pippa stevens is here with those. >> hello again, frank. planning to reduce stock awards as part of the compensation plan in 2025. it is making the move as it looks to cut costs amid the difficult economic back drop according to business insider, a leaked email from employees raised concerns about the value of their stock compensation following the slump of shares. the company finding a balance with the stock and cash compensation. >>> advertising on tiktok in the u.s. grew by 11% in march from companies including pepsi and doordash and amazon and apple. citing data sense tower. this comes amid concerns of the government over the chinese-owned app. >>> and disney is giving joe earley the president title over streaming services he will keep the position until the successor is named disney is under scrutiny by bob iger who expressed concerns of the streaming services. >>> thank you, pippa the china influence is gaining stream after meeting with leaders in los angeles a bipartisan group heading to meet with top tech companies steve kovach is h

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let's head over to pippa stevens. >> good morning. i'm pippa stevens from cnbc. wall street is set to open higher. consumer prices are forecast to have slowed in march thanks to a drop in gasoline, furniture, new cars and other items. but if you strip out food and gas costs, core inflation likely ticked higher last month. prices from the services sector which includes rent and restaurants are keeping core inflation high and that could lead the fed to hike interest rates again in may. stocks were mixed yesterday ahead of the inflation data. also in focus today, the minutes from last month's fed meeting. warner brothers discovery will unveil it's new service. it combines hbo max and discovery plus and there will be multiple subscription plans. there will also be a cheaper ad-supported tier that may cost $10 a month. and ikea has a new interior design service that brings in a professional to pick out your new furniture. it costs $99 per room or 299 for a business setting. it's accomplished digitally over three video calls. after you book an appointment and fill out

let's get a check on the corporate stories with pippa s st stevens. >> thank you, frank. john williams spoke yesterday and he expects the unemployment figure to climb from 4% to 4.5% after the friday jobs report williams is a voting member of the fmoc and discussing the trouble facing the financial sector and saying that the central banks continued rate hikes were not a driver for the issues williams add the that there are no clear signs of the credit run m -- crunch in the economy. >>> and warren buffett is looking to add a stake in the japanese trading house he is considering additional investment in five trading houses and is planning to meet with the condimpanies later in e week >>> the head of the congressional committee on china expressing concerns of the tesla dependence on the country. representative gallagher says the ev maker is dependent on the chinese market and government in the form of tax breaks gallagher making the announcement after tesla announced it is opening a factory in shanghai. tesla is not the only ev maker dependent on china >> pippa, thank you.

>> pippa, thank you. >>> let's bring in joe and alicia of bny wealth management. joe, tough day earnings not great and the data is just bad. we can't sugar coat it it's bad data. >> it's recessionary philly fed is minus 31 the last time, 2008, 2001, 1991. i told you i was concerned the rhetoric from the federal reserve means they don't understand the environment auto loans, delinquencies are beginning to rise. what's the most important payment you have it's your car payment. we saw it represented in housing. the economy leading indicators, negative territory the economy as we sit here today is probably in a recession is it statistically in a recession? maybe it's not, but it feels like it for consumers that's where we are look at the market where's oil? it's a dollar and a half above the level. that's on demand concerns. look at gold gold this week, you'll see you have a significant dip they came in and bought it why? it's the disinflationary proxy. >> energy is weak, tech is weak. what do we make of it? >> we're slow walking to the recession. it's not the boom we

our pippa stevens is digging into how much money is sitting on the sidelines pippa?oss the market, rising rates and fears of an economic slowdown, the companies that had cash on hand could be better able to handle the storm. looking specifically at russell 1000, overall they were down 13% year over year higher rates, surging costs because of inflation, softening demand, and purchasing stock all played a part. but i wanted to specifically take a look at ample free cash flo because they could be in a better position if we do have a recession. generating cash means you could take advantage of unique opportunities presented by a slowdown macy's, cf industries, toll brothers, nordstrom, and expedia show a free cash flow yield. now looking at dividends and buybacks, they declined 8% over a quarter to $1.5 trillion now, retailer kohl's topped the list at 31.5% with tapestry in second place at 19.1%. then we had whirlpool, eastman chemical, and newell brands rounds out the top five. >> are there any trends about what companies are returning the most cash to shareholders? >>

