. >>> now more on that pfizer deal. the drug company said it will buy hospira that makes injectable drugs for $70 million. pfizer gained 3% and hosphira for $5 billion. meg tirrell has details. >> reporter: pfizer said purchase will immediately add to earnings and strengthen what it calls its global established products unit. >> the the u.s. largest maker of injectable drugs. which are primarily drugs in the hospital the majority of those are things like anti-inif he canfekct tants, an el jesices. >> reporter: also in biosimilars, generic versions of drugs from living cells. like for cancer and rheumatoid arthritis. pfizer said that's an area it plans to grow. the u.s. finalizes around their path to market. >> estimates off the size of our market for the next ten years vary all the way from $2 billion and $20 billion. it will depend primarily which drugs make it to the market and when and more interestly what will be the price of the drugs. >> reporter: pfizer analysts applauded the deal. the drug company dealing with g

that's not what pfizer's about. >> not what pfizer's about. >> it's about sales force. >> it is. >> notalesforce.com. sales force. >> capital. >> he want -- he's stuck in the era when they invented viagra. he remembers viagra. >> back in the '80s. >> yes. >> viagra was '90s. merck was everything. >> merck had nevacor. >> those were the days. >> those were the days. >> if you want 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. ca

i think pfizer is up as well. yep. pfizer is up 2.25%. one. >> it came from hospital spirit and the latin word spira. >> anyway how about the bridge what was that? yum's earnings -- what was the other one? >> who's ever heard of wolworth? >> yum's earnings missed the mark. did cop consensus. but that wasn't as bad as analysts had been predicting. it's taking forever. >>> when we come back the head of the cdc warning people not to believe internet myths about vaccinations. we'll talk to policy expert zeke emanuel. stick around. "squawk box" will be back. opportunities aren't always obvious. sometimes they just drop in. cme group can help you navigate risks and capture opportunities. we enable you to reach global markets and drive forward with broader possibilities. cme group: how the world advances. know that chasing performance can mean lower returns and fewer choices in retirement. know that proper allocation could help increase returns so you can enjoy that second home sooner. know the right financial planning can help you save for coll

pfizer shares up 3% on the deal.ichelle, back to you. >> thank you. >>> new this morning, a top u.s. regulator is coming out in favor of net neutrality. tom wheeler the chairman of the fcc wants to require internet providers to allow access to all websites at the same speeds and classify the internet as a telecommunications service. this would eliminate the potential for fast lanes and slow lanes. major internet providers oppose the kind of regulation. they argue it would stifle innovation and investment. >>> the girl scouts are coming to the 21st century by selling their cookies online. it's about time. the delicious treats on sale today through march 8. the girls can now link people to their cookie program on facebook or by email. they are going to find you. one way or the other. box sell for $5 apiece. i'm told my co-anchor already has five boxes of thin mints in her refrigerator. >> but i have a couple of boxes already gone. we already went through the thin mints. >> an addict. >> i ordered online. >> you get the

a huge deal in the pharmaceutical industry --pfizer has agreed to buy hospira. the price tag around $17 billion , with pfizer paying $90 a share, a 39% premium to hospira 's closing price on wednesday. the fbi is investigating a massive hacking attack at anthem, the second largest health insurer. data on tens of millions of current and former customers and employees was stolen. the company says it will provide credit and identity theft monitoring services for free will stop we discussed the impact with the connecticut attorney general. >> it seems that hackers are always one step ahead. the credit card industry needs to have some kind of shakeout where we shift from magnetic bands to embedded chips which are used in europe will stop we have reached a tipping point on these data breaches. >> under armour is going high-tech -- the maker of sports apparel and shoes is making a bid to become the world's biggest tracker of fitness information. under armour just acquired two apps for $560 million. that's a look at the top stories we are following on this thursday. con

like other drug companies pfizer is trying to generate more sales as its big money makers go generic. >>> three months after an embarrassing cyber attack crippled sony pictures. amy pascal is stepping down. pascal plans to launch a new production company focusing on movies, tv and theater. she came under fire for racist remarks. she speculated on president obama's choice of movies. it came to light in leaked e-mails. >> and, anne-marie the original burger king has been sold to a new owner. this burger king opened almost 06 years ago in me tune illinois. the owners trademarked the name in illinois and then the eatery ended up in court. in 1968 the chain won givingeing it the right to name its restaurant burger king everywhere exempt methune. >>> straight ahead, cooking confidential. why some common household foods do better out of the refrigerator. ays discreet underwear has soft, dual leakguard barriers. plus a discreet fit that hugs your curves. now bladder leaks can feel like no big deal. visit alwaysdiscreet.com for coupons and your free sample. dance more, save more. when you buy

