about the merck vaccine.sles in particular. could merck lose dominance? >> the anti-baxter -- anti-vaccer movement has been around for a wild. it is because measles is spreading, that's why these voices are being amplified. -- has been around for a while. what could be threatening to merck is a pending lawsuit that alleges merck misled the u.s. government about the effectiveness of the mumps vaccine. that could take a few years to figure out. what really poses a threat is glaxosmithkline already has an mmr vaccine for measles. they have developed it. they have been testing it in the u.s. they plan to apply for a license in the u.s. i talked to a former cdc official who said that will spread out the market share because the cdc wants multiple suppliers. not only for leverage, but because it ensures you have the supply. it is supply safety. that could take away their market share. >> there was that outbreak in arizona near the site of the super bowl. one in homage country in ohio. something our public health of

. >>> and dragging the dow down today, also was merck. shares of the drug maker fell more than 3% making it the worst performer in that index after it released dismal fourth quarter results. earnings and revenue met wall street's estimates but its forecast fell short. partly because like other multinationals a stronger dollar weighed on its results. but as meg tirrell tells us, that's only part of the story. >> reporter: it was hepatitis c grabbing the headlines today, not just for merck, but across the drug industry. a growing war over the cost of medicine sent drug maker stocks plunging after gilead sciences, the leader in hepatitis c said therapies are discounted much more than investors expected. this after pricing pressure had been mounting for more than a year. gilead's pills approved in december 2014. price tag? $84,000 for 12 weeks of treatment or a thousand dollars a day. >> people worried that the environment could be deteriorating and the market is interpreting gilead to suggest that maybe there's some price compression coming

in terms of next week, you're looking at merck and some pepsi data? >> right, so this could be a little further out than next week. initially, somebody was saying these were imminent data. we know that gilead and advi are dominating this huge pepsi market right now, but merck is coming up with some phase three data. we should expect that in the next two months. a single pill once a day could compete with these two. what analysts are telling me is that merck could capture 20% of the market, but these data are really important because the fda recently said it might rescind merck's breakthrough therapy designation because this market is so well-served by these other therapies. so we need to see these data be really strong. what sun trust has told me is that they need to show 95% to be approved by the fda. >> is suntrust expecting that? >> they're pretty optimistic about this. john boris said because the company said they may present these data in april, they're looking pretty good. >> this regimen looks more convenient than abbvie's margin. >> karen says

liz: apple closing and merck above 122 -- apple above $122. david: $710 billion market cap. oil took a big dive today. market not missing on that action. there is a lot of stuff going on overseas may be affecting the market. we'll talk about that in a moment. the indices, the biggest gainer is the nasdaq. tech stocks gaining. we have busy hour for you. anthony scaramucci, a host of other guests, joining us. "after the bell" starts right now. liz: big jump here for stocks. let's get to today's action. we have john trainer of peoples united bank. john is here to tell you what is driving a bounceback if these stocks. ernie cecilia, telling why fed will raise rates. david got out of richard fisher from the dallas fed. buffett and jack welch disagree. mark sebastian at the cme. i want to start off with mark. the market was juiced early on by the belief that the greeks will work in the parameters of the previous bailout deal. the markets like that. we got a john openings number, the jolt survey. what was enough to push the market higher in the last hour, mark? >> to 60 in the s&p

a quick snapshot of merck.ns us to discuss his vision of the social app company and how he's looking to take on wealth. we'll see if he's checked in here on foursquare. we'll take a break. the dow set to open about 38 points off. nasdaq off about 15 points and the s&p 500 down about 6 points. back in a moment. financial noise financial noise financial noise ♪ >>> welcome back to "squawk box." take a look at some stocks to watch this more than. kohl's shares rising increased 3.7% during the fourth quarter. raised it's guidance above the street estimates. and ralph lauren's profits came in below estimates but the dividends increased to 50 cents per here. and sony shares jumped. better than expected sales of playstation video came console. you're laughing about that. >> lose less. stock goes up you lose less. >> jack i want to talk about something that you just mentioned in last break. i don't know everybody caught what you said. you said the fed would be raze to raise rates right now because of where the dollar i

