Down. And so we treat it as a Sherlock Holmes mystery, complete with an illustration of Sherlock Holmes and we look at why that may be. It is partly because some people because corporate taxes are too high. It is a variety of reasons. It has led to stagnating wages, stagnating standards of living, productivity down. Carol not helping productivity. Ellen economists are trying to figure out why that is. There is the possibility that companies are returning money to investors rather than buying equipment. But, it is a problem because it has added up to slow growth. David a story involving online defamation, dune lawrence writing about how she was defamed online. That is one of your reporters here. Ellen this is a story that took courage to write. Dune lawrence wrote a story about how she went online one day and got to a website that labeled her as racist, dumb, bloated on fried chicken. It went on and on. It went back to a guy she interviewed for a story about Chinese Companies buying u.
Decision. And seth marion is here over worries about characterizing volatility. Jon lets get a check on the markets for you. Futures positive, dow futures up 41 points. Over in europe, after the gest weekly drop since euro weakness, switching of the board, eurodollar was on a fiveday losing streak. 1. 1389. In there at and then nymex crude, up two full percentage points. It is seen as a tussle between the news over the weekend, the new oil minister in saudi arabia, and what is happening in canada with the wildfires spreading over there. I want to go live to the city of london and get the latest with bloombergs will kennedy. Lets talk about the immediate the spread of the wildfire, the reality that one Million Pounds of oil a day, production, has come off. How shortterm is this . That is a very good question. At the moment, it is a Million Barrels. Even if the fires calm down, which it looks like they are doing, it will be at least a week before they get back online. Many thousands of w
Lets head straight to the markets. Julie hyman has the latest in the markets pushed around by earnings and oil. Effect to lastve weeks is declined. We are seeing a little bit of a recovery or this morning. Not a huge one by any means but the nasdaq is leading the gains up. 4 . The push and pull that that he was talking about is simplified if you look at imap on bloomberg, the groups on the move. For an upmarket, you have significant areas of red, including energy, because oil has been all over the map here we will look at that in a second as well as materials today. Goingying commodities down producers. And you have health care counterbalancing that and then some as we have positive earnings creating a Ripple Effect in the industry. Lets get to oil prices and take a look. A lot including what continues to go on in canada with the fire that was threatening the oil sands, it seems to be a little more under control. We did see oil hire earlier and then it took a leg downward just before 8
Basically, no troubles. Easy traveling, sunny skies this last year when we were shoveling out from the snow and dealing with some major power outages. Some of the memories from 2014 hold a special place in people s hearts. Heather yes, people were glad that it was better this year, but they said that the alternative way of making it happen last year really brought them together and made them realize what really matters. I am attending to be a julia child s type child type. Heather turkey cooking, pies ready to be eaten, and Family Gathering in the house. It is the traditional thanksgiving celebration. While enjoyable, jason says this year is somewhat vanilla compared to last year. This was the bird last year, are cute and brought over to jason s mom s house. With only generator power, the oven was not an option, same for dan. We stayed at my house, me and my two kids. Heather did you eat turkey . No, we didn t have turkey. We had whatever was in the fridge because we were supposed to g
Daybreak. Sean it is black friday. Hope you had a great thanksgiving. Hayley you dont need a jacket now. When you are heading out of the malls, you can shed it. It is going to be mild. It is going to feel oddly mild. First well show you whats happening in meredith. 39 to start out. A little chilly. Weve got 46 in manchester. 49 in portsmouth. 45 in rochester. 36 in nashua for all of the shoppers there. The pheasant lane mall. Theres a problem with fog this morning. It is thick in some spots. You can see concord down to. 3 miles. Same thing in plymouth. If you are heading out, be careful. That will make it difficult to see. 60 degrees will be the High Pressure in concord. 63 in manchester. Weve got some warm air coming out. How long it lasts and when we may see some rain showers coming up. Sean thanks. Many Granite Staters enjoyed a quiet turkey. Others had their eyes on the prize. Amy coveno live from the mall. At 5 00 a. M. , how are the crowds looking . The mall doesnt open until 6 0