chrysler is thriving and fiat is too. combining u.s. and italian components in engineering.act expected to get 40 miles per hour with a sticker under $16,000. dodge also reintroducing the viper, a muscle car last produced in 2010. now, with more than 600-horsepower and the backing of this new stronger team. >> the low point for us was, you know, summer of 2009 when the company was unsure, of course, came and fiat came to the rescue so to speak. they found some good people with his inspiration and know-how and financing really helped us. emergency loans made a big difference. i think we made good on it. >> and dodge will only make about 2,000 vipers but chrysler and fiat hope to sell 6 million cars worldwide by 2014, shep. >> shepard: do it up. rick leventhal at the auto show. three of the biggest names on "saturday night live" are reportedly leaving the show at the end of the season. according to us weekly kristen wiig plus andy samberg and studeikis move on to other things. all three have been with the show for more than six years. it appears public trials, prison stints an

look at shares of fiat. clearly a company operating two levels. the fiat part struggling in europe, chrysler doing very well here in the u.s. other auto earnings to key in on, hyundai reporting an increase of 31%. the earnings jumping to $2.15 billion in the first quarter. also look at shares of vw. earnings in the first quarter up 10.2%. revenue up 26.3%. solid numbers for all of the automakers. but there is some bad news if you will in the auto industry when you take a look at borg warner today. it missed by a penny, tyler -- or sue. record earnings, but it missed by a penny. as a result the stock has been whacked down substantially today anywhere between 3% and 5% for most of the trading session. sue, over to you. >> phil, thank you very much. tyler mentioned housing. and there's some new signs that housing might be turning a corner, at least on the earnings front. pulte posting a narrower lost meeting estimates. but revenue fell short despite new homeowners jumping 15%. the stock rallying today. it's up 7.5%. it's up 45% this year. here's the

it had to deal with fiat capital projects and number of years ago that had been an open case. i would not recommend we budget anything close to this. since it was related to capital projects, we can go through tax- exempt financing to reverse operating fund. supervisor chu: i know the budget analysts will speak on the report. i did pass out a number of amendments i am proposing. one would allow them to move forward with refunding in the future, and i think that is a good thing. we want them to have more cheaper way than we currently have. that is good for ratepayers and us. also, we might want to set parameters on how it is they go out there. having and achieving a certain minimum level of senatsavings, e as they can come back and ask for additional it they need it, authorizing or providing authorization that is a five- year term, allowing in making sure the assets in debt is a mind, and in making sure they are reporting back to us on the savings might be good, rather than having the blanket ability to do that kind of funding and having to check in with the board. i would like

chrysler's sales are up 34% on the strength of fiat. and volkswagen climbed 35%. the company's best march numbers since 1973. meanwhile, former internet high-flyer yahoo! announced 200,000 job cuts by the end of the year. new ceo scott thompson says the cuts will save the company $375 million as 14% of yahoo!'s labor force is cut. have we seen the best of the markets and the economy in the first quarter of the year or is there room left for the bull to run? joining me now is matthew bishop business editor and author of the new e-book, "in gold we trust." matthew, thanks for joining us. >> great to be here. >> i want to talk about gold because that's front and center but let's talk about the week that was. the market fell midweek after the fed walked away from the possibility of any more stimulus, the so-called qe 3. what do you think about that? the current stimulus is in place. operation twist expires in june. >> yeah. i think the fed has no upside in saying anything earlier than june as to what it is going to do next. the economy is clearly picking up. but we do

