we've got a market up 85 points on the dow jones industrial average. gary, we are certainly in the final stretch right here. >> we are, maria. with 45 minutes to go in today's trading session, let's take a quick market stat check. in fact, as we said, key interest rates are low until at least 2014. at 48.36. the dow industrials down and up as the fed chief bernanke commented on fed policy. right now it's up to 82, which is close for the high of the day. goldman sachs moving off of the session lows and year to date is up 25%. earlier today i did get a chance to speak with lloyd blankfein. one thing that stood out to me, i was able to ask lloyd, point blank, what was it like on the morning of march 14th, the day that the op ed came out in the new york times and talked about his reason for leaving goldman sachs. >> we asked everybody in the firm to do a 360 review of everybody else. we have the reviews of this fellow. we have the reviews by this fellow and everybody around him. we are obsessive about everybody soliciting everybody's views and we went thro

dow jones industrial average is higher by 72 points.up again while the nasdaq is lower by 7. coming up next, options action trade on how to cash in on france's presidential election. so what do you do? >>> plus, bill rhodes weighs in on europe's financial recovery or lack there of. as we head to the break, here is how the currencies are trading right now. euro at 1.32. look at that what makes the sleep number store different? the sleep number bed. the magic of this bed is that you're sleeping on something that conforms to your individual shape. wow! that feels really good. you can adjust it to whatever your needs are. so whatever you feel like, the sleep number bed's going to provide it for you. now, sleep number redefines memory foam, combining coolfit gel foam with sleep number adjustability. during the final days of our white sale, receive $400 in free bedding. only at the sleep number store, where queen mattresses start at just $699. >>> welcome back to the "closing bell." i'm michelle caruso-cabrera. they trade dr horton surging wi

up as far as america's concerned the dow jones managed to look at this pick consecutive month of gay bars as far as the nasdaq was concerned in the first quarter they had nineteen percent gains in the dow jones had aids for sense as far as the first which is concern for the u.s. markets is for a positive indeed as i mentioned the consumer confidence as well was far more better than anticipated. we'll see how that plays out in the global stock markets today if we look at the oil prices we see how they're getting and they are indeed slightly put this hour as far as opposed. to four point two percent in total there's been a pause i run through exports of margin rose to the highest level not seen since nineteen ac c.v. after former president saddam hussein came to power apparently the exports are being boosted by a new. which started off writing every so we see how about this have a look at gold now gold is climbing for a second day as far as the first quarter is concerned six point seven percent that i saw but it's also getting a boost from the economic data as i say we could all always

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dow jones off 123 points. technology is under pressure as well today as nasdaq is down by more than 1%. s&p 500 is under pressure as well today, maria. >> yeah, a lot of big stories on the agenda today. we have wal-mart dragging things down. let's talk about netflix first though. stock down ahead of the company's earning results. investors will be closely watching what the video provider will say about growth prospects ahead. how it plans to rebound from missteps. we are on the net flicks story. also, all day as wal-mart, stock with the worst day in more than three years after allegations of bribery at its mexican affiliate surfaced over the weekend. we will have more on how investors are playing stocks. what's ahead and we are looking at implications. meanwhile, less than an hour to go in trading. let's take a quick look at market themes today. of course, once again eurozone fears weighing on traders today sending the market lower even though we are off of the worst levels of the afternoon as we approach the

we enter the final stretch with the dow jones industrial negative, high about 30 points. we're bouncing off of the lows as we approach this final hour at 13,045. check the nasdaq with all of the news in technology and facebook, it is up at 9 points on nasdaq a third of a percent. 3,077. s&p bouncing off of the lows but still down two points there. less than an hour to go. taking a quick look at today's market themes. investors are weighing the prospect of the u.s. economy versus the latest out of europe. wall street remains cautious with the latest headlines out of spain which some fear could be the next greece. we are expecting recessionary numbers. the better than expected jobless claims showing some support. all eyes turning to the march jobs report. it's expected to show that the economy grew 203,000 jobs last month. we know that we had a pretty good number on the heels of the adp number. that is what is going to be the mid-catalyst for the market. given the gains in the market, you would expect the earnings to grow. the s&p 500 is expected to show less than 1% of ear

