ashley webster. ashley: now they're being deployed in hopes of finding a peaceful resolution. at least they are talking now. the latest development the first time for minister meeting with his european and american counterparts including secretary of state john kerry, the meeting just wrapping up, we're waiting to see what headlines come out of that. urging russia to make direct contact with key have in hopes of finding a peaceful solution. condemning what they call the arms future of power in ukraine and removal of elected president with ukrainian political limbo and the economy struggling, financial help is being pledged from europe and the u.s. they have approved $14 billion in aid including technical help on judicial and elections reform. the european bank also offering a support package worth $6.5 billion bi. it is oh, so complicated. while they are pushing for them, other countries close to russia or reliance on its energy are little bit more hesitant, the complete western unity on this issue is unlikely at this point. season companies and individual property and account

let's bring in ashley webster. ashley: 11 days now since the aircraft vanished. turning into anger.n to some of the passengers threatening to go on a hunger strike in an effort to force more from the malaysian authorities. as for the search, other countries now, including china, australia and the u.s. have taken an increasing role. the nautical mile is 1.15 miles. even bigger than that. about the size of australia. when they first began, it was about the size of portugal. malaysia claims it is the only government that is being fully transparent about that kind of information. china says it has diploid 21 satellites to search for the missing airline. the investigation continues into the background of the crew, ground staff and passengers. meantime, a reporter from the "new york times" citing the westerly turn that diverted the plane off of it flight path was programmed into the navigation system probably by someone in the cockpit. there is another strange claim today about the missing jet. a low-flying jumbo jet on the morning the plane disappeared. the island -- roughly right in the

we are joined by ashley webster. ashley: nearly one week since malaysia flight 370 literally vanished. speculation is intensifying. the plane might have been hijacked by a person or people with aviation skills, still no sign of the aircraft and a report from reuters based on analysis of radar data suggests the plane wasn't just blindly flying northwest from malaysia but was deliberately diverted citing unidentified sources the reuters story says whoever was piloting the vanished jet was following navigational wave points that would have taken the plane west toward the indian ocean. those islands owned by india. they have seen no sign of any plane but this is just another theory being suggested and as to the claim the jet flew and other four hours after it dropped off radar, investigators take a close look at the aircraft's two pilots, a 53 mack family man, the other twenty-seventhy contemplating marriage who had just graduated to the cockpit of the boeing 777. police are also looking at the psychological background of

david: ashley webster, thank you very much, ashley.l of you on twitter and facebook if the markets overreacted when janet yellen said rates may rise six months after the end of qe. lisa wrote on facebook, said, no they didn't overreact. yell loan should not set policy in stone when there are still a lot of questions how stable are economy really is. i don't think she meant to set that in stone. david: charlie brown doing first feature film in more than 30 years. charlie brown, snoop if i and friends set to hit a peanuts film. for all the original charlie brown, it will not be modernized too much. it looks different from the classic as charles shulz's son is one of the producers. there is the theme song. he was a genius. he died much too young in 1976. love that theme song. cheryl: lot more coming up. in the new new york, we don't back down. we only know one direction: up so we're up early. up late. thinking up game-changing ideas, like this: dozens of tax free zones across new york state. move here. expand here. or start a new business

ashley webster joins us with more. ashley: the search continuing in two main areas. it is one area that the main focus in the southern ocean about 1600 miles off the coast of australia. this is an area that is huge. about 1500 miles due west, southwest from the western coast of australia. very deep water out here, by the way. some 23,000 feet deep in some places. it will be extremely hard. it really is like finding a needle in a haystack. unlike the size of australia itself. remember, the battery on the plane lost only 30 days and then it stops transmitting. that means searches have just 18 days left. they began appealing to other countries to volunteer data after thailand released its radar information 11 days after the flight disappeared. one new development today. investigators are trying to recover delete it files on that homemade flight simulator taken from the home of the planes captaincy in here. the fires were erased on february the third. do not speculate too much on that. background checks have indicated nothing to indicate a possible motive. for the relati

