would watch that. >> i'd like to see joe kernen speed skate. i'd get out of the way. >> quentin tarantino recently sued gawker for leaking one of his screenplays. because gawker's screening company is based in the cayman islands, tarantino might not have a legal leg to stand on. will we see more heading to the tropics to avoid legal fights? bob? >> somebody stole quentin tarantino's property and gave it to gawker and they published it. he's saying, don't talk to us. you have no jurisdiction because we're in the cayman islands. i'd like to see them get around the jurisdictional issues and address a liability issue pap legitimate question. the guy's property -- >> something we fight for all the time in our business, guys. >> that's right. >> an interesting debate about journalism and when you can public something, and gawker is trying to argue, because tarantino said in a public interview that the script had been widely circulated to a whole lot of people as a reporter, my ears perk up, put in a few phone calls and see if i can get my hands on it

i'm joe kernen along with becky quick and andrew ross sorkin. you have to put larry david's wife as a co-25er for -- because she was a producer of "the inconvenient truth." >> if we had to put every team member behind every person -- >> well, the hockey stick or hansson, those guys -- >> you mean the band? >> no, hansson, the -- that's what you know about this whole -- >> it's a cultural -- you need to investigate yourself. >> i will do that. >> joining you right now is marianne bartle, from merrill lynch wealth management. also michelle gerard, chief economist at ubs. after the last jobs numbers we've gotten, have you changed your mind at all about where we stand? >> no. you know what? i don't think the fed is going to slow the pace of tapering. i'm sure they're disappointed that job growth has kind of slowed a bit, but i don't think that they're worried about the economy. the biggest thing, though, is we've talked about this before. with janet yellen, the kind of support that the economy is going to get from the fed is going to be different. i

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. our top story today, comcast is set to buy time warner cable. david faber reports that the all-stock transaction is worth roughly $159 a share. that's about $44 billion. the tie-up would create the largest cable provider in the nation with more than 33 million subscribers. although i think they were looking at divesting some of those so that he would wind up close to 30 million subscribers at the end. the deal is expected to face a tough review from the federal communications commission, potentially from the justice department, as well. >> i'm of two minds about this. >> i was an anti-trust voyeur and i've given you grief in the past. i want to see you step up to the plate here and investigate these. really? >> i'm happy to talk about it. >> in this case, you don't think this one is a little less -- >> i think we should give full disclosier first. >> comcast is the parent of our company, cnbc. by the way, the ceos of both companies, they were be joining david faber right here on "squa

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. kevin o'leary will be our guest host today and ceo of first data frank bisignano and 8:00 a.m. paul ryan will be our special guest and a big morning for data and erarnings. economists expect about 401,000 homes were sold in the month down about 3% from december and more names from the retail sector are checking into earnings central in the next hour we'll hear from target and hopefully be getting more details on the data breach back in december. many analysts say the company could eliminate its $4 billion share buyback plan. 8:30 eastern hearing from abercrombie & fitch and see how the weather impacted its latest sales quarter from last quarter, we know this has been a big issue for a lot of the retailers. we'll be hearing from tjx companies and after the closing bell jcpenney will be reporting its numbers. it's been a stock to watch for the past year down near $5 a share as of yesterday's close. let's get to andrew with some of today's top corporate stories. >> hey becky. the big one

i'm joe kernen along with becky quick and andrew ross sorkin.headlines this morning, joesest a. bank is acquiring eddie bauer for more than $800 million in cash and stock. eddie bauer is owned by golden gate capital. joesest a. bank, probably you've heard by now, it does have a right to end the agreement if it receives an acquisition bid that it feels would create more shareholder value. as you may recall, joesest a. bank and rival men's wearhouse have made bids to acquire each other in recent months. >>> in global news, china's consumer inflation held steady, the country trying to control living costs as leaders launch some ambitious economic reform necessary that country. back here in the states, a proposal in the california legislature would make the state the nation's first to require warning labels on sodas. and other sugary drinks. the bill would require the warning on the front of the beverage containers which with added sweeteners it would have 75 more calories in every 12 ounces. and i think the label would say, we have something we alw

