. >>> the team is getting ready for squawk joe kernen has a look at what's coming up.g >> hey >> any word on that pizza chain that pulled its advertising from -- do you know which one i'm talking about? >> it's not dominos? >> no that other one do you remember? >> i do. >> will you say it for me? >> i better get this right papa john's. >> oh. i don't -- wilf, alas, poor david cassidy. i knew him i met him. i spent some time with him at a celebrity golf tournament 10, 12 years out in lake tahoe. he was really cool >> yeah? >> a big grown-up kid. he did a great performance for the people that were gathered out there. he spent time just hanging out >> i love that when you hear these legends who are down to earth, great people. you're alone again, which is a huge endorsement of the size of those broad how old issers that y shoulders that you can carry that huge show >> as well as the thanksgiving holiday week, but i like your putting it together. >> can you dvr "squawk box" today? >> i'll be here at cnbc hq glued to every second. >> every wednesday before thanksgiving we d

joe kernen has a look at what's coming up in new york. >> wilf, what's happening?s your -- are you solo, my friend? >> you get to have two partners and i'm on my own. >> you want me to stay with you -- >> you have leslie picker there. you have everyone. what have i done wrong >> i don't know. but there's an idea, i mean are we getting -- it's working well, i think. maybe save some money here you want me to stay with you until 6:00 a.m.? >> i would like that a lot would like me to stay with you throughout three hours of "squawk box. >> no, i got plenty, believe me. i got plenty >> what else is coming up, joe >> what -- this -- what made me feel bad, i know you said you celebrate thanksgiving, but little buddy, you have anywhere to go? is it going to be like this on thanksgiving on thursday night? >> it's not. >> i see you alone now you're not going to long john silver's fish and chips or something alone. what are you -- >> i have plans. i have plans, thank you. >> you do. >> i do. you sure >> i am. >> you look very lonely. okay wilf, we got two big media deals here

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.ok at the equities future. the dow futures are indicated down 27 points s&p futures off by 3, naas cac o -- nasdaq off by 3. taking a pause in the rally. the dow and s&p 500 down and both of them coming off their first weekly losses in nine weeks. >>> overnight in asia it was a mixed picture. in hong kong i know the stocks were a little weaker the nikkei was down by

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.eek for the markets. the dow was up by 1% last week you can see this morning there are green arrows as we quick off this new trading week. dow futures up by 14%. s&p up by over 2 the nasdaq indicated up by 7.5 take a look at what happened overnight in asia. i believe there were some red arrows with the anything kay down by a quarter percentage point. the hang seng down

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.s time for the global markets report. let's look at u.s. equity futures. yesterday a strong day forlt te markets, dow ended up about 187 points, thanks to walmart and cisco and the passage of the

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. futures are just weaker this morning.ures down by 7 points s&p off by 2 the nasdaq down by close to 2. this comes after the dow managed to eke out a gain yesterday but the s&p 500 and nasdaq fell just short of the break even line we will keep an eye on things as we get closer to the opening bell what's happening with tax reform and the potential for that bill being passed is something the market is watching closely >> i didn't understand that music at the top of the show >> i didn't understand what they were saying. >> the band is phoenix like -- >> like

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. is here and back together the u.s. equities markets this morning, we have seen strong gains from all of these markets. the dow, the s&p 500 and the nasdaq closing at record highs once again on friday the dow and the s&p have now racked up eight straight weekly gains in a row guys, any ventures as to how many record closes we've seen for the dow so far this year. >> this year in. >> yeah, this year. >> how many days has there been? >> we're getting towards the end of the year. we must be close to 300 days not quite. >> weekdays. >>ow

good morning i'm becky quick along with joe kernen andrew is on assignment at the deal book conferenceay he will be on throughout the day with some big guests joining us for the hour is james lu, founder and head of research at clearnomics we have a lot to dig through the tax plans out there. maybe you can tell us how that will be impacting the economy. >> the tax plan is one of the major legs of the trump trade. you had deregulation, the tax plan and then you also have fiscal stimulus so, the investment community is waiting on whether thi

