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Welcome in, everybody, to power lunch. Im tyler mathisen. Glad you could join us. Three hours left in the trading session and stocks showing animal spirits. They are in the green. As you see, the dow industrials up about a third of a percent or 65 points. Ditto the s p 500, a third of a percent of 2148, thats a sevenpoint gain and the nasdaq leading the way up. 75 . Big winners, boeing, 3m and microsoft, microsoft trading at an all time nominal high. Im michelle carusocabrera. Here is what else ...

Earning is the big driver today. Despite that, p g, having a positive impact on the dow. 3m is your biggest threat. Im michelle carusocabrera. Here is what else is on the menu or happening this hour. Ibms board approving Quarterly Cash Dividend of 1. 40 a share and announcing a 3 billion stock buyback program. Consumer confidence taking a big tumble in october, the conference boards number, its index falling to 98. 6. And in the meantime, home prices jumping in august to near record levels. But ...

Apple Head Quarters for the details. Josh. Reporter i did, melissa, just speak to tim cook. Let me give his rundown. As for the iphone, he said they couldnt be more excited about the demand theyre seeing for those new models, the 7, and 7plus. He pointed out the demand continues to outstrip supply, specifically for the 7 plus. I did ask him about competition. I was interested in his reaction to, of course, samsung and that really unprecedented blunder with the note 7. Cook telling me too soon ri...

This hour. Microsoft rolling out 3d capabilities in the latest windows update. Home sales unexpectedly climbing in september, up 3. 1 . Stocks roll off their session lows at this hour, the dow was down triple digits at the open. Nasdaq still in the red, the other two averages have gone green. Melissa . Thanks, michelle. Welcome, im melissa lee. Power lunch coming to you coast to coast today. Brian sullivan is live for us in sunny san diego. Whats on tap . Thank you very much. We got a big two ho...

Lets begin with the earnings story. Pete, im going to you. We said its the busiest day. Numbers are coming in. What are you doing as a result . I think the most important thing is when you look to the start of earnings season, we look at the financials. Weve kicked more and more into overdrive when you look at whats going on in technology, and technology sticks out. Texas instruments last quarter great report, stock jumped up and its maintaining where it was, scott. Is it moving much . No. Had a...

Shortly. We start with amazon. It is sinking, as we showed, after a big earnings miss. Until tonight the stock has been on a tear, 28 in the last year, and 170 in the past two years. Could amazons run be now over, dan, what do you think . If youve been long it, its up 70 some percent from the lows in february. You have fantastic gains here. The guidance they gave was a little bit below expectations. Theyll probably beat that guidance. The stock trading at 780 or so. I think it probably has a flo...

With earnings from oil majors amazon, alphabet futures are a little bit positive. Europe a slight loss at the moment. Tenyear close to fivemonth highs we got yesterday. Road map begins with amazon shares falling after that miss. Big spending abroad cutting into bottom line, one bright spot is aws. Googles parent alphabet sees profits rise in mobile and video advertising. Shares poised to open a bit higher this morning. And ge in talks with baker hughes on potential partnership. Baker hughes risi...

Book. Well teach you how. The action begins right now. Lets get right to it. Because it has been a mixed quarter for the highflying fang stocks. Netflix and alphabet both surging. Amazon tanked. What can we expect from the last of the group, facebook, when it reports next week. Dan. You may be surprised, but i would be very surprised if there was a some sort of big negative surprise in facebook next week. I think amazon, what happened there, was about spending and it was about conservative guida...

Of billions of dollars from Health Care Stocks to techs and industrials and then bolted from the market altogether when news came out that the fbi is probing some newly found Hillary Clinton emails. Then after further review, the money flowed right back, but only dau closing down just eight points. Nasdaq dipping 0. 50 . What the heck is going on here . I dont know what will happen with fbi director james comeys reviewing of new emails related to Hillary Clintons personal server. But i do know t...

Corner of their business. Oh, we cant have that, they missed. So theres an analystinspired selloff in progress. Now you know why we do not do expectations on this program. But we do a lot of of politics. Leaks revealed bill clinton will take 116 million from his link to the charitable Clinton Foundation and the state department. The wall street journal calls the clintons grifters in chief. Its a sordid tale of money grubbing and influence peddling on full display for the public to see, not in th...