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen. we start with some breaking news, ukraine leaders have reached a deal in order to stop the violence. after hours of negotiations, ukraine's president victor yanukovych reaching a deal to resolve the current crisis. let's get to jim maceda in moscow. he has the latest. jim. >> hi there. well, i had the chance to look at the hard copy of the draft deal containing the four key points. they include early elections, that is elections by december of this coming -- of this year, returning to the 2004 constitution. that is a constitution that had been completely gutted by victor yanukovych and skewed in the president's favor. that will now return a lot of power to the parliament. an investigation of crimes committed over the past three months of the crisis, .fourth, the forming of the coalition government in ten days. but the three foreign ministers who brokered the deal are calling for caution. the polish minister is trying to remind everyone that what's being agreed to isn't initially. it's

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin on "squawk box." we have big lineup of squawk newsmakers and masters today. later today, wilbur ross takes the ceo call. then at 7:00 a.m. eastern, st. louis fed president james bullard will join us as a guest host. >>> at 8:00 a.m., an exclusive interview with sam zell, and mark mow buus will join us live from rio this morning. we'll get his view on the situation in ukraine .other hot spots. we start this morning with the rising tensions in ukraine. the country's central bank governor reassuring markets that it does have enough reserves to pay off critters. the prime minister says it hopes to get international financial aid in the near future to stabilize the government. meanwhile, ukraine's acting government calling for a execute session. armed men have now seized two airports after taking a parliament building hours earlier. russia denies its forces were involved. the region is home to russia's black sea fleet. jim maceda is in moscow. jim, there have been a lot of stories circulating around about

i'm joe kernen along with becky quick and andrew ross sorkin. headlines this morning, dow component home depot reported 73 cents a share for the fourth quarter, two cents above estimates. revenue was absolutely below what wall street was looking for, but it was a big number. the bigger it is, tens of millions here and there. so it also announced a dividend increase, home depot did, of 21% and forecast some pretty good comp store sales of 4.6%. we are watching the shares of luxury home builder toll, toll brothers, erped 25 cents a share. 8 cents above estimates. total profit was up more than 10 fold from a year ago. and potential trouble for holders of digital currency, bitcoin mt. gox website which had been the most popular website now off-line. the whereabouts of the company's chief executive, mark carpella raises the possibility that those who hold bitcoin through mt. gox could lose their money. six other major bitcoin exchanges released a statement saying mt. gox violated the rust of users and this is not a reflection on the value or the resi

i'm joe kernen along with becky quick and steve liesman.the cpi and the jobless claims numbers this morning. futures are not doing much. a lot of the action was yesterday. i was surprised when he checked the scene, we were up 90 points. then later it was down, even though, steve, you have said that the significance of the minutes in terms of getting people worried about a rate rise is probably overplayed. it doesn't take much to do 180 points in this market, obviously. >> it could have been complimented by a decline in rates i would have been more interested in this number. >> nobody is tieing rates to the fed anymore. the rates are being tied to whether we're in a global recovery or whether we're somehow stalling or whether it was cold weather or what it is. >> we haven't talked about the chinese pmi which was weaker. it was 28 and change. >> the fed is not moving the bond market. >> that's not what rick says. rick says the whole market is artificial. you agreed with him. >> no, no, no. >> you don't agree with that? >> i said even after th

