new or unexpected shortness of breath, any planned surgery and all medicines you take. i will take brilinta today. tomorrow. and every day for as long as my doctor tells me. don t miss a day of brilinta. today s three big money headlines, bargain hunting, in the cards and in return. author of the book black market millions, hetha, good to see you. sales one reason people will be heading to the stores today. what is worth buying? when they go in, people will start buying clothing, a lot of home decorations, so obviously christmasorations will be discounted and they ll be going in and buying makeup, perfume,
are following. i m sure you are too. the latest star wars film the force awakens is on track to make history. it earned $100 million in first full day in theaters and that tops the previous high of $91 million set by the harry potter film. and in today s three big money headlines, super saturday, bonus time and who s the boss? joining me to break it all down, usa today contributor regina lewis. with a holiday good morning to you, this season, it s good to see you. let s talk about super saturday. the holiday shopping, i got there. retailers have felt a chill from this unusually warm weather, right? absolutely. super saturday today, traditionally rivals black friday as the single biggest holiday shopping day. to your point, alex, some have estimated at $185 million in lost sales in november due to
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in today s three big money headlines, october surprise, senior helper and bank withdrawls. joining me to break it down, usa today contributor, regina lewis. let s go to the october surprise and the far reaching implications. 271,000 jobs added. the biggest monthly number of the year and well above what the fed has indicated it might take for them to raise interest rates come the mid december meeting that brings the average for the year to 206,000. if you look at it since january, you see a relatively steady increase in the unemployment rate currently 5% and decreasing over the course of the year since january. okay. good news there. let s go to senior helper. what s the proposal that could benefit the bottom line of retirees? well, elizabeth warren has a proposal which is a one time emergency benefit increase to seniors. 70 million some of them