. >>> drugmaker pfizer is buying hospira. they plan to pay about $90,000 in cash $15 billion. like other companies, pfizer is trying to generate more sales as its big money makers go generic. >>> three months after an embarrassing cyber attack crippled sony pictures co-chairman amy pascal is stepping down. pascal plans to launch a new production company focusing on movies, tv, and theater. she came under fire for racist remarks. she speculated on president obama's choice of movies. it came to light in leaked e-mails. >> and, anne-marie, the original burger king has been sold to a new owner. this burger king opened almost 60 years ago in mattoon, illinois, before the well known national chain came into existence. the owners trademarked the name in illinois. the chain, though and the solo eatery ended up in court. in 1968 the chain won giving it the right to name its restaurant burger king everywhere except mattoon. >> jill wagner at the new york stock exchange. thanks a lot, jill. >>> straight ahead, cooking confidential. a kitchen expert shows us why some common household food

pfizer is paying 39% him him. -- premium. another big company attacked by hackers, the second largest health insurer, anthem. hackers installed at on tens of millions of current and former customers and employees. it they will provide credit and identity threat -- that the monitoring -- theft monitoring for prepared short men collected $500 million in dividends last year. pretty soon, watch out, tom keene. your tweets will be more searchable online. google making them searchable s&s they are posted. the twitter ceo is trying to get more tweets seen by nonusers. >> under armour is building its own digital fitness empire. the sports apparel giant just bought my fitness pal for a total of 506 $2 million. i had a chance to sit down with kevin plank to find out why he is expanding into the digital field. >> with think there is an enormous opportunity and wearables in general. the energy around it is something that as big as we have seen -- no one is around community. we started this journey of making this acquisition more than a y

pfizer agreed to by his spirit, the biggest divider of injectable drugs. valued at $17 billion. pfizer is paying $90 per share. that was a 39% premium the closing price yesterday. and if it'll commuter crash -- commuter train crash outside new york city. six people were killed. among them, eric vander car and j.p. morgan analyst joseph made all. i want to count you down to the top 10 headlines hitting the radar before the bell. julie hyman and my guest post this morning, greg braeburn, is joining me. and also now, the ceo of flora water. ok, so let's start with number 10. another day, another hack attack. this time at anthem, the u.s. insurance companies saying hackers obtained data on tens of millions of current and former customers and employees in a sophisticated attack that has led to a probe by the fbi. one of the worst in the insurance industry, community health also being attacked. julie: 80 million is what they were talking about. what is alarming is that it is not just names and e-mail addresses. it is social security numbers. the question is, wha

. >>> pfizer buying medical tea vice company for $15 billion. the company says that the buy out will help them tap in the growing market of cheaper versions of biological drugs that are used to treat conditions such as anemia. pfizer is the world's second largest drug maker by revenue. >>> health care companies as rewarding target. experts say health care offers attract a growth opportunities for criminals looking to steel personal information . latest breach of health insurer anthem follows a year in which 10 million people were affect by breaches. number compiled by department of health and human services show that last year was the worst for health care hacking since 2011 when american 11 million people were affect by this. >>> radio shack filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and says it will sell 2400 stores. the company has suffered from years of losses, radio shack had warned of possible bankruptcy in september but received rescue financing which kept it afloat. the the knock stork exchange suspended trading of the shares on monday a

