improvement. a positive jobs report on weekly unemployment claims. they unexpectedly fell by 20,000 to 368,000. everybody stuck at that 400,000 level for three years. now it looks like we are moving to the next threshold and if it holds steady, it would show we are seeing fewer layoffs over time but the big question is are we going to see any hiring? it's a big comparison from hast year this time, down 100,000. last year the claims were up as much as 466,000. we are moving in the right direction. this is bringing anticipation about tomorrow with the big government jobs report. it is expected we are going to see that 200,000 jobs were added to the economy, and that's why we're seeing the markets up strongly today. >> terrific news. alison kosic, many thanks. our daily dose this morning, you may find more bear shelves