we'll get earnings results from take-two, fresh off their deal to by zynga.alk to adam parker between the divergence between old and new tech a top analyst will discuss the airlines deal and spirit's new frontier, and look ahead to tomorrow's earnings reports from peloton. first, we have got less than 14 minutes here to go in the trading day. we are now in the closing bell market zone. mike santoli here to break down these crucial moments of the trading day, and today, we have ally chief markets and money strategist lindsey bell as well, also melissa lee's first time inside the market zone so let's make it a good one stocks are losing steam into the close. in fact, the dow has just gone negative i was going to ask you about greek and italian debt selling off, which is happening and never a good sign. >> it's happening. getting people's attention >> what's the turn here? we were up more than 200 on the dow. tech has underperformed? >> it's dragged a little bit still the big nasdaq stocks, microsoft is down $3 or $4 in the last hour. that pretty much accounts f

january had take-two announcing that they were purchasing zynga.t like a significant transaction. $70 billion, ending the month with sony purchasing bungee. and then we cannot forget about the new york times purchasing word old. when i think about microsoft purchasing activision, it makes a tremendous amount of sense. tremendous assets in the activision library in the franchises that were built up and are getting an incredibly amount of engaged users. in these earnings reports they were up $370 million. the user base loves the games and engaging on a regular basis. microsoft, gaining that user base. a talented group of employees as well. there is a lot of good in the company and you can see it combining nicely together. emily: you were briefly part of the activision family and i'm sure you have been watching the ongoing litigation and sexual harassment concerns. can microsoft get that under control? >> they have got a job to do in this is expected to take place through june. we know that these problems don't end quickly. when i think about my time

in the gaming world, you know, we started on january 10 with take-two announcing they were buying zyngaat seemed like a significant transaction. a week later, we had microsoft coming in to by activision. and then we ended the month with somebody buying bungee. and we cannot forget about myrtle being bought by "new york times," so incredible activity in the gaming industry. what i think about microsoft buying activision, it makes a tremendous amount of sense. they are getting a tremendous asset in the activision library. they are also getting an incredible amount of engaged users. activision today talked about 370 million monthly active users . that user base loves those games and loves in gauging on a regular basis, so microsoft is also gaining that user base, which is pretty exciting, and just a talented group of employees as well, so there's a lot of good in that company. emily: what about the cultural issues? you briefly were part of the activision family. i'm sure you have been watching the ongoing litigation and sexual-harassment concerns. can microsoft get that under concern, answ

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including take-two to buy zynga and then microsoft to buy activision blizzard. and talk about heating up fast this makes it likely all of the deals get through or is this something that is going to draw more regulatory scrutiny >> those are smaller deals i don't think the take-two and zynga deal with cause alarm. >> the microsoft argument or does it make it tougher if other players are teaming up and getting bigger >> i think it probably works in their favor to some degree i think it is the size and scale and to the degree regulators look at microsoft and activision deal you don't look that hard at that part because under the traditional reviews, the issue is they are thinking about this in a different way hard to know >>> meantime, we have another deal and we should say full disclosure everybody knows i write for the new york times this is a new york times deal buying wordle. it shot to popularity when becky started talking about it on tv it is bolstering the company's game unit which hosts crosswords and spelling bee the unit had 980, subscribers it remains fr

desk censured kirsten -- censured kyrsten sinema and then talked about the republicans centering can zyngaand cheney for going away from their party. host: that is not relevant to our conversation but if you want to address the first part of the question, go ahead. guest: i'm not sure i got the first part. u.s. troops in nato versus something in arizona, i may have missed the second part of it. host: roger in michigan, independent line. caller: yes, hi, mike. i'm kind of off-base here a little bit but as far as i'm concerned, the whole russian-ukraine thing is insanity of putin. the guy is power-hungry just like donald trump was. my question is where did you get that painting over your right shoulder of jean-luc picard? i really am fascinated by that. host: we will leave it there. as far as the follow-up to that, when it comes to prudent or perceptions of -- putin or perceptions of him, do we look at him as power-hungry or someone who is a post power? what is the perception of putin and russia to the united states and how does that factor into how the united states and nato acts over the n