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we just saw merck get its break through get rescinded.seem to think that there's no more room in the hepatitis c for a new player. >> let me remind you that there's 185 people infected with hep c world wide. there's a tremendous amount of space and opportunity here. we frankly think -- and this is why i used the word spectacular on so many occasions and this is why the analysts were supportive. we think our data create the basis of a drug that can be combined with any anti-viral and change the treatment. it's the simplicity, it's the versatili versatility. >> thanks so much for joining us. the ceo of regulus. if you were in the space, where would you go? >> lovely you guys were able to present today. and the analyst community sound very very positive. i think the concerns would be the huge short interest in the company right now. that would be amy concern as well. i'd look to merck and some of these other names but i'd like to have a piece here. >> you know who has a piece of it? i was looking at the holders. when you talk about that shor

merck which issued a weak outlook this morning is another competitor in the space trading down about carl, back to you. >> and that was a whopper of a currency comment in merck. >> when we come back another company may have already beaten amazon to the punch when it comes to delivery drones. who they are in a moment. plus he's best known for "mall rats" and "my name is earl" but today amazon's latest star. doesn't always look like that. join us in a few moments. rick santelli what are you watching today? >> we will be watching three areas. we will talk about 10-year and yields you ought to be aware of, talk about the distance or spread between 10-year yields here and 10-year bund yields overseas and last but not least, we're going to talk about one day in particular in the oil futures market. it's all after the break. sound good? great. because you're not you, you're a whole airline... and it's not a ticket you're upgrading, it's your entire operations, from domestic to international... which means you need help from a whole team of advisors. from workforce strategies to tech solutio

today the president met with andrea merck el at the white house there in the oval office. the two leaders talked about renewed fighting in ukraine between the country's military and separatists. the president says he is still deciding whether or not to send soldiers. but there is a peace plan for that reason. chancellor merkel supports joining u.s. forces. >> the third storm to hit the region in less than would weeks, many cities are running out of places to put all this snow. boston resorted to dumping into the ocean. officials in many areas of asking everyone except emergency responders, to stay off the roadways. sfo reported dozens of cancelled flights to and from the east coast today. there's more on those northeast storms coming up on nightly news. lester holt has more on the state of emergency that governor of massachusetts just declared. plus a closer look at all of the snow that battered boston. that's coming up at 5:30. >> plunging gas prices might be starting to rise again and some say it might be a good thing. nbc bay area's tech reporter joins us to explain why

merck was everything. >> merck had nevacor. >> those were the days. >> those were the days. >> if youant franchises and blockbuster. >> going to gilead celgene -- >> no. it's done. did you hear what happened. >> gilead and abbvie? >> no i said disney's blockbuster blockbuster. the day of the blockbuster biotech ended with the price cut. >> from lipitor to "frozen." >> will ferrell, i love that man. impressed watched will ferrell do the lip sync. >> i haven't seen it. >> kevin hart's good too. very funny. >> when we come back news involving twitter ahead of tomorrow's exclusive with the ceo, dick costolo, 9:00 a.m. shares of cigna, tripped since the ceo in '09. get his perspective on the anthem hack attack. haven't gotten to retail. ralph lauren esty, under armour armour, more "squawk on the street" in a moment. can data help cure a disease? the right treatment for you is out there. the problem is some of it's in this lab. some of it is in her head. some of it's in this new journal. and the rest of it is in your personal medical history. ibm watson can not only read this data, but unde

research articles we found show big name pet product companies like muriel, merck, bayer and pfizer useab to test flea and tick products. >> these are not benign procedures they undergo for this kind of product testing. >> reporter: kathleen conley is with the humane society of the united states. >> these can be invasive protocols that even involve deaths of the animals. >> reporter: it's all perfectly legal. in fact, the government mandates animal testing for many products. this lab in denver invited our sister station to come in for a tour. hoping for the same we tried to contact david young and his wife and business partner kareem at their home office. it's a horse breeding facility called revelers ranch. >> get out of here! >> reporter: down the road at the actual lab they weren't exactly happy to see us. i did reach dr. young over the phone. he declined our request for an interview because he said people have already made up their minds about animal testing, that it's inhumane and unjust. after our phone conversation dr. young hired a public relations person. she referred us to a l

