now all eyes are on today s political jobs report. the fedotenko start to slow down the stimulus package. cnbc has the roast of today s business headlines. good morning, kayla. good morning. new york s attorney general talks about how big u.s. banks use databases to screen out customers. the investigation centers on whether they re unfairly disqualifying lower income americans from opening checking and savings accounts. mortgage rates head back up. the average rate hits 4.39% this week. that s up from 4.31% last week. that s helped keep long term interest rates low. the energy bunny stopped going and going at sam s club. they ve stopped selling energizer in favor of dura sell. what, no energizer bunny?
baseball officials will be meeting with porter fisher, the whistle-blower who claims there were more than 100 players who purchased performance enhancing drugs. fisher is reportedly being paid a consultant fee to cooperate with the m.l.b. today federal investigators will meet with reporters about the twa flight 800 crash as calls grow for a new investigation into the cause. the investigators are expected to reiterate an explosion in the fuel tank caused the 1996 tragedy. but an explosive new documentary features several whistle-blowers who say the findings were bogus and a missile strike was in fact to blame. the plane crash left all 230 people on board dead. a look at today s business headlines. the banks are at it again coming up with creative ways to charge all of us fees. plus how much are you going to pay at the pump when you hit the road for 4th of july this week?
of the so-called rent boyce with him to police. according to times of london, four people have been put under investigation. now to business. better than expected economic reports fueled a rally as the dow rose by 100 points. barnes & noble reconsidering its tablet strategy by nauntsing they will end production for the nook. we ll get more on that and the rest of today s business headlines. that s economic inning with jeff cut more live fornous london. good morning. good morning to you. it appears the color nook is going to be sent out to oems, other manufacturers. barnes & noble saying they are no longer going to be responsible for the manufacturing of this product here. it s to do really with one is the decline in sales. and some of the challenges to barnes & noble s financially from this product and two, it s to find other opportunities for the nook. so if you basically hand it out there for other developers to
elite forces of the u.s. military. u.s. defense officials tell nbc news that female troops will be allowed to train with army rangers in 2015 and with the navy s.e.a.l.s. the following year. earlier this year secretary of defense leon panetta cleared the way for women to serve in combat roles. defense officials are in the process of drawing up a blueprint for putting women in roles. standards for special forces jobs and combat will be the same for men and for women. now to business. according to the financial times, the federal reserve is expected to say they will taper down their $85 million a month bond purchase. any decision by the fed will be dependent on the economic recovery. more on today s business headlines, let s go to jeff cutmore. hey, brian. that is the only story. robin harding wrote that he
charged with setting off a so-called dry ice bomb. blake shelton welcomed several big name artists for the healing the heartland benefit concert. miranda lambert, reba mcentire and others performed to raise funds for the tornado-ravaged community. look at this video from russia. drivers heading down the road when suddenly a black bear darts across the street and smacks into the car. the bear was able to get up and scamper away unarmed. for your first look at today s business headlines, we turn to bertha cooms. the bears were out yesterday, we had the worst day in four weeks on worries about the health of the global economy, signs that it is slowing. motorola is launching a high-end smartphone later this year. it s called the moto-x, one thing that makes it special t