Southwest, at t, dow and Union Pacific this morning, jim, the hard thing today, jim, is going to know where to start. Yeah, i mean, look, i think last night the news flow was, as you said yesterday, heavily weighted toward microsoft which people regarded as disappointment i think that disappointment is not having the greatest quarter in the world, lets just say that today i think that the focus is whats going to happen when these benefits end and which companies are going to be able to continue to deliver the numbers. For instance, chipotle had a great number, will that be impacted whirlpool had a great number last night will that be impact snd what are we going to see with southwest air we had a fantastic interview with american and then secretary mnuchin i felt once again sounds like theres some room to get a deal done. We need a deal or else were going to find ourselves with a consumer who is too strapped and i think that thats what im looking at for next week and then of course im
Friday is forever. We belong together. So come on, come on, and dont you say never. There is no tomorrow. So come on, come on, you should know better. Lauren it is friday. And welcome, finally, to fbn a. M. Its a busy friday. Well get to it in a second. Im lauren simonetti. Ashley im ashley webster. Lauren how is your money moving this morning . Were of coming off of record highs, the dow down 23 points this morning, the s p losing down 3 andahalf after Peter Navarro said the final chinau. S. Trade deal rests with President Trump. Ashley in asia overnight, generally down. The nikkei in japan was up about a quarter of a percent. The shanghai, kospi slightly lower. Lauren in europe, this is how stocks have opened, a quarter percent across the board to the downside. Ashley now to the big story in politics, the 2020 field could be getting more crowded with former new york city mayor Michael Bloomburg opening the door to joining the 2020 race for the white house. Lauren with more, heres ais
Well talk to one player in residential any commercial res and ask if hes feeling the same sense of optimism, but we begin with todays market and dom chu with those numbers. Its a bounceback from the down day that we saw on friday to kind of close out the week and we are green across the board for the major indices. The dow industrials is up 128 points and onethird of 1 and its the underperformer for the value blue chip index and 28,243 and up 38 points and three quartes of 1 gain and to put that in context at the highs of the session we were down 58 points up 37 at the lows. So again, a very positive session, but tilting toward the lower end of the trading range so far today and the nasdaq composite currently at 16,113. Thats up about 140 points or maybe just about threequarters of 1 upside there. Again, greenin technology is leading the way. Jon mentioned some of that apple and alphabet dynamic because of the bloomberg report because of a possible licensing or Partnership Deal and alp
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Maria good thursday morning, everybody. Thanks very much for joining us this morning. Im maria bartiromo. Is thursday, march 14, top stories right now, 6 00 a. M. On the east coast. Today, tiktok on the chopping block after the house overwhelminglies passes a bill forcing tiktok to divest from Chinese Parent Company bytedance or face a ban in the United States. American companies are now vying for the app as the bill bill mos onto the senate. Markets are trading this way, all to the plus side, just a few days ahead of fed meeting. This morning we look ahead to the february Producer Price index and retail sales out this morning, the fed meeting coming up this week on theth and 20 20th. More earnings out before the bell, Dicks Sporting Goods and Dollar General reporting. Bitcoin above 73,000 but it is below alltime highs this morning, the euphoria around bitcoin continues. Were talking about it. European markets trading this way, the eurozone, we are looking at a mixed story in europe, f