i heard it all day today. the misery, the feeling of defeat. the notion you will be annihilated by europe, that it s coming to an end. i heard the word armageddon twice today. let s throw in apocalypse for good measure. how about prozac? wait a second. how many times has it come to the end already? wasn t it the end in november and the europeans financed bond purchases? was it in june after the horrendous employment number met with some give by german chancellor angela merkel and recognition that the fed would have to go from neutral to aggressive to keep things on track. understand, it s not like i m unwilling to say sell, sell, sell. i have done it before. unlike others i said say sell in 2008. i didn t say it. i shouted it. if you listen you sidestep the 4,000 point decline in the dow jones average from a lower level than we are now. look, it s on record. i have no fear of yelling fire in a crowded theater in order to save as many as i can, but only if there is a fire and
1.6% haircut and the nasdaq imploded down 1.95%. i heard it all day today. the feeling of defeat. the notion you will be annihilated by europe, that it s coming to an end. i heard the word armageddon twice today. let s throw in apocalypse for good measure. how about prozac? wait a second. how many times has it come to the end already? wasn t it the end in november and the europeans financed bond purchases? was it in june after the horrendous employment number met with give by german chancellor angela merkel and recognition that the fed would go from neutral to aggressive to keep things on track. understand, it s not like i m unwilling to say sell, sell, sell. i have done it before. unlike others i said say sell in 2008. i didn t say it. i shouted it. if you listen you side step the 14,000 point decline in the dow jones industrial average from a lower average than we are now. look, it s on record. i have no fear of yelling fire in a crowded theater in order to save as many as
morning. haland saying he knows of no contingency plans regarding a greek exit. it is no surprise that the road map leads to brus sells. europe feeling a 21-month low. former greek prime minister acknowledging that there is a risk that greece could leave the euro. will brussels lead today? needham, $40 target. the cfo gets singled out for blaming the journal. meantime, dallas trying a free market of a 17-month low. results confirm a tech-spending slow down because of european and fiscal uncertainties. we ll start with markets set to open lower with a lead on concerns about a potential greek exit from the euro. lucas tells cnbc there are no preparations under way for greece to leave and that such a move is unlikely to materialize. european leaders will try to craft solutions to the debt crisis as they meet at a brussebru brussels summit. german chancellor miracle opposed but france chancellor supports. maybe settle for some infrastructure bonds or smaller proposals tha
the dax. failed to reach a coalition foe coll lowing sunday eats reelection. so wlo knows about the next trench o. bail out. a whole lot of questions out there. let s hid the road map. a rare miss for mcdonalds comes in short of the company s own forecast. could the stock which had a torrid 2011 be solid. gas prices down five weeks in a row. pseudocombat for the consumer or bad for growth? facebook eegs road show continues from boston. we ll tackle that and find out why the media just can t stoep talking about it. one of sprint s largest shareholders is opposing dan s reelection of the board saying his pay does not match the company s aper fore manse. let s start with mcdonalds, a smaller than expected rise in april sales. sales rose only 3.3% globally while analysts were expecting a gain of 4 neolyte. of course, jim, one of the true blue chips. explain and set up why you guys are in new orleans. well, first, macdonalds, thi has been such a consistent monster in to
we won them all. yes, indeed. it was a trifecta. mitt romney sweeps three more contests, moving closer to clinching the nomination, as president obama mentions him by name now. and from russia with love, a whole lot of love. claims in a new documentary that the russian spy anna chapman got cozy with a cabinet member. the fbi is now trying to stomp those rumors out. it s like a novel, huh? but up first this morning, texas sized destruction from tornadoes that ripped through the dallas/ft. worth area. as many as 13 tornadoes reported touching down yesterday. one of the twisters caught on tape in lancaster. holy moly. look at that. look at the debris fly. oh, my god. please. it s about a block or two away from my house. look at that. oh, shoot. oh, shoot. oh, holy shoot. look at that. oh, my god. the debris is flying. holy moly, oh, my god. holy moly. holy moly, yeah. he s probably a little too close for comfort there. it s about as close as you can get. the guy shoo