>> susie: southwest airlines kicks off a high-flying day of deals. it's buying smaller rival airtran, and landing a big foothold at america's biggest airport. >> we'll have more airplanes, we'll have more flights, we'll have more customers, we'll have more jobs. >> tom: the $1.5 billion deal, and what it could mean for the price you pay for tickets. you're watching "nightly business report" for monday, september 27. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. this program is made pose captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening everyone. another big name airline merger, this time it's southwest buying airtran. tom, today's deal comes just days before united airlines and continental close on their merger creating the world's largest airline. susie, southwest will pay $1.4 billion in cash and stock for its smaller rival. but, it's a premium of about 70% over airtran's friday stock price. >> susie: investors loved the deal, shares of both companies were up sharply today. erika miller has more on what's behind the merger,

captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening everyone.uld the federal reserve take more action to fix the economy? one fed policymaker today called on the central bank to respond "aggressively and vigorously." that's what boston fed president eric rosengren told "nightly business report" in our exclusive interview. his view is critical because he's a voting member of the central bank's key policy- setting committee. >> tom: but susie, two other officials-- the presidents of the minneapolis and philadelphia fed banks-- disagreed with rosengren. they said today they're opposed to the central bank making another round of bond purchases to boost economic activity. >> susie: when i talked with rosengren, i asked him to explain why he thinks the fed should respond so vigorously. >> so by vigorously, the economy has been growing slower than any forecasters expected , and slower than we'd like to see. we want to get back to full employment. if we're going to do that we need more aggressive monetary fiscal policy if we're going to be able to get b

>> susie: u.s. unemployment ticked higher last month, but the total number of jobs lost was not as bad as expected. even though nearly 15 million americans are looking for work, some companies still have a hard time filling open positions. >> tom: and many americans who once had careers in the fast lane are going in a new direction, working in the non- profit world. you're watching "nightly business report" for friday, september 3. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening everyone. the unemployment rate now stands at 9.6%. tom, the labor department said 54,000 jobs were lost in august, facorting in census workers, but that number was lower than economists predicted. >> tom: susie, there were some encouraging signs. companies added 67,000 jobs to payrolls, the eighth straight month of job

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>> susie: it's time to get aggressive about fixing the economy. so says this voting member of the federal reserve. >> we want to get back to full employment. if we're going to do that, we need more aggressive monetary or fiscal policy, if we're going to be able to get to full employment over a reasonable period of time. >> tom: it's our exclusive interview with eric rosengren, president of the federal reserve bank of boston. you're watching "nightly business report" for wednesday, september 29. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening everyone. should the federal reserve take more action to fix the economy? one fed policymaker today called on the central bank to respond "aggressively and vigorously." that's what boston fed president eric rosengren told "nightly business report" in our exclusive interview. his view is critical because h

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this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. this program is made pose captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening everyone. another big name airline merger, this time it's southwest buying airtran. tom, today's deal comes just days before united airlines and continental close on their merger creating the world's largest airline. susie, southwest will pay $1.4 billion in cash and stock for its smaller rival. but, it's a premium of about 70% over airtran's friday stock price. >> susie: investors loved the deal, shares of both companies were up sharply today. erika miller has more on what's behind the merger, and what it will mean for consumers. >> reporter: for southwest, a big reason for the merger is the southeast. the discount airline carries more passengers in the united states than any other, including the big boys. but analyst jim corridore says southwest has been missing one key, lucrative market. >> airtran presents a very compelling opportunity, because they have a big foothold in atlanta, which is a market south

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. >> susie: that's u.s. trade rep ron kirk. he joins us for an exclusive interview about our trade issues with china. you're watching "nightly business report" for thursday, september 23. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. president obama today met with china's premier in new york city, and, susie the leaders of the world's two biggest economies pledged to work together on boosting the global recovery. >> susie: but tom, in their public remarks, the men didn't talk about china's undervalued currency. instead, that's said to have topped the agenda for their private meeting. the issue-- keeping china's currency artificially low puts american exports at a disadvantage overseas. >> tom: lawmakers in washington, meantime, are closer than ever to acting on threats to penalize chin

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