Research Senior Research economist michelle mire and well talk through everything thats been happening through jobs and what to expect. But first, there is a developing story. An earthquake off the northeast coast of japan triggered a tsunami warning. The warning has been lifted, but it was a 7. 3 quake. So far no reports of any injuries or damage. It was for the same area devastated by an earthquake and tsunami back in march of last year. We will continue to bring you any developments. In the meantime, steve has some of the mornings top other stories. Lets start with the markets. Asian stocks rallying to 2012 highs overnight. The nikkei edging lower after hitting a se hitting hitting a seven month closing high yesterday. European trading, shares seem to be fwllat. Bundesbank announced it had cut its Growth Outlook for the country. In the u. S. , the nasdaq snapped its losing streak yesterday with its first gain in five days. The dow was on pace for its Third Straight weekly gain. U. S
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The facebook founder is ready to take your phone to the next level. The key announcement at the Facebook Developers conference. I want to get to the big three, the stocks we are watching as we head into the close. Get earnings. To the two big earnings movers today have to do with Tech Companies who reported after the close yesterday. Twitter big in the news, and at the lowest level since its first day of trading. This all has to do with subscriber both. Growth. Their concerns about flowing slowing growth for twitter. Ebay, initially it looks good, but the companys Sales Forecast is a little bit short of estimates. Ebay took a 3 billion charge related to repatriation of foreign profits. Issue moreen a big broadly for companies, and it was a bit of a surprise that ebay brought this money back. Big deal, this time in the utilities industry. The nations Largest Nuclear power provider is making an acquisition. Pepcos 20 higher than close yesterday. This will make a big midatlantic power com
The yield us up at i think 2. 73 , 2. 74 . In europe now the major averages are all higher as well. See right now that the cac is up in franch by 1. 8 . J nermny the dax higher by 2. 2 . Ftse up by better than 1 as well. A lot of green arrows as we begin things on this monday. Andrew, over to you. Hey, beck. Nice way to start the week off. As joe was mentioning that little bit of news this morning, Thompson Reuters now saying its going to be suspending the Early Release of its Reuters University of Michigan Consumer sentiment data at the request of the new York Attorney general. The news of the Information Company has agreements to allow some of its clients to receive that data two seconds before other clients. You might remember this news was broken by eamon javers about two weeks ago. Investment group Perry Capital filing a lawsuit against the Treasury Department over the bailout terms for mortgage firms fannie mae and freddie mac. Saying they violated a 2008 law that put the two Mor
Dow. We know what happens to the dog of the dow the next year. Last years worst performer was hewlett pack add. I was going to say. This year, the best performer. And best buy, if you could just if everyone could time the bottom. Well, of course. If you could buy at the low, you could sell at the high. Thats the secret. Well talk to mr. Kleinfeld about that. And good news for the tabloids, maybe bad news for the banks, because hes back. Eliot spitzer is seeking office once again. He could very well win for the office hell run for. Now, wall street and the banks that spitzer famously went after are on notice and some are already showing concern. Well tell you why coming up in a little bit. Great story. Yes, it is. And the investigation into the crash of that 777 in San Francisco continues. The focus seems to be on the pilot who did not have any experience landing that model plane at the San Francisco airport, and attempted to abort the landing seconds before the accident. So should ther