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What, 263. Wow. Down from 3 not long ago. All right, europe looked pretty good at least last time i checked. That continues to be the case. Largely green, of course. You had the nikkei up after the 4. 2 drop the day previous. Kind of going back around the world the other way as in positively at least so far. Lets get to our roadmap this morning and it starts with those markets which are preparing for as you saw a decline at the open after private Sector Employment data comes in below forecast. A...

Point the selling was far worse and it looked like we could be in the midst of a major rollover. Still today like yesterday, the buyers and sellers did real soulsearching, and what exactly are they pondering . Basically, theyre trying to figure out if good news about the economy is bad news for stocks or is the opposite the case, as the economy improves should we like stocks more . Its a firstclass quandary that we have to dive into headlong on mad money if were going to figure out the markets m...

In the midst of a major rollover. Still today like yesterday, the buyers and sellers did real soulsearching, and what exactly are they pondering . Basically, theyre trying to figure out if good news about the economy is bad news for stocks or is the opposite the case, as the economy improves should we like stocks more . Its a firstclass quandary that we have to dive into headlong on mad money if were going to figure out the markets move. Its distracted and a parlor game and we find you the best ...

Wrong. Poor ross. All right. Power players coming up. No 13th month . In the world of investing. Carlisles David Rubenstein, steve shoresman blackstone, venture capitals marc andreesson, and jamie dimon. Look at that in addition we have jerry webb. Make us all the rest of us feel we have one youre an economist or something . You play on to have you can think about the 121212 thing in the meantime because youre good at math. Yeah. All that stuff. All right. As we move closer to the edge of the fi...

Then well keep our eye on europe as well, the mix of red and green, a little more green than red on this friday morning. The road map begins with the potential new record for the s p, starting from fresh highs we reached yesterday, strong results from Morgan Stanley and ge will help power things along. Google is also set to open at record highs after it reported Strong Quarter live results. Chinas economy rebounding to the tune of 7. 8 growth for the worlds second largest economy. And shares of ...

A pretty rough session in asia. The nikkei lower today. The ecb outlining their plan for stress tests. By the way, stay tuned for our interview with ecb president mario draghi a little later on. Dell out telling two different stories, caterpillar, cutting the forecast, citing a difficult year. Then theres boeing raising its guidance and upping its production schedule. And our live interview with starbucks chairman and ceo Howard Schultz. The company is looking to expand its empire beyond coffee....

Good friday morning. Welcome to squawk on the street on this final friday trading session of the year. Im Carl Quintanilla at the new york stock exchange, along with melissa lee. Thats a good song. I actually requested that a few moments ago. Cramer and faber had the day off. The market has a few jitters as we enter what is going to be an interesting day. Of course, the meeting at the white house, 3 00 between the president and some congressional leaders. As for europe, getting some data out of ...

Jims alma mater harvard set to face cincinnati. So far, it looks as though stocks will open to the upside, as markets appear to be taking in stride crimeas vote in favor of leaving ukraine and joining russia, this comes after a week in which the dow had its first fiveday monday through friday loss since may 2012. Jim, good to see you. Good to see you. Referendum dominating the news flow over the weekend. U. S. Says under no circumstances is it going to recognize that. What does it mean for the m...

Not by as much as the company had indicated it could have. Its the first hike since the service was introduced. A lot happening in the Retail Sector today. Data showing a slight increase in february sales. Results from Dollar General and jcpenney relaunching its home goods department. And some new information in the gm ignition switch recall. The automaker now telling affected owners not to weigh down their key rings with anything more than the car key and key fob. Well talk more about that. Fir...

But its a mostly positive picture in europe and the roadmap today starts with what else but the markets set to open higher yet again after comments from russian president Vladimir Putin but with the fed meeting kicking off today will stocks go back to trading on news from this country. After a long wait one of microsofts flagship programs is coming to your i pad, well tell you which one in just a moment. And theres a new player joining the used video game market and its the biggest retailer in t...