As for the tenyear note yield, a couple of days now after yellens testimony. Shes coming back soon, too, though, right . Tenyear note has moved up of late, 2. 743 . Lets take a look at europe. See how we performed there. As you can see, weakness there perhaps following probably some weakness here in the United States. And that is where we start with the deal that will create the Largest Cable Company by far in the u. S. Comcast the parent of Nbc Universal agreeing to acquiring Time Warner Cable for 45 billion in an allstock transaction. The deal values time warner at roughly 159 a share, before we open trading this morning. Of course. Comcast shares may be down ever so slightly. We will city. Of course, that would impact the value of the deal. The deal trumps Charter Communications recent offer which was 132. 50 a share in cash and stock and had been firmly rejected by Time Warner Cable. Charter earlier this week, of course, nominating 13 people to be on the board of directors as it be
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 threeyear low in january. And we talk to twitter cofounder biz stone about the outsized valuations of some of todays startups and whether were in the midst of another dotcom bubble. The s p logged its first backtoback losses in five weeks and the nasdaq posting its first fourday losing streak since august as shares of fuel cell, plug power and tesla took a hit. Cramer sounded off on all of this last nigh
This noon, another Security Breach at the white house, a person jumps the fence. And but we begin with a soggy start to our thursday and when the rain finally moves out we have cooler temperatures and wind to deal with. The umbrellas were out and the hoods were up in winfield. The rain put a damper on everyones morning but the good news is its on its way out. Looking live at Philadelphia International airport, no words of flight delays coming or going, things are smooth sailing for the most part. But the weather is another story. Lets go to david murphy and get the first look at the accuweather forecast. The forecast today is working out pretty much like we thought it would. Gray and windy and damp, and as you check out stormtracker 6 live double scan a couple of spots are still looking at showers, they continue to dig down from new york state, its a dry slot and are you getting wet there again in trenton as well. Some of that precipitation is pushing down into buck county and into Mon
Docket. May be seven. Well find out more in a few minutes. Watch bonds today. Investors pulled 4 billion from treasury funds in the weekended wednesday. Youre going to hear more great rotation talk today. Road map begins with blackberry open to the idea of going private. Also, priceline beating expectations and the shares approaching new highs, not seen since the dotcom era. Its shark week on wall street as our our guest likes to say. Hedge funder bill ackman pushes jcpenney to push up its search for a ceo. Published reports say the smartphone maker is warming up to the possibility of going private. The companys board are said to be increasingly coming around to the idea. No deal is imminent and blackberry has apparently not launched any kind of sale process. Interesting though, guys, reuters is saying theyre having discussions about collaboration with silver lake. Nothing regarding m and a but just in a time when theyre involved in another highprofile deal. Mike . I think no growth or
From the massacre of countless civilians with chemical weapons. And our democracy is stronger when the president and the peoples represented as stand together. I am ready to act in the face. I am asking the senate to send a message to the world. Thank you very much. We strike of Congress Disapproves . Will you strike if Congress Disapproves . In reaction to the president s remarks, House Republicans leaders released the following statement that joint statement coming from john boehner, House Majority leader eric cantor, a conference chair. You can see the house debate live on cspan and Senate Coverage on cspan two. Created by Cable Companies in 1979 and brought to you as a Public Service by your television provider. With waltversation mossberg continues on the communicators. How did you get this gig . Reviewing Tech Products . I was a washington reporter for about 20 years and im still based in washington but i do not cover washington anymore. In those years, before i did tech i covere