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off earnings season. nicole: that is right, earnings season begins today after the bell. beginning with alcoa on the 4:00 p.m. show, so we will bring it out. selling across the board. dow jones industrial average down 91 points, so about 15 points off of the lows of the day. the selling going on, nasdaq composite down 1.4%, we talk a lot about apple under some pressure. we saw some business reports coming, sentiment from those have fallen again for the fourth time in five months and also not saying thing to add staff or make capital investments at this time. also european picture her...

start a company today. the reason? regulations. we're going to be talking to the ceo of the national federation of independent businesses about what they want to see get done. also top strategists breaking down how to play the housing recovery. since he last joined us, his recommendation is up more than 25%. now that we have today's pullback, is it time to get in again? we will ask him. but first, we're going to tell you what drove the markets with today's data download. stocks slipping today with all three major indices close anything the red, the s&p 500 posting its fifth straight ...

>> brett: the economic decline called the great recession begin in december of 2007. the recession ended in june 2009 yet americans are still struggling. unemployment hovers around 9%. hometown prices have cratered. it's hard to argue that anything that washington is doing is working. and consumer spending is the weakest in 20 months. so how do we get back on track? this hour, fox news reporting with ten ways to save the economy. we began with chief correspondent james rosen on restoring consumer confidence. >> y 2 k, the dawn of a new millennium and the peak of consumer confidence, ...

>> late today bloomberg news reported tim geithner is weighing leaving the administration once the debt ceiling debate is resolved. treasury officials say geithner has not made a decision and will not make a decision while the negotiations are continuing. a debt debate that's gotten heated. with white house officials warning the u.s. is in the danger zone before the august 2nd deadline on the debt ceiling, the senate majority leader said they would not take recess. >> the senate will reconvene on tuesday, the day after the 4th we'll do that because we have work to do. >> a day after ...

>> late today bloomberg news reported tim geithner is weighing leaving the administration once the debt ceiling debate is resolved. treasury officials say geithner has not made a decision and will not make a decision while the negotiations are continuing. a debt debate that's gotten heated. with white house officials warning the u.s. is in the danger zone before the august 2nd deadline on the debt ceiling, the senate majority leader said they would not take recess. >> the senate will reconvene on tuesday, the day after the 4th we'll do that because we have work to do. >> a day after ...