and they didn t. when donovan scored, it was people were jumping up and hugging each other. it was incredible. the feeling was immincely satisfying, but also it was one of those things that you just don t feel that frequently. so, clifton, you have been going to world cup matches since 1982 as a u.s. fan of soccer. so you go back to the days where very few people in the united states cared about soccer. a few more people care about soccer in the united states now. i m wondering if you think this world cup and the performance by the u.s. team so far getting out of the group play could be a turning point for u.s. soccer and its popularity in the united states. well, in south korea, we did actually get through to the second round and beat mexico in a match that put us against
expert john adams. christine, let me start with you. if the collapse in housing and all the predatory greed-driven practices that led to the collapse and you think about the jobs that went away with the collapse, if the collapse has us in this malaise, can we break out of it if housing doesn t come back and come back soon. that s a good question, tony. the pmi group, mortgage insurance group, say the last seven sessions haven t ended without a recovery in the housing market. property sales and home sales. and you know, hugh johnson, another key economist he also tells us, look, whenever you get out, you really have a solid recovery when consumers start to spend or the housing market improves. and the numbers this week have not been that great for the housing market. new home sales down 30%. we ve never seen a home number that low. people buying new homes down 33%.
hours? 11 hours over three days. the fifth set in this match lasting for nearly eight hours? john isner, he s your winner. the american moves on and because this match has been played over three days and he didn t get his customary day s rest, he has to play again in 15 minutes. no, no. all right, let s get you to the best financial website on the web. cnn.com. drilling ban, 35,000 jobs at stake. there you go, our money team on the job there. and as we look at the dow now, we re selling, we re off 9 4 points. we re going to continue to follow these numbers. let me get a look at the nasdaq, we re selling across the board now. nasdaq is down 24 points. here s something you don t hear about every day a group of ceos say they plan to hire more workers.