glen hutchins talks tech, including his view on the impact apple's latest device will have on the sector. and negotiating summer travel. priceline's ceo talks earnings, and how he's going to keep his company's performance up in challenging economic times. live from post nine on the floor of the new york stock exchange, this is the final and most important hour of the trading day. >> i still get jitters, and chills, the fact that we're sitting on the floor of the historic new york stock exchange. welcome to the "closing bell," i'm bill griffeth. >> i'm maria bartiromo. >> what are you watching today? >> i'm watching the ltr. i'm waiting to hear what the details will be of the european central bank's new lending facility. we'll probably find out the details at 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. that's obviously one of the big components of this market. if it's more than $500 billion, people are going to say, wow, the panks are really in tough shape. they need the money. another way to look at it is you're taking advantage of #% rates and this is a good time to take the money. >> wouldn't you? >> that's g

. >>> plus, despite a huge run-up in technology stocks, silver lake's co-ceo glen hutchins tells us wherees big opportunities in the high-flying technology sector. >>> and priceline.com's ceo jeffrey boyd tells us whether higher gasoline prices are a threat to the company's bottom line. we look forward to seeing you here from the new york stock exchange, our brand-new set on the floor of the big board coming up at the top of the hour on "closing bell." see you in a few minutes, mandy. >> thanks a lot, bill. >>> let's take a look at what the u.s. markets are up to. beer below 13,000 again on the dow. 12,992 is the score right now. the nasdaq is up to 2,976. s&p 500 sitting at 1,368 again. the technical level to watch there is 1,370. we need to close above that. and check out asia, the nikkei, shanghai and the hang seng closing above. speaking of asia, guess who that is? that's our buddy, brian sullivan. he's an assignment. he's out in singapore at the global leadership conference for young business leaders, a group made up of 19,000 ceos from over 110 countries. i know that brian is going