this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening everyone. continuing turmoil in the middle east today pushed up prices on oil and gold. but tom that wasn t the case for stock prices. the major averages fell for the second straight day. tom: susie, oil was the big story. in new york trading, april crude futures briefly traded above the $100-a-barrel level on concerns about supply disruptions in libya. but by the close, oil settled at $98.10 up almost $3. now those same concerns also gave a boost to gold up over $12 to $14.14 an ounce. that s $1,400-plus an ounce. on wall street, the dow lost 107 points, the nasdaq fell 33 and the s&p 500 was down eight. susie: also today, saudi arabia s king abdullah went on the offensive, promising his subjects $36 billion of benefits to deal with housing, education, and unemployment issues. our guest tonight was recently in egypt and saudi arab
captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening everyone. continuing turmoil in the middle east today pushed up prices on oil and gold. but tom that wasn t the case for stock prices. the major averages fell for the second straight day. tom: susie, oil was the big story. in new york trading, april crude futures briefly traded above the $100-a-barrel level on concerns about supply disruptions in libya. but by the close, oil settled at $98.10 up almost $3. now those same concerns also gave a boost to gold up over $12 to $14.14 an ounce. that s $1,400-plus an ounce. on wall street, the dow lost 107 points, the nasdaq fell 33 and the s&p 500 was down eight. susie: also today, saudi arabia s king abdullah went on the offensive, promising his subjects $36 billion of benefits to deal with housing, education, and unemployment issues. our guest tonight was recently in egypt and saudi arabia. he is the chief executive of pimco, the world s largest bond fund. joining us now, moh
by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening everyone. continuing turmoil in the middle east today pushed up prices on oil and gold. but tom that wasn t the case for stock prices. the major averages fell for the second straight day. tom: susie, oil was the big story. in new york trading, april crude futures briefly traded above the $100-a-barrel level on concerns about supply disruptions in libya. but by the close, oil settled at $98.10 up almost $3. now those same concerns also gave a boost to gold up over $12 to $14.14 an ounce. that s $1,400-plus an ounce. on wall street, the dow lost 107 points, the nasdaq fell 33 and the s&p 500 was down eight. susie: also today, saudi arabia s king abdullah went on the offensive, promising his subjects $36 billion of benefits to deal with housing, education, and unemployment issues. our guest tonight was recently in egypt and saudi arabia. he is the chief executive
captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening everyone. continuing turmoil in the middle east today pushed up prices on oil and gold. but tom that wasn t the case for stock prices. the major averages fell for the second straight day. tom: susie, oil was the big story. in new york trading, april crude futures briefly traded above the $100-a-barrel level on concerns about supply disruptions in libya. but by the close, oil settled at $98.10 up almost $3. now those same concerns also gave a boost to gold up over $12 to $14.14 an ounce. that s $1,400-plus an ounce. on wall street, the dow lost 107 points, the nasdaq fell 33 and the s&p 500 was down eight. susie: also today, saudi arabia s king abdullah went on the offensive, promising his subjects $36 billion of benefits to deal with housing, education, and unemployment issues. our guest tonight was recently in egypt and saudi arabia. he is the chief executive of pimco, the world s largest bond fund. joining us now, moh