let's bring in ashley webster. the story is confounding. ashley: we are back to square one in this bermuda triangle like story with each passing day generating new theories and claims but bottom line no tangible sign of malaysia airlines flight 370 and the 239 people on board. the report as you alluded to in today's wall street journal quoting u.s. investigators claiming the plane flew about four hours after that last contacts. all based on a plane's injuns that transmit to the ground as part of routine maintenance program. rolls-royce apparently in the last few seconds saying we did get some information but malaysian officials denying the report saying they have been in contact with boeing and rolls-royce since sunday. the issue was never raised. as the confusion deepens malaysian authorities expanded their search for the missing jetliner westward toward india's this time saying it could be possible plane flew to several hours after its last contact. that makes finding the boeing 777 a much more difficult task and raises the possibility tha

ashley webster live on capitol hill with more. hley: kathleen sebelius not used to those tough questions on capitol hill, the house ways and means committee's turn to question her on a variety of issues you mentioned enrollment, let's look at the latest enrollment numbers put out by the administration, people signing up for the new health-care plan, february, 943,000, down from january's 1.1 million, down from december at 1.8 million. in total, 4.2 million people have signed on for the new health care coverage. the administration had set a goal of 7 million by the end of this month. doesn't appear likely although kathleen sebelius appears to be reluctant to talk about that exact gold. >> based on your own standards obamacare will not be successful at the end of march, 2014. what do you now call success? >> success looks like millions of people with affordable health coverage which we will have by the end of march. >> you are changing your standard of 7 million by the end of march. >> success look like millions of people -- ashley:

. >> i'm ashley webster with your fox business brief.neral "lg world championship of freestyle motocrosstores" says the probe of the automaker handling of the anything switch recall will include inside and outside attorneys. lawyers from two firms will join gm's general counsel. a faulty ignition switch which can disable the engine and airbags is linked to 13 deaths. >>> cliff natural resources is battling activist investor casablance capital. this is the fifth largest shareholder. it wants cliffs ceo replaced and its international operations spun off. >>> bitcoin exchange mt. gox officially filing for bankruptcy protection in the u.s. the hacker group claims the exchange still has access to 950,000 bitcoins. mt. gox stated in a japanese bankruptcy filing it lost 750,000 customer bitcoins. that is the latest from the fox business network, giving you the power to prosper. adam: we reported last week right here on the fox business network the sec is taking a closer look at activist investors and yesterday "the new york times" ran an articl

. >> i'm ashley webster with your fox business brief.roduction rose in february at the fastest growth rate in six months. federal reserve said industrial output which includes manufacturing, mining and utilities increased by .6 of 1% last month after declining by .2 in january. >>> hertz shares are up on reports that the car rental company is planning to spin off its construction equipment rental business. "the financial times" reporting that the deal is expected to value that unit at about $4.5 billion. >>> unemployment rates dropped in 43 states in january. the labor department says 23 states reported more hiring while 27 the number of jobs fell. the highest jobless rate, rhode island, 9.2%. lowest? north dakota at 6.2%. that the latest from fox business, giving you the power to prosper. cheryl: treading water. that is how the nhb is describing homebuilder confidence? march which rose 1%, one point after plunging to a nine-month low in february. joining me, cheeks sieve interview with area re how who i you -- jerry howard, national hom

ashley webster's in the newsroom with the latest developments. >> reporter: hi, liz.one week after malaysia flight 370 disappeared. speculation is intensifying that the plane might have been hijacked by a person or people with aviation skills. there is growing certainty that the malaysian aircraft turned back across the country after its last radio contact with air traffic controllers. a malaysian government official says someone with aviation skills was responsible for the changing course. meantime, a official in washington says investigators are now examining the possibility of human intervention in the plane's disappearance, adding that it may have been ab act of piracy -- an act of piracy. a report from reuters suggests whoever was following the -- flying the plane was flying navigational points that would have taken the plane due west. this would add to earlier reports that the aircraft flew for another four or so hours after it dropped off the radar. investigators, by the way, also taking a close look at the aircraft's two pilots. one, a 53-year-old family man,

