Real money. This is real money, you are the most important part of the show. Tell me whats on your mind by tweeting me or hitting me up on facebook. Cleaner air and slower climate change, thats what the Obama Administration proposes with a new clean power plants poe posed toy by the Environmental Protection agency. Its aim is to reduce Carbon Emissions spewed every year by the power plants. States would need to craft their own local or regional plans to cut emissionss by 30 of the levels they were alevelsthey we. States have until 2017 to come up with their plans, 2018 if states choose to band together and come up with a regionwide plan. Most likely scenario, is for states to enact some sort of cap and trade scheme. That caps the amount of emissions that power plants collectively release in a state or region and trade carbon credits in a regulated market that helps industry players offset the cost of reducing emissions. But first the Obama Administration will have to fight an uphill ba
For nearly two weeks fire crews have been battling the fire around Yosemite National park. Crews are using a drone to fly over the massive blaze to look for flames breaking out. The family of a florida teenager is suing the miami beach and the city hsaying that the police usd Excessive Force when they tased the teenager and for refusing to giving the teen proper medical care. Tensions in syria drive u. S. Oil prices to a twoyear high sending Prices Higher and threatening to derail the economic recovery. I talked to someone who said that might an good thing. And looking at a city going through drastic measures to pay its bills. And we look at the march for equality. Im ali velshi, and this is real money. [ music ] this is real money. Youre the most important part of the show. Join our conversation by ewing the aj. U. S. Oil features to which your gas prices are closely tied settled at 110. 10 a barely in trading wednesday. That price has jumped for more than 4 a barrel so far. Soil up o
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Soil up on fears of a conflict, not because of supply and demand. America produces 10 Million Barrels of oil a day. We consume double that, but globally the world produces and uses 89 Million Barrels of oil a day, and 30 of that comes from the middle east. So its oil traders, speculators who are to blame for driving up the price of oil. This week right now there is absolutely no supply problem on oil. Today on twitter and facebook ive been asking you how would a spike in gas prices change your spending habits . On facebook canner ara writes, there would absolutely be less money for groceries and going out. The Discretionary Spending that supports my economy takes the first hit. This viewer said i would have to find a new job. I already have taken a pay cut and im low on cash now. The commute would exacerbate the costs. Tweet us or leave us a question on facebook. Maybe these increasing oil prices b which by the way has st this country in a recession in previous decades, might not be a
Market turning down here as we wait for the feds minute release. Even if it were to post again today and be higher than yesterday, it is another recordsetting day. We are watching oil which is a key story today. I am watching hewlettpackard very closely. This was a real ladder last year. The analysts are doing 180s as well. Citigroup now put a buy rating on hewlettpackard. This comes on the heels of green yesterday. This is why they are turning around. Adam thank you very much. Breaking news. Crude oil. Phil flynn of Price Futures Group is in the trading pits of this cme. I would call it a stunning drop in supplies. Not only do you have the heating of tensions in the middle east and you have surging demand in the United States. Everybody thought in america that we would not drive our cars anymore. Gasoline demand surging. 4 above a year ago. That is an incredible number. It is showing that demand is gas leak off of the code of louisiana. Had they been able to plug the well . I think in