that will count down to the open of the markets stateside.pe, they stay with "worldwide exchange." >>> this morning, stocks in asia take a hit about more concerns of china's growth. >>> gm will reportedly face a criminal investigation over its handling of that recall. and more questions surrounding the search for missing malaysian airlines flight 370. it's wednesday, march 12th, 2014, and "squawk box" begins right now. good morning, everybody. welcome to "squawk box" here on cnbc. i'm becky quick with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin will be joining us from las vegas. kicking things off at 7:00 eastern time, we've got home depot chairman and ceo frank blake. then we will be talking to the ceos of masco and mohawk. then andrew will be grilling with frank webber. >> has anyone spoken to him yet? >> who frank blake? >> no, andrew. is he on a roof, on a mattress? is he in a refrigerator lost where he -- >> no. maybe we should send someone to take some photos. >> this is vegas and this is andrew. has anyone heard from him at all? >> what is it, i

. >>> as far as the agenda stateside today, we have a february industrial production out at 9:15 eastern. look for the march sentiment survey from the national association of home builders. that's it. not much. >>> other stories we are following today, call it the alibaba effect. stocks with china's commerce are gaping. alibaba is now electing to launch its $15 billion ipo in the u.s. instead. analysts suggest the listing could value alibaba around $140 billion in what could be the most anticipated ipo since facebook. it is working with six banks to lead the deal and plans to split fees roughly equally between them. >>> meanwhile, weibo is planning to list in the u.s. market looking to raise $500 million in the share sale. the social networker says they have half as many users at twitter. the ceo makes his first visit to china. he'll meet academic students on his visit to signal the interest in entering the chinese market. twitter is being blocked by chinese since 2009. >>> and vodafone is confirming to buy ono for nearly $3 billion. >>> and many retailers are urged to stop selling tobac

this is the first batch to arrive stateside. are about asogs loving as you can come across. >> some of the first steps in this new life were awkward. not accustomed to leashes. some were carried in. you get the sense that they know these arms will not hurt them. >> come on. tremendous journey for them but they are finally here and we will find wonderful homes for them. >> those dogs you saw, we are told they should be available for adoption in the next week or two. in total, humane society international hopes to bring the 100 -- to brin gover sochi strays in the next 12 months. >> we will get a lot more. if you would like to adopt one. i do not how to speak russian. they will not understand me. >> you want one, huh? >> so cute. >> what a different world for those dogs. inside now. >> a big story. >> will today be a good dog to get the dog -- a good day to get the dog out. >> but they might need those little rain booties. lift up the paws. wet. you will need umbrellas and the pooch paws as well. it is going to be a wet one on and

warm welcome to you if you've just joined us stateside. to your global trading day here on cnbc. u.s. futures indicating slightly firmer start off with a fairley flat session we had yesterday. the dow down 0.2%. the s&p pretty flat. right now, the dow is trending some 34 points above fair value. the nasdaq at the moment is nearly 7 points above fair value and the s&p 500 at the moment is nearly three points above fair value. european equities have been up, but lower than they were. the ftse 100 is flat. the xetra dax is up about 0.25%. it was up 0.4 earlier. the cac 40 is up 0.5%. the ftse mib is up 0.6%. it's been helping a little bit this morning is the thought this we might get some talks under way, an improvement in terms of the situation in the ukraine. meanwhile, the local government of ukraine's break away session of crimea has said it's going to hold a regionwide referendum on whether to formally secede from the ukraine and join russia. that referendum will take place on march 16th. at the same time, we understand that the parliame

thank you so much for that reporting. >>> coming up, how's putin's land grab playing stateside. defense secretary chuck hagel got an earful on capitol hill earlier today. >> mr. putin denies there are troops in russia. when mr. lavrov says today that they can't withdraw russian troops because there are no -- no russian troops in crimea, does that have some echoes to you of cold war? >> well, i think secretary kerry addressed this pretty clearly. in his comments. specifically about your point. about no evidence -- >> i was asking for your view, sir. >> i agree with secretary kerry. >> which is? >> he laid it all out about we don't accept anything that president putin said as fact about why they had to protect the so-called ethnic minority in crimea. [ fishing rod casting line, marching band playing ] [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat? campbell's healthy request soup lets you hear it in your heart. [ basketball bouncing ] heart healthy. [ m'm... ] great taste. [ tapping ] sounds good. campbell's healthy request. m'm! m'm! good.®

