Index Up News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Being offered, if they dont it could face strikes on the Shop Floor at a time when its meant to be focusing on Safety And Quality control. For boeing. What is on the table is a four year contract, better retirement unless compulsory overtime. The company has also said that if it launches a new Aircraft Design in the next four years that plane would be built in the seattle region. Unions have recommended the deal, but it is far from clear whether a majority of workers will accept it. If they dont, there will be a further vote on Strike Action. This has been a difficult yearfor Strike Action. Th...

Variety of cities. it's fascinating! - variety of cities. it's fascinating! simon, | variety of cities. it's fascinating! simon, good to talk to you, thank you for being on the programme. show you markets, it's the middle of the weekend you can see it is the same old story. i have to say, they have been complaining that the markets have been a bit boring this week, we like a bit of drama but actually maybe you don't because you might lose money or you might make a lot of money. at the moment they are treading water. inflation data coming out of the us which is being watched closely in terms of...

Retailers fell as well after reporting results today. the only index up, utilities. that sector doing well. now, the trouble wasn't confined to the u.s. stocks fell in europe and asia as investors sought offty. only 4 dow stocks were up, including mcdonalds, j&j and coca-cola as consumer stocks did well. liz, back to you. >> of course, i looked at the fear index. it jumped 43%. that means for those of you that don't know, there's a lot of nervousness at the moment. >> sure is. >> thanks for pulling that apart for us. do folks that are counting on tax cuts this year have "excessive expectations...

But it's really nice to see the index up. the sad thing is, of course, that we usually approach the average, which is 98 is the average for 42 years. we usually approach it from the top down you know, after having a really good time, and we haven't done that yet. we just crawled up to the average. >> you know, does it make sense that there is a slight lag as you see in history of doing these surveys, so that you think things are going to get better, you think and sales are getting better well then you'll start hiring soon after? >> sure. the first thing is you have to believe in the future. th...

Now that our three big money headlines, wall street rally. the west coast gas crisis, and what is going on with american airlines? joining me now, a retail and economic analyst. with a good morning to you. >> good morning, alex. >> first to the wall street highest numbers. >> highest in the last five years. dow closed yesterday at 13,610.15. the highest, as i said in five years. 35 points up. and also the blue chip stocks. talking about heinz, general motors. those blue chip stocks were up, the index up 69 points. >> that's pretty great. how about these gas prices which is anything but great i...