Floridas most Populated Areas but now threatens some of the souths most historic sights. Savannah and charlston all facing devastating flooding and wind damage right now. Matthew the most powerful hurricane to threaten the atlantic seaboard in money decade sent Many Americans into panic mode after leaving more than 300 people dead in haiti. In the United States so far, its toppled trees on to homes and knocked out power to more than a million people. Tonight, were left to wonder what this night will bring. Good evening, im dawn timmeney. Im chris oconnell. Storm has already taken devastating toll. Heres the very latest. At least four people died in florida. Two of the victims an elderly couple who died from Carbon Monoxide fumes while running a generator in their garage. Two others were killed by falling trees. About 500,000 people are under evacuation orders in the jacks jacksonville area along with another half million on the georgia coast. More than 300,000 fled their homes in South
Welcome to Market Makers. I seem to have misplaced Stephanie Ruhle. Im terrified all by myself. Im going to kick it off with the top business stories of the morning. Sears is getting smaller and so are its losses. The retailer cut its losses by more than half in the fourth quarter. It has now lost money 11 quarters in a row. Eddie lampert has been shrinking the store base and separating units to generate cash. They want to form a Real Estate Investment trust to leaseback the stores. Firsttime jobless claims rose by the most in more than a year last week. It was well above the estimate. Inflation at the consumer level took a dive last month. Prices fell zero point 7 , probably due to Falling Energy prices. The cpi actually rose. The fcc is headed toward a landmark vote on regulating the internet. Regulators expect to adopt rules on Net Neutrality that would bar broadband providers from charging websites to deliver content more quickly. Large mobile phone carriers say the regulations wou
Stephanie Barnes has been released from federal prison, but she is still appealing her conviction, which included a $247,489 restitution order and a $10,000 fine.