we've got to stop that. >> joe kernen is out at pebble beach. he has a question for you. joe?thanks, andrew. >> good morning, joe, i understand you did pretty well yesterday. >> thank god that one -- you know what, mr. chairman, i'm going to live on that putt for a while, at least until next year and hopefully we'll be back. whenever i get the privilege to talk to you, i love to bring up, you know, where we are in terms of five years into what has been a subpar recovery. and the debate still rages about whether the nature of the recession that we had since it wasn't an overheating and hyperinflation and then causing the fed to raise rates, it was a sort of a debt bubble. because of the differences that we shouldn't be expecting much better than we're getting here. that makes me sad that 1.5% or 2% is all we're entitled to. is there any remedy for it at this point? and what do you think is really causing it? >> well, first, as i've said before, you have to look at the gross domestic product and ask where the problem is. where is the short fall? i like to evaluate the gdp in a w

brian sullivan is here for joe kernen.e day off. >>> let's get you through some of the morning headlines. >>> it is the first trading day of february. the dow finished january with a decline of more than 5%. it was down 1% just last week alone. the s&p 500 was down by 3.6% to start the year. the dow and the s&p both having their worst month since may of 2012. the first january drop since 2010. the nasdaq was only down by 1.7%. that was still the biggest decline for that index since october of 2012. and get this, if you haven't seen it already, overnight, the nikkei officially entering a correction territory. that index is down by 10.3% since the beginning of 2014. wanted to take a quick look at the futures this morning. they've been picking up ever since steadily. the dow futures, up 40% above fair value. the nasdaq is up by almost 10, the s&p by 5. on wednesday we'll be getting the adp private payrolls. on thursday, the weekly jobless claims. on friday, the labor department's latest read on jobs. they are looking for nonf

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. the futures have been higher.ing up steam throughout the morning. the dow futures are up by about 38 points above fair value. these the highest levels of the morning. taking a look at the ten-year, right now, the ten-year note is yielding 2.739%. we have janet yellen going before the senate later today to testify. and the bond market obviously along with stock market will be watching that very closely. in our headlines this morning, ukraine's leaders say that ousted president viktor yanukovych is wanted for mass murder. he was ousted over the weekend. the key question now is how ukraine balances its relationships with russia and the european union. a source of great controversy within the country also who's going to be paying to help that country on its way economically. you could be looking at $20 billion 0 are more that's needed. >>> michelle caruso-cabrera is in kiev, we'll be hearing from her in just a few minutes. >>> netflix has struck what could be a ground-breaking deal with nbc universal parent comcast. n

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. the dow is coming off the biggest two-day gains in four months. the u.s. equity futures this morning are looking a little weaker. right now the dow futures down by 41 points below fair value. the s&p futures off by 4.5. same story with the nasdaq down by four points. in asia overnight, stocks took their cues from wall street. the shanghai composite closing up 2% in a one-month high. stocks getting a boost from a number of billioncy announcements seen as favorable to earnings growth sectors from autos to insurers and infrastructure. for example, the chinese government extending subsidies for electric vehicles beyond 2015. in the meantime, in japan, the benchmark nikkei index rose to a one-week high. the weaker yen overshadowed disappointing economic numbers. the japanese economy posted a record current deficit for december. as for europe, here's a look at the major averages in early trading. these are green arrows with modest advances. the cac is up by 10 points and the ftse is up by 5

joe kernen has the day off.n the headlines this morning, let's take a quick check of the futures this morning. following that big sell-off on wall street, you can see what's going on. we have some green arrows for now. >> it's kind of lame, though, after yesterday? wouldn't you expect a little bit of a -- >> 70 points above fair value. so the market is tamped down a little bit since then. that was about an hour and 15 minutes ago. >> that's weak. after a 326 point decline. so for the folks in their car listening to us, the dow looks like it would open up about 20 points high, s&p 500 up about 2.5 points and the nasdaq up 4 points. we will have a lot more on the markets in just a moment. but we also have some other news for you. the news of another credit card data breach, this one affecting hotel customers, word of that breach coming from white lodging services, which operates hotels under the march yot, ho marriot inn -- >> are you kidding me? >> yes. >> every business has to figure out how to collect the infor