pfizer buying hospira in a deal with $17 billion. betty liu joins us with more.take on the deal? is this a consolation prize because pfizer couldn't get astrazeneca? betty: possibly. my takeaways simple. m&a will continue for the foreseeable future. though interest rates, a growing economy, stronger dollar, a stock market that continues to rise, all that spells more deals. we saw staples and office depot, that $5.7 billion deal. my question for you guys is who is really running corporate america these days? who are shareholders really paying to run these companies? i would argue that there is five guys running corporate america -- bill ackman, dan loeb, carl icahn, jack smith, and nelson faults. they are the guys running corporate america. these deals are being prompted by activist investors. brendan: you know, earlier, we were talking about this pfizer acquisition, the idea that the big pharma companies are turning to acquisitions two feet their r&d pipe -- to feed their r&d pipeline, and dan clifton, you are nodding your head at this. daniel: if you look at ear

pfizer's drug treats post postmenopausal woman with a certain type of advanced breast cancer.slows the progression of the cancer by blocking certain enzymes. the fda approval comes as new data shows death from breast cancer dropped dramatically between 1990 and 2011 there has been a decline by 34 percent thanks to better treatment and greater awarness. >> had herbare herbal supplements bogus. a bombshell report says yes. now officials demanding major retailers including wal-mart. walgreens, target, gnc pulled these from the shelves. research claims 79 percent of supplements studied did not contain any of the ingredients on the labels. americans spend billions of dollars each year on the herbal supplements. they are now looking into it. >> a possible sneak peek into wisconsin governor scott walker's presidential agenda. the 2016 candidate proposing mandatory drug testing for use of public benefits. a dramatic cut for funding at the university of wisconsin and private school voucher program under the new state budget. >> our plan will use common sensory forms to create a governm

buying pfizer for $17 million, the biggest move since the+++ collapse. -- buying hotspur us for $17 billion, the biggest reasons the glass. it had 192,000 subscribers in the first quarter. price cuts certainly help. sprint really stays ahead of t-mobile as the nation's third-largest wireless carrier. sprint has posted $ 2.38 billion in the first quarter. the sprint name is not as viable as it once was. disney says the heir apparent monthly active users were up 20% year after year. that growth rate was lower than last year. twitter says it is said. wall street liked that shares were up in after-hours trading. the question is has triggered -- twitter really turned around. >> what you make of these results question mark it is interesting that they have had such a crummy new edition of users. >> they lost about 4 million users. >> they were up by 4 million. >> their ability to add users like they were a year ago or two or three years ago is down. >> i think that is the one piece that i wrote. the only question that people should be asking twitter is where is the growth? without growth, all of t

pfizer among the top performers. hitting a 52-week high. >> new high for pfizer. certainly a great performer there. we saw a new high for another dow component, home depot. those are two notable. i want to quickly hit apple, as you noted. new high again for apple. they had their bond sale over $10 billion. some of that is returned to shareholders. they're waiting on new products. talking about deals to have their web tv. get rid of those cable providers. a lot going on. [closing bell ringing] david: talk about the car. they may get into google apps and self-driving cars. we'll talk about that. 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" sta

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pfizer is buying the largest maker of generic injectable drugs. the medications are not approved for use in the u.s. that may soon change. pfizer paid $15 billion for hospira. >>> after 100 years in business, radio shack has officially filed for bankruptcy them electronics retailer plans to close half of the 4,000 stores. the rest will be sold to a hedge fund that struck a deal with sprint to take over the locations. if approved it would double the number of sprint stores. >>> major headline out of hollywood. the head of sony pictures whose e-mails were linked to a cyberattack are no longer in charge. >> a lot of embarrassing stuff about celebrities and jokes about what movies president obama might like, suggesting maybe "django unchained" saying he maybe a fan of kevin hart. she's not out of the company completely. she got a pretty good deal here. chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis has more. >> reporter: the hacking scandal touching everyone from president obama to angelina jolie, now taking down the head of sony pictures entertainment a

piggy backing on the pfizer acquisition for 17 billion.o the inversion last year that got scuttled thanks to the department of the treasury. the fact is 40 billion of the 160 billion or so in activity year to date is in health care. that's going to be a driver. whether companies are trying to gain market share, gain new entrance into product lines, aging population, it's a good story. >> who's second behind health care? >> information technology. >> and financials. >> and overall, keeping pace with last year? >> a little bit ahead. >> because we were light. >> i sort of was wringing my hands. early in january, we were running year over year negative. but we had those big deals. had the jms smuckers deal. >> about 20-plus billion in financials. >> i think you were saying tease were the areas that were going to do very well but there was a flattening of the curve. >> i think naturals rank among the positive sectors for the s&p 500 in terms of earnings for the first quarter. >> aren't they the second-worst performing sector, though? >> in ter

