Wednesday and thursday, stocks were pretty calm throughout todays session. By the close, the dow lost 11 points to 16,643. The nasdaq climbed 15, and the s p 500 added more than a point. For the week, believe it or not, the dow and the s p 500 rose about 1 . The nasdaq gained more than 2. 5 . But with that gain, the nasdaq recovered a nearly 9 plunge from earlier in the week, its biggest intraweek reversal ever. And that is just the tip of the iceberg. When looking back at what a wild week on wall street it really was. There is the opening bell. Guys, the dow is now down 1,000 points. There was real genuine panic selling like i havent seen in years. These are enormous moves. Things that were making my eyes pop out of my head when i was watching here. As of this moment, it is the strongest rally of the year. Were in sort of a very strange uncharted territory right now. Volatile final hour of trading turning this rally into a decline. Trading less chaotic, the dow cratering into the clos
Good evening and welcome to kqed news room. Im shuy vuy. We look at whether the bay area is ready to handle ebola. For months the outbreak has played outs on a remote stage in countries like liberia and sierra leone. But the first confirmed case in texas and a possible case in washington, d. C. Has made attention come to how our Healthcare Systems are at home. Scott schaefer leads the discussion. The e lobola virus is spread from bodily fluids of those already sick. Im joined by eric talbert, executive director of the non profit emergency u. S. A. And april dem bosky. Your agency recently opened up a facility for 24 patients in sierra leone. What went wrong in africa for this to spiral the way it has. The issue was not contained early on. Something spreads as a virus quickly if it is not contaminated and controlled, isolated early on. March was the first case, from guin guinea, spread to sierra leone and quickly. We sent out another warnings are getting out of control in june. And stil
Tonight on nightly Business Report for friday, october 3rd. Good evening, everyone, and welcome, nearly a quarter million jobs were added to the u. S. Economy last month and that clear sign of Sustainable Growth sent stocks sprinting higher today. Here are the numbers from the Labor Department, 248,000 was the number of jobs added. The nations Unemployment Rate fell to its lowest level since july of 2008, edging down two notches to 5. 9 , on wall street, dow shot up 209 points, the first, enough to close back above 17,000, nasdaq up 45, s p added 21, its best day in several months. The jobs data pushed the u. S. Dollar index to a fresh fouryear high sending the price of gold among other things sharply lower for the first time this year, crude oil closed below 90 bucks a barrel for the first time in a year and a half. Wrapping up the past five sessions though, the major stock averages ended lower for the second straight week, all three indexes were down a half percentage. Hampton pearso