just 13 stocks on the dow jones stoxx 600 are in positive territory right now. phillips is the top of the bunch after better than expected numbers. after gains last week of around 2% for the ftse, down 1.4%, xetra dax down 2%. ibex down 3%. we keep our eyes on what's going on with the bond markets. that's been telling us fears about debt. you have the ten year bund yields down near record lows. we're seeing the spread between ten year bunds and dutch out to three year highs as the dutch government failed to agree on austerity cuts. they now potentially have the option of calling snap elections. we'll know more today and the spread between italian dealt and ten year bunds out at three month highs. french debt fairly steady this morning, no major auctions from france in this week after the first round of presidential elections. as far as currency markets are concerned, we've seen aussie dollar a little bit weaker post data out of australia, rba will cut rates this mond and also the chinese pmis. dollar-yen steady. euro-dollar weak are but in the ranges. >> not muc

eastern time. >> the dow jones industrial average is sharply higher.asdaq higher by 59 points. >>> up next, the intel earnings trade. should you buy the stock ahead of the results or sell it? what should you do? breaking that down in talking numbers. >> intel is not the only name. look at your screen. we have investor reaction to ibm and yahoo! at 4:00 p.m. >>> and look at all of the green do dow components. >> all of them. yeah. zap. it's our fastest and easiest way to get you into your car. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. standard keyless access, and standard leather-trimmed seats, then your choice is obvious. the lexus es. it's complete luxury in a class full of compromises. see your lexus dealer. [ laughter ] ♪ [ female announcer ] each one of us is our own boss. ♪ and no matter where you are in life, ask your financial professional how lincoln financial can help you take charge of your future. ♪ i bathed it in miracles. director: [ sighs ] cut! sorry to interrupt. when's the show? well, if we don't find an audience

the dow jones had a drop this morning down 64 points.w the biggest game of the month yesterday with a climb of one and a half percent. >>mark: in bay area news, five people were shot in east oakland yesterday afternoon. no one thought was hit by gunfire. the victims or in the 1900 block of 47 avenue when they were shot at by an unknown suspect. there have been no arrests made and no one injured even know five people were shot at. >>darya: the san francisco freeway overpasses are proving to be from real estate for one part of the population. fifth >>stanley: this site giselle, all across of the show room floor. this area is known as the tier 3 inside of this area, normally you would need a keeper. once inside the gate you'd have to hike 100 ft. above the freeway. attackers and transients have found a way and without a key. we found one at tents that was set up but no one was home. it is also clear that this is a hiding place for vandals. this bike has not been reported yet the the value is somewhere around $700. if you are missing a bite

the dow jones down over 100 points. we will have more on what is happening coming up.uick minute on bay area weather and traffic. >>james: here is a live review for mt. tam. cloud cover in san francisco filtering its way through some of low-lying spots. slowly but surely we will see a temperatures rise. fairly widespread with pockets of clearing here and there. temperatures right now look like this, mid-upper '40's. slowly we will start to see the temperatures climb, settling of year. mid-60's through most of the north bay and peninsula. there is a wet weather on the way. here is the satellite raider view. this cold front is tracking its way towards the bay area and will give us decent rain tuesday and through the rest of the work week reaffirmed >>george: if we are not tracking any hot spot for. we do not have any problems. here is a look at the upper deck. couple of hot spot for highway 4 and 580. the peninsula, no problems. -lawn for 101, to 80, 85 in the north bay is a light and easy ride. >>mark: police are judging the phone records of a teenager they say struck a

dow jones finishing down about 16 points. that well off the lows of the afternoon at 13,212. vowel um on the light side. 700 million shares traded at the big board. nasdaq giving up 22 points. and s&p 500 down 5.5 point at 1397. i've been catching up with money managers, investors as well as heads of companies here at the milken conference. there is a mixed economic data in the united states and uncertain landscape of course in europe and emerging markets which have clearly slowed. these are the headlines on the front burner for money managers. mohamed el-erian tell meg even with the uncertainty of economic slow downs in the merging markets, the performance of the emothering bond markets are doing well. take a look at merging global bond markets. you have brazil, china, africa and the mideast as investors are looking for yield and some of the hot spot growers of the world. these are the bond markets of those emerging markets. also equities in developed nations. the other favorite group in the face of uncertainty here, given valuations. the valuations remain modest, despite th

