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Middle east closed and a travel warning to americans who might be headed to the region. this just in. notorious crime boss whitey bulger will not take the stand. the defense has rested its case. bulger is accused of participating in 19 murders as part of a racketeering conspiracy in a 32 count indictment. that includes extortion and money laundering charges. that is a big development. we'll get more in a little bit. other news, worse than expected jobs report for july. 162,000 jobs were added last month, about 18,000 less than the cnn money estimate. however, the unemployment rate did fall...

Spots in this entire report. 162,000 new jobs in the month of july. nowhere near good enough. nowhere near where it ought to be at this stage in a so-called recovery. >> how do we expect the markets to react this morning, stu? >> that's a tough one because a weak report might mean ben bernanke keeps on printing money. in which case the company goes up. nowhere signals we're nowhere out of the woods on recession. so the market could go down. i'm not calling it, rick. we're looking at indicators and looking at flat open. rick: stu varney, "varney & company" on fbn. good to see you. >> you too, r...

New data breaking down which coffee packs the most punch. starbucks coffee contains 20.6 miligrams of caffeine in every ounce. dunkin' donuts, regular coffee, 12.7 miligrams per ounce. from mcdonald's, 9.1 miligram of caffeine. >> steve: meanwhile -- >> brian: i heard two bells. there was one win better starbucks. >> steve: we're back with a fox business alert. the monthly jobs number is out. it drops to 7.4%. that is the lowest number in 4 1/2 years. nicole petallides joins us from the floor of the new york stock exchange. that looks like a good number. >> it really does. doesn't it? you feel...

Human rights activist. there's mixed news in the latest jobs report, unemployment rate dropped to 4.5 year low of 7.4%. 162,000 jobs added in july are the fewest since march, and may and june were revised downward by 26,000. all of this didn't have much effect on wall street. the dow gained 30, s&p 500 was up three. both set new closing highs. nasdaq finished ahead 14. for the week, the dow rose six-tenths of a point. nasdaq gained a little over 2%. let's look behind the jobs numbers. fox news business anchor melissa francis joins us from new york. good evening, melissa. >> good evening. >...

Good morning. thanks so much for being with me. i'm carol costello checking our top stories at 32 minutes past the hour. hiring hit a slump last month. the economy added 162,000 jobs, well below what some analysts had predicted. retail and food service workers were a bright spot, with 85,000 jobs added in the sector. in the middle east, a terror threat is prompting the state department to close u.s. embassies across the region, embassies in israel and across the nation will shut their doors on sunday. ed royce tells us the believes it is al qaeda linked. and options being weighed in light ...