Oslo, norway, very expensive city, a pack of smokes governments 15 bucked and number three, sydney, a bottle of table wine will cost you 25 which is a disgrace considering how much wine we produce and the runner up osaka, japan, where a dinner for four costs you 950. Worlds most expensive city, tokyo, loaf of bread, 9. 60. Thanks for watching street signs, everybody. Closing bell is next. Hi, everybody. We enter the final stretch. Welcome to the closing bell. Im embroemo at the New York Stock Exchange. This market trying to finish and retake that 14,000 level, not so fast. Were coming back here. Im bill griffith. A seesaw day so far, the markets february volatility does continue and setting up to be an interesting final hour of trade, this being the most important hour of the day. As weve noted well be watching to see if dow 14,000 is in the cards over the next 60 minutes here. Also in the show, hewlettpackard. Is it really exploring a breakup . Ive got my questions here. The stock mov
Lost 4 points. While the s p gained 5. Gold flatlined oil added on some small change. The sec meets today with exchange executives to find out what was behind nasdaqs trading glitch. Trading suddenly stopped for 3 hours last month and regulators want to know why. Ibm is selling its Customer Care business to synnex corp for 505 million. And, pandora names Brian Mcandrews as its next ceo and chairman. The stock has been mostly on the rise the past few days. Todd horwitz of average joe options joins us on the show this morning. Todd, you have been a tape fighter. We have the dow well above 15,000. The s p showing a breakout here. How do you like this market now . Hah, good morning angie. Well, you know, if you really look at the tape overall where weve been in the last 10 weeks is in consolidation. Were in wide sweeping consolidation, but still in consolidation just the same. We havent taken out a new high yet. Were just up at these next level of ranges 15 3 in the dow, 1685 in the s p, a
A judge says David Einhorns hedge fund may succeed in its legal attack against apple. And youve been hacked. Major financial institutions, fast food joints, tech giants, and now car companies. Corporate america facing a flurry of attacks. Its wednesday, february 20, 2013. New fiveyear high yesterday. Squawk box begins right now. Good morning, everybody. And welcome to squawk box here on cnbc. Im becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. Our guest host is Business Insider ceo henry blogett. From corporate hacking attacks to questions about dells corporate buyout, this is a great day to have him on set. Welcome. Coming up next hour, a squawk ceo summit. Were tackling a question on everyones mind how do we get the economy to grow from here . No one knows better than the leaders of corporate america. Joining on set this morning, 32 adviser ceo robert wolfe. Well have hanes celestial ceo irwin simon. And the kraft Group President , Jonathan Kraft. On the lighter side of thin
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