brendan: the company paid for the acquisition of the merck consumer unit.ales have been a little disappointing. had ifo that over in the portfolio? >> this is the first quarter after the acquisition. you take over a company that you did not own before, nobody really has a good feel of what the appropriate numbers for that business, we are optimistic about this. critical science makes a difference. you go into a drugstore, it is about shelf space. now we have products like aspen a leave -- like aspirin, ale ve it is a tremendous advantage when you interact with customers. the buyer crosses as a token of reliability and quality. brendan: there has been a change to the prescription market. a lot of your peers have pointed out pricing pressures. is that which you are pointing out as well? >> there is pricing pressure all around the world. that makes it harder to continue to be convinced of the model in pharma, which is high spending and r&d with high risk and uncertain outcomes in terms of success. if you have uncertainty about reimbursement and pricing the bus

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only merck and coca-cola are declining and the nasdaq is the laggard here.inkedin report their earnings after the close. that brings us to our sector focus today, which is technology. the group has struggled to gain momentum in 2014. the spider etf that tracks technology is down about 1.5% but with apple's recent success, could the tide turn? here with some answers is the stoxx reporter for bloomberg news. certainly earnings is driving the moves for tech will stop how far in earnings season are we? >> we are basically done. they were better than expected and that's a surprise to some of the analysts out there who were expecting the strong dollar to hurt these egg tech companies earnings. we have tesla coming up and trip advisor and after the close tonight, linkedin. >> i find it remarkable tesla is considered a tech company. >> they are in a lot of different indexes. >> in terms of how is priced it's priced as a momentum stock. >> i think it is getting increasingly more toward that. you twitter's and netflix of the world that have pretty good stock performan

earlier president obama meeting with german chancellor angela merck. the president said the russian powerful military would be hard to defeat and making diplomacy all that more important. he said russia's track record does not bode well for the furniture. >> russia sent in more tank ands heavy artillery and the separatist have destroyed vill arages and driven more ukrainians from their homes. these are the facts. >> they are watching this closely in the pentagon. we'll find jennifer griffin. >> reporter: jon, the german chancellor and president obama did not have a warm relationship. it was strained because of the spying. but today they tried to put that behind because of the meeting in mensk. if diplomacy fails, we will look at the other options and other means to put in place to change mr. putin'sical. >> and as to the export of arms, i have given you my opinion. and you may rest assured no matter what we decide the alliance between the united states and europe will continue to stand. it will continue to be solid, even though on certain issues we may

tom outerbridge is the general manager and he's going to show me the facility known as the merck andto work with recyclables. how many days is this? >> maybe a day. but not all of brooklyn. >> look at how much we're trying in new york. >> once our 500 plus of daily recycling come to the facility it's removed from the plastic bags. >> that's a lot of plastic bags right there. >> that's a lot of plastic bags. >> it's ready to enter the sorting system. most sorting done by machine but after the initial sort, recyclables go through manual quality control and that's where i come in. >> i look very safe now. i feel like the construction worker in the village people. my job is to pull out anything not plastic or bigger than 12 inches. easy enough, right? something smelly. potty. oh my god. big chunk of metal. threw away all the siding. this is the most focused i've ever had to be on a job in my life. like a stereo, look at that. after the men and women much more coordinated than me finish with the sorting process, the separate materials are compacted and prepared for shipment to the market.

. >> merck is coming on the market. >> and we've has those rumors and news before in terms of this stockheap on valuation. i think the whole space is under siege right now. >> 97 going to 100? >> i think -- it's pretty good chances. >> meg, thank you. we have a news alert on harley-davidson. >> so we have a c suite change. matt levatiz is going to assume the role of president and ceo of harley-davidson because the current ceo and chief is going to retire effective may 1st. harley-davidson says that he has been elected to the board of directors. he becomes ceo and joins the board and the lead independent director is going to assume the role of chairman effective that time as well. a change at the helm in the c suite and the chairman side of things for harley-davidson. levatich was seen as the heir apparent so it is what some were already expecting. >> this is stock that looks like it has gone basically nowhere. >> yeah, it has and you'll have to see what the ceo does. but this is a stock i don't want to be in. i'm in the camp that the economy is decelerating. >> we do these packages and l

