Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill wall street was hit by a wave of selling today, triggered by chinas currency devaluation. The price of oil and other commodities plunged, amid fears of slowing growth in china, and materials stocks followed suit. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost 212 points to close near 17,400. The nasdaq fell 65 points, and the s p 500 dropped 20. Woodruff nine people are facing federal charges in a hacking scheme that gamed wall street for 100 million. Federal prosecutors in new jersey and new york city say hackers in ukraine stole Corporate News releases before they became public. Then, traders in the u. S. Allegedly used it to engage in insider trading. Five of the suspects were arrested today. Ifill the head of the Environmental Prote
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill wall street was hit by a wave of selling today, triggered by chinas currency devaluation. The price of oil and other commodities plunged, amid fears of slowing growth in china, and materials stocks followed suit. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost 212 points to close near 17,400. The nasdaq fell 65 points, and the s p 500 dropped 20. Woodruff nine people are facing federal charges in a hacking scheme that gamed wall street for 100 million. Federal prosecutors in new jersey and new york city say hackers in ukraine stole Corporate News releases before they became public. Then, traders in the u. S. Allegedly used it to engage in insider trading. Five of the suspects were arrested today. Ifill the head of the Environmental Prote
Hello, fighters from the Islamic State of iraq and the levant they are responsible for a huge bombing in baghdad. Explosion tore through a crowded market in a mainly shia muslim area, killing at least 55 people. 200 more are injured. Reporter in the blink of an eye, the scene turned from mundane to murderous. As a track packed with explosives blew up in a crowd Vegetable Market in the city. The predominantly shia muslim neighborhood in eastern baghdad is one of the capitols most densely populated. As some searched for survivors others found the dead. Because the earlymorn attack was apparently planned to maximize civilian casualties, many iraqis new this would be the work of isil. It was the third attack by the group in as many days, underscoring how tenuous the security situation here is. On tuesday, isil attacked two other areas where many shia muslims live. Dozens were killed and dozens more injured. Attempts to deepen sectarian lines at a time when increasing numbers of iraqis are
Consumer spending. Gets you over 3 . Probably not. I would take the under on that. Very interesting comments from the former fed chair. He was great and listen, he deserves a tremendous amount of credit for what he did for this economy. The recovery was called the obama recovery i believe he had the large hand, but hes 100 right. Getting to 3 is going to be difficult because the driver of gdp in this country now is software. Is services. It is the Technology Component and that is incredibly difficult to measure. We are a different economy, we are a time and convenience economy and to get the 3 , its not going to be the old bulk economy thats easy to measure. The treasury secretary says its going to take two years to get to 3 . Economic growth. This is the market debate. Over the next few years. Either youre going to get levels of Economic Growth to sustain stocks at high levels, profits and otherwise or youre not. Let me cast a scenario in which you get that 3 growth and a lot faster t
And from amberley in west sussex, had wanted to be rid of hazel allison, so that he could inherit herfortune and then live with his 28 year old girlfriend. Our correspondent Duncan Kennedy reports. For 30 years, david harris and Hazel Allenson were partners but harris had a secret. Ugne cekaviciute, a woman hed met in a brothel but he couldnt afford to wine and dine her. So harris tried to trick not one, not two, but three innocent men into becoming hitmen. His aim was to get rid of hazel and get his hands on their £800,000 house here in west sussex. Harris, on the left, was secretly recorded by one of the so called hitmen who was alarmed by the plan. I mean whatever happens, the £150 grand is there, thats yours. 0bviously whatever happens, it will look like an accident or a mugging gone wrong or something. Another of the supposed hitmen was duke dean, who met harris in london. Dean said he couldnt believe what harris wanted and went to the police. Did you get the impression he was s