Alix here are the top stories we are watching. Consumer spending climbing in march, enough to keep the u. S. Economy from drinking. Purchases rose. 04 points are. 04 . The Labor Department reporting that wages for a private sector employees climbed 0. 7 in the First Quarter. Wages were up nearly 3 the biggest gain in more than six years. Shares of omnicare arising. The company said to be drawing interest from potential buyers. Potential bidders also include walgreens, boost alliance, and mckesson. We have less than an hour to go on the close. Scarlet fu is looking at the action. Scarlet right around the lows of the session. Trading is picking up. Selling is picking up. Im looking at volume and nasdaq stocks notably higher. 11 above the 10day average. The nasdaq is for it at is falling for four straight day. It has been downhill. Look at the 10year yield. It has now turned around pretty much. It was unchanged earlier. Prices were declining and yields were higher. Treasuries were mired i
Revenue fall short of expectations but theres one key takeaway hidden in that report that investors need to know. Well have all that and more tonight on nightly Business Report for tuesday, march 18th. Good evening. A wakeup call big time for our country. A comprehensive survey on retirement reveals onethird of workers have less than 1,000 tucked away for their golden years. Many dont even know how much they should be saving. Some are calling it an impending crisis, and others want to know how we got here and what can be done to fix it. But first heres Sharon Epperson with the sobering details of the state of Retirement Planning or unplaning in america. Reporter most americans arent even close to being financially prepared to retire. I cant save for my retirement. Because of my bills. Im not really thinking about planning for retirement yet but i probably should. Im not thinking about it. Focused on right now. Reporter more than onethird of americans have less than 1,000 in savings and
Revenue fall short of expectations but theres one key takeaway hidden in that report that investors need to know. Well have all that and more tonight on nightly Business Report for tuesday, march 18th. Good evening. A wakeup call big time for our country. A comprehensive survey on retirement reveals onethird of workers have less than 1,000 tucked away for their golden years. Many dont even know how much they should be saving. Some are calling it an impending crisis, and others want to know how we got here and what can be done to fix it. But first heres Sharon Epperson with the sobering details of the state of Retirement Planning or unplaning in america. Reporter most americans arent even close to being financially prepared to retire. I cant save for my retirement. Because of my bills. Im not really thinking about planning for retirement yet but i probably should. Im not thinking about it. Focused on right now. Reporter more than onethird of americans have less than 1,000 in savings and
Revenue fall short of expectations but theres one key takeaway hidden in that report that investors need to know. Well have all that and more tonight on nightly Business Report for tuesday, march 18th. Good evening. A wakeup call big time for our country. A comprehensive survey on retirement reveals onethird of workers have less than 1,000 tucked away for their golden years. Many dont even know how much they should be saving. Some are calling it an impending crisis, and others want to know how we got here and what can be done to fix it. But first heres Sharon Epperson with the sobering details of the state of Retirement Planning or unplaning in america. Reporter most americans arent even close to being financially prepared to retire. I cant save for my retirement. Because of my bills. Im not really thinking about planning for retirement yet but i probably should. Im not thinking about it. Focused on right now. Reporter more than onethird of americans have less than 1,000 in savings and
Nearly half a million syrians. Iran conducted cyberattacks against the United States and our gulf partners. Iran continues to have one of the worlds worst human rights records. The evidence is clear, their provocative actions threaten the United States, the region and the world. Two months after then National Security adviser Michael Flynn dramatically put iran on notice, secretary of state Rex Tillerson yesterday with more targeted rhetoric against that country. Well have what it means for the nuclear deal and the implications for the tense standoff with north korea. Plus, one of the biggest names in cable news is out. Well break down the media and economic implications of fox news parting ways with bill oreilly. Good morning. Its thursday, april 20th. With us here in washington, we have washington anchor for bbc world news america katty kay, New York Times reporter jeremy pete e, political commentator Cokie Roberts and chief White House Correspondent for the New York Times peter bake