dagen: liz claman live from cleveland for day one of open for business. liz? liz: well, from politics to business, cleveland and ohio, look at this, we are at the rock and roll hall of fame where 100 million dollars of tourism money comes through these doors every single year, and not only that, you've got big businesses here, upon which many other businesses in america base their models. you heard the cleveland mentioned so many times. all of the business leaders for the next two days are going to be joining fox business right here all day long for cleveland open for business. and coming up in the next hour, the brand new billionaire business owner of the cleveland browns. can he turn this sort of hard knocks nfl team into a winning franchise? that's the big question. we've got the rock and roll hall of fame ceo. do you know paul newman is from cleveland? the list goes on. here at the rock and roll hall of fame, huge tourist attraction. we have every single business. the political leader, the governor of this state joining us live this afternoon. not to menti

liz claman got a chance to speak with some of the most influence businesses. liz?cks. steve wynn wood leading into this segment. we spent 48 hours here showing cleveland is open for business. we talked to the biggest business leaders from all sectors of the economy from oil to banking to the nfl who have proved this place does rock. it's the place to be. >> we were $8 billion in the hole, the largest deficit in history of the our state and we balanced the budget and built this rainy day fund. then we told the regulators, look, business is not enemy. we need good regulation. we have very tough regulations on hydraulic fracturing but regulations are not duplicative. we don't need to spend all day, getting in a situation with business where we can't give them an answer. when they find we're not doing a very good job in something we go right back at it. >> as we look at all of this. talk about this as a business hub and a tourism hub. $100 million a year come through the rock hall of fame. >> $100 million impact. half a million people come here. on average stay two nig

i am here filling in for liz claman because liz claman is in cleveland, of ohio. her old stomping ground as part of the open for business series and liz will talk to business leaders to find out how the city turned itself around. we want to know. give us a preview. liz: is part of our fox business series open for business. how could cleveland not be? this is the place. i just landed and got to the ritz hotel and saw jimmy page in the elevator. i am kidding but this is the home of rock-and-roll. it is where the term rock-and-roll was coined but also where the traffic light was invented and the alkaline battery and a gas mask and electric light system. so much industry began here and so much is happening here. wait till you see what we are going to do the next two days. starting tomorrow through friday cleveland opened for business. we have got everybody in coming including we like to say he is a little bit country rock and roll. the tennessee billionaire in his first live interview he is giving as the new cleveland browns owner. can a guy with the tennessee spirit t

liz claman in the heart of the city. what makes their city the place to be? liz: you should be here. this is a rock and roll hall of fame at huge tourist attraction. look what i got you. and he was two years old. and this was the best. and kevin magee founded in the gift shop. and jimmy hendrix which you saw him singing the national anthem. and we can hear all day long, the business of ohio and cleveland, and come from this town that hired more than a thousand people and the horse shoe casino and the big constitution, bring the business to cleveland and the general manager and how well this business does and is doing well means how much more they will lead to their job rolls in ohio. and that is when governor john k kasic became governor. this was 48 in the nation and ohio is fourth in the nation. a fox business exclusive. dave: one small correction, jimi hendrix did not sing the star spangled banner. and get down to business, pushing higher without three major indices. and ended in positive territory boosting the s&p 2 with 4 straight day of gains. and factor

ashley: great stuff, liz claman. beautiful shot of cleveland. tracy: i was going to say that. ou. good news for parents, college tuition of private schools rising by the smallest margin in four decade. it is still really expensive. gerri willis breaks down the numbers next. tracy: before her, we go out to break, dow up 42 points. let's look at some of today's winners and losers on the s&p 500. avon products up 6.7%. constellation brands, because we all need a drink. we'll be right back [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare? that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they pick up some of what medicare doesn't pay. and save you up to thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket costs. call today to request a free decision guide to help you better understand what medicare is all about. and which aarp medicare supplement plan works best for you. with these

connell: liz claman standing by with more. liz: without the trucks. way through cleveland showing fox means business and sherwin-williams coming that in a couple years on their 150th year in business. apps williams the number one company in america and number 3 in the world. they innovate all the time at the green technology center. they never let media and because the big secrets are happening on developing the best and greatest but we got inside in a fox business exclusive as this stock hit the 62 all-time high of the year. take a look at what they are doing in cleveland. welcome to the green technology center at sherwin-williams. this is where they come of with their innovative ideas. why is there a bowl of soybeans at the technology center? one of the directors and top scientists, thank you for being on fox business. what is going on with the soybeans? >> these are an actual product and we are very proud that these are sitting here because they're in one of our latest innovations and what we use these for is something that accesses the markets. we

liz claman live at the rock 'n roll hall of theme in cleveland. of his life to public service. in 1988, four columbus, ohio, you were a congressman and you seemed always to me that you cared about every man and you really cared about job creation. that has not changed. the numbers look a lot better for ohio. >> when i came in, we have lost 400,000 jobs the previous four years. now we are up 123,000 which is really great. our credit outlook has improved. we are doing better. it was about 500 million. now we are number one in the midwest for job creation. liz: having been 48 in the country. >> ohio is incredible. you are kind of an ohio girl even though you come from out west. we have 11.6 million. we have great cities. cleveland is an incredible city. when the reputation catches up with the reality, people will be blown away. we have great cities. great role areas in great suburbs. what we have done is we have built our business in ohio. people think it is just manufacturing. healthcare and financial services, energy, logistics and it, our greatest

