Sales way ahead of the season which would be black friday. Seismic shift here to this calendar here. Does this surprise you . Melody, you start to talk about it since june and every year it is further back. It is making me crazy. I admit that is maybe i am old school, everything you just mentioned until after thanksgiving that to me is the official Holiday Season bahumbug amazon is rewriting the script i guess in some way is good for them we have sales, walmart and target during the week and especially in light of this weird environment we are in which is an expectation of stimulus but no actual stimulus here well, we may be the line of misfit tonight there is no question amazon and walmart are the leaders. An acceleration of all these trends we spent so much time talking about fast money of the trends being pushed forward but already in place 49 measured through last month. As you go into the Holiday Season is bigger amazon about 32. 5 it goes to 38 they continue to take market share
Tells news 4 shes praying its not her son. And new Technology Improving the accuracy of mammograms. And hopefully reducing the fear of a false result. News 4 at 11 00 starts now. Hello, everybody. First up at 11 00, our frigid friday night is just the start of what will be one of the coldest weekends of the season. What a shock it is after we hit 80 earlier this week. Doug, how long is this cold going to stick around . Its kind of hard to imagine. Temperatures right now, it feels nearly 60 to 70 degrees colder than it did just two days ago. Absolutely amazing how it just hits you when you step out the door. It has been so warm and now look how cold we are. Current temperatures in the 20s. But look at the wind chills. 22 kuscurrently in d. C. , feels e 16 in hagerstown, 9 in state college. And an incredibly cold night across our region. On. Earlier today abundant in parts of the area especially down towards southern maryland, then a nice band came through towards our north and west. For
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Marijuana use. And the troubling trend of homelessness in america. Hello, welcome to al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. [ countdown ] with that we wave goodbye to 2013 and say hello to 2014 at least in part of the country. Supreme Court Justice started the ball drop. Folks on the west coast coast will bring in 2014 in a couple of hours. Billions celebrated hours ago. Revellers in taiwan counted down to 2014 more than 12 hours ago. Here you see celebrations in taipei. In moscow security was tight in red square. The fireworks blasting over the cathedral were spectacular. Big ben rang in the new year in london. They are not just fireworks. It was a multisensory display, it also included peach snow, edible banana confetti and orangescented bubbles. The Affordable Care act goes in effect on january 1st. Hundreds of thousands can use their coverage. The Supreme Court suspended the family planning. Most key provisions will roll out on wednesday. Today americans who have been forced to go wi
In south dakota residents are allowed to return after a toxic train crash. One train was derailed and hit loaded with crude oil. And we still have a few hours left in 2013, but most of the world is in 2014. This is a live picture from london. Is this live . Did we get the timing right . Wow. Big ben, yeah, just at midnight. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered for spectacular fireworks display. Real money with David Shuster in for ali velshi is next. New confidence for the new year Consumer Sentiment is beginning to surge and the Housing Market is starting to cool off. Thats a good thing. We will explain. Plus have you heard about the online currency called bit coin. Why its not the only game in town. And the Corporate Cash that is now pooing into College Football bowl games. Who is making millions off the ncaa. Im David Shuster in for ali velshi. And this is real money. This is real money, and you are the most important part of the show. Join our live conversation on twitter aj re