Chinese hackers blamed for serious u. S. Government data breach. The fighting in the middle east escalated today. Air raid sighrens wailed in jerusalem signalling a rocket being fired at the city. It came as israel launched more airstrikes against targets in gaza. At least 89 palestinians have been killed in the past few days. Israel says hamas has fired more than 440 roblthsckets into isra israeli plains have attacked more than 60ocytes in gaza. Palestinian president mahmu mahmud abbas. Theisitioni government said it will conduct a ground operation in gaza which may start within hours. This morning, we were informed that the residents of the border area in gaza, bet hanun and h i halila and other villages and cities were asked to go inland. Nick schifrin joins us from israel. Nick, is this ground offensive imminent from your Vantage Point . Well, certainly the language and the sounds coming from israel suggest that it is. As you say, the israeli army put out a notice to all of the res
85 points. Hour, take a look right here. Were going to put a circle on this. This basically is where we are now. And as you can see we did take a dip. We were down almost 100 points. Now the market is starting to come back a little bit. It is really an incredible market story today. The vix alone in the first two days of this week, you know everybody has been saying its a low volatility environment. This week alone in the first two days the vix has spiked 16 . Add to that, todays advance, it seems like volatility is back. Seema modi is up down comping the nasdaq. That index is seeing a big jump after stocks jumped basically like a rock on the open. To bob pisani right over behind my shoulder at the floor of the new york stock exchange. Bob, its going to be interesting to see whether or not we get this kind of volatility for the rest of the trading day. So far weve been very steady. I want to point out the volume is average right now. Its not stronger or weaker. I just want to put up th
This is israreal money, and you are the most important part of the show. So tell us what is on your mind. We all get a sharp shocking reminder today that while americas economy is looking strong, the picture beyond our shores is anything but clear, and it may end up posing risks to the u. S. Recovery. The reminder came in the form of a Portuguese Bank many of us have never heard of, but whos financial problems sent stocks in europe plunging. Portugueses stock the biggest plunge. Followed by shane, italy, germany, france, and while some analysts say the problems are limited to one bank, the episode is bringing back very unpleasant memories of the european debt crisis. The dow opened 180 points, but made up a lot of the ground finishing about 70 points down or less than half of 1 . But lets go beyond todays Market Reaction to the more important issue of europes economic health. The health of some of americas biggest trading partners. The data shows the big picture. European demand is gro
Im David Shuster in for ali velshi. And this is real money. This is israreal money, anu are the most important part of the show. So tell us what is on your mind. We all get a sharp shocking reminder today that while americas economy is looking strong, the picture beyond our shores is anything but clear, and it may end up posing risks to the u. S. Recovery. The reminder came in the form of a Portuguese Bank many of us have never heard of, but whos financial problems sent stocks in europe plunging. Portugueses stock the biggest plunge. Followed by shane, italy, germany, france, and while some analysts say the problems are limited to one bank, the episode is bringing back very unpleasant memories of the european debt crisis. The dow opened 180 points, but made up a lot of the ground finishing about 70 points down or less than half of 1 . But lets go beyond todays Market Reaction to the more important issue of europes economic health. The health of some of americas biggest trading partners
Velshi. And this is real money. This is israreal money, and you are the most important part of the show. So tell us what is on your mind. We all get a sharp shocking reminder today that while americas economy is looking strong, the picture beyond our shores is anything but clear, and it may end up posing risks to the u. S. Recovery. The reminder came in the form of a Portuguese Bank many of us have never heard of, but whos financial problems sent stocks in europe plunging. Portugueses stock the biggest plunge. Followed by shane, italy, germany, france, and while some analysts say the problems are limited to one bank, the episode is bringing back very unpleasant memories of the european debt crisis. The dow opened 180 points, but made up a lot of the ground finishing about 70 points down or less than half of 1 . But lets go beyond todays Market Reaction to the more important issue of europes economic health. The health of some of americas biggest trading partners. The data shows the big