>> if you'd like. >> i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. >> i can be myselfyourself. >> i'm going to try. sometimes it's hard to be myself. >> you be joe, i'll be you, you be me. >> there's a song like that. ♪ i'll be you for a while and you be me ♪ maybe we can get that. >>> futures right now, you know what, s&p, you keep teasing me, getting above 1850. >> they're going back below 1840 today. >> we're still below. we're going to get through two months. >> as of month of january and february goes -- >> i was hoping. it may be march. >> as the first quarter goes. >> that's a good one. let's try that. >> okay. we have headlines to get to this morning. three retailers have seen hard times recently. they're now all seeing their stocks advance this morning. we start with best buy. take a look at this. which beat estimates by 23 cents with first quarter profit of $1.24 a share. the electronics retailer was hurt by extensive discounts but benefitted from cost cutting. >>> and sears, doing less worse is apparently doing it for sears. shares this morning at least for

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. stocks are now on a four-session winning streak. the major averages closing yesterday at their highest levels in more than two weeks. the dow has now recovered more than half of its recent losses. the nasdaq actually turning positive for the year. among the catalysts yesterday, you had janet yellen, the new fed chair reassuring investors that the central bank could continue improving monetary stimulus to bolster the economy. >> if incoming information broadly supports the committee's expectation of ongoing improvement in labor market conditions and inflation moving back toward its longer run objective, the committee will likely reduce the peace of asset purchases in further measured steps at future meetings. >> there isn't a big move to the markets this morning, but after those gains, you'll take a look at u.s. equity futures this morning and see green arrows once again. dow futures up by about 16 points. s&p futures up by just over 1 points and the nasdaq futures up by about 3 points

becky quick and joe kernen are off today. we'll see them on friday live from pebble beach. wall industry rebounded yesterday given a boost to stocks in asia. the nikkei in japan closing about 11% higher. chinese markets remain closed for the lunar new year holiday. hong kong benchmark hang seng index finished lower following choppy trading. in europe european trading, we are seeing pretty mixed stock. the ftse 100 over in london, a little higher. 0.3%. not much movement, though. among the catalysts here, data showing output in the eurozone in the economy there, expanded at fastest pace since june 2011. a quick check here on u.s. equity futures early this morning. set to open just slightly lower. a rebound in yesterday's trading. today's big test for the markets is going to come from a jobs report. the january adp employment report. forecasters say the economy likely added 193,000 private jobs last month. and then the big government jobs report out on friday. sara, thanks. in corporate news, a number of legal headlines out of the financial sector this morning, jpmorgan agree

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. the bulls are battling back.gher for three straight sessions, although the gains yesterday were very muted. the s&p and the nasdaq logging their biggest three-day gains since mid october. of course, there is still room to go from the recent highs. the dow is now down 4.7%. the s&p is off by 2.8% and the nasdaq is down by 2.3%. this morning, if you check out those equity futures, you are going to see green arrows once again. the dow futures indicated higher by about 58 points above fair value, the s&p up by more than 7 points and the nasdaq up by more than 15. in asia, volumes were light with japan closed for a public holiday today. but for the most

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin on "squawk box."quawk newsmakers and masters today. later today, wilbur ross takes the ceo call. then at 7:00 a.m. eastern, st. louis fed president james bullard will join us as a guest host. >>> at 8:00 a.m., an exclusive interview with sam zell, and mark mow buus will join us live from rio this morning. we'll get his view on the situation in ukraine .other hot spots. we start this morning with the rising tensions in ukraine. the country's central bank governor reassuring markets that it does have enough reserves to pay off critters. the prime minister says it hopes to get international financial aid in the near future to stabilize the gorn

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.e market today. right now, if you take a look, you'll see the dow futures are down, but only about 17 points. s&p 500 futures are down by 2 and this comes after day when the dow basically had triple digits gains. we saw it giving back half of the gains it had earlier in the session. on monday, again, if you were watching, the dow jumped by just over a hundred points. to close at 16,207. the s&p 500 set an interday record of 1858, joe, breaking through that high close of last year. before pulling back to close at just over 1847. that is a point away from its all-time closing high. >>> and the nasdaq reached a 14-year closing high. david bianco, chief equity strategist from deutsche bank will gives his results. >> quarterly results from home dep depot, earn dollars 73 cents

