KQED Nightly Business Report January 24, 2014
We have all that and more tonight on nightly Business Report for thursday, january 23rd. Good evening and welcome. Stocks had one of their roughest days in months today. They fell sharply and broadly on some lackluster earnings reports. But the real catalyst today was china. Data showed its Manufacturing Sector contracted this month. That plus concerns over Credit Conditions there sent shiverers of worryabout around the globe and especially into the emerging markets. One prominent emerging markets fund lost 2. 5 . U. S. Economic data out today was pretty good. First time jobless claims are rou...