The new Prime Minister of greece is looking for allies. Others want the Prime Minister to stick to the terms of the existing bailout. Here is the finance minister. We have assembled drug addicts craving the next dose. It is not that we do not need the money, we are desperate because of certain commitments and liabilities that we have. Greeces new government wants it written down so i can increase government spending. Peace talks broke down over the weekend. Fighting between ukrainian troops and rebels has intensified. In the super bowl, a miracle finish. A blown play call a few room for seattle. Patriots win 2824. Tom brady was the m. V. P. I watched and i understood the game. I want to break exxon and mobil coming out. Earnings coming in at 1. 56 a share. Oil equivalent production fell 3. 8 . It may be making millions and billions of dollars, but it has a hard time keeping up with production. Earnings did wind out at 1. 56. This past weekend marked an important deadline for General Mo
Agony of those who make raw products wins out causing the dow to plunge 268 points. Nasdaq nosedive 1. 73 , worst day in ages. Its a good news, bad news game. Today the negatives won out. First, though, because im kind of optimism fella. Some are obvious. When we pump our gas, most of us are in disbelief how cheap it is. I cant tell you how many times i put out 60, 50 will do. I get a good spot when that comes back to me, but there are big losers on the other side, too. We dont see them. From the longest losers are countries considered hostile to our interest or produce terrorists that charged our world in horrible and heinous ways, members of opec. These days gasoline may come from oil produced in the united states, refined in the united states. This time the losers, some are closer to home and borrowed a ton of money to keep drilling, money that cant be paid back if prices stay as low as they are. 61 a barrel, it will go lower, because there is no discipline to production. There is g
And road safe america, who also have been inspired to support these rules. I say tragically and unfortunately because none of us welcome the fact that there are victims of crashes resulting from tired truckers. Most regretful are the truckers themselves, which is why theyre supporting this rule. But the families and loved ones of victims of these crashes support the rules, and even many Trucking Companies, like those represented by the Trucking Alliance support these rules. The fact is, theres good reason for the rules and theres good reason to strip the bill of the provision that negates and in effect undercuts and eviscerates these rules. Section 133 of division k. Theres good reason in the 2005 study conducted by the federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, demonstrated under the old rules that 65 of drivers reported feeling drowsy while driving and 48 admitted to falling asleep while driving at some point the previous year. Under these new rules, the Motor Carrier Safety Admini
Here are techstars ahead of the closing bell. Today is the busiest day on record for health care deals. Four deals already today and that is over 17 billion worth. Striking a deal for 30 billion for catamaran. And then Horizon Pharma agreeing to beat hype to buy hyperion. Tesla shares rising after elon musk set on twitter that a major new tesla product line will be unveiled april 30. He did not give any details about the products. Glenn tiltons three decade wall street career was dealt a blow by wall street regular disparate her firm had caught the 200 Million Dollars of payments to which she was in an title. The agency accused the selfproclaimed billionaire of law a fraud. In a letter of investors they disagreed with the secs claim. We have less to an hour to go. Lets go great that go right to the breaking news desk. Looking at the action up wall street area wall street. Scarlet as you mentioned it is the dows triple digit point move in over a week. Stocks are higher for everyone that
Diane eastabrook in is chicago, but we begin with jonathan betz. I understand the weather already having a major impact on the commute. Yeah, without question because it is so cold dell. This storm system is not bringing a lot of snow or ice, just these frigid cold temperatures. In new york city it is hovering around zero degrees. You add in the wind chill, and it feels like 20 to 25 below zero. Not since 1896 has it been this cold in new york city. A record because of this be iter cold air moving through early today. Amtrak canceling dozens of trains today because of the cold weather actually had several trains stranded in Northern Illinois because of the snow the system brought up there. Close to 500 passengers had to sleep in the trains overnight, because the trains could not move because of all of the though on the tracks. Earlier today, amtrak brought in buses and bussed those people to chicago. Close to 2400 Flights Canceled across the United States today. Jet blue made the unusu