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i'm becky quick with joe kernen. andrew is on vacation this week.ajority owner and. more from ted in just a moment. >> indicated a little bit higher. six points. great day yesterday. s&p and dow both turned in record closes. nasdaq ended at 12-year high. best day of the year. early this morning. ted was there for that, weren't you, my friend. >> those were the good old days. >> jim o'neill, what's driving the market highs. >> probably indirect consequence of what the japanese have done. and probably many other places. in some cases it's adding to the challenges. increasingly strong domestic policymakers and those countries don't want it to be strong. >> among other stories, hewlett-packard shares taking a hit in premarket trading after a report from ibc showed pc shipments down 14% in the first quarter compared to a year earlier. pc sales have now posted year over year declines in four consecutive quarters. you know why. consumers shift to other devices. in the nation's biggest warehouse retailer short of estimates with its latest comp store sales.

i'm becky quick with joe kernen. u.s.ts above fair value. of course this is coming after a big down day. yesterday the dow was down 100 points. european central bank and the bank of england both leaving rates unchanged. if you're watching european equities you see green arrows in france and germany. ftse down 18 points. mario draghi will be holding a news conference. the bank of japan, that was a totally different story. it announced a radical overhaul. it is pledging to double deposit bold holdings. policy makers trying to end two decades of inflation. we have seen some reaction to this in the markets. dollar rising sharply questions the yen. >> an event is planned for 1:00 p.m. eastern at the social network california headquarters. the company is expected to unveil a new facebook operating system for android mobile devices. suggestions that it will be first rolled out an htc phone. julie will bring us more on this story at the bottom of the hour >> in a statement this morning, north korea's army says that the moment of

i'm with becky quick and brian sullivan in for joe kernen.ck look and see how things are setting itself up. dow up 13. s&p up marginally. >> we have some earnings. travelers, dow component out with numbers. 233 versus 202 that the street had been expecting. that is a significant beat. and how their written rate gains exceed in all segments. the renewal of 8% includes nearly 10% in commercial accounts as well. book value per share, $68. that's up 7% from the prior year quarter and 1% from the year end of 2012. comments from jay fishman, chairman and c can eo, say these are the highest operating until per share since public offering. renewal pricing exceeded lost cause trends and retentions remain stable. so, again, after you see some catastrophic events insurers can charge more for some of those premiums. at this point they continue to see renewal price exceeding lost cost trends. >> 139 versus 1.29. so the beat of a dime. sales $14.4 billion, up 16% year over year. it sees full year, 585 to 615, a big range for utx. guys, we always focus on d

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen. andrew is off this week. he's still on vacation. the s&p is coming off its worst week in a year. but in context, it was only down 1% in the last five trading sessions. things looked uglier on friday when we got that last jobs report. by the end of the session, though, it was only down about 40 points as people realized that even if the economy is not stringing along as quickly as we had hoped, it means that the fed is going to hang in for some time. this morning, futures are indicated higher once again. those dow futures up by almost 25 points. the s&p futures up by about 2.8. >>> alcoa is set to post quarterly results after the close today. that will mark the official start of earnings season. the outlook this time around is fairly weak. thompson reuters says the s&p 500 earnings are expected to increase by 1 is.6%. that compares with an actual gain of 6.2% the quarter before. by the way, this quarter has seen an unusually high number of negative wordings compared to positive revisions. in fact, it's the worst pace in 1 the years o

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. the s&p fell on the first day of the quart either for the first time since the fourth quarter of 2011. historically, april has been the best month for stocks since all the way back to 1950. the dow's small losses, though, rm accompanied by a larger percentage drop in the transports and the russell 2000 indexes. it is worth noting it was the second lightest day of volume this year. equity futures are indicated higher this morning. dow futures up about 28 points above tear value, s&p up by just over 4. among our market news watchmakers coming this morning, we have scott manard, he overseas $70 billion in assets managements. we'll be talking to them and many more today. first, some headlines. >> let's set the economic agenda. i was going to see set the economic table, but -- >> that would have raised eyebrows. >> or in your case, raised your eyebrow. >> oh, that's not -- >> it's early. actually, you're not one of the people that has those rows across. but they're just so defined. they're

