for the sales tax. we ve got a quick morning market check for you. the dow down almost 18 points at the close, nasdaq down eight, and the s&p down nearly five points. i wonder what happens with the oil up at $105 a barrel today if that affects wall street. futures looking so/so. great to see you. thank you. the nuclear crisis at the daiichi power station in japan has regulators scrambling to start safety checks here in the united states. the daily beast has identified three of the most vulnerable nuclear power plants based on safety records, risk of natural disaster, and surrounding population. number three, the limerick pennsylvania power plant, the buchanan, and topping the list, the indian point power plant here. as you know, this is part of a very, very populated part of the country. sits on a fault line 25 miles
lot of the the economic experts were still talking around the edges when it comes to what we re dealing with here. and you hear people saying we re balancing the budget on the backs of the bopoor. the president is saying that we re all impatient. that we need to come up with a plan and start moving down the road the to some fiscal discipline. markets real quickly, yesterday, were lower. futures are looking a little bit up this morning. we re watching that for you too. your morning market check. thank you. the parents of an american student convicted of murder in italy are facing charges of their own. amanda knox s mom and dad responding exclusively to cnn. what they said ahead. nine minutes past the hour. hey what s going on? doing the shipping. man, it would be a lot easier if we didn t have to weigh em all. if those boxes are under 70 lbs. you don t have to weigh em. with these priority mail flat rate boxes
lines were short and it didn t seem as frenzies as many thought and there was rumors that steve jobs was back in the hospital. a couple tweets from different people that say they saw him having lunch at a restaurant in mountainview and reports that he was seen happy at the apple headquarters. no one knows what the situation is there. i can tell that you steve jobs is on a leave of absence and people concerned about his health. health related leave of absence. you are likely to get these rumors. to have it impact stock is interesting. quickly morning market check about the rest of the market today. a lot of uncertainty about what s going on obviously in egypt. dow yesterday closed down ten points. the nasdaq up one point. s&p up just a little bit. futures are down this morning watching oil up a bit.
minding your business morning market, market check. dow up 71 points yesterday. still above 12,000. nasdaq, s&p also up higher yesterday. call it the morning market what i don t remember. call it the morning market matchup. the morning market check. it s easy to remember. i can tell you need more coffee but perhaps because it s so expensive you can t afford it. you re right. it will be up 10%. bad news for caffeine addiction. dunkin donuts, now folgers raising its prices. nearly 10% these brands announcing that on top of a 9% increase last summer. the company says it s to make up for the rising cost of raw beans. it s unclear when the new price tag will reach the grocery store shelves. this is just if you re going to buy where do you buy folgers?
huffington post tech crunch and gadget patch, brands owned by aol, patch is really interesting, this local these local news sites. kiran, you ve got one in your town, too. 800 different local news sites where you type in where you live, and suddenly you get like your your little local newspaper right there. talked to arianna huffington earlier today. she s going to double down on video, wants more original reporting on the stories that matter. the stories of our time. she says she s going to put more flesh and blood on the economic data. sleep deprived, announced the deal at midnight. but she s answering calls and talking to reporters this morning. working off adrenaline. she is. someone earlier said she s up all night, she might be counting her $315 million. look here, the morning market check for you. for some ilitration, you see that friday the dow managed to stay above 12,000. nasdaq up slightly, the s&p 500, as well. we ll keep tabs on you for the next 2 1/2 hours un