the ceo karen lynch joins us exclusively with the details ahead. they say it will lower costs. dr.tt gottlieb will be here to react, and we'll ask them about that new study showing that chatgbt may incorrectly be answering medication related questions. he says it's true. >>> call it rom commerce. walmart is launching a shopable show and advertiser also love it, but will it draw view sers? dom chu has the numbers. clear story in bond land. >> on the stock side of things, we have seen both sides, positive and negative so far today. on balance for the most part, it's a down day today. the dow down about 105 points, 1/3 of 1% declines. the s&p 500 at 4562, down about seven points, about 0.2% decline there. and at the highs of the session, we were up nine points and down 18 points at the low. so we have been it witilting to the lower end of that range. the nasdaq, at 14,194 the last trade. kelly mentioned that yield story. the data, the prevailing narrative and everything else going on, has led to that bid for government bonds here in the u.s., and elsewhere around the world, as well. n

your number three is actually cvs' karen lynch? >> she's done well, revenues are up 20%.billion company she runs largest company run by any woman. but she's run it extremely well. a bit of a transition. she took over from larry merlo, a well respected predecessor. but she had to integrate the aetna insurance business. done a remarkable job there. bean b b been a leader in getting rid of the cigarettes. and she has brought real transparency that has been needed into the cost of drugs. i think people are still unraveling and figuring it out, but there has been regulatory pressure that she's gotten in front of. instead of being pushed to try to catch up to it all, she's shown an ability to i think to race ahead. and it is a remarkable model on many fronts. >> and what is the thing that karen luncynch has to work thro the most in 2024, what is the biggest hurdle she has to overcome? >> i was hoping you wouldn't ask me that annoying question. but this is true of her competitors as well especially walgreens. any of us know in the pharmacies, those pharmacists and their deputies

the ceo karen lynch joins us exclusively with the details ahead. they say it will

ceo karen lynch will join krcnb today at 1:00 p.m. >>> european markets mixed this morning.has been very strong. it's setting itself up for a record close, but the british ftse trading lower. shares of barclay's weighing on that after qatar holding 500 million pounds of stock. there is optimism from ecb with executive board member telling reuters that, quote, a further rate increase is unlikely. didn't rule out a potential cut in april either. outside of europe, moody's cutting china's credit to negative citing risk from growing debt. they did maintain an a-1 rating on the country's sovereign bonds but issued that warning. the move causing the shanghai composite and hang seng to drag more than 1%. the china authorities came out quickly and said they were disappointed. i think everybody's wondering about the growth target for next year, which we don't quite have. 5% was this year. and then how much of a stomach the chinese regulators will have to stimulate, which is one reason moody's is worried about the debt risk and wall street is worried about the growth risk. >> the mark

cvs ceo karen lynch, during the break, told me it's time to change the model.from their clients and their patients that they want to get lower prices and they think that this can help. now i did talk to one critic who thinks this is probably not going to be as straightforward as mark cuban's cost plus in terms of the fee that they charge. he calls it a gimmick. nonetheless, definitely they are shaking up the model. back to you guys. >> the stock is rising on some of the guidance, perhaps, and the dividend increase. thank you very much. coverage of cvs all day. >>> still ahead, we will head back to goldman sachs' financial services conference in downtown new york, ahead of boutique investment bank perella weinberg joins us for his forecast for m&a in 2024. s&p 500 is little changed. nasdaq is up. technology, consumer discretionary and communication services are the three sto that are higher right now. (sfx: stone wheel crafting) ♪ the biggest ideas inspire new ones. 30 years ago, state street created an etf that inspired the world to invest differently. it still