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin and all the little squawkers this morning. yeah, they're here with us for the day. so this could get interesting. we go on to u.s. equity futures. at this hour, you could see some green arrows. right now, s&p futures up by just over 3. of course, the dow is coming off the a losing session. this came after three straight days of gains. we're going to call this a gain even though the s&p 500 was up by 0. 1%. wait, 01? i don't know if i've ever seen a gain like that. >> procter & gamble, that was a major reason. in fact, i think that was about 4, 3537. >> 40 points there. and then at&t, right? >> at&t, some of the guidance after hours. it is the fourth day in a row we're going to call this for both the s&p and the nasdaq. we're going to keep our eye on gold prices today. it is now up about 10% from last week's low, but still down 36% for the year. still, 1,446. that is a rapid recovery after the massive lost wednesday. >> one thing that started, go over and earnings season are going to determine whether the market is ahead of it

i'm joe kernen along with becky quick.ce chairman of goldman sachs. i'm gratified. that river makes all the difference in the world between cambridge. >> it makes you feel better, the moat? >> there are a lot of free market capitalists. >> there's a few. >> there are? >> there are. >> they teach economics over there. >> yeah. they are all covered up. sunglasses. they don't want anyone to see them. >> the other gentleman, we had a couple guys on from harvard. >> let's get you up on some of the headlines. $1.1 billion or $31 a share. joe, that is for women not for men. conceptus. >> i looked it up. iuds? >> it's something they put in fallopian tubes. it's not in the uterus. it does not use any hormones but supposedly a permanent contraceptive. >> until you take it out? no, you can't take it out. seemed difficult to take out. anyway, we can talk more. >> you look uncomfortable. it is just medicine, andrew. >> it's not medicine. >> but we're talking health issues. there's no reason to feel uncomfortable. >> any time there's ne

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. federal, state and local investigators continue to search for clues in boston today, trying to figure out who planted two explosive devices near the finish line at the marathon. the fbi is leading this investigation. at least three people were killed. more than 140 were injured, some of them critically. at the white house, president obama vowed it will be a swift and thorough search for whoever planted those devices. >> we will find out who did this. we will find out why they did this. any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice. >> scott cohen is in boston this morning and he will join us in just a moment with the latest. but first, before we do, why don't we get the market aes reaction to all of this. u.s. equity markets are coming off their worst session of the year. in fact, the dow ended at its lows of the day after concern about what was happening in boston. all dow 30 components ended in the red. after the so-called fear of gauge, th

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen. andrew ross sorkin is on vacation this week. kech ware enjoyed the moment last night, helping teammates cut down the net in atlanta. louisville's coach is now the first in college history to win two championships with different teams. this was news to me this morning. >> yeah. i think he's making about $5 million a year. but he's not the highest paid coach in kentucky, either. the weirdest thing, to me, about this whole thing is that for the second year in a row -- you know, it's wide open. to me, it's about the only team, it's a 68-team field, they picked louisville. last year i picked ohio state. this year i didn't pick louisville, i dp. >> it can't happen two times in a row, can it? >> i think it could. but what's weird is in any other sport you can look at the patriots might be favored in baseball, but five guys are -- or it's more than that because the bench has been such a big deal this year. but to really be able to pick, and especially basketball where you get the wrong bounce and serendipity plays such an important role

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen. andrew ross sorkin is still on vacation. stocks finishing off the best levels of the day yesterday but the dow posted a record closing high. the blue chip index hasn't logglog ed a three-day losing streak this year. still seeing a lot of up days. if you are looking t history for a bullish sign, the dow ended that year with an 18% rally. s&p closing higher yesterday and that meant they snapped the 14 straight days alternating between winning and losing. as for the fear index, vix slipped below 15. u.s. equity futures are indicated up. s&p 500 indicated up by 4.5 points. as joe mentioned, the fed will release minutes from last month's fmoc meeting today. chairman ben bernanke said the fed will ease until employment and economy improve. earlier this week he said that the economy is not doing as well as the fed hopes it would be doing. the minutes are expected to show dissent among policy makers but the overall message should match of that bernanke. wile hear from the president of atlanta and indianapolis and dallas. that should

