you got to list lloyd blankfein, the ceo of goldman sachs.ry fink, the chairman and ceo of blackrock. tom nice. and hamilton tony james. that doesn't look like him. >> it's a logo. charlie: whatever that is. but he's the number one guy at blackrock. tony is the resident democrat. when are her four top guys. blackstone is a (?) private equity firm. blackrock is the biggest money management firm in the world. goldman sachs is goldman sachs. and morgan stanley the big investment bank. that's a pretty formidable starting line-up for wall street when you're running for president. >> when a lloyd blankfein is supportive of a certain candidate, that his underlings want to curry favor with him, so they give as well. >> a lot of goldman guys want to support jeb bush as well. there's a huge jeb bush contingent at goldman sachs. we'll get into that if jeb bush announces. as hillary was likely to announce three days ago. which is very likely. jeb bush will have a formidable fund-raising machine as well. i will say this, a couple of points, when i'm talki

what would you make lloyd blankfein?t of all, i would chop one of the hot dogs -- do i get more than one hot dog? i would chop one of them up and dredge it with flour and salt and pepper and some cayenne and make it nice and crispy and hot. i would take the other one, i would butterfly it open until it was flat, dredge in flour and bread crumbs. i would make a hotdog schnitzel and serve it with a crispy hotdog salsa. >> nice. >> yes, please. >> i'm up for that. bobby? >> he is the ceo of mcdonald's, you said? >> he's your competition. >> yes. i'm not going to try to serve him a hamburger. i think mcdonald's could use a little more vegetables in its life. so, i will use the sweet-and-sour sauce and i will do a roasted cauliflower, agua dulce, sort of sweet and sour with some red chilies and put it in an earthenware dish, and put it in an oven and roast it. there you go. >> sounds good. tom? >> a midwest guy, he probably likes beef. so, let's braise some short ribs in cherry coke, but let's cut that sweetness with a lot of

stephanie: lloyd blankfein is saying we're the little guys here.s certainly the case that in the alternative asset management world they are not speaking to loudly for fear of regulators. erik: they are not deposit-funded. that is one big factor. they do not rely on wholesale funding either. to make the deals happen, they have to get leverage. the balance sheet -- the assets that they raise, they are equity assets from whoever. stephanie: here is your takeaway -- size matters. thank you for joining us. erik: your first tour of "market makers. devin banerjee, you are a pro. a come back. stephanie: the first tour for the cyber president. much of the campaign will be for in social media. erik: look at this 1 -- graduated in 1971. stephanie: look at that hair. erik: that is all the produces are telling us. you might know more. tweet your guesses. stephanie: i have to take a picture of this stunt. erik: you can find us. number, as i always say, a name is not enough. get clever. stephanie: some color flair -- tell us something about this handsome devil.

goldman sachs giving ceo lloyd blankfein a long-term incentive compensation, eligible for $7 millionn bonuses paid out in eight years. new bonus brings blankfein's total comp to $31 million last year, making him the highest-paid u.s. bank ceo. china is using a new tool to disrupt access to foreign websites. researchers at the university of toronto say the deployment of a new system represents a significant escalation of the chinese government's great firewall of china. the report says the system, this one is nicknamed the great cannon, was used in a recent attack. amazon its new approval to test out delivery drones. the faa is given amazon a waiver on flights 400 feet above the ground and as fast as 100 miles an hour. an earlier faa approval said no for use of amazon because it applied to specific drones that amazon no longer uses. imagine making all your payments with the flick of your wrist making it easier to use is one of the new features of the apple watch, which is now available for preorder today. let's look at apple pay. one of apple's big corners, first data, the coveney pow

goldman sachs is giving lloyd blankfein a long-term compensation, $7 million in bonuses to be paid outver eight years. the new bonus brings his total cops to 31 million last year making him the highest-paid u.s. bank ceo. china started using a new tool to disrupt access to foreign websites. researchers at the university of toronto say the deployment of a new system represents a significant escalation of the chinese government possibly firewall of china. this one is nicknamed great canon, and was used in a recent attack. amazon gets approval to test on delivery drones. the faa has given them a waiver for flights as far as 400 feet off the ground and as fast as 100 miles per hour. earlier approvals work for no use because it applied for specific drones which amazon no longer uses. imagine making all your payments with the flick of your wrist. making it easier to use apple pay is one of the main features with the apple watch, which is now available for preorder. let's take a deeper look at apple pay. one of their big partners, first data, handle nearly half of their debit and credit card