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. let's take a look at the u.s. utures this morning. as joe mentioned, closing at record highs for all three of the major indices yesterday. guys, it is now 57 times this year that the dow has closed at a record high. 52 times for the s&p 500 if we close today at another record high 53 times, that would tie thor record number we saw in 2014 for all of 2014 it was

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. u.s.tures seeing a bounce back after a down day yesterday in the markets yesterday twe saw the biggest declines since september 5th for all three major averages all three now are at the lowest levels of november this morning things are turning around dow futures indicated up by 88 points s&p up by

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. if you check out the u.s.tures, at this point things are relatively flat. dow futures indicated up by less than a point the nasdaq down by 4 this comes after a day when the dow and s&p 500 managed to eke out gains despite the pressure we saw from ge with the worst day, down about 7% those two indices managed to finish with slight gains the nasdaq was down by 6.66 that devilish number. we will see where things get as we get closer to the

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. let's look at the u.s.ay a big day for the markets. dow up by 2 55 points after the senate moved the tax bill through committee. you can see this morning the dow is indicated to open up by 55 points s&p indicated up by 2 points the nasdaq down about three. jp jpmorgan was the lead of the advancers yesterday. s&p was up yesterday by 1% financials up by 2.6% overall. and that was the best session for the sector since

welcome to "squawk box" here on cnbc i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.e live from the nasdaq market site in times square, just like every day, this morning we are welcoming you from our new set we are right here on the ground floor in times square, all behind us. guys, we'll finally see everybody on their way in to work a bit of movement behind us, action behind us who knows what might happen. >> they'll knock on the window in the morning >> you haven't see

welcome to "squawk box" here on cnbc i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.e are live from the nasdaq market site in times square, just like every day, this morning we are welcoming you from our new set we are right here on the ground floor in times square, all behind us. guys, we'll finally see everybody on their way in to work a bit of movement behind us, action behind us who knows what might happen. >> they'll knock on the window in the morning >> you haven't seen the deuce yet? >> part of it. >> times square, 1970 -- if only it were like that. there are still those nudists around here. >> there are still painted people are they naked or painted? >> and elmo. >> there will be some falfafal action out there >> some finest >> how about new york's finest showing up for us today to protect us here. out in fum forll force >> not for us? we can think whatever we like. it's about 11 months in the making big thanks to everybody who put this together for us >> the bugs are all out. i can hear things in my ear. you? >> i can >> we can hear our own voices, which was

joe kernen is here andrew is out today. we've been watching u.s. equity futures.esterday we saw the nasdaq hit an intraday high during trading. it ended up giving some of that back by the end of the session the dow and nasdaq ended higher. this morning there are a few givebacks. dow futures down by 14 points. s&p futures down by 4. nasdaq off by 10 points over fair value there's a lot of news today that will move these markets. we think it will be powell we'll get a tax plan today all of that in play. let's look at treasuries yesterday the ten-year yield dropped slightly this morning looking at 2.378% that's exactly where we closed yesterday. overnight in asia, the equity markets there, you will see the nikkei was up once again another half percent gain to a 21-year high a gain of 120 points hang seng down by a quarter percentage point in europe, this morning, with some of the early trading taking place, things are mixed. relatively flat for the cac and dax. ftse is up slightly. in italy, stocks are up by a half percentage point. things are flat in spain as well >

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. futures are just weaker this morning.ow futures down by 7 points s&p off by 2 the nasdaq down by close to 2. this comes after the dow managed to eke out a gain yesterday but the s&p 500 and nasdaq fell just short of the break even line we will keep an eye on things as we get closer to the opening bell what's happening with tax reform and the potential for that bill being passed is something the market is watching closely >> i didn't understand that music at the top of the show >> i didn't understand what they were saying. >> the band is phoenix like -- >> like a phoenix rising from the ashes? >> that is what you did in virginia and new jersey. and your guy your guy >> going to politics who is my guy? >> deblasio. >> my guy. >> 60% >> you're a new yorker >> he's your mayor >> he's my mayor he's my mayor. that's my mayor. >> and he -- >> we had him on the show before i've also had commentary that has not always been positive about some of the things he said >> i know. i know you've been critical you have not been positive o