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen. andrew ross sorkin is off. he's on vacation. stocks coming off another strong session. the dow and s&p 500 turning into record closes. the s&p by the way is now up more than 10% since the start of the year. the dow transports fell on airline weakness. we'll have more on that in just a moment. down just more than 1% yesterday. metals are continuing to diverge from equities. gold and silver had the biggest drop in more than two months. gold around 1,568. we'll head to trading pits in chicago and talk about those trends at 6:20. joe mentioned the adp report due to hit at 8:15 eastern time. economists are looking for an increase of 194,000 private payrolls. today's report comes ahead of the government report on friday. surveys are calling for total nonfarm payrolls to rise by 200,000 in march. the unemployment rate is seen holding steady at 7.7%. >> those are some interesting divergences. transports, gold, silver, copper. dow. another big day in the middle of we need a correction all morning long. >> everyone waiting to get in. wait

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen. andrew ross sorkin is off this

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. we've been watching the u.s.ht now, it looks like we see some green arrows. those dow futures up about about 35 points above fair value. s&p futures are up by 3.3 points. in our headlines today, boeing will be holding its annual meeting today. on friday, ethiopian a lines became the world's fair vifrtier to begin flying 787 ddz dreamliner. it has cost boeing an estimated $600 million. and speaking of the skies, if faa says that it has suspended all employee furloughs. it's expected that the country's air travel system will return to normal. well, we hoped by

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin and all the little squawkers this morning're here with us for the day. so this could get interesting. we go on to u.s. equity futures. at this hour, you could see some green arrows. right now, s&p futures up by just over 3. of course, the dow is coming off the a losing session. this came after three straight days of gains. we're going to call this a gain even though the s&p 500 was up by 0. 1%. wait, 01? i don't know if i've ever seen a gain like that. >>

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. stocks are rallying to records.of the last seven sessions. the s&p finishing yesterday at a record high and the nasdaq ended the day at its best close in 12 1/2 years. as for the dow, it has yet to have a three-day losing streak in 2013. that's kind of unbelievable. it's the first time in history that the index has gone so far into the year without those things. today, the blue chip index will shoot for its 16th straight tuesday gain. wow, 16 in a row. the two biggest gains this month have both happened to have come on tuesdays and the dow rising more than 1% on each of the last two tuesdays. by the way, the market has recovered all of the ground that it lost during the previous two weeks. u.s. equity futures this morning on top of all this are indicated just barely lower. dow futures down by less than five points. s&p futures down by 1.25 points. th

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. joe mentioned the dow. the s&p 500 broke through with record closing highs. for the quarter, the dow jones industrial average rose 11%. that is worth noting the blue chip index has never finished a year in negative territory when the first quarter is up at least 8%. again, that was the best year in 15 years, the best first quarter for the dow industrials. transports had a rough end to march, but they still finished nearly 18% higher. the s&p rose by 10% while the nasdaq gained 8%. as for sector performance, you are looking at health care, consumer staples and utilities. they led the way. the laggers were tech and materials. and the best performing dow components. hp, american express, travelers, johnson & johnson and pfizer. u.s. equity futures this morning, if you've been keeping track of what's been happening, you're going to see right now that those indexes are indicated slightly lower. dow futures down by about 15 points. s&p futures off by about 3 points. the major markets in europe are closed for east

i'm joe kernen along with michelle caruso-cabrera and kayla. she has three names.erage. >> our guest host ross schlosstein, ceo of evercore partners and blair efron. first, kayla has your morning headlines. either change it or i'm not going to have you back on. >>. >> it's the double s. >> starting with sch. >> you know, i didn't name either of my children ralph. >> they're both girls. >> you are looking at the boeing 787. japan approved a return to the air for the 787. it approves the new battery system. the senate passed legislation to end air traffic controller furloughs. the approval came late last night without dissent. many senators already left for the weekend. a house vote as early as today. legislation would give authority to transfer up to $253 million and some accounts into other programs. amazon.com reporting 18 cents per share, way above estimates, though revenues were slightly short. let's get a check on the markets right now. we were up. slightly off highs. if the markets opened right now s&p would be down 3 points. as for europe, still seeing some r