>> stock that continues to get new highs each and every day, pfizer. it goes even higher. >> like to play a little defense. lmt. lockheed hmartin. >> i did not like the reports from pepsi and coke this week. i think coke is a sale here. >> guy? >> i find myself agreeing with all three panelists this morning. >> really? >> pfizer, bk, lockheed. and coke. that will get you done. >> thanks so much for watching. see you tomorrow at 5:00. don't go anywhere. "mad money" with jim cramer starts now. >>> my mission is simple. to make you money. i'm here to level the playing field for all investors. there's always a bull market somewhere. and i promise to help you find it. "mad money" starts now. hey, i'm cramer! welcome to "mad money." welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends, i'm just trying to make you some money. my job is not just to entertain you, but to educate and teach you how to market works, so call me at 1-800-743-cnbc, or tweet me @jimcramer. it's happening again. here come the critics. maybe they let up a day for m

pfizer's deal to buy, staples plan to buy office depot, are we off to the races?ell us is robert kindler, morgan stanley's vice chairman and global head of maye mergers and acquisitions. a busy week. >> the harris deal this morning. >> is this what we can expect for the rest of the year? >> it did start a little bit slow during the year. but these deals have been in the works for a while. i think the most notable thing about these deals is how well the acquirer's stock is doing. if you look at harrah's today, it's up about 10% on the deal and did that, but yesterday aspear ra, on the other side pfizer paid a very big premium in that deal. >> 21 times. >> big multiple, big premium, but pfizer's stock was up $5 billion yesterday in a $17 billion deal. so the market likes m&a. >> as it did last year and as i know many bankers would point to talking to other ceos. look how many of the stocks of acquirers are going up. can the question can we expect more of this? was january an aberration? is february going to be more of the rule? >> i think it is going to be a very go

you have -- >> get pete's because he owns pfizer and merck. >> i own those as well.ght, we'll debate this. biotech valuations up here along with the price of their drugs. pharma valuations down here but the prices of their drugs are moving up. think about today with pfizer and their new breast cancer drug which is going to be priced at something like $10,000 a month. so wouldn't i want to own the pharma moving up the pricing curve instead of the biotechs which have already the high prices and probably pressure to come down? is yes because that's what i own and don't own the other ones. i think you to understand these biotechs have great pipelines and the valuation levels you look at the ibb, valuation we talked the other day, trades 22 p/e. when you look at these biotechs a different biotech than it once was. i think there's plenty of valuation and getting yields now. dividend. so there are -- you're getting money while you're waiting for some of these productses. >> coming up some say microsoft's satya nadella is on the hot seat. but our next guest isn't one of them

visa up 2%, pfizer up 5%. coca-cola and at&t trading higher today. delta trading higher today.ve starbucks coffees on all 5,000 flights nationwide. as of today starbucks, you can get decaf, too. more "varney & co." coming up after this. you owned your car for four years. you named it brad. you loved brad. and then you totaled him. you two had been through everything together. two boyfriends. three jobs. you're like "nothing can replace brad!" then liberty mutual calls. and you break into your happy dance. if you sign up for better car replacement, we'll pay for a car that's a model year newer with 15,000 fewer miles than your old one. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance. . tom: take a look at the nasdaq, it just turned positive for the year. 4732, 4736 is the number to watch on the nasdaq, and it's just a little below that now. but all-time high for the year for the nasdaq earlier. great britain approves a three-person in-vitro fertilization technique. three people. doctor's in joining us dr. manny alvarez with the fox news medical a-team. you are o

