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They are putting plastic bags over our servicemen. In mexico, more violence today. These were two countries where u. S. Investors had relatively been optimistic recently. So the question is, is the tide turning for good over there . And a big mystery in brazil involving one of that countrys biggest countries companies, excuse me. All that and more today on power lunch. And we begin with sue at the new york stock exchange. Hi, sue. Hi, ty. Lets get you up to date on all the numbers. The Dow Jones...

Targets chief Financial Officer. The cfo will be joining us in a power lunch exclusive to give us his financial forecast. We begin now with the health of the American House housing market, and new numbers on home sales as we begin to gear up for that spring selling season. Fingers crossed it comes. Youve got dr horton and toll. All moving to the down side. Lets get to diana who is live in washington. Hi diana. Hi mandy. After a disappointing report on january sales of existing home sales of newl...

Alzheimers disease. Call your attention to one stock. Those would be the shares of biojin right now up 7 . Up 30 in the past three months at alltime highs now after releasing very encouraging data on an experimental alzheimers drug. Telling us about it at this time yesterday and shes now back with more detail. Hi, meg. Hi tyler. Incredibly High Expectations for this drug leading into today and analysts say biogin met and exceeded them. Shocking investors saying the medicine appeared to slow the ...

Jumping. Wait until you see whats happening on the ground in iowa. Meanwhile, though we begin with the markets and those 1 gains or thereabouts. Lets get the trading action. Bob is live at the new york stock exchange, Bertha Coombs following the movers at nasdaq. Bob, you go first. Another big story on the floor today is avon. Whats going on with that one . We just had a wild morning here. This post was filled with almost 100 traders. They have halted three times on whats called a volatility hal...

2. 61 . As we do every morning, lets take a look at europe and see how those markets are already fairing. Largely, a good deal of red on the board. The percentage declines, well, not too great. Although, a couple there around the 1 mark as you see it there. Lets start with our road map this morning. It starts with day seven of the Government Shutdown. The markets may have been unphased by the shutdown but the possibility of a breach of americas debt ceiling, that is probably the reason you saw t...

Almost completely frozen over. We are with the coast guard breaking up the ice trying to deal with a massive Economic Impact. And another big story. A deal in ukraine. Maybe you have heard. This comes on the heels of a huge fist fight breaking out inside Parliament Earlier today. There you see the hubbub in the ukrainian parliament. Protests, government leaders working their way towards a deal. Well see whether it sticks. We will talk to an expert. Outside of parliament in kiev its been of cours...

Possibility behind that mystery Malaysia Airlines flight 370. That it was not some sort of mechanical failure. Clearly, nobody knows yet but phil lebeau is going to catch us up on the latest developments in about five minutes time. Why did that plane fly seemingly for as long as it did after losing contact with Ground Control . And a very bright future. See how this teenager just won a big prize from google and see how her idea is literally changing the world. She is an amazing young person. She...

Hes identifying Companies Vulnerable to hackers, and then shorting the stock. Is it legal . Is it a plausible strategy . Is it Good Business . Meet him and a former s. E. C. Enforcement attorney. Its kind of a rough day here. Tyler told you about the dow, but were going to focus in specifically on the nasdaq and the s p. Right now we have the s p trading on the minus side basically by just about 2. 75 points. The nasdaq is down 37, almost a full . The russell 2,000 is off 1. 25 . The etf that fo...

Good evening. As a group of heavily armed and highly motivated terrorists continues its way across iraq, its not yet clear if the u. S. Will take any action in iraq. The president has ruled out any troops, and the American People arent at all sure we should take any action even though whats happening now is a direct outgrowth of the u. S. Invasion there over a decade ago. The u. S. Has started removing some of its staff from the fortresslike u. S. Embassy in baghdad, calling this a relocation an...

Year. 2. 72. Thats the latest temperature after the gdp report, after payrolls, moving toward 2. 75 will be the trend today. Over in europe, s p overnight cutting frances Credit Rating one notch to aa. Thats having a little bit of an effect on the euro, which is around seven week lows against the dollars. Markets yesterday not getting much of a bid from the ecb rate cut there or here. Our road map this morning begins with the jobs report. Nonfarm payrolls and august figures revised higher. And t...