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>> the president has not improved the american economy. >> sorry, bill. the cold truth is president obama has improved the economy. america has reelected the president who brought the economy back from collapse. let's take a look at some numbers. because unlike republicans, they don't lie. 247 million shoppers visited stores this black friday weekend. they spent an estimated $59 billion over the four-day period. sales up over 12% from last year. the housing market is looking pretty good these days. average home prices rose for the sixth consecutive month. home prices are up 3% from this time l...

Personal finance expert vera givens. good first step. what is it? >> have a budget. have a list. whittle the list down. many are shopping without a list without a budget. we are spending 14 million americans are carrying debt from last year. >> last year's christmas? >> last year's christmas. we are on track to have a record cyber monday, 5 billion, 59 billion over the four-day thanksgiving break. people are spending too much. >> it adds up quickly. so you say don't pay too much for shipping. how do you avoid that? so many retailers make you pay for your own shipping. >> unless you spend a cer...

>> good morning to you. it is 14 minutes after the hour. here's a look at what you missed while you were sleeping. united nations announce ago new round of talks today in kwut tar on global warming. even though a lot of country's budgets are strained by big financial problems some countries say they will spend more cash tackling the climate issue. service into lower manhattan along the trade centerine has resumed. sandy has knocked down that line. another one affected is running again through the hard hit long beach area but on a weekend schedule. perfect. thank you, heather. >> cyber monday i...

Business before the bell with michelle careuso cabrera. numbers out about how shopping numbers were. a key weekend. national retail federation says this weekend was better that a year ago. they estimate americans spent $59 billion over the weekend compared to $52 billion last year. and thenn $423 per person. they think 139 million people went to the stores. plaque friday cyber wise was phenomenal. topped a billion dollars, up 26% compared to a year ago. so a lot more people getting on their computers. >> consumer confidence. >> barnicle at the apple store. >> michelle, thank you. [ grunts ] ...

>> black friday sales shattering records and hundreds of millions of you were out and we haven't reached cyber monday. that's tomorrow. predictions, that will be a record breaker as well. here is brenda buttner and anchor of bulls and bears. >> harris, retailers count on the holidays for a very important gift. most ring in at least a quarter of annual sales during the shopping season and numbers out for the kickoff season, show the shoppers were out and the national retail federation more than 250 million shopped online and in stores, spending more than 59 billion bucks and that doesn't count ...