. >>> and a very warm welcome if you're joining us stateside.is going to be about the jobs report today. ahead of that, futures a little bit mixed at the moment. remember, the dow up some 61 points yesterday. currently, futures suggest it's going to open up around 12, 13 points above fair value at the moment. the nasdaq at the moment, that is just about a point above fair value. and the s&p closing up at a fresh record high, up three points on yesterday's session. right now, we're just about 1.5 points above fair value. the cnbc ftse global 300 ahead of that is fairley flat. the nikkei up 0.9%. the european equities have been softer during recession. this is where we stand at the moment. ftse 100 down around 0.3%. not far off the low for the session. it was up 13 points yesterday, currently down 25. nearly a percent lower for the xetra dax. off 0.25port cac 40 and the ftse mib is also off 0.25%. i mentioned the nikkei perform was up nearly a percent today. the shanghai composite fairley flat. hang seng down 0.2%. and the asx 200 is up 0.3%. the

now his friend has finally arrived stateside with the three you. is in tow.e. keep them all or let them get adopted. >> some of his3w friends have d they want to grab one. >> those are so cute. they want to grab on his promis >> he made good on his promise. they're all heading to colorado. >> we've got good weather coming our way throughout friday. and right in your weekend, napa tomorrow 81 degrees. the three-day weekend looks perfect. fremont 77, walnut creekÑi 76 a livermore at 77. check out this graphic. killer beach weather saturday and sunl temperatures have gone down a little bit for this weekend. widespread 70s expected on saturday. monterrey 73. by sunday 76. bodega bay could be a cooler spot. half moon bay expecting 75. >> it's nice to see you without a suit. >> what's t(that? >> me? >> it is me. i was kidding all Ñialong. >> thanks forfá joining us. jimmy fallon is next. >> we'll see you tomorrow. >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and hi

service people, in theater and stateside, men and women, active duty and reserve, in all branches of the service, have been killing themselves at a high rate. the pentagon is trying to figure out why. head people off before they end their lives, and the suicide rate has remained stubbornly high. a new report on efforts to reduce suicide on this edition of "inside story." and first this background. the largest study of mental health ever conducted on u.s. military personnel revealed a startling fact. nearly half of soldiers who reported a suicide attempt said that their first attempt was prior to enlistment. it was believed that long, repeated deployments in recent wars were the cause, but now the first look at a huge mental health study abandons that idea and points to a need for better understanding the young people who sign up to fight in the nation's defense. the news comes to an army study in risk in service members. stars. it's funded by the army and the national institutes of mental health. three new star today were released this week in the journal of american medical associat

polio-like symptoms, no word yet on the outcome, we'll keep tabs on her and we'll have updates when we're stateside. >> all right, thank you so much, dr. nancy snyderman and bill neely reporting. and as we reported there are a number of organizations working at great risk to help syria's children. we've posted information about a number of these agencies on our website tonight at nbcnews.com. >>> and still ahead, a rescue mission, a high speed chase, a stolen car and child trapped inside with a stranger. tonight, the dramatic race. >>> and later, a blizzard on the move tonight making treacherous travel for millions of people as yet another big storm hits hard. >>> outside denver, a 4-year-old boy is back with his family tonight and a suspect is in custody following a dangerous police chase that unfolded in the middle of the morning rush hour. and it all played out on live television. we get more now from nbc's miguel almaguer. >> reporter: got a high speed chase, apparently somebody took a car in longmont. >> he has gone both left shoulder and right shoulder. >> reporter: police gave the suspect ro

