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In the french capital, paris. And fire at a nightclub in brazil has left 232 people dead. 170 others are in hospital. It is thought the fire was started by fireworks during a stage show. Hundreds of panicked clubbers stampeded toward the exits. It happened in the city of santa maria and its been described as the worst tragedy emergency workers have responded to. A frantic attempt to rescue those inside, the blaze was started by firework display during a live music performance. An official for th...

In the french capital, paris. And fire at a nightclub in brazil has left 232 people dead. 170 others are in hospital. It is thought the fire was started by fireworks during a stage show. Hundreds of panicked clubbers stampeded toward the exits. It happened in the city of santa maria and its been described as the worst tragedy emergency workers have responded to. A frantic attempt to rescue those inside, the blaze was started by firework display during a live music performance. An official for th...

After a cloudy couple days, well see more sunshine today than what weve got most of the week. 35 in washington. Dulles 30 degrees. Bwi marhsall 33. Looking at the satellite radar, clouds overnight. Sprinkle or flurry for parts of the area. Clearing out the last few hours. And i can tell you i see blue sky and well get a nice sunrise in about a half hours time. Much more sunshine than yesterday. Partly sunny day with high temperatures expected to be in the mid 40s. All right. Lots of waeth her to...

Not as much as weve seen lately. I will point out theres a rebalancing of a Major International index occurring on the close today, so were going to get a bunch of volume, maybe more volatility. Well watch that through the final hour. Right now the dow is down 24 points at 12,997. Were back below 13,000 at this hour. The nasdaq, as we said, positive for the month, is down 8. 5 points right now. Still above 3,000 at 3,003 and change. The s p 500 is down three points. A little selling here in the ...

For everyone except those earning 400,000 and above. Thats above the 250,000 threshold that the president has been demanding for months, but it is still far from speaker John Boehners request of 1 million. A source familiar with the talk says this is by no means the final offer for the white house. The move by the president was welcomed, albeit with some reservations. We will talk about the latest developments in just a few minutes. In the meantime, the Global Markets seem to be taking note of t...

Questions. Investigators trying to understand why the systems that control speeds were set in multiple moments just before landing. The chairman told reporters those systems and modern planes are sophisticate td in triple 7s. She said pilots are responsible for the planes reform yens. There are two pilots. In the cockpit for a reason. Theyre there to fly, to navigate, communicate. And if theyre using auto maigs a key is to monday tear investigators djrnedded six of the 12 cabin attendants. The l...

Orders and sales in italy, orders flat on the month, down. 2 on the month for sales and down nearly 5 on the year. So confirming some of the weakness that we know weve seen previously in the italian economy. Meanwhile, another gauge perhaps for the euro as we look to the strength of it lately. Thats the current counselor plus which in october was an adjusted 3. 9 billion euros, up quite a bit from the 2. 5 billion reported for september. Now that also comes after a day after the European Unions ...

Well. Its wednesday, february 6, 2013. Squawk box begins right now. Good morning, welcome to squ squawk box on cnbc. Becky quick is under the weather. Hope you feel better. Joe is off, steve leaseman here, as well. Our guest this hour, Yahoo Finance senior columnist steven kohey. A lot to discuss about the markets. Stocks rallying to wipe out most of the previous session losses. Check out the socalled ear gauge. The vix as we call it, tumbling below 14. Then in the next hour, something a little ...

Gerri we begin tonight with big news for consumers and a possible game changer in the world of smart phones. Microsofts deal to buy nokia for 7 billion will shake up the business of mobile devices. It will also usher in a new era for the smart phone consumer. More choice, more competition from low prices. We could be headed in the right direction. Editor in chief. Welcome back to the show. Good to see you. What does this mean for consumers . This is about microsoft having control end to end over...

After the bell, earnings beat the street. Analysts say rosy quarterly figures masked troubles at three of news corp. s properties, most notably fox. The nations retailers will report Monthly Sales today, costco post ago 4 rise in comps. And there were two after the bell winners in the space. Shares of zumis rising after the Action Sports retailers raised its forty quarter guidance on sales. Im putting the gavel down and sending it to you, mandy. You have the gavel this morning . The gavel is at ...