than it was in the 1990s controlling democratic party, and, and, the clinton be friendly with lloyd blankfein? >> to try to make this campaign interesting is going to be really hard when we perhaps bush v. clinton again. i'm already tired and it hasn't even started. >> they're two really good -- melissa: maybe won't be bush. >> in defense of bush v. clinton, it would be two really smart people talking about theory and public policy unlike, you know some of the other crap we've gotten in the past. melissa: help in the fight against isis. iraq's prime minister making in-person appeal to president obama at the white house. the president stressing success won't occur overnight but iraqi forces pushed the militant group out of 25% territory seized during last year's advance. this is according to the pentagon. judy, what do you think of this one? >> look, this prime minister is better than his predecessor but that is with about all we can say about him. he wants more billions from the united states. he wants weapons. now the question is is he growing to use them against isis or use them against his

lloyd blankfein at goldman sachs essentially paid hillary clinton for two hours of worth of mumbo-jumbo in conference room, $400,000 doesn't care. he thinks it's a ruse. larry fink, who runs blackrock who put cheryl mills -- >> why do they do it? >> this is the price to pay to get their person back in the white house, the queen of crony capitalism where her husband was the king of crony capitalism. >> back me up on this nobody did more to help wall street than bill clinton on wall street? >> and hurt main street as he was helping it. we don't have enough time to explain it. that is what he did. >> can we all agree this was one hell of a rollout, terrible campaign rollout? think about it. >> buying the state department. it is not good for her. >> we're talking about it. you know what she is talking about, income inequality. we're talking about it, harris you nailed it. this is the best for the clinton campaign. >> inequality grew under her boss. >> best way to get the democratic primary. >> this friday, 10:00 p.m. eastern, fox news will air special news reporting on the tangled clinton w

goldman sachs awarded chief executive lloyd blankfein $24 million in compensation for 2014..3% increase from a year earlier. the stock up about 10% during the year. goldman will report first quarter earnings next week. and a sad story to report. mount st. joseph freshman lauryn hill has died of brain cancer, she was 19 years old. she made national headlines last year when the school successfully petitioned the ncaa to move its season opener to an earlier date so that she could play. she scored two lay-up during the game. that's a cnbc news update at this hour. back to you. >> all right. thank you so much. former medtronic ceo bill gorm o george-out with a scathing article. mr. george says the following the peltz proposal is troubling because it mirrors a disturbing trend in which financiers are gutting american research labs that develop tomorrow's innovati innovations. they want to increase short-term innings see an uptick in the stock price and close out petitions. they are speculators not investors. bill george the senior fellow at harvard and a former ceo of medtronic. t

lloyd blankfein may soon pay off -- the bank is paying a 7% increase.nk find cap the focus on trading that, commodities and currencies even though the revenue from the sectors fell in the last five years. carson blocks research firm taking a short position in noble group. already critical of the commodity trading companies finances. shares still fell the most in the month fish in a month. luxury vehicles are tearing up the road. why the uber rich are not content with six-figure cars anymore as prices had passed the million-dollar mark. ♪ matt: welcome back to "in the loop." we are 45 minutes away from the start of trading. scarlet fu is taking a look at the early action this morning. scarlet: we start with zynga. the ceo leading the company after nine months -- the stock is plunging right now by about 10% in the early going here. the founder and chairman will be returning as ceo. he has lots of other money at stake here. he owns 122,000 class a shares. he also owns 36 million class b shares. they also mention in the release that the first quarter was a

metta lagardere should not ignore -- lloyd blankfein running a bank? good morning, everyone.mberg surveillance ." we are live from washington. i'm tom keene. in new york, we have olivia sterns and brendan greeley. brendan:olivia: let me put taking questions right now at a time when the economy heads into its first recession nears. >> sanctions are a political issue and we should not actually expect them to be lifted very soon. it is a strategic issue for our western partners and probably not much to do with ukraine anymore. olivia: the ruble is the world's best-performing currency so far this year after falling 2% last year. -- 50% last year. you can watch his: show live right now on bloomberg.com. the white house has not seen these poll results in five years. the way obama is handling the economy is seen more positively than negatively. 49% of those surveyed approve of the job of the president in dealing with the economy. 46% disapprove. in december, half disapproved. there are plenty of questions this morning about this bizarre incident on capitol hill yesterday. a gyro cop

goldman sachs ceo lloyd blankfein says an interest rate increase by the federal reserve is unlikely butble. life i was speaking at an event in south africa and says the u.s. economic recovery is further along than europe. and google is unveiling a u.s. wireless service project called -- it will be available in certain areas around the country and being offered a partnership with sprint and t-mobile network. it will cost $20 per month for basic features. it will begin at an invitation-only basis. customers can request an invitation through google's website. and trust officials are meeting with comcast representatives today. officials are airing their terms about the proposed $45 billion tie up with time warner cable. officials are not likely to entertain comments is that the merged company would change behaviors upon approval. here's some breaking news in omnicare. let's get to achieve good correspondent scarlet fu. -- go to our chief correspondent scarlet fu. scarlet: the company is exploring a sale. omnicare, which is based in covington, kentucky and has just over 12,000 employees over