scott wapner is on the fast ln. >> david teper has been in the news because of the story related to general motors. i spoke to him. while he wouldn't comment on that, telling me the statement works for itself, we did speak on the record about the situation in greece and what that all means for the markets in which we hold me, a deal would obviously be good for the markets, but i think the market could survive even if it went the other way. when i asked him what he meant by survive, he said stocks could fall maybe 3%. but it's not a big deal. the market will be fine this year. those are tepper's words. there's been this big game of chicken between greece and the eu/germany. greece wants a new deal. the eu and germany saying no way. they'll probably get an extension. there's this big meeting tomorrow as they try to reach a deal. tepper, one big market mover who is watching the situation closely but thinks at the end of the day it's not going to be that big of a deal, even if they can't get an agreement saying stocks could fall 2%, 3%. >> scott wapner, thanks for that. comments on greece from

eastern futures now.cnbc.com to the najarian's point, scott wapner, the options guy tell me they are safe for now but worried. >> i bet. i bet. sobering news certainly. thanks so much. >> sure. >> let me get your comment, steve, on oil. what we've seen in the whipsaw moves. haven't heard from on the topic in the last several days. >> we're talking to a lot of hedge funds. some staying away. one guy will uninvest. others discounting oil and dipping their toes in and buying. there's risk to the entry point. >> coming up, got to be difficult running a european bank right now with all the turmoil surrounding greece. record low interest rates and so many more issues. the ceo of b and p paraba north america will join us live for an exclusive interview. find out how he's handles the head wipdss. more halftime up next. >> the halftime report with scott wapner, is the place for market moving interviews. >> when you see large currency moves and large price moves in a commodity like oil, you have to be worried. >> real money. >> what makes things cheap is uncertainty. >> real debate. >> my bet

. >> scott wapner with cnbc business news. >> here's what's happening at this hour.ted supplying gas to rebels held eastern ukraine after kiev temporarily suspended deliveries because of infrastructure damage due to heavy fighting. >>> france won a confidence vote. they teemed up with conservatives to demand he scrapped business ventures. >>> egg and meat lovers listen up u.s. advisory health panel has decided to remove warnings about dietary cholesterol saying there is no link to dangerous levels of cholesterol that cause heart disease. >>> expensive suit that india's prime minister wore when he met with president obama have been roundly criticized because his name was stitched in gold pin stripes. it cost $16,000. opposition leaders say he should be helping india's poor instead of wearing expensive close. "closing bell" back after this. i'm looking forward to. for some every dollar is earned with sweat, sacrifice, courage. which is why usaa is honored to help our members with everything from investing for retirement to saving for college. our commitment to current

but first scott wapner joins us with a news update. >> here is what's happening. the u.s.ing inaccurate information about nuclear negotiations with iran. further increasing tensions now over the issue before prime minister benjamin netanyahu's visit to washington next month. former florida governor jeb bush says mistakes were made in iraq during his brother's administration, but he did praise his decision to surge troops into iraq in 2007. >>> new york attorney general eric schneiderman filing suit against u.p.s. saying the company deprived the state of millions of dollars of revenue by shipping nearly 700,000 cartons of untaxed cigarettes. u.p.s. denying the allegations. and regal beagle miss p who won best in show kept up the tradition by having a steak at sardi's restaurant. let's just say it is good to be the king or at least top dog. miss p will be on "squawk box" tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. eastern and speaking of another big guest, walmart ceo doug mcmillon will be on squawk alley. that's the cnbc news update for this hour. "the closing bell" coming back after this quick