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pippa, thank you. >>> tesla shares are trading lower.hat should investors be looking for in today's report? you heard from an analyst and a strategist now you'll hear from a shareholder. eric jackson is with us. how you feeling? i know the stock is up this year, but now what >> most people are saying price cuts are coming from a position of weakness. i see it as a position of strength china is a special case market, very competitive the rest of the world, tesla is way ahead of everyone else in terms of evs even though more evs are coming, i sense no palpable interest in the regular joe who is holding off purchasing an ev because they can't wait to get their hands on an ev from gm or ford tesla is a well-known brand. musk sees cutting prices as a way to keep ahead of the game, to keep the boot on the throats of these competitors to the point where they won't be able to compete and they'll lose a lot of money in the process. >> six times and counting? even ives who you say you agree with says they may not be done and they likely aren't. >>

. ♪ ♪ >>> markets deteriorated a bit this afternoon let's send it over to pippa stevens. >> solar stocks, dragged lower. those shares creating more than 26% and having the worst day in more than eight years. the ceo said, quote, we're not growing in the u.s he pointed to rising rates as the primary reason bank of america saying we thought the worst was behind us. we were wrong. key bank, jpmorgan, deutsche bank cutting their price target on the stock they're driving down other solar names, all of which down double digits >> pippa, thank you. >>> let's get back to kristina partsinevelos with some key stocks to watch. >> i got to talk about chipotle. they beat estimates for the first quarter. that's driving shares 13% higher what happened? the company was helped by more expensive menu prices, inflation, 40 new restaurant openings and lower income customers heading back into the stores chipotle's base is higher income customers and they continue to buy bowls and burritos pack west moving higher today after they reported deposit inflows. that's giving investors some comfort. we may as well c

on that note, let's get to pippa stevens. of the old energy names today. >> exxon and chevron beating top and bottom line estimates. shares of exxon surging to an all-time high. that company reporting its best start to the year despite the decline in oil and gas prices. exxon reporting $11.4 billion in profits with chevron posting a $6.6 billion profit. they're down from record results a few quarters back when russia's invasion sent oil above $140 q1 results were well above prepandemic earnings shareholders are reaping the rewards of those profits via record dividends and buybacks. there's a lot of cash left over and that's fueling acquisition rumors this is what darren woods said. >> we're always interested in a value acquisition. cash generation and cash from the balance sheet doesn't change the strategic fit of an acquisition. this is a value play, not a volume play. >> he said as the summer driving season approaches, inventories could drop with not a lot of levers to pull to increase production higher prices are on the ho

. >> that at&t in particular oil is also down today what about opec, what do they call it, pippa, opec plus? >> yes a couple of things going on here, first from a technical perspective, the run has been too far too fast creating a chart gap which is now pressuring oil it did fall back below that $79 level which had been a key level of support, the next level here to watch is the 50-day moving average. if it crosses below that then the narrative has shifted in favor of the bears on the fundamental side, one thing to watch is diesel futures. diesel is known as the workhorse of the economy, it powers trucks and heavy machinery. jb hunt said earlier this week their volumes were down by 5%. it's kind of almost flashing the warning signs. >> if diesel's doing that, going down, what does that tell you about the economy? >> well, it means there's less demand for goods so jb hunt's ceo says people are still focused on services than goods. they need a recovery in the economy particularly the goods economy in order for their numbers to improve and so diesel's kind of the first area that starts to

i'm pippa stevens.all street is set to open slightly higher after markets were mostly positive yesterday. the dow rising more than 100 points while the s&p 500 inched up a fraction. with us the nasdaq ended a few points lower investors are looking ahead to key data on price inflation out tomorrow and thursday. which could offer hr insight on how the federal reserve may proceed. a survey of small business sentiment. netflix exis extanding an animated series. just the title or release date. "stranger things" became the most watched english language series. a spinoff is in the works and a prequell stage play will debut in november. and you can now order pizza ia the dom know's app. there are two options. tap to order and call to order, which allowhouse to call in an order hands free. dom knee's experimented with different options before, including an emoji text and a zero click app that instantly orders food at markets. anything to make getting pizza easier. >> when you have kids in the car and it's almost

