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"cnn newsroom" continues at the top of the hour with miguel marquez. right now time for "cnn money." >> run with the bulls and you just might get gored. i'm christine romans. this is "cnn money." in every bull run a little blood is shed. that's what happened on wall street this week as the dow industrials could not hold on to 17,000. the buzz from some on the street, maybe we're now in the final stages of this aging bull. that and companies begin delivering their corporate report cards. some with big fat "fs," especially in retail. container store blaming a retail funk for its lousy quarterly results. profits falling at family dollar. and throw in a crumpled cupcake empire, crumbs shuttering every one of its stores. americans are buying cars and home bus not ginormous
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1,000-calorie cupcake, apparently, even as some die-hard fans are trying to save that chain. workers at crumbs may be out of a job, burr it's getting easier to find a new job. to get a job in this economy you have to boat bate out just one other person. there are now 2.1 job seekers for every available job. at the height of the recession, it was almost seven. seven job seekers for every available opening. put it all together and you have a u.s. economy that's better but probably not strong enough to handle a hike in interest rates anytime soon. so nice to see you, mohammed. i want to take a look and show you the four gig biggest bull runs. the s&p's strongest bull markets. right now the s&p 500 from march 2009 to today is up 192%. that's the fourth strongest bull market and the longest, quite frankly. from what you see from the fed and from the economy and what companies are doing, is it
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justified for this bull market to keep going? >> well, christine, why have we had this bull market after what was a huge collapse? three reasons. one is significant support from the federal reserve. the federal reserve has poured in liquidity. secondly, companies have gotten really good at cutting costs. and thirdly there's a lot of money on the sideline so you've got this amazing rally even though the economy didn't do that well. that's why we've had this enormous gap between wall street and main street. for it to go further, we now need real economic growth. we need companies that can grow their earnings, that can't wutcut their way to prosperity, and we need the federal reserve to be able to launch this genuine liftoff. and those two things are pretty uncertain. so i understand why people are getting cautious at this point. i would be too. >> you would be cautious at this point too. the bull has been running for five years without a correction. five years without a real meaningful pullback. then on thursday we get these
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fears about a portuguese bank blamed for the selling then. are investors looking for any excuse? are we going to finally get that 10% pullback? >> so investors are torn. on one hand, they realize we've come a long way and relatively kwkly given how sluggishly the economy is performing. therefore, any bit of bad news makes themselves hesitant. on the other side, investors have been conditioned to believe the federal reserve the share best friend. whenever there has been a sell tough a federal reserve has come in. so you see this tension developing and you get more volatility and that's what's i suspect. >> the job market seems as though has turned a corner. we've spoken about this before. but i look at the consumer spending signals and they're mixed. is the recovery not strong enough for people to boost their spending or is this sort of the new snorm. >> so the good news is that we have more job, and as you pointed out, it ease easier to
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get a job. the bad news is that earning growth is still very sligish. at only 2% year-on-year, that's not enough. and therefore consumer demand is not as buoyant as you would expect. so the next important achievement, if you like, is to get better earnings growth and that has to come with higher productivity. >> mohammed, nice to see you. thank you so much. have a nice weekend. coming up, crisis at the border. but here's what you haven't heard in the immigration debate. here's what no one's saying -- it's getting worse because the u.s. economy is getting better. more on that next. imagine if everything you learned led to the one job you always wanted. at university of phoenix, we believe every education- not just ours- should be built around the career that you want. imagine that.
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the u.s. economy is getting better with growing jobs and word is spreading all the way to central america. here's what you haven't heard about the immigration debate. an improving u.s. economy is another factor in the crisis at the border. there is a black market, of course, for illegal labor, and the message is this -- you get here and you will be better off. in the past six months there's been a dramatic surge in unaccompanied children now from central america. they're fleeing central america's violent crime and crippling poverty. in guatemala, 54% of the population lifs below the poverty line. 60% in honduras. more than 36% in el salvador. many of the children making the harrowing trek over the board rer trying to reunite with family members already here in
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the united states. family members who are seeing the tide turn in the u.s. economy for the better. mark rosenblum is deputy director of the u.s. immigration policy program. anna navarro is a cnn contributor and strategist. mark, this surge in unaccompanied children is obviously pushed by smugglers convincing people now is the time to come, gang violence. our reporters are spoke within families who are trying to escape gang violence. but the improving american economy, that is a factor, too, isn't it? >> yeah. we know in genus economic conditions are a big pull factor for unauthorized imsegregation and a lot of these kids who are traveling to the u.s., their trips are being financed by family members who are already here. >> we know, marc, that the first jobs to be gone in the recession were things like hospitality, they were builders, they were construction workers, restaurant
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workers. these are the jobs coming back first the recovery and these are the kind of jobs that are now basically fund this next round. >> yeah. i think that's right. we've seen since 2009 about a 20% or 25% increase in official remittance flows to guatemala and el salvador and honduras. so we know, you know, families here have more money to send back. but i wouldn't want to overstate the economic driver because we also know that this surge that we're seeing is only from those three countries. so the economy is not improving to an extent that it's driving illegal immigration in general. >> in broader terms with those three countries. let's be tleer, those three countries have serious internal issues to deal with. anna, business leaders are telling us they can't find enough workers. off "new york times" op eds from warren buffett, bill gates calling for congress to act. you say this crisis, this particular border crisis from these countries, the children
