Making news as we head into a new week on the money. Slow but steady. The Labor Department says 157,000 new jobs were added in the month of january. About in line with analystss expectations. The Unemployment Rate kicked up to 7. . But the job creation numbers for the previous two months were revised upwards. The dow industrials wrapped up the month of january on a down note on thursday. Though it had the best january performance since 1994. The dow closed above 14,000 on friday for the First Time Since 2007. For the month the dow industrials were up 6 . The s p 500, 5 . And the nasdaq was up 4 . I think theres a lot of positive in the market right now. Is it going to go straight up . No. Is it going to blow up . I dont think so. Is february and march going to be choppy because of sequestration . Yes. But i think were higher from here by the end of the year. Meanwhile, u. S. Economic growth was nonexistent in the last quarter of 2012. In fact, the Gross Domestic Product contracted by a
Money. Now, maria bartiromo. Heres a look at whats making news as we head into a new week on the money. Slow but steady. The Labor Department says 157,000 new jobs were added in the month of january. About in line with analystss expectations. The Unemployment Rate kicked up to 7. . But the job creation numbers for the previous two months were revised upwards. The dow industrials wrapped up the month of january on a down note non thursday. Though it had the best january performance since 1994. The dow closed above 14,000 on fridayor the First Time Since 2007. For the month the dow industrials were up 6 . The s p 500, 5 . And the nasdaq was up 4 . I think theres a lot of positive in the market right now. Is it going to go straight up . No. Is it going to blow up . I dont think so. Is february and march going to be choppy because of sequestration . Yes. But i think were higher from here by the end of the year. Meanwhile, u. S. Economic growth was nonexistent in the last quarter of 2012. I
Dreamliner. Despite big corporate earnings, big investors are worried about what washington may do. I think the hardest thing today is being in a section of politics and business dont work. Its very hard for businesspeople to say what politicians are going to do. They do think for noneconomic reasons. Meanwhile, blackberry is hoping the new phone and operating system will be the perfect ten. Unveiling the new product line. The blackberry 10, it comes with 70,000 apps and its designed so you only have to carry one phone for both personal and corporate use. Theres a music store, movie store. That indicates the audience is regular people, an yet theres this blackberry balance feature that lets the company put their apps and wallpaper in a segregated sand box. And you cant see that stuff without the pass word. So, in other words, you can have your personal stuff and your corporate stuff side by side. Just part of the conversation taking place this week in the news. It has been an extraordi
Dreamliner. Despite big corporate earnings, big investors are worried about what washington may do. I think the hardest thing today is being in a section of politics and business dont work. Its very hard for businesspeople to say what politicians are going to do. They do think for noneconomic reasons. Meanwhile, blackberry is hoping the new phone and operating system will be the perfect ten. Unveiling the new product line. The blackberry 10, it comes with 70,000 apps and its designed so you only have to carry one phone for both personal and corporate use. Theres a music store, movie store. That indicates the audience is regular people, an yet theres this blackberry balance feature that lets the company put their apps and wallpaper in a segregated sand box. And you cant see that stuff without the pass word. So, in other words, you can have your personal stuff and your corporate stuff side by side. Just part of the conversation taking place this week in the news. It has been an extraordi