evening | south central ambulance staff have been at the stadium, demonstrating the same cpr skills that pippait's time for a look at today's sport. leah williamson has injured her acl and is likely to be out of the world cup. what more do we know? irate and is likely to be out of the world cup. what more do we know? we have confirmation — cup. what more do we know? we have confirmation from _ cup. what more do we know? we have confirmation from her— cup. what more do we know? we have confirmation from her club _ cup. what more do we know? we have confirmation from her club arsenal - confirmation from her club arsenal confirming that she had suffered an acl rupture and that she would be undergoing surgery in due course. everybody at the club would be supporting her but significantly the average recovery time for a ruptured acl is six months at the world cup held in australia and new zealand will take place in under three months. i don't think

to you >> thank you very much, rick we appreciate it and the flip side of that, oil closing higher pippavens, the spoil sport, here with the numbers. >> yes, making back some of yesterday's losses i did want to take a closer look at chinese demand today because that's been such a key driver of this market and we have gotten some conflicting data. first, a couple months ago we showed data from keppler show loadings bound for china were down, so a lot of people thought import numbers were going to be down then it turned out and china said in march, their imports rose to a multi-year high, so i spoke to matt smith at keppler, and he said that was a product of vessels flagging for someplace like singapore and ultimately changing the destination and going to china instead. he said there's not really too much to read into the data there. however, so the strong import data speaks to this demand growth in china but we also look at experts exports were also higher in march after five months of declines the question is how much is strength in china versus imports being high then turning those into

nat gas trying to show some life, though pippa stevens. >> starting here with oil. not doing a whole lot, down just shy of 1% with wti right around that $80 level although it is coming off the third straight week of gains supported in part of course by that surprise cut from opec and its allies but nat gas is the big mover, up more than 9% last i checked. and dennis kissler over at -- 7.8% i should say. dennis kissler at bach financial says there are some fears that perhaps over in europe they won't be able to store more energy over the summer because of droughts and nuclear power plants being offline, things like that. however, the majority of this move today is thanks to short covering he noted that traders don't really want to be short with nat gas right around the $2 level and given how much it's come down this year there's a much greater risk the next move is to the up side versus to the down side so i allot of people getting out of the market. >> are we going to talk about the exxon pioneer -- i mean, this is interesting. >> yeah. >> i had no idea that company

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. >>> about 15 minutes before the closing bell pippa stevens has a look >> and bo eing is in the green production of the max. after a problem with the fuselage in some of its 737 max planes but at the shareholder meeting today, calhoun said that the issue will not impact long term guidance and also the video in the green after a double buy saying that more than offsets prior concerns around a data center slowdown. shares up more than 80% this year >>> and last chance to weigh in on our twitter question. what is the best streaming stock right now? results right after this break ready? so it all started when i was at a friend's party. mia, can you send me that? sure! everyone keeps asking- even my french neighbor- mia! green light! i mean all the time. red light! can you send me that? i'm not making this up. hey, can you send me that? everyone. sure! ♪it's incredible♪ >>> results of the twitter question what is the best streaming stock? the majority of you said it was netflix. and in overtime, 54.4% disney. and we'll have a rundown of what to watch coming up next in the market zone. you

up to 4%.he through the best trade is to look for tens to get up to 4% >>> oil down nearly 2% and pippahad a busy day what is happening with oil >> and oil is under pressure we got the hot inflation data out of the uk. and we also have the rise in u.s. dollar which is once again leading to demand concerns and wti below that 80 dollar level. and there was a 4.6 million draw in accrued stockpiles, that brought storage to a ten week low. but we did see a build in gasoline more than 1 million barrel build, so that is leading to fears that maybe product demand is not there. and also watching the gasoline down signaling that maybe the demand for products isn't there. energy stocks are under pressure, but baker hughes did beat top and bottom line estimates and they say that they still see the supply and demand balance tightening over the course of the year and they still expect spending from upsu upstream players and that they are coming from a place of strength. >> all right, thank you very much >>> now to contessa brewer >> tyre nichols' family has lawsuit against the city and the police off

