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The nasdaq, the leader today up by 21. some retailers posted strong sales this holiday season. others lagged, but overall sales rose 3.5% last month, slightly below last year's level. among the standouts, limited, nordstrom's, and macy's. elsewhere, mortgage rates are starting the new year at record lows. according to freddie mac, the average rate for a 30-year loan is 3.91% this week. on the unemployment front, applications for first-time jobless claims fell last week. they dropped 15,000 to 372,000. that is down 11% from the same time last year. we're going to know more about the hiring envi...

Employers added 325,000 jobs in december mostly among smaller businesses according to adp. that's great. >>gerri: it is. but there is more good news. calm down the calm down. so the number is down 15,000. people filing first-time unemployment, down 15,000 to 372,000. but you take the full week average and that is what the geeks do, the number is 373,000, below 400,000, very good news. that is the lowest in three years. we love to see that. the trend is in the right direction. it is not perfect but getting better. the big thing with the unemployment numbers the jobless rate is worse than it was...

Investors hoping for a third straight day of gains in the dow to kick off the 2012 year. cnbc's becky quick, happy new year, becky. >> hey, happy new year, chuck. >> i think this is our first market rundown of 2012. >> our first time together, and you sound sick. all that running around caught up with you. >> i'm actually about 50 times better than i have been over the last 72 hours. take it away. >> looking at a day in the markets where we'll probably open down. but a little bit of a rough back and forth this morning because we got news when it came to the jobs picture. adp report was out and...

15,000 last week to 372,000. that is 11% lower this time last year. the national unemployment numbers for december come out tomorrow. u.s. service companies expanded at a faster pace last month thanks to holiday sales. the dow was off three today. s&p 500 gained four. nasdaq up 21.5. republicans are still smarting over wednesday's recess appointments by president obama. chief white house correspondent ed henry reports the recipient of the most noteworthy one hit the ground running. >> reporter: day one from richard codray, president obama's new consumer cop. straight out of central casting for...

Applications for unemployment benefit dropped by another 15,000 last week to 372,000. that is 11% lower this time last year. the national unemployment numbers for december come out tomorrow. u.s. service companies expanded at a faster pace last month thanks to holiday sales. the dow was off three today. s&p 500 gained four. nasdaq up 21.5. republicans are still smarting over wednesday's recess appointments by president obama. chief white house correspondent ed henry reports the recipient of the most noteworthy one hit the ground running. >> reporter: day one from richard codray, president obam...