merck are in the space. they made a big acquisition a couple months ago . see smaller drug makers l e tetri phase getting more focus. obama allocated $1.2 billion to antibiotic resistance. so you see companies, smaller company, working in the space. >> it's a problem now, but i would imagine it would take months if not years for the new antibiotics to come out to the market. so in the meantime, do they dust off the shelf in terms of pulling out old antibiotics that haven't been used in decades? >> the reason they haven't been used in so long is because they can be toxic. so it's a huge problem. but exciting to see them working on the tough to treat segments. >> part of the segment is we take a story now and then next week. >> and this is a real interesting biotech company. this weekend we should see data in inflammatory bowl disease. this company has one lead drug, rcp 1063, others in the pipeline, but this is going head to head with a lot of huge drug makers. so similar to novartis' drug for mul mul multiple sclerosis. they presented data in october in tha

. >> caller: oh jp morgan okay verizon, merck, duke energy and applied material. am i diversified?> wow. i like this. technology company making a major acquisition. i don't know this together could be okay. verizon, nice yield and jp morgan chase really good analyst, lapping it up again. duke energy very solid utility. i'm not going to mince words there and america, action owners plus.com a disappointment but stick with it drug utility, bank tellco tech, wow, jersey city has it going. let's go to ken in arizona, ken? >> caller: happy birthday to you. i just had one, too. >> happy birthday to you. >> have you seen the lamas? >> we're talking lama. lama lama on my mind here, go ahead. >> caller: well, i got bp bristol myers, chevron, integrity, teg and johnson & johnson. >> okay. okay. by the way, the symbol for lama should be ll but that's lumber lick liquid. bp, ut oh oil and gas, oil and gas, ut oh johnson & johnson and bristol myers drug drug. we can't have that. we'll keep johnson & johnson. we'll swap out bristol myers and swap out british petroleum and put in united health. co

liz: apple closing and merck above 122 -- apple above $122. david: $710 billion market cap.ay. market not missing on that action. there is a lot of stuff going on overseas may be affecting the market. we'll talk about that in a moment. the indices, the biggest gainer is the nasdaq. tech stocks gaining. we have busy hour for you. anthony scaramucci, a host of other guests, joining us. "after the bell" starts right now.

and pointing a finger at merck, writing that growing tolerance of violence and warfare has also playedhe book is "a call to action >>> action ." i talked to him and asked him what inspired him? >> they have had programs of an active nature in 79 different countries, and since i left the white that's what we have been doing. and we have gotten to know people in all kinds of nations, particularly in third world countries where women and girls are abused. but the people who can do something about it, now have 23 recommendations in the book to help solve these problems, but particularly in the rich world like the united states. and a lot of the problems occur in the poorest countries, but are also present here in the united states. for instance slavery, the slavery scene is much greater than it was during the 19th century when black people were brought out of africa for slavery. there is about $32 billion worth of human trafficking every year. and the state department now is required to report on this annually, and they reported last year, that 800,000 people were sold across international

pfizer, merck and apple rounding out the top five. >> look, you're talking about 14% as a one-time. it's almost a tax holiday dachlt then you're talking about 19% on foreign profits going forward to stop this policy where companies essentially just hoard capital elsewhere. i would say it's not just about the deficit or spending on highways now. what it's really about is having that capital productive in the u.s. economy and the multiplier effect that could come along with that. i'm not a huge pro poen innocent of increasing taxes by any means. this is the kind of thing i think everyone should be able to look at and say, there are going to be benefits to all of our constituents and little in terms of a loss for anything. >> the fact of the matter is both sides of the aisle can't barely look at each other these days and have any sort of civil conversation, especially when it comes around the issue of raising taxes. >> there's no chance the republicans are going to take up the president's budget. this is a starting point in a long negotiation. it's important that it is being discussed,

we compare this to vertex or merck. they have a 60 to 70% advocacy rate.y are now being built into the valuations of the sector. >> we were talking about nasdaq and bubbles. how do we know this is not the equivalent of the year 2000 for biotech. all of the big things people said were 2000, just not so fast. how do we not know that is biotech now? >> what i see is gene therapy, cancer immunotherapy. better well-run phase 2 clinical trials where we can definitively look at something and understand if it's going work. the failure rate is lower, approval rate is higher. that will translate into higher valuations for the sector. what does the market hate? uncertainty. what do we have in bio tech? more visibility than we've ever had before. >> jason, we appreciate you being here. at least for the near term we're see that rally continue. >> thing so much. >> up next, competition for amazon is heating up. one major retailer is cutting its free shipping minimum in half this morning. find out which one when "squawk alley" comes back. financial noise financial noise

