Right now they suggest the dow would open lower by 20 points. The s p will open lower by 4. And the nasdaq opening lower as well. Who is the big star for the week . You said we have a big star for the week and showed those people. They were on tuesday, wednesday and thursday. Who is the big star of the week . The week ahead. Who is on today for the big star for the week . Michelle carusa cabrera. Oh, got it. I thought that sam zell was on today. And we have the guy from wall street journal. Thats cool. I thought it was the guy who sang that song but thats jerry raferdi. Will you stop for a second. Jerry raferdi on baker street. If you dont let me finish my theres a punchline there. I didnt get it, either. No one did because no one got to hear it. A federal judge refrained from issuing an emergency order that would impart millions of General Motors cars recalled for defective ignition switches linked to 13 deaths. The judge needs more time to study briefs submitted by attorneys for two
The industry setting up to get really pummeled if they dont doing do something about sequestering. Back down to the floor of the new york stock exchange, happy new year, first time seeing you, nicole. Whats the word on the floor this morning . A lot of optimism. Happy new year to you as well. A lot of optimism, positive stocks here, up arrows, vix, fear insex, and five year low, youre seeing deals moving higher today, 1. 83 for the tenyear, gains across the board, all of this, obviously, a couple thicks happening here. Number one, you have lawmakers in washington averting the fiscal cliff, coming to a decision, avoiding disaster, potentially, and with that, theres on optimism here on wall street, s p 500 up 1. 7 , and dow up 226 right now, winners, people stepping in, had been on the sidelines, cashed out in december and throughout last year, concerned about taxes. They took profits and are going to get back in, traders say well see the january effect where people get in here and get b
To joe with breaking news. Okay, becky. Nbc unioner in value parent comcast struck deals with Charter Communications to invest 3. 9 million subscribers after the deal to buy Time Warner Cable. They Just Announced transactions transfer 1. 4 million Time Warner Cable customers directly to charter for cash. Comcast, meanwhile, will swap about 1. 6 million of its own customers to charter in return for an equal number of charter subscribers. Comcast says that the move will improve the Geographic Presence of both companies and fill in some footprints in areas where both companies wanted to be more efficient. And comcast, while all this is happening, is going to form a new independent publicly traded company being called spinco that will serve approximately 2. 5 million existing comcast customers. When all the deals are concluded, comcast will hold no ownership in spinco or charter and will have no role in managing spinco. And comcast is hoping the move will convince regulators of the deal, b
Looking at strong sales to aerospace and construction customers. Alcoa executives are keeping a cautious tone as worries linger about the budget battles in washington. You look at the businesses, you actually see that the endowment dow stream businesses are hitting new records profitabilities. Another quarter of that and record year. Thats great. When you look t upstream where its basically about the commodities coming down, the cost curve, we are coming down on the cost curve 4 point. On the smelting business, our aluminum business. So thats pretty much what the quarter looks like. Ceo Klaus Kleinfeld said sentiment rather than market fundamentals will be driving a rebound in lump naluminum price its good that we start with alcoa. The earnings season is a shocker, a shocker shock to the system. Yeah. A shock to the system. You ease in, you know, never we reported alcoa but you what if you had to start with google or or apple or you had to know, you with this, you know, 9 billion, smel
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