. >>> all right, we're also following the threat of severe weather stateside. a powerful thunderstorm is expected through the plains to the east coast starting today. tornadoes possible, poppy. >> yikes! and you know, an unusual snow squall for this time of year being blamed for this chain reaction in west virginia. two people killed in this. let's get an early look at how the weather is shaping up across the country this morning with karen maginnis. >>> a very vigorous weather system plowing across the central united states on thursday could lead to some severe weather, marked right in this red shaded area from st. louis, kansas city, springfield, little rock, right around the arklatex. but, it means another round of snow for the great lakes. it seems like winter won't give up. certainly, spring is not here. but don't give up. things will change in the next three or four days, anyway. in the pacific northwest, some showers coming up for thursday. let's look at the temperatures. chicago 49. you're not at normal levels, but at least it's improving. it's definite

and heading to the west the major league baseball season opened stateside with the nl west rivals the los angeles dodgers and san diego padres going heads up. but the padres and compassion are given the long run on a coral proper single. the dodgers in the engine parity one topping the past but said it would be a pea pod race broke through with a homer to tie and he rallied to score two more holding on to win the final score of three to one. hence the baseball does get to monday night's action from the cave yelled hi mike eagles handle both the giants squared off in with the help of law gets the tone for the first has continued singles one believes one topic that in the forthcoming guns off the home are still left to me next to nothing hung low. then we get what they add another couple months to the six and they hold on to be an awesome with a couple more that some of the eight and are currently meeting led to the top of that. that's all for now this has the speed of ten thousand a year later for more from the world of sports. well we've been getting so much summer like weather lately

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stateside, tele electrifies long-term investors. the company raised $2 billion in a sale of convertible debt. that's bonds that can be converted to stocks. big investors such as mutual and hedge funds. it's the second biggest sale of convertible bonds in the u.s. in the past two years. >>> tesla was able to raise 25% more than originally planned. the company says it intends to use that money in part for construction of a $5 billion plan to build batteries crucial to expanding its business. >>> apple is set to launch a new in-car irs called car play that will give iphone users a much safer, smarter way to make calls, play music, use maps and access music with a simple word or touch. top tier auto brand is like mere say december, volvo will premier it this week while gm, ford, honda, toyota and others are expected to implement car play further down the road. this comes amid a whirlwind of rumors that apple could be eyeing a bid for tesla motors. >>> now "12 years a slave" won big at the oscars last night as steve took home best direct

. >>> stateside, january wholesale is out at 10:00 a.m. eastern, forecasted to rise 0.5%. dick's sporting goods, american eagle reporting results before the open. after the bell, wall hear from caesars entertainment and veri ddz fone. joining us for the first part of the show today, gina, co-founder of floebl. a lot going on in the world as ever. we have geopoliticics in the ukraine. concern about growth and china in japan. but at the same time, the s&p up near record highs, right? >> continues as if nothing is happening. >> is that justified? >> i don't think it's justified. part of that has to do with there's a lot of concern around weather and weather related macro data that's coming out. the markets are continuing in this space that is unjustified, if you ask me. >> if you look at the rest of the world, that probably is the best place to put your money, right? because it's a relative game at the end of the day, right? >> perhaps and extremely high priced at this point. if you look at ee mirnlging markets, they can't be any cheaper. >> i would any say anything constant

. >>> on the agenda stateside today, we have february durable good orders out.8%. the payroll processing firm paychex comes out with its figures after the bell closes. >>> u.s. futures are indicating another move higher today for u.s. stocks. the dow is currently trading some 32 points above fair value. the nasdaq at the moment is some 11 points above fair. and the s&p 500 is around about 2.5 points above fair value. king digital meanwhile has priced its ipo at $22.50 a share, which values themaker of the popular candy crush video game at around $700 billion. but the shares are priced at the mid point of the range, which is 21 to 24. king will debut under the ticker k-i-n-g. >>> joining us now, from equities.com, francis, good to see you. the concern about this is they relied heavily on one game, candy crush, but they are at least profitable, which makes a change from a lot of tech ipos. >> right. in their december quarter, their profit margin is 26%. the ibda margin is 24%. it's very, very healthy. if you analyze the quarter, it's 20 times earnings. and if you

