Melissa im Melissa Francis and heres whats money tonight. Are no state income taxes the next big thing . Feels like it. Nebraska is the latest to consider ditching them for good. But unlike other recent proposals nebraska governor Dave Heineman says he is not going to raise other taxes to make up for it. Hmmm. He will join us to explain just how that could possibly work coming up. Plus, an offer from the islamic militants holding two americans hostage in algeria. They will release them in exchange for two convicted terrorists currently in u. S. Prisons. Could attacks like this against oil and gas facilities become a new tactic in the war against terror . Well hear from todays power panel. Were shelling out big bucks for purell, flu shots, respiratory masks, tamiflu like there is no tomorrow and people are still getting sick in record numbers. Drug Companies May be profiting. Are we just wasting our money . Well get to the bottom line. Even when they say its not it is always about money
It rallied yesterday on strength from banking stocks. Overall it was a green day on wall street for stocks and commodities. In earnings news after the close, google glory not only were profits up at the Search Engine company, but ad sales are solid. For csx railroad, however, profits are chugging slower as the demand for coal is dropping. And british Prime Minister David Cameron delivers his highly anticipated speech today on the uks future in the european union. Lets get a traders take on earnings coming in from google and ibm after the close with larry shover of sfg alternatives. What do you think, larry . Traders were surprised. With ibm, no one thought they would beat with revenue, and they did. The big wild card for ibm was their service sector, and that must have beat street expectations. We rallied 2. 5 after the close. With google, a different story. It is true that ad revenue has gone down; however, there are more clicks on tablet devices, smart phones. So at the end of the da
Out of custody. So the county only has to deal with its embarrassment. And ensuring this never happens again. Hes back in the custody of the Indiana Department of correction. And no longer sherriff tom darts problem. More than 48 hours after Steven Robbins was allowed to walk out the front entrance of the cook county jail, authorities discovered him hiding out in kankakee. The Sherriffs Department received more than 100 tips that led them across the area. But they knew they had their man when they saw a suspicious character walking into a home in the 400 block of fraser avenue just before 11 last night. Someone just went into the house carrying groceries with a wig on that fit the description this is what robbins was wearing. Seemingly very comfortable in making himself at home with a man, woman, and two young children. They didnt know he was wanted. A murderer on the loose. Robbins cousin, dart says was a friend of the residents. That cousin told them someone was trying to beat him up
Oped by Boston Properties ceo Mort Zuckerman points out it might not be painting the most accurate picture, surprise, surprise. The number of fulltime jobs actually plunged by 523,000 while parttime jobs shot up by roughly 800,000. Is this further evidence that were becoming a parttime nation . How will that impact us Going Forward . Joining me, monica mate at that from and spencer ante, from wall street journal and fox businesss Charlie Gasparino is back. Did you get thrown out of sun valley . What happened there by the way . Before we get to this very important top i can i want to clear the air what happened with mr. Gasparino. You got booted out on your tuccs . Well melissa no . I dont think the gentleman in question had, look at that. Wanted to touch me. Here is what happened, that guy at 63, 300 pounds, at least melissa i dont an know. Did you weigh him . No. Im not going to pick hill up. Basically attack ad fox business producer, a woman who is five two, 100pound, soaking wet and
Its fbi investigation. As Julian Assange remains holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy in london, we look at a new documentary called we steal secrets the story of wikileaks. Today, Academy Award winning filmmaker alex gibney, and Jennifer Robinson, Legal Counsel to assange. The laws cannot protect us. The new documentary examines how millions have died from aids because Big Pharmaceutical Companies and the United States refused to allow developing nations to import lifesaving generic drugs. We speak with the films director and and a doctor, peter mugyenyi, who was arrested trying to import generic drugs into the gondola. Uganda. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Obama Administration has again delayed its decision on the keystone xl will pipeline, now saying it will not come before march. President obama initially sidestepped the issue in 2011 by putting it off until after the election. On tuesday, the state department confirmed the w