. >> let's get to pippa. >>> russia and ukraine exchanging more than 200 prisoners of war in the swaphey both confirmed around 100 servicemen from each side were returned to their home countries. it represents a rare example of direct contact between the enemy nations. back in the u.s., the nashville metropolitan counsel is expected to reconsider justin jones they plan to vote to reinstate jones, and that opens up an avenue for the ousted lawmaker to be sent back this afternoon more than 22 million fans attended games in person this season with the average stadium attendance exceeding crowds. back to you. td ameritrade, this is anna. hi anna, this position is all over the place, help! hey professor, subscriptions are down but that's only an estimated 15% of their valuation. do you think the market is overreacting? how'd you know that? the company profile tool, in thinkorswim®. yes, i love you!! please ignore that. td ameritrade. award-winning customer service that has your back. ah, these bills are crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she o

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closing down pippa tee vens for more. >> down more than be 2% does follow four straight weeks of gainsit had gone into overbought territory. couple things to watch the stronger dollar which weighs on oil which makes it more expensive from foreign buyers. technical factor within play got within the range of the 200 day moving average leading to selling pressure there natural gas was up 7% last i checked. >> wow. >> yeah. 7.7% actually right now. eli ruben at ebw analytics say it's gas that's liquified and sent abroad, as freeport's operation get back on-line a lot of narrative has been around short covering when we got around the $2 level and unlike over the past few months this might be more than a head fake this time, that there are fundamental reasons driving it, meaning it could be more durable. it is nat gas. >> freeport operations getting back online and driving it, weather pattern shifts, colder temperatures for the next two weeks, updated over the weekend, leading to support for today. >> is freeport fully open now? >> it's getting back there the demand is just about - >> good f

pippa, thanks. >>> let's go to bertha coombs for the news update. >> thanks, here's what's happening -- writer e. jean carroll testified during her civil lawsuit against former president donald trump today telling jurors i'm here because trump raped me carroll said the former president attacked her in a new york city department store nearly three decades ago trump has denied the allegations, calling them fraudulent and false >>> former theranos ceo elizabeth holmes' 11-year prison sentence has been automatically delayed after she appealed the lower court's order that she begin serving the sentence separately former theranos' coo began his nearly 13-year sentence at a los angeles prison last week >>> and republican north dakota governor doug bergam signed a law limiting bathroom use for transgender people under the new law, these individuals will not be able to access bathrooms, locker rooms, or shower rooms that match the gender they identify with in some state-run facilities. the american civil liberties union said more than 450 bills restricting the rights of transgender people hav

and getting crushed on weaker q2 outlooks the company's ceo llteing pippa stevens growth in the u.s.still the u.s. accounts for 65% of the company's total revenue. we're back in just two minutes ♪♪ the only thing i regret about my life is that i did what everyone else did at the time. i hired local talent. if i knew about upwork, i would have hired actually talented people from all over the world. instead of talentless people from all over my house. -grandpa... -shh.. shh.. shh.. -but... -shh.. shh... shh... -but... -oh... ♪ this is how we work now ♪ >>> people are out traveling at all costs. that's the main takeaway from hilton's q1 earnings, raising its outlook for the year, expecting another busy summer. joining us now in a cnbc exclusive is hilton's ceo. welcome, chris good to see you. >> hey, sara, thanks for having me >> you're welcome. >> can you just expand a little bit on the demand you see from here on out? >> yeah. listen, right now, what we're seeing is strength across all of our important segments leisure, travel in the quarter continue to be very, very strong both from

oil closing for the week pippa stevens here >> 50 cents higher on the average price of gasoline sinceuary and we saw the fallout i digress. >> i don't have a white board. not as engaging. but look at what a muted end to the week for oil, fourth straight week of gains we did get the latest report from the iaea today and they had choice words for that surprise cut from opec and its allies with saudi arabia, of course, and the precautionary move the iaea said this was all about supporting prices, given the recent weakness we had seen. they forecast demand hitting an all time high above 101 million barrels, that's global demand. they said consumers confronted by inflated prices for basic necessities will now have to spread their budgets even more thinly and this is bad for the economic recovery and growth part of that is that we're not seeing a huge uptick in production in the u.s. we just got the latest rate count data, lowest since june 2022 a lot of things to watch here as oil and gas earnings kick off next week. >>> to bertha coombs now for a cnbc update. >> here what's happening at t

