Points s p turned negative. Down by lows to 3 points the nasdaq down by 72 points this morning a mixed bag again dow futures indicated up by 43 points s p down by 3 points the nasdaq down by 27. Overnight in asia, the nikkei ended down by 0. 3 the hang seng down by 1 shanghai down by 0. 20 in european trading, ret arroir across the board, though the ftse is at the flat line lets check out currencies yesterday cruel oil prices were down 1. 5 . This morning the dollar is up against the euro at 1. 1862 dollar yen at 112. 45 Republican Leaders in the house and senate are racing to merge the tax plans and send the bill to President Trump before the end of the year. A Conference Committee plans to reconcile the two pieces of legislation starting this week among the differences the house has four individual rates, the senate seven the house cuts the corporate rate to 20 right away the senate waits until 2019. The senate repeals the individual mandate while the house doesnt. Another point of p
And ive always said this. Its nice to have kids because you need to live to watch them grow up, right i guess time is passing, they cant grow up. Did you have a nice day we did. I i dont know, i thought i had a free rain ein to imbibe. You cant tell what youre doing until its too late. So i have a picture we had a cake when we got home. I was laying on the couch and they took a picture of me because i wouldnt sit up to eat the cake you need those glasses that we had stounounds like a good birth we went in the big city it was fun. Happy belated birthday. Thank you. Folks, lets check out the u. S. Equity futures. The second trading week of the year green arrows dow was up by 577 points gain of 2. 3 nasdaq up by even more 3. 4 just in the first four trading days looks like there are green arrows across the board. Dow futures up comes after big gains up tonight in asia. Nikkei up by. 9. Hang seng up by a quarter of a percent. Shanghai up. Early trading in europe this morning you will see t
Mixed week right now, youre looking at the dow on pace for its eighth consecutive weekly gain as kevin was talking about. Hard to find down days the s p 500 is hovering around break even if it does end in the positive territory, it would be its eighth consecutive weekly gain nasdaq on track for its sixth week of gains. Dow futures indicated up by 30 points nasdaq indicated to open up by 20 points. S p fight pictuutures indicate 0 1. 5 this morning the hang seng ended up by 0. 3 in korea, the kospi with you up by close to a half percentage point. In shanghai, down by a third of a percentage point in europe, you will see it looks like things are relatively flat. France, you couldnt get much flatter than it stands the dax is up by 0. 3 . The ftse up by 0. 25 we will get to the gop tax plan and jay powell in a moment, a couple other big stories President Trumps twitter account was temporarily dark last night the company says that a exiter employee accidentally deactivated the account on hi
Care about, theyre destroying. You cant have it both ways. A city wide curfew starts tonight at 10 00 p. M. Baltimore city schools have been cancelled and several area businesses are telling their employees to stay home. We will have a live report from baltimore later this hour. Behave businesswe have business stories to tell you about. Well be getting pfizer murick,s by tomurick murick,s by Bristol Myers and well be hearing from twitter, go pro, kraft food and others. A twoday meeting an announcement due out tomorrow afternoon. The index in april Consumer Confidence numbers well get those this morning. In global news greeces Prime Minister is confident about an early deal after sidelining the outspoken finance minister that infuriated partners but if the talks fail the Prime Minister would have to resort to a referendum. In stocks to watch today, apple is going to be sharply higher in after hours trading after erngsarnings stopped revenue. A lot of that had to do with china. The compa
Well. Its wednesday, february 6, 2013. Squawk box begins right now. Good morning, welcome to squ squawk box on cnbc. Becky quick is under the weather. Hope you feel better. Joe is off, steve leaseman here, as well. Our guest this hour, Yahoo Finance senior columnist steven kohey. A lot to discuss about the markets. Stocks rallying to wipe out most of the previous session losses. Check out the socalled ear gauge. The vix as we call it, tumbling below 14. Then in the next hour, something a little different on squawk box this morning. Were going to be joined on set by three wellknown names on wall street. Blair ephron, roger altman. And honeywell chief david cody y. These guys . All three have been sitting in on regular Conference Calls with the white house. Theyre among the leaders the Obama Administration is turning to for advice on everything from the deficit to taxes to the broader economy. Then, after we talk to them, theyre going to paint a picture for us, were going to turn to two