we ve been getting better news on the housing front at the business network. these are construction positions. craftsmen. this is one of the construction industry s largest employers of skilled craftman. 34 sales jobs, across the country. they need electricians, you can be a carpenter, pipe fitter, turbine mechanic sales or work in management. but i think that does kind of give us a little signal that we re seeing some expansion in the types of jobs. by the way, tradesmen reached out to fox & friends. peter: great. catch cheryl at noon today? yeah. fox business network. peter: we ll be watching you there. thanks. thank you. peter: here is a way to give kids to show up to school. bribe them with a free pair of ex opinionsive nikes. right? is this a good lesson? celebrities reporting for duty. no steadman allowed. dean cain, one of the contestants on stars earn stripes here on fox & friends n and stiffness from psoriatic arthritis hit,
consumer-driven economy like that of the united states, how people feel is the key determina determinant. the number you ll tell our viewers about shortly is consumer sentiment, how do you feel about the economy now, how do you feel about it in the future, and this number is as strong as it s been since october of 2007. i want to take you back to october of 2007 and tell you what was going on. dow was at 14,000. it had set a new record. we had just started to see weakness on the housing front. but things were still feeling pretty good. it was only after that, only after october into december of 2007 when the recession started did people start to say, uh-oh, something is wrong with this economy. remember, john, it s when people, americans, consumers start to feel something is wrong, they start to act that way, they spend less, and this starts to create job losses. so this is very key that we re back up to where we were in october 2007 when things felt pretty good. it s key,
from serious injuries after he tried to stop those pitbull dogs from attacking a group of kids friday night. some kids jumped onto the roof of a nearby car. others running for their lives, the man tried to get between the dogs and was badly bitten on both hands and arms. fortunately, no one else was seriously hurt. police are searching for the owner of those pit bulls. let s get now to today s ups and downs on the housing front. realty track reports a 30% increase in the number of short sales in january and the experts say even more short sales are expected as banks find settling for less better than foreclosures. on the down side, apple s stock is slumping. share prices plummeting about 10% in the last ten trading days, shares fell from a record high to a still pricey $572. analysts think some investors are trying to cash in on gains. a happy ending in gary, indiana,
so we can have that network of truck traffic instead of using oil resources, using resource made here in america. and that will be a big part of t. one thing on the housing front, again, that makes me unique in the race, i actually put forward a plan that says that if you sell your home, unlike today, if you sell your home, you can deduct the losses from the sale of the home. cushion the blow a little bit for people which right now if you make a big gain on your hours not too many people doing that these days, you have to pay capital gains on it. but if you have a loss, you don t. i think that s unfair and i think that will help stabilize the market, maybe have some people put that house back on the market as a result. huckabee: tammy, i ll let you pose a question. i want to thank you for coming to wilmington, ohio and being here today. thank you. in an interview in december, you made some comments that led me to believe that you might cut social security immediately. my husban
truck traffic instead of using oil resources, using resource made here in america. and that will be a big part of t. one thing on the housing front, again, that makes me unique in the race, i actually put forward a plan that says that if you sell your home, unlike today, if you sell your home, you can deduct the losses from the sale of the home. cushion the blow a little bit for people which right now if you make a big gain on your hours not too many people doing that these days, you have to pay capital gains on it. but if you have a loss, you don t. i think that s unfair and i think that will help stabilize the market, maybe have some people put that house back on the market as a result. huckabee: tammy, i ll let you pose a question. i want to thank you for coming to wilmington, ohio and being here today. thank you. in an interview in december, you made some comments that led me to believe that you might cut social security immediately. my husband and i took social security ea