Reuters received a takeover approach by a third party, but wouldn't say who. Those in the know say its Thomson group, the financial news company that aggregates information, like which analysts cover which company -- a service that we here at CNBC use quite often.
Hey there. Time for our trivia questions of the day. Here they are. The video question is worth $2,000 Bonus Bucks: As part of Delta's reorganization plan to emerge from bankruptcy, how many different types of planes will they fly? Your selection of answers is: 9 or 3 or 12 or 5. And the news question is worth $1,000 Bonus Bucks: According to the CNBC study, the Dow & S&P 500 have been positive for the 12 months leading up to every election since what year? Your selection of answers is: 1960 or 1982 or 1968 or 1978.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average broke the 13,000 mark for the first time Wednesday. Does this historical high mean investors should fill their portfolios with momentum stocks? Or should they seek higher-quality long-term investments? Lincoln Anderson, chief investment officer at LPL Financial Services, offered his advice to "Squawk on the Street" viewers.
Sometimes, a single comment can have deep meaning. Or at the very least, be worthy of a full-blown CNBC alert. General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz managed to capture our attention with a single comment: that the “mortgage industry meltdown” is reducing affordability for auto buyers and negatively impacting April sales. As our Phil LeBeau explained when we threw him on the air to talk about this, such comments aren’t necessarily surprising...