that will be indirect boost for pfizer. pfizer in that sector up 2015 so far in 2015.: what do you think, adam? adam: ford. liz: remember this may very well be most widely viewed super bowl in history. eyeballs were missed. who do you think? adam: ford. you have got something as american as the super bowl, where was something as american as ford? i missed, i loved by the way the mercedes ad. mgts is a hot car. i don't have $200,000 to buy a car. where was ford. liz: steven? >> i totally agree with adam. ford was missed. it is american icon. super bowl is an american icon. ford is the only american car company that has cars that are in the top 20 or 25 in terms of fuel efficiency. liz: well, do you think it comes back next year? >> do i think what? ford comes back? liz: do you think ford comes back to the super bowl. >> yeah, they should be in the super bowl. adam: if they have something to introduce. liz: bring back the chihuahua. these downer ads that we saw, really depressing and not very clever. we're asking you what was your favorite super bowl ad? tim says, hands

this could draw $1.4 billion in 2016 revenue for pfizer.d news there. >> meg, just going back to gilead, is there a sense that these discounts will level off? now they're going to be competing against something approved in december, so the head-to-head conversation hasn't even really started with that. >> we've been seeing these pbms establishing exclusive deals, which started some of this competition in giving rebates. what's really interesting is you're seeing this more than 50% rebates being given to medicaid in the v.a., and that's treating a ton of these hepatitis c patients. so really talking about trying to get access there. reaching more patients at lower price and seeing that kind of impact. of course, merck is a third player here. and we could see that coming on the market in 2016. so 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

pfizer, microsoft, visa, united technologies pfizer is in a deal to buy hos pirra to get generic injectable drugs. this is about having one of nelson's team on the board there, but they want nelson himself. l brands are raising outlook foods in the dividend. that's at a new high, up 6.25%. much more "varney & co." coming up on the fox business network. . tom: president obama has plans to furbthe fcc to expand broadband access he wants to classify the internet as a public utility. >>> all rise judge andrew napolitano is here to weigh in on all of this. and judge, what's the fcc doing, and what's your reaction? >> well, the fcc, tom, good morning, it's good to be with you, tom. fcc is expanding its own authority by proclaiming that a law written in 1934 somehow was intended to encompass the regulation of the internet in 2015 basically what it's doing. the concept that government involvement in the regulation of the movement of information and data is somehow neutral, is somehow net neutrality is a euphemism for the books. there is nothing neutral when the government is involved. regulations t

. >>> health check this noon, a new breast cancer drug gained approval from federal regulators pfizerand is used in connection with another cancer drug on the market. it's improved for most menopausal women it slows the progressive disease and they can live up to 20 months longer before the tumor worsens. >>> and 6 abc has a video chat later today. from main line health knee pain and treatments to relieve it. log on to 6abc.com to submit your questions throughout the day and log back on to get the answers. >>> alicia vitarelli is live in the newsroom with a preview of 4:00. >> there could be trouble on the home front for chris christie as the new jersey governor heads home from new and, from a new poll showing he is struggling in his home state, what that poll also says about his presidential chances and a taste of hollywood here in philadelphia new details on the new rocky movie filming here in town now. you can take us on the go if you have not downloaded the free 6 abc news app, you can watch us live streaming on your smart phone and tablet. a lot of people are bumping into sylvest

. >> companies included ge, microsoft, pfizer, and market the proposal includes -- as part of a planto boost the domestic economy brian reinvesting at home. obama also plans on flattening the u.s. corporate tax rate to 20%, a level that is still considered high compared to other major economies. >> a quick look at other top business stories. steelworkers at nine u.s. oil refineries are bringing meaning strike actions, the biggest walked out in three years. they fail to reach an agreement on labor contracts could the full walkout would affect more than two thirds of u.s. oil production. ryanair has raised its profit forecast for this year on the back of falling oil prices and increased passenger numbers. the budget airline saw profits of 40 99 euros to the end of december. they say they'll expect modest profit growth next year with expected cut fares due to falling oil prices. the chairman and chief executive of the third-largest bank -- the banks of the massive outflows of deposits after recent elections. the share prices of 19% short time ago. >> last night was the super bowl but th

