Velshi and this is real money. This is real money and you are the most important part of the show so join our live conversation for the next half hour aj realmoney. In december Consumer Confidence surged close to where it stood before the government shownd in october. That episode of washington dysfunction helped to drop the conversation boards low in november. Consumer spending accounts for growth. In addition to a stronger job market and an incredible year for stocks Many Americans are feeling more confident and wealthier because of the rebound in home values. Home prices for 20 cities tracked by the s p case shiller index jumped compared to the year earlier. Thats the biggest jump in eight years. Thats a cautionary note. Cooling off just a bit. Prices rose just 2 10th of a percent. S ps David Blitzer said, we are living on borrowed time and the boom is fading. The question is kment where does the Real Estate Market go from here . Zillow forecast that u. S. Home prices will increase
Is stranded. The polar star was in the region for another mission. Former First Lady Barbara Bush was released from the hospital this morning. Doctors say she is doing well. Houston Methodist Hospital had been treated the 88yearold since monday for pneumonia. She praised the hospital staff saying, quote, i got the best treatment and got back to george and our dogs as quickly as possible. Those are the headlines tonight. I am jonathan betz. Stay with us. Real money with ali velshi is next. You can always find us online. Just go to aljazeera. Com. The rise and the Housing Market is starting to cool off, and thats a good thing. We will explain. Plus, have you heard of that online currency called bitcoin . Its not the only game in town. And somebody is getting a big payoff, well show you who is getting a big payoff off the ncaa. Ienl David Shuster in for ali velshi and this is real money. This is real money and you are the most important part of the show so join our live conversation for t
Working there. The Security Forces detained the team in cairo on sunday. It including peter cresta and others. The interior ministry accused the journalists of what the government calls illegal meetings with the muslim brotherhood. The Obama Administration says more than a Million People have signed up for information through healthcare. Gov, and people who have enrolled through staterun exchanges and the number tops 2 million. However, that is still short of the 3 Million People the administration had hoped would be signed up at this time. Those are the headlines. Real money with David Schuster in for ali velshi. They are the Fastest Growing and Biggest Industries in america. Tonight, you get a closer look. Plus, wages are about to rise in 13 states. Well tell you where and why as the debate heats up over the minimum wage. No more feels about a travel nightma nightmare. Theres new ways to hold the airlines accountable. This is real money. This is real money, and you are the most impor
Next half hour aj realmoney. In december Consumer Confidence surged close to where it stood before the government shownd in october. That episode of washington dysfunction helped to drop the conversation boards low in november. Consumer spending accounts for growth. In addition to a stronger job market and an incredible year for stocks Many Americans are feeling more confident and wealthier because of the rebound in home values. Home prices for 20 cities tracked by the s p case shiller index jumped compared to the year earlier. Thats the biggest jump in eight years. Thats a cautionary note. Cooling off just a bit. Prices rose just 2 10th of a percent. S ps David Blitzer said, we are living on borrowed time and the boom is fading. The question is kment where does the Real Estate Market go from here . Zillow forecast that u. S. Home prices will increase 3 in 2014. To put that in context, zillow said prices went up when 7 in november. 30 year Mortgage Rates rising to 5 by the end of the y
And it takes a lot to do that. Our role has been to try to influence the government the way that we can. Are there ways of putting together projects, Infrastructure Projects in countries like africa in which even private sector investors would feel comfortable . Would we think that is definitely possible . You would take on the risk . A good chunk of the risk. We would provide information, ontheground insight about the risks. The other part of the question is the judicial reform you do not need to be there anymore because the private sector would go there instead. There is the potential to make money, but if you are fearful you are going to get ripped off, you do not go. There are many countries in the world that have a lot of work to do in terms of rule of law, there is no question on that. Do you play a role in on trying to influence that . Not specifically, but we on otherher hand can help countries and we have done it over and over in many Different Countries be more fair in deals