the average american owes credit card companys $8300 at a charles schwab event for the federal reserve's money smart week-- people are learning how to reduce their debt and create a budget plan that will let them get some sleep at night. not being able to maintian a monthly budget is one of the reasons paula c johnson--who owns a hair salon-- is here for help with her money matters. "i have been in business for 30 years and because of the economy many of my clients have been laid off or losing their jobs so it has effected my business as they do their own hair." melvin keys is concerned about his children's future. "i have a retirement program started but as far as savings for college, that's probably my most pressing need." if there is a way to sneak in a nat sound pop of him talking for 1 sec, that would be fantastic. ryan lee of charles schwab, consults people such as johnson and keys on how to pay down debt and start a rainy day fund. he says a big step is paying more than the minmum on the credit card balance-- "especially in the current economy you've seen credit card rates jump up

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tdd# 1-800-345-2550 (announcer) at charles schwab, investors rule.ou ready to rule? was long as you know that yount wmade the effort to do the bestu aof which you are capable,r. there's no failure. success on three. there are over 400,000 ncaa student athletes... crowd: one, two, three, success! ...and just about all of us will be going pro in something other than sports. greg g.: welcome back to indianapolis, everyone. butler's 25-game winning streak is snapped. duke wins its fourth national championship. let's take you for the trophy presentation. jim and clark are standing by. jim: this has been a night in indianapolis that none of us will ever forget. the duke blue devils are the national champions. and it is my pleasure to introduce dan guerrero, the chair of the ncaa men's basketball committee. dan. >> thank you, jim. first off would like to thank the city of indianapolis for the wonderful display of hoosier hospitality and for hosting a great final four. additionally, i would like to congratulate both teams on outstanding seasons and for givin

. >> tom: it looks like exchange traded funds are a hit for charles schwab. its e.t.f. assets under management just passed the $1 billion mark after launching only five months ago. the jump in e.t.f. assets were helped by schwab's recent offer of free trades on some of those funds, matching offers from rivals. e.t.f.s were once almost exclusively held by pension funds, hedge funds, and other professional investors, but they've gained acceptance with many financial planners in the past decade. >> susie: the clock is ticking; the deadline for filing your federal income taxes is this thursday, april 15. with just three days to go, we're here to help. our tax guru kevin mccormally has his tax tips every night until the deadline. he's editorial director at kiplinger's personal finance. tonight, kevin takes on the i.r.a. do-over. >> i've been hearing from viewers who followed some of my advice last year, and feel i steered them wrong. at issue are roth i.r.a. conversions made in 2008 that lost a lot of money. i pointed out that you had until october 15, 2009, to declare a do-

brokerage firm charles schwab will pay $200 million to settle a federal class-action lawsuit. it was filed by investors who say the brokerage misled them about the safety of mortgage backed securities. the schwab fund at the center of the litigation shrank in value from nearly $14 billion in 2007 to less than a billion dollars in early 2008. the firm didn't admit any wrongdoing, but says the settlement essentially wipes out its first quarter profit of $119 million. >> tom: some new rules today about how uncle sam will scrutinize proposed mergers of rival businesses. the justice department and the federal trade commission say the guidelines give companies a better idea of exactly what they're looking for when it comes to competition. but critics say the proposals could make it easier for those regulators to block proposed deals. the new rules are open for public comment for the next 30 days. >> susie: and finally tonight, a pat on the back for our team. for a record tenth consecutive year, "nightly business report" took home multiple honors at the 43rd annual worldfest-houston

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this draws on a recent op-ed from charles schwab in the"wall street journal." says persistently low interest rates damage the seniors living on fixed income. what are your thoughts? >> i think that observation is correct that low interest rates are not attractive to savers. there is a consequence of that. the federal reserve has to set monetary policy to what is best to achieve its twin objectives of full employment and price stability. our view right now is that the federal funds rate needs to be exceptionally low for per extendediod to contribute to financial conditions to support economic collectivity. we're not getting the job growth that we need right now. would like to see employment gain more substantially than what we have got. that tells us that monetary policy needs to be an easy setting to stimulate the economy and stimulate employment growth. that has to be our first priority. >> thank you very much. [applause] thank you very much, bill. our affection for you is inestimable put h. [applause] you. before we adjourn for the balance of lunch, i will re

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tdd# 1-800-345-2550 (announcer) at charles schwab, investors rule. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 are you ready to rule? >> larry: we are attempting to examine one of the most difficult to examine subjects in the world, drug addiction. welcome back to our guest, actor tom sizemore, great actor. he appeared in celebrity rehab and sober house. appeared with his former girlfriend, heidi fleiss. it made for some volatile moments. here's an example. >> i care about you. i always did and i'm sorry i messed things up. but you're killing yourself. you're a loving person. you don't need to be out there a lone with those birds. come on home. >> i look at you and i feel so good. you're such a loser. the thought of being with you would turn a woman gay, it really would, but, you know, there is hope, you know. >> larry: what didn't work about that? >> i don't know what else to say about it, really? >> larry: you went public with it. >> i hope i don't turn women gay. >> larry: what? >> i hope i don't turn women gay. i've never tried to. >> larry: were you mismatched? >> well

