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Forced to raise prices three times lat -- last year. my guest thinks they will get worse. a recession, larry? >>guest: well, we did see a string of disappointing economic data in the jobs data, we saw it in the housing data and in manufacturing data. what is interesting and particularly troubling is the trend if this data. it is not just a cluster of disappointing data but the trend is decelerating for spring. that could be indicative of a spring slow down we could be seeing. >>stuart: i asked t...

While in hong kong, the hang seng lost 161. well, a little wall street window dressing brightened up a slightly down day for markets. heavyweights like home depot and ibm were among 175 stocks to hit fresh 52-week highs tuesday. as fund managers dress up portfolios with top performers before the quarter ends on friday. fed chief ben bernanke says its too soon to declare victory in the u.s. economic recovery. on the topic of more stimulus, bernanke told abc news the fed has not taken any opti...

Thats because apple, yes, apple once again is up another $7 a share. the new all-time high for that company. the housing data not so good today. and consumer confidence taking a little bit of a breather there. thats probably why the equities are lower. thats your report from cnbc. well be right back. [ male announcer ] if you believe the mayan calendar, on december 21st, polar shifts will reverse the earths gravitational pull and hurtle us all into space, which would render retirement planning u...

loved ones in that killing spree. lets bring in sara sidner, shes in kabul. s sara, how much money did these families receive and how is it that this news even emerged. >> reporter: we were told there was a meeting in kandahar city where there was the governor of kandahar province, some of the provincial leaders there as well as a few of the victims and they were handed over $50,000 per each person who died and $10,000 for each person who was injured. so that totals about $860,000 that...

>> is that true? >> somebody watched "slum dog millionaire." >> i think it is another avenue to scam america. if you want something free it becomes a scam. what is next, go carts? it is built into the mentality. nobody wants to work for anything anymore. from dependancy to independent see. according to the housing data, my favorite ipped could, one in -- one in every four households is occupied by a single person. thats 80%. it is nothing to celebrate over. the new york times throws a bone to th...

hes claiming hes raised a million dollars in less than 24 hours following that south carolina win. so no big surprise that the attacks on both sides are ramping up. weve got congressman bob mcewen joining us. hes a newt deng grich surrogate. sir, welcome to you. also produce you to our pan panelist. we have bob grobrownstein. i just called you bob. im going to make up names. and will cain and roland martin. and also this morning, we are being joined by tom, thank you for being with us....

While in hong kong the hang seng rose. surprisingly strong housing data and hopeful signs from europe sent stocks soaring tuesday. new home construction jumped over 9%, best in a year and a half. building permits also rose. home builders group mdc holding and dr horton all rose. the euro gained against the dollar after spains borrowing costs plunged at a short-term debt auction. consumer confidence unexpectedly rose in germany. europes major markets were sharply higher. financials climbed, led...

Im brian sullivan with your cnbc market wrap. and it was, indeed, a good day on wall street. the dow surging 337 points. the s&p and the nasdaq are also rising. some good news out of europe, some higher confidence numbers. but the real beat was because of stronger than expected housing data here in the united states. housing starts rising more than expected. much of that, yes, was for apartment buildings and multi. family homes. but building permits also rose. a little bit of a good news slant t...

The crumble of the euro. today, europes central bank president disappointed markets, saying the bank wont consider large bond purchases. hammering out italys crucial austerity budget enters its final phase this week, battling union opposition. back here at home, according to comscore, consumers spent 15% more in online holiday buying than last year. the average regular gas is $3.24 a gallon. thats down 24 cents over the past six weeks. in deal news, canadas el dorado gold agreed to buy eur...

to be the first cherished moments together. a newlyweds holiday was turned into horror off of coast of the seychelles island. im zain vergee, "world business today" starts now. good morning from cnn london, im nina dos santos. >> and a very good afternoon from the cnn hong kong, im andrew stevens. youre watching "world business today," the top stories this thursday, august 18. fosters knocks back a second big bid from sabmiller. is there any more growth to be squeezed from the auss...