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failed within three days of each other. that led credit for moodys to downgrade its outlook for the entire u.s. banking sector. and those worries skyrocketed today because of troubles facing the global investment company credit suisse. the saudi bank failed to rule out giving funding to the already embattled company that combined with the recent u.s. issue sent stocks falling. i want to bring in business reporter rahel solomon, rahel, walk us through what happened today. >> well, jake,...

are hit with major delays at the nations a airports, a lot of pain at pump and sky-high groce ifly bills. that has a lot of americans asking this july 4th weekend, when is freedom from these challenges coming? were tracking all of it with alexis mcadams at missouris laguardia international airport -- new yorks, kelly to grady and stew leonard jr. from his supermarket in norwalk, connecticut. happy fourth, everyone. hope youre dealing with some of the headaches but all of the patriotic ...

Half of 1% in a few days now. they have remained rather depressed on an uncertain outlook not just for the united states, but also for the political impasse that is going on in italy with the specter of the government potentially collapsing. when there is a confidence vote, this will be going through parliament in rome on wednesday. as you can see, things not looking too badly on the markets. on the equity side for the first seven minutes of trading. i just want to head in to the currencies. the...

>> well, it can be tough to get funding when youre moving into a new industry. so rather than try to convince a lender based on what you think is going to happen, try to borrow against what you have. asset-based lending. ford actually came back to the way it was in 2007. so theres going to be demand for that. on the equity side, maybe he can partner with someone who knows that retail business and that can be a big help. >> any other suggestions? >> i think that in the earliest stages when youve ...

Dividends. i would use microsoft, ge and intel all have between 3.5% to 4% dividends and stable business models. thats going to do as well as anything. >> theyre safe. theyre not exposed to much interest rate risk. they sell. i dont know if they want to be called boring, but they have steady business that is dont fluctuate too much based on changes in the economy. >> if you can grow the revenues 2 or 3%, earnings 5% and 3 or 4% dividend, it is a good total return looking for somebody to put thei...

Eric and julie are with us again. the first is about switching gears and heading in a different direction. >> weve been 25 years in the wholesale liquidation business and were spearheading into retail and i need capital investment and being that its a different industry, i dont really know where to start. >> any ideas? >> well, it can be tough to get funding when youre moving into a new industry. so rather than try to convince a lender based on what you think is going to happen, try to borrow ag...

Market, i moon, so many people have bought bonds for so long that people are overweight bonds, they have too much money in bonds and eventually they go up, the bonds will go down in value. so investors want to be on the equity side. the other thing is mutual funds for the first time in the last two months had imemployeessives of equity. why, because the interest on everything else is low. >> are we going to see wall street go up if we keep hearing calls for tax hikes? >> was that john or jonas? ...

cairo for a million-women march tuesday in response to video surfacing of a woman being stripped and beaten by security forces. the king of spain will swear in the countrys prime minister-elect in an hours time. conservatives dominated elections in november, and the party leader won the approval of parliament on tuesday. rajoy has promised tough budget cuts and economic reforms that he says are needed to head off another recession. those are the top stories from cnn. im monita rajpal...

My stomach still hurts. the dow now up 85%, the s&p 500 up 95%. look at the dak up 118%, almost doubling there. trish regan joins us now. your gut is probably still hurting from that tough time. >> i remember those days well, richard. those were really, really, dark, gloomy days. you know whats always interesting is that the person that goes in when everything looks as bleak as it can possibly be, thats the person that makes a whole lot of money. >> yeah. and so the question is, is it time for u...