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Another 13year high. And the s p 500 index closing in unchartered territory with a gain of just two points, but a new record of 1,682. The blue chips close at an alltime high for a thirdconsecutive session. Lets get to bob and talk about whats moving the markets. The important thing is, the data was very choppy. Retail sales a real disappointment, although Retail Stocks werent down that much. June was a disappointment, i mean, on retail sales. The china gdp came in where the government said it would. 7. 5 . That was a blip, particularly to the emerging markets. The major indices today. Youll n...

Open ahead of the fed even after turkeys surprise Interest Rate hike did help to stem some concerns related to emerging markets. Boeing, jetblue, dow chemical and at t beat expectations well break them down. But yahoo shares under pressure this morning after reporting a drop in revenue for a fourth consecutive quarter due to a decline in display ad prices. A day after the dow snapped a fivesession losing streak futures are lower, investors turning their attention toward Ben Bernankes final policy meeting, the central bank expected to further pare back stimulus, but turkey, jim, at least for th...

Second. Simon is at the ny sze, but we begin with the man that wall street and investors all over the world were waiting to hear from. Ben bernanke testifying before the House Committee on financial services. The tenyear reacted this morning to that. Right now it is down below the 2. 5 mark. Were at 2. 493 . Thats significant. Weve not seen that in some time. Senior economics reporter Steve Liesman joins me with some of the details on what mr. Bernanke said. Probably a dovish bent to bernanke in that hes saying fed policy is not on a preset course. Most of the economists who commented on this ...

Theres also a whole lot more coming up from delivering alpha. We have activist investor nelson pelt, coming up in a few minutes. He may be making headlines at what he is looking at now. Well bring that to you live as soon as it happens. Right, bill . Leaders of pepsico will be listening to that. And another activist investor, carl icahn, and the dell letter getting hot. He issues a letter ahead of the vote tomorrow. Hell have a lot to say on that surely issue coming up. That will be a little while from now. Stay tuned. And an hour from now, buckle up, because ibm, intel, American Express, ebay...

Wednesday. Pmi 50. 5 a twoyear high. Markets are mostly flat. Road map begins with the highest inflow ever for equities. Investors pouring 40 billion into stock funds in july. As we said, three key fed speech this week that could shake the markets. A big win for apple in its battle with samsung. The Obama Administration vetoing a ban on apple products. Share of samsung are falling in asia. Tv blackout, battle between Time Warner Cable and cbs show nothing signs of letting up. The Terror Threat overseas. Many u. S. Embassies stay closed now until august 10th. A live report from nbcs Pete Willia...