. >>> the halftime report with scott wapner is the place for market moving interviews. >> when you seeurrency moves and large price moves in a commodity like oil you have to be worried. >> real money. >> what makes things cheap is uncertainty. >> real debate. >> my bet buy every canadian oil stock there is. >> the most profitable hour of the trading day. >> do you think dick costolo will leave that job? >> we think there's a good chance he's not there within a year. >> the halftime report weekdays at noon eastern. there's nothing more romantic than a spontaneous moment. so why pause to take a pill? and why stop what you're doing to find a bathroom? with cialis for daily use, you don't have to plan around either. it's the only daily tablet approved to treat erectile dysfunction so you can be ready anytime the moment is right. plus cialis treats the frustrating urinary symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently, day or night. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for c

back to headquarters, scott wapner and the half. ♪ >>> and welcome to the halftime show.our starting lineup, stephanie link is with us along with joe terranova, josh brown, pete najarian and michele caruso-cabrera is here. our game plan looks like this. funny money, the man that says he would give jon stewart $100 million a year to do "the daily show" is here live. is that comedy central or is ross levinsohn really serious? back with a vengeance. >> congratulations. you're still alive. >> yippy. >> cisco boss john chambers going bruce willis saying he's killing it now.

let's get back to headquarters, scott wapner with the halftime. we'll see you tomorrow. ♪ >>> thanks so much. wam to the halftime show. starting lineup, jim lebenthal, president of lebenthal asset management, josh brown is the ceo of rit holtz wealth management and jon and pete najarian ohm optionmonster. crude joke after a surge is the worst really over for oil? or will black gold hit the skids yet again? burritos or bust? high flyer chipotle chewed up after earnings. is the pullback a buy or signs of a momo stock about to go bust. the best levels of the day right now, one of the biggest bulls on wall street unwavering in his outlook. tony dwyer his target for the s&p 500 is among the highest on the street, back with us now. good to see you again. a note, the most difficult thing to do in a correctship is buy it if it has yet to show a dramatic decline. is that what we've been in, a correction, has it run its course? >> we're still in it calling its no man's land. the first quarter correction of 5%, 10%. we have 5%. i'm going to break a cardinal

i'm michele caruso-cabrera in for scott wapner.oday's starting lineup, steve weiss, managing partner of short hills capital, jim lebenthal is president of lebenthal asset management, josh brown, ceo of ritholtz wealth management, s sirrat and keith banks president of u.s. trust. welcome to our guests today. our game plan looks like this. mark took on amazon with diapers.com and now he's doing it again with his new company, jet. we'll find out how. and then friday the 13th trades. you might not want to walk under a ladder, but you should consider these unlucky trades. live from new york we get the inside scoop on snl's 40th anniversary when jim brewer joins us live. first kick things off with a record day for the s&p 500 setting a new intraday high. the dow in rally mode breaking 18,000, oil trading above $60 for the first time this year. european markets ending the week in the green after german data beat expectations. here's the question, where is the best place for your money? here or abroad? mr. banks, start with you as the gues

let's get back to headquarters, scott wapner with the halftime. you tomorrow. ♪ >>> thanks so much. wam to the halftime show. starting lineup, jim lebenthal, president of lebenthal asset management, josh brown is the ceo of rit holtz wealth management and jon and pete najarian ohm optionmonster. crude joke after a surge is the worst really over for oil? or will black gold hit the skids yet again? burritos or bust? high flyer chipotle chewed up after earnings. is the pullback a buy or signs of a momo stock about to go bust. the best levels of the day right

. >> let's get over to headquarters, scott wapner and the half. >>> welcome to the halftime show. for today. jim lebenthal is president of lebenthal asset management. josh brown ceo of rid holtz wealth management. our game plan looks likes this, on guard, vanguard is the most cautious on stoxx in nearly a decade. hear from their head of investments live. hooking up with hinge, the founder of the fast growing dating start-up is here on tech valuations and how the company plans to reinvent romancep we begin with a big day for stocks and what could be the most important question for investors. s

let's get back to head quarters, scott wapner, and the half. ♪ >>> welcome to the halftime show.eet our starting lineup for today. steve weiss, managing partner of short hills capital, jim lebenthal here, too, president of lebenthal asset management, josh brown is the ceo of rit holtz wealth management and john najarian co-founder of ohm and also hanging out is ben wills his from princeton security groups on the floor of the exchange. senior reporter steve liesman is here on the desk as well. our game plan, looks like this. #stocksurge. twitter shares up after the earnings beat, but is it enough to silence the company's critics? ripping and dipping. gopro, linked, pandora, yelp, so many more movers today. what you need to know about the stocks moving the most on the street. we begin, though, with the better than expected employment report. the economy adding 257,000 new jobs last month continuing the best streak of job gains since 1994. wages getting a nice bounce as well and all of it only adding to the debate over when the fed will begin hiking interest rates and ha what that c

