the selling has continued through thursday s trading. friday, well, another ballgame. on the floor of the new york stock exchange. i m nicole petallides. let s check back in with diane at our fox business headquarters. executives from solyndra will appear at a hearing on capitol hill today. both the ceo and cfo of the now bankrupt solar company has said they ll plead the fifth during questioning. republicans are frustrated by the move. they want to know more about how the company went under despite receiving a government loan of more than $500 million. mcdonald s is upping its cash dividends again. this time by 15% so $0.70 a share. the previous payout was $0.61 a share. the company says between that and the increased dividend and share buybacks, it will return about $6 billion to shareholders this year. the dividend will be payable on september 15th to holders of record as of december 1st. back to you.
what can we expect on wall street today? the futures pointing higher. the s&p up 1/3% and the nasdaq up 1/4%. what s going on around the world? in europe, starting to turn negative again. paris down. dax index down about 1/2%. meanwhile, in asia, big selloff there. we ve seen south korea down nearly 6%. meanwhile, in china, not so bad. the hang seng down about 1 1/3% so can we keep it positive today on wall street? we shall see. for some of the other business headlines making news, let s check in with diane at our fox business headquarters. executives from solyndra will appear on capitol hill today. both ceo and cfo of the now bankrupt solar company have said they ll plead the fifth. attorneys for the execs say they have little choice as the government launched a criminal investigation into solyndra s