Film road map to apartheid. I have been able to visit israel and palestine on more than two occasions. And what i experienced there was such a cruel reminder of a at a painful to protest south africa. We were largely controlled in the same way. We will speak with the israeli and South African born codirector of the film, then reverend billy on the end of the world. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. People across the United States are expected to join a moment of silence at 9 30 this morning to mark one week since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in newtown, connecticut. Last friday morning, adam lanza opened fire at the school, killing 20 children and six adults. A series of backtoback wakes and funerals are continuing for the victims. Those mourned on thursday include catherine hubbard, benjamin wheeler, jesse lewis, and allison wyatt, all aged six, and grace mcdonnell, age 7. The service wa
Captioning sponsored by wpbt this is n. B. R. Tom good evening. Im tom hudson. Its one of the worst flu seasons in a decade. How all those sick days could impact a companys bottom line and the economy. Susie im susie gharib. Wells fargo posts better than expected earnings. We review the results and pre view a wave of Big Bank Earnings coming out next week. Tom and boeings 787 dreamliner undergoes a comprehensive safety review by federal regulators af oqr severl problems surfaced this week. That and more tonight on n. B. R. Tom if you are sneezing andc feverish tonight, youre not alone. The flu has officially reached epidemic proportions in the united states. The centers for Disease Control and prevention say more than 7 of deaths last week were caused by pneumonia and the flu. Its expected to be the worst flu season in a decade. But its not just a Public Health issue, theres the potential for a real economic impact, costing employers billions of dollars. Erika miller reports. Reporter
Begin. Stuart check out the big word. Not much change. Pretty flat. Very low volume. The dow is down 10 points. The s p 500, that is in record territory. 1925. Of one point. Pretty much dead flat. Look at the price of gold. No change today at all. Dead flat. 124450. The overall rate is still at a low historic level. I call it democratic luxury. We are talking coach. That puts it below 40 a share. Under armour, they get an upgrade. 3 gain. Fiftytwo for under armour. The first of this weeks job claims. Charles payne is here. I will not read too much into one adp report. This is a pretty bad start. Charles it does not look good. We have a week of crazy hard to reconcile data. We just had an isn manufacturing number that came above the consensus. It is very, very confusing. Friday will be an absolute huge day. Stuart is that the day when the market moves . I think friday will be a make or break point. It will be hard for the market to continue this kind of holding pattern. It has been up,
More than half the districts, a trend confirmed by the Car Companies themselves in reports yesterday. On jobs, the beige book says, quote, labor Market Conditions generally strengthened in the latest reporting period with hiring activity steady to stronger across most of the country. The beige book says 2 3 of the districts reported rising loan demand. Melissa . Dierdre thank you so much for that, peter. Were watching the market right now, basically steady as we got the beige book it is up 15 points here on the dow. Here fox businesss Charlie Gasparino. We have Hilary Kramer from ag capital and dominic tavella. Guys, anything jump out at you from what you just heard . More of the same. If youre an investor that is good i think. That means the fed will keep the current pace of tapering and not speed up its tapering in any way which is good for the markets. Melissa hillary, they were pretty positive, pretty positive. This is exactly what the fed needs to be able to end tapering in decemb
Costs, according to the centers for disease control. But this year is expected to be far worse. That figure does not include the cost of lost worker productivity. Reporter to make matters worse, many employees are reluctant to call in sick, for fear of losing their jobs. So they continue going to work, delaying their recovery and infecting others. Some businesses have so many sick workers. Theyre severely understaffed and are scrambling for backup plans. Its a perfect storm. Companies are already quite lean in terms of their abilities to duplicate work if somebody is out. And this years flu season isc three times what the normal levels are for flu. Reporter doctors also have some recommendations forc companies trying minimize the impact of the flu on theirc workforce. If your employee is sick, they should stay home. You should recommend that your employees get the influenza vaccine, if they havent done so already. Reporter and thats advice i personally took to heart today. Erika mil