in 2016. that of course if he lasts long enough. that was shasta darlington reporting. venezuela owes $11 million in debt payments this year. some experts see the government defaulting. a u.s. senator is facing federal corruption charges. acused of accepting lavish gifts in exchange for political favors. he says it s all a smear campaign. we ll look into the story next.
debt payments owed to israeli utility companies from tax revenues that it collects from the palestinian authority. that could add up to hundreds of millions of dollars. the palestinian leadership angered israel last week when it applied to join more than a dozen international conventions and treaties. we ll pose this key question next after several days of elevated hopes, are we any closer to finding malaysia s missing airliner? the latest on the search for flight 370 ahead. my name is jenny, and i quit smoking with chantix. before chantix, i tried to quit probably about five times. it was different than the other times i tried to quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix varenicline is proven to help people quit smoking. it s a non-nicotine pill. chantix reduced my urge to smoke. that helped me quit smoking. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking, or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood, and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or
expectations covering their expectations for inflation, job prospects and other things as you mentioned. and the first survey released today shows, drum roll, please, more people appear confident about their job prospects. more of them say they re willing to quit their current job to look for a new one. in december about 22% of those surveyed expected to leave a job voluntarily, up from about 19% in june but other people are more worried about losing their job. nearly 17% in december versus about 15% in june. still, the survey found about half of all the job changers said they felt they could find a new job within three months. on borrowing money, the survey reports more consumers were more optimistic at the end of the year about their ability to borrow and of those who have, the survey found that fewer people were worried about being able to make their minimum debt payments. about 15% in december compared to 17% in september but both of
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