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tdd# 1-800-345-2550 (announcer) at charles schwab, investors rule.dd# 1-800-345-2550 are you ready to rule? >>> here's breaking news going on when it concerns the weather and we're on top of it here at cnn. we want to update you now. we're being told that seven people have died in a tornado that touched down in mississippi, and they are still assessing the damage. the governor says they may find even more damage and they are concerned about the safety of the folks there. it is getting dark here in the southeast, and so that creates another problem with electrical lines and debris and what have you, so we're checking on that for you all the way up to missouri, we are told. and this tornado that touched down there, there are reports that it was up to a mile wide. it affected really a big portion of some counties there as the governor said, skipping over from louisiana to mississippi and then moving on and on and on, so we're following it for you here, this breaking news on cnn. the damage, it's just unbelievable. there are folks now who are homeless be

in florida a modest hit, and stifel no hit at all, and piper jaffray, and down, and obviously charles schwab the broker down, and on the almost eve of goldman's earnings, and citigroup called it a black eye, but not a life threatening event. they point out with the fact that the government went with the civil charges as opposed to criminal charges as evidence that they had insufficient evidence to go with criminal case. and oppenheim ser ter is the ob official downgrade, because they said it would be good if goldman sachs gets charge and they are curious with many people not only with the timing of the charges, but they also say that the s.e.c.'s agenda looks a little bit and smells a little bit like it is driven by public sentiment. ubs says that the uninvestable label is back and potential for more lawsuits and shareholder lawsuits ash and the new york attorney, and the loss of banks or pension funds and momentum for the regulatory debate in high gear right now, and they point to the increased public ire. so bad day all around for markets, and especially gs, goldman sachs. >> yes, you can

tdd# 1-800-345-2550 at charles schwab... tdd# 1-800-345-2550 investors rule. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 are you ready to rule? >>> well, markets right now are at the low es level of the session, and the dow is down 83 points at the instance and as you can see, yeah, 82 points, and all of this started, but the 10-year option is better than expect and the market back almost all of the way, but sitting up to triple-digit loss. we will see how it closes on the "closing bell." >>> welcome to the "closing bell." we have breaking news from the federal reserve at this hour on consumer credit, where it resumed the decline in the month of february. you will remember that january, we broke a string of monthly declines in consumer credit that had dated back to the beginning of the recession which is september of '08, but it resumed the decline in february after the increase in january. consumer credit declined at an annual rate in february and both components of the report declined, revolving credit or credit card loans and down hefty 13.1%, and auto and student loans, the nonre

tdd# 1-800-345-2550 (announcer) at charles schwab, investors rule.> i think the reason you got it right, and i don't want to take all of the credit for this, is that you know absolutely leaning in the direction of which i hinted at very strongly which is it's more country. >> no! >> not even close. >> that is not even close. >> that's what i can hear. i can hear that country -- ♪ let it be ♪ let it be >> yeah, kara. >> some r&b -- >> that's a -- >> larry: all right, simon. is it a dilemma when you can't stand -- i don't want to say can't stand -- you don't think someone is very good and the audience is going berserk? >> i don't care anymore. i'm so used to that. i hear something completely different. >> larry: do you say to yourself, maybe i'm wrong? >> no. >> larry, larry, come on. >> definitely not. definitely not. >> wrong -- >> he doesn't know what the words mean. >> somebody can go up there and whistle and the audience will go mental. just one of those things. >> larry: have there been times when the audience has been kind of warm and you loved

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tdd# 1-800-345-2550 (announcer) at charles schwab, investors rule.dd# 1-800-345-2550 are you ready to rule? >> larry: a majestic picture on the cover. the book "the bedwetter: stories of courage, redemption, and pee" by sarah silverman. you joke very graphically i might add about things that aren't usually funny like rape, race, religion, aids, and the holocaust. take a look. >> i love how palestinians and jews hate each other. it tickles me, because honestly, what is the difference? they're brown and pushy. everybody blames the jews for killing christ, and then the jews try to pass it off on the romans. i'm one of the few people that believe it was the blacks. >> larry: all right, sarah, is anything off limits? is there anything you won't joke about? >> probably not. i mean i think -- a lot of people say you joke about rape and aids and everything. but i'm not joking about those things. i think that's more of a reflection of people reacting to buzz words and not really listening to the content or the context, you know. i'm almost always the idiot in

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tdd# 1-800-345-2550 (announcer) at charles schwab, investors rule. love is making music with my friends ♪ >> larry: of all the willie nelson songs, is "on the road again" the most famous? >> maybe so, yeah. either "on the road again" or "crazy" or "night life." "funny how time slips away." >> larry: yeah. "crazy" ain't bad, either. ross perot, was his theme. >> that's right. >> larry: ross perot's theme. >> he danced. >> larry: he loves that. he loves that song. but "on the road again," it's been in commercials. did that come to you? what is the story of the writing of that song? >> i was on a plane with sydney pollack and jerry schatzberg. and we were talking about doing the movie "honeysuckle rose." and we were talking about a song. and they said can you come up with a song for the movie? and i said oh, you mean something about being on the road again, on the road again, i just can't wait to get on the road again? they said yeah, but where's the melody? i said well, i'll find one. so i went to the studio pretty much with just that in my mind. and i

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