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making news as we head into a new week on the money. beijing proving to have an appetite for american companies. chinas schjianghui international, smithfield is the worlds large of the hog farmer and pork processor. the deal is the largest chinese acquisition of an american company and it still must be approved by american regulators. well, the holiday-shortened week on wall street proved a volatile one for the markets. the dow triple digits on tuesday and reversed it the worst day in ...

for about $4.7 billion. smithfield is the worlds largest hog farmer and pork processor, and its brands include armor, farmland and smithfield. the deal is the largest chinese acquisition of an american company and must be approved by american regulators. while the holiday-shortened week on wall street proved volatile for the markets, the dow up triple digits on tuesday, but on wednesday had the worst day in about a month. a spiking yield for the ten-year bond moving the market. stock...

reserve this week. it left the markets dazed and confused. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke testified before congress and said that the fed could slow down its pace of $85 billion in monthly bond purchases if the economy picks up. >> if we see continued improvement and we have confidence that that is going to be sustained, then we could in the next few meetings, we could take a step down in our pace of purchases. >> then simply, the federal reserves open market committee released ...

reserve this week. it left the markets dazed and confused. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke testified before congress and said that the fed could slow down its pace of $85 billion in monthly bond purchases if the economy picks up. >> if we see continued improvement and we have confidence that that is going to be sustained, then we could in the next few meetings, we could take a step down in our pace of purchases. >> then simply, the federal reserves open market committee released ...

theres a look at the germany in the green. our road map begins with the 1.1 million deal. ceo melissa meyer is promising to, quote, not screw this up. after another historic week for the markets and testimony from ben bernanke coming up wednesday, jim cramer will tell you what to watch when stocks open this morning. >> plus the shine is coming off metals as gold and silver prices continue to fall. how long will the decline continue? >> its more than just yahoo! , including one that may...

its tough to really worry about retirement right now because i know its so far off, and i know that worrying and stressing over it is an easy thing to do. but im also of the mindset that as long as i dont have too many bills or anything, too many debts, then i could essentially live off of whatever i get. i guess plan b would be to keep working, but im really banking on plan a. otherwise, yeah, no, i dont have a plan b. >> its hard to imagine even at this point in my life being retired...

its tough to really worry about retirement right now because i know its so far off, and i know that worrying and stressing over it is an easy thing to do. but im also of the mindset that as long as i dont have too many bills or anything, too many debts, then i could essentially live off of whatever i get. i guess plan b would be to keep working, but im really banking on plan a. otherwise, yeah, no, i dont have a plan b. >> its hard to imagine even at this point in my life being retired...

margaret thatcher has passed away at the age of 87. the nikkei, the highest close t and our road map begins with the markets poised ahead higher despite investors prepping for whats setting up to be a disappointing earnings season. >> general electric, ump approximating up its oil and gas business, provider lufkin industries for $3 billion. >> deutche says the airline sector is expected to take off expecting profits up 140% from a year ago. >> our own jim cramer on "meet the press" thi...

our roadmap starts off in china. a lower economic forecast from the world bank? is their economy getting even worse? >> earnings season here begins tomorrow with alcoa, costco, jpmorgan highlighting the week. well tell you why alccoa is a tell on how earnings will go. >> more worries for apple investors. reported work stoppages at foxconn. the stock now below the 50-day moving average. >> and huawei is sparking new concerns about cyber security. >> we begin with markets around the glob...

spending. something that we can do now to slow a host of big government programs down. but senate majority leader harry reid and the 28 other members of the 53 member senate democratic caucus say social security is a nonstarter. start worrying and counting because, as i recall, paul ryans medicare savings met a similar reaction on a no go for democrats. here is where we stand. a party opposed to addressing entitlements because they are just fine, leave them alone. 16 trillion in debt s...