million, up 12% from the year before. while the wages of the average u.s. worker have gone up 2%, the year before that 1%. take note, 23 years ago, ceo pay compared to the average worker was 191 to 1. now ceo pay is over 1,000 times that of the average worker. however, new study results seem to show that many americans are happy to have a job. this survey found 60% say, my pay is fair, almost 40% say they are underpaid, and not too big a surprise, men versus women come out different here. 30% of many say they re underpaid while 43% of women say they re underpaid because women make an average of 75 cents to the dollar of men. we feel differently. the 2% that said they were overpaid, that s the ceos. maybe not, actually, because the most of them say i need to make more money. a big boom year for them. carmen wong ullrich. it s all stock options. i ll take a dollar.
morning market check, dow down almost 30 points, s&p 500 down 5. things are looking much rosier today because a deal was made. the big worry the debt ceiling, start messing with the debt ceiling, that could be a problem for wall street. about gas, those oil prices are still a threat and markets may feel that as well. exactly. carmen wong ullrich. congress and the congress preparing for a new bigger battle over the soaring national debt. president obama wants law makers to raise the $14.29 trillion debt ceiling. which we are going to hit next month. about the middle of may. republicans want something in return for doing that. the president will also announce his long-term plan for reducing the deficit on wednesday. a 6.6 magnitude earthquake has hit northern japan, comes on the one-month anniversary of the march 11th earthquake and tsunami. it s not clear yet if there s any new damage but the latest quake forced workers at the severely damaged nuclear plant in fukushima to e
24 minutes past the hour. china s rapid growth and rising price of food, energy and other goods pushing the country s trade balance into the red. this is the first time this has happened in seven years. imports outweighed exports by more than a billion dollars in the first quarter. that is compared to a $13 billion surplus during the same time last year. china is the world s top exporters. it pays to have the corner office. ceo pay, surprise surprise, is on the rise. carmen wong ullrich is minding your business. i don t think i m telling you anything too new. corporate profits are up 29% last year. that is the biggest jump in 60 years. along sooitsdsside with that, the top pay for ceos last year, an average of almost $10
heartland, a storm system spawns dozens of tornadoes, including one that wiped out more than half of a small town in iowa. on this american morning. welcome to american morning. glad you re with us. as april 11th. when we left our viewers we weren t sure if we were going to be the government in business. now they ve averted that crisis, and they re fighting again. but yeah. there are two more crises on the horizon. first, more news out of jaen. breaking news from japan a 6.6 magnitude earthquake has rocked the northern part of the country, comes exactly one month after the earthquake and tsunami that has killed more than 13,000 people and triggered a nuclear crisis. we re live in tokyo this morning. what can you tell us about the latest quake? we can tell you it wasn t just one earthquake, kiran. we saw a series of earthquakes in a short period of time. according to the japanese meteorological agency, there were four within the span of 20 minutes and the big c
being checked because you have to pay for it. right. which is smart, though. i mean, it s forcing people to rethink, i don t need seven sweaters maybe i can get away with two. you know. says kiran. do you ever check a bag? i rarely do. see i do. i don t want to deal with it. it takes a lot longer to load planes because everybody is trying to squeeze it in. the reason i have to check a bag for hair spray. you don t have that problem. i m with you. same thing. and the morning market check, dow up 57 points. yesterday nasdaq up friday almost up nine, s&p down 6.5 and we re looking a little mixed on the futures but overall positive. and we re not prepared for this next story. we should have carmen bring us in four pillows. thousands of people around the world connect with their inner child over the weekend. i love this. beating the stuffing out of each other. more than 100 cities taking part in international pillow fight day. organizers used social networking