light. that s your scramble politics. here s a look at how wall street will round out the week. the dow added 26 points yesterday. the s&p and nasdaq were up 4. markets overseas finished their day friday. in tokyo the nikkei sank 122 points while the hank seng dropped. apple missed estimates again thanks to lower ipad sales. it raises the question. is this a big apple miss or a buying opportunity? rival samsung reported record profit thanks to sales of galaxy smart phones. the government reports its final preelection snapshot of economic growth today. yesterday weekly jobless claims
the east coast is bracing for a direct hit by hurricane sandy. utility companies are busy ma making emergency plans. the storm is churning out in the caribbean where it s being blamed for at least 21 deaths. 11 of those in cuba alone. let s begin with nbc s jay gray. reporter: sandy s early warning came as the storm lashed the caribbean. violent winds and driving rains battering the island, cuba taking the most direct hit. i have been watching it for the last two or three days. i saw this morning that it s headed this way. reporter: models show sandy brush i brushing the mid-atlantic and targeting the east coast early next week. if the forecast holds, new york could take a direct hit. we have opened the office of emergency management situation room already. the nyc coastal storm plan was activated early this morning. early signs are showing up in florida. thick clouds and a growing surf. it s beautiful. reporter: and lifeguards warn extremely dangerous. every
this morning on early today, the next step. the white house works up plans on how to punish a rebellious iran. shocking survey. a grim poll surfaces on facebook about president obama. nd that s got to hurt. conan o brien, the funny man who cracks up late night audiences cracked his head on stage. captions paid for by nbc-universal television hello, and good morning, everyone. i dan kloeffler. and today we begin with weighing the options. u.s. officials are drafting plans for new sanctions that would take a big economic toll on iran. that is, unless the country comes clean about the controversial nuclear program. while the measures are still under review, the international sanctions would likely target iran s energy infrastructure. a huge critical component of its economy. iran, meanwhile, continues to flex its military muscle. two days of war games ended monday after the country launched its longest range missile. the white house calls that move provocative. north kore
on how to punish a rebellious iran. shocking survey. a grim poll surfaces on facebook about president obama. andhat s got to hurt. conan o brien, the funny man who cracks up late night audiences cracked his head on stage. captions paid for by nbc-universal television hello, and good morning, everyone. i m dan kloeffler. and today we begin with weighing the options. u.s. officials are drafting plans for new sanctions that would take a big economic toll on iran. that is, unless the country comes clean about the controversial nuclear program. while the measures are still under review, the international sanctions would likely target iran s energy infrastructure. a huge critical component of its economy. iran, meanwhile, continues to flex its military muscle. two days of war games ended monday after the country launched its longest range missile. the white house calls that move provocative. north korea, meanwhile, is also raising tension over its own nuclear ambitions. unl
i m christine kohn in asia. the nikkei falls to lowest close in six months. i m steve sedgwick, in europe, a second term in office and gets her dream coalition with the prohibition democrats. and the u.s., investors begin to look to third quarter erjs as the next big test to the recove recovery. hello, and welcome to cnbc s worldwide exchange. let s take a look at the markets with a look at the cnbc global 300 index, which is continuing, i m afraid on the downward momentum of the previous week. down .641%, but september hasn t yet proved as bad as many who feared we would see some severe declines after the rallies over the previous months. in terms of the individual european bosses are alive and trading at the moment. the xetra dax, still down. more about that of course throughout the show, but live through berlin throughout the show. between .5% and 1.3%. out regarding the strength of the yen, it pulled away from the recent highs. dollar/yen at 89.56. the euro dollar