Business here. President john killen says the company just had a strong sales year. It actually grew our Employment Base to about 50 people up from about 500. The sales jobs, accounting jobs, engineering jobs. So its a wide variety. It hasnt been just one area. Reporter killen says business this weekend sets the tone for the rest of the year and he likes what he sees. Win crafts a lot more optimistic about 2013. Reporter nationally, hiring showed steady growth in january. Its not an exciting report its a respectable report. Reporter economist Ellen Zentner of Nomura Securities says there was strength in construction, manufacturing, and retail hiring. The Labor Department also said the economy added 422,000 more jobs last year than first reported. That upped the average monthly job growth in 2012 from 153,000 to 181,000. But the economy is facing new head winds with the payroll tax rising again from 4. 2 to 6. 2 . How much impact do you think the payroll tax hike is going to have on gro
With the 17minute mon low log and music and dancing and, of course, the awards. And the oscar goes to argo. In a surprise appearance from the white house, First Lady Michelle Obama announced the winner for best picture. Ben affleck, not nominated for best director, expressed his gratitude for this win. It doesnt matter how you get knocked down in life, because thats going to happen, all that matters is you to get up. I love you. In the best actress category, a bit of a stumble. You guys are standing up because you feel bad that i fell. Thats really embarrassing. Thank you. Reporter Jennifer Lawrence winning for her role in Silver Linings playbook, later celebrating with her family at the governors ball. And the oscar goes to daniel daylewis. Threetime oscar winner meryl streep presented the award to Daniel Day Lewis for his role in lincoln. I had actually been committed to play margaret thatcher. In the directing category, ang lee won for life of pi. Thank you, movie god. Thank you. Fo
Called unconscionable, demanding mr. Obama lead. The president should be calling us over somewhere, camp david, the white house, somewhere and us sitting down and trying to avert these cuts. Reporter but even within the republican party, many are questioning how bad the cuts will be, accusing you the president of exaggerating the consequences. To not cut 2. 5 out of the total budget over a year when its twice the size it was ten years ago, give me a break. Reporter still, at this ship yard in norfolk, virginia, 1600 letters warning of possible pink slips are already in the mail, while workers wait for washington to act. Guys really need to put their Heads Together and figure something out. You know, they take this away, a lot of people are going to be hurt. Reporter a looming crisis underxbird virginias republican governor. Sequester was put in place to be a hammer, not a policy. Now here we are a week away. Find another way to do it and get it done now. Reporter tonight, many of the n
Are very closely related. And when youre building these Information Technology companies, the market rewards you and you can make a lot of money. A lot of folks who are doing such extraordinary work in science dont have the same opportunity, and because of that, i think it would be a shame if a lot of folks were growing up trying to figure out what they want do dont choose to go into such critical work because of that. If by having these prizes we can give incentive and can kind of make some of these folks a little more wellknown as figures that some younger students want to grow up to be like, then were doing our job here. Thank you for joining the conversation this week on your money. Were here every saturday at 1 00 p. M. And sunday at 3 00 p. M. And weekdays at 3 30. Find me on facebook at facebook. Com ali velshi. Tweet me ali velshi. Tweet me ali velshi. Have a great weekend. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com hello. Its 2 00 p. M. On the east coast, 11 00 a. M. Out west. For thos
Right now. Now, the last call said a husband and wife and two Young Children were abandoning a sinking sailboat hoping to stay afloat on a makeshift raft. We asked the coast guard if this might have been a hoax. They say its possible since they have not found anything in the area, no boat, no nothing. Also, there are no reports of missing boats or people at any california ports, as well. A couple who died while scuba diving off carmel are identified asvladimir and marina butski. Their equipment was working. A state parks official says the spot where they were diving whaler cove is shallow and safe. A standoff in east oakland is over. It began yesterday afternoon near 87th avenue and birch street. Police are providing no details about what happened. Neighbors say though police told them they were serving a search warrant at the time. A man connected to a murder cause was reportedly holed up in an apartment there. The standoff blocked streets in the area for hours but all is clear at thi