the stock market swings continued with the dow jones industrial average seeing its best day in almost a month. we will have more on the rally in a moment. but we begin with google, the internet advertising giant. the first quarter was strong for google earning more than $10 per share, well above what analysts were expecting. even though google was paid less for each time someone clicked on one of their ads, people clicked on a lot more ads increasing profits. revenues were actually a little less than forecast. but that minor disappointment was over-looked as the company announced a stock split. if approved, shareholders will get two shares for every one they own, but the new share will not have any voting power. brian bolan has been following the google story. he's growth stock strategist at zacks.com and he comes to us from the c.m.e. group in chicago. great to you have back, what do you makfirst of all of this stock split, increasing the number of shares, lowering the per-share price but not giving up any control of the company. >> i say good move by them, they look at what they hav

nasdaq up almost zero percent apple is leading the gains on the avon products is leading on the dow jones after receiving a buyout offer of ten billion dollars from corporator although it did rejects that offer. to move on in europe the closing of monday's session of first session a new quarter was very positive for the for gaining almost two percent of x. one point six percent as you can see there that's despite euro zone unemployment figures rising to a new high of ten point eight percent on the commodities markets and manufacturers since they are some of the biggest consumers of gasoline and oil products in the u.s. they are propelling oil prices higher more than two dollars of gains for both light sweet brant coming off six week lows by the way and this is also helping the russian ruble at the end of monday's session which were if you hours ago actually to gain against the greenback and the united european currency whereas the euro is losing versus what all this out on the road. in russia there was a reversal of virtue raid at the very end of the session there with the managing to clo

forecast therefore this is why markets are shrugging off you need notice states we are seeing the dow jones decline after some very good sessions of the previous previous sessions first day and wednesday the dow jones is down half a percent nasdaq even more than that one percent so wells fargo and j.p. morgan chase have released their results and they are on i decline so. over in europe this is also coupled with worries about of course domestic problems solver in debts increasing costs and therefore the end of the actually closed friday session on a very very pessimistic note so with the dax neckline in two and a half percent on banks basically in russia it's all looking a bit different for out there's all week and the final picture for friday's session is a mixed one with my sakes even posting some gains which is a rare sight on this friday at least on the my sex we are seeing that financial stocks like burbank and d.t.b. are declining whereas gazprom at the same time is up one point three percent that's on the back of recent initiatives proposed by the government to sweeten arctic explora

where is the dow jones today.at 13,000. >> right. >> where was the dow jones when we started the recession? it was at 14,000. so what we have done is we have come almost back to where we were, almost back to where we were, but not gone above that. if you think hey, it's four years later. where we should be is approximately 12% better than where we are right now, and we're not. so what we've done is we've gotten back to where we were, but we haven't made up for the lost ground. >> but i always thought stocks were a leading indicator of the economy. so the question right now, particularly this last 25% rally in stocks. >> right. >> which i think is still going strong. maybe a little correction, whatever. >> right. >> is that predicting that the lousy recovery is going to get better? is stocks a forward-looking indicator? >> i would say what it's predicting is the lousy state we were in two years ago has passed. things are better than they were two years ago. no doubt about it. if you look at the labor market, if you

and the nasdaq showing their resilience towards all of that news about the dow jones around a third of a stand up on the nasdaq around the same region as well in positive territory if you look at the european markets they're not doing quite so well as tall as you can see you got to see just dipping below that on the around the port of stand down after the european commission said it's a true sense of an indicator for the regional. seventeen nations fell to the lowest level since december that was really worrying investors in the region that's have a look at the euro dollar as we can see that is shrugging off that news that we have the ruble finishing up mixed against the main currencies hard against the u.s. dollar against the year i'm moving on that see how the russian markets finished up today it was a disappointing day despite high oil prices we have the r.t.s. around half a percent down on the my six just over a point down moving on to the stocks we'll see who drowned in the sea of red we have the gas from that point seven percent down of the company has agreed to drill a dozen

