Investors to take risk even with the pullback, dow slipping 130 points and nasdaq losing. 27 and what a week. We almost went to war and then we didnt go to war. We almost didnt get a trade deal and it is coming next wednesday. And then this morning we were worried the Labor Department report might come into too hot and they might mouth off about inflation and a bunch of governors speaking next week and that could have gotten ugly and how about a goldilocks job number, one that was not too hot, not too cold. You get that ive got to tell you, we created good jobs but we had sub 3 wage gain so the the feds should not be worried it could have been a lot worse since some of the shortfall related to a companys specific problems at boeing that just said the former ceo is not going to get severance the labor report was one reason to buy stocks and that is what happened this morning for even the most raging bulls either ran out of capital and got bored of buying the same old stuff or nothing ne
Hour ago, our partners saying jack dorsey will be named permanent twitter ceo as early as tomorrow, finally. What took so long . The man who helped to break that story, coming up. Also, two years behind schedule, but elon musk has finally unveiled teslas model x, that gorgeous crossover suv that came out last night at the factory in fremont, california. But the original car guy himself says he is bearish on the electric auto maker. Bob will join us coming up. I dont think it looks like an suv. Well, its more like a crossover. But it is in the category of suvs. Looks like an overgrown sedan to me. More on that coming up. Lets start with bob pisani. Hes got a closer look at todays gains and the damage done. A lot of damage done. The only thing people are talking about, the main thing is what is going to happen with health care. Thats where everybodys been blind sided the last two weeks. We got a nice bounce today in the big name. Im talking pharma. Big names. Hmos. Hospitals. Its about t
Tonights americas newest midsized suvs are put to the test. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety crashed seven of the newest models on the market, the results, well it may make you think twice before stepping inside. The institutes Vice President joins us with the results. Russ, great to have you on the show. Little us a tell us a little bit about the test because it is different than the government uses. This is a different kind of test. This is called a small overlap front crash test. It is done at 40 miles per hour. It replicates what happens when a vehicle may drift over the center line of the highway and just clip other vehicle, headlight to headlight or go off the road of the highway and hit a tree or a telephone poll on the drivers side. It is based on research that shows 25 of the serious injuries and deaths that occur in frondal crashes are in these small overlap impacts. They have to be very common. How often do you hit dead on the front . I think it is pretty rare. Tha
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