s&p up 11. 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

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. congressman paul ryan addressed the washington international trade association today. he said passage of n

the s&p added 21 points and the nasdaq finished 28 points higher. >>> 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 k

that being said, on the s&p 500 also a winner there, hospira had the $15 billion deal with pfizer.ver 35% this week. and also, you could see danbury resources up 20%. we've watched oil and the oil producers and oil services running up. oil at almost 52 bucks at the moment, as we go into the closing bell, certainly a busy one, we lost our gains for the year 2015, and certainly for today snapping recent winning streak. cheryl: all right, nicole petallides, we'll see you when the bells ring on wall street. investors had a lot to worry about from persistent weakness to russia's geopolitical turmoil to falling energy prices and to dollar currency fares. my next guest says don't be afraid of the global hot spots. riskier the investment, the bigger the payout you get. joining me andy brenner, you do have -- they're risk a but good. first on today's market, we have the jobs report, you would think we'd have a better day than we're having, and selling is picking up in the last hour. is this fed relateed? what is this, in your opinion? >> i think it is, the numbers put the fed in the path of

s&p higher by 21. as for oil, many traders expect the volatility to continue. today, prices rose about $2 to settle above $50 a barrel. brent also climbed. >>> 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

s&p 500 down just one point. the nasdaq, tech-heavy nasdaq doing well off 17 points. that is in the green. pfizer a new high again. goldman 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 naviga

s&p futures and options. it is going to be a lot lonelier in the future. we want to start with m&a. a busy start. the headline the question earlier this month --pfizer buying hospira in a deal valued at $17 billion. we heard that staples is buying office depot 45 $.7 billion. the price tag is higher than many anticipated staples would have. is really running corporate america these days? with me is the president and ceo of evercore. i want to begin my guest host, someone who is his own dealmaker, bob nardelli former chairman and ceo of home depot and formerly of chrysler and up the founder and ceo of accelerate. m&a, as many bankers have predicted, ralph, is going to continue because we have an improving economy, rising stocks, though interest rates and it seems like there's no stopping this train. is anything in 2015 going to stop m&a? ralph: the only thing that. it is unanticipated -- the only thing that will stop it is an unanticipated exogenous event created for the past two years we have been completely free. betty: bob, do you agree to this going to keep rolling? bob: i do. last year ralph, the number of deals were up 5% 14,800. what was most

s&p 500 up 16. the nasdaq composite up 31. all the major averages with up arrows and the dow up nearly one full percentage point. 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

s&p is the ceiling. serve green in today's trade. >> yeah materials there held by dupont are down. >> kelly, bill, we ieng goear going to start on the pharmaceutical side. pfizern see they're on the news as well. tl then there'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 f