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is picking up right after this with the countdown to the opening markets stateside.pe you have a profitable day. e day. >>> welcome back to "squawk box." the fed blocks five banks from raising dividends, dealing a blow particularly to banking giant citigroup. i still call it that, as you know. >>> candy was crushed, high profile ipo king digital flies on its first day of rate trading. and the imf reaching a deal with ukraine that could include $14 billion to $18 billion in loanes. it's thursday, march 27th, 2014. it's 22 degrees outside. "squawk box" begins right now. ♪ chicago, chicago that town ♪ >> good morning, everybody. welcome to "squawk box" here on cnbc. i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin who is in chicago today for the forbes reinventing america conference. you made it, andrew. >> i did. i did. we're going to tell you all about it in just a minute. >> who do you have coming up today? >> oh, this the is you coming to me. now i understand what's happening here. we are in chicago. >> i know. it caught me by surprise, too. this is diff

if you've just joined us stateside, we've been down over the last five sessions for u.s. stocks.ely in positive territory. we're down at six-week lows. the worst week since 2012. the s&p is currently called higher by around 5 points. analysts will be fairley comfortable inching just a smidgenon above the flat line for the year. european equities have been b firmer during the session on the dow jones stoxx 600. we've seen advancers outpacing decliners by around 8/1. the xetra dax is up 0.8%. the cac 40 is up 0.3% and the ftse mib is up 0.8%. >> all that investors are doing is saying markets are fairley priced and markets probably are fairley priced at the moment. the idea of markets going up is a good thing is completely nonsense. it's only a good thing if markets are supposed to go up. if markets are fairley quiet, then they're not supposed to go up. we don't want a bubble. >> more interesting area for equities just here, actually. and that, i think, is a much more potent story from what's going on, obviously, in europe and the -- going on and what's happening in the banking sect

. >>> more breaking news back stateside, britain's telegraph reporting it has a transcript of 54 minutes of communication between the cockpit and air traffic control of the plane's last messages. we knew about all right good night. this is the first time we've had an indication of what the conversation was before this. meanwhile american investigators are also learning that files were deleted from the pilot's computer even closer to the flight date than they originally thought. that could be meaningful or not. we all clean off our computers from time to time. cnn's pamela brown joins us now with more on this. let's start with the "telegraph" reporting on the transcript. a few caveats, right? >> reporter: that's right. at first glance it looks uneventful. but there are parts of this purported transcript that the telegraph newspaper obtained that could be interesting to some, especially considering we're dealing with a missing plane. and there are a couple of aspects of it. for one the pilot repeated the altitude of the plane. and also at the very end of the 54-minute conversation the pilo

back stateside, critics on the hill say we should have seen this coming. >> this president does not understandir putin. he does not understand his ambitions. he does not understand that vladimir putin is an old kgb colonel bent on restoration of the soviet of the russian empire.

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. >>> moving stateside, though, to california.drought is giving way to a relentless downpour prompted mandatory evaluations in los angeles suburbs and triggered landslides and heavy flooding. rains are expected to last through today before moving east and over the rocky mountains, stephanie stanton is in california. what are you seeing out there? >> reporter: well, right now surprisingly, it's clear. but this is how it's been all day. it will be clear, and then we'll have these short bursts of downpours and that is what is the concern here. this entire area, this is a fire burn area, this is under mandatory evaluation orders about a thousand homes in fact, but interestingly, only about 25% of homeowners are heed that go warning. let me show you what's happening behind me here. this is rainbow drive, this street is of particular concern and you can see that there are rails and sand bands and let's show you why eights big concern, take a look at this video shot by a homeowner yesterday of rainbow drive. this was at the height of the

. >>> more breaking news back stateside, britain's telegraph reporting it has a transcript of 54 minutes of communication between the cockpit and air traffic control of the plane's last messages. we knew about all right good night. this is the first time we've had an indication of what the conversation was before this. meanwhile american investigators are also learning that files were deleted from the pilot's computer even closer to the flight date than they originally thought. that could be meaningful or not. we all clean off our computers from time to time. cnn's pamela brown joins us now with more on this. let's start with the "telegraph" reporting on the transcript. a few caveats, right? >> reporter: that's right. at first glance it looks uneventful. but there are parts of this purported transcript that the telegraph newspaper obtained that could be interesting to some, especially considering we're dealing with a missing plane. and there are a couple of aspects of it. for one the pilot repeated the altitude of the plane. and also at the very end of the 54-minute conversation the pilo

interesting moment for the president to be speaking about his relationships at stake, because right now stateside, we've seen some big reforms to the imf and monetary support for states like ukraine blocked on the hill. that's a subject that's apparently come up in european discussions. so we'll see whether he addresses that in this speech. i'll turn to you, jeff sax. what do you think we'll get out of this speech? >> he's going to say that the united states stands with nato and stands against any further russian aggression, clearly. i think so far the response has been properly calibrated. because starting a new cold war right now is not very desirable, and it could turn into something far more dangerous. while there's a lot of heated voices right now and everybody loves to shake the fists and escalate and blame everything on putin, as ian just said, really it's important to try to keep this calmer and take a longer view. what russia did is very serious. and absolutely against international principles and law. we also violate international law often as well. we don't want to go to blows over thi

lifted a ban on the oil giant that kept it from government supply contracts stateside.alancing each other out. manus cranny joins us. >> let us talk about both of these sides. clearly this is a big win in the u.s., russia is a problem. story.now the russia that is going to be a painful issue. about the good news that has come out. bp has been supported by the u.s. chamber of commerce and the british government to be allowed to bid for government contracts for business and 40 million the gulf of mexico. this is a significant step forward. this is be the -- bp being allowed to bid. just because they let you back in does not mean they let you do business. some of the u.s. departments that bp used to do business with had nearly two and a half billion dollars worth of contracts. that drop the way. -- that dropped away when they were banned. when you hear what bob dudley has to say about the gulf of mexico, they have tenant rigs down there. he went to produce $300 million of oil for day. it is a important strategic position. it is about reputation. think where bp was four yea

now, moving on, cold and snowy weather continues to impact data stateside.he latest auto sales figures for the month of february came in flat compared to last year. that despite major manufacturers ramping up their promotional offers to try and lure in customers. at the geneva motor show, our very own ross westgate caught up with the coo of ford and offered his take on the weather impact. >> you sit back and look at our performance in february, we had a very strong in for our f series, a strong month for our lincoln brand. had pressure on our cars. a year ago february, we had a strong month. and we're impacted by the weather, particularly for some of our fleet deliveries. the industry itself was about flat. and we think a lot of that is weather related. all the fundamentals, consumer confidence continues to be very strong. the economics in the country continue to be very robust. so we think that march and april will be very big months and a real barometer on where the industry is going to go. >> now, ross is in geneva at the motor show. the automakers were s

we are also following another really big story here stateside.h crews in washington state are frantically trying to find more survivors this morning. over the weekend, look at your tv right now. huge mudslide, buried, almost an entire neighborhood, about an hour outside of seattle. crews so far have found eight bodies. they believe there are more than a dozen people still missing. cnn's george howell has the very latest. >> reporter: the devastation, of course, is overwhelming. >> officials call the search mission in snohomish county, washington aggressive. helicopters equipped with heat sensing technology scan fields of debris for any signs of people still trapped underneath. >> there was no sign of life. the only thing i can report is that we found one deceased victim. >> reporter: the side of this hill came crashing down on the small town of oso saturday morning. this cell phone video was shot from the ground right after the hillside swollen by recent heavy rains gave way, causing a mudslide about a mile wide. >> it's slid a couple times in my

nice to see you stateside, stacy.ee you later on. >>> dupont is blaming the weather for a challenging first quarter, warning that storms and frozen temperatures have delayed the start of the planting season. it also says the political unrest in ukraine has delayed seed deliveries. dupont runs a factory in the central part of the country. it's sticking by its 2014 earnings forecast of $4.20 to $4.45 a share. apparently they produce maze seeds and sunflower seeds and rapeseeds in this factories. who knew that globalization had taken us there? >> i have no idea. if jim is here, he loves to talk some dupont. >> enjoys it very much without a doubt. titanium dioxide. >> the toothpaste stuff? >> yeah. listen, you look at the stock and there's nothing to complain about. they've had a number of challenges along the way. but they've been able to convince investors to go along for the ride here and it has been largely a good one over the last year as dupont has done any number of things. we'll see whether this is a new challenge