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1. 7. Markets, disappointing print on gdp. Ruble slipping overnight after yesterdays rally. Futures are in the red. Amazon stock is up sharply, results beat as profits returned to seattle. Google misses stock fell 3 . Then the Conference Call. Google shares higher in the premarket. Well tell you why. And visa posts strong results, the stock split, that stock also up. But first up, futures moving lower on the final trading day of january. Gdp below expectations up 2. 6. Weaker Business Investment...

1. 44 and the nasdaq climb 1. 09 . House of pleasure. Yep its the second day in a row reputation of january, a month that broke real bad. And that seems to be without a february sequel. Better call bull, now seems to be upon us. Okay. Actually the breaking good analogy really works for this market. Things were there were so many things breaking bad in january that are suddenly breaking good in february. You know what, i just got to spell them out. I really do. This is a remarkable transformation...

Deflated balls . That would be a bad bet. Lets get you through some of the big stories theyre watching this morning. The first read on Fourth Quarter gdp at 8 30 eastern time. Forecasters say the economy likely grew at an annual pace of 3. 2 . And then coming up on the earnings front well be looking for results from chevron, eli lily and mastercard all before the opening bell and in global news Russia Central Bank made cutting rates unexpectedly. The rouble extending losses after that news. Hell...

Yesterday as many people said the decks are so hot that their shoes were melting beneath their feet. Five people have died and many were injured among the 478 passengers and crew. Among the other stories we are watching today, sony says the Playstation Network is back online although it is still having problems. Playstation has been dealing with three days of disruptions that began on christmas and a group of hackers calling themselves the lizard squad is claiming credit. Speaking of sony its co...

As we saw volatile day for oil, bill, as well. One of the days where bad news was bad news. You could have argued once an upon you could have said bad news would mean that the fed would delay raising Interest Rates and the market rally on that. That didnt happen today. And you wonder if thats the kind of action we will see going into 2015 here if suddenly now bad news is bad news and vice versa. Volatility bill seems to be here to stay. Yes, maam. It is. Well talk about that. The volatility inde...

Its another big day today of u. S. Earnings. Alibaba and ford all report before the market open. All eyes will be on google and amazon. Of course people are still talking about the fed press release from yesterday. The Federal Reserve not showing its hand that its wavering over whether to hike rates this year. In its policy statement the fed says it will still be patient. That word patient is still there in raising rates and is upbeat on the u. S. Economy setting solid growth and strong job gain...

Big news in m a. Berkshire in deal to buy duracell. Walmart cautiously optimistic for q4. Cisco out with earnings topping estimates. The Company Sales forecast sends the stock lower. Ciscos chairman John Chambers is going to join us in a half hour. First up, buffet is making a bet on batteries. Berkshire hathaway agreeing to buy duracell from p g. Terms call for 4. 73. In the release adownsing the deal, buffet said, im always been impressed by duracell as a consumer and longterm investor in p g ...

Earnings from verizon, ebay and American Express, job cuts a deal with carl icahn and more to digest this quart. Airline results are in. Continental getting hit. Southwest ceo with us in a few moment. The decision marks waiting for. Ecb abouncing bondbuying program to revive the eurozone economy. News conference in frankfurt, mario draghi said asset purchases amount to 60 billion euros a month starting in march, continue until september 2016 lower oil, jim, not inhibiter here. No. I thought germ...

Cfo will join us first on cnbc. Staples and office depot higher in the premarket, reports two in advanced merger talks. First up Oil Prices Rising sharply on expectation of decline and u. S. Drilling activity. Bp posted better than expected quarterly results. Bp ceo bob dudley spoke this morning. I think its going to take time. Could be a long time. There is excess supply. U. S. Productions still growing. We see about the rig counts what its growing. And chinese demand of course great. Growth in...

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