Doors at more than 100 stores. Sarah phinney spent the morning at the only location in ohio that is closing on rockside road in bedford. Reporter there is not much left inside this bedford wal mart. In a matter of a few hours, it will close for good. About 300 people work here. The company said that some happen transferred to other locations and some will be transferred to other locations and help the rest find other be. S. This is only one of 12 Walmart Super centers shutting down across the country, and its the only one in ohio. Bedford city manager said that it will result in a quarter of a million hit to the citys annual budget n. An effort to clear out the inventory, nearly everything inside is 75 off with the exception of electronics, guns, jewelry, and alcohol. The discounts are bringing in a lot of customers. There is quite a few people here right now, even though many of the items are already gone. In bedford, sarah phinney, newschannel 5. And lets get a check on the forecast
Chance fizzle out early and well see clouds and maybe some sunshine. Rain chances and snow chances, you heard me right. A little mix where things will go rain slick to snowfall, chance, anyway, for the evening commute and plan on the slow go on the way home. Well check out the timing on that and how much you can expect when it comes to snow totals in minutes. And lets go to the Traffic Alert. Dealing with this water main break and this is on the citys west side, west 106th street and madison avenue. The water is running down to madison. Its a mess out there and crews salting roadways. West 106th is closed in both directions between Western Avenue and cliffton boulevard and well keep you updated on when this is cleared up. The things are looking good and no accidents to report. No major delays. I want to zoom you in on a closure here. Affecting the west 1 50th passing lane is closed. Well let you know when it reopens. Its a smooth ride around the akron area this morning. Drive time is n
But i have not. Lori i have only seen it on broadway. Stalks off to a tough start. Early numbers point to a tough season. Tracy a nice and shiny fiscal cliff. President obama cut his vacation short. We are tracking where it is headed next. We are expecting negotiations to continue tomorrow. There is talk now that that may not happen. Time to head down to the New York Stock Exchange with Nicole Petallides. Nicole Merry Christmas to everybody. The vix, the fear index, has been to the upside. Whether or not washington will solve the worries about the socalled fiscal cliff approaching quickly. Here is a look at the dow. 13,100 even. Most of the dow components are under pressure. Hewlettpackard doing well and bank of america in the financial round. It really is being laid upon by the retailers. I no adam shapiro will add on to that. There is a look at some movers. Michael cores down over 6 . Tracy i was in the balls this weekend. Lori crowded theater not like i thought it would be. Adam sha
Not only is a special edition of Market Makers but today i am stephanies sociology experiment. For one special day he gets to be the token male. We are going to focus women across all attacks takes, sports, and so much more. It. Tick around for all of were going to begin with the news. These are the top business stories from around the world. Let us start with jobs stay. Encouraging news from the labor department. They added more from last month. Wouldnt it subdivide that was in. Bouncinghe economy is back. Januarys job gains will provide up wher more. The Unemployment Rate rose. We will show you right now how markets have responded. The s p 500 ready much unchanged. It has been. Perhaps youll see another record day for u. S. Stocks. Yield picking up. The tenure note was yielding 2. 82 . The highest since the third week in january. A 64yearold physicist is denying a report that t is the father of it going. Have unmasked him. When asked, he told the reporter i am no longer involved in t
With mid70s to low 80s and in the mid70s to enjoy the evening and less human as we head through the evening. The coast is partly sunny and upper 50s to low 60. We have an accident southbound 680 approaching one lane so driving up to the benicia bridge you will find it north with slowandgo traffic and 580 westbound is slowly involving at an hour to head in the westbound direction because of a couple of early accidents that caused major delays so this is actually looking decent. We will look right now and this is the commute the metering lights have been turned on with a couple of gaps but all if all we will tack on a few extra minutes. Angry Community Members are protesting today to demand prosecution change their mind and charge a sheriff deputy who shot and killed the 13yearold carrying a toy gun. Amy hollyfield is at the Sheriffs Office with the details. In a protester scheduled this afternoon, the Sheriff Office is surrounded by barricades just in case the protest towns violent. A g