. >> pippa, thank you. tim, you in some of these names? long-term holdings, because a couple of these in that space, which are also in your home builders etf have performed over a couple years. if you look at some of those names, they really fell when you had this run at silicon value bea lank, which is kind of strange. i can't really speak to what they're doing on the green side, i can certainly speak to the efficiency of the business and the margins they're performing at, and it's not expensive in a world where we had a lot of pressure on these companies, i think this is weakness you're buying >> karen >> i've always sort of liked the industrial space and so, i don't know, i don't own any of the names listed there, but i -- i do own home depot and lowe's, they're all related, but i don't own these, kind of thinking maybe i should >> i feel like when you start buying things on a premises, i had a premise on the in infrastructure deal cutting checks for caterpillar, we haven't seen that come through positively in thequity price in the stoc

happening out there texas court elsewhere that nothing was going to impact a woman's ability to access pippa stone here in massachusetts, so that's why we stockpiled. we asked our university of massachusetts system to make purchases they did. we had a number of private hospitals also make purchases. so the good news is that christian will be available to women in massachusetts for an indefinite period for a long time. that's how much we were able to secure the second thing, jake is we don't want doctors, prescribers pharmacists, other providers to be scared to think that their professional licensor is going to be potentially taken away or that their malpractice insurer is no longer going to cover them . so again, through my executive authority made clear that under massachusetts law, their license will be protected. insurers need to continue to cover these individuals. so it's really two things, making sure we have access to medication and making sure that we have people here ready to provide that that medication, so i know you have assessed that your stockpile, which i believe is about 15,0

but pippa is very good, and they're playing really well. >> seth: yeah. >> yes charlie, the one that'sow, he's off and running. he likes its i think he considers himself - he's kind after a pianist. >> seth: and do yo like hearing it does it make you happy >> yes, it does. and i kind of facilitate and so does emily. he's practicing every day. he practices every day that's what i missed out on when i was a kid. my mom didn't really make me practice maybe she -- that's okay, but i finally kind of got into it anyway they're doing well i played a duet with charlie we do the band that played on -- it's cute and we do it for other people we like to perform a little bit. river also plays very well, so they're doing okay >> seth: that's wonderful. >> yeah. yours must be doing many things. >> seth: they're doing many things, but -- [ laughter ] nothing where like when you have friends over you're like, "wait until you get a look at this, yeah." [ laughter ] >> well, it doesn't have to be it doesn't have to be. river, actually, has so much confidence i don't know why he went -- not only -- he pl

. >> appreciate that eamon javers an update with pippa stevens. >> your news update at this hour policeing that five people were killed by a shooter in downtown louisville and six have been transported to the hospital police also say the shooter is dead the police consider an active scene, but there is no threat to the public >>> meanwhile, government authorities are investigating a pentagon leak involving dozens of classified times more than 50 documents on the war in ukraine were posted online and many of them were labeled as top secret. the pentagon's deputy press secretary leased a statement saying that defense department is reviewing and assessing the validity of the photographed documents. >>> during an interview this morning with al roker at the annual white house easter egg roll, president biden commented on his potential plans to run for re-election in 2024. >> help a brother out may some news for me. >> no, no, no. i plan on running, al, but we're not prepared to announce it yet. >> well, that's what we get for now. sara, back to you. >> that sounded like an accidental announc

