and 26 essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d. all with a great taste. boost gives me everything i need. to be up for doing what i love. boost high protein be up for it bret: welcome back to special report coming to you live from the white house. the president has picked a chair for the federal reserve. senators voted to confirm jerome powell to lead the nation s central bank. stocks mixed. dow dropped 4. s&p 500 up 6. nasdaq gained 52. federal employees back at work today after the shutdown. the big questions and ideas for how long. this short-term spending bill expires in less than three weeks. let s get the lay of the land from the president s legislative
shepard: so much for the latest government study for vaccine for h.i.v. the feds shut it down today saying the treatments were not doing enough to stop the infection. nor did they seem to reduce the amount of virus in the blood or people who got infected after receiving the shots the focused on two part treatment help immune cells spot and attack h.i.v. infected cells. good news to h 4 o01 k today. it nasdaq up 20. s&p 500 up 6. this comes as the number of unemployment claims fell last week to 339,000 second lowest level in more than five years. analysts say that suggests layoffs have declined and that job growth could pick up a bit from last month. investors were also pretty pleased with strong earnings reports from some very big companies. peter barnes with the rest of the business news from d.c. hey, peter. hey, shepard. that s right. more than two thirds of the companies in the 17500 that have reported earnings so far have beaten profits
trace: a relatively calm ending today to a week of extremes on wall street. stocks rose in trading. the dow up 126, the nasdaq up 15. the s&p 500 up 6. but that is nothing compared to the huge dips and dives we have seen in recent days. it was down monday, up tuesday, down wednesday, up thursday, and now up again. it s the first time the dow has risen two sessions in a row since july 6th and 7th. that s back when the casey anthony trial was wrapping up. but it s still not a pretty picture for your 401(k). stocks were still down almost 2% on the week. they have fallen more than 10% in a month. bring the market down 6% from where it was at the start of the year. still, investors are finding small reasons to remain optimistic, a slight drop in jobless claims yesterday a solid report on retail sales today. increased sales in july at the
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