what did the bankers know, when did they know it and what is their responsibility and liability. and a closer look at the unespecialun especial employment picture, looking at what may become a crisis. millions of americans lose the extended benefits but millions more are expected to be impacted this year. by the loss of the benefits. do the jobs these workers need even exist? first, let s check in with sue at the new york stock exchange. we have a lot going on today in power lunch. if you re just tuning in, let s get you up to date on the markets. the dow jones industrial average down 43 points at 16,426 and change. the s & p 500 and nasdaq down 20 points, the biggest percentage downsized index right now. as for the gold market, after a volatile week last week, we re up two bucks. most of the metals markets hanging flat right now. in terms of interest rates, after bumping up against 3% last week, the ten year right now was traded last on the yield 2.95% and brent crude
what is the oracle eyeing right now? he spoke with becky quick. we ll find out this hour. stocks, of course, tanking today but over the past 20 years, equities have had some of their biggest gains right now in march and april. so if you can play past the world events is there a buying opportunity? we ll find out but first let s check in with sue at the nyse. you might have to have a strong stomach to buy today because stocks around the world tanking on those fears about russia s moves into ukraine. the dow posting its biggest one-day drop since early february. we are down 192 points. that is off the lows of the trading session. europe ending deep in the red in many cases. germany s dax down 3.5%. in france, the cap down more than 2%. the brics taking it on the chin. russia s stock market down 12% today. the currency, the ruble, hitting a new record low against the dollar. russia s central bank dramatically boosting its key lending rate by 1 1/2 percentage points to 7%. they
italian based banks. that means credit cards and atms. cash only. david: have a great weekend. melissa: i m melissa francis and here s what s money tonight. a gun store misfire. one georgia dealer won t sell assault rifles to civilians and in response, the local police refuse to do business there anymore. the county sheriff is going to join us in just a second to explain why. plus, are you happy about today s jobs numbers? good. then you won t mind at this rate it will take most of my life to get everyone back to work. today s money panel crunches the numbers. thank you, america. a major ad bliss by aig gives thanks for its $182 billion bailout but reminding people you almost went belly-up seems like an odd way to increase business to me. we have a marketing guru here to break it all down. even when they say it s not it is always about money melissa: all right. first let s take a look at the day s market headlines. stocks closed out a banner week, unexpect ledly stron
david: have a great weekend. melissa: i m melissa francis and here s what s money tonight. a gun store misfire. one georgia dealer won t sell assault rifles to civilians and in response, the local police refuse to do business there anymore. the county sheriff is going to join us in just a second to explain why. plus, are you happy about today s jobs numbers? good. then you won t mind at this rate it will take most of my life to get everyone back to work. today s money panel crunches the numbers. thank you, america. a major ad bliss by aig gives thanks for its $182 billion bailout but reminding people you almost went belly-up seemslike an odd way increase business to me. we have a marketing guru here to break it all down. even when they say it s not it is always about money melissa: all right. first let s take a look at the day s market headlines. stocks closed out a banner week, unexpect ledly strong nonmanufacturing activity and december jobs report coming in line wi
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