research articles we found showed big name pet product companies like merial, merck, pfizer use the labst flea and tick procedures. kathleen conlee is with the humane society of the united states. >> this can be invasive protocols that even involve the death of the animals. >> reporter: it's all perfectly legal. in fact, the government mandates animal testing for many products. this lab in denver invited our sister station to come in for a tour. hoping for the same, we tried to contact david young and his wife and business partner coreen at their home office. it's a horse breeding facility. down the road at the actual lab they weren't exactly happy to see us. i did reach dr. young over the phone and he declined our request for an interview because he said people already made up their minds about animal testing, that it's inhumane and unjust. dr. young hired a public relations person. she referred us to a local vet who she told us worked closely with young. >> you've never been? >> nope . i've seen the animals that come to the hospital. >> reporter: dr. santos told us all he does is trea

on the downside though, merck and walmart were the notable losers.as giving out higher wages trying to stop the turnover they've seen. they're still under a lot of scrutiny as far as executive pay and its correlation to its employees. that's a story ongoing. that's where we saw weakness. as you noted, it was a great february for stocks for the most part when you look at the major indices. back to you. david: great stuff. thank you very much. liz: the s&p futures are closing right now for friday. let's head back to bob in the pits of the cme. what can we expect for monday? >> well, they're closing behind me with screams of buy them. buy them. which is a sign of the future's market that people are hedging the weekend, hoping they'll go up over the weekend. obviously they're buying them. the buy should come back without hesitation. there wasn't a lot of activity. it was mostly buying. we should be bullish monday morning. liz: minus any bad headlines over the weekend. david: when rating your investment advisor, it's not just performance accounts, other s

coca cola in the red as well as merck. >> good stuff. positive for the year.verything's fine. >>> one analyst says this stock will double if you get in right now. we will give you that name ahead. >>> and this is at a time when things are starting to get very exciting in the oil pits. we are seconds away from the final trades for oil crossing. that close is coming for you. e financial noise financial noise financial noise financial noise shyou see this right? it's 80% confidence and 64% knee brace. that's more... shh... i know that's more than 100%. but that's what winners give. now bicycle kick your old 401(k) into an ira. i know, i know. listen, just get td ameritrade's rollover consultants on the horn. they'll guide you through the whole process. it's simple. even she could do it. whatever, janet. for all the confidence you need. td ameritrade. you got this. >>> welcome back to "street signs." i'm jackie deangelis. we are at the oil close. 50.45 is what i have right now as we go into the settle. up about $2 on the session, off session lows. we had a 6% pop

. >> on this dip, merck is a buy. >> that does it for us. have a great rest of the day. "power lunch" starts now. >>> "halftime" is over. "power lunch" and the second half of the trading day starts right now. >> scott, thank you very much. after ending january deep in the red, february so far gangbusters for the stock market. the rally putting the dow and s&p back on the break even point for the year to date. but don't get too carried away. investors fretting about the stocks and sectors that are actually leading the gains and why this good news may actually be some bad news. >>> the second largest u.s. health insurer hacked. anthem hit by a massive cybersecurity breach exposing up to 80 million people. social security numbers, e-mails, employer info. how much your stolen data is worth to cybercriminals. you will be shocked. >>> and reaching a critical stage at the port. the l.a. port saying it is days days away from a total collapse. we will take you there live. >>> first, to sue at cnbc headquarters. >> stocks are rallying shaking off any fears about greece and europe

of course, merck is a third player here. and we could see that coming on the market in 2016.that could drive an entirely new element to this. >> all right, keep us posted. thanks a lot for that. pete najarian, you're disappointed. you're in gilead. >> i think this knee-jerk reaction -- now, obviously -- >> it's knee-jerk reaction? these are major discounts being given. >> we all know that there's competition. we've known there's competition. they gave us the guidance. i think with that, the stock down just a couple of dollars. 102, it's still a value. >> ei think you stay neutral on the stocks. we still haven't really seen the impact. i don't think you have to chase it. fantastic company. it's nice that they're rewarding shareholders here, but maybe not enough. >> wynn resorts falling as well. jane wells has been on the conference call, joins us from l.a. with the latest. jane? >> hey, melissa. steve wynn talking right now on a call about optimism he has on the las vegas strip around his properties, as more money is going in and how that may approve that. but big miss all the