back to headquarters, scott wapner and the half. ♪ >>> all right. thanks so much.elcome to the halftime show and meet our starting lineup. jim lebenthal the president of lebenthal asset management. joe terranova senior managing director at virtus investment partners and jon and pete najarian co-founders of ohm. our game plan today looks like this. usa versus europe. zm gemma godfrey on why the best bang for your buck is across the pond where stocks are outperforming. the government and internet the vote that matters to every one of us happening in this hour. we are live in d.c. with the winners and losers for your money and watching the nasdaq, of course, as it gets closer to 5,000. it is only closed above that level a couple of times, about 18 points away. we will be all over that. we do begin, though, with a stunning move by one of our traders. joe terranova, the winner of our 2014 halftime portfolio competition near the top of the leader board again, bailing on apple. the stock that carried him to the title, to say it's a controversial move is an understatement.

let's get back to head quarters, scott wapner, and the half. ♪ >>> welcome to the halftime show.our starting lineup for today. steve weiss, managing partner of short hills capital, jim lebenthal here, too, president of lebenthal asset management, josh brown is the ceo of rit holtz wealth management and john najarian co-founder of ohm and also hanging out is ben wills his from princeton security groups on the floor of the exchange. senior reporter steve liesman is here on the desk as well. our game plan, looks like this. #stocksurge. twitter shares up after the earnings beat, but is it enough to silence the company's

. >> the halftime report with scott wapner is the place for market moving interviews. >> when you see currency moving and large price moves in a commodity like oil, you have to be worried. >> real money. >> what makes things cheap is uncertainty. >> real debate. >> my bet is buy every canadian oil stock there is. >> the most profitable hour of the trading day. >> do you think dick costolo will leave that job? >> we think there's a good chance he's not there within a year. >> the halftime report weekdays at noon eastern. is. it's as crazy as you not rolling over your old 401k. cue the horns... just harness the confidence it took you to win me and call td ameritrade's rollover consultants. they'll help with the hassle by guiding you through the whole process step by step. and they'll even call your old provider. it's easy. even she could do it. whatever, janet. for all the confidence you need td ameritrade. you got this. i'm spending too much time hiring and not enough time in my kitchen. [ female announcer ] need to hire fast? go to ziprecruiter.com and post your job to over 30 of the

back to headquarters and scott wapner and the half. >> thanks so much. welcome to the halftime show. our starting lineup for today, joe terranova is senior managing director at virtus investment partners. pete najarian co-founder of ohm, neely gilbert cofunder of capital and stephanie link has a new gig. want to tell us about it or read it? >> go ahead. all yours. >> stef is joining tiaa asset management next week as a managing director and portfolio manager foe cused on large cap stocks. it has $800 billion. congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> happy for you. >> i'm excited. a great team. i've known them for a long time so i'm happy to be part of them. >> good stuff. >> our game plan looks like this, unstoppable apple. another new high and rumors of a coming car but is the 20% run over the past month for america's most loved stock too far too fast. hedge fund manager neely gilbert with three names to own right now and why they are good bets for your money. we begin with the nasdaq a little more than 100 points away from 5,000. a place it hasn't b

the halftime report with scott wapner is the place for market moving interviews. >> you see large currency moves and large price moves in a commodity like oil, you have to be worried. >> real money. >> what makes things cheap is uncertainty. >> real debate. >> my bet is you should buy every canadian oil stock there is. >> the most profitable hour of the trading day. >> do you think dick costolo will leave that job. >> we think there's a good chance he's not there within a year. >> the halftime report weekdays at noon eastern. >>> hi, everybody. hope you will join me. apple powering new highs. the tech giant the first $700 billion company. how much higher if it can go higher will this stock go? we'll speak with one of the most bullish apple analysts on the street. natural gas soaring today prices down 45% over the past year. we have a five-star fund manager whose nat gas fund is up 20% in that time. how is he crushing the market. americans are giving up their citizenship in record numbers. why? we'll explore it. two big hours of "power" coming up. >> look forward to that. >>> when something

