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>> right now, we are looking for another weekly gain, kyra. if we can work it out by the closing bell, it would be good. we are looking for a higher opening today. wall street is turning its eye to grease. greek officials are asking for a bailout from the e.u. and the imf. they pledged a support. greece has been drowning in debt. the idea of a bailout isnt good. it is quite better than the other options which is for greece to default on its debt which would be to cause a big ripple effect. stock...

The jobs that people dont have right now rather than immigration reform. historically, people are a little less generous when it comes to immigration when theyre not doing so well. and one republican strategist i talked to said, look, theres also a lot of anger out there. people dont want people big government solutions to problems right now. and this will be perceived as a one size fits all government solution that people just wont buy. >> i know that the governor of arizona, brewer, shes in a ...

Billion taxpayer dollars. we doesnt want to see it repeated. >> im confused because some of the $180 billion taxpayer dollars were paid by the new york federal reserve, or with the approval of the federal reserve to goldman sachs to pay off on the $1 billion bet revealed last friday. so its a good thing that the taxpayers are there to pay off the $1 billion side bets of american bankers. i do not understand why it is that we refuse to break up the megabanks. >> over the years theyve made the arg...

People can read my columns or not based on their views. i tried to contribute in a small way to the thinking about where we should go. based on the experiences that i had, i tried to contribute. the down side is of course what i have to go through. are you seriously considering a run for public office? >> what i have said is that sthst not something im thinking of now. building a career that will make me feel challenged and engaged. thats what im doing. >> so youre not ruling it out. sit in your...

Jumped to 5.3% since last summer. rates going up could be a sign that the recovery is working. another positive sign, bloomberg is reporting that home depot is panning to add jobs after they cut jobs in each of the last three years. no word on how many new jobs will be created. the retailer is benefitting from higher sales. with that in mind, lets take a look at numbers here as the day gets started. weve got the dow off 24 points at 10,945. off to a red start today and the nasdaq and s&p theyre ...

>> neil: one last question regarding appraisals. i talked to many in your industries, realtors as well that say thats the sticky issue. the buyer and seller agree, everything is set to go, the builder and buyer are ready then the appraisal doesnt match what either thought and youre back to square one. in other words, appraisers, once blamed for being gideon the upside are to conservative that sheer hurting on the down side. what do you say? >> yeah it hurts the mortgage deal. we havent noticed t...

So i think worrying about, you know, this affecting whether youre going to be called to a jury pool or not is really worrying about your privacy long after the horse has gotten out of the barn. >> if they miss anything they can pick it up on the bush wiretaps. what its designed is to make sure they get your area correct for your home in the capture center. >> i read a fact somewhere that for every texan who doesnt fill out the form, texas will lose $12,000 in various federal funding. so if you -...

The second reason is that this compensation structure in which you get all of the upside but dont have that losses on the down side, if you have a really good year, you have a big bonus. if your firm loses money, there arent clawback provisions. that presents a lot of risk taking. the third thing is that its just fundamentally evisiates our system. these people were not making this because they were geniuses. >> what about that we as a society -- i know this is the oldest question in the book --...

Lets check the markets and see how theyre reacting to this adp report, kyra. not surprising to see were on the down side, the dow off 28 points, and the nasdaq off about seven at 2403. well be keeping our eyes on it. but so far folks not too happy to see this jobs report is going the other direction of what were hoping to hear on friday. >> thanks, steph. lets talk about saving you some money, shall we? if youve been thinking about taking advantage of that home buyer tax credit, youve got a mo...

You. remember how i ran in the campaign? its true in recent years. he tracked increasingly to the right. sarah palin, its about attention. we are talking about john mccains race. thats not something that would have been happening without her campaigning. its about signaling to conservatives hes one of them and creating buzz. the down side for mccain is that all the accounts of yesterdays event is that a lot of people came to see palin and then started to leave. even the coverage here on msnbc. w...