that is a bad idea because the bbb is now issuing an aalert calling it one one of the best scams yet. a long time verizon wireless customer. when she got an e-mail she opened it up. >> it said -- your card bill for your account is available online in my verizon. >> reporter: that made sense. as did the figure which appeared to be just a couple dollars more than the normal bill. >> my normal bill is about 120 and this was -- looked like a point in the wrong spot. >> reporter: she said when he looked closer she realized it wasn't for $120 but more than a thousand dollars. >> it said i had a bill that was over $1,200. >> reporter: at first she worried verizon made a mistake. >> i looked at it further when i caught that total and i noticed that there was the slightest difference in the e- mail address. >> reporter: at this point she realized it was from a scammer, a very good one at that. the bbb is receiving complaints nationwide about these e-mails that are almost the same to the real verizon bills. the bbb said if you enter your credit card information you will be sending money to a sc

check where they stand with the bbb and make sure they're registered with the state. the scammers may know you have a soft spot for patriotic causes. pulling on your heart strings is part of the game. >> the better business bureau also as an outreach -- has an outreach program. they call it the military line and they visit base in our area including aberdeen and fort meade. click on the money tab and to scam alert. >>> all right. not the best day to be on the road. heat advisory up for baltimore county, westward into carroll. that does not mean it's excessively hot. wherever you are on route 50 or route 404, it's hot. it's seering across charm city, 91 tropical degrees. three, forks five degrees hot are -- four, five degrees hotter. a heat index more than 100. i did want to show you a look at some of our cameras. you can see a pretty good crowd at the delaware beaches as well as the maryland beaches. people coming back tonight facing hot temperatures. 91 in baltimore. 88 in east, ocean city. you save five, six degrees. this is what really is making it feel excessively

it improves, it raises the bbb to maybe a aa or something like that. so equities play a hugely important role which i think is grossly under estimated. one of the things that i'm working on is trying to estimate historically and do a little leak of the metrics on this as to what the relationship of basically equities and equity premiums are in the real economy. we do have this discussion with the so-called wealth effect but that relates mainly in most of the discussions to consumer expenditu expenditures. it's a far broader issue than that. i think what we will find is every time stock prices rise especially in the context of very high equity premiums you see a fairly quick response not only in equity prices but in the economy. >> i want to get to your research but i want to squeeze this in because it is the debate of the moment. we see a need to reflate. we see others talking about one form of stimulus is to reflate the economy. what does reflation mean? >> it means somebody else is lending you money and your debt is rising. if you think in terms of t

you go below that, you are in non investment grade, or some call it junk status, but at that level, bbb, because it is at the low end of the spectrum, that is an indication that the financial market is having some pretty substantial issues. on average in the movies data, the operating margin metric, on average for those types of hospitals is at about 0.9%, so that is right near the level that we had agreed upon as part of the development agreement, so, again, the point of this is just to indicate that that 1% threshold is not simply pulled out of thin air, but we try to tie it to some financial industry benchmarks. the next slide, to talk about how the operating metric works, we talked a little bit about this last time, but just to add a little more detail,

check it out. >> reporter: so before you donate, google the charity, check where they stand with the bbb and make sure they are registered with the state. and don't make hasty decisions. the scamers know you may have a soft spot for patriotic causespulling on the heart springs which is part of the game. joce sterman, pa. bc2 news -- abc2 news. >>> the business bureau has an outreach program to he had skate soldiers and families about scams calling military line and they visit bases in our area including aberdeen and fort meade. to check out more on this alert and other scam alerts, head to abc2news.com. everything joce has done you can find underneath the money tab and from there you can check onscam alert again abc2news.com. >>> the best spellers in the country are headed to washington, d.c. this week. it's for the description national spelling bee. >> we will introduce you to a contestant you see here. she has a special digs tink. we will tell you -- distinction. we will tell you about it. >> a utah teen proves that you don't need fancy computeers to create a popular app. you need a pe

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the bbb said people have been getting calls and text messages and visits from scammers saying the president has authorized credits that will pay your utility bill. you know it's too good to be true which they ask -- when they ask for your social security number. >>> well, you don't see many made in the usa stickers on electronics these days, but one tech giant is hoping to bring more production back to our shores. >> reporter: apple's ceo tim cook is making buzz worthy comments. cook says he hopes to one day see an apple product manufactured in the u.s. right now many of the devices are made in china. cook pointed out that certain components are made in america. chips are made in texas. a factory in kentucky makes the so-called guerrilla glass but bringing more jobs to the u.s. may not be so easy. it's much more expensive to hire u.s. works and the u.s. does not have the infrastructure to make them on massive scale. critics talked about steve jobs. >> at some point late last year i sort of -- somebody shook mow and said it's time to get on. so that shadness was replaced by this intense dete

and the news is s&p is downgrading to bbb minus from bbb. it's still on watch negative. the stock s is reflecting that news from s&p in its credit rating. back to you. >> okay. thanks very much, brian. >> coming up, another twist in the battle for control over sirius xm radio. could howard get a new boss soon? >> i'm an agnostic on a company like facebook. anytime you get a truly extraordinary business, they're the hardest ones to value. i think the worst mistake you can make in stocks is to buy or sell based on current headlines. we were buying stocks on friday, and we'll buy the same stocks today. i never complain about buying things cheaper. >> why do you think gold bugs get so irate? >> everybody gets so scared they troun a cave with gold. caves make better investments than gold. than gold. 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. ♪ i can do anything ♪ i can do anything today ♪ i can go anywhere ♪ i

