Futures Stand News Today

The nasdaq up more than 1%. the s&p rose 3/4 of a point. the new trading day gets underway in about five hours. heres where u.s. futures stand. all up. meanwhile, the european markets are up. here is a look at how markets across asia fared today. all of them up as well ending positive. vice president joe biden has labored under low approval ratings for months. new poll to be released in 90 minutes from now will show if the president got a balanced score after democrats did much better in the m...

from getting dragged down bit euro zone debt crisis and many italians are unhappy with his leadership. the brute force of floodwaters is wreaking havoc around southeast asia. it is worse around thailand. the cresting river is expected to pass through the city at weekend. nationwide, 283 people have been killed by heavy rain and flood. occupy wall street protesters may be headed for another confrontation with police. new york mayor michael bloomberg says protesters must leave the pa...

the u.s. central bank is hoping to kick start americas sluggish economy by selling $40 billion of short-term treasuries in exchange for the same amount of longer-term bonds. the idea is to push long-term interest rates lower even though theyre already at record low ts. those are the headlines from cnn, the worlds news leader. "world business today" starts now. hello, and a warm welcome to "world business today," im manisha tank in hon con. >> im nina desantos. the stock markets take ...

but israeli wants new negotiations with him and the u.s. is threatening to move his move in the security council. in britain murdoch news international, the publisher of the defunct "news of the world" is negotiating a settlement with the family of a murdered teenager. those are the headlines. from cnn, the worlds news leader, im zain verjee and "world business today" starts now. good morning from cnn london. im nina dos santos. >> and a great afternoon from you, im manesha tank. t...

Cnn.com/impact. pauline. to wall street right now. u.s. stock markets rose wednesday as investors welcomed two reports on jobs growth. one showed employers announced fewer planned job cuts in the month of march. private sector employment rose by 201,000 in march. heres how the numbers settled on the big board. the dow ended up almost .6, nasdaq gained about .75 and nasdaq added about two-thirds of 1%. the market begins trading in a couple hours and this is where u.s. futures stand. market basi...