business, we turn to bertha coombs. janet yellen will be testifying about the economy for a house panel. she s expected to reiterate plans to taper the stimulus program that is cut back on the bond buying program despite some recent weakness in the economic data. kraft singles are going all natural. the company is removing artificial preservetives from their cheese slices. the move comes as americans try to stick to diets with food with natural ingredients. burger king firs the latest shot in the burger wars. it s beefing up their big king burger making it bigger than the big mac. the price is not. the big king will still sell for $3.69. i m not sure how they can afford to do that. beef prices are through the
overall, up 60%. so it was very well handled, very well received. they went with the new york stock exchange. it was pretty flawless. if you look at tech ipos, stunning numbers we have pulled here. if you have $1,000 on the ipo, the initial public offering date of these companies, here s what you would have now. so look at that amazon figure. $1,000 would now have yielded you $239,000. you have to be pretty clairvoyant to bet on e-commerce in 1997. that s the risk/reward scenario that you get. what s the latest in the burger wars? burger wars. that s a good way to deem them. well, they re coming out with the big king, a knockoff of the big mac. two all beef pattys, cheese,
100 kmart customers took to social media and threatened to boycott the store if they didn t change the decision. they want kmart employees to be able to spend time with their families. that s nice. people called it greedy, shameful and disgusting. any word from kmart on that one? no. good news for home buyers who don t have a whole lot of cash on hand. banks are offering loans with down payments of 5%. t.d. bank and wells fargo have moved away from much higher down payments. after the housing bubble burst, buyers needs as much as 20% down or they had to turn to the federal housing administration for a low down payment loan. that s great news. finally here, i love to talk food. we re talking brownies and snacks, right? did you bring some? not this time. next time for sure. let s talk burger. the burger wars are heating up again. burger king says its big king will become a permanent part of
walk in the house, close the door. close the door and good-bye. abby is recovering from the dog bites. had to get a tetanus shot, which is terrible. the photographer, mark jackson. very brave. rolled on the whole thing. he is recovering from lacerations to the arm from rocks being thrown. rolled on the whole things. dogs were running after her. what do you do? what do you do? run, not run? tough one. still ahead, a new competitor in the burger wars now. still ahead, we taste test the smash burger. you re watching world news now.
strips. if you think about that, it sounds a lot like the mcdonald s menu. we are ready for the burger wars. i guess, but aren t they number three now? a miami company? i grew up with burger king. i have to say, that s so 2007 to them. welcome to the 21st 7ry of burger king. you f you can t beat them, join them. up next, the real battle lines and how wisconsin became a petri dish in this ideological fight between the right and the left. bigger than the two parties and the big swing. what s fueling the president s battle ground bump and may not have anything to do with mitt romney. only on msnbc. and social security. security. that s what matters to me. me? i ve been paying in all these years. years washington s been talking at us, but they never really listen.