not cause the recession and that's true. but he made it worse. >> this segment is going to make your head spin a little bit, so be prepared. welcome back to "the ed show." thank you for watching tonight. republicans, well, they have what they think is a new club in their hands that they can bash president obama over the head with. there is a new cbo report that says that the deficit will top $1 trillion this year. it means president obama will be the first president to have a deficit over a trillion dollars every year in office. much of the deficit comes from a recession that the president of the united states right now did not create. ezra kline has broken it down. t

g bel. i'm bertha coombs. traders say technology continues to show momentum. and buyers are moving in there. apple notching yet another fresh all-time high near $470 a shareat's not the only thing that is pushing the nasdaq composite today to a fresh 11-year high. microsoft mock the new highs today. some of the big tech stocks starting to show momentum. we had a number of consumer stocks at new highs today, including elizabeth arden. o'charley's, now trading above the offer price from fidelity national yesterday. bill, if there's any indication those folks from the parade downtown, seem to be all up here in times square right now. and they look like they're spending money. >> yeah. i'll tell you, some of the restaurants around here downtown had specials going this morning during the parade. hopefully they left some money behind here. walt disney is the big name on the earnings calendar after the close of trading, as we mentioned. julia? >> bill, when disney reports, all eyes will be on advertising trends, theme park performance as well as subscription fees for the company's cable networks. wall street is looking for earnings of 72 cents per share, 5% more

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share of packers stock. we had a serious conference call and we concluded, that we should be for the team that beat the pack. i am for the giants, period. there you g. - go. >> may have lost the new england states. but he's for the giants in the super bowl . he called the former massachusetts gov ghov pro abortion and substantially dishonest and can't tell the truth and george soros. the liberal billionaire. and he was surprised and stunned by the last debate and dishonesty of mitt romney and he even quoted charles crod hammer . we are back with the panel with a quick review. >> i appreciate the shout out but it will not work. that was the best of the newt and the worst of newt. best of new. at one point he talk about the issue. we discussed early about the obama campaign and the attack on religious institution and talked about defending freedom and he was good. if only romney had the capacity to do the off the cuff that gingrich does, it would not be a contest it is because mitt romney is trouble with the language of an ideology he came late to, he's stumbled and made a mistake this week and there is such resistance in state after state to giving

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share in a company with a national presence. sprint has been struggling under, of course, a huge debt load, while also faced with that challenge of building a 4-geless network that will compete effectively with at&t and verizon. it currently has 55 million total subscribers. a sprint official did not return calls. metro pcs spokesman declined to comment. years back metro pcs had been in talks, or at least a possibility of a deal with leap. it's not clear what it means for its willingness to do a deal. but sprint once again says no. this time of its own accord as opposed to last time when it was talking to at&t mobil. >> david, you've got the market offguard. metro pcs is now up 5.5% in the after-hours. somebody may be figuring that maybe it's not dead yet. what do you think? >> well, i think people need to be cautious. again, as we said, it was a 30% premium that had been negotiated for a largely stock deal, bill, off of a stock price that was lower than this one. because metro pcs had strong numbers yesterday. perhaps it shows a willingness on the part of metro pcs to consider a deal. this was done, i'm told by people familiar with the situati

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