committee still on trend. invest in gold watching from the sidelines. investors buy gold with a safety play. stock market on a tear. they weren t seeing a need to hedge their bets until gold fell to a level they couldn t resist. who doesn t love a bargain. after falling 27 bucks yesterday it recupid today to settle at $1,564. back to you. shepard: lori rothman, thanks so much. you have heard of bit coin. unregulated digital currency came back in 2009. a lot of people bought illegal stuff with it you can t trace it now you can get anything with it sold for 9 bucks each. speculators drove it way up. now the news today. there has been something of a meltdown on bit coin. exchange it dropped 60% in one day. now it s halting trading to let everybody cool off. this actually started yesterday. bit coin hit all-time high of 266 bucks. and then it dropped to just over 100 bucks.
on to consumer because subway sandwich is about as much as they can get they charge higher somebody is going to go some place else. what about the minimum wage 9 bucks? the president wants a $9 minimum wage. i kind of think that s all right. i would give exception to teenagers, maybe senior citizens. is that going to hold the economy back the minimum wage? the chamber of customers loves. at the margin. it can t be done all at once. incremental steps raising that minimum wage is passed on to the consumer as is everything else. jobs to provide higher wages. people have to always remember this. sometimes the business community forgets that, you know, consumers are also workers. and if you pay them more, they can buy more. and that makes for a lot healthier, more robust economy. it s a good idea.
on to consumer because subway sandwich is about as much as they can get they charge higher somebody is going to go some place else. what about the minimum wage 9 bucks? the president wants a $9 minimum wage. i kind of think that s all right. i would give exception to teenagers, maybe senior citizens. is that going to hold the economy back the minimum wage? the chamber of customers loves. at the margin. it can t be done all at once. incremental steps raising that minimum wage is passed on to the consumer as is everything else. jobs to provide higher wages. people have to always remember this. sometimes the business community forgets that, you know, consumers are also workers. and if you pay them more, they can buy more. and that makes for a lot healthier, more robust economy. it s a good idea.
subway sandwich is about as much as they can get they charge higher somebody is going to go some place else. what about the minimum wage 9 bucks? the president wants a $9 minimum wage. i kind of think that s all right. i would give exception to teenagers, maybe senior citizens. is that going to hold the economy back the minimum wage? the chamber of customers loves. at the margin. it can t be done all at once. incremental steps raising that minimum wage is passed on to the consumer as is everything else. jobs to provide higher wages. people have to always remember this. sometimes the business community forgets that, you know, consumers are also workers. and if you pay them more, they can buy more. and that makes for a lot healthier, more robust economy. it s a good idea.
veefshed for business or first class hires who may not want you in it. that s why they are limiting the number of fliers that provide the option to speed through. one of the perks of paying extra a lot more for business or first class. they are saying 9 bucks not going to be very fast once eastbound does it. agreed. i don t think this one is a fair take. see what happens. lauren simonetti, fox business network. thanks. it s time now to brew on this. it is friday so here s a recap of the week s viral videos to see which one you like best. take a look at these. first up jennifer lawrence falling the stairs on the way to accept best actress. she was cute with her comments. number two, after a car crashes through the roof of a house in texas cops say it through through the air after the driver hit 90 miles per hour and lost control literal wlint through the roof was sticking out of the roof.