This hour. What about Mortgage Rates in where do they go from here . Theyve been rising on the fears about the fell pulling back, so where next . My partner, sue, is at the nyse. Hi, sue. Reporter and the markets euphoria not to scale back on qe is farding a bit. The Dow Jones Industrial average off about 31 points. The nasdaq has remained positive, up about 5. 25 point p the s p off 2 points. The threat of a Government Shutdown becoming a possibility less than two weeks from that deadline. Fed chairman pbernanke talked about it during his News Conference yesterday. A Government Shutdown and perhaps even more so a failure to raise the debt limit could have very serious consequences for the Financial Markets and for the economy. And the Federal Reserves policy is to do whatever we can to keep the economy on course. Reporter and House Speaker boehner making some comments today as well. Our chief washington correspondent, john harwood, is here with the very latest on what is turning into
It is. Well i am ann mack vic. Yes. A american was hit and killed at the bart platform of the west oakland station. The tracks were cleared and trains resumed service a little after midnight as another person was hit and killed by an ace train in pleasantville. It was headed two stops in from shows when it his san jose when it hit the santa rita road section at 7 30. And a woman went after a 9 yearold girl with a hammer. We have more on how it all started. Reporter students at Oakland Lafayette school knew something was wrong when they saw officers. They were here to arrest haseemah diame, a parent and really tear, after walking onto the school grounds, armed with a hammer, and pulled a 3rd grade girl aside. She was able to lure a girl away from the playground during recess into an adjacent bathroom. Once in the bathroom diame proceeded to assault the girl with a hammer. That is very hard. I cant believe that happened to a kid. Reporter a teacher and Security Guard found the girl injur
Shoreline. Well have a forecast for a sunny Easter Sunday coming up in a few minutes. Mark. Police are looking for whoever committed a string of armed robberies in brentwood. Police say all five happened on the south side of town between about 8 15 and 9 30 on thursday night. Two of the victims were 13year old boys leaving a mcdonalds. The attackers chased them both down the sidewalk. They sprayed pepper spray in one victims face and stole the other kids cell phone. Most of the attacks were on residential streets. You know, youre just in awe because it doesnt usually happen. Its scary out there any more. You have to be aware of your surroundings. The suspects are young men in their teens or early 20s. All were wearing hoodies. And they got away in a dark sedan, possibly a dodge or a mazda. A mans dog is dead, the victim of a violent attack in San Francisco. Police say that two men armed with a knife attempted to rob the man who was walking his dog near 22nd and bartlett streets and an
It for amazon. Its wednesday, january 30, 2013. And squawk box begins right now. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to squawsquawk box he cnbc. Today we have the four bs ben bernanke and the fomc holding their first meeting of 2013. Investors watching carefully for any change in strategy to boost the economy. Blackberry 10, research in motion is unveiling its latest and greatest device in hopes of saving the battered company. Boeing, the dow component releasing Quarterly Results around 7 30 a. M. Eastern time. We will have instant reaction and more on the dreamliner battery drama. And last but not least, the bulls going on another run. The dow jumping another 72 points to close just 46 points away from 14,000, just 210 points away from its alltime closing high. We have a big lineup covering the rally, the fed, and the economy this morning. Ed keon of Quantitative Management Associates and dan greenhouse of btig will be serving up the markets for us. Fed watchers will join us at 7 40 a. M
Monetizing mobile, and contrary to popular belief, teens are still using it. And General Motors is beating expectations and showing signs of improvement in europe. Plus one of the cars gets a rare award from Consumer Reports. And michael dell is writing a letter saying that he at peace because of what shareholders make. And sac capital could come the kaye and we could come today, and we could have more on that. And at least eight wall street firms raising the stock on facebook and the stock is growing after the Second Quarter results were out last night. They make up 41 of facebooks edadvertising revenue s and Mar Zuckerberg on the Conference Call last night. When it comes to mobile, i am pleased with the results. We have more actives on mobile than desktops and more than half a billion people use facebook on their mobile than desktop. And jim, everybody is buzzing that it is within 14 of the ipo price of 38. Well, it is a big position for the Charitable Trust and looking bad for a whi