. >> on this dip, merck is a buy. >> that does it for us. have a great rest of the day. "power lunch" starts now. >>> "halftime" is over. "power lunch" and the second half of the trading day starts right now. >> scott, thank you very much. after ending january deep in the red, february so far gangbusters for the stock market. the rally putting the dow and s&p back on the break even point for the year to date. but don't get too carried away. investors fretting about the stocks and sectors that are actually leading the gains and why this good news may actually be some bad news. >>> the second largest u.s. health insurer hacked. anthem hit by a massive cybersecurity breach exposing up to 80 million people. social security numbers,

we have mutualization agreements in place with all of our cvms, the merck, board of exchange and exchangesnot making requirements. if this was economic decision we could have done this a long time ago. this is decision what is in the best interest of the client. now that the business is literally 1% in the futures pits, time to make the decision to close those pits. it wasn't really about the money on run rate basis of 10 million or whatever the number is going to be. we have to reinvest money in different things as it relates to some trading activity on the exchange. from a revenue aspect, not a big mover. david: terry, let me talk about something, talk about high volatility, something with very low volatility for past couple years now are interest rates. >> right. david: just, there is no, everybody, every prediction about interest rates going up has been proven wrong over the past year. they said or gone down even further. of course there are fewer reasons to hedge your future bets if you believe that interest rates are going to remane as -- has that hurt your futures business and inter

german chancellor angela merck kel and french president fran with a hollande met with ukraine's president to discuss peace, the movement aimed at heading off u.s. decision to provide ukraine with weapons. >>> back in the u.s. adrian peterson back in court today. the nfl's players association appealing peterson's suspension. peterson accused of using a wooden stick to discipline his son. >>> a person close to the case says peterson is trying to get reinstated before march 10th, the earliest date that players can be traded. >> very interesting. 5:23 right now. >>> every day in california, there's a hazardous materials spill or leak. most are minor but some are very serious, even deadly. investigative reporter vicki nguyen is here to explore our week-long series into disaster preparedness. >> good morning, we asked the state for data on just how many spills or leaked happened last year, both hooer in the bay area and statewide. we found on average there are 19 hazardous materials spills every day in california. everything from gas tank explosions to toxic chemicals seeping into the soil, wat

a couple of weeks later, he made his major health care speech at merck. in that speech, he said i have a friend of mine who is a conservative businessman in north carolina who has a son he loves more than life who has diabetes. he has convinced me that we should take the politics out of scientific research and if i'm elected president, i will let the ban on fetal tissue research. diabetes, parkinson's, als communities went crazy and everybody thought it was great and everyone figured out it must be me. he never said a word to me. after he was elected and as a north carolina democrat i never voted for anyone who actually won anything. [laughter] after he was elected he asked me to come up to washington. he was having a group of business people into the white house. he asked if i would like to come and i said it would be great to go to the white house. i went up there in the business people went through and afterwards, he said come down to the oval office. we went down to the oval office and he took a pen out and sign something. he came over to me and hande

gm, merck and clorox before the opening bell. after the closing bell 2st1st century fox. >> he cut his stake in media giant news corp. it reduced it's holding to 1% from around 6.6%. the sale will generate around $187 million. shares are down over 12% over the last six months despite a strong move yesterday to the upside. >> let's take a look at disney because disney's first quarter results beat forecasts boosted by dvd and toy sales of none other than frozen and as visitorsvisitor visitors flock to the u.s. theme parks. they have not seen a major impact from a measles outbreak at disney land. each reported higher than reported operating profits. cable networks saw a decline due to higher programming costs and that was offset by a big squump at -- jump at abc. >> just a great jump across the board. it's clearly a great testament to strategy to focus on franchises and our great brands. parks and resorts obviously benefit from that but also operational excellence and clear demand around the holiday period. >> disney plans to open i

