love served daily. the shingles virus is already inside you. you should know that 1 in 3 people will get shingles in their lifetime. in the last hour representatives for the united auto workers voted to raise dues for the first time in 28 years. members will pay in order to pay for short falls in operating expenses. dues revenue has fallen nearly 40% in the past eight years, the result of a sharp decline in union membership and something that has broad implications for the middle class. let us go now to sue herrera for the c inbc market wrap.
i m sue herrera with your cnbc market wrap. dow finished flat. the s&p 500 up three. the nasdaq gained 21. earnings and after-hours trading to tell you about. amaz amazon.com shares higher after reported revenue that beat estimates. earnings in line with expectations. microsoft s profits came in ahead of expectations sending that stock higher by more than 2%. and over at star bucks, shares are rising after earnings met analysts estimates. that s it from cnpc. we are first in business worldwide.
when are the american people going to realize that they don t care about worker, they only care about profit and their voting record and their lack of votes on issues like helping workers peoples volumes. stick around. i m sue herrera with your cnbc market wrap. stocks rally. the dow jones 188 point, the s&p added 21, the nasdaq up 45. unemployment lines were just a little shorter last week. filings for first-time jobless benefits fell by 20,000, which was more than expected. the numbers come one day before the government s closely watched payroll data. and linkedin shares sliding after hours. the company s earnings of revenue did beat estimates but its overall 2014 outlook disappointed. hey guys! sorry we re late.
welcome back to the ed show. time for the questions, ask ed live. first question from tom. why did the gop thump the bible, but don t walk the walk of jesus or pope francis? well, actually, i think some of them do. but many of them in the congress certainly use discrepancy at your to their political benefit, and i think that that really infuriates a lot of people. and i think they misquote and misinterpret the bible quite often. michele bachmann would be one of them. and, of course, they connect it to the affordable care act and president obama. our next question is from debby louden. she wants to know, what are republicans for? what are they for? they are for being against everything president obama would like to accomplish in his second term. stick around. rapid response panel is next. i m sue herrera. stocks tumbled hard for the second straight session.
the budget as you is and i know. i would love to get you back to talk about that. and i thank you for making time on a busy day today. thank you for having us. absolutely, gene sperling. coming up, one year removed from newtown. we re going to talk to a father, one father from those victims families about the challenges that remain. but first, a note on the economy. sue herrera has the cnbc market wrap. yes. and indeed, the markets had a very tough go of it today. here s how we look with stocks going into tomorrow morning s session. the dow finished down almost 130 pound points. the s&p down 21. the nasdaq down 56. we ll see what tomorrow holds. that s it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. [ male announcer ] what if a small company became big business overnight?