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Lets start with the big picture and why this partnership is such a good fit for comcast Nbc Universal. The philanthropic focus is really Digital Literacy. But Digital Literacy is most important to us because we are very concerned about the Digital Divide and how to bridge that Digital Divide. This is our opportunity to work with boys and girls club which we know is very central to the communities where they work. Young people who are coming in and out of those clubs. This will give them an oppor...

Diana will tell from yous snowy washington. Wow. Well tyler, look builders are blaming it all on this. Just like they did last were. Take a look. Homebuilder sentiment slid two points month to month on the monthly nahb survey but at 55 its still in the positive and well above the 46 level it was last year. Last were builders blamed the harsh winter. The slowdown continued into the summer due to the price jumps. Builder prices are still very high with big premiums to existing homes, and that may ...

So were 15 points away from that or thereabouts. Sure. Getting close. Apple also hitting new highs. Its like a market of its own. We have the analyst who just hiked his price target on the stock to 150 and satisfiesys this company is on the way to a 1 trillion market company. In case you hadnt heard, the buzz is theyre working on a car now. That would be one of the new projects. Well look into that a little later. Lets show you how the markets are trading today. Hasnt been the most volatile sess...

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Gerri well, our top story tonight, a salmonella outbreak raising alarms about how safe are food is. The cdc blaming the government shut down for the slow response to link foster farms to the outbreak and is bringing for letting employees back to work. The company has a history of prior illnesses and was flanked as recently as last february causing at least 124 people to get sick. And while the usda is threatening to shut down three foster farms chicken plants, is enough being done . With more on...

Gerri well, our top story tonight, a salmonella outbreak raising alarms about how se are food is. The cdc blaming the government shut down for the slow response to link foster farms to the outbreak and is bringing for letting employees back to work. The company has a history of prior illnesses and was flanked as recently as last february causing at least 124 people to get sick. And while the usda is threatening to shut down three foster farms chicken plants, is enough being done . With more on t...

Market is looking a little nervous. Nicole you saw the dow down nearly 200 points. What you see is basically everybody sells everything. They are not saying i will sell my financials and hold onto my drugs. No. They are getting out today. It is the weekend. We havecome up off the as you noted, they cannot get away from the fiscal cliff. Not just yet. They have not come to a solution in washington. That is front and center. We are also seeing a flock to the area that are safe. The dollar is highe...

But i have not. Lori i have only seen it on broadway. Stalks off to a tough start. Early numbers point to a tough season. Tracy a nice and shiny fiscal cliff. President obama cut his vacation short. We are tracking where it is headed next. We are expecting negotiations to continue tomorrow. There is talk now that that may not happen. Time to head down to the New York Stock Exchange with Nicole Petallides. Nicole Merry Christmas to everybody. The vix, the fear index, has been to the upside. Wheth...

Dagen good morning. Before the weather we get to stocks. And we go downtown to the corner of wall and broad and Nicole Petallides on the floor of New York Stock Exchange. A bit after rebound, nicole. Dow jones industrials snapping back from yesterdays losses. Yesterday the Dow Jones Industrial average dropped 135 points. Not a good way toking kick off the new year. Obviously kick being off with a decline for First Time Since 2008. However, last year, 2013, was a great one. Were back with green a...

What did the fcc do . Hi peter. The fcc voted to crack down on joint Sales Agreement. These are deals where there are two tvs asians in the same market. Handling more than 15 of the ad sales or another station. You have a bigger station selling ads on behalf of a dollar station. When you say crackdown, what do you mean . These agreements have proliferated because theres been a wave of consolidation. This has led to some instances would be inmpany violation of the fcc limit of owning one station ...