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We saw the stock up 7% in the after hours session, adding about $40 billion to apple ls market cap just yesterday. meantime, were following a walmart story very closely as vice chairman eduardo castro wright resigned from met lifes board saying that it was for personal reasons and he needs to focus on whats going on with the company. this after the report over the weekend walmart covered up a huge bribery campaign at its mexican subsidiary. the stock down another 3% yesterday in that session. an...

Building permits to the tune of something like $24 million. now, clearly the focus is on walmart and what walmart has to say to clear this up. but it sounds, judging by what the regulators are starting to look at, as though this could run for several years yet. question marks as to what will happen to the ceo of the business, whether he will stay. mike duke, of course, running the company right now. the analysts saying they think he will not be tarnished by this, but there will probably be other...

And how its affecting their pocket books. the good news out of thelund berg survey, it looks like these places may be beginning to peak at some point. the increases seem like theyre starting to slow, at least. we also got some news overnight from china about its latest trade deficit numbers. these numbers came in on saturday, but this is the first opportunity to trade on them. we saw a much wider trade deficit than had been expected and that has people wondering if the slow down in asia is comin...

activists or government. u.s. officials say the american soldier who allegedly shot and killed 16 afghan civilians was acting alone. the unidentified staff sergeant turn himself in after the shootings. officials have not said whether he had mental health issues or what his motive may have been. meanwhile, the taliban have issued a statement vowing to take revenge against, quote, american invaders and savage murders. security officials and medical sources say israel launched a new r...

Recommendations of the subdued inflation trends and stable inflation expecttations are likely to warrant low levels for the federal funds rate for an extended period. in conjunction with todays meetings, fomc participants suggested recommendations for economic growth, the unemployment rate and the inflation rate for the years 2011 to 2013 and over the longer run. these projections are conditional on each participants individual assessment of the appropriate path of monetary policy best needed to...

Of the economy he. he said the fed is ready to jump in if the economy shows any new signs much trouble. what does that mean? peter barnes is live on capitol hill. what does that mean? view very it means the easy money policies from the fed will continue, perhaps for quite some time here. in his prepared testimony the chairman signals low interest rates, perhaps for several more years. he endorses the phrase exceptionally low interest rates for an extended period twice in this testimony. we have ...

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Understand this. if you drain the private sector of health. consumer spending will be affected. you cant get out of a soft economy without consumer spending. this is why for the past five years the economy has been bad in the u.s.a. and the folks arent spending enough fomc will tell it you he is not a big tax guy. listen to him. >> i know you hear a lot of folks on cable tv claiming that im this big tax and spend liberal. next time you hear that you remind people saying it since i have taken off...

Geraldo has some thoughts. >> my temperature runs a couple degrees higher around 100. i dont mind. >> every equivocating, triangulating son of a pitch in office today spends half his time woring after special interest money. >> has kathleen turner jumped the shark? we have a brand new segment entitled what the heck just happened? ms. turner is featured tonight. >> now leave me alone. >> caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >> bill: hi, im bill oreilly. t...

Aggressively here and shore up confidence, then well get through this. the economy will find its footing. they have to work fast and be much more graceful in how they do this. if we go through another spectacle like we did last month, well be in recession. >> mark, define fast. i know these economic trend lines, they can -- fast can be a long time. in politics, obviously the president is looking at a november 2012 schedule. what is quick in terms of congress or the fed acting, from here in washi...