i'm becky quick with joe kernen. andrew ross sorkin will be back tomorrow. we are issuing congratulations to adam scott. he made history yesterday becoming the first australian to win the masters. this was something, the back and forth. joe, i didn't watch it a lot this weekend, but i did watch what was happens happenings as they were going down to the playoffs. >> i saw it all except or the last two shots. the approach at ten. i was watching it, delayed, and then it stopped. >> oh, no! yeah. >> it kicked off and you missed the last -- >> because of the way the dvr was set. then the channel was on cbs, it went back as far as i could, but it was too late. it was okay because i saw the putts made on 18. >> yeah. the first time around. >> and i saw the first playoff on 18. and then i saw them both in the middle of the fairway on 10. that was good. we're going to talk to shactman about it. the long putter thing is -- it could be re-ignited. >> isn't that illegal? >> you've got -- he won, web simple soon won last year. keegan bradley has won recently. there's a lo

i'm becky quickick along with andrew ross sorkin and brian sullivan who is in for joe kernen. good morning. >> good morning. >> "squawk box." give yourself a break, like you said, it's monday morning, it's been a long weekend. >> but a good weekend. i mean, you were here on friday night. >> i was here on friday night late. >> i spoke to you late on friday afternoon. >> i just slept here. i was here all weekend showering in the sink here at cnbc global hq. >> you know there is a shower upstairs. >> i found that out this morning, two days after the sink. >> welcome. we're glad to have you here this morning. we're going to check in with scott cohen in a moment. but first, we begin with the markets. this past week was the worst week we've seen yet for stocks. u.s. stocks are coming off again their worst week in five months. the dow and the s&p each lost about 2%. but you can see the u.s. equity futures are indicated higher this morning. dow features up about 63 points above fair value. the s&p futures up by more than 657 points. and the nasdaq is up about 16.5 points. in asia over

i'm becky wick along with joe kernen. the futures have gotten worse the last hour. points. s&p down 7.5. this comes after yesterday where the dow was up about 55 points. the day before that it was down by 100 points. a lot of swinging back and forth as people try to wade through some of these economic numbers and get a accepts of what's happening. more coming up at 8:30. the widely anticipated report. economists looking for 200,000 now jobs. unemployment is expected to remain 7.7%. steve liesman will be here with more on what you can expect. >>> samsung reporting better than expected jump. electronics maker said it earned $7.7 billion during the quarter thanks to rising smartphone sales. we should point out that these are preliminary figures. final numbers will be out in a few weeks, and that is a little weird. apple is close to signing a music streaming deal. warner music and universal music. they still need to get sony and other publishers on board before it can go ahead. it would be available on mobile devices. >> friedman is here. >> i know. read fast. >> see, i

i'm joe kernen along with becky quick and andrew ross sorkin.ou're just waking up this morning, a horrific story to tell you about. a huge explosion rocking a texas town late yesterday. you're looking at cell phone video of a large fertilizer plant that was on fire .then exploded. police say between 5 and 15 people have been killed, hundreds are injured, many are unaccounted for and z dose of homes and businesses were destroyed. we're going to continue to follow this story and bring us the latest updates throughout the morning. >> in the meantime, let's take a look at the markets this morning. the futures this morning, the first three days of the week were massive swings. you had swings of triple digits for the dow. this morning, the dow is up by about 42 points. the s&p 500 is up by 3 points. nasdaq is a little higher, as well. in europe at this hour, trading is actively taking place. you're going to see that at least at this point there are some green arrows there, as well. france and germany both rebounding after yesterday's declines. the cac

kernen and andrew ross sorkin. welcome back, joe. >> you caught me without a mike. i just want to say it but i can't, can i? >> you cannot. >> i cannot say it. >> he'll be on the "today" show. >> don't say it. >> south dakota or north dakota? >> north dakota. >> had to feel for him. >> it was there but for the grace of god. >> it's cable. >> i'm going to take this away from you before you can say it. >> i wanted to open the show with it. it's cable. i think i could get away with it. >> maybe. maybe not. >> you want to do the rest of it it? >> no. >> i'll take it away from you first. we'll see what the market reaction tells us about investor volatility. we begin with apple. the tech giant reported better than expected earnings in revenue. apple announcing plans to unlock more cash for investors. listen to this. raising quarterly dividend and increasing stock buyback program to $60 billion from $10 billion. the new capital plan includes issuing debt for the first time because they have that money sitting overseas but can't bring it back because policy at this point. a