in civil fraud charges. superbowl sunday is just a couple days away. we talk advertising dollars. some companies are afraid of higher taxes, what that could mean. you re watching first business, financial news, analysis, and today s investment ideas. good morning, everyone. thanks for joining us. investors are rattled over economic fears in united states and europe with governments struggling to pay off huge debt loads. it s taking a toll on the financial markets this week, fears sending the dow to the 10,000 mark. we ll have to see if that 10,000 holds, especially with the unemployment number coming out later today. the government is cracking down on bank of america. we re going to detail those fraud charges, coming up. will the market see further losses today? let s check in. the dow is on the verge of losing the 10,000 mark. will we see further losses today? we might see further losses, depending on what the jobs numbers comes out at. i m not sure the mar
thank you for joining us. i m beejal patel. and i m paul eggers. and today we re taking a look at what could shape the headlines in 2010. certainly government intervention was a big story in 2009. will that continue in 2010 in quell we will talk about we ll talk about climate change and what impact government regulation will have in that area. and front and center in 2010, americans are hoping this will be a writer year for jobs. and a brighter year nor jobs. and antitrust outlook, some big merger cases, what impact will regulation have in that space. after a blow out year for stocks and some commodities in 2009, what can investors expect in 2010? jack ablin with harris private bank is here with some ideas. jack, where can investors expect the biggest return in 2010. stocks, bonds or other commodities? 2010 is going to be in many respect as mirror image of 2009. they have a dominant asset class, is going to be kind of tricky. my sense is 2010 is going to b
business , financial news, analysis and today s investment idea. good morning, everyone and thank you for joining us. i m beejal patel. and i m paul eggers. and today we re taking a look at what could shape the headlines in 2010. certainly government intervention was a big story in 2009. will that continue in 2010 in quell we will talk about we ll talk about climate change and what impact government regulation will have in that area. and front and center in 2010, americans are hoping this will be a writer year for jobs. and a brighter year nor jobs. and antitrust outlook, some big merger cases, what impact will regulation have in that space. after a blow out year for stocks and some commodities in 2009, what can investors expect in 2010? jack ablin with harris private bank is here with some ideas. jack, where can investors expect the biggest return in 2010. stocks, bonds or other commodities? 2010 is going to be in many respect as mirror image of 2009. t
legislation. plus, three shopping days left until christmas. what you need to know to make sure your gift arrives on time. and how court cases involving companies like intel anicom cast could shape and comcast could shape and try trust laws next year. it is all on today s edition 6 first business . you re watching first business , financial news, analysis, and today s investment idea. good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us. we ve got the stock market making new highs for 2009, during this holiday-shortened trading week. this as we get lots 6 economic data in the week ahead with the final estimate 6 third quarter s gdp and housing data this week. the sell 06 in gold could bode well in the economy, could be a signal that perhaps the economy is starting to pick up some steam here. gold below 1100, the first time we ve seen that in six weeks. pretty significant there. new data on loan modifications. more than 680,000 loan modifications took place in