The nasdaq pulling back from yesterdays 13year high, down 9 points at 3,598 on the nasdaq. The market pulling back from the record highs ahead of the Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernankes congressional testimony tomorrow. Thats what well all be focused on. Bob has been covering the Market Action all day. I guess it cant go up every day, right, bob . No, thats right. The important thing is, record high, a modest decline. I think thats important, given the caution weve heard. Look at the Dow Jones Industrials average. A fairly narrow range. Esther george, head of the kansas city fed, came out in the middle of the day talking about tapering sooner rather than later, but a wellknown hawk on this issue. It didnt move markets that much. Maybe 30 points on the Dow Jones Industrials average. We ended just slightly to the downside. Theres the dow. Other things here. Weakness on earnings. Four sectors that mattered today. First, the fertilizers. Mosaic came out. Prices for fertilizer were down,
Welcome to the around the world. Im suzanne malveaux. And im michael holmes. We are going to go first of although to toronto. Rob ford, the mayor there, embattled admitting that he in fact, used crack cocaine. He is before the city council answering a number of questions. Lets listen in. That we deliver in the city. Has there been any service thats been disrupted as a result of whats been happening . Or slowed down in any manner . Simple answer, counselor, is no. So everything continued to function garbage pick up, turn on your tap, water comes out, everything, would . Thats correct counselor. When it comes to committees, have committees continued to function and chairs attending and responding to the issues and the items on those committees . They all have continued, yes, counselor. Okay. And as we know, theres a motion coming forward later. The recommendations within this motion, is there any part of this motion or these recommendations that are, in fact, enforceable or are these sym
Mike. Reporter good morning. Senator Bernie Sanders is also picking up endorsements and showing he intends to compete for the africanamerican vote as this campaign moves south and west. Actor and activist Harry Belafonte issued an endorsement video a short time saying sanders represents opportunity, moral imperative and truth not often evidenced in politics. Sanders has raised more than 7. 1 million in contributions since tuesday night. He also did some high profile interviews in new york making it clear he wants to earn the black vote. When youth unemployment in the Africanamerican Community, kids who are underemployed or unemployed, is 51 , dont tell me we to not need to invest heavily in the Africanamerican Community and create decent paying jobs. Reporter as for Hillary Clinton, she went back to new york after the New Hampshire primary and has kept a low profile. She told supporters she has work to do particularly with young people. You are the reason we are going to win the nomina
Harris, both of these stories each day and both providing separate blows to tourism in the Dominican Republic. First to that new announced death of jonathan corcoran. Keep in mind he died back in april. As of yet, there has been no real public proof put forward that links his death to the other six mysterious deaths of americans here on this island. No evidence that he was like the others taking a drink in a resort from a mini bar and then suddenly collapsed lungs, failure to breathe. And dying an agonizing death. That as of yet has not been put forward for corcoran. But we can see here as this story continues to grow for any family that has had someone die suddenly in the Dominican Republic certainly they are reininvestigating. Questions are being asked if they could be linked or not. But so far no evidence that this is. As far as the shooting attempt of david ortiz, the former red sox slugger, police now giving some new evidence saying they have six suspects in custody including the
(WHTM) – Incumbent U.S. Senator Bob Casey continues to hold a lead over his likely Republican opponent Dave McCormick, according to a new Susquehanna Polling & Research poll. The poll of 745 likely voters conducted in January found Casey with 45.9% support to McCormick’s 42.1%. More than 9% of voters said they are undecided with […]