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We start the hour with breaking news. The futures are surging on the news that the fiscal cliff has been averted. Welcome to squawk on the street. Im melissa lee. First trading day of the new year, poised to begin in rally mode. Keep in mind, this is off of the big rally we saw on friday precliff. The biggest gain we saw in the month of november across the board. This, of course, as Congress Takes measures to avoid the fiscal cliff. Take a look at this. This is something you dont see too often on wall street. The dow looking at about 202 points at the open. Look at the picture over in the euro...

Trying to strengthen ties with eu allies. Hans nichols is in the belgian capital. What will be the tone in brussels . It started somber when the president visited fields of flanders. On wars inective past centuries and the responsibilities of the current. Eneration all unit given the situation with ukraine. Technically, heres what is happening today. Theyre making technicall assessments on which industries in europe would be affected by another round of sanctions against sectors and companies. Obama mentioned energy, finance, arms industry. They seem to be far away from pulling the trigger on ...

Getting reports on home sales. Andrew, good morning. All the way down at the stock exchange. Facebook shares getting a boost hitting record highs. The social times beating the street. The company says it saw an increase for both advertiseres and users during the Second Quarter. Well have more from analyst dean munser. Second Quarter Results fell a bit short. Cheaper Service Plans offered to customers without subsidized cell phone cut into margins. Were going to talk to an at t analyst in the next half an hour about that. There could be a bit of good news in there, too. Qualcomm Beat Estimates ...

The finance committee will come to order. The u. S. Tax code is infected with the chronic diseases of loopholes and inefficiency. These infections are hobbling americas drive to create more good wage, red, white and blue jobs here at home. They are a significant drag on our economy and are harming u. S. Competitiveness. The latest outbreak of this contagion is the growing wave of corporate inversions where American Companies move their headquarters out of the United States in pursuit of lower tax rates. The inversion virus now seems to be multiplying every few days. Medtronics proposed merger ...

According to the situation. Dollar general will be offering to divest up to 1500 stores if required by the ftc. Now, before they had offered 700 stores. This even though Dollar General says it believes that the pledge to divest those 700 stores as part of the proposal provide more than enough to clear any regulatory review. It includes a 500 million reverse break up fee. And the important point there is to ensure how confident they would be. Its a long, sordid story. Skoe and i have gone back and forth. On august 21st, Family Dollar rejected ads 7. 58 share a bid for Dollar General. What they ...