CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis reports the ECB will leave interest rates at current levels; Best Buy is discounting Apple's iPad 3 by 30 percent; and Carnival's ship, Triumph had to be towed to port after breaking loose from a dock.
Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart, talks with CNBC's Steve Liesman about continuing the Fed's asset purchase policy; the outlook on employment; and the cost of quantitative easing. "Clearly inflation has to be front and center as a concern," Lockhart added.
Tax refund fraud is a growing $5 billion a year problem as crooks are getting smarter and the IRS needs to work harder to catch thieves, reports CNBC's Scott Cohn.
Discussing what role China plays in the tensions with North Korea, and how worried the U.S. should be about hacking, with Carla Robbins, Council on Foreign Relations.
Technical analyst JC O'Hara says his charts show Apple's stock is resting at a key support level and set for a major short-term bounce. Fundamental analyst Jeff Kilburg thinks the stock will keep falling. (2:25)
Defense Secretary Hagel says North Korea's rhetoric presents a "real and clear" danger from the country. CNBC's Eamon Javers reports the U.S. is sending missile defense to Guam. CNBC's Bob Pisani, weighs in.
Eugene Goldman, McDermott Will & Emery partner; and Dennis Berman, Wall Street Journal, discuss how the SEC's decision will impact the way information is distributed.
There are fundamental issues with the stock market rally, but threats from North Korea are not among them, Dennis Gartman of The Gartman Letter says. (3:15)