Falls into the earth. First though to sue down at the nyse. Hi, sue. Hi, ty. Pretty dramatic pictures there. Stocks, meanwhile, well off the lows of the day. Right now lets take a look at how the dow and s p are faring. Right now the Dow Jones Industrial average is off 14 points and the s p is off about 2. More markets in a minute. First though as ty mentioned blackberry. The board is looking at its options right now, and that could include a sale of blackberry. It also could mean some kind of joint venture, and it could mean some sort of a partnership. The company has been under fire for some time. Its new blackberry 10 smartphone came out with great fanfare but the reception has been lukewarm since then. Year to date the stock is down about 13 , but on those restructuring talks, the market has moved it up 7 in todays trading session. For the threemonth period its down 33 . Canadian firm Hamblin Watsa is blackberrys number one shareholder. Blackrock ranks fifth with 9 million shares.
To vote on before Speaker Boehners plan b, but well continue to monitor capitol hill for any developments. Meanwhi meanwhile, im here with scott wapner. The market modestly higher despite uncertainty over a fiscal cliff deal. New information coming up in moments. Good to see you again. Scott wapner in today for bill griffiths. Less than one hour to go in this trading day. The dow is positive now, just off the highs of the day. Good for 39 points. Nasdaqs higher, s p is higher as well at this point. All eyes certainly on the Nations Capital though today, maria, and here at the Stock Exchange. Absolutely. First, here is what we know. Global Exchange Officials right now are discussing how to respond to an 8. 25 billion deal announced today between the new york storage and intercontinental exchange. Theres been informal discussions with the Stock Exchange about a deal as recently as last week but the nyse, afraid to have another deal blocked by regulator decided to go forward on a deal wit
Wait for it. Apple is in the the news again. A pinch that could be used on an iphone screen, pinch and zoom, the patent has been invalidated. Look at apple. Actually its going to be up this morning, its not a major defeat for apple, but an Interesting Development in the patent wars. Pinch and squeeze on that one. Apparently that one is no longer an apple patent and we do have new numbers out from rasmussen, look at what they show. Almost half of us believe that taking action to treat Mental Illness will do the most to prevent another tragedy like newtown, compare that to a little more than a quarter of us who think that stricter gun cell laws will do that joining us is Scott Rasmussen from Rasmussen Reports who conducted that poll. Im surprised, i would have thought that with all of this talk about got to get rid of assault weapons, that would be the number one choice of prevention by most americans, but thats not the case. Tell us about it. Yeah, first of all, 86 do think that we need
American banks on guard for a new round of cyberattacks. Your money could be at risk. We will talk to one cybersecurity expert who helps banks, Stock Exchanges or more protect themselves from attack. Lori a blockbuster deal for the Intercontinental Exchange, taking over the 200yearold wall street institution in an 8 billion deal. Charlie gasparino has new details. Lets get updated on the markets, stocks belong. As we do every 15 minutes, we will check with Nicole Petallides. Nicole stock market bumping along not far off of the unchanged line so the dow industrials are up nine points worth a gain of 0. 1 , the tech heavy nasdaq is one of a three with the down arrow and sweeping out a game today. We are continuing to follow nyse very closely on the heels of the deal that Charlie Gasparino noticed yesterday and it did come to fruition this morning, Duncan Neiderauer was here with the ceo of the eyes, Intercontinental Exchange. They were chatting about the deal that has come to fruition, 8
Melissa hi Melissa Frances lori i am lori rothman. Dont call a come back. Better than expected earnings and that the housing report and the second day of testimony for ben bernanke. Melissa what should that apple Shareholder Meeting do with its 137 billion in cash . We will bring you the latest as ceo tim cook addresses investors. Lori in two days the sequester it. Will you even notice . We are cutting through the sky is falling hype just ahead. Melissa new fears rising gas prices could spark the stock selloff. Chief Market Strategist jeff kleincop on the stock market peak. Time for stocks as we do every 15 minutes on the floor of the Stock Exchange, Nicole Petallides standing by. The down near the high of the day. Nicole we are right now f1437, high of the day was 1441. As you noted a couple points away from our highs of the day, we are up 137 points. It is a broad based rally. When you check the dow jones industrials, those 30 names, 29 of 30 are actually in the green with the except