Today is a timely hearing with children out of school. To see what needs to be done to keep them safe. Im interested in keeping them safe not only as a get on and off school buses but in keeping them safe in the streets as they go to school. It is true that school buses have a relatively safe safety record. It is also true that children are injured every day or every year in bus related crashes. More than, i believe, and most accidents, we owe it to our children, to these students to examine why these fatalities occur and what can be done to prevent them. There are school buses in my own district. Most take other modes of transportation, including walking, biking or riding in a car, going on public transportation. Children are often at greater risk outside the school bus than inside it. 264ave figures showing students who died in School Transportation related accidents in the last 10 years. 97 were struck by a vehicle while walking near the bus. We are going to hear today from what con
Seismic jitters about the middle east, central europe, u. S. Central bank policy, took a back seat to news from portugal. That countrys government threw a lifeline to one of its biggest lenders. That was enough to spark a rebound from last weeks steep losses. The worst in two years for the s p 500. Unwinding of short positions bets the market will fall a little bit today. At the end of the day, the dow was higher by 76 points. And the s p added 13. Stocks seeing a healthy bounce back, at least for today, a lot of people are asking whats driving the markets right now. And whats the mood among traders. It was the best day in two weeks for the s p 500, the rally began in europe where the portuguese government bailed out its largest banks, bond and stockholders took a big hit. Stocks started the week in the u. S. The absence of bad news for europe and the ukraine lifted commodities stocks. Energy stocks also rose as oil moved up for the first time in four days. For the rest of the week, tr
Seismic jitters about the middle east, central europe, u. S. Central bank policy, took a back seat to news from portugal. That countrys government threw a lifeline to one of its biggest lenders. That was enough to spark a rebound from last weeks steep losses. The worst in two years for the s p 500. Unwinding of short positions bets the market will fall a little bit today. At the end of the day, the dow was higher by 76 points. And the s p added 13. Stocks seeing a healthy bounce back, at least for today, a lot of people are asking whats driving the markets right now. And whats the mood among traders. It was the best day in two weeks for the s p 500, the rally began in europe where the portuguese government bailed out its largest banks, bond and stockholders took a big hit. Stocks started the week in the u. S. The absence of bad news for europe and the ukraine lifted commodities stocks. Energy stocks also rose as oil moved up for the first time in four days. For the rest of the week, tr
Seismic jitters about the middle east, central europe, u. S. Central bank policy, took a back seat to news from portugal. That countrys government threw a lifeline to one of its biggest lenders. That was enough to spark a rebound from last weeks steep losses. The worst in two years for the s p 500. Unwinding of short positions bets the market will fall a little bit today. At the end of the day, the dow was higher by 76 points. And the s p added 13. Stocks seeing a healthy bounce back, at least for today, a lot of people are asking whats driving the markets right now. And whats the mood among traders. It was the best day in two weeks for the s p 500, the rally began in europe where the portuguese government bailed out its largest banks, bond and stockholders took a big hit. Stocks started the week in the u. S. The absence of bad news for europe and the ukraine lifted commodities stocks. Energy stocks also rose as oil moved up for the first time in four days. For the rest of the week, tr
Central bank policy, took a back seat to news from portugal. That countrys government threw a lifeline to one of its biggest lenders. That was enough to spark a rebound from last weeks steep losses. The worst in two years for the s p 500. Unwinding of short positions bets the market will fall a little bit today. At the end of the day, the dow was higher by 76 points. And the s p added 13. Stocks seeing aealthy bounce back, at least for today, a lot of people are asking whats driving the markets right now. And whats the mood among traders. It was the best day in two weeks for the s p 500, the rally began in europe where the portuguese government bailed out its largest banks, bond and stockholders took a big hit. Stocks started the week in the u. S. The absence of bad news for europe and the ukraine lifted commodities stocks. Energy stocks also rose as oil moved up for the first time in four days. For the rest of the week, traders are going to keep a sharp eye on europe. Is the worst ove