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by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening everyone. my colleague tom hudson will be along later in the program. a verdict today in the largest probe of insider trading at a hedge fund in u-s history: billionaire investor raj rajaratnam was found guilty of all 14 counts. a jury convicted him on five counts of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and nine counts of securities fraud. the conviction, after an eight- week trial, is a huge win for the government's efforts to punish insider trading on wall street. we'll ...

this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening everyone. my colleague tom hudson will be along later in the program. a verdict today in the largest probe of insider trading at a hedge fund in u-s history: billionaire investor raj rajaratnam was found guilty of all 14 counts. a jury convicted him on five counts of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and nine counts of securities fraud. the conviction, after an eight- week trial, is a huge win for the government's efforts to punish insider ...

this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening everyone. my colleague tom hudson will be along later in the program. a verdict today in the largest probe of insider trading at a hedge fund in u-s history: billionaire investor raj rajaratnam was found guilty of all 14 counts. a jury convicted him on five counts of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and nine counts of securities fraud. the conviction, after an eight- week trial, is a huge win for the government's efforts to punish insider ...

>> tom: inflation pushes higher at the wholesale level, and that means less money in your pocket. >> the things that we buy with most frequency-- food gasoline and so forth. those are starting to rise, and i think continue to rise as the global recovery continues to gain traction. >> susie: we look at the impact of higher prices on the economic recovery. you're watching "nightly business report" for thursday, january 13. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. new headwinds tonight for the recovering u.s. economy. first, jobless claims jumped to t...

so, the more we have to pay for food, the more we have to cut back on something else. > reporter: the other issue s that wages have not been rising, at least not by much. still, economist dean maki points out the recent cut in the payroll tax will put more money in americans wallets. >> so, what's happening now, consumers are going to be facing higher energy bills, higher food prices. but that's more than offset by the payroll tax cut right now. if this were to happen a few months from now, it would be a potentially more serious issue. >> reporter: energy and food costs are expecte...