Yeah. Dow still negative by 55 points. It was a sleepy summer session until the headlines began to cross. Look for confirmation of exactly what happened. As we head into the final hour of trade with the dow off 55 points this hour, take a look at the nasdaq as well trading higher to the tune of seven points. The s p 500, roughly unchanged, off by just under two points. Joining our closing bell exchange, Gerard Fitzpatrick from russell investments. Ken, chris from Jk Investment Group and rick from cnbc along with michelle who has been leading our coverage on the situation at the Ukraine Russia border today. Michelle, any sort of subsequent headlines after these early claims today by the ukrainians they had tracked and destroyed Russian Military vehicles moving into their territory . Yeah. For sure. Russia is denying they had any vehicles there. After 10 00 big dive in the markets. This gentleman came out, hes a military spokesman and he said what youre talking about, they had destroyed
A 16month high, and gas prices up 11 days in a row. The road map begins with two days that are part of the old guard and the new leaders today, g. E. And honeywell trading higher after earnings beat expectations. On the opposite end, google and microsoft both missed slipping ahead of the open. And chipotle is spicing it up higher after beating the consensus, and detroit has become the biggest u. S. City to file for bankruptcy. We will get a live report from the ground in the motor city. Good morning, and good morning for the old industrials and g. E. Is rising in the market, and rising in the qe earnings 36 cents per share, and that cites big ticket Industrial Equipment and services orders. And honey well, helped by higher margins, jim, and to some degree, the margins are the story of the morning. You nailed it. One of the reasons i like General Electric because in every business the margins are improving and the water inf infrastructure had been the big, really big disappointment, and
Also a new wrinkle to the General Motors ignition switch recall story. There are, of course, congressional hearings. Now a criminal investigation. But because gm has gone through bankruptcy, it will not be civilly liable for any accidents that happened before june 2009. Well get the latest from phil lebeau and speak to legal pros on if this will hold up even if the company is found to be criminally negligents. Thats a fascinating wrinkle. Also a cnbc exclusive, rock legend neil young, that neil young, joins us coming up on the closing bell today. Neil is not happy with the sound of Digital Music right now, and he has used crowd funding to do something about it. Its a new Music Service which sounds so good they say its like being in the Recording Studio with them. Neil will be here to talk about that and his plans to make new music. Hes still working very hard these days. Hes been touring. He has a new album out. More plans for more music down the road. Do not miss the great neil young