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Im brian sullivan. Your money steady this hour. You can see the major indexes, fractionally higher. Because theyre not moving a lot doesnt mean theres not money being made the banks, bank of america up nearly 2. 5 . Sink k synchrony, all all kellogg hitting twoyear lows. No one eating cereal anymore, but they are using microchips. Moik kr micron is rallying im in santa monica, if i had to move one place in america, as you know, it may well be here to santa monica were here for the tour that brin...

1st. Is that what the date was . The fear gauge hitting the lowest level in more than two decades. The volatility index closing yesterday at 9. 77, the lowest level since december of 1993. I cant imagine thats not a place where you would buy. Though normal stocks that hit new lows what do they do . Hit more new lows. Stocks that hit new highs, hit more new highs. It can only go 9 more lower. Yeah. This only happened five times ever. Having always thought in a contrarian way that complacency and ...

Watch the tenyear, near 2. 3 now. Fedex does miss expectations, cuts guidance. Shares are down sharply in the premarket. Well have a cnbc exclusive with hewlettpackards meg whitman. And the stage is set for what could end in the merger of the worlds two biggest beermakers. First up, so much going on one day after that rally on wall street. The fed kicking off that twoday meeting today with a decision on rates due tomorrow. Possibly the first rate hike in about nine years. One barometer of the ec...

Mark welcome to countdown. Caroline im caroline hyde. Manus one system is testing to eliminate all traffic accidents. We take a sneak peek at the driverless cars. Stick around for that. Caroline breaking news it is a deal. Express will be offered by fedex. It is offering a third premium at 3. 3 in terms of the premium of the sharepoint which is six euros. They are offering eight euros per ordinary share. It is a really interesting deal because it is over two years ago we saw that are for that of...

Realizing just how lucky they might be thanks, to the strong dollar and theyre taking action on that. Its one of the chief reasons they have rallied most of the day. A Late Afternoon decline, the dow is dipping, nasdaq sliding. 14 . Yes, today, we got a graphic example of what can happen when the u. S. Executive decides to think big and thats exactly what fred smith the ceo of fedex did this morning when he announced this companys 4. 8 billion acquisition of tnt express. A company that has huge ...

U. S. But europe playing catch up to yesterdays rally. The gains over there, about 1 . Pmis looked pretty good too. Oil settling back after rising 9 of the past 11 days. Tip years around 1. 91. The first rate hike shouldnt come until the second half of next year. The deal in delivery space. Fedex buying tnt express for 4. 8 billion. Thats a deal that u. P. S. Failed at just two years ago. We do have the ceo of fedex coming up in a couple of minutes. Speaking of deals, also the largest lbo of the...

Downgrade. Fwu given all of that, take a look at the futures right now. You may not surprised to know we have some green arrows across the board. S p 500 up about 6. 5 points and the nasdaq up about 8 points on an expectation that a deal does get done today. But, boy, things could turn around. We will see what happens. Over, over to you. I know youre waiting. I know. Were watching and waiting. I know were news people. Come this afternoon, if we dont have anything andrew, when they said two weeks...

Ashley and i and ashley webster. Fiscal cliff talks are stalling. Tax hikes and spending cuts. President obama said to speak in about 30 minutes from now. Shibani stocks are holding their ground. Waiting for some sort of news out of washington. The dow sitting at session highs. At least we are closing. Ashley it changes with every headline. The world ringing in the new year. New zealand, australia, japan, china, we will get a sneak preview of celebrations being planned as times square gets prepa...

Chief of staff at the cia and department of defense, now an Nbc News National Security analyst, jeremy bash, and, Pulitzer Prize winning historian and author of the New York Times bestseller the soul of america the battle for our better angels, jon meacham. We have lots to cover this morning, joe. Well go live to santa fe, texas, the site of the latest School Shooting massacre. The lives of eight children and two teachers stolen in a hail of gunfire. A lot to talk about with that and a Major Dev...

Looking through a file of old photographs to use with a column, I am drawn to one of the subjects college ID card from the 1980s. The photo is great, but I dont use it because his Social Security number is prominently displayed on the front.