chicago, guys. with gdp this morning hard to think of a better morning to talk to the single biggest restaurant company. 34,000 restaurants around the globe. a company as global as it comes, serving 69 million people every single day. what does ceo don thompson see about global economy? the u.s., europe, china, commodity costs, new menu items. the stock which you well know has managed to ignore at least to now same-store sales comps that are getting lower and lower over time. we ll talk about all of that over the next hour. a big show coming up from suburban chicago here at mcdonald s. can t wait you to watch you making an egg mcmuffin. egg whites. when you go into a diner. i d like an egg white omelet. i don t know if we can make that. how many will he be making? you have to make it many, many times and very quickly, all part of the mcdonald s story. all right, carl. we ll be checking in with you very shortly. let s get to the futures and they are moving to the dow
margaret thatcher has passed away at the age of 87. the nikkei, the highest close t and our road map begins with the markets poised ahead higher despite investors prepping for what s setting up to be a disappointing earnings season. general electric, ump approximating up its oil and gas business, provider lufkin industries for $3 billion. deutche says the airline sector is expected to take off expecting profits up 140% from a year ago. our own jim cramer on meet the press this weekend keeping about fed chair bernanke in the driver s seat. we ll kick it off with the markets as first quarter earnings season kicks off with alcoa. earnings outlook is fairly week. growth expect, compared to 6.2% last quarter is also an unusual high number of negative warnings. 107 negative revisions for s&p companies and jim, i think the ratio of downward to upward guidance is .28 to 1. it s one of the worst ever. i got that from twitter and i apologize where i first saw that on twitte
andrew? thank you, becky. that s a heck of a show. it is. got a lot of big names, so this should be fun. let s talk about the headlines this morning. cyprus is working on capital control measures today to prevent a run on the banks. banks there, they are due to reopen tomorrow. cypriots, though, have taken to the streets to protest the bailout deal with international lenders, and our own michelle caruso-cabrera remains in cyprus today. she ll join us with a live report in just a couple minutes. in u.s. corporate news, pay attention to boeing. boeing could face a new challenge as it tries to get the dreamliner back in the air. experts now say that the faa may shorten the permitted flying time of the aircraft on certain routes when it approves a revamped battery system. here s the problem, this could be a blow to boeing and its customers because the dreamliner was designed as a fuel-saving jet aimed at lowering costs on long-distance transocean journeys. of course, if
greg: a rick perry moment is now officially part of the english language. last night s republican debate had more highlights than david beckham s hair but it s known for one sad thing. for once, it s not jim kraemer who really is crusty the clown without makeup. it s your fault. it s your fault. it s your problem. but if this goes, the world banking system could shut down. doesn t it involve our banks, too? greg: a hernia in human form. the words, the freeze that brought rick perry to his knees. i know you have seen it 400 times already. i would do away with education, the commerce. let s see. i can t the third one i can t. sorry. oops. greg: wow! was that bad or what? i got to say, i ve never seen anyone look that dumb. i stepped in it last night. that s for sure. i was thinking about the number of federal agencies that were coming to mind but the one greg: we are going to have ed asner out there running counterinsurgencies of the mountains. in the moun
greg: a rick perry moment is now officially part of the english language. last night s republican debate had more highlights than david beckham s hair but it s known for one sad thing. for once, it s not jim kraemer who really is crusty the clown without makeup. it s your fault. it s your fault. it s your problem. but if this goes, the world banking system could shut down. doesn t it involve our banks, too? greg: a hernia in human form. the words, the freeze that brought rick perry to his knees. i know you have seen it 400 times already. i would do away with education, the commerce. let s see. i can t the third one i can t. sorry. oops. greg: wow! was that bad or what? i got to say, i ve never seen anyone look that dumb. i stepped in it last night. that s for sure. i was thinking about the number of federal agencies that were coming to mind but the one greg: we are going to have ed asner out there running counterinsurgencies of the mountains. in the mounta