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

college and fox news military analyst, tied down by a president who doesn't want to listen to any of pfizer is a good friend of mine. we have worked together in the past. he is smart, balance, and he is probably the:a guy who knows defense reform better then any civilian life. he could really change the culture and the weapons buying industry to turn things around but my fear is to make great initiatives and has a white house inner circle to dictate where he goes to get us out of afghanistan. lou: with that political whitehouse it is not a of a happy thing in the results speak for themselves. yemen collapsing the president holds it up as an emblem of success not those radical islamic terrorists because that is what they are. is one failure after another. libya, the baghdad, and to this point we never got started. it is unfair to expect them all. but where we going? >> but the fact that yemen is a failed state and is not governed the league does two things that affect america. it goes black and it goes dark. we have pulled out most of the intelligence gathering mechanisms. in those fought --

the pfizer drug has by approved by u.s. regulators more than two months ahead of schedule. the company says this is the first therapy approved as a first option for this aggressive form of breast cancer in more than ten years. we will stay on it. >> >>> we move on now to chris christie. a new controversy waiting for him here at home. the governor and possible republican presidential candidate criteria sized now for the way he travels. including private jets and five-star hotels. abc's jonathan karl tonight. >> reporter: awkward hug aside, you can't blame chris christie for having fun. but he's now under fire having others pick up the tab. he calls himself a regular guy from new jersey -- >> i know you, because i'm one of you. >> reporter: but christie likes glitz. whether dancing with jamie foxx or hanging with onbonn jovi or his favorite dlas cowboys. the latest controversy -- a trip to the middle east in 2012 first reported bill "the new york times." he flew on casino magnate sheldon adelson's luxury jet, complete with a private bedroom. along for the ride -- his wife, th

astrazeneca batting away at pfizer and pfizer wants to do that inverted deal with a saw tax advantageer astrazeneca. that fell apart. let's try and do this on our own. 250 billion dollars of m&a deals were done in 2014. it was the sector it was the industry that really drove the m&a field and breakups. also their fourth quarter sales that missed ever so slightly. 6.6 8 billion underneath the sp -- estimate. their guidance is low single digits very at anna: we are getting numbers from daimler. a lot of focus going into these numbers on how it beat the company would be about the future. expectations were set and they have given us numbers that beat estimates saw earnings before interest and tax from fourth quarter operations. that is above the consensus estimate of $2.61 billion. and on the crucial issue of the outlook they say 2015 ebit will increase. some analysts were expecting a confident statement. we also had other banks talking about how this was going to be a good update, a positive update from the management of the company. talking about the margins they have made on individual

buying pfizer for $17 million, the biggest move since the collapse. -- buying hotspur us for $17 billion, the biggest reasons the glass. it hundred 92,000 subscribers in the first quarter. price cuts certainly help. sprint really stays ahead of t-mobile as the nation's third-largest wireless carrier. sprint has posted two point three $8 billion -- $ 2.38 billion in the first quarter. the sprint name is not as viable as it once was. disney says the heir apparent co2 bob iger -- heir apparent ceo to bob iger, tom staggs stepping into his new role. meanwhile shares are showing strong earnings early in the week. sony pictures cochair amy pascal, jokes that president obama and his opinions on movie salaries is stepping down from her role in the film business there. she's not leaving sony altogether. she will start a new production company with backing from tony that will retain all this region rights to her films. hackers in the lead again. and indianapolis based company says it was the victim of a sophisticated attack, with criminals breaking into their database and sweating information of t

health care doing incredibly well that was the big deal of the day other than pfizer and that did really well. those are the real winners. and what about apple? another day another record. peg debt to fund its $16 but $133 a share? $770 billion market cap the stock is up 75% in the last 52 weeks. that is helping things along and the apple shareholders are cheering. charles: and starting off here to help we have our capital managing director. we have a of a great time. we definitely need your help today because to see if the rally is justified let's do it. looking for signs of looks like the market needs a spark may be an emergency meeting. tech is holding on to the coattails of apple but i did like that last-minute move into the green for the nasdaq. we will talk more about that but overall here is the key you have to understand sometimes to see the market was down 23 but that is big news. here was a chance it could move again and it did not. that is your signal. >> it is going higher. is has a diversified performance with home depot heading of 52 retry. is is the amazing the insurance c

pfizer hitting a new high again. sachs, travelers, among the other leaders, nike and coca-cola under pressure coca-cola came out with news yesterday. take a look at apple. 124.06 just crossed the 124 mark. and it's an all-time high. looking at pepsi aol and pier one imports, down 22%. new low. america sales are doing well, and aol under pressure and warning about revenues. you pay your auto insurance premium every month on the dot. you're like the poster child for paying on time. and then one day you tap the bumper of a station wagon. no big deal... until your insurance company jacks up your rates. you freak out. what good is having insurance if you get punished for using it? hey insurance companies, news flash. nobody's perfect. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance. opportunities aren't always obvious. sometimes they just drop in. cme group can help you navigate risks and capture oppor

