but for us democrats, obamacare is a badge of honor. because, no matter you who are, what stage of life you are in, this law is a good thing. first, if you already have insurance you like, you can keep it. insurance companies can no longer refuse to cover americans with pre-existing conditions. that s what exchange looks like. more than 5 million seniors have already saved monotheir prescription drugs. and almost 33 million have benefitted from free preventive services. the president has cracked down hard on medicare and health care fraud, recovering a record-breaking $10.7 billion over 3 years, protecting our senior citizens. that s what change looks like. this law gives tax credits to 360 small businesses so they can give their employees health
history there well. that is for valentine s day? you meet even be able to get in tonight. it s not for valentine s day proper but next weekend for two nights. that s a holiday weekend. it is. you have a lot of choices with this so valentine s day can really last throughout the week. and through the year. so love just goes a long way. ooh-la, la, i like that. americans are gambling more of their hard-earned dough and especially in las vegas. gaining revenue increased last year to $10.7 billion. atlantic city has seen a decline with revenue falling 7% to 3.3 billion. the figures run through november but industry experts say the trend is clear. americans are returning to the gaming tables.
this poll today. only 40% of americans approve of how president obama is handling the economy. that s the lowest of his presidency. as for john boehner, we learned that since he took over as speaker, his net approval rating has dropped 12 points to 42%. not everyone is doing poorly in this economy, mind you. today when national gas prices averaged $3.89, exxon mobil reported a first quarter profit of $10.7 billion with a b dollars, a 69% increase from this time last year. royal dutch shell reported $6.3 billion, a 30% increase from last year. as for the stock market, it s doing just fine as well, thank you very much. with stock indexes hitting 2011 highs. so how do you explain the economic reality we continue to face, in which a small set of powerful economic interests are bathing in cash while most of the rest of the country
in phillips colon health defended against the bad gas, diarrhea and constipation. .and? it helped balance her colon. oh, now that s the best part. i love your work. [ female announcer ] phillips colon health. the paul ryan republican budget includes $40 billion in taxpayer subsidies for the oil industry. exxon mobil today announced that its profits this past quarter were the second highest profits ever record for any company in any industry ever in the history of the world. they were first too. now they have come in second. exxon made $10.7 billion in profit. in three months. which means that since i started this segment, exxon has made this much money. that many dollars in profit. $1,400 a second. $83,000 a minute. $5 million an hour. they make $5 million an hour, 24 hours a day, just in profit.
year holiday this week helped produce this deficit. china s imports surged nearly 33% in the first quarter to a record $400.7 billion. its exports were up about 2 %. despite the deficit in this first quarter, china still reported a trade surplus in march. analysts expect the country to post a surplus for the full year overall. meanwhile, investors will be looking ahead to friday when beijing releases its first quarter inflation and gdp figures. charles? let s have a look at u.s. markets and we are seeing this rally clearly, a certain amount of earnings still in the united states if not in europe. we re looking at gains of about a quarter percent for the dow, up about half a percent for the nasdaq and the s&p 500, again, up by about a quarter of a percent. doesn t seem to be impressing europe too much.