merck sales and outlook are disappointing, the big drug company's stock is down 3-1/3%. for the argentine president and foreign minister, and they were in the home of the dead prosecutor, this is right out of a made-for-tv movie. liz: there was no gun powder residue on his hand. there was a gun and shell casing year his body before he was found dead. what is happening now is there was apparently an arrest affidavit in the trash bin in his apartment seeking the arrest of president christina kirchner and other top government officials. the government officials ripping up reports about this but argentina is nude default in on its debt. the story line is he was probing the bombing of the jewish center in 1994, could have implicated individuals in a trade deal in argentina. and facing default. we need to see if the government can withstand it. it is a major scandal and controversy. tom: this is a whodunit and there are a lot of suspects. it is the iranians or the president? was supposed to testify the next day so this was a hit. liz: that is what the controversy is. it is a c

. >> i remember in '84, merck passed valuation of general motors, that's not possible.ow could a drug company pass the value of an auto company. >> my favorite stat in the journal, since ipod introduce in 2001, market cap is up 100 times. that done even make sense. >> everybody wants you to index. >> yeah. >> look i just -- it's a marvel. >> it is. >> i think these two initiatives, i think the health initiative -- look everyone in the valley wants to live to 120. right? isn't that like not earnings per share, goal to live to 120. apple is part of the 120 move. 110 is the new 40 out there. >> amen. >> right. >> that would make you like 20. >> dog years. >> almost. >> yeah. >> let's move on to the broader markets. one day after stocks reversed two sessions of losses futures moving lower with greece in the spotlight. the country's finance minister will meet with eurozone counterparts trying to convince bailout terms need renegotiated. some officials downplaying a chance of a breakthrough. not talking about that much money, as we've said a number of times. and you know ecb

. >> the animal business at merck, one of the few things they had some plus items in the revenue columnember, you know this is animal health whether it be the zoetis guys are good. people want to treat their pets better than ever. if there was any food that i could have given tequila -- the name of my cat before i changed the name -- you could buy natural and organic food for your cat i would do it. >> what's the name. now it's -- >> it was don juan tequila. i changed the name because it encouraged underage drinking. >> you encourage people to drink tequila. shapes of staples down sharply, over 8% the effect of lowering the price overall of the deal because you're getting .2188 of staples in addition to $7.25 in cash for each share you own of office depot. why? well antitrust concerns new york doubt about that. price paid perhaps, though that was in the range of what many anticipated. and also the fact the current ceo of staples is going to be running the combined company. there had been some expectation, perhaps, he'd move up to chairman. get smith in as ceo, office depot shareholders

things like netflix, merck, unh still working, jim. >> yeah, it was one of those market where is the domestic stocks did well. a smattering of high growth did well. a couple of big caps. but in the end, it was a disappointing quarter. in the end, when we kind of limped into february companies that had done quite well apple, 118, 119, goes right back. visa, good quarter. right at the end it starts slipping. 3m had a good quarter. i can count on two hands, the really great quarters. just had a lot of quarters that were just kind of -- >> you said for last week for every apple, there's a ton of microsoft. for every sky works, there's a qualcomm. >> yeah. and the ones that -- a lot of these are favorites. qualcomm was a big favorite coming in. i just feel like there was a sense of -- thank heavens this month is over. their earnings are so low, you've got to see the whole aggregate of the s&p go down. >> it can conversely go up. we start with continued focus -- i almost hate to say it -- on greece. there's just no way to get around it. we're going to keep hearing various things and it's g

of money that sits overseas, $110 billion followed by microsoft, $76.4 billion pfizer, $69 billion merck, $57.1 billion apple $54.4 billion ibm, $52.2 billion, and so on down the line -- guest: about $2 trillion in total. host: any of those committees on board with your proposal? guest: those companies think of our proposal in the context of broader tax reform. it is my view that we will not do broader tax reform and just do international, the piece we're talking about here. i believe those countries would be very much on board with what we're talking about. they're reserving supporting any specific proposal because the question for them is standalone international tax reform or is this part of something broader? that is an open question. i believe we will just do international. host: if you want to talk to corpsman john delaney about these issues and his proposal and spending plan, budget plan, infrastructure 2.0 act hr 625 for those who want to go online and read about it, the phone lines are open. host: he is with us for about the next 35 minutes or so. before we get to calls, also wa