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen. have reached a deal in order to stop the violence. after hours of negotiations, ukraine's president victor yanukovych reaching a deal to resolve the current crisis. let's get to jim maceda in moscow. he has the latest. jim. >> hi there. well, i had the chance to look at the hard copy of the draft deal containing the four key points. they include early elections, that is elections by december of this coming -- of this year, returning to the 2004 constitution. that is a constitution that had been completely gutted by victor yanukovych and skewed in the president's favor.

becky quick and joe kernen are off today. we'll see them on friday live from pebble beach.ounded yesterday given a boost to stocks in asia. the nikkei in japan closing about 11% higher. chinese markets remain closed for the lunar new year holiday. hong kong benchmark hang seng index finished lower following choppy trading. in europe european trading, we are seeing pretty mixed stock. the ftse 100 over in london, a little higher. 0.3%. not much movement, though. among the catalysts here, data showing output in the eurozone in the economy there, expanded at fastest pace since june 2011. a quick check here on u.s. equity futures early this morning. set to open just slightly lower. a rebound in yesterday's trading. today's big test for the markets is going to come from a jobs report. the january adp employment report.

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.comcast is set to buy time warner cable. david faber reports that the all-stock transaction is worth roughly $159 a share. that's about $44 billion. the tie-up would create the largest cable provider in the nation with more than 33 million subscribers. although i think they were looking at divesting some of those so that he would wind up close to 30 million subscribers at the end. the deal is expected to face a tough review from the federal communications commission, potentially from the justice department, as well. >> i'm of two minds about this. >> i was an anti-trust voyeur and i've given you grief in the past. i want to see you step up to the plate here and investigate these. really? >> i'm happy to talk about it. >> in this case, you don't think

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and steve liesman. andrew is off the today.al media. facebook buying whatsapp. in a $16 billion transaction. whatsapp is a mobile messaging start-up of 450 million users. the deal involved $4 billion in cash and $12 billion in stock. there's an additional $3 billion in restricted stocks that could vest over several years. the deal moves facebook closer to younger generations. this is a service that is very big in asia and from what i hear it's pretty big in europe, too. we'll talk more about what this means for facebook in just a few minutes. right now, though, facebook shares down by

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. and the major u.s.their best week of the year. volume was lighter than normal yesterday base of the major winter storm hitting the east coast. boy, this one has been a doozy. stocks closed at three-week highs and dow futures down by about 20 points below fair value. s&p futures are down by about 2.5 as are the nasdaq futures. by the way, have you seen gold prices lately? the pressure metal topping 1300 for the first time since november. it's up another $10, $1,310.80. >>> and today, it is valentine's day. historically it hasn't been a sweet day for the markets. the market has been up only 40% of the time on february 14th. we'll see what happens

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. a four-session winning streak. the major averages closing yesterday at their highest levels in more than two weeks. the dow has now recovered more than half of its recent losses. the nasdaq actually turning positive for the year. among the catalysts yesterday, you had janet yellen, the new fed chair reassuring investors that the central bank could continue improving monetary stimulus to bolster the economy. >> if incoming information broadly supports the committee's expectation of ongoing impr

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.s coming off the biggest two-day gains in four months. the u.s. equity futures this morning are looking a little weaker. right now the dow futures down by 41 points below fair value. the s&p futures off by 4.5. same story with the nasdaq down by four points. in asia overnight, stocks took their cues from wall street. the shanghai composite closing up 2% in a one-month high. stocks getting a boost from a number of billioncy announcements seen as favorable to earnings growth sectors from autos to insurers and infrastructure. for example, the chinese government extending subsidies for electric vehicles beyond 2015. in the meantime, in japan, the benchmark nikkei index rose to a one-week high. the weaker yen overshadowed

