Airline fees. If youre flying this summer, say sayonara to kids at the gate even if theyre on the same plane. More airlines are charging extra to sit next to your child. Joining me is the founder of airfare watchdog. Com, and a mom who experienced this firsthand, karen means founder of walking on travels. Youve got to tell us your story. What happened to you . You werent able to sit with your fouryearold . No, and actually not the first time its happened. About two weeks ago we were flying down to the dominican republic, and i was checking in online and i noticed i was seated away from my fouryearold son, i had to call the airline and let them know, hey, i need to sit with my kid, and i was told by the reservation agent they couldnt do anything over the phone and id have to check with a gate agent. Go right ahead, karen. But anyone who has flown knows once you get to the gate its chaos, you cant always count on somebody to seat you with your child. So luckily for us, you know, i was ab
Checked. Lets take a look and see if that still holds. Yes, it does. Not significant declines but declines nonetheless across the board. As for asia and japan, japanese gdp it did pressure the nikkei there to the tune of 4. 7 . The Chinese Government offering financial stimulus to towns to maintain economic growth. Signs of life there in the chinese economy. Lets get to our road map this morning. That does start with the s p. Which is sitting just under the key technical level of 1700 but setting up to expend a multiday losing streak. Blackberry replies all, says its open to exploring Strategic Alternatives. Jcpenney mulling action against bill akman for turning deliberations into a public discourse. And we have a date. Apples new iphone will be unveiled on september 10th. Were coming off a week in which the dow industrials broke a sixweek winning streak. This morning as we saw futures lower on that news out of japan where Second Quarter gdp rose 2. 6 , thats well below economic foreca
Senate house negotiators dealing with a package that would fund the government through the fall of 2015. Costco shares are lower in the market after expectations missed. Mastercard boosting its dividend. First up, the latest aca enrollment numbers are out. Lets go to Bertha Coombs. Reporter good morning, carl. More than a quarter of Million People nationally signed up for National Health insurance plans through the exchanges in november, that according to the latest data from the obama administration, that brings the total to 365,000 for the first two months of open enrollment. As the administration was making fixes on the site, enrollment ramped up with more than 110,000 people signing up for coverage last month, more than four times the number of people able to make it through the system online in october. Number of key states operating on the federal exchange are accelerating, but not hugely. More than 18,000 in florida, up from 3,500 in october. In texas, the numbers are still low
Right after the open. As for the action in europe, taking its cues from the United States. Well see a big rally in china extending one of its biggest rallies in three years. We have a mixed bag in europe with italy up by about. 2 of 1 . Well do our best to keep focused on the business day. Well be following the tragic shooting in connecticut, of course. The New York Stock Exchange will hold a moment of silence to honor the victims in the next few moments, and well be looking at the president s call for meaningful action and the politics of gun control. Lets get to a road map for this morning. It starts with apple. Under pressure once again. Even dipping below 500 a share at some point this morning. Shares will remain range bound near term. Iphone 5 sales and cannibalization among the region. Other concessions from the gop, the speaker proposing tax hikes for millionaires. Could this be the tipping point. Moving the talks beyond deadlock. A big week for earnings. Yes, earnings. Fedex, r
On wall street huge job increase sent stocks soaring. Thats what radical means call me a radical. Video of everyones new congressman what is beautiful absolutely nothing have a nice day. Pete i have already had too much. Thats enough. Cut it off. Jedediah one minute in. Pete spin for me, ed. Ed i got no backup. You always tell me you are a great dancer. Jedediah sometimes you have to sit back and let somebody else take the show. Ed you guys did a great job on new years eve. Pete we did have fun. Jedediah i was warmer than him because i was in inside. Ed happy new year. Welcome back to the couch. Jedediah great to be here. Pete there is nothing going on. Ed one story after another. Big for the president yesterday. The jobs numbers that no one saw coming were going to get to that but first the wall. The president giving his most forceful case for the wall perhaps ever. This is something he has talked about since the campaign. He has been doubling down since. But, yesterday, basically dec