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Good for the american people and also happens to be good for president obama. the economy picks up steam in the mukt of july with jobs numbers nearly double what had been predicted. 163,000 jobs were added in july, according to today's report. that includes government job loss of 9,000. therefore, private sector job growth was higher, 172,000 jobs added. the unemployment rate ticked up but it was literally a tax, from 8.217% to 8.54%. >> we learned our businesses created 172,000 new jobs in the month of july.

8.54 cents8.54 cents. heather: thank you. rick: with the iowa caucus less than two weeks ahead. there is a candidate that could make history, ron paul placing second in the rasmussen poll of iowa caucus goers. 20% saying they would prefer him to him. the editor of the national review writing a column saying if paul does win in iowa the hawk-eye state should never be taken seriously again when it comes to their caucuses. rich lowry is editor of the column. never be taken seriously? >> yes. he's a very sincere guy, he's knowledgeable. he has a cranky charm in these debates. he's battled over tru...

Tumble across the world markets on wednesday. ongoing volatility saw u.s. crude oil fall 6%. brent oil which is based out of the uk was down by nearly 5%. while gold lost only 1%, the big loser was not for the first time in recent days, silver. the metal fell nearly 8% to $35 an ounce. remember, it wasn't that long ago where it fell sharply from about $50 right back to $35 or so. let's see how each of these commodities is faring this day, starting with oil, nymex crude is trading up slightly, still below the $100 a barrel mark, 98.54, up a third percent. brent crude is up, nearly 0.5%. gold ha...