Good monday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. I am carl quintanilla, morgan brennan, a brennan. The first story, more than two dozen attorneys general expected to announce antitrust investigation into alphabet. Ylan mui has more from washington reporter good morning, carl. We expect that formal announcement from the steps of the Supreme Court at 2 00 p. M. It is the largest coordinated effort to take on big tech we have seen so far attorney general of texas, ken paxton, a republican, is leading the charge this will be a bipartisan investigation. We have a statement from massachusetts ag maurahealey she said Online Advertising is everyone this will center on three big questions. Has google engaged in behavior that stifles competition, restricts access, harms customers. Were told the investigation will include demand for google to turn over documents related to the advertising business. Hoping to get more specifics on how states will frame their case at the announcement later today. Goog
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Earnings will hit. David President Trump gave a interview with Bloomberg News. Among the things covered, his interest in bringing back glasssteagall. We are looking at that. There are some people who want to go back to the old system, so were going to look at that. We are looking at it right now, and doddfrank is going to be very, very seriously changed so the banks can go back to running lending money. David Kevin Cirilli is with us to put his comments in a broad perspective. He did say he is looking at this. How seriously is he taking that . Is this a priority . Kevin no. This was a great interview and this was in line with what President Trump said on the campaign trail. The conservative and democratic bases of both parties we have seen this rhetoric of reinstating glasssteagall frequently. That said, people like Elizabeth Warren, the way they went to implement making up the big banks is very different. Democrats want to have more regulation. Republicans are advocating to provide in
Health care in this country. Its a first on cnbc interview. Well talk about this ongoing battle on capitol hill, and how it could impact his business. Might see a vote this week. Always get a good read of whats going on in the industry when mark joins us. Looking forward to that very much. You saw muvaney giving a firey defense of the government funding deal reached in congress, and President Trumps tweet that the nation needs a good shutdown as he put it, we got the highlights on all of that coming out of washington. Coming up in a moment here. And microsoft taking aim at googles chromebook and dominance in the education market. Coming up, discussing whether mic microsoft can dethrone google. A guest thats a regular here on closing bell, and he happens to be the president of his local board of education, and he says they are very happy with the Google Chromebooks. Whats it take to get microsoft in the market . Thats coming up. Beginning, though, with apples earnings, due out after the
How he was able to win his first major after nearly two decades in so many near misses. Have a look at where european equities trading. Where 30 minutes away from the end of the tuesday session. Stocks were up and then down. They are both down by 1 . Market, although rising against the u. S. Dollar today. Im not going to say were let currency. We are going to talk to jeremy and just a second. Yields are increasing in spain. As you can see, haven trades are benefiting. We have a wonderful chart today showing the volatility and how its increasing. Have a fewr one, we weeks to go before the french election. Avestors are preparing for shock in swings. There been rallies for 10 consecutive days. That is the longest since 2011. It overshadows the increase. Vix, itease and in the is half as much. We have a volatility index. Its increasing before the french election. Market complacency is given way to extreme cautiousness. The spread between one month implies volatility closing at a record hig