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The holidays and enjoy the lowest prices of the year. Top of the hour, everybody. Nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange. Nicole would we got our jobs numbers, we saw the futures go from negative territory into positive territory. We arent out of 33 points on the dow jones industrial. The nasdaq is lower. Connell there were 146,000 jobs added in the month of november. Breaking news from washington. The speaker of the house john boehner. Lets listen in. The tax hikes that the president campaigned on, that had more stimulus spending then cuts. And indefinite, infinite increase on the debt limit forever. Four days ago, we offered a serious proposal based on testimony of president clintons former chief of staff. Since then, there has been no counter offer from the white house. Reports indicate that the president has adopted a strategy to slow walk our economy right to the edge of the fiscal cliff. Instead of reforming the tax code, the president wants to raise tax ra
Oil, oil was not a dark spot at all today, in fact, it was good news for those looking to see a little bit of those sinking prices getting back to a level where it may not interfere with the economy the way it was beginning to. Oil stepped back about one and threequarters percent today closing at 86. 38. Liz the ecb cutting at least the rate forecast of growth and so, nonetheless, that didnt help the picture, but the tech sector rallying today. As we mentioned, apple helping to push the rebounded after yesterdays steep drop. It hit a fouryear low yesterday. Lets look at iyw, apple makes up more than 22 of this etf which also holds tech heavyweights ibm and microsoft, threequarters of a percent gain, and then the tech etf xlk also rose today. The funds very large holding is, of course, apple. Weve got two ceos coming up that you are going to want to listen to. Tom is the ceo of tmx group. It owns and operates the Toronto Stock Exchange to our neighbors in the north, here in studio talki
Soon, this is a call, publicly, for an obama bailout. So, who is next . California, illinois, good question. Raise tax rates on the rich or no deal. Yeah, the line has been drawn again. President obama says america is poised to take off, but only if the republicans agree to tax the rich directly. He will only accept higher tax rates. How will Speaker Boehner respond to that . He speaks within the hour. And how about this, top anchors at a news network visit the white house for a cozy chat with the president. Tell us, mr. President , how can we sell your tax the rich policy . Citigroup, 11,000 jobs gone. Varney company about to begin. Having you shipy gifts couldnt be easier. Well, having a ton of locations doesnt hurt. And a santa to boot [ chuckles ] right, baby. Oh, sir. That is a customer. Oh. Sorry about that. [ me announcer ] break from e holiday stress fedex office. Well begin with sad news. Dame elizabeth mother of News Corporation chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch die
Administration saying, i think it will be to the advantage of the democrats to go off the cliff, i think it will be advantage to the republicans to go off the cliff, or the president to go off the cliff, thats like betting your country. Theres stupidity involved in that. Syria on the bring. Secretary of state Hillary Clinton holds emergency talks with russia as u. S. Officials confirm reports that the Syrian Military is prepared to launch chemical weapons against its own people. Weve made it very clear what our position is with respect to chemical weapons and i think we will discuss that and many other aspects. The whole world is watching. The whole world is watching very closely. And the president of the United States has made very clear that there will be consequences. Plus, sharp criticism from afghan president karzai. The exclusive nbc interview. Why he says the u. S. Is partly to blame for the growing instability in his country. And the duchess of cambridge leaves the hospital aft