overweight people may end up living longer than those at a normal weight. this new research finds there is no such thing as healthy obesity, saying individuals deem metabolically healthy but technically obese could have their risk of death, heart attack and stroke increase by as much as 24%. now to business, where later today we see how the auto industry performed last month. yesterday on wall street, well, we kicked off the week in negative territory, although off the lows of the session. the holiday shopping season not off to as good a start as many had expected, but still, year to date, gains on the dow, 22%, the s&p 26%, and a tech-heavy nasdaq up 34%. we get a treat today! cnbc s hampton pearson, big week for him. he s got the labor report at the end of the week. hamp, how are you, bud? i m well, and it s nice to join you in your special space at this hour of the day, and first of all, getting right to the business numbers. first of all, we ll talk about, you know, the number
the labor department reports employers added 80,000 jobs last month and the employment rate remained unchanged at 8.2%, still down from 9.1% last summer but the report reflects a third straight month of weak hiring. markets took a dive on the news. a live look at the dow, the dow is down 164. not good news for today s labor report. the average workweek did gain on a bit of a bright spot. it gained a little bit helping to boost the paychecks some of them you re working more hours and make a little bit more money. still an overall disappointing report. president obama campaigning today in the key swing state of ohio, acknowledging the economy needs to grow faster but pointed to the gains the past two years. businesses have created 4.4 million new jobs over the past 28 months, including