now they are our partners in the syria. i m thinking the kurds and secular military. we need to do a better job working with a third party in syria, not just looking at islamists or bashar al-assad. jon: we re going to hear as we said from secretary of state kerry within the next couple hours. we hope to get more information about this then. walid, thank you. thank thank you,. jon, closing arguments underway in the trial of a teenager who prosecutors shot and killed a 13-month-old boy, antonio santiago, and the mother was also shot but she survived. suspect s mother is accused of tampering with evidence and lying to police. john thain scary live out sight the court hours in marietta, georgia, what do we know. reporter: alisyn, prosecution began closing arguments and closing arguments began with the rye minder from the defense that demarquis elkins is not the only
up nearly 16%. a look at electronics retailer best buy, today pulling back some, they worked very hard to remain competitive working on an intense turnaround plan and a matching program to entice shoppers to stop windowshopping at best buy and shopping over the internet on amazon and walmart. in the near term that would cut into their profits trying to do that. down 1.5% for best buy. melissa: the weaker than expected read has the bulls betting on the fed stimulus. in the pits of the cme. it is pretty interesting a weak economic read on manufacturing would be bullish for crude. i know, it is crazy. bad manufacturing news out of china was actually bearish. the mantra behind this is the economy is doing better than everybody else but after that number, but will not be tapering off anytime soon. you can see it very clearly with the yen-$ relationship, going over $1 for the first time in four weeks. the other concern is a tropical disturbance down in the gulf of mexico. the nat
we ll debate it. and gaining interest. looking for a little extra interest on your cash? we found a way to do it, but it s not as easy as it used to be. all that and more tonight on nightly business report for thursday, may 30th. good evening, everyone. big ups and big downs. that defined the market recently, and today was an up day. investors brushed aside another sharp drop in japan s stock market and focused on economic reports here at home. the economy grew at a slightly slower pace than initially estimated. and jobless claims ticked slightly higher. but that tepid news is being interpreted as good news, easing concerns the federal reserve will gradually pull back on its policies to stimulate growth. stocks did lose some altitude into the close, though. in the end, the dow gained 21 points to 15,324. the s&p up 6 to 1,654. and the nasdaq up 23 points to 3,491. so as the market searches for direction, is it time to get in? time to get out? that s the question every
schwab. food fight. now that a chinese company is buying america s biggest pork producer, should the deal be blocked? we ll debate it. and gaining interest. looking for a little extra interest on your cash? we found a way to do it, but it s not as easy as it used to be. all that and more tonight on nightly business report for thursday, may 30th. good evening, everyone. big ups and big downs. that defined the market recently, and today was an up day. investors brushed aside another sharp drop in japan s stock market and focused on economic reports here at home. the economy grew at a slightly slower pace than initially estimated. and jobless claims ticked slightly higher. but that tepid news is being interpreted as good news, easing concerns the federal reserve will gradually pull back on its policies to stimulate growth. stocks did lose some altitude into the close, though. in the end, the dow gained 21 points to 15,324. the s&p up 6 to 1,654. and the nasdaq up 23 po