new york stock exchange here. they said they ll also be listening for any possible stimulus that the fed could hint to. it s something that the market points to a lot. when you see the markets tumble as they are doing, you know, the fed has done this before where it s bought up government bonds in great numbers, basically pouring a lot of money into the market and giving that kind of shot in the arm to the market. there are definitely two sides of the fence as to whether it s really helped the economy. at least it s done so in the short term. so once again, you are seeing stock futures turn around on hopes that the fed chief will say something positive or supportive on thursday. but no doubt about it, you re still going to see the same worries hang over the market today. you re going to see these same worries hang over throughout the week, worries about spain, worries about greece, worries about china. and then our own problems here in the u.s., that so-called fiscal cliff wh
an appeal which is very unusual. rulings in britain are usually final. justice a landmark sentence for convicted war criminal and former president of liberia, charles taylor. he s been sentenced to 50 years in prison by a special international court. he s convicted of supporting rebels in sierra leon who slaughtered thousands of people during the country s 11-year civil war. taylor armed rebels in exchange for so-called blood diamonds. mitt romney unofficialing clinching the rop nomination for president. he won last night s texas primary putting him over the number of 1,144 delegates. beryl is once again a tropical storm, forecast to head up the coast of north and south carolina today. the storm has already dumped up to a foot of rain, packing winds of 35 miles per hour and could lead to dangerous rip currents and rough surf. chinese human rights activist chen guangcheng says his country fails to enforce its own laws and insists its abusive treatment of dissidents thr