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High commodity costs took a wind out of profits. and the long wait may be over. facebook could file its highly-anticipated ipo as early as wednesday according to "the wall street journal." the paper says morgan stanley will be the lead underwriter of that deal. if projections are correct, the valuation could be as high as $100 billion. that would make it one of the biggest ipos in american history. thats it from cnbc. now back to "hardball." lalalalaa welcome back to "hardball." in the past we...

Im seema moody with your cnbc market wrap. the dow surges 179 points, the s&p 500 up 19, and the nasdaq gaining 43. construction spending jumped in november, up 1.2% as builders broke gunshot wound on more single family homes and apartments. it was the biggest gain since june of 2010. the nations factories also a bright spot for today. the december report from the institute of supply management showing manufacturing activity rose to 53.9%. a reading above 50 does indicate growth. and the federal...

out front tonight, newt on top. brand-new numbers out today, lets show you this, this started a week ago and has gotten stronger and more consistent. nationwide, this is what youre looking at here, gingrich holding a 15 point advantage over his competitors as you see, 37-22 for mitt romney. in iowa, caucusgoers there rival mitt romney at 17%. down in south carolina, gingrich 38%. gingrich still has a lot of critics inside his own party. among the most outspoken congressman peter king. ...

im erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, newt on top. the former speak of the house dominating polls nationally and in crucial primary states. brand-new numbers out today, lets show you this, this started a week ago and has gotten stronger and more consistent. nationwide, this is what youre looking at here, gingrich holding a 15-point advantage over his competitors as you see, 37-22 for mitt romney. in iowa, caucusgoers there rival mitt romney at 17%. ron pauls at 16%. as we all know, mitt...

im erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, newt on top. the former speak of the house dominating polls nationally and in crucial primary states. brand-new numbers out today, lets show you this, this started a week ago and has gotten stronger and more consistent. nationwide, this is what youre looking at here, gingrich holding a 15-point advantage over his competitors as you see, 37-22 for mitt romney. in iowa, caucus goers there rival mitt romney at 17%. ron pauls at 16%. as we all know, mit...

More and heinz knows it, they may have poured on the profits but higher commodity costs put on the squeeze, so much that the company is announcing 1,000 job cuts and westerning of higher prices to come. and now the heinz c.e.o. >> commodity costs are increasing all over the globe and with fuel prices up virtually the price of everything we put in our products has increased so we have to offset it and the way we offset it obviously is to price up and take as much cost out to remain competitive. >...

At home, alternative fuels, energy efficiency, so that every time theres a problem in the middle east, every summer, every time theres an earthquake or a natural disaster, the price doesnt shoot up and we have the same conversation. thats kind of the -- weve got to get out of the current environment. jenna: so while were waiting for that, for that environment to change, when are you seeing -- or how concerned are you about some of these higher commodity costs and when theyll be a problem for som...

A dollar is worth 11 cents less today against euro than last year. while it makes the export of u.s. goods cheaper abroad and helps the trade imbalance for americans it makes the cost of buying foreign goods, food, cars, middle east oil more expensive. but not everyone agrees that pumping money in the u.s. economy has caused inflationary pressures or weakened the dollar. >> strong dollar interest of the country and well never embrace the strategy of trying to weaken the currency to gain economic...

Infancy, the device appears remarkably similar to the current tablets. i bet theyre regretting that. now a first look at how wall street will kick off the day. dow opens at 12479 after dipping 46 points yesterday. the s&p shed two point. the nasdaq rose five. taking a look at overseas trading, in tokyo the nikkei sank 1 13 points while in hong kong the hang seng dropped 130. fears of rising commodity costs has suddenly gripped wall street and will continue to do so throughout this busy week ...

Flake and we have been through the drill before, it hits you like an anvil over head. are we at this point yet or what to you look for? >> i think you look for a pullback in consumer confidence and consumer spending. we are starting to see that, neil. we saw big drops in consumer confidence last week. inflation to a large degree as well as deflation is a perception game and obviously so far we have seen that the producers have not been able to pass on costs but they are getting to the point wher...