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.uest host today and ceo of first data frank bisignano and 8:00 a.m. paul ryan will be our special guest and a big morning for data and erarnings. economists expect about 401,000 homes were sold in the month down about 3% from december and more names from the retail sector are checking into earnings central in the next hour we'll hear from target and hopefully be getting more details on the data breach back in december. many analysts say the company could eliminate its $4 billion share buyback plan. 8:30 eastern hearing from abercrombie & fitch and see how the weather impacted its latest sales quarter from last quarter, we know this has been a big issue for a lot of the

i'm andrew ross sorkin along with joe kernen and becky quick who are in pebble beach this morning.a isen is joining me on the set this morning. it is jobs friday. we have a lot to talk about. >> the super bowl. >> the super bowl of jobs and the super bowl of golf. we also have to talk to joe about his -- i had a big birdie. >> birdie number seven. >> on the seventh hole. but in the meantime, i want to talk jobs. the january nonfarm payrolls, polled forecasters say the economy likely added 189,000 jobs last month. many also saying that december surprisingly low count at 74,000 net new jobs may be raised sharply. now, the unemployment rate is seen falling to 6.6%. average hourly earnings are expected to rise by 0.2%. economists say the wild card in today's report, of course, the weather. and this winter's relentless freezing. tempur

add joe joe kernen and him go after it a bit, too. >> they were both vehemently yelling will the relative. >> it was quite -- >> it was revealing. >> done in a collegial manner. >> alan, thanks very much. kevin plank will be coming up tomorrow. there will be much more to talk about. "squawk box" 8:30 eastern. we'll see what joe has to say about that one. >>> get in thor final tweets. how does facebook's acquisition will be viewed three years from now. your thoughts are coming up, right after this. could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance.s everybody knows that. well, did you know that when a tree falls in the forest and no one's around, it does make a sound? ohhh...ugh. geico. little help here. i need>>that's my geico digital insurance id card - gots all my pertinents on it and such. works for me. turn to the camera. >>ah, actually i think my eyes might ha... next! digital insurance id cards. just a tap away on the geico app. >>> welcome back. a reminder this week, double the screen time, double the fun. catch the latest curling action right here on cnbc next. you don't wan

i'm joe kernen with becky quick. happy birthday. get older quickly. >> we're making some ground.n a tense standoff in kiev. nbc's richard engel is on the ground and joins us with the latest. either not a good thing when we do see you, we haven't seen you in a while. normally it's something like this. bring us up to date on what's happening. >> reporter: the medical officials say, and it's good to be with you, that 25 people have been killed since yesterday. this protest movement has been going on for about three months. it started out as a protest against the government. the government is close to moscow and the protesters wanted closer relations. it was supposed to be a deal to end this protest movement and that deal fell through. then for the last 24 hours or so, there has been a great deal of violence, much of it overnight, when the demonstrators still in independence square set bonfires all around them to keep the riot police back. now you can hear on the loud speakers protest leaders are calling for reinforcements. they want more young people to come and take a stand with th

i'm scott wapner in for joe kernen. becky quick. >>> my mother's maiden name, my grandfather asked me to use the name when i was an intern at "new york times" for my first article, which i thought would be my first and last article. i was there for the summer, that was supposed to be in. >> i'm going to rebrand is barry charles. >> you can hyphenate if you wanted to. >> it works. >> some people have problems with it. >> works for criminals, right? >> take take look at futures at this hour. i see how things are setting themselves up this morning for those criminals out there with three names. dow jones looks like it will open up higher. the s&p 500 up getting close to 2 points higher. we have big headlines, including a deal on this tuesday morning. actavis is buying forest labs for $89.48 per share, represents a 25% premium to forest's friday close. that's a $25 billion transaction. we are back. looks like we have an m & a frenzy on our hands. carl icahn tweeted a short time ago. great result for all shareholders. enjoye