Realtors and builders are building up for the spring home buying season. Will warmer weather offset the recent drop in sales . We will find out. I amme to Market Makers, Stephanie Ruhle. I am matt miller in for Erik Schatzker. He is in a much drier place. There is a lot going on today. Top business stories, another turn in the crisis in the ukraine. In day after 25 people died violence, the western ukrainian region has declared independence from the central government. They want closer ties to the west. The president has been meshing the country closer to Vladimir Putin and russia. The leader of poland says we could see the opening days of the civil war. The owner of jerod and kay and kay jared andlers to buy zale, 3500will operate retailers, all of the jewelers in the whole world may be owned by them. May cost 500,000 people their jobs, but raising the minimum wage will raise people out of poverty. The of obama and the democrats want to raise the rage wage by . 10 per hour and republi
U. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , february 13, 2013. I hereby appoint the honorable doug collins to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2013, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes each, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from maryland, mr. Hoyer, for five minutes. Mr. Hoyer thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the president spoke to us last night an
27 billion. We wake up again to another big m a. It is final. These talks between reynolds and we hear the price is 27 billion. Just under 69, but where they are trading now. We should see them spike. At the open, it is about consolidation, in an industry with a state of decline. Newport combined to try to compete. World marlboro this is about trying to consolidate to compete. A huge market share. What about regulatory concerns . This raises a lot of question marks. What they are doing to try to allay regulators concerns is they are selling off assets, as we expect them to do. England, a company will try to buy another menthol business. Americans are smoking less and less and menthol sales are surprisingly resilient. Selling to appease regulators. What is interesting is theyre we know thef ceo of reynolds. She smokes ecigarettes. A lot of people thought this would play on the future of ecigarettes but they will sell off. The bet on ecigarettes, then, where do they all fit here . A good
Investors still hoping for a deal in washington to avoid the fiscal cliff. Take a look at how were settling on wall street. As we saw money moving into equities in the last 20 minutes pushing the Dow Jones Industrial average up to 60 points higher at the close at 13,312 on the Dow Jones Industrial average. Nasdaq also finishing in the plus column with a gain of six points, and the s p 500 up about eight points, onehalf of 1 at 1433. Closing in on the fiscal cliff deadline still with no deal in sight, lets find out how you should be investing in the face of the fiscal cliff fiasco. We want to dig deeper into the nyc i. C. E. Deal as well announced today, that it means for you and the global exchanges. Gentlemen, welcome. Thanks soechg for joining us. Thanks. Thanks for having me. Let me kick this off with you in terms of the fiscal cliff. Give me your strategy, deal or no deal . I think there will be a deal. This plan b that wehner has actually waiting to see if it actually makes it to
Eventually rescued. What a scary job. Fox friends starts right now. Have a great day. Good morning. Today is monday, the 4th of august, 2014. Im anna kooiman in for elisabeth hasselbeck. We start with a fox news alert. Ebola in the United States, one infected peasht patient here and another on the way. Plus a scare at an airport in the u. K. After a passenger suddenly died after getting off the plane. Developing details ahead. Another story breaking overnight. Contaminated water in ohio has half Million People on edge this morning. Residents are being told dont drink it, dont touch it and you cant boil it. It makes it worse. New tests just in. Well have a live report from toledo. As democrats run away from president obama, the
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