Potential successors to ben bernanke. Stocks nearing some record levels. The nasdaq moved toward their best september in three years. Apple is not part of the rally. The Company Announcing the new 5c and 5s will be available friday. Well talk about whether investors should be concerned. Look out elon musk. They are working on a new electric car. First up, fed reserve policy makers begin a twoday meeting today. The fed statement will be out tomorrow followed by a new conference with fed chairman bernanke of course. It comes one day after stocks did rally on news that former treasury secretary Larry Summers pulled out of the running for the fed chairman. Everyone is talking about yellen, though you look at andrews column in the time today, the mention of donald cone, geithner still gets a mention here and there. Geithners out. But i think that ferguson will be terrific. Look, i still believe that if you liked summers, you dont like yellen. Sure yellen was a popular favorite but the whole
Off its record low that was locked back in october 2007. Weve been watching the futures this morning, and right now those u. S. Equity futures are indicated slightly lower for the dow futures just over six points, but the s p futures and the nasdaq futures are indicated slightly higher. This is a global story with world stocks near eightmonth highs. European stocks consolidating in early trading today. France pulling back slightly, but in germany, the dax is up by just over 8. 5 points. The ftse is up by about five points or so in london. If you want to know who is taking part in this rally, check out these new statistics. Investors poured 5 million stocks into mutual funds. That is the largest weekly inflow since 2001. Mean too many, etfs gained about 8 million in cash. It combines to 8el. 3 million into flowing stocks funds overall. And it means investors overall are coming back into the market. Is that a big number . At the beginning of the year, you tend to get a lot more because t
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions woodruff president obama and afghan president karzai nounced today that u. S. Troops in afghanistan would shift away from a combat role this spring. Good evening. Im judy woodruff. Brown and im jeffrey brown. On the newshour tonight, we look at the changing u. S. Afghanistan relationship after 11 years of war against al qaeda and the taliban with an endgame in sight. Woodruff then, Margaret Warner looks into the faas decision to review boeings troubled 787 dreamliner. Brown ray suarez talks with Washington Post reporter cecilia kang, who walks us through the hightech offerings at this years Consumer Electronics show. Samsung came up with a very interesting 5. 5 inch flexible screen that kind of makes you imagine all kinds of possibilities woodruff plus mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. Thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by bnsf railway. Support also come
Military role in afghanistan was front and center today as president obama met with afghan leader hamid karzai. They reported progress in their talks, and said the pace of the security transition will be expedited. At their first facetoface meeting since may, the leaders announced theyre accelerating the handoff from u. S. And Coalition Forces to afghan troops. Let me say it as plainly as i can starting this spring, our troops will have a different mission training, advising, assisting Afghan Forces. It will be an historic moment and another step toward full afghan sovereignty. In spring this year, the Afghan Forces will be fully responsible for providing security to the Afghan People. And that the international forces, the american forces, will be no longer present in afghan villages. Woodruff afghanistan President Hamid karzai has sharply complained that fighting in afghan villages is causing too many civilian casualties. And thereve been other strains from koran burnings by american
Front and center today as president obama met with afghan leader hamid karzai. They reported progress in their talks, and said the pace of the security transition will be expedited. At their first facetoface meeting since may, the leaders announced theyre accelerating the handoff from u. S. And Coalition Forces to afghan troops. Let me say it as plainly as i can starting this spring, our troops will have a different mission training, advising, assisting Afghan Forces. It will be an historic moment and another step toward full afghan sovereignty. In spring this year, the Afghan Forces will be fully responsible for providing security to the Afghan People. And that the international forces, the american forces, will be no longer present in afghan villages. Woodruff afghanistan President Hamid karzai has sharply complained that fighting in afghan villages is causing too many civilian casualties. And thereve been other strains from koran burnings by american soldiers to deadly insider attac