Winners and losers. Sue is at the nyse as usual. Good to see you. Stoxx coming off of their lows on news of a meeting of key congressional leaders on both sides. Right now we are marginally positive by 4. 5 points on the Dow Jones Industrial average. The nasdaq continues to decline. It was the biggest percentage loser yesterday and its on pace for that same kind of record today. The s p is down. 2 of a percent. Amman javers has the latest on this marketmoving event. This is a possibly hopeful situation here on capitol hill. That has not seen a lot of hopeful situations in recent days. The news is that we had a bipartisan meeting of the top four leaders of the house of representatives just this morning, so thats nancy pelosi, steny hoyer on the democratic side with Speaker John Boehner and eric cantor, the republican leader. All four of them in a room at the same time talking to each other. What we dont know here is what was said in that room. Were trying to find out more information ab
Captioning sponsored by wpbt this is n. B. R. Tom good evening. Im tom hudson. Its one of the worst flu seasons in a decade. How all those sick days could impact a companys bottom line and the economy. Susie im susie gharib. Wells fargo posts better than expected earnings. We review the results and pre view a wave of Big Bank Earnings coming out next week. Tom and boeings 787 dreamliner undergoes a comprehensive safety review by federal regulators af oqr severl problems surfaced this week. That and more tonight on n. B. R. Tom if you are sneezing andc feverish tonight, youre not alone. The flu has officially reached epidemic proportions in the united states. The centers for Disease Control and prevention say more than 7 of deaths last week were caused by pneumonia and the flu. Its expected to be the worst flu season in a decade. But its not just a Public Health issue, theres the potential for a real economic impact, costing employers billions of dollars. Erika miller reports. Reporter
Costs, according to the centers for disease control. But this year is expected to be far worse. That figure does not include the cost of lost worker productivity. Reporter to make matters worse, many employees are reluctant to call in sick, for fear of losing their jobs. So they continue going to work, delaying their recovery and infecting others. Some businesses have so many sick workers. Theyre severely understaffed and are scrambling for backup plans. Its a perfect storm. Companies are already quite lean in terms of their abilities to duplicate work if somebody is out. And this years flu season isc three times what the normal levels are for flu. Reporter doctors also have some recommendations forc companies trying minimize the impact of the flu on theirc workforce. If your employee is sick, they should stay home. You should recommend that your employees get the influenza vaccine, if they havent done so already. Reporter and thats advice i personally took to heart today. Erika mil
Costs, according to the centers for disease control. But this year is expected to be far worse. That figure does not include the cost of lost worker productivity. Reporter to make matters worse, many employees are reluctant to call in sick, for fear of losing their jobs. So they continue going to work, delaying their recovery and infecting others. Some businesses have so many sick workers. Theyre severely understaffed and are scrambling for backup plans. Its a perfect storm. Companies are already quite lean in terms of their abilities to duplicate work if somebody is out. And this years flu season isc three times what the normal levels are for flu. Reporter doctors also have some recommendations forc companies trying minimize the impact of the flu on theirc workforce. If your employee is sick, they should stay home. You should recommend that your employees get the influenza vaccine, if they havent done so already. Reporter and thats advice i personally took to heart today. Erika mil
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