down 138 points on the dow jones industrial average. stand by for a complete recap of this day and this week on wall street. it's the second hour of the "closing bell" with maria bartiromo. have a great weekend. i'll see you on monday. >>> and it it 4:00 on wall street. i'm maria bartiromo. here's what is happening at the close right now. breaking news in washington. let's get right to eamon javers. eamon. >> reporter: a new estimate of the total cost of all of the federal bailout packages, including t.a.r.p. and including what the federal reserve put into the system in the wake of the crisis of 2008. they are predicting that the federal government as a whole will break even or make a profit of as much as 10 billion or $100 billion depending on how economic conditions go. three quick highlights of that, starting with fannie and freddie, those are the three big losers according to this information released by treasury. and of all of this, the most successful program has been what the fed has done. the treasury releasing these numbers say

the dow jones is down about 102 point. that's off the worst levels of the afternoon at 4:00 on the street. 12,926 is where the industrial average is settling tonight. nasdaq down 30 point even, technology materials, financials, all under pressure today. nasdaq at 29.60 tonight. and s&p 500 weaker by 11 2/3 points. here is what i'm watching in the markets right now as we wrap up another day. the dow working their way off of the session lows today, unable it recapture the 13,000 mark. today's selling triggered by political uncertainties in europe, which have cast a cloud on the debt crisis there. an election on certainty in france. wal-mart knocking off more than 20 point from the dow jones after a report over the weekend of bribery allegations at the retail giant's mexican subsidiary. about 180 companies on the s&p 500 are reporting earnings this week and in a few moments we will hear from netflix and texas instruments. todd tomorrow, heavy hitters on the docket including at&t, 3m and apple. apple stock down ahead of the nu

is one of the main stocks is going to be causing problems really why they stand down ok but the dow jones there is a mixed view at the moment but let me tell you both those colors should indeed be raids ok so both the dow jones and the last five are down at this hour let's start talking about europe because that's really the time when investors are concerned about europe because of the victory of francoise hollande in the first round i've heard enough from the no capsule says this is because he's less likely to support your ceratin measures needed to deal with the sovereign debt crisis. a lot of political change as a result of the european crisis and if you were to become president probably the biggest change seen so far so far the germans and the french germs in particular have been pushing. on a part of the world already some very difficult economic years i think it. becomes president it will be more of a shift towards. a more spending as a way to get out of the european crisis. see how the european markets are reacting at this hour as you can see the first sharp losses let me tell you

. >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news, taking a live look at the big board, dow jonesustrial average is up despite some disappointments citigroup one of them, dow jones industrial average is up 12945. >>> google has hindered an investigation to the popular street mapping program. google has been fined $25,000 for this. the federal communication has willfully and repeatedly violated orders as to whether google picked up sensitive information from home wireless networks where it mapped out city streets. time now 6:55, victim have now been laid to rest. dozens were there in a home across from city column. the service included, buildism and prayers. >>> they will shut down a lane of the doyle drive and it is scheduled to be closed week night until noon the next day. during week nights it is scheduled to start at 9:00 p.m. and last until 9:00 the next day. the full lane closure is expected to start a week from friday. >>> sharks are back in the bay area hoping to take the lead in the playoff series against the st. louis blues. game 3 7:00 tonight at the hp pavilion, they ca

nasdaq on the down side and dow jones industrial, led by good reports.her companies including at&t. time for the closing countdown. larry can for, with us earlier. i guess i have to keep hitting you on the fed because i think the fed could potentially be the marginal buyers of loan bonds if they are not anymore? >> investors cannot get enough treasuries. everybody is looking for a safe haven. if you think about it, compared to five years ago where we had assets like fanny and freddie and debt and mortgage-backed securities, there's a lot fewer of them today and the world is a lot more volatile given what is going on. >> apple has been wobbly for two weeks now. any quick thoughts? my thought is at 6:44 it's pricing in a lot of iphone miss or disappointments. >> you know, i think you're right. wf a positive tone on apple. >> where do you think we go from here? after here we go into may. it's a seasonally weak market and that's why it's going to be wrong and we're going

