Real money. [ music ] this is real money, you are the most important part of the show. Tell me whats on your mind by tweeting me or hit me up on facebook. Most americans agree the middle class is in crisis. Squeezed by years of job lose, rising costs and stagnant wages, 40 of americans say they belong to the middle class, down by 53 in 2008, when the recession hit. There is no accepted definition of what the middle class is, economists define it by income. We define americas middle class as households with incomes of anywhere between 40 and 100,000, based on analysis. That encompasses middle income families with similar dreams and pierations, securing a job, home, health care add to that time off for vacations and the ability to save enough for retirement. They are becoming harder to achieve. Median Household Income in the United States was 53,171 a year in 2012 thats the most recent year for which we have data. Half of all households earn more, half less. This number is 7 lower than i
2014 started off as a triumphant year for russian president Vladimir Putin. He extended his rift into ukraine, and thumbed his nose at the west while doing it. But thanks to sanctions and sliding oil prices 2015 is already looking to be a year of Economic Hardship for russia. It should be a growing disenchantment. Today hundreds of protesters streamed into red square. They came out to protest a Russian Court sentencing of alex sigh navalny. Well have more on that in a moment. But first speaking of money, putins financial problems are only mounting. Rur sh Russian Companies are cut off from western credit. As a result companies now face Serious Problems services more than 550 billion of russian corporate debt. They cant access western banks, so when they have to refinance, they have got to figure out new ways of doing so. Meanwhile Falling Oil Prices are cutting into russias state budget and fuelling a currency crisis. Russias central bank estimates 128 billion was moved out of the coun
2014 started off as a triumphant year for russian president Vladimir Putin. He extended his rift into ukraine, and thumbed his nose at the west while doing it. But thanks to sanctions and sliding oil prices, 2015 is already looking to be a year of Economic Hardship for russia. It should be a growing disenchantment. Today hundreds of protesters streamed into red square. They came out to protest a Russian Court sentencing of alex sigh navalny. Well have more on that in a moment. But first, speaking of money, putins financial problems are only mounting. Rur sh Russian Companies are cut off from western credit. As a result, companies now face Serious Problems services more than 550 billion of russian corporate debt. They cant access western banks, so when they have to refinance, they have got to figure out new ways of doing so. Meanwhile Falling Oil Prices are cutting into russias state budget and fuelling a currency crisis. Russias central bank estimates 128 billion was moved out of the c
2014 started off as a triumphant year for russian president Vladimir Putin. He extended his rift into ukraine, and thumbed his nose at the west while doing it. But thanks to sanctions and sliding oil prices, 2015 is already looking to be a year of Economic Hardship for russia. It should be a growing disenchantment. Today hundreds of protesters streamed into red square. They came out to protest a Russian Court sentencing of alex sigh navalny. Well have more on that in a moment. But first, speaking of money, putins financial problems are only mounting. Rur sh Russian Companies are cut off from western credit. As a result, companies now face Serious Problems services more than 550 billion of russian corporate debt. They cant access western banks, so when they have to refinance, they have got to figure out new ways of doing so. Meanwhile Falling Oil Prices are cutting into russias state budget and fuelling a currency crisis. Russias central bank estimates 128 billion was moved out of the c
Hardworking city so different these days, even rocky balboa wouldnt recognize it. Im ali velshi, and this is real money. This is real money. You are the most important part of the show. Tell me what is on your mind by tweeting me or fitting me up on facebook. It is merger mania in the media. This time its at t announcing a deal to bye directv, for a cool 48. 5 billion. But because at t promises to assume the debt, its really worth 67 billion. It would be the forth Largest Telecom merger in history if it goes through. But no mega merger gets done these days without approval from uncle sam. Take a look at the evershrinking media landscape. Already, comcast has proposed a merger with timewarner cable. Giving a supersized comcast a 30 share of the pay tv market. And 32 of the broadband market. Unlike that tie up, an at t directv merger would cut the number of video providers from four down to three for about a quarter of all households in the United States. Regulators will be looking at th