Commentator thomas kielinger. And here in the studio observing the two metre rule, the bbcs chief International Correspondent lyse doucet. Lets focus first on india, which is so big that everything happens at once. Infections still rising in some parts of the country and a partial lifting of the lockdown in others. But the damage to repair is huge with 140 Million People estimated have lost their jobs. So how is the Indian Government doing in helping them and balancing difficult judgments about how far to relax restrictions . That is obviously a question to start with you. Thank you. India is either a miracle or a mystery. Because, a country as vast as india with a population of 1. 3 billion, has today less than 1500 deaths. Now, the big question is, is this the real situation or is it Something Else . There are reports that many deaths may not have been recorded because india is a country where underprivileged people can die without diagnosis or treatment. In the second story which ha
Capital requirements and the like. Bank of america was the good news. That really held strong all day long on the dow jones industrials. Jpmorgan on the other hand not so much obviously with those fed findings coupled with the fact theyre in washington facing all the questions about the london whale. A tough day for jpmorgan. Sandra happy friday, to you, nicole. Were seeing groupon seeing a huge rally. Up 7 . Investor bill miller say he is very bullish on the name right now. Right. We saw that Early Morning before the opening bell. That has been the trend all day. All you need one big guy on the street with positive comments and a big move. Much like the analyst call. David then we have apple which is popping despite this new Samsung Phone which i think has been overhyped, this ithing. Not quite what it was pumped up to. I know what you mean. Eye scrolling technology. David not really eye scrolling. Head moving. Not eye scrolling. Whatever it is. You know what . Apple is popping today.
This is nightly Business Report with Tyler Mathisen and sues gharib. Another day, another record. The dow ends at a second consecutive alltime high as the Federal Reserve says the economy is growing but modestly. And Americas Energy future. In focus, a special report on a sector that could power u. S. Growth and jobs for decades. And stormy weather. A big problem for you but also a big pain for business. How Mother Nature is the great disrupter. And welcome to all of our Public Television viewers. Tyler,nother day of stocks and the economy grabbing the headlines. The stocks once again, another day the dow jumps over the moon. The blue chip index adding 42 points. The broader s p 500 was up one. The nasdaq though edged nearly two points lower, pulled down by apple and google. The markets began the day higher after better than expected news about jobs with payroll firm adp reporting 198,000 private sector jobs added back in february, more than economists expected. Also helping today, app
The nasdaq though edged nearly two points lower, pulled down by apple and google. The markets began the day higher after better than expected news about jobs with payroll firm adp reporting 198,000 private sector jobs added back in february, more than economists expected. Also helping today, applications for new Mortgage Loans shot up 15 last week after Home Mortgage rates edged a tad lower. New records have a way of making investors feel optimistic. They also triggered new worries as people try to figure out if the next milepost is dow 15,000 or dow 13,000 again. At these heights, theres fear of the unknown and plenty of caution flags flying. Is it too late to get into the stock market . That was the question individual investors were asking all around the country today. The headlines and the euphoria about a new milestone for the dow were tempting for many investors and scary for others at this Charles Schwab center in new york city. I think theres a game in the back room that were n
Bret, how did all of this come to light . Well, jon, this was the result of a foia request by the Washington Times, the specific story youre talking about in regards to when the Obama Transition Team was briefed about the problems at the va. The other scandals that have, the allegations have come up for at least 11 states now. And investigations are ongoing. So this is snowballing as you have lawmakers on both sides of the aisle calling for more in depth investigations and bringing in the fbi. Jon there is a former member of the va staff, high level staffer, who had this to say to congress a few weeks ago when some of these allegations first came up. I want to play you for this now. To date, we found no evidence of a secret list, and we have found no patient who is have died because they have been on a wait list. That was dr. Robert petzel, undersecretary for Veterans Affairs. He said at the time we havent found any evidence of secret lists. We havent found any evidence that people die