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dow jones industrial average, down 112 points. last trade on the dow. nasdaq also weaker and accelerating the losses after the minutes were released. sharp down draft just 2:15. down 17 points. and the nasdaq and s&p dropping 115 points. the fed minutes is getting the most attention at this hour. in short, we saw stocks fall, oil fall, and the policy makers are less keen to see them moving. one trader telling me that he's optimistic because he sees more pullback. less concern over the financials, euro zone headlines raising on that group. consumer cyclicals and retails. finally, it's a holiday shortened week according to the passover. s&p 500 has been testing support around 1405. some traders believe it will hold that level and move higher. we're looking at a sizeable selloff on that reserve meeting. we have our team in place. stocks sliding in the last hour. join us at the nyse. >> stock rising to an intraday. bob pisani is here. following the if i had minutes, let's talk on apple. expressing some concern that things are getting out of control but the

. >> the dow jones will start the day above 13,000 again today after wall street had its best day in months on tuesday. analysts credit the rally on easing worries about europe. all eyes will be on berkshire hathaway stock today if one day after businessman warren buffett announced that he has stage one prostate cancer. the 81-year-old told investors the condition is not life- threatening. we will have more on the company's future coming up in today's america's money report. >> athere have been two fires on a particular metrobus model. >> this was a long route 50. more than 90 buses are out of service now. brianne carter is live in falls church with the latest. >> metro says they are looking into exactly what is causing this problem. in the interim they have pulled 94 buses off the roads while they try to figure out exactly why the two buses burst into flames. yesterday one bus burst into flames along route 50. last thursday the same thing happened on a bus in virginia. no one was injured in either incident. the buses are said to be paul ryan 6's. it is a diesel fleet purchased by me

. >> and here's how we look at the dow jones well off the highs. and we came not just down on apple, the s&p did end the day and week in positive territory. >> let's talk about the highlights of the week. you're in the anchor chair today because bill is off. you watch the markets. i'm going to disagree with you. i want to blame it all on apple. >> it's more wobbly on apple. i can tell you the minute apple started trading over 30 million shares, that was six or seven trading sessions. trading 22, 2 4r4. earnings have been strong. retail sales were good. the ipo action was good. i see positives out there. i'm not worried apple. the housing starts were a disappointment and i know everybody wants to blame bank of america, but there's not a lot of loan growth that is out there. there are separate issues that concern me a little bit. i'm worried about the fact that we have a couple weeks of very choppy economic stories. that will crystallize how i feel on housing. >> you talk about the earnings beat and indeed they have been beats but they have been lowe

dow jones down 12,716. nasdaq down but up 16% year to date. and the s&p is down 1.75%. here's what i'm watching in the market. it's set off today in europe. another day, another stock swoon. dow jones industrial making it five for five with the first five day losing streak since august of last year. worries about the earning season. the volatility index up for an eighth straight day. apple, meanwhile, making history. the technology hitting be a all-time high today. $640 a share, and it has since pulled back by the clothes. the only other company to achieve that milestone was microsoft back in december of 1999. courtney reagan is on the nyse right now. over to you. >> good afternoon, maria. who came first, us or europe, who started the selloff continuing to slide from there. a couple of reasons behind the selloff, number one, global growth concerns. this continues, whether it's europe, china, that still looms. spanish and italian yields rising again today. equity selling off fairly substantially. could be the first negative earnings. qe 3 at least right now that sent thi

." >>> the dow jones industrial average reapproaching the session high at 110. let's see if it will go back there. the nasdaq is higher by 20 points. oil and gold also higher. gold not by much. oil is higher by 1. >>> let's get to the top stories. betting on blue chips? have you seen ge, mcdonald's and microsoft? microsoft in particular soaring on strong earnings. apple is seeing some violent swings lately. is that is a sell signal ahead of the charts? >> one of the strongest analysts on the street, jp morgan whether the bounce is for real. >>> lots to trade in today's show. let's get to the start. the gains we were seeing. you love mcdonald's, i don't mean the food but the stock. >> i love the food and the stock. so i'll be specific that way and this is one michelle, that obviously, we talked about last night, as far a little plead through from chipotle. their international sales were better than expected. in the united states when they talk about people cutting back, mcdonald's comes up. i don't know why they don't think the same thing overseas. people who nee