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over the border, has made comprehensive immigration reform even harder. >> i think it does make it harder. as you know i'm a supporter of comprehensive immigration reform, but i think it makes the argument of a secure border that much more difficult to tell the american public. when you're seeing kids cross the border, in actuality, these kids are turning themselves over to border patrol agents because they want to be apprehended and then processed and then sent over to their families -- >> you could argue that the border is secure in that spot. the border patrol is right there. it's the internal policy that's broken, not necessarily the border right there, ana. >> it's policies in central america that are broken and policies in the united states, immigration policies that are broken. part of what's driving this is our broken immigration policy in the sense that there's a lot of parents here with kids over there who let the kids in central america, left them there and frankly have gotten tired of waiting and living without those
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children. those children are growing up to be teenagers, which is when they are most vulnerable to gang violence. >> they want team here. >> these are desperate parents cobbling together $6,000, $7,000, to pay a coyote and they want their kids here. >> marc, in los angeles, hoe it will workers could see the highest minimum wage in the country, raising it to $15.37 an hour. hard to keep labor and retain it because tourism is booming and there's a feeling in los angeles that people, workers should be able to share the wealth of these growing industries. so do we need to pay people more in general in this country? because if you have people from all over the world who want to keep coming here and will come here and work for low wages because they just want an opportunity, it doesn't put any pressure on business owners to raise wages. >> i mean, that's certainly an argument people make, that a restrictive immigration policy will drive up wages at the low end of the market by forcing employers to bid up wages and recruit american workers. i mean, the evidence -- and we
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haven't really tested that theory because we've never made it hard to hire unauthorized workers. but we definitely don't make it easy to hire legal immigrant workers in those sectors. what most economists will tell you is that immigrants really take complimentary jobs and wages for all workers tend to go up because immigrants come and take the jobs. but they're also consumers paying rent and supporting broader economic growth. >> so here's the political part of this question. so how do you, if you're talking about comprehensive immigration reform or at least just making it easier for people to come here legally instead of illegally, how do you square that politically in the conversation with americans that there are p.1 million people who have been out of work six months or longer and millions more who are simply out of work? when you have that many people out of work and companies saying we can't find the worker, how do you square that political debate? >> i think you spend your time showing them and talking about
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the economic benefits of immigration, about the need to replenish the workforce, about the fact that, you know, americans aren't having children at the rate they used to be having. we need more workers in the workforce, more people in america to sustain our current programs. there are so many economic benefits to immigration that have been made over and goempb. now, plilg political pli, i think we know sadly immigration reform is deads for this year. look, when john boehner has said it, when the president has said it, when congress, the republican working on it has been told that by leadership, that it's not going to be brought up, i think, you know, at that point even i have to say yes, it's dead for the year, something that's very painful for me to say. it doesn't mean that it can't be brought up next year. but i think the urgency right now is to take care of this current crisis because the optics of this crisis are just real bad. >> thanks, guys. nice to see both of you. thank you.
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some of the biggest names in business spent the week at ceo summer camp. apple's tim cook, news corp.'s rupert murdoch, facebook's sheryl sandberg, and warren buffett to name a few enjoying the summer weather in sun valley, idaho, not just there for fun, of course. they are there to make deals. christine is there working her sources for us. hi, there. >> reporter: it's easy to say that sun valley is all about the schmoo schmoozing. but there are serious conversations going on here. one is the escalating battle
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over online video. now, netflix is winning a lot of attention not just from wall street investors but from big tech behemoths. for example, tuesday, i spotted apple's tim cook having a very long meeting with the ceo of netflix reed hastings. but the cost of content is risinging. and netflix isn't the only game in town. you've got companies like amazon and yahoo! trying to crowd into online video. speaking of yahoo!, ceo marissa mayer did a great job of avoiding the press ear and any questions about the company's turnaround. as for facebook, got a minute for cnn? >> sorry. >> not at all? >> but behind closed doors, some of these exec tlifs tell you they're just trying to stay ahead of a business landscape that's constantly changing. they're trying to get bigger and stay relevant. christine? >> all right. great work, christina. thank you so much. titans of tech and business had the media chasing after them in i.d. thid week, but back here in
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new york city, anyone can get the paparazzi snapping for a price. the price some people are paying to live out their wildest dreams. >> christine, people will pay for this. it's like a once in a lifetime experience. i followed two young women who experienced the life of a celebrity. they embraced the camera and the attention. >> reporter: imagine what it would be like to rock new york city like a star. ♪ one boutique hotel gives guests the unique opportunity to live the the glamorous life for a day with the paparazzi experience. for $2,500, step into a world of luxurious accommodations, your own beauty entourage, and get ready for your close-up because paparazzi will be tracking you for the perfect shot. >> we wanted to give our guests an experience that really felt like celebrity. and so we partnered with
