Conditions Consumer Spending was higher and broader across a range of economic sectors but todays tone was set by this mornings adp labor report. The private sector added 212,000 jobs in february. Not bad but fewer than expected. Service sector activity edged up last month but wasnt enough to get investors excited about stocks. By the close, the Dow Jones Industrials sank 106 to 18,096. Nasdaq fell nearly 13 and the s p off 9 points. Steve liesman has more on todays reports and the state of the american economy. Reporter neither severe Winter Weather nor west coast port shutdowns or layoffs from Lower Oil Prices kept from the rounds of moderate and steady growth. The Federal Reserves socalled beige book the collection of economic anecdotes from the district was full of troubles plaguing the u. S. Economy but concluded the growth keeps chugging along. Consumer Spending Continues to rise and retailers are optimistic about the months ahead. Job gains reported across a broad range of indus
Establishment republicans. Tea Party Republicans were, however, favorable towards mitt romney, a 77. Paul ryan, a 79. Ann romney, 77. Even george w. Bush, 72. More favorable even than the Establishment Republicans. So this is consistent with the last paper that said, you know, as we got when they really had a rally behind their candidate, the feeling thermometer questions indicate that perhaps they did that. So whether those divisions are going to persist is when we looked add the media question. So im going to turn that over to jay morris. Well, its clear that theres a division on several issue positions and on how Tea Party Versus Establishment Republicans view, um, certain candidates, certain issues. Do they get their news from different sources, we already know through the research on partisan media that democrats, republicans, liberals, conservatives, get their news from very different sources in todays fragmented media environment. When you look here just at Tea Party Versus Esta
Cant afford to make concessions. I pray for a smooth transition. That, i ame achieved confident that afghanistan will be on a path to longterm stability. Two, allo to round endorsejor candidates this bilateral security agreement. American forces to remain in afghanistan after the mission is formally ended at the end of this year. That may seem like a technicality, it was the failure to get a similar arrangement with iraq that led to the departure of forces there in 2011. Abdullah abdullah may have the most specific agenda for political reform. He would also like to see reform in the senate. These are ideas if you listen to the agendas. It is hard to say how much those will translate into governance agendas. Right there. One of the things we are concerned about is the lack of air force. They be able to compensate for the lack of their own air force . What kind of consequences will that have for their ability to fight . That is my main question. Which of the two leading candidates is bes
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Now, secretarygeneral of the united nations. President sf four travel. Not george bush, senior, but other living president s with president obama. I thought the New York Times article on travel, 16 hours on air force one, having them all on board, and they made it quite. It is at a soccer stadium. One of three public events. 90 thousandf people. It is not a holiday in south africa and train stations at the outskirts of johannesburg most people going to work as if it was a normal day. A lot of people showing up. We will bring the full comments of president obama in johannesburg when he speaks at the Memorial Service for Nelson Mandela. Lets look at stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities. The mood continues. Higher and higher. We wonder if we will hit dial the dow a20,000 by the end of the year. A quiet economic week. The euro moves this after against the sterling after governor mark carney spoke in new york yesterday. Stronger euro. Nymex crude churns. Renting market moves. Koran moving