said let that damn oil and gasoline you let it flow. u.s. crude is now $46.54 a barrel. one reason oil prices have cratered down 25% last year is that global growth forecasts are slowing in part because of the u.s. and china trade war. the end of the year rout on wall street was a glitch. he predicted a 30% stock market valle rally. he predicts a big rally if he gets a trade deal. futures are lower. it is a new year. it is the same old uncertainty that is gripping markets. we will watch apple shares down 7% yesterday after the closing bell after the rare revenue warning. the first warning in 16 years and they blamed china slowing the sales in part because of the trade war. 7% stock hit. what is the glitch he is referring to? he did not elaborate.
that it was reviewing the incident to determine if the passenger s rights were violated. back to you. all right. there will be investigations. there s a company investigation. there s a department of transportation investigation, and there will be business school case studies of how you respond. we mentioned earlier at one point they had lost almost a billion dollars yesterday. the stock hit about 4%. we ll watch and see if it recovers. i think it might. in many markets your only choice is united. most customers choose the flight that they want at the cheapest price so that is the overriding i have to tell you, christine, i m excited about this story. we don t have a lot of miami marlins highlight. cat like quickness not by a marlins player but by an actual cat who crashed the home opener. coy wire has more on this morning s bleacher report next. rolaids® goes to work instantly neutralizing 44% more acid than tums®
facebook here, talking about the markets and stocks. this stock hit $50 a share for the first time today. the price of the stock has nearly doubled since july. at last check, it was hovering around the $50 mark. let s take a quick look at the big board. the dow up 16 points. just above that 15,000 mark here as we re just under the two-hour window before the end of the closing trading day here. moving on, breaking today, a woman who fired a warning shot into a wall trying to scare off her husband is getting a new trial. we told you the story initially here. marissa alexander tried to use the standard your ground defense, but a jury didn t buy it. now, an appellate court ordering an entirely new trial on a technicality involving the original instructions to the jury. this is gary tuchman s original report on what exactly went down during that domestic dispute. reporter: she walks down the jail hallway in handcuffs. marissa alexander is facing 20 years behind bars.
report for the first quarter today, with expectations that alcoa will have bad earnings. shepard: and sony numbers were bad, and a lot of things look bad. gerri: but one thing that looks good, which is surprising, apple stock. that stock hit a valve $600 billion for the first time and the only company that has done that is microsoft and the stock hit a hive $644. but the question is can it go higher. it came down a little bit but it is a big benchmark. big discussion, is that stock still a buy? europe is the focus? gerri: a bad case of the jitters in europe and affecting us here. shepard: with italy a fewer weeks ago and now it is spain. gerri: each day it is a new country and spain is like the 10th biggest committee in the euro zone and very important to the region s prosperity and lots of worries. shepard: close to 25 percent overall unemployment and youthen
taking a look at overseas trading. in tokyo, the nikkei added six points. in hong kong the hang seng was down 35. today may be another big day for apple after its stock hit $600 for the first time yesterday before falling back. ipad customers m asia were greeted with cheers as they entered stores to buy the popular new version of the tablet computer. there are long lines right now here in the u.s. as people wait to get their chance. and there is a new tablet reportedly in the works from nokia in finland. the company is working on a device they hope is going to be able to compete with the ipad. there s a new mobile phone payment service from paypal. it allows businesses to accept paypal credit or check payments using a small triangular card reader attached to your phone. wall street s winning streak is still very alive. yesterday s gain for the s&p left it closing above 1400 since