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To 2 here as we await a big week in europe as well. We start with the markets. New optimism about the cliff. President obama in myanmar saying hes confident the fiscal situation will be dealt with hours after he hit the phones calling top ceos. Lowes shares on better than expected earnings. The results renewing hopes this morning about the housing recovery. International pressure mounts for israel and gaza to agree to a ceasefire after a weekend of air strikes leave a dozen dead and hundreds injured. Brent continues to climb with gold going higher. The president and congress will strike a deal...

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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 markets today . I think that whats happening is there are oligarchs cashing out. We see a lot of sale...

More normal approach to monetary policy. The nomination is set to begin at 10 00 a. M. Eastern time. In the meantime, outgoing chairman ben bernanke says the central bank will remain alert to preventing inflation from declining too far from its goal of 2 , falling too far below that. Were going to talk about the future of the central bank with greg ipp and ir neil irwin in the next hour. He says he expects to taper in the next couple of months. Beyond yellen and the fed, a few other economic event toes watch today. We have weekly jobless claims at 8 30 eastern time. At the same time, the septe...

Drag draghis press conference begins. Stocks set to open in the green this morning after jobless claims fell by 15,000 ahead of tomorrows big job number. Plus, macys says it will layoff 2,500 workers and close 5 stores in a move that could save the company up to 100 million a year. Shares are up this morning on that news. While macys in the green, its been a rough morning for some of the other retail names, Family Dollar, Bed Bath Beyond expected to open well to the downside after Third Quarter earnings miss. While tmobile is still only the fourth largest carrier in the u. S. , its ceo making ...