Just why was that malaysia air flight flying over such a dangerous area and what has been the policy of all airlines that fly internationally with so many hotspots across the globe . We have phil lebeau standing by. Hes been looking into that. And for anyone who travels, you may be surprised about where airlines have been willing to go, at least until yesterdays tragedy. Then back in corporate america, two developing stories. Time warner trading above rupert Murdo Murdochs 85 offer, which was rejected. So, what does that say about what wall street thinks is going to happen next . Somebody thinks were going to get a deal. Yep, for sure. But at a higher price. Also, fedex higher today, despite being indicted by the u. S. Government, accused of being a drug mule for illegal pharmacies, saying fedex is knowingly shipping drugs to dealers and addicts. Well look at the governments case. All right, lets get you caught up on the markets. Weve essentially, as michelle was highlighting, done a r
A bit chilly, im afraid, wouldnt you say . And it Stephanie Ruhle is not a bit chilly, it is bloody freezing outside. You might the canadian and used to this, i cannot stand how cold it is. But if anyone is going to talk grand theft auto, it is this girl. Really . Just kidding. [laughter] starting this mornings show with japan. The Prime Minister is trying to hisue his economy and economic policy. He is dissolving parliament this week and calling for early elections, also delaying a second sales hike. The first tax increase is being blamed for sending japan into his economic policy. He is dissolving parliament this week and callingrecession. He wants his plans debated during the election. I want to make it clear for the debates during the general election whether our economic policies are right or wrong or if there are no other choices available for us. Be ont to make japans imagel trial. Eike batista is also on trial, at one point he was the richest man in brazil, the seventh wealthie
Except for that stock. Look at apple. A close above 114. 29 would make it a 800 stock on a presplit basis from the time it went back and we are there now at 115 and change. While snow and cold is here across much of the country, maybe the santa claus rally is also here, as well. Well be following all of that in this final hour of trading today. Keeping an eye on gold here. Coming up, Vladimir Putin now hoarding gold . New report says he is. Why . Well speak with will rind shortly in a first on cnbc interview. You wont want to miss this. Do we need the look at the video of him without shirts on . No. Viewer request. And as obamacarols out for year number two, the spotlight is not on the website but how the law was passed and whether or not the people intentionally deceived. The glib comments coming from one of the laws advisers continues to gather steam. We will have the latest on all of that coming up in a little bit here. Yes. Lets get straight to it with the Closing Bell Exchange. Th
Youtubes new service. She was on the cover of Time Magazine in, right . We just had the editor of that piece in last week. Loved her. It was a guy. Loved him, too. I have to say, well, the editor of Time Magazine is a woman. This was one of the deputy editors who say here. But taylor swift. That was friday. Remind me of things like that. The funny thing is, you can remember Everything Else forever, but i can remember childhood things, like back to when i was 3. Betty . No, becky. Thats just what some of our guests say. Taylor swift, i think, is a great role model for the kids. Im really glad shes out there. I am, too. Earnings are just out from dow component home depot. The company beating estimates by 2 cents. Revenue was above expectations, so was did 5. 2 increase in samestore sales. Home depot did say it has not set aside money for the costs related to that recent data breach. It says it cant yet estimate all of those expenses, but otherwise, good numbers across the board. Well see
Numbers. Profits miss estimates by a penny. The massive data breach hang over the stock. Macys downgrade with disappointing results, dicks and urban outfitters. All moved lower. A vote coming for obonomics in japan. And well have an exclusive interview with the ceo of halliburton to buy baker hughes. Revenue above consensus rose better than expected 5. 2 . Retail noting at 28 million and expenses for that recent data breach adding it cannot estimate the total cost of the breach which for the year, about 34 million. Not bad in a tough retail environment. Traffic up. I think what happened is last week macys reported a quarter where they cut the forecast, yet the stock rallied too after being down one. That caused a lot of people to say it doesnt matter what retailers do. Its going to be a good holiday. Gasoline down, employment up means you can suspend what people think. Lots of stocks ran. When you run into a quarter, suddenly we take it into account the way we didnt when macys was stal