back to headquarters, scott wapner and the half. ♪ >>> and welcome to the halftime show.eet our starting lineup, stephanie link is with us along with joe terranova, josh brown, pete najarian and michele caruso-cabrera is here. our game plan looks like this. funny money, the man that says he would give jon stewart $100 million a year to do "the daily show" is here live. is that comedy central or is ross levinsohn really serious? back with a vengeance. >> congratulations. you're still alive. >> yippy. >> cisco boss john chambers going bruce willis saying he's killing it now. is he blowing smoke or right? our traders will separate fact from fiction. we begin with the markets, stocks higher on the cease-fire in ukraine, some very interesting deal news here at home, yet another run for apple, another letter from carl icahn, a conversation with me, we'll get into in a minute and perhaps even prospects of a deal in greece. joe, you a lot of things coming together. >> you do. i think the macro cloud, the uncertainty that was so much pervasive during january has kind of lifted, se

. >> let's get over to headquarters, scott wapner and the half. >>> welcome to the halftime show. our starting lineup for today. jim lebenthal is president of lebenthal asset management. josh brown ceo of rid holtz wealth management. our game plan looks likes this, on guard, vanguard is the most cautious on stoxx in nearly a decade. hear from their head of investments live. hooking up with hinge, the founder of the fast growing dating start-up is here on tech valuations and how the company plans to reinvent romancep we begin with a big day for stocks and what could be the most important question for investors. has oil bottomed? crude higher today. looking to close above 50 bucks a barrel for the first time in a month leading some to say the worst may be over. jim lebenthal, is that how you see it? you look at a lot of the leaders in the market and they're all from the energy patch. >> short answer is yes, but let me caution you, we're not going back to $100 a barrel any time soon but this is a natural effect when you drilling rigs going down that count going way down, you've got s

back to headquarters and scott wapner and the half. >> thanks so much.time show. our starting lineup for today, joe terranova is senior managing director at virtus investment partners. pete najarian co-founder of ohm, neely gilbert cofunder of capital and stephanie link has a new gig. want to tell us about it or read it? >> go ahead. all yours. >> stef is joining tiaa asset management next week as a managing director and portfolio

i'm michele caruso-cabrera in for scott wapner.rting lineup, steve weiss, managing partner of short hills capital, jim lebenthal is president of lebenthal asset management, josh brown, ceo of ritholtz wealth management, s sirrat and keith banks president of u.s. trust. welcome to our guests today. our game plan looks like this. mark took on amazon with diapers.com and now he's doing it again with his new company, jet. we'll find out ho

back to headquarters, scott wapner and the half. ♪ >>> all right. thanks so much.lftime show and meet our starting lineup. jim lebenthal the president of lebenthal asset management. joe terranova senior managing director at virtus investment partners and jon and pete najarian co-founders of ohm. our game plan today looks like this. usa versus europe. zm gemma godfrey on why the best bang for your buck is across the pond where stocks are outperforming. the government and internet the vote that matters to every one of us happening in this hour. we are live in d.c. with the winners and losers for your money and watching the nasdaq, of course, as it gets closer to

before we get there, scott wapner has the headlines. >>> labor secretary will attend negotiations inut talks between the dock workers unions and their employees have come to a halt. stocks in greece under pressure. talks between the greek finance minister and his eurozone counterparts failing to reach a deal over athens debt crisis. and president obama's immigration policy halted bay federal judge at least for now. the judge is prohibiting the white house from running programs that would offer deportation protection and work permits to as many as 5 million undocumented immigrants. a few of the stocks on the move this morning, transocean ceo stepping down. the offshore drilling giant also slashing its dividend as it deals with falling crude prices. starwood hotels ceofrits has resigned. he will be replaced interim by aron. cutting its guidance this year. citing weak u.s. sales and the negative effects of a stronger dollar. >>> we are less than 90 minutes away from e the opening bell on wall street. the dow would open lower by two points. the nasdaq higher by four points. is there a bi

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