Microsoft executive. Does he have what it takes to move the stock higher and get the Company Performing on all cylinders . Well find out and discuss it. And here it comes again. More snow coming. Two significant systems developing and targeting the eastern third of the country. Lets check in, meantime, with sue down at the new york stock exchange. Its all that pesky groundhogs fault. Stocks are higher today, up about 93 points after yesterdays big selloff. The dow higher for only the third time in 111 sessions. 94 to the upside on the dow. The s p up 15 points and the nasdaq up 44. The tenyear note, look at the yield there, its crept up just a little bit more, 2. 68 on that, because we were looking at a sub2. 6 Interest Rate yesterday. Check out the other global indices today. Japan taking a big hit, down 4 , and overnight, now down about 13 for the year as a whole. The nikkei certainly has everybodys attention and they are watching not only the nikkei but the yen as well. Up to you. T
This morning. Hotels in new york offering a social media wedding service, that person who takes selfys on your big day. Adam a nation of narcissists. Cheryl is social media going too far on this . Adam if you want to spend 3,000 go for it. All right, we have a stock alert right now. Lets get to Nicole Petallides working entertainment and candy crush. By 3,000 worth of stock to the upside. We traded as low as 19. 08 a share. What is interesting about this is people are concerned about this. This is the big ipo. Everyone was waiting on this one but it is over at 7 billion in valuation but the concern is whether their main game, is that it . What will they do in the future . Did it allow zynga . Some of the other traders on wall street say that. We watched zynga closely, it is down 50 from its ipo debut in 2011 but you see zynga down 4. 3 on a day when the market is doing great, tough market conditions, the ipo is having a little bit of tough time on this day. Jpmorgan and bank of America
finance with the ceo of cowen and company, jeffrey solomon, and bill isaac. plus the state of innovation, steve case will be joining us live at 7:30 eastern time. so we have a big show ahead. before we get to all of that, let s get you up to speed on the morning s headlines. andrew, good morning. thanks, becky. good morning to you. we will get you caught up on some of the big headlines. germany s highest court ruling that the country can ratify the new permanent european bailout fund, but there are conditions to germany s participation. here s the important part. parliament will have veto power over any future increases. we ll have more on that story in just a few moments. back here in the u.s., the fed is beginning to begin convening a two-day policy setting meeting in washington. market expectations high. many investors expect the central bank the unleash a third round of quantity sative reezing. we ll get the decision tomorrow afternoon. ben bernanke will be holding that
first off next week is the last week before we reach earnings season. i need you to use any spring to lighten up on troubled sectors. including technology stocks which will tell a horrific struggles. industrials and any brokers or banks that do a lot of international work. minerals, mining too. further, if we get lift to oil and gas, please, lighten up on the whole complex. they will be some of the the most downbeat reports when they give you their quarters and many of the oil companies will scale back the plans. not all, particularly the deep water podges can t be turning it on and off. those will stay. i think the retailers will have gotten oversold that they are tempting. yesterday s suggestion that you pick up bed, bath and beyond, and i like the health care stocks that upheld obamacare. these are changes that make you feel like health care will be the place to be in the second half of the year. on monday we get the june institute of supply management index. so many peopl