Evidence that General Motors had a way to fix a dangerous defect years ago, but made a business decision not to use it. And together again. The dogs of sochi and the u. S. Olympian who fought to bring them home reunited. An emotional moment three weeks in the making today, friday, march 14th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. With matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a. In rockefeller plaza. And good morning, welcome to today on a friday morning. Im matt lauer along with tamron hall, al roker and willie geist. I think we need a playbook to figure out whos in here. Weve got savannah and natalie off today. Im right here. But we have puppies. We had a puppy party once in the orange room, but were having a puppy shower today. Because when you get a new baby, youve got to have a shower. Sometimes, it happens whether you like it or not. Thats gus kenworthy, the u. S. Olympian and silver medalist. Were going to check in with him. But we want to get right to our top s
1mh n3o cz o a 1f[uzsm w o,e2ka y\n f8t0ujf 1 great lakes state. First business starts now. Youre watching First Business financial news, analysis, and todays investment ideas. Good morning and happy 121212 im angela miles. In todays first look the market rallied into todays anouncement from the Federal Reserve which includes a News Conference from fed chair ben bernanke. The dow is now up for the 5th session in a row. The other big news oil was a gainer for the first time in 6 sessions. Explosive details are emerging that fedex was systematically overcharging businesses and the goverment. The emailed comments were released in Court Documents in a class action lawsuit. A fedex official says the documents dont tell the whole story. And shares of rare earth molycorp fell 5 on word the cmpany is seraching for a permanent ceo. Larry shover of sfg alternatives joins us now for an early look at the market. Good morning to you. And are we waiting for qe 4 . I think we are, and i think we are
After christmas deals, they have not had enough, they need to go back in. They are also very big and there are some other things, its very important to do in the next couple much days and lets get out there. It is friday eve folks, if you are headed to the malls, lets get a look at your weather and traffic, Rosemary Orozco is in for steve. I love shopping, and i wish somebody would drag me out one morning into the overnight hours. A ridge of high pressure, do you notice that arch, boy this has not changed and it will continue to bring us the weather that is mild and storm track well to the north. I see an increase in cloud and fairfield 40 degrees and antioch, another chilly start and temperatures are a lot like yesterday, we are below freezing in santa rosa, napa jumped to 34 degrees and San Francisco lost your reading but tracking it for you, 48 degrees in downtown, if you are catching a flight or know somebody who is, lets head to the chillier spots. They are now below freezing, 44
Trucks and back breaking work. The whole thing was to get that job and make your union book because these guys get paid very well. What is interesting about this, these are highly unionized jobs. Where theres really strict rules when you work and when you dont work. And they paid pretty well for people that dont have college degrees. Melissa yeah. Why theyre walking off the job . There are other things you can do to protest unfair firing. Melissa is sort of the sentiment in this country right now and dialogue that were having about minimum wage and about wall street and all these things, is it stirring up discontent that could be damaging our recovery or not . Or is it healthy . Veronica . Definitely stirring up discontent. Well see more acts of civil disobedience. This is problem. They knew they were breaking their union contract. They were not covered the moment they walked out the door. Theyre out of a john the and more people out of a job turning to the government for help. I think
Adam i am adam shapiro with the last hour of trading and the countdown to the closing bell begins right now. We will go live to the Consumer Electronics show in las vegas. Top shelf Business Leaders throughout the next hour, you will hear from liz claman, speaking with the chairman and ceo as well as president of harman international, a first on fox business exclusive. Also, samsung electronics, America President first on fox business, and a store in the music industry, 50 cent. And breaking news regarding boeing. They had problems yesterday, of course todays problem with the fuel leak, you can see these problems are taking a toll on shares of boeing, which are dropping, but also the news of united airlines. The same place affair took place in the Japan Airlines, the airline according to reuters found improperly installed wiring in electrical proponent associated with celery power unit that this is what the wall street journal is reporting, this is also coming from reute reuters, but t