now on to a check on what our viewers have to say: leslie responds to a report on i-t hiring by chuck coppola : she says: our government allows companies to bring foreign employees in using h-1- b (work permit) status because they work for less, but those companies claim they cannot find workers here. meanwhile, us citizens go looking. our next email comes from brad who writes about last week's viewer mail question from a disabled viewer who wants to buy a franchise: can't believe you read an email from a person who is on social security disability. she said she is an entrepreneur who wants to start a company. she is on disability because she can't work!!!!! brad and-- a nice note came this week from charles: dear fbn, i am writing to say how much i appreciate your programming! i go to my local fitness center at 4 each morning and watch angie on first business news. i find fbn a breath of fresh air and well worth my time. i appreciate being kept up to date on the market and specifically how hi-tech companies are influencing it. great job fbn! thank you charles! let us know how what's on your

i'm chuck coppola. angela miles has the day off. in today's first look: most u.s. stocks fell on word that the fed is closer to curbing quantitative easing. the dollar dipped slightly, but the nasdaq gained. the dow finished the day down 46 points, s&p down 3, and the nasdaq up 3 points. gold dropped slightly, but stayed above $1300. the washington post is being sold to jeff bezos, founder of amazon.com, for $250 million. the deal includes all of the post's newspaper and media assets except slate and foreign policy. american eagle nose dived 16% after the teen clothing retailer cuts its second-quarter outlook in half. abercrombie & fitch also fell. better times in july from 16 non-manufacturing industries in the u.s. - everything from arts and entertainment to retail, transportation and warehousing. glen schultz of performance trust joins us to help sort it all out. hi there, glen. - hi, how are you? - i'm doing all right, and i'd like to know, the rate for the non-manufacturing sector seems to be accelerating. how is this happening if job growth was just 162,000?