pippa we see through you. we see what you're doing.e believe kids. how can anyone believe that starmer wouldn't team up with the snp? so i'm going to come to our labour adviser on the panel . matthew lazar i'm the panel. matthew lazar i'm sorry , i think this is a genuine sorry, i think this is a genuine and very real concern . the and very real concern. the british people need to know that a vote for starmer and for labour means a coalition of chaos with the snp. i was about to say something i shouldn't actually. i'll just say with the troubled snp is what i'll call them . yes. don't get us all into them. yes. don't get us all into acupre— them. yes. don't get us all into rrcuhre. hen-r— them. yes. don't get us all into trouble. don't look.— them. yes. don't get us all into trouble. don't look. i— yes. don't get us all into trouble. don't look. i spent the sore— trouble. don't look. i spent the 2015 election— trouble. don't look. i spent the 2015 election being working for ed 2015 election being working for rd wrhhand— 2015 election b

pippa we see through you. we see what you're doing.. nei— progressive political party. keir starmer— progressive political party. keir starmer categorically ruled out any electoral pact with the snp in january, but the flip flop in human bollard's word is about as reliable as a wet paper bag erg from a man who changes his views as often as his underpants from jeremy corbyn to brexit to shamima begum to trans kids . how can anyone believe kids. how can anyone believe that starmer wouldn't team up with the snp? so i'm going to come to our labour adviser on the panel . matthew lazar i'm the panel. matthew lazar i'm sorry , i think this is a genuine sorry, i think this is a genuine and very real concern . the and very real concern. the british people need to know that a vote for starmer and for labour means a coalition of chaos with the snp. i was about to say something i shouldn't actually. i'll just say with the troubled snp is what i'll call them . yes. don't get us all into them. yes. don't get us all into newbie.— them. yes. don't get

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. >>> energy giants exxon and chevron reporting before the bell today pippa stevens listening to the bottom line estimates during the latest quarter with exxon reporting profits for the first three months of the year despite the decline in oil and gas prices and with record payouts to shareholders the companies are sitting on a lot of cash and there are questions about what they might do with that. on the call just now, exxon's ceo darren woods asked about possible acquisitions emphasizing any deals would be focused on value rather than volume he added the company is comfortable with the current cash level saying it's a buffer when moving into the bottom of a cycle. executives emphasizing the importance of growing exxon's dividend noting roughly 40% of the companies shareholders are retail investors woods adding the company is on track too cut costs by $9 billion by the end of this year relative to 2019 chevron's call kicks off in 45 minutes and key things include commentary around the permian production and capital spending plan exxon just now hitting a new all-time high. >> thanks

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. >> pippa, thank you. with first quarter results and reporting earnings $1.24 a share. a revenue of $2.29 billion also beat estimates revenue for available room over last year was up 8% versus the same period in 2019 before the pandemic the hotel chain also raising its outlook for the full year and i'm sure pricing is firm across the board. >>> coming up, first republic shares plunging again, yesterday down 50% up marginally this morning we'll talk about the options the bank is considering to stay alive. we'll talk about that right after the break. as we head to it, a look at yesterday's s&p 500 winners and losers >> announcer: executive edge is sponsored by at&t business at&t 5g is fast, reliable, and secure oh, i can tell business is going through the “woof”. but seriously we need a reliable way to help keep everyone connected from wherever we go. well at at&t we'll help you find the right wireless plan for you. so, you can stay connected to all your drivers and stores on america's most reliable 5g netwo

it is part going directly to the needed pippa stevens joins us with more >> good morning, joe we seee miners as automakers look to secure battery minerals. we are talking about lithium and nickel and cobalt. those go into the battery. the map from the wilson center shows reserves you see lithium deposits are in chile and australia.t is cobalt the majority of the congo and some in australia. australia and indonesia are nickel producers while these minerals are all over the world as the next map shows, refining and processing is concentrated in china that is one reason automakers are working with the miners directly they want to move away from independence it can help with exposure to the price risk with the lithium rally. there is a warning we won't have enough of the minerals ford has agreements with bhp and ioneer amongothers guys. >> i appreciate it. >>> when we come back, lawmakers meeting with executives talking about china and potential threats. we talk about what is on the agenda reminder, you can watch us any time on the nbc app and also on the peacock app we're back after thi

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