Yesterday. This morning you see green arrows across the board. The dow indicated to open up by about 63 points. S p futures are 8. 5 points above fair value and the nasdaq up by more than 22 points. The bond market, the tenyear note is yielding 2. 722 . And check out the dow utilities. That index closing at a record high for the first time in six years. It added three points to close at 554. Yes. Well see what happens today. Lets get over to andrew right now. He has more of todays top corporate stories. Andrew, good morning. Good morning to you, becky. That whole Net Neutrality issue may be over. Netflix will pay verizon to deliver Faster Service for delivery of its movies. Netflix struck a deal with comcast to pay for faster delivery over the internet through a practice known as interconnection. Weeks later, Reed Hastings came out, saying he reluctantly agreed to pay the fees so his customers would get better service. Now its a trend. Prices of netflix may be going up as well. Thats t
Demographer Martha Farnsworth riche examines Population Dynamics in communities all around the United States, a nation that has a disproportionately large impact on the ecosystem. Dr. Riche population growth is heading towards some kind of stability as people replace themselves. But where its located and how they consume thats the issue for sustainability. Narrator demographer deborah balk combines demographic and spacial data to examine how vulnerable populations in the coastal regions of developing nations will be affected by Climate Change. Balk prior work has predominantly looked at the causes of Climate Change. This study asks, what will some of the consequences of Climate Change be, and what will those consequences be for human population and for human settlements . Narrator predicting future Population Trends will help policy makers plan mitigation strategies to ensure a better quality of life for coming generations and to protect our environnt. Martha farnsworth riche is the fo
Melissa time for stocks ahead to the floor of the New York Stock Exchange with Nicole Petallides confidence hitting the post recession peak but traders are not buying it . Of its numbers result of the market moved higher the dow moving into the green but now was sells off continuing the trend. Were doing much of the same were under pressure with Dow Jones Industrial average but also of the nasdaq has some of perots. The confidence numbers of the highest levels since february 2008 also caseschiller shows the total order for durable goods is unchanged. We have a deal on wall street and some upgrades so there are bits and pieces and many are rushing to get ahead of the fiscal cliff. Lori with the potential tax increase with dividends companies to try to get a job and are paying dividends early before jittery first. Joined the is seen him from s p Capital Investment strategist. I know you just put out your outlook for the 12 month target . We are just about 1400 today. That is significant
Storm packing 105mileanhour winds while unleashing torrential rains. We know of two stormrelated deaths in florida. 3 million homes and businesses are without power. Kelly the grim predictions are those numbers will likely rise before this storm is history. There is growing concern right now that georgia and alabama may soon be in her sights. Every storm is different. So take the manual and throw it out the window. Be prepared for some out of the box thing that we have never seen before. Kelly lets check in with meteorologist adam klotz in the fox news extreme News Weather Center where he has been all day following the details of irma. The center of the storm slowly moving to the north. About 25 miles south of lakeland. Big changes in the last several hours. Here is your center of circulation. We are now completely over land. We have been so for a while so the storm is slowly beginning to wind down. Still a category 2 store. A powerful storm as we continue to spin over land. We are goi
A very good morning to you. Im richard lui at msnbc world headquarters. Were watching the latest on Hurricane Irma. Our special coverage of this category5 storm for you. Its roaring past cuba. The latest visuals, of course, the radar showing it moving through the northern sides. Here it is again. This as all of florida braces for what lies ahead the next 48 hours. Survivors in the caribbean survey the damage left behind. Okay, at this hour, Hurricane Irma pounding cuba as a cat5 storm with ferocious 160 mileperhour winds. The storm on track to go and go north toward florida, pummelling the keys there tonight and into sunday, before charting a path through western florida where it is expected to hit naples, orlando, ft. Myers, potentially tampa. The threat in those areas is higher than initially thought at least by the latest information that we got two hours ago from the National Hurricane center. This after the storm does take a turn westward. A little bit tacking farther to the left