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$108 a barrel mark earlier today. the highest in 2 1/2 years. gasoline prices average 3.66 a gallon. do you want some fries with that and a job? mcdonald s announced it s holding a supersized hiring fair april 19th to fill option nationwide. that comes three to four new hires per restaurant. let s take a look at the numbers from wall street a little over. the dow up a bit 18.54. the s&p and nasdaq in positive territory as well. tributes are planned across the country today to commemorate the 43rd anniversary of the death of martin luther king, jr.. in 1968 the civil rights leader was shot standing on the balcony of the lorraine motel in memphis. all this week msnbc is taking a look at the black agenda in our special series, a stronger america, it culminates and i town hall hosted by ed schultze on sunday, april 10th at noon ....
japan s debt was running 200% of gdp. it had been recently downgraded by moody s and s&p. several japanese auto plants shut down indefinitely but they see little impact here, even more the american plant that gets 20% of the component from japan and most are areas untouched by the earthquake or tsunami. japan has been the second largest lender to the u.s. now it will be spending more money at home and presumably lending less. so credit markets could tighten and the u.s. may face higher interest rates on the insatiable appetite for borrowed money. bret? bret: jim, thank you. oil dropped below the $100 a barrel mark. april fell $4. $97.18. gasoline was unchanged overnight hovering at $3.56 a gallon. this is a fox news alert. japanese broadcaster nhk ....
japan s debt was running 200% of gdp. it haden indefinitely but they see little impact here, even more the american plant that gets 20% of the component from japan and most are areas untouched by the earthquake or tsunami. japan has been the second largest lender to the u.s. now it will be spending more money at home and presumably lending less. so credit markets could tighten and the u.s. may face higher interest rates on the insatiable appetite for borrowed money. bret? bret: jim, thank you. oil dropped below the $100 a barrel mark. april fell $4. $97.18. gasoline was unchanged overnight hovering at $3.56 a gallon. this is a fox news alert. ....
Pawlen pawlenty, seeing mike huck key a huckabee and mitt romney. a low boil. from wall street to main street, it has to be skyrocketing cost of oil and gas. the price at the pump stands at an average $3.51 a gallon this morning. that is a 34 cent spike and it has two weeks at that rate. gas would hit $5 a gallon before memorial day. cnbc s courtney reagan joins us now. courtney, what are the oil markets doing this morning. so far we are trading higher. looks like we re above $106 a barrel for crude. near that $107 a barrel mark which is causing worry when we look at the equity markets. most of the time when you see oil prices rise you see stock goes down. however, so far our futures are still ticking higher. although ever so slightly ahead of that opening bell which will sound in 20 minutes. last week we had a lot of pressure from rising oil prices. and we seesawed back and forth. ....
Oil prices soared to prices we haven t seen in 2 1/2 years. gas prices continue to follow. oil is hovering around the $100 a barrel mark. the spike comes as violence in libya spreads concerns about further disruptions in the region. there have actually been very few disruptions to oil at all. at what point does the unrest in the middle east and north africa send oil and gas prices to highs that could actually start to threaten this very fragile recovery that we ve got going on around the world? at this point, no. i think the oil price is already, you know, the recovery, as you said is fragile, and this is really going to be a shock for america i think it shows yet again that postponing problems does not solve them. if america had imposed a higher gas tax when prices were lower the country would be in a much better place to deal with this. the average price for a gallon of gas this week shooting up, topping $3.45 a gallon. ....