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April 15, 2011
>> you got it. you guessed it. and louise ross, chester, new hampshire "why not release at least some of the oil in our reserves before gas reaches $5 a gallon? if thats rainy day fund, its pouring out. >> i understand how big of a strain this is on for family budgets and you know already weve got about $3.85. what we dont want to do is catch ourselves in a situation, particularly when things are uncertain in the middle east where were using it now and it turns out we need more later. there aren...
April 4, 2011
Whats on the business agenda this week, and its all changed at google on monday. co-founder larry raines takes it. page wants to inject more innovation and entrepreneurship as it battles facebook and other competitors. and then we take a look at wednesday. the worlds largest sea producer mon santo opens its books before bell. theyll post second quarter earnings of $1.85 a share. and then on thursday, the european central bank holds its meeting then and theres growing speculation it will raise in...
March 21, 2011
To get information out of the uk. british tax reform is expected to be top of the agenda on wednesday. and thats when the uk finance minister delivers his budget. speaking on sunday, george osbourne told the bbc it would be a huge mistake for the government to water down its austerity plan. then we look ahead to whats going to happen on thursday. now, the u.s. electronics retailer, best buy opens its books then. briefing.com forecast its earnings for the first quarter to be $1.85 a share. not ba...
March 16, 2011
Of the planet as proven reserves. as long as that area is filled with unrest, we are going to see some upward pressure on oil prices. very strong season for prices to move higher from march 15th through the middle of may, so those are factors that are going to prevent that 20 cents all of it from getting back to consumers. >> right. you say a 20 cent cushion but heading into the driving season. some other oil industry analysts telling me maybe $3.5 to $3.75 is the peak range heading spring into ...
March 11, 2011
From the open and right now it looks like those dow futures will be down by about 50 points right at the open. this is all coming as you see pressure on lots of different arenas. gold prices are down today. oil prices are down today. and if you watch some of the stocks in particular, insurers are taking a big hit. youve seen the pictures of whats happening in japan, as some of those tsunamis are playing out now in hawaii, expected later on the west coast. already, weve seen shares s b under pres...
March 7, 2011
>> they want to know what price they are going to play for jet fuel 3 or 4 months down the road. >> if gas goes to $4 and $5 a gallon? is there anything they can do about it? how about reducing taxes which is $0.85 a gallon in california and new york and illinois and hawaii and averages 45 krentsz a gallon nationwide. >> do you know candidate hillary clinton proposed exactly that. tax polymer. >> she actually proposed that? >> she did. that is what she proposed as she was a candidate. it would h...
March 7, 2011
>> they want to know what price they are going to play for jet fuel 3 or 4 months down the road. >> if gas goes to $4 and $5 a gallon? is there anything they can do about it? how about reducing taxes which is $0.85 a gallon in california and new york and illinois and hawaii and averages 45 krentsz a gallon nationwide. >> do you know candidate hillary clinton proposed exactly that. tax polymer. >> she actually proposed that? >> she did. that is what she proposed as she was a candidate. it would h...
March 7, 2011
>> they want to know what price they are going to play for jet fuel 3 or 4 months down the road. >> if gas goes to $4 and $5 a gallon? is there anything they can do about it? how about reducing taxes which is $0.85 a gallon in california and new york and illinois and hawaii and averages 45 krentsz a gallon nationwide. >> do you know candidate hillary clinton proposed exactly that. tax polymer. >> she actually proposed that? >> she did. that is what she proposed as she was a candidate. it would h...
March 4, 2011
Preventing it from reach to ort. they believe it crashed in the southern pacific ocean. the failed mission was designed to monitor radiation from the sun and particles in the atmosphere. 14 democratic senators are not coming back to work, despite threats. governor scott walker saying 1,500 layoff notices will be sent out to public workers by this weekend and take effect april 1st. because they cannot come to agreement on the budget. they also left the state last month to stall the budget repai...
March 4, 2011
Month and the unemployment rate dipped to 8.9%, its lowest level in nearly two years. gas prices jumped another 4 cents today and theyre up 21 cents over the last ten days. aaa says the average for a gallon of regular is now $3.47 a gallon. $3.47 a gallon. california has the highest price on average in the country, $3.85 a gallon. while hybrid cars save on gas, one of the big worries is the expensive battery pack may have to be replaced after a few hundred thousand miles, but a new test report...