Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20111230:10:17:00
Average fell to a 3 1/2 year low. also aiding stocks, italy's bond yields, which spooked investors wednesday, but eased thursday after a debt auction. still the yield on the ten-year bond hovers near the 7% danger level. banks were the day's biggest gainers led by jpmorgan chase, alcoa, and caterpillar, two bell weathers that sunk wednesday led the dow. amazon dipped after a brokerage warning on the quarter results. sears fell further after its store closings and other issues caused fitch to downgrade the stock. gold fell for a sixth straight day, down 1.5%. starting january 15th, verizo...