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S&p up 15. jobs report sends mixed signals about the economy. companies added 157,000 jobs last month stronger than expected. at the same time the unemployment rate ticked up from 7.8 to 7. the%. peter barnes from the fox business network live from washington tonight. 7. not a good number but investors seem bull observe. >> thats right, shep. the dow is just 150 points or so off of its all-time high back in 2007. and todays trading was mainly because of the federal reserve. the fed announced las...

It looks great. all the major indices rose more than a%. do you up 136, nasdaq up 42. s&p up 15. prosecutors in pennsylvania charged the former president of the pennsylvania state university accusing him of trying to cover up the crimes of gerri sandusky that of cricket convicted child rapist. sandusky will likely spend the rest of his days in prison after a jury convicted him of sexually abusing 10 boys over 15 years. now the then school president graham spannier is accused of hushing up abuse ...

Market rap. the dow gained ten points. s&p up by three and nasdaq rose ten point. apple shares closing marginally higher, 1.5%, following the debut of the iphone 5. facebook shares meantime surged nearly 8% with investors welcoming comment from the ceo mark zuckerberg who says hes still optimistic about the companys prospects. investors are head to thursday and whether or not the fed will take new steps to stimulate the economy. that is it from cnbc first in business worldwide. now its back over...

The dow gains 34 points. s&p up by three and nasdaq adding 23 points. after the closing bell, google reported earnings and beat estimates, but revenue was light. meanwhile, microsoft is out with its first quarterly loss as a public company. on the economic front, weekly jobless claims rose by 34,000 last week and existing home sales were weak in june, but sale prices were still up over a year ago. that is it from cnbc first in business worldwide. now, its back over to "hardball." welcome back ...

>> im here. im with you. and you are the hardest working man in showbiz and in politics, i have to tell you. >> that always is reserved for lester holt. >> youre right, him too. theres a few of you up there. let me tell you about the markets right now. we are looking to open flat. you might take that as a victory lap already this morning. because if you look at the first week of january, the markets hended higher, we saw the dow up and the s&p up. this is the january effect. the first week of ja...

Stand on the presidents american jobs act which is scheduled for a vote tomorrow and will republicans find the middle ground that they seek? the occupy wall street movement enters its fourth week. is it right for republicans to call these protesters mobs when they supported those tea party demonstrators. all of that and more ahead in the next half hour. >> thomas, thank you. take a look at whats going on on wall street and were getting commentary from europe for the reason why were doing so we...

An unusual closing bell at the new york stock exchange. but look at that. up 186 points. >> what were they shaking? >> those little things you turn around and whistle. >> cow bells. they always have a lot of cow bells on the floridas stock exchange. >> there it is again. the dow up, nasdaq up, s&p up. we had a rough week when the s&p downgraded or said they might downgrade u.s. debt. the market sold off on that. it seems to all be back. >> thats good news, certainly. meantime, this is probably n...

Over here on this edge and dropping fire suppressant to slow this fire down. weve seen flames shooting out of this tree line. some 80 to 100 feet high. so it is quite ferocious and one firefighter said its probably 3,000 degrees in there right now. >> that is mighty hot. ed, thank you so much from texas. finally, with reporter roulette, one day after the markets plunged a. grim outlook on the nations debt situation. lets take a look at the numbers. at least were seeing the big board. the dow f...

Goo g-20. theres no grown-up in the world. dow 12,388. nasdaq up 2,826. and the s&p up. youve got the fed chairman, the fed secretary testifying, data on inflation today. so a lot of things out there. just like nouriel rue beanie said, yes, stocks can go higher but there are risks in the economy. >> and when do we usually -- well, nobody likes to give a number. we heard someone, i think, a few years ago, talking about $5 a gallon gasoline. >> there are people, the president of shell, who says if...