you are johnson & johnson health care dpz companies like merck, proctor & gamble and wal-mart all lagging. >> let's go uptown to the nasdaq. kate rogers running down the big moves there. >> that's right, tyler. not too much happening at the nasdaq right now. positive for the month. off by more than half a percent. outperforming the dow and the s&p. qualcomm up by nearly 2%. one of the top gainers on the nasdaq 100. that comes on news for reuters that the company is likely to pay $1 billion in fines to the chinese government over anti-competitive practices, ending a 14-month government investigation. of course, aeg also keep an eye on apple up half a percent. the "wall street journal" reporting it will hold its first ever swiss franc denominated bond sale. that could come as early as tomorrow morning. also, bob and john american airlines, the biggest loser on the nasdaq 100 today. down by 4%. the airline reported lower traffic in january and also raised its fuel cost guidance for the first quarter rather. semiconductors also have applied materials all also in the red today. mandy, over to

it's merck one of the best performing dow stocks of the year, in the red.bably shorts doing covering here, jim. >> yeah, i think that's true. seeing things like anadarko, just now on the conference call they don't expect oil prices to be worse. that's a bottom hold. keep in mine a company that makes rigs they're saying a lot of the customers reduced. that's regarded as positive. hear sharply reduced, people say that's how you get that "v" bottom. i think "u" bottom -- >> more likely. >> yes. no one's talking about no bottom. that's what's taken off the table. we were in a bo to thebottom a couple of days ago. >> more of the shape of the letter, shape of the return. >> very significant. seeing things that are happening right now with oil up at the same time auto sales amazing. retail doing bet, seeing good things overseas. i don't -- you come up 170 middle of the day, someone spreads a rumor about greece this or that a better chance to buy. news flow is as good as the news flow was bad last week. >> true. after the chevrons had done their thing and royal dut

she has been a member of many boards including kellogg company, world economic foundation merck and company and the united states-china board of trade. she currently serves as chair of the unlocking potential project which strives to engage women in the conservative movement. last week i was in washington, d.c. at a board meeting for the national association of independent colleges. our it guest speaker was chuck todd from nbc. i asked chuck who he thought had the greatest potential among candidates that we don't hear about as much as the primary ones today in today's media market and before i could finish the sentence he said without a doubt carly fiorina for her leadership her experience and her ability to relate with people. we are pleased to have carly join us this morning especially sips she traveled in a snowstorm to get here. so ladies and gentlemen, please welcome carly fiorina. [applause] >> good morning. it as great mr. sure to be with you this morning at the legendary politics and eggs. i know in speaking with many of you that you all are sick of the snow but i think it is quite

go look at gm glaxosmithkline, merck, under armour always one you want to wasm andtch., even go pro. we'll start off with madison square garden company, and flare system -- flir systems. after the bell, it's going to be huge. disney and chipotle a couple of the headliners tomorrow after the bell. >> we'll get our rest. thank you, dom. >>> coming up, was this ad too sobering for last night's super bowl? >> i'll never learn to fly. or travel the world with my best friend. and i won't ever get married. i couldn't grow up because i died from an accident. >> a lot of people upset about that. my next guest applauds this ad says it's about time companies started tough conversations while they've got people's attention. it was the biggest audience of the year. we're back in a moment. you just got a big bump in miles. so this is a great opportunity for an upgrade. sound good? great. because you're not you you're a whole airline... and it's not a ticket you're upgrading it's your entire operations, from domestic to international... which means you need help from a whole team of a

of money that sits overseas, $110 billion followed by microsoft, $76.4 billion pfizer, $69 billion merck, $57.1 billion apple $54.4 billion ibm, $52.2 billion, and so on down the line -- guest: about $2 trillion in total. host: any of those committees on board with your proposal? guest: those companies think of our proposal in the context of broader tax reform. it is my view that we will not do broader tax reform and just do international, the piece we're talking about here. i believe those countries would be very much on board with what we're talking about. they're reserving supporting any specific proposal because the question for them is standalone international tax reform or is this part of something broader? that is an open question. i believe we will just do international. host: if you want to talk to corpsman john delaney about these issues and his proposal and spending plan, budget plan, infrastructure 2.0 act hr 625 for those who want to go online and read about it, the phone lines are open. host: he is with us for about the next 35 minutes or so. before we get to calls, also wa