wall street journal explains the january employment report. every january, the labor department readjusts its data to account for changes in the population, the share of the population that s working is actually lower than previously believed. taking that into account, the employment population ratio went up. the unemployment rate wasn t affected. this means the improvement in the labor market is real. people actually found jobs. need more evidence, rush? mark zandy cheap economist at moody s and economic advisor to the 2008 mccain campaign called the january jobs report unambiguously good. mark zandy is a pretty smart guy. he has a ph.d. from the ivy league school of pennsylvania, but rush thinks he knows better. rush wantses the president to fail at all costst aaccusing them of monkeying the numbers is desperate psychotalk.
trouncing the woman in black with 25 million. big miracle based on a true story about a whale family rescue should open with around $10 million. ringo starr said he wouldn t rule out playing again with paul mccartney but as far as any future reunion, including at the london olympics involving john and george s children, ringo said it will never happen. one report says beyonce hired six nannies to care for her daughter, around the clock. that is one daughter. another says simon cowell offered half half a billion dollars to judge . the b word? on the x factor. have you seen it? i did. it s over five years. $100 million a year? a lot of other people are reporting it. but yeah. like bill gates throwing in a
welcome back do to first look. leon panetta believes there is a strong likelihood that israel will attack iran this spring to stop it from building nuclear bomb. panetta did not dispute the report, which says officials are reportedly concerned about an attack on iran s nuclear facilities soon. at least two people were killed until egypt in battles between protesters and security forces. the demonstrators blamed police for not stopping soccer violence that killed 70 people. by a rare bipartisan vote of 96-3, the senate passed a bill banning members of congress from using insider information to make personal stock trades. the house may approve the bill next week. slippery conditions from snow and ice on a highway contributed to 20 car pile-up in milan, italy.
a hletter as of this afternoon. there is a building backlash. one of the things you have to wonder is why would corporations like yoplait and dell computers and new balance shoes, corporations listed on komen s annual report as in the million dollar club, they are going to have to move away from komen. they are not interested in funding an organization that strikely has a political anti-women s health agenda like komen does now. so you have to think that what ms. brinker has actually done has been really to lead this organization off a cliff. each night ed schultz tackles issues that matter most. don t miss the ed show on msnbc, the place for politics. here is the first look at other news around america. new york city police released video of an armed robber
no one died more than 30 people suffered injuries. the dow opens at 12,705 after losing 11 points yesterday. the s&p up a point. nasdaq gained 11. overseas trading, in tokyo, nikkei down 44 points, in hang seng added 17. investors played it safe as they await today s january employment report, and today it s about jobs. some analysts do not expect to see a strong increase after wednesday s report on private sector employment, showing fewer jobs created than expected. yesterday s earnings missed from merck dragged on dow, wayeighed down pfizer. costco and target topped expectations, department chains macy s and dillard s came up short. abercrombie and fitch tumbled