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Services, pmi, International Trade and ism nonmanufacturing numbers that day as well. Forecasters say the economy probably added 218,000 jobs in june to make five straight months of job gains of more than 200,000. Thats something we have not seen since the end of 1999 before the dot com bubble burst. The bulls are looking to close the books on a successful first half of the year. The s p 500 is up more than 6 this year following a jump of 30 in 2013. If the market closed the year at current leve...

We begin with the markets. Additional pressure today after weaker gdp data, dow and s p starting from a deficit after yesterday, the worst day in two weeks. Supreme court expected to issue more decisions this morning, and we are awaiting the big one with the broadcasters. Googles Developers Conference kicks off, rumors of a top box unveiled and a shareholder meeting. Lets hope they make it on time. Raising an outlook for the year, planning to double earnings in five years. All right, first up, g...

Know, immelt goes over there, and the only way to get the deal done is the french minister says give me a piece of the action. It was less cash, but i dont know, i read some other commentary over the weekend that it would be less profitable near term right. Than it would have been for General Electric, but they wanted it badly, and General Electric and ge, jeff immelt, wanted to get the Ge Financial Services part of the business below 30 , and this does that in a much more but now your partner i...

The first time this year. Road map begins with the markets searching for fresh highs. Dow closing in on 17k after logging its first sixday winning streak since december. Last weeks winning sector, utilities, where weve got action today, lead higher again . General electric overcoming the latest hurdles in its bid in france. Lululemons founder, new allies in his fight to shake up the retailers board. More drama more lulu. Stocks looking to make more history. Dows in 53 points of 17,000. Blue chip...

Having a deep understanding of quantum physics. But you know the one thing they almost never teach you in high school . Let alone touch with a ten foot pole in college . Financial literacy. And im not talking about economics here. Totally different kind of class. You could be an econmajor and still learn nothing is about Retirement Readiness or how to balance a darn checkbook, let alone how to invest your money wisely. Money, its just not talked about. Its like the third rail of american educati...

Business sentiment disappointing. Road map like this, breaking news across the pond, news editor, rebecca brooks found in the guilty in the phone hacking case, but far from over. The nations largest drugstore results fall short of estimates. A new milestone for cystic fie bro sis, shares shore after a late stage trial succeeds, but can it pass . We have a live report. Former news of the world editor, rebecca brooks, found not guilty of the phone hacking conspiracy. We are in london this morning ...

Leaders that can govern with an inclusive agenda are going to be able to pull the country together and guide the iraqi people through this crisis. The Current Situation today in iraq remains extremely, extremely serious. Isl remains in control of mosul and it is targeting all iraqis, sunni, shia, kurds, who disagree with its twisted version of a caliphate. It joined in an unholy alliance with the baath party and some former insurgent groups like the islamic army of iraq. Going forward, the iraqi...

They have control of significant territory. They are tested in battle. They are a serious threat and while we dont assess right now that they are doing distinct homeland plotting certainly they are open about it that theyre coming for the United States. Mike strank is a defense official and a want that to faster. I want to do something about that. I thank you for that and i think you have done a good job of outlining the reason why this matters. Its not simply about iraq but about the United Sta...

I know. Were expecting big ideas out of aspen from you folks today and, i mean, if nothing else, the view is spectacular as we always know this time of year. Yes, i am Bill Griffeth here at cnbc headquarters, where we are watching a final hour of trade not only for this day, for the, month for the quarter, for the first half of this year on wall street, and kelly, as we know, the markets have continued to move higher. This will be the fifth consecutive month where the dow and the s p have moved ...

Andrew, welcome back. Thank you, becky. It is now official, weve been talking about it for weeks if not months, but bnp paribas has pleaded guilty to charges and paid ads 9 billion fine to resolve violations. 9 billion i think is the most any bank has ever paid in a case like this. The bank is banned for a year from conducting certain dollar transactions. Thats key and its important because its a key part of bnps International Business and will cost them and hit their bottom line. Fbi director j...