Have eurozone unemployment ticking higher slightly. A mixed bag there. Little change overall in europe. Our road map this morning starts with what else . The fiscal cliff. The president heads to a pennsylvania toy factory pressing his case for a proposal that actually leaked last night seeking 1. 6 trillion in tax hikes. Republicans in morning balking and cliff fears prompt another company to issue a dividend and its whole foods. Owner of taco bell, kfc, have warned that sales hit the skids. The shares yesterday hit a fresh high. Facebook unlikes zynga. Zynga shares are plummeting this morning on the news. Never an ego boost for the ceo when the stock falls on the news that hes keeping his job. Thats exactly whats happening with groupon as the board keeps andrew mason. The president heading to a pennsylvania factory this morning. Republicans have given a thumbs down to the president s plan which includes a 1. 6 trillion tax increase, 50 billion in Infrastructure Spending for next year
Melissa how would you like to pay more at the pump . We have the new talk about raising the gas tax. What a great idea. Lori i love paying over four dollars a gallon. Washington not the only one that cannot get a deal done. Entering day 76. Its Small Business that is really on then ice. Melissa time now for stocks as we do every 15 minutes. Lauren simonetti. Washington is playing politics over the fiscal cliff. We are near session lows right now. 11 points away from session lows. The dow is clinging onto that level right now. Consumer discretionary is your best performing sector this month. It is lower today, as is technology. The s p 500 trying to hang onto a monthly gain. Not sure if we can do it. Certainly higher for the week and nasdaq higher for the both of them. A twoday chart of yelled is really interesting. They expect fourthquarter sales in china to decline. Lots of analysts cutting this stuff today. Melissa lauren, thank you very much. Lori after laying out his opening bid to
You were upset, didnt like what was going on but wait a minute its not just you. Your colleague next to you and next cubical, down the hall. You got so upset with the way things are in the workplace you just kind of wanted to give the boss the finger and left. You wanted to make a statement because you care. And youre not really sure if you can go back in that building. A bunch of americans across this country today walked out of work, taking a chance, not sure if theyre going to have a job tomorrow with no guarantees as to whether or not theyre going to be retained. Who knows, maybe the boss went home and is looking at videotape to see whos out there. He wasnt at work, he might have been playing golf or something, you know, weathers getting nicer around the country. I congratulate all of these workers for showing some real guts. You know, all of these polls saying nobodys energized for the midterms, really . When i see what happened today i get kind of encouraged. In fact i wish the e
0 the president of the united states there at the saban forum there in washington, a meeting between u.s. and israeli leaders. the conversation being dominated by iran s nuclear ability, the president also underscoring the strength of the u.s./israeli relations. we ll have much more on this forum 30 minutes from now in the cnn newsroom. right now time for your money. a possible tipping point for the economy. 203,000 jobs created last month. but as low-wage workers take to the streets it looking more like one america with two economies. i m christine romans. this is your money. america on track to create nearby 2.3 million jobs this year. but the quality of those jobs could spark the beginning of a 21st century labor movement. fast food workers protesting in 100 cities across the country this week. they re calling for a living wage, $15 an hour. they are not alone in their call for better pay. we know there are airport workers and fast food workers and nurse assistants and r