From china. By the close, it rose to 17630. And the s p 500 gained 25. Exxon mobile and chevron were big gainers today because of the rise in the price of oil today. And two earnings came from pfizer and merk. They were held for the pneumonia vaccine and the Breast Cancer drug. Merck also raised their profit gains. Ford reported a blowout quarter. Posted their best earnings in 15 years. North america is strong but there is a growing concern about the Worlds Largest auto market china. It may sound cliche but it is Good Business is booming for ford in north america where they just had their most profitable quarter ever. In part because of Strong Demand for trucks and suvs. Take the new f 150. Customers are paying almost 3800 more for the new truck in that model. That is something that we dont see very often in the auto try. With auto sales nearing a record high many are worried that the industry has peaked. But fords ceo is not worried about americans hitting the brakes. There is a lot o
I think we are getting closer to that. Somebody said do you think there will be a president by that time if young enough maybe. Thank you very much, barney frank. [applause] its a hard thing to believe that the United States of america is spending nearly 1 billion per week in iraq and here in new orleans, the United States we are being neglected. Why do we have to beg and plead when our president , our congressman, our elected leaders when we tell them we need help when its on the media everyday. [applause] this is the United States of america. The young lady mentioned earlier that we rebuilt japan after destroying japan. This is new orleans, a very specific cultural society. I love new orleans. We have purchased a total of 107 trailers on four different sites but when you walk across the street here you will see 42 of them set out for teachers and their Staff Members and that was the only way especially back in november that i could get a staff of the school to teach the children beca
Tyler mathisen is off this evening. A day like none other on wall street. An historic open. A dramatic afternoon and a stunning close. And the sheer intensity of the move took many by surprise and left no time to pause or even take a breath. Investors knew there would be a big slide at the open but few imagined just how deep, how steep and how fast. Within the first six minutes, the blue chip dow index dropped more than 1,000 points. An epic move. And the drama didnt end there. Stocks staged a major comeback that nearly brought the dow back to positive territory. Yes, a nearly 1,000point move back up. But that didnt hold. Stocks fell back once again and by the close the Dow Jones Industrial average fell 588 points to 15,871. The nasdaq shed nearly 4 . The s p 500 now in correction territory along with the dow and the nasdaq slid 77. But even that doesnt tell the whole story. The dow traveled more than 4900 points in todays session. The index suffered its biggest ever and lost 700 billi
Tyler mathisen is off this evening. A day like none other on wall street. An historic open. A dramatic afternoon and a stunning close. And the sheer intensity of the move took many by surprise and left no time to pause or even take a breath. Investors knew there would be a big slide at the open but few imagined just how deep, how steep and how fast. Within the first six minutes, the blue chip dow index dropped more than 1,000 points. An epic move. And the drama didnt end there. Stocks staged a major comeback that nearly brought the dow back territory. Yes, a nearly 1,000point move back up. But that didnt hold. Stocks fell back once again and by the close the Dow Jones Industrial average fell 588 points to 15,871. The nasdaq shed nearly 4 . The s p 500 now in correction territory along with the dow and the nasdaq slid 77. But even that doesnt tell the whole story. The dow traveled more than 4900 points in todays session. The index suffered its biggest ever and lost 700 billion in market
Tyler mathisen is off this evening. A day like none other on wall street. An historic open. A dramatic afternoon and a stunning close. And the sheer intensity of the move took many by surprise and left no time to pause or even take a breath. Investors knew there would be a big slide at the open but few imagined just how deep, how steep and how fast. Within the first six minutes, the blue chip dow index dropped more than 1,000 points. An epic move. And the drama didnt end there. Stocks staged a major comeback that nearly brought the dow back to positive territory. Yes, a nearly 1,000point move back up. But that didnt hold. Stocks fell back once again and by the close the Dow Jones Industrial average fell 588 points to 15,871. The nasdaq shed nearly 4 . The s p 500 now in correction territory along with the dow and the nasdaq slid 77. But even that doesnt tell the whole story. The dow traveled more than 4900 points in todays session. The index suffered its biggest ever and lost 700 billi