chase bank informed some 2 million credit card debit holders to let them know their holiday purchases are littled to $3400 and withdrawals at the atm is 100. chase kept retail outlets in 1,700 opened on sunday to reissue compromised debit cards. and the secret service now confirmed that high power agency is now investigating. john. and the lawsuits are coming? yeah. it didn t take long for the lawsuits to come. we are tracking three of them. two out of california. up with ought of oregon. they all pretty much said the same thing, target did not implement and maintain proper security procedures. they re all written in such a way they can pile on as many clients as possible. but there is an evolution that has to take place with these lawsuits. most of your legal experts will tell you that ultimately the court system will only allow one lawsuit, one chief council, john. all right. mike tobin reporting. mike, thank you. so let s bring in anne marie
the lowest wage workers. it may make you think twice the next time you don t put money in the tip jar. with the holidays coming we could certainly do it a little more. speaking of pay, mcdonald s has taken down an article on a website they have that s called mcresources. it offered employees some, i would say, tone deaf advice about how to save money. i would agree with you. speaking of tis the season, mcdonald s is looking a little scrooge-like with this advice. these tips are to help employees get out of holiday debt. wait until you hear them. visiting thrift stores is one way that they say you can save. they also suggest eating steal bread and bruised apples. that could put more money in your pocket. how about, chris, returning unopened holiday purchases. and finally, this one was my favorite. quit complaining. some are out there complaining that rather than offering this advice, mcdonald s might want to pay its employees a little bit more. okay. cnbc s jackie deangeles.
two. hoping it will be a christmas black morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning. this is monday, december 26th. i hope some of you are watching from home. did you get back from toronto okay? i did. boxing day. like the black friday of canada. right. good shopping. a lot of news right now. right. eight days to go m s ts to go ba caucuses, paul steinhauser is live with us in des moines, iowa this morning. hi, paul. good morning. reporter: good morning. quiet over the weekend. things pick up today and one week to go until the iowa caucuses. the first contest in the primary caucus calendar. this is a poll that came out friday afternoon. the most recent poll here. people are likely to go to the iowa gop caucuses. three-way traffic jam at the top. ron paul at 21%. mitt romney, former massachusetts governor, 20%. newt gingrich 19%. basically it s upgrabs here in iowa with just under a week to go. newt gingrich was the front-runner in polls. look at t
markets are up because of things happening around the world and action happening. that is a good thing. let s turn to los angeles where police have cleared out and shut down the camp set up by occupy protesters. they ve arrested dozens of people who still refuse to leave. about 1400 los angeles police officers moved in after midnight. the camp had been there a couple of months. 200 people arrested. police say the operation was mostly peaceful. another alleged victim speaks out about the child sex abuse allegations at syracuse university. mike lang is his name. s a former syracuse ball boy and he told cnn that the assistant coach, bernie fine, molested him. fine has denied the allegations but yet he has not been charged with any crime. he kept touching me. where? where did he touch you? in my leg and my penis. did you say something to him? yes. i said, bernie, please stop this because i m not that kind. i won t tolerate it. if you don t want me to come over he
unexpectedly expensive gift. just thank them for the gift, focus on the gift and that gesture. the moment you start feeling why you have to explain why you don t have something or don t have something more, the focus goes to that and not to what the person has taken the time and sometimes the money to do for you. don t run out and buy something to try to even the score. gift giving shouldn t be quid pro quo on valentine s day or any day of the year. a valentine s gift doesn t have to break the bank. a romantic dinner out makes for a great gift. if you re tight on catch, she recommends an inexpensive dinner in. if you want to go out and make a gift for your spouse, a stunner, go for it, but don t spend yourself into the poor house. especially if you re still paying off holiday purchases from late last year. your honey does not want you to go into debt. all right. good advice. thank you, christine. be glad you don t have it,