Admit wrong doing as part of its london whale trading debacle. And that want its only big legal payout today. What the fines and settlements mean to the firm, its business and shareholders. And buying in the sky. We dont like it but we do it, shell out money for stuff when we fly and its becoming a big Profit Center for the airlines all that and more tonight on nightly business tonight, thursday, september 19th. Welcome, everybody. Im tyler mathisen. Yesterday stock investors were caught by surprise. Today they caught their breath. Stocks exhaled modestly one day after the rally on the unexpected news the fed would continuing buying bonds every month to keep the economy on track. Most figured the fed would take its foot off the gas pedal, if only slightly. Yesterday record highs for the dow and s p. But today profit taking, not the blue chip dow stocks saw a 40point pull back. The nasdaq saw a small pullback of 5 but the s p was down 3. Some Economic Data out today were not enough to l
Did germany help syria make chemical weapons . A report shows German Companies have been exporting chemicals to syria that could be ingredients for producing sarin gas. Chancellor merkel said the goods were earmarked solely for civilian use. The news comes as syrias president says the world will have to wait if it wants the country to dismantle its chemical weapons arsenal. Bashar alassad said destroying his countrys chemical weapons would be a timeconsuming and expensive undertaking. If the American Administration is ready to pay that money and take responsibility of bringing toxic materials to the united states, why dont they do it . Assad says the attack was carried out by rebels intent on prompting western intervention, but few believe him. They believe he is responsible for the deaths of the hundreds who were killed. It is essential for keeping momentum in the diplomatic and political process that the military option is still on the table. Meanwhile, a debate has begun in germany
And buying in the sky. We dont like it but we do it, shell out money for stuff when we fly and its becoming a big Profit Center for the airlines all that and more tonight on nightly business tonight, thursday, september 19th. Welcome, everybody. Im tyler mathisen. Yesterday stock investors were caught by surprise. Today they caught their breath. Stocks exhaled modestly one day after the rally on the unexpected news the fed would continuing buying bonds every month to keep the economy on track. Most figured the fed would take its foot off the gas pedal, if only slightly. Yesterday record highs for the dow and s p. But today profit taking, not the blue chip dow stocks saw a 40point pull back. The nasdaq saw a small pullback of 5 but the s p was down 3. Some Economic Data out today were not enough to lift the markets. First time jobless claims were down this week. The Philadelphia Fed reported factory activity in the midatlantic region surged to a two and a half year high this month. And
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