KQED Nightly Business Report August 8, 2014
Im sue herrera filling in for susie gharib. Positive news in the u. S. , investors focussing on europes economy and conflicts in iraq, tensions between russia and the west over ukraine could threaten europes economy and with italy officially in recession, that set a bad tone and then reports surfaced that the u. S. May be considering air strikes against muslim extremists in iraq. In audition to air drops of humanitarian aid. Should that situation escalate, markets are sure to react. That overshadowed data here showing firsttime jobless claims fell to a more than eightyear low. Stocks managed t...