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sales at chrysler were up a 34%, thanks to the popularity of small fiat cars. g.m. sales increased 12%, ford's were up 5%. on the import side, volkswagen saw its sales surpass those of chrysler. japan's toyota and nissan both celebrated double-digit sales gains last month. and south korea's hyundai notched up a sales increase just under 13%. as diane eastabrook reports, a strengthening u.s. economy and rising pump prices were the fuel behind those strong numbers. >> reporter: for g.m., sales of small cars like the chevy cruze and sonic packed a big punch in march. the auto maker said sales in the small and compact segment were up more than 60%. still, consumers weren't ignoring larger vehicles. last month, they snatched up nearly 40% more mid-sized cars like the malibu than they did at the same time last year. what was going on? g.m.'s vice president of u.s. sales credits $4-plus gasoline, coupled with a new line of fuel- sipping models. don johnson says, today, almost half of g.m.'s fleet get an average fuel economy of 30 miles per gallon. just a few years ago, onl

and if so, will you present that to congress, or will it be done by administrative fiat such as closing yucca mountain? >> no, i think it's very clear that congress will have to play a very key role in -- if it wants to amendment the nuclear waste act. and so that would very clearly stated in the blue ribbon commission statement. >> it would take an amendment of a nuclear waste -- >> it depends on what parts you're talking about. for example, one of the recommendations was that, you know, there are fees collected from the power generators. and those fees are considerable amount of money. >> right. $750 million a year. and they recommended that some fraction of those fees start to go to this -- if a semiprivate organization is set up because it gives, again, takes it away from the yearly appropriations, puts on a more professional basis. and it can start with a small fraction. but to let that begin because those monies are clearly collected for that reason. >> and it's recommended that that occur promptly? >> well, that would require an act of congress. >> have you proposed it? >> we wou

i don't think this low-interest rate thing that is going on now -- it is just a fiat. fix it again, tony. host: the former head of the fdic is part of this debate. here's a piece that she contributed to cnn money with the headline -- we're talking with you about your personal view of the fed's low interest rate and how it's affected or family income. do you think it's helping or hurting? lakewood, washington, halle, a republican. caller: thanks for taking my call. i was going to question whether or not the low interest rates have hurt my family, because it is just me. now that i look back at the past few years since the crash in 2008 if i go back to that date and look at how much stuff has been stolen from me, i would be taken to court by people i would grant from and i complained they were not fixing things when i was paying exuberant rent and they would not fix the windows or the doors and then they would sue me when i don't pay them. when i have a problem or gets sick or something because they're not fixing it. that seems to stem from what is happening to families l

i think crystler, fiat sales, ford, and gm sales are record highs compared to where we started in 2008 we would see them recover. we have to stay on the cutting edge, and believe me those who work in auto manufacturing in this part of america are dedicated to that task. >> mitt romney built his whole campaign, or projected he would, around economic issues, and now it seems that he has the endorsement of the ryan plan. and the ryan plan is clearly bad for poor people. it could cut $3.3 trillion in low income programs like medicaid, food stamps, pell grants, and job training. if you dealt with their plan, the republicans that romney and ryan are representing, what will this mean for the average working class american. >> the average american -- this is is a ringing endorsement. he has gone on today and yesterday to say it was a wonderful plan, but look at what's being cut are the guts of not only the safety nets that average americans and working americans, and poor americans depend on, but also all of the other things. education, roads, bridges, and basic research. there's no way that r

i think that proves the general public underestimates the abilities of fiat cheating children. i think all of us are people who come from towns where we are very vocal and criticized for being so out word in our opinions. i think we need to be appreciated. people should embrace the fact that not only do we care but we are passionate about things. >> i am from kansas. i do not think anybody in this room is naive. we are willing to set aside our political views and listen to each other. that is something people in congress must learn and take note. we have learned not only from each other but others. we have gotten along. that is what they need to do. >> what happens when they go back and there is an election and the citizen say we do not want you to compromise? >> leon panetta mentioned that. he is a big critic of bipartisanship. he said there appeared to make the big decisions that need to be made. >> did you know that he started out as a republican? he worked for the nixon administration. then he switched. >> i am from seattle. someone from the white house came and said "those