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. u.s.quity futures seeing a bounce back after a down day yesterday in the markets yesterday twe saw the biggest declines since september 5th for all three major averages all three now are at the lowest levels of november this morning things are turning around dow futures indicated up by 88 points s&p up by 10 nasdaq up by 31. let's see how things did overnight in asia. asia was leading the declines yesterday. this time a little different story. nikkei closed up by 1.5% hang seng was up by 0.6% shanghai was flat. in europe, at least at this early trading hour, there are green arrows across the board. barely hanging on for the ftse the dax and cac each up by better than 0.6% looking at crude oil prices, at least right now, crude oil looks like it's down 7 cents 55.26. >>> couple big stories we're watching, mattel has rejected a takeover approach from rival hasbro reuters reporting that mattel believes the offer undervalues the company and doesn't take into account the potential for regulators

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.ight now it's time for the global markets report. let's look at u.s. equity futures. yesterday a strong day forlt te markets, dow ended up about 187 points, thanks to walmart and cisco and the passage of the x version of the tax bill. nasdaq this morning is holding on to positive gains we'll see how this shapes up as we get closer to the opening bell overnight in asia, you can see the nikkei ended up 0.2% stocks were higher for the hang seng as well up about 0.6%. in shanghai come pposite down by a half percent. the dax is barely holding on, the others are negative. looking at crude oil prices, crude has been pulling back after the highs it hit, this morning up by 1.5% almost back to $56 a barrel. >>> we have some corporate news. comcast, the parent of this network, has approached 21st century fox expressed in buying a substantial piece of the media company. it would be an all stock offer it would focus on fox's xabl ca networks, movie studios, stake in hulu. we should say no deal is n

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.t week was an up week for the markets. the dow was up by 1% last week you can see this morning there are green arrows as we quick off this new trading week. dow futures up by 14%. s&p up by over 2 the nasdaq indicated up by 7.5 take a look at what happened overnight in asia. i believe there were some red arrows with the anything kay down by a quarter percentage point. the hang seng down by .6 of a percent. shanghai stocks down by close to 1% a decline of more than nine tenths in europe there have been some green arrows the dax is up by .2% the cac is up by a quarter percentage points. stocks up in italy, spain and london crude oil prices which ended last week just shy of $59 a barrel, check this out right now, down by about 44 cents. still, wti trading above 58 at $58.51 a barrel. >>> now this morning the big news of the day. publisher meredith buying time, inc., for2.8 billion that's the price meredith will pay $18.50 for time, inc. it publishes well-known magazines such as "time," "p

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. if you check out the u.s.quity futures, at this point things are relatively flat. dow futures indicated up by less than a point the nasdaq down by 4 this comes after a day when the dow and s&p 500 managed to eke out gains despite the pressure we saw from ge with the worst day, down about 7% those two indices managed to finish with slight gains the nasdaq was down by 6.66 that devilish number. we will see where things get as we get closer to the opening bell if you look at what happened overnight in asia, you will see the nikkei was flat overnight after being down sharply the day before the hang seng was down 30 points the shanghai was down by close to 18. if you look at what's been happening early this morning in the european markets, at this point similar trends there very modest advances or declines the ftse is up by 0.2% that's actually the biggest mover in the region. >>> we've been waiting for those home depot results, dow component just out with quarterly earnings it looks like the home improvement retai

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. everybody is here and back together the u.s. equities markets this morning, we have seen strong gains from all of these markets. the dow, the s&p 500 and the nasdaq closing at record highs once again on friday the dow and the s&p have now racked up eight straight weekly gains in a row guys, any ventures as to how many record closes we've seen for the dow so far this year. >> this year in. >> yeah, this year. >> how many days has there been? >> we're getting towards the end of the year. we must be close to 300 days not quite. >> weekdays. >> how many weekdays and how many trading >> pretty surprisingly large number. >> north of 50 >> 56 for the dow. for the staup it's 51. the number of trading days i'm going to do the math i'll do the math 56 record closes for the dow and 51 for the s&p 500 we are under a little bit of pressure this morning but every so slightly. you're talking about the dow down 20 points why don't we take a look at what happened overnight in asia the nikkei, which ha

