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Press releases today this did not end ammic bring. We have more details on what happened here today. Yes. Also yahoo getting active. Shares surged today as investor taking a big position in the stock. There it is up. We will have the latest on whos behind this and how ceo is reacting. Also, of course, these markets, i mean, volatility is back in a big way this week with the dow bouncing back after one of the worst days of the year yesterday. The dow enjoying its best day in seven months or something i saw. 181 points. Undoing some of the damage of yesterday and we shouldnt forget the week its been. Tripledigit moves in both directions. Maybe its that time of yore. We got the s p up 17 points. We are at 1983 at this hour. Nasdaq doing very well up 44 points. But again, i mean, we have had 100point swings for the dow every day this week. Multipercentage moves for all the major averages. Three of them down. Two of them up. Look at the russell. Up right now at 1118. Lets talk about it. In ....
it could be months until egypt s economy is back on track. the vice president is urged people to get back to work but we skeel a businessman how difficult it is to put that into practice. meanwhile, it s uncertain when the country s stock exchange will reopen. we ll tell you about a facebook campaign to help prop up falling stocks when trading does begin again. well, in egypt, protesters are streaming into tahrir square for a 18th day. you re looking at pictures of tahrir square on friday morning. egyptians continue to call for president hosni mubarak to step down chanting anti-government slogans. after midday prayers in cairo in a couple of hours more protesters are expected to arrive. it could be the largest demonstration yet. some protesters say they fear a blood bath. analysts say the military could play a devicisive role if the crowds swell. egyptian state tv is reporting that the military s council is holding a high-level meeting an expected to issue a stateme ....
No power but yet he still wants to continue as president. it is a stunning situation. now, we are going to get an update of cairo in a moment. first, though, we want to give you an idea where these protests have been taking place and where they re likely to continue through this friday. tahrir square has been at the center of mass demonstrations now for more than two weeks. thousands of protesters gather there to listen to president mubarak s speech late on thursday when he still refused to step down many marched towards the egyptian state tv offices on their way to the presidential palace. which has largely been spared the protesters anger but it s under heavy guard by the military forces. let s go to cairo now for the latest on the protests. ian lee is both to the presidential pa ras and tahrir square this friday and joins us now on the phone and what have you been hearing and seeing? reporter: andrew, it looks ....