| U.S. stock futures were higher in early trading, after a late selloff Monday kept the Dow and S&P 500 alternating between gains and losses for the ninth consecutive session. (CNBC) |
| For the first time in months, the government's consumer price index isexpected to edge higher, with a 0.2 percent increase seen for February, compared to a 0.7 percent decline in January. (CNBC) |
| Policymakers should wait no more than a few months before considering raising interest rates, San Francisco Fed President John Williams said in a speech. Those comments had initially supported the dollar. (Reuters) |
| Oil prices saw wild swings this morning, after activity in China's factory sector dropped to an 11-month low. Saudi Arabia also said its production was close to an all-time high. (Reuters) |
| In recent months, Facebook (FB) has been quietly holding talks with at least half a dozen media companies about hosting their content inside the social network rather than making users tap a link to go to an external site. (NY Times) |
| Twitch-the video game streaming site that Amazon (AMZN) bought for $970 million last year-has been hacked. Users of the popular online site, which allows you to watch others play video games, will be prompted to make a new password. (CNBC) |
| After a couple of months of tinkering, the former Hulu CEO is ready to unveil his next startup, which will give users chance to pay $3 a month to watch videos they might be used to seeing for free. (Re/code) |
| The final scene in the courtroom drama of the Ellen Pao trial begins today, when lawyers on both sides of what could be a landmark sex-discrimination lawsuit are likely to begin their closing arguments. (USA Today) |
| U.S. broadband providers have filed lawsuits against the Federal Communications Commission's recently approved net neutrality rules, launching what's expected to be a series of legal challenges. (Reuters) |
| An Airbus A320 has crashed in Southern France, a German air traffic control spokesperson told NBC News. The plane, which was flying between Dusseldorf and Barcelona, was operated by Germanwings, which is owned by Germany's Lufthansa. (CNBC) |
| Negotiations with Iran to curtail its nuclear program were just getting underway when senior White House officials learned Israeli spies were eavesdropping on the closed-door talks. (WSJ) |
| Half of the households receiving federal Obamacare subsidies last year will have to repay some money back to the government when they file their tax returns, a new analysis estimates. (CNBC) |
 Toby Cosgrove, CEO of the Cleveland Clinic, joins CNBC's "Squawk Box" at 7:40 a.m. ET to evaluate the president's health care plan five years later. |
| Angelina Jolie has had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed after tests indicated possible signs of cancer, the actress announced in a New York Times op-ed, two years after she underwent a preventative double mastectomy. (NBC News) |