. >> the file complaints with the bbb and state of maryland. online, they are not licensed. that prompted wssc to issue a citation and a fine. >> at one point he was licensed but that expired in 2011. >> our not so subtle urging -- >> they called me because you kept their money for four months. >> finally brought a special delivery to this house. $3,500 back in her hands. >> we could not have done it without you. we file paperwork but we needed somebody to {beep} and you did that. that is what it took. >> the recommend getting 3-5 estimates before getting somebody to work on your home. he declined to say his side of the story on camera only saying, he did nothing wrong. >> ford expands their recall to add a virginia now. the vans were recalled in a august of 2010. models of 1998 through 2003. now, more than six -- now more than 600,000 vans are deemed ineffective. >> los angeles police found his body at home today and he died of natural causes. he had a big impact on here. in the 1960's he had a creative wash and wear hairstyle. vidal sassoon w

the bbb says don't click the link as it could put your personal information at risk. want to confirm a real cancellation, simply go to amazon.com directly. okay. speaking of amazon.com, today the online site released the most well-read cities in america and three of our local cities made the top ten list. they were book, magazine and newspaper sales in print and kindle format. alexandria, virginia topped the list of most well-read cities. arlington at number 7. the district of columbia made the list at number 9. amazon is also listing reading suggestions on its website. you want to up the numbers for next year. that's good. >> 50 -- >> i hope not. >> whatever. >>> okay. >>> so ladies, when it comes to fashion this summer, don't be so conservative. that's one tip we're bringing you from designer and maryland native, christian siriano. eun yang headed over to the design house in new york city to find the hidden gems inside his closet. she'll have more on what she found in siriano's must haves. >>> next at 5:00, a dead man's identity is stolen. >> someone in charge of yo

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seeking to raise up to 2.5 billion euros in the first debt sale since their credit rating was slashed to bbb plus. a key factor to watch after the boost by the ltro holdings. banks holdings jumped to 30% in march. so the european central bank likely to keep rates unchanged and hold off to take any new steps to combat the crisis. according to economists, ecb president mario draghi will want to see signs of firmer deterioration before take aing measures. the bundesbank has opposed any potential interest rate cuts or reactivation of the bond purchase program which could be used to bring down spanish borrowing costs. silvia, i was in madrid earlier this week and i didn't have much call for sunglasses. so i'm quite jealous. >> at least at the moment. in the morning, we were still freezing. so you don't have to feel so bad. yes, you put your finger on it, we have the spanish economy that's still faltering. unemployment that's still soaring especially youth unemployment, of course. a lot of structural unemployment. we have a banking system that is still in crisis and in dire immediate to restructur

it improves, it raises the bbb to maybe a aa or something like that. so equities play a hugely important role which i think is grossly underestimated. and one of the things i'm working on is trying to estimate historically and do a little metrics on this as to what the relationship of, basically, equities and equity premiums are in the real economy. you know, we do have this discussion at the so-called wealth effect, but that relates mainly in most of the discussions to consumer expenditures. it's a far broader issue than that. and i think that what we will find is every time stock prices rise in the -- especially in the context of very high equity premiums, you see a fairly quick response, obviously, not only in equity prices, but in the economy. >> i want to get to your research, but i want to squeeze this in because it is the debate at the moment, and we see the imf talking about a need to reflate. we see others, paul krugman and others, talking about one form of stimulus is to get out front and reflate the economy. what does reflation mean to alan

i call it the seven bbbs, birth bonding, breast-feeding, when you can, as long as you can, baby wearingng, carry your baby as much as you can. bedding close to baby. belief in baby's cry. avoiding the cry it out crowd. beware of baby trainer. and finally a bit of balance, knowing when to say yes to your baby, when to say no, when to give to yourself and when to give to baby. >> okay. so other parents might say, because i know you said you should sleep with your child. until what age? >> until -- until baby and child are ready to leave close to your bed. now you can sleep in the with bed, next to the bed, in a bedside co-sleeper, but the best arrangement, the best sleeping arrangement for every family is the one that gives every family member the best night's sleep. >> i don't know it if that's possible with the baby in your bed, but maybe i'm wrong. >> actually it's much easier. >> what if the child doesn't want to leave the parental bed? >> they always leave. they always leave. again, i've been seeing this for 40 years and, in fact, the other day a schoolteacher, a mother told me -- a