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energy shares were the big winners after wti brent crude gained more than 4%, and pfizer's deal to buy hostile rougher $17 billion lifted the shares of both companies. verizon wants cash to buy spectrum and to pay down debt. the company says they've made two big deals. verizon is selling to frontier communications for $10.5 billion in cash. verizon is selling wireless towers to the already indebted american tower corporation. a quick round up of tech earnings -- "call of duty" maker activision, stocks tumbling. the company says a strong u.s. dollar will hurt profits going forward. former parent vivendi plans to sell the rest of its stake in activision. $867 million worth of stock, although a little bit less after-hours now. go pro, shares surging 75% in the key fourth-quarter. the camera on the stick is going to get better. they are talking about a new camera on a stick called the hero 4 camera. go pro profits, $122 million in the quarter. earnings report, not so rosy for pandora. the internet radio service added 5 million active listeners in the quarter, but the overall growth rate is

pfizer is up. you can see they're on the news as well.'s michael coarse following after they gave guide dpans for the current quarter that fell below expectations. dow by 2.5%. o'reilly automotive is surging. and o'reilly shares up by 8%. dragging other auto parts retailers up along with it. you can see auto zone making a move higher. es taye lauder and coty boeltth up sharply. dunkin' donuts missed estimate by a penny. it did, however, raise its quarterly dividend by -- to 26.5 cents from 23 cents. you ask see the brand share down by 20%. >>> so let's get more on what's behind the number at dunken brands. chairman and ceo nike l travis, welcome back. >> good to be here. >> i want to z you, after mick donlds and conversations we've had with other, do you think you're losing the millennials? if so what are you doing to get them back? >> we're not losing millennials. we're becoming more attractive. a good illustration of that is on the digital side of our business we reported stellar numbers for our dunken points. we achieved it slightly be

weekly winners hospira and denbury, $15 billion deal with pfizer, and denbury, the oil providers that have been jumping as oil has run up. oil 52 bucks in the after-hours. polo, ralph lauren, they cut forecast. revenue was the pits for full year numbers, down 2% today, that's a weekly loser as well as expedia. expedia says two reasons they came under pressure. the stock down 11.5% today. number one currency, the strong dollar was one of the reasons and the other, strong competition from china. the dow was within 50 points of dow 18,000. david: have a good weekend. >> you, too. cheryl: the economy added 257,000 jobs as workers wages picked up and job gains were revised higher, capping the biggest three month gain in 17 years. david: have we finally turned a corner? with us is ed lazear, former chairman of the president's council of economic advisers and headed a tax reform committee in 2000. ed, when you look at numbers and they beat expectations, are you surprised we're growing more jobs despite all these new regulations? i would call them job-killing regulations we have. >> well, we

pfizer, chevron, disney, jpmorgan, so many names doing well.ority of stocks are well into the green. this is earnings season, we took a breather. the vix is pulling back. we're going to watch for the earnings later today. we look at that right now, groupon and zynga down 6.25%. and kraft foods has up arrows. watch the numbers close ahead of their numbers. >> groupon doing a billion worth of business and the stock is down? very interesting. keep it here for full coverage, groupon, aig and kraft after the bell, 24 minutes from now. >>> love could not break your heart but could break the bank. this valentine's day will be a record-breaking year with consumers spending nearly 19 billion dollars on jewelry, candy and stuffed animals and eating out. how much are jewelry retailers expected to spend and what are people buying? bringing in the ceo of berkshire hathaway owned helzberg diamonds, i'm so happy to see you. i thought to myself, we need to talk to somebody who sells diamonds at a fair price. diamond pricing seems so random. talk to the people