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Stocks started out the week, well, on a down note. Nicole it was pretty unbelievable we have had a lot of volatility recently. Today the index is up about 2 . That is a loss of one third of 1 . The s p a loss of eight quarter of 1 . The tech heavy nasdaq has an up arrow. Fractionally higher. We are keeping an eye on so many names. We will hear our first, formally known as Humphrey Hawkins on the dow having an upgrade. Connell president obama is hosting the french president. This comes as some economists are saying that the United States is in danger of becoming more like france when it comes t...

Crossing the wires. It is official. Joseph a. Bank is acquiring eddie bower for more than 800 million in cash and stocks. Talks will be rooub roumored ea this morning. Joseph a. Bank does have the right to end that agreement if it receives an acquisition bid that et feels would create more shareholder value. Joesest a. Bank and menswearhouse have made bids in the last few months. Andrew, youve had some pretty strong thoughts about this move when it was first rumored that it might be happening. This is the talk to the hand because its nanny, nanny, nanny. Yeah. Craziness. We can talk about that...

We always do at this time. It looks like were setting up for a slightly lower opening. We shall see. Not much of an active day there, we were very focused on the enormous cable deal yesterday in terms of the Broader Markets. Tenyear note yield, weve been in the 27 range, yes, 2. 75 and europe was positive, euro zone gdp showing betterthanexpected growth in the Fourth Quarter led by france and germany that has helped those markets. Yesterday a bit of a turmoil, you get that and italy and the like, markets were a bit lower perhaps impacting us slightly. Lets get back to our roadmap right here an...

Also a new wrinkle to the General Motors ignition switch recall story. There are, of course, congressional hearings. Now a criminal investigation. But because gm has gone through bankruptcy, it will not be civilly liable for any accidents that happened before june 2009. Well get the latest from phil lebeau and speak to legal pros on if this will hold up even if the company is found to be criminally negligents. Thats a fascinating wrinkle. Also a cnbc exclusive, rock legend neil young, that neil young, joins us coming up on the closing bell today. Neil is not happy with the sound of Digital Mus...

Indicating another tough day for the markets after the first backtoback losses in five weeks for the s p and a fourday losing streak for the nasdaq, but as well talk about with jim in a moment, could clearing the froth be just what the market needs . General motors set to continue lower after its worst oneday performance in over two years that was yesterday and after a report that the u. S. Attorneys office in new york has opened a criminal probe in to the handling or lack of handling of a recall. Continuing fallout from the target breach. New data finds that customer traffic fell to a threeye...