as we finish down 83 points on the dow jones industrial average, a lot more earnings coming up in just a moment here as we get under way with the second hour of the "closing bell." >>> welcome to the "closing bell." joining me is bill griffeth. here's what we're following at the close. major averages snapped a two-day win streak. ibm graded down the dow after the disappointing earnings. coming up, is the pullback an opportunity to get back into this market or is there more selling on the horizon? >>> plus, an earning extravaganza is about to kick off. two big names set to report. we have got it all covered for you. dow jones industrials at 13,031. nasdaq lower by 11 points, 3,031. s&p 500 lower by 5 to 1385. bob pisani has our eye on the floor. what happened? >> ibm was a real weight on the dow. my former producer was pointing out, 50 points on the dow. that's why the dow underperformed. it was a messy day all throughout the day. the financials ended off the lows of the day. we had apple which really couldn't hold its gains today. it wasn't a bad day for apple but you can see it's down

. >> even with more hiring, the dow jones dropped four straight days this week as investors have renewed fears about the european debt crisis and a lack of action by the federal reserve. >> it can be ascribed to a reaction from the fed coming out and saying, we will not be quite so aggressive in the future. >> if hiring continues on an upward trend, more stimulus may not be necessary. >> in north carolina, they announce new jobs that will pay close to six figures. >> 350 new jobs over the next five years. >> the market will be closely watching march unemployment numbers that will come out officially tomorrow. >> next at 6:00, what the postal service may have more problems staying afloat financially. >> bob will let us know what to expect for good friday when we come back. >> this is abc seven news at 6:00 on your side. >> here is another sign the american economy is improving. >> retail sales rose in march. the unusually warm weather and high demand for spring fashions are partly to credit. americans' confidence in the jobs market is also believed to be affecting sales. >> the post offic

the dow jones is currently trading at 14,037, better than yesterday. the euro down at $1.39. let's look at the other news from around the world. right leader of italy's's party has resigned over a fraud scandal. he is facing allegations he used taxpayer money to pay for holidays for his children and renovations to his villa. >> a greenpeace ship has sailed to the north sea to take air and water samples. the french energy giant has also sent experts to that platform to assess the safety situation. >> the german nobel laureate has hit back at what he calls a campaign of critics, of his accusing israel of plotting a war. >> the 84-year-old drew sharp criticism that the prime minister netanyahu has described as "shameful." >> is here that he wrote the poem that has sparked debate. >> the overarching theme is that people and not looking at the content of the poem. they are just launching a campaign against me, seeing my reputation is damaged forever, etc., etc.. >> in a poem he says that israel is jeopardize in world peace, but there's -- fails to mention that mahmoud ahmadinejad

the dow dow rallied -- dow jones rallied and the nasdaq closed at 3,056. the s&p rose 19 points. >>> most people don't have their dream job. if you ever wondered what a dream career might look like, look at this. this is looking at the year's best and well, worst jobs. >> reporter: with the job market still in recovery mode, many people who have a job are lucky to be employed. there are differences between that great job and a more mediocre one. this is the list of the best jobs. software engineer is number one. the job offers great pay and is in high demand as many businesses go digital. next is an ac chew wary, a common sumtant brought in to weigh financial risk. human resource manager, dental hygienist and financial planner. aside from higher than average salaries, what makes them special, they were weighed by work environment, stress, physical demand and hiring. taking that into account here are the jobs that scored the lowest. the worst of 2012 is lumberjack. demand is low. working conditions are dangerous and the pay isn't great. dairy farmer is the

