4.4% of homes are in the foreclosure process. that s down .2 of a point. mortgage rates for 30-year fixed loans rose this week from a moderate low of 4.17% to 4.39%. stocks were up today, the dow gained 173 1/3. s&p 500 was up 18. nasdaq added 38 1/3. former obama administration car czar steven radnor has agreed to pay $6.2 million to settle civil charges of influence peddling. the fcc accused him and his private equity firm of providing kickbacks and political favors to get access to business from the new york state pension fund. the house took a procedural vote today to cut funding for npr. but it did not pass. correspondent molly henneberg reports, the issue and the effort may not be dead. the outnumbered house republicans tried today and failed 171-239 to defund
4.4% of homes are in the foreclosure process. that s down .2 of a point. mortgage rates for 30-year fixed loans rose this week from a moderate low of 4.17% to 4.39%. stocks were up today, the dow gained 173 1/3. s&p 500 was up 18. nasdaq added 38 1/3. former obama administration car czar steven radnor has agreed to pay $6.2 million to settle civil charges of influence peddling. the fcc accused him and his private equity firm of providing kickbacks and political favors to get access to business from the new york state pension fund. the house took a procedural vote today to cut funding for npr. but it did not pass. correspondent molly henneberg reports, the issue and the effort may not be dead. the outnumbered house republicans tried today and failed 171-239 to defund
bill. the white house denies that. the s.e.c. is by law an independent agency. what it does, it does not coordinate with the white house. we receive no advance notice of any enforcement act. reporter: goldman denies the government charges and said it did not need to disclose paulson s role and it itself lost $75 million on the deal. bret? bret: peter, thank you. well, stocks were mixed today. the dow gained 73 1/3. s&p 500 up 5 1/3. nasdaq lost one and change. it s all your money. in this segment, the white house made a point to say one way of coming up with revenue to help reduce the deficit is not on the table. there has been speculation as we talked about that a
the s.e.c. is by law an independent agency. what it does, it does not coordinate with the white house. we receive no advance notice of any enforcement act. reporter: goldman denies the government charges and said it did not need to disclose paulson s role and it itself lost $75 million on the deal. bret? bret: peter, thank you. well, stocks were mixed today. the dow gained 73 1/3. s&p 500 up 5 1/3. nasdaq lost one and change. it s all your money. in this segment, the white house made a point to say one way of coming up with revenue to help reduce the deficit is not on the table. there has been speculation as we talked about that a value-added tax, a v.a.t.