this. we re 247 million e-mails sent just in the 30 minute time period and one of the best ones this morning, john tower just read it. can yyou do that again? nick writes mika, you re beautiful even at 5:00 a.m. groowwl. if he was a pervert no, he wasn t. but that is a perfect segue to checking our weather. perfect. bill karins is out on the plaza this morning. even at 5:00 in the morning? like she doesn t normally look good in the morning? i don t. thanks, guys. he s trying to make you feel bad. i m not trying to cause any trouble at all. so 75, 80 today? how warm is it getting in
to call this a recovery is an insult to recoveries. we have 11.7% unemployment, not 8.1%. the president has not improved the american economy. sorry, bill. the cold truth is president obama has improved the economy. america has reelected the president who brought the economy back from collapse. let s take a look at some numbers. because unlike republicans, they don t lie. 247 million shoppers visited stores this black friday weekend. they spent an estimated $59 billion over the four-day period. sales up over 12% from last year. the housing market is looking pretty good these days. average home prices rose for the sixth consecutive month. home prices are up 3% from this time last year. we have seen 32 months of job growth and finally, here s a
the president has not improved the american economy. sorry, bill. the cold truth is president obama has improved the economy. america has reelected the president who brought the economy back from collapse. let s take a look at some numbers. because unlike republicans, they don t lie. 247 million shoppers visited stores this black friday weekend. they spent an estimated $59 billion over the four-day period. sales up over 12% from last year. the housing market is looking pretty good these days. average home prices rose for the sixth consecutive month. home prices are up 3% from this time last year. we have seen 32 months of job growth and finally, here s a whopper, consumer confidence index is at a what? four-year high? how could that be? it rose to 73.7, the highest
we can help. call unitedhealthcare to learn about medicare plans that may be right for you. call now. shepard: this is studio b at the bottom of the hour and time for the top of the news. it is black friday and small business saturday didn t quench your 30 for holiday shopping, according to a research firm americans are expected to spend $1.5 billion today, cyber monday, a 20 percent jump from the same day last year. holiday shipping is off to a record start. the national retail federation reports starting on thanksgiving a report 247 million shoppers visited stores and sites over the four day weekend and the average spent $25 more this year than last year. the fox business network reporter is live in new york
on-line. we are all breaking down the numbers for a red-letter day. 247 million shoppers visiting storeses as well as their web site. they spent $427 each. now on-line spending on black friday alone also surged. first ever thanksgiving thursday also brought in solid numbers with more than $6 million spent on the web on the holiday. you covered thursday and friday how about today? it is likely to believe the busiest cyber monday. 130 million folks will click on and check out web deals most of them from work and that comes from the research where