eagle eye liz claman coming through the statement, absolutely right. [talking over each other] peter: we love it here. liz and peter are geeks'.com. the reserve statement from the meeting in september said inflation has been subdued all vote the prices of some key commodities have increased recently. today's statement no mention of inflation subdued. it was flat out inflation recently picked up somewhat reflecting higher energy prices so my colleagues in the treasury press room where we get the statement we all notice a change in the language but the fomc continued with longer-term inflation expectations have remained stable, same as the september statement and as you are following september that is when they launched q e 3, announced they would continue operations twist until the end of the year and no change in that as well as keeping interest rates short-term fed funds rate zero to 1/4% and low through 2015 so no change in policy either but the slight change on inflation which the fed has to acknowledge because of the dual mandate and jobs and keep i

earnings season that starts after the closing bell, but right now we continue the countdown with liz claman. ♪ liz: okay, gang. i want to get wells fargo's chart up right now. when we first broke the news that united states attorney from the southern district of new york was going after wells fargo, it was down just about a half a percent. it kind of meandered there, this news broke shortly after 3 eastern. it is now down a full two-plus i percentage points. basically, the charge is that it's a civil mortgage fraud lawsuit against wells fargo. the government's complaint seeks damages and civil penalties in essence saying that as a result of wells fargo's alleged false certifications of mortgages, the fha, okay, has paid hundreds of millions of dollars in insurance claims on thousands of mortgages that defaulted. in essence saying that wells fargo stamped through a bunch of junkie mortgages. years later after the housing bubble implodes. so at the moment we see a big leg down, it's gapping down at the moment, down more than 2% for wells fargo. speaking of down, a big down day for netflix as

we now continue our countdown to the closing bell with liz claman. liz: real estate market picks up here at home, are there other realistic opportunities brewing abroad? mark kelly portfolio manager says ittis all about emerging markets right now but the way you play them does not have to be in kind of frightening emerging names, right? >> sure. as we talked earlier real estate is a local market business. it is about supply and demand. you can invest in emerging markets directly in countries like brazil or in countries like hong kong or singapore. liz: brazil, why brazil? people talk about the olympics coming and currency and people are excited about roseville, but is there something about it you particularly like that we haven't mentioned? >> brazil is the sixth largest economy, is growing great natural resources, great agriculture, great commodities. liz: when you talk intel, intel will tell you it is the second-largest market right now where people are buying pc for pretty significant there. >> their unemployment is around 5%. demographically it is

i am liz claman. count down to the closing bell begins right now and there is no closing bell because the new york stock exchange and the nymex and the nasdaq castillo's. the east coast trying to come back from the damage of hurricanes and the. every corner covered for you. when all is said and done it might be atlantic city that suffers the most. atlantic city underwater as presidents flooded out and that historic boardwalk which is a huge tourism focus under water in shambles. check this out. video from yesterday of the crane in midtown manhattan collapsing, simply folding like a matchstick. that happened at 3:00 p.m. monday. the crane is part of construction on a luxury condo building said to be the tallest condo skyscraper in manhattan when it is finished. 90 floors, still evacuated at this hour from the parker meridian hotel to carnegie hill apartment. the apartment in that building anywhere from 20 to $50 million. of course the building is still empty but the rest of the buildings surrounding it

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our very own liz claman. her blood is so blue, have to wonder whether lives is seeing red. >> i am with wearing red. >> no, no, that would be it. they were the downand out folks in beverly hills. >> all i can tell you is if i hear one person, i've heard of thousands they that is redline. everyone loves a 99-cent store, but they have to, can you imagine, who knows where it's going to be. listen, i wouldn't think this would be good. [talking over each other] >> what happens to the full image of rodeo drive in beverly hills? not that there's anything wrong with it. >> what could be worse? what could be worse. that is every -- it is everywhere. there are a lot of storefronts that are empty right now. neil: no way that your old family neighbors are welcoming and 99 cents store. >> you are so wrong. i called. [talking over each other] neil: the average -- >> here is why, the average is told of her own. eric schiffer, the ceo knows that i like them. he is the one that says there is a market for this. how do you thin

tracy: up next liz claman has not one but two exclusive ceo interviews.hairman of home depot here to talk about growth at home and abroad and react to an analyst who talks about the company. plus ceo of ruby tuesday on posting its first rise in same-store sales in nearly two years. countdown to the closing bell is next. the dow is basically flat. don't go anywhere. liz: good afternoon everybody i'm liz claman. this is countdown to the closing bell. we're beginning right now. why is your money doing what it's doing? well, rite now we could start off with the dow jones industrials fighting tooth and nail just straddling that flat line, up a fraction, dow a

now we continue count down to the closing bell with liz claman. liz: the only upside is the l.a.p the stanley cