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. ♪ ("four seasons: spring" by vivaldi) ♪ fiverr gets that. from graphic design to web development.pert for things like, i dunno, (over loudspeaker) booking a press conference. ♪ ♪ fiverr has the freelancers to get you where you wanna be. is this the lobby? this is not a hotel... >>> if you look at the results and delivery, the growth continues unabated we've got bookings growth, 120% year on year, our revenue growth was over 200% in our delivery segment and losses are coming down we're investing, but actually in 15 countries now, we're profitable, generating $100 million of ebitda, 2.5 billion of bookings, so the question is, everyone agree, delivery can be big, but can it be profitable? the answer there is yes. on the mobility side, as businesses open up and business comes back and we have profitability for some period of time. >> dara khosrowshahi of uber on "squawk" earlier this morning. >> and uber, a little mixed, and morgan stanley reiterates a top pick target of 70. >> it's hard to resist because you've got that dynamic where the market, the economy stays closed and debate a

. ♪ ("four seasons: spring" by vivaldi) ♪ fiverr gets that. from graphic design to web development.ke, i dunno, (over loudspeaker) booking a press conference. ♪ ♪ fiverr has the freelancers to get you where you wanna be. is this the lobby? this is not a hotel... got another update from school. how's that...is that better? ♪ well we have a safety net. we'll be ok right? ♪ >>> pepsi reporting results. the company's cfo joins us for a first on cnbc interview. >>> president biden's push to go big with stimulus has some questioning who should get checks we'll debate his plan and what it means for the economy >>> bumble is bringing love to wall street. is it here to stay or is a bad breakup with investors looming we'll swipe right and talk about the company's ipo as the second hour of "squawk box" begins right now ♪ we are young ♪ ♪ heart ache to heart ache, we stand ♪ ♪ no promises, no demands ♪ >> good morning, welcome back to "squawk box. i'm andrew ross sorkin along with becky quick and joe kernen. u.s. equities. the dow would open 61 points higher the nasdaq looking to open 57 points

. ♪ ("four seasons: spring" by vivaldi) ♪ fiverr gets that. from graphic design to web development.or things like, i dunno, (over loudspeaker) booking a press conference. ♪ ♪ fiverr has the freelancers to get you where you wanna be. is this the lobby? this is not a hotel... >>> welcome back to "squawk. softbank shares jumping in japan overnight. the company's vision record recorded an $8 billion profit. assets valued at $90 billion compared to purchase price of $76 billion. their profit grew by $11 billion, shattering analyst estimates and they sl filed applications for four blank check companies known as spac. quite the turn-around given the conversation we were having about this company just a year ago. whether you could spend $100 billion and actually make money doing it, it is game isn't over yet but right now it looks like they're clearly winning. >>> in the meantime, hedge fund elliott management has been meeting with bankers about raising more than $1 billion for its spac "the wall street journal" reports that the firm founded by billionaire paul singer has not finalized its

. ♪ ("four seasons: spring" by vivaldi) ♪ fiverr gets that. from graphic design to web development.ver loudspeaker) booking a press conference. ♪ ♪ fiverr has the freelancers to get you where you wanna be. is this the lobby? this is not a hotel... >>> a dangerous situation in texas and surrounding states moves on cold weather, communities still without power. the oil and natural gas markets in focus we'll have an update straight ahead. >>> futures are pointing to a modestly lower open with investors with increase in inflation concerns higher treasury yields. bitcoin rising above $51,000 what you need to watch ahead of the opening coming up. >>> and the big theory involving all of the players in the gamestop trading we'll break down what it means for investors, traders and the markets as the second hour of "squawk box" begins right now. ♪ >>> good morning, and welcome back to "squawk box" here on cnbc i'm joe kernen along with andrew ross sorkin. becky is off today and u.s. equity futures at this hour right around the flat line. dow up a couple points nasdaq off 20. dow moving betwee

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the vivaldi trial, both with public health england which is testing members of care homes, which arese one list. i certainly think it would be wrong to change thejcvi recommendation because categories from 1—9, is 99% fatality. and we would of asked the question of the jcvi, ask them whether professions like teachers, shop workers, police officers, who, through their work, will come into contact with much quicker volumes of the virus than others that do —— make that others do, and we would advise accordingly. on the amd and of nhs now collecting and we are now publishing it, —— black, asian minority ethnic. we are working with the nhs to making —— make to make sure we bring in the local governments, to begin to share data with local government and i for one would very welcome is working very closely with local government, so that we can identify as an individual level, people that we need to reach to protect as soon as possible. i want to see ccg sharing data, i want to put that on record, i have had a number of colleagues who, including, ican i have had a number of colleagues who, i

russian opposition leader alex a no valley guilty of defamation earlier today another court rejected vivaldi's appeal against a jail sentence in a separate case but it did reduce his sentence slightly taking into account time already served under house arrest now spend around 2 and a half years behind bars for violating parole the kremlin critic was unable to meet his parole officers because he was in a german hospital receiving lifesaving treatment after being poisoned with a military grade nerve agent. and correspondent emily sure one has followed the court cases and joins us today from moscow emily you watched for seeding so what were the highlights. well alex enough when in today in today's double bill of court cases with a good dose of humor and cynicism i think he was joking all day he was smiling he even joked with the journalists watching the case and waiting for the verdict that he had actually picked cooled cucumber is in his prison cell in a plastic bag he also very much to use today's court cases where the verdicts in some senses in some sense were no real surprise as a platform to