partially blocking access to the site. most google users in mainland, china, are experiencing difficulties making searches. it s like a never-ending saga. i got a sense something is going to be done here and resolution of this thing. we ll get an understanding. health care reform, the new law, i know a lot of people are talking about that and looking into the law a little deeper. there s something in here about tanning salons and burgers. burgers and tanning salons. tax the tanners, tony. yes. right. well, this is part of the health care reform. and part of that reform includes taxing tanning salons. they will be charging 10% for tanning sessions to folks. indoor tanning association saying, quote, it s a crummy, crummy way to make tax policy. also, chain restaurants, tony, with more than 20 locations will have to include calorie information next to the food item on the menu. so you ll be get that calorie count on your burgers and such.
while why closing those gaps is not only good for african-americans but also good for the nation at large. when we have unemployed people, we also have people who could be contributing to the overall economy. that s why we strongly support a robust jobs initiative by the president and the congress. health care reform has dominated president obama s domestic agenda in recent weeks but he says repairing the economy and creating jobs are top priorities moving forward. cnn s jill daugherty joining us from the white house. jill, good to see you again. what is the president doing on the jobs issue? well, just last week you had his first really jobs bill. and that was $17.6 billion. it was for tax breaks for business and also infrastructure spending, which would, they would hope, spur employment. and now we asked the white house what they re looking at next steps. and right now they re planning
cnn is your source for money news. just check out cnnmoney.com. terrific work of our money team. the headline story there at cnn.com now is tanning salons burned by health care. there s a tax included on tanning salons in the health care legislation, now law. the tax doesn t kick in until 2080. cnnmoney.com. let s get you to the new york stock exchange three hours into the trading day. the nasdaq is down 14 points. the dow, so it s a down day so far, down 22. we re following the numbers right here. businesses began small are paying close attention to the health care reform and what it means for their bottom line. starbucks is one company who wants to see it change. the coffee giant says it spens spends more on hale care than coffee beans. did you though that? cnn.com s poppy harlow is in new york. pop poppy, you got more on starbucks and health care, don t you? who would guess that they spend more on health care than on coffee beans. the reason behind that is they
wanted but we ll take it. we are start doing hear that more often about the new health care reform bill. ted rowlands is in nevada asking some small business owner what s works and what doesn t. reporter: the las vegas suburb of henderson, nevada, is historically a hotly contested congressional district. freshman democrat dina titus represents henderson. he was an 11th-hour yes vote for health care reform. i think there are more important things than my re-election and the help of people in this country would certainly be one of those. reporter: at the cupcake, 22-year-old and 23-year-old are pleased they ll now have the option to get health insurance through their parents policies until they re 26. something cameron may do because he has no coverage at all. but what about the business owner, pamela jenkins, who does offer insurance to her full-time employees? potentially down the line it could cost you more money. your thoughts on that. it could, but it could also
you spoke with the president. i. have spoken to the president. this is a run-away train. and we re on a collision course with time. if something doesn t happen. all right. so there you heard him say something needs to change in terms of health care reform. that interview was just a few days before we did see health care reform pass in the house and become law, tony. what s interesting is that this company, he said they spent $300 million a year on health insurance, not even for all their employee, estimated to be roughly 42%, 50% of employees. the cost is not sustainable for the company and he wanted to see change. we ll see if this is enough. interesting to see that perspective from a company that spends that much on health care and because of how he was brought up and the struggles his family had, he won t abandon the health care no matter what it cost the company. that was terrific stuff. you ve got more of it on cnnmoney.com? he was very impressive. you don t expect to he