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. let's look at the u.s.quity futures. yesterday a big day for the markets. dow up by 2 55 points after the senate moved the tax bill through committee. you can see this morning the dow is indicated to open up by 55 points s&p indicated up by 2 points the nasdaq down about three. jp jpmorgan was the lead of the advancers yesterday. s&p was up yesterday by 1% financials up by 2.6% overall. and that was the best session for the sector since march 1st look at overnight in asia. the nikkei closed up by a half percentage point stocks were mixed in china hang seng down by 2% if you look at what's happening in europe and the early trading, things are mixed there stocks down in london with the ftse down by 0.6%. stocks up across the board in the other countries. the dax in germany up by 0.9%. a gain of a half percentage point in france. crude prices, wti around $57.50. >> we are up another 55. yeah, market was up 255 yesterday. think if the market was down 255. think of what we would do with 160 point observe a down

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. let's take a look at the u.s. uity futures this morning. as joe mentioned, closing at record highs for all three of the major indices yesterday. guys, it is now 57 times this year that the dow has closed at a record high. 52 times for the s&p 500 if we close today at another record high 53 times, that would tie thor record number we saw in 2014 for all of 2014 it was 53 tiles. the total number of the record for all time, 77, 1995 >> i thought you were going to say the total number of trading days we still don't have that >> no. but i was trying to think about it i think there's 53 days left which probably work out to 44 trading days for the rest of this year. i did the rough numbers yesterday -- 25%? >> look, there were 220 -- i mean, there were 222 or something weekdays i don't know how many of those days were closed or trading sessions >> that's good enough. so it's something like 25% >> 25% of the time you've still got another potential up to 40 trading sessions left. >> let the good times roll that's the bottom

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.'s take a look at the equities future. the dow futures are indicated down 27 points s&p futures off by 3, naas cac o -- nasdaq off by 3. taking a pause in the rally. the dow and s&p 500 down and both of them coming off their first weekly losses in nine weeks. >>> overnight in asia it was a mixed picture. in hong kong i know the stocks were a little weaker the nikkei was down by 1.32% the hang seng was up by .2%. the shanghai up by half a percentage point in europe in some of the early trading right now we are seeing things a little bit mixed across the board. ftse's hanging in there up by .10 of a percent. they are seeing pull backs by the dax down and the cac off by 1/3 of a percentage oint. crude oil prices on a climb again last week where oil was up by just over $1.10 this morning wti back 1 cent i take that back, it's unchanged at 56.74 let's tell you what's going on couple stories we're watching this morning couple big ones. general electric is going to announce a major restructur

good morning i'm becky quick along with joe kernen andrew is on assignment at the deal book conference today he will be on throughout the day with some big guests joining us for the hour is james lu, founder and head of research at clearnomics we have a lot to dig through the tax plans out there. maybe you can tell us how that will be impacting the economy. >> the tax plan is one of the major legs of the trump trade. you had deregulation, the tax plan and then you also have fiscal stimulus so, the investment community is waiting on whether this will happen at this point it's a tax cut plan which is still positive for the economy. in terms of whether it will get done this year, people are discounting that if you're watching the markets, markets are hanging in there with some of this. the dow is indicated down by 50 points, the nasdaq down by 4 1/2, and the s&p down by 5 they are all coming off record closes it's been seven sessions in a row for the dow that's higher. the s&p is up six out of the last seven sessions. we'll see what happens slightly lower indication for the morning. we'll

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. let's look at the u.s.ity futures. yesterday the markets closed higher this morning there are green arrows indicating a higher open again. dow up by 50 points. s&p up by 26 1/2 and the nasdaq up by 25 in japan, the nikkei gained about 150 points hang seng gained almost 2% and shanghai up 18 points. the dax up by a half percentage point. similar gain for the cac in france the ftse in london up by a similar amount the yield in the to two-year, up 1.763% also look at gold prices because they were under some pressure yesterday gold down about 1.6% 1,27 1,279.50 >> lowe's is recording 1.05. above the estimates of 1.02. three cents above estimates. the revenue number that i'm looking at, at least sales, 16.8 billion that's a bit above looking at this forecast company sees fiscal year eps of 4.20 to 4.30 if that's not an adjusted number, it's below the 4.50 on the estimate here. 1.05, three cents ahead. the company is supposed to earn 87 cents next quarter that would have gotten the company to 4.50. they beat it b