. >> i'm ashley webster with your fox business brief.unced sales of ps4 topped 15 million units. the japanese giant is counting on strong sales in the games division to boost its troubled electronics business. sony says ps4 software sales are also solid with 14 million games sold. >>> apple cfo peter oppenheimer will retire at the end of september after eight teach years at the tech giant. tim cook said oppenheim ear's contributions were instrumental to apple's success. he will be succeeded by apple's vice president and corporate controller. >>> radioshack will close up to 1100 stores. that is 20% of its locations after the struggling electronic's relater reported disappointing fourth quarter results, revenue tumbling 20% from a year ago. that is the latest from fox business, giving you the power to prosper. adam: what's a new proxy for the market in the ukraine market? traders are watching shares of a little-known stock of clues where the market is headed. charlie gasparino is here with the latest. >> i never thought i would do a story

i am ashley webster. cheryl: cheryl casone. job surprise, the u.s. economy added 175,000 jobs in february topping wall street expectations of 149,000 but the participation rate still stuck at the lowest level since 1978. ashley: you can see more small drones buzzing around the sky, fallout of a federal judge rules, the and a a has no authority to ban commercial drones. cheryl: russia is demanding $2 billion or else, the threat to ukraine at stability as natural gas supplies are routed. america's natural-gas alliance ceo joins us exclusively with how the u.s. can hit russia where it hurts, their wallet. ashley: the tech gurus, with see lisa and the repeated with the $400 bid. the creator of tough needle on how the 2-year-old startup is now the number-1 rated mattress on amazon. agreed story. we will bring that enough few moments. time for a look at these stocks as we head to the floor of the stock exchange and our own nicole petallides. volume is above average but haven't given the market any conviction despite the jobs report. >> we are back to the vo

ashley webster is taking a look at this. c turmoil, hike in interest rates and much weaker ruble spell trouble for any company that generates profits in russia. it is not just energy and resource stocks getting hurt. pepsico for instance, has billions of dollars at stake in russia. the second largest market by revenue by the way after the united states. the beverage giant's property, plants and equipment in russia, all 15% of its global assets. atlanta-based coca-cola meantime has much smaller exposure but still russia has been an important focus for coke of the company spent a lot of money as a sponsor of winter olympics in sochi. from soft drinks to alcohol, how about carlsberg? the company already suffering from sluggish sales in russia despite having the country's number one beer. carlsberg, also the number two brewer in ukraine. the unrest caused carlsberg's stock biggest fall in more than a year. today recovered some of that stock today but not all by any means. russian banks with ukrainian exposure struggled to regain

here with the details, ashley webster. >> at each passing the new theories and claims not exactly leadingrches any closer to the missing aircraft with 239 people on board. in fact it seems there's more confusions than ever. the "wall street journal" reporting data being transmitted from sensors in the airplane's rolls-royce engines more than four hours after finished for a total of five hours. the journal issued a correction saying the signals were actually transmitted by the satellite communications link but the faint signals reported they gave no information about where the jet may be heading in little about the fate. it shows the maintenance systems were switched on and ready to communicate with satellites showing the aircraft was at least capable of communicating. all of this adding to the confusions multinational search effort goes on using dozens of planes to cover an area greater than 75,000 square miles, about the size of the country of portugal. their planes searched an area off of the southern tip of vietnam hitter images showed three floating objects even then china said those

ashley: ashley webster with your fox business brief.z those filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, planning to lower the debt by $400 million. almost all of its 2100 restaurants are independently owned and they operate normally during the reconstructing. in early march slipping to 79.9, the lowest reading since november. the times and reuters university of michigan index was below expectations and down from a february's 81.6 final reading and general mills warning on profits ahead of next week's report, the makers of cheerios says a dusted feared quarter earnings may come to six $0.62 a share. analysts looking for profit of $0.68 per share. general mills says it is facing increased competition from storebrand food. that is the latest from the fox business network giving you the power to prosper. are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. melissa: amazing malaysian a

