president obama was renominated, the mitt romney campaign tried out a twitter hashtag this week that they re calling #areyoubetteroff, hoping to get complaints about obama. they got about 600 no responses in 24 hours, but in the same period there were three times as many yes responses. about 1,800 people tweeted they were better off than four years ago. and that s your morning dish of scrambled politics. and now, here s your first look at how wall street s going to kick off the day. it was great yesterday. the dow closed at 13,292 after jumping 244 points yesterday. the s&p went up 28, the nasdaq surged 66. taking a look at overseas trading this morning. in tokyo, the nikkei shot up 191 points, while in hong kong, the hang seng skyrocketed 592. and stocks did sizzle thursday, and that s thanks to action on european debt and upbeat job data here at home. markets roared after the
the nikkei was up 30 points, in hong kong, the hang seng skyrocketed 333. the s&p fell for the seventh day out of eight. that s thanks to monday s decline in retail sales. it was the third consecutive monthly drop but analysts forecast a small increase. adding to the gloomy outlook, the international monetary fund trimmed its forecast down to 3.9% from the 4.1% it projected in april. but this morning, asian markets rebounded on hopes all of this dismal data will warrant some hint of monetary stimulus from ben bernanke during his semiannual report to congress today and tomorrow. on the earnings front, citigroup beat the streets estimates. england s drug maker, glasgow smith kline is buying a firm for $3.6 billion. a scathing new u.s. senate report accuses hsbc of a pervasively polluted culture.
congressional baseball game. the blue team beat the red team 18-5. that s your morning dish of scrambled politics. now, here is your frs look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,602 after being down 12 points. the nikkei spiked 132 points while in hong kong, the hang seng skyrocketed 416. progress on europe s debt crisis could help stocks recover some of europe s losses. euro zone leaders agreed to take emergency action to bring down italy and spain s borrowing costs. they agreed on new bank supervision and okayed bailout funding for struggling banks. earlier, the supreme court health care ruling pushed hospital stocks higher. etna lost 3% as investigators
resident, short of. martin sheen thinks the president will soundly beat mitt romney. no romney fan, sheen told the australian the race boils down to a man living an honest life and a hustling . and finally, in a tough week for the president, this could be the biggest blow. the daily caller reports that amber lee ettinger do you remember her? 2008 s obama girl? okay, do you remember her now? okay, yeah, she s not going to say whether or not she supports him, so double ouch, i guess. and that is this morning s dish of scrambled politics. now here s your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,554 after adding 93 points on friday. s&p up 10, nasdaq gained 27. overseas in tokyo, the nikkei spiked 165 points while in hong kong, the hang seng skyrocketed 451. well, coming off their best week of the year, stocks should get another lift today. eurozone finance ministers have
hour. some of the dead sea scrolls. 2,000-year-old manuscripts containing some of the oldest known biblical texts went online for the first time ever yesterday through a joint effort by israel s national museum and google. and american treasure hunters struck it big. they re working to recover an english ship packed with silver sunk off the irish coast after being torpedoed by nazis in 1941. the cargo included 7 million ounces of silver, which would make it the largest amount of precious metal ever recovered from the sea. and at today s prices, the cargo would be worth $210 million. not bad there. now here s your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,043 after climbing 272 points yesterday. the s&p nudged up 26 points. the nasdaq gained 33. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei rose 235 points, while in hong kong, the hang