it's the first chrysler vehicle built on fiat's architecture.ore is the president and ceo of the dodge brand and head of u.s. sales for chrysler group. good morning to you. >> thank you very much for having me. >> you didn't drive here in a dart, though. >> no. >> drove here in a dodge durango. >> the dart comes out this summer. >> it goes into production this month. we'll build about 2,000 in may, 10,000 in june and it brings features and content to the compact car segment that have never existed before. >> walk us through. >> built off the alpha row mayo platform -- >> it's the first time you've done that. >> first. >> classic black or polished wheels, interior roominess, price point of $15,995, class leading safety, ten air bags, people are concerned a little bit about compact cars from a safety perspective, and the technology in the vehicle is incredible. >> how many are you planning to sell the first year out? >> we'll take it one step at a time. >> how many are you building ahead of august? >> ahead of august we'll probably build about 30,

me and said, you know, i cannot believe you are here come your story and introduced herself as the fiat the a and are out. that of course magi dropped a year after the scandal and it was completely mind blowing and i was following it like everyone else. i cant another family over the course of two years. like so many people that have been following the story, i of course thought that andrew was most likely involved in the involved in the in its brother had known all about his father's frog. ask them the streets had to have known. it was only really pretty dress to be that brought me into the story. i was a journalist and i wanted to get to the truth of the story like every other journalist out there and most of the people in the public. so when it came time they're ready to write a book and i sat down with them and was taken into the heart of their story, i was absolutely astonished to find that nothing i thought i knew was true. science is going to read to from the chapter the confession itself. and then we'll go. the confession. at 6:50 a.m. come and remark were once again perch in th

but also this company head, who used to run fiat and now runs both fiat and chrysler has been creditedd by the obama administration. i think it's important to know that people think they repaid in full. chrysler bought a 6% stake last year to a loss of about $1.3 billion. we're still out about $1.3 billion overall. but the next few days when we hear obama speaking publicly about the economy, you're going to hear about these numbers. >> that was just chrysler that we bought that stake at a loss. what about the others? >> general motors paid theirs back in full but we have a loss there. overall you're going to have a loss for the automakers. that's what treasury has said. what they will say on the other end of that is how many jobs -- they would argue millions have been saved. >> it can be spun both ways, without question. >> it was two in a row of good news. >> that's what we bring you here. >> come back. >> is that what you do? >> yeah, didn't you know? >> you are lovely. poppy harlow, thank you. >>> do you like to travel the world? >> i want to. >> are you a little short on cash? >> y

>> it is by fiat.n the way that things are being run in washington and in the public's mind, the person in charge of the way things are going in their government, the person in charge of the tone and any progress made in washington, in a large part that falls to the commander in chief, the president. the stops with him. all of these things that the public has outrage with, it becomes emblem mat particular of what they don't like in washington and they blame the person at the top. >> maria, it's the gsa one that makes you cringe, i would guess. >> they all make me cringe. >> the government is an instrument of good. you send us your taxpayer dollars, we will do good with it. we will help people with it. and then you see this. and does the president -- he is the president. life and politics are sometimes unfair. nothing to do with it personally. he's in charge. >> that's right. and you're right. it does make us cringe. i think it's making all of the american people cringe and democrats are no different. b

automakers, chrysler posting its best month for sales in four years as car buyers seek out its smaller fiat cars, but folks are also buying up those gas guzzlers like jeeps and ram trucks. ed for dealers seeing more traffic in their lots -- ford dealers seeing more traffic in their lots posting the best sales numbers in five years and general motors seeing their sales jump by double digit in the last two months. north american beer giant is looking to get more of its brands in the broken eastern european market buying coors light. you might need some extra cash for that carry-on bag, allegiant air becoming the second carrier to start charging passengers for some carry-on luggage. the las vegas-based airline charging up to $35 for bags stored in overhead bins. that's business. i'm neil cavuto.   >> this fox 5 stock market report is brought to you by your lexus dealer. live life heroically. opens its doors or creates another laptop bag or hires another employee, it's not just good for business, it's good for the entire community. at bank of america, we know the impa

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