ashley webster is in the newsroom with the very latest developments. , they seem to come every other minute, dave and liz. the search is focused on indian ocean based on faint signals received hours after the aircraft's last contact with air traffic control all the way back on march 8. that area by the way, 700 miles of the last known location. the transmissions reportedly contained no data but at least shows the aircraft was still communicating. take a closer look how a boeing77 could be tracked from the ground. if you start from the back of the plane. you have a black box that will send out a signal when it contact with water. so far no such signal has been detected. life rafts emit emergency locator radio signals. none of those signals so far have been detected. you have what is called the acars. aircraft communications addressing and reporting submission. that is satellite data link that transmit reports on aircraft systems. these are the very signals that have been detected after that last confirmed location but reportedly contain know data. on the

ashley webster in the newsroom has been trying to pick them apart, follow the true leads as a i part nes. go ahead, ashley. >> trying to decide which is which. how can a boeing 777 with 239 people on board vanish off the radar screen and leave no clues? it has been six days now of confusion, speculation and growing anger. "the wall street journal" did in fact add to the mystery by reporting that data was being transmitted from sensors inside the plane's rolls-royce engines for more than four hours after the plane vanished a total of five hours that data was reportedly being receive. late this afternoon the journal issued a correction saying nope, the signals were actually transmitted by boeing's satellite communication link. but the faint signals reportedly gave no information about where the stray jet was heading and little else about its fate. it does so indicate that the plane's maintenance troubleshooting systems were switched on and ready to communicate with satellites, showing that the aircraft was at least capable of communicating but that's it. all of this just adding to the c

i am ashley webster. cheryl: cheryl casone. job surprise, the u.s. opping wall street expectations of 149,000 but the participation rate still stuck at the lowest level since 1978. ashley: you can see more small drones buzzing around the sky, fallout of a federal judge rules, the and a a has no authority to ban commercial drones. cheryl: russia is demanding $2 billion or else, the threat to ukraine at stability as natural gas supplies are routed. america's natural-gas alliance ceo joins us exclusively with hoth

. >> the crazy part about them going bankrupt, though, ashley webster and i interviewed the ceo aroundewed him on black friday. charles: the thing is, it looks hip. >> the ceo did say the retail prices only 30-$31. >> there are a lot of ways to interpret the word cheap. one of the bullies he says is new york city mayor bill the blah zeal. it is because of his stance against charter schools. >> they make kids cry. you do not have a choice in your education. charles: john stossel joins us now. >> those kids like going to school. >> there has been a lot of pushback. charles: i was on the board of a charter school and the cross bronx. the schools, 20% were african. not african american, african. it is amazing how their parents want them to go. for the mayor to come in and just do this was shocking. >> not to say that all the charters are good, some of them are awesome. the ones that are bad, parents will figure it out. all the kids will get a good education. liberals will ask why we are all upset about business. business is all of this power. business cannot use force. they have to compete

latest developments on this he shoot tom daschle and webster. ashley: the next couple days could be very critical in finding a diplomatic solution to the crisis in ukraine but that prospect, let's be honest, seems pretty bleak at this point. the news conference in russia, depose ukrainian president yanukovych call the politicians in ukraine gained of fascists and says presidential elections a firm that -- may twenty-fifth are illegal. same day ukrainian prime minister is calling the authorities in granny and unorganized gained back by the russians. a lot of games out there. outside negotiations also floundering. john kerry says he won't talk with russia until moscow actually agrees to debate u.s. proposals on the crisis. vladimir putin calls those proposals, quote, not suitable land is wrapping his own plan. there is very real concern sunday's referendum vote could mark a dangerous turning point. a yes vote could embolden moscow to send more troops into the region and the yes vote is certain because there's no real option to vote no. crimean parliament