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wonderful hairstylists from paris, they get fabulous haircut, have their makeup done and are glammed up and venture out into the hotel and into greater times square with a photographer, their een personal paparazzi and their own celebrity moment. >> what is it about and what do you think attracts the paparazzi project? >> i think anybody interested in this package is not afraid of the camera. it's really a different generation i think in terms of how people communicate with each other, with the greater world, and how they manage their own social media and digital footpri footprint. >> we're of the generation of taking pictures all the time. we love pictures. pictures are this instant. >> is this a regular occurrence for you? do you live the lifestyle? >> i think that's what we wish our lifestyle were like, but it's definitely e not. >> no. we both just garage waited school and parents have been helping out paying for things our whole lives, but starting in
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september and october we're both going to be struggling for money with rent for sure. >> so how was it? >> it was amazing. >> everyone out here thinks we're actual celebrities right now. >> hilarious. >> people are taking pictures. she just said people were walking by, saying who is that? >> that's hilarious. >> besides that, it is so much fun. >> funny thing is there are real celebrities who have become celebrities because all they did is walk around pretending to be a celebrity. >> exactly right. and if you're not into a being a celebrity but you want to do something else, you can be james bond. there's a hoe it will -- >> a james bond package. for $2,100. but the best one i want to leave you wa, "pretty woman," be her for $1,500. but you pay $100,000 if you want
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all right. $5,000 could buy you a decent used car, it could buy four plane tickets from new york to tokyo or pay for five months of groceries for a family of four. but $5,000 might not be enough to get you into the world cup final in brazil tomorrow. zain ash zain asher has a look at what price fans are paying to see the big game. >> if you want to see germany play argentina, a ticket in the secondary market could cost you between $5,000 and $20,000. we've been looking at some of those retale websites for
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example ticket biz, ebay as well, and you would think at prices like $12,000 people wouldn't be interested but these prices are getting bids. a world cup finals ticket face value is between $440 and $990 depending on where in the arena you're sitting. you're talking about ticket prices going for 10, 12 times face value. >> wow. >> i know. check out the stadium here. its capacity is 75,000. and fifa has said that demand is ten times capacity. a lot of people want to see this world cup. >> who are buying these tickets? >> the result might surprise you. places like chile. they love their soccer but it's also, get this, the united states. this particular world cup has been hugely popular with americans but is also the proximity between the u.s. and brazil. >> northern hemisphere. geographically desirable. >> exactly. spain won the last world cup, didn't do so well this time. but also them.
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in brazil highly illegal, ticket scalping. you cannot buy a ticket and resell it for more than it's worth. the only reason ebay can get away with is it in the u.s. there's no federal law on ticket scalping. if you go to to brazil and try to get into the stadium, you could be arrested. watch out. >> thanks so much. nice so to see you. the next world cup is in russia. after that in 2022, the tournament nooufs qatar. aside from prepping for that, its capital city is rapidly modernizing and using technology to preserve important pieces of qatar's past. cnn's erin burnett takes us to doha. ♪ >> reporter: it's one of the newest cities on earth. 15 years ago almost none of these buildings were here. across the bay from the futuristic skyline is a brand-new monument to the past. >> you have the skyline here, which is the modern doha, and then right over there you have
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the past. we're right in the center between past and the future. and we try to build those connections as we go along. >> reporter: so the sheikha is building those connections at the museum of modern art. lured out of retirement to create what he calls a piece of sculpture. it's roughly 380,000 square feet, standing on its own island to ensure no buildings would ever overshadow it. in just six years the museum has built the largest collection of islamic art in the world, including manuscripts, ceramics, ivory and precious stones. the exhibits date back as early as the 7th century and have been collected from three continents. >> islamic art is a living art. it doesn't end with a certain period of time. every collection or every kind of material requires certain conservation methods and certain attention. >> reporter: what do they do in the conservation lab? >> so if there's a carpet, for
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example, that needs to be stitched up or preserved, stha work on it. if there's a ceramic piece that needs to have some conservation work or restoration work on it, that's done. every day is a new day. every piece has its own requirement. it's like having children. >> reporter: it's a full-time staff that works on -- >> of course. >> reporter: -- the technology of saving art. >> of course. >> reporter: each piece is carefulliment inned with the latest technology and everything is kept in a temperature-controlled setting to protect it from heat that can top 125 degrees fahrenheit. since becoming the chairperson of qatar's museum authority, she's been named to the "time" 100 list of most influential people. her art budge set $130 billion a year. and the deep pockets of the qatari government have enabled her to fulfill the goal of preserving the past for the people of the future. >> the past is something that will always be here and always be preserved and protected. from there we get innovative
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ideas of how to create new bridges between our past, our present, and our future. >> thanks for watching "cnn money." set your dvr so you never miss the money news. check us out on the web. you're in the "cnn newsroom." i'm miguel marquez in new york. here's what we're working on in this hour. all week there have been stories of children being forgotten, a baby abandoned on a subway platform, a little boy told to hide in his basement or "he might disappear." then the case of cooper harris, the toddler in georgia left to die in a hot car. his dad, justin ross harris, claiming he forgot he was in the car. we also have new disturbing details on types of child-free