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you talk about the dow jones average. here's why it's up.ompanies are making more money in the foreign ownership entities than they are at home. they're not making more money at home in the united states. that's why the dow is responding to that. and relative to the debt, this is the most out-of-control, insane aspect about this administration, what's going on. before president obama got elected, he made a statement and i quote -- he expects that the national debt will go down by 50% by the end of his first term. well, it's almost the end of his first term. guess what? it has gone up 50%. it's out of control and the united states senate under harry reid's leadership and this president and this administration, they have absolutely no intention of stopping this runaway debt. we have to change the administration and change the white house and take back control of the senate. that's what cain's solutions revolution is all about. >> eric: there's the main from herman cain, the one they will be hearing tomorrow on capitol hill. mr. cain, thank you

across the atlantic, the dow jones is now trading at over 12,978 and the hero is trading at $1.3893. sony corp. confirmed on thursday that it will cut 10,000 jobs as an effort to make the company profitable again. >> the new ceo and president's kazuo hirai pledged to revive the ailing electronics entertainment company. >> sony's court tv business has been turning a loss -- core tv business has been turning a loss for years. but they confirmed it would remain the most important product. hirai was to make sony profitable again within the next financial year. >> there will be no quick fix is. we simply must confront the situation had on. we must devise solutions quickly. is the only way to change sunny. >> he also said that he was committed to changing sony's electronics business. sony also plans to expand into emerging markets like mexico. it will also look for new opportunities and equipment sector. >> the government wants to rely more on electric power. the largest energy companies want to build a huge dam. a massive protest -- >> there was a massive protest against this project. >>

dow-jones fell 0.1% to 13,060. nasdaq was up to 3,080. let's see how stocks are kicking off in tokyo. we're going to ramin mellegard at the tokyo stock exchange. mixed signals for the region, but caution ahead for key job numbers in the u.s. today. >> yes, exactly so, ai. markets look to have factored in some of the bad news regarding eurozone debt problems, despite some relatively positive data out of the u.s. we did have the weekly jobless claim numbers yesterday showing further gains, and again, that means less people filing for unemployment benefits in the u.s. the u.s. is going to have public holiday later today, but the labor department is still coming out with key jobs numbers. we'll see how that effects markets. let's look at the opening levels for this friday morning in japan. nikkei and topix trading lower as you see. nikkei has been capped in recent sessions, is below 10,000 level the third day in a row, dropped around 340 points since tuesday, largely due to concerns about a slow down in the pace of u.s. economic recovery, wea

and across the atlantic, a trading for the dow jones at 12,918. the euro trading at the value of $1.4929. germany's biggest automaker is on the move. vw has introduced a new member to its supervisory board. >> the man who has a firm hold on the volkswagen. now he is adding his wife to the mix. >> as you can see from the order of business, i have proposed deep supervisory board selects -- i have proposed the supervisory board select my wife. >> the board controls the management of the system, and some shareholders have criticized the lack of independence managers. this brings the number of family board members to five of 20. earlier this week, the italian motorcycle maker ducatti was added to its stable of brands. it has been a record year for volkswagen, with profits reaching 1600 billion euros. >> volkswagen is sparkling because of its great new cars, satisfied customers, and a great strategy for the future. >> but the chief executive also warned the year ahead may not be so smooth, especially considering the risks proposed by the eurozone debt c

across the atlantic, the dow jones industrials also down. at the euro is trading for $1.31. >> argentina is looking to nationalize the spanish oil giant. spain wants european and other global leaders to impose sanctions on westbury's. >> -- beuonos aires. -- buenose aires. >> the eu foreign ministers suggested some solutions to the conflict. >> politicians have been discussing responses. now the eu has condemned the plan for the nationalization of the subsidiary. >> this action is of course risky and will have consequences. i have seen an eu commissioner that has responded with a letter to the foreign minister, and they have no support for it. a country cannot at this way against its international obligations -- act this way against its international obligations. >> spain has gone a step further by imposing a ban on argentine imports. >> i have heard they are apparently going to make a decision to restrict biodiesel as a form of punishment. i want to say to all the argentinian people -- our% biodiesel it is much cheaper than spain's. >> they

dow jones down 1358. volume light on this light day because of a long holiday weekend. nasdaq higher by 12.5%. almost a half of a percent at 12,080. financial and energy among the weak spots. retail got a bid. i've been speaking all day with traders on wall street. after posting sharp increases in the fourth quartÑr since 1998, dow closing off on thursday lows but for the week the dow declined 1%. biggest weekly decline so far this year. s&p 500 remember telecoms got a bid and strong earlier in the week. all eyes, of course, to the labor department's jobs report for the month of march out tomorrow morning despite the fact that the markets are closed. they are looking for the unemployment rate to remain steady a 8.3%. but that the economy creates 203,000 new jobs. we're talking about face boong a boongbook and a lot of the story. volatile week, materially in europe, bob. >> everyone hates this word biforcation. there's no biforcating. but we have been biforcating. europe has been underperforming in the u.s. while it hasn't been grade, it's been doing better and china has

the dow jones industrial average rose 89 points to close at 12,805. the nasdaq closed at 3,016. s&p closed at 1,369. >>> in tonight's consumer alert, tablet computers are taking over the world. a new report from guardner incorporated showed sales are spected to double. apple's ipad is the most popular but is getting competition. >>> gas prices are down for a fifth day in a row according to aaa. the average price is $3.92. over the summer months they're expecting prices to peak. >>> abc2 news is always working for you to help you find the cheapest prices in the baltimore area. log on to abc2news.com. click on gas prices. you'll find a list of the cheapest prices found by folks in our area. >>> reports of the man accused of shooting a teen and we'll have it. >>> two high school la crosse players were suspended last year for using tools look this for their sticks. i'm don harrison. i'll tell you how the appeal went. >>> fire destroyed part of a church in dundalk. . >>> we start with a live look at interstate 83, the harris berk expressway and shawan road where traffic is looking pr

and the dow jones finished up 194 points closing at 13115. nasdaq reported a big gabe. s and p 500 gained 21 points. >> much anticipated list of acts for this year's outside lands festival is out including a motown great. >> and stevie wonder will be appearing at the festival running from august 10th toj the 12th engineer golden gate park joined by metallica and neil young. the slis strong including foo fighters, norah jones, and tickets go on sale at noon on thursday. >> the schedule for the 2012 nfl season is out. niners and raiders will maik face tough tests. 49ers open on the road against green bay packers. the raiders open at home a day later on espn monday night football against chargers. you can see the schedule for both teams by going to our web site. click on see it on tv. >> and when we come back taking you back to southern california. >> new information on a whale entangled on debris in the southern california coast. bhap c >>> employee discontent in yahoo. workers held off the company is not keeping its promise. and a promise about the security of the bay ar

the dow jones industrial average down 0.5 -- 0.75%. and the euro is trading at $1.3115. for the price of 811 million euros -- no details have been released about the nature of the patents, but industry insiders say they most likely involve social networking, instead messaging, and e-mail technology. microsoft may be preparing to adapt its windows 8 operating system for tablet computers. it intends to return a significant portion of the proceeds to shareholders. >> keep up with dw. we will have more on that meeting between barack obama and dilma rouseff. >> stay with us. we will be back in a minute. >> welcome back. u.s. president barack obama is hosting his brazilian counterpart dilma rouseff in the white house today. the visit comes against the backdrop of a surging brazilian economy. >> its growth figures and natural resources are the envy of many western countries. our correspondent took a look at how economic life is changing their. >> rosenia, south of rio the janeiro -- rio de janeiro. she grew up here. but she hardly recognizes that. be drug dealers are gone. so i

dow jones rose 24 points.he nasdaq rose 19 points to close at just over be thousand and the s -- 3000sp rose 3 points to close at 1403. >>> in consumer alert, between texting, tweeting and smart phone apps it's easy to get to the mid of the month and ask where did my data go? sneaky things could be pushing you over the limit. >> reporter: posting, watching, listening, and sharing, most of us have an idea of where our data goes when we are on the go. what happens to the rest of it? as unlimited data plans become scarce, consumers are counting texts, tweets and emails, hoping to avoid fat gonch overage fees. >> that can be a risk, especially with android, apps can do stuff on their own in the background. i've been testing this, the second biggest consumer data is application that downloads news articles. i don't think i've used it. >> reporter: constant application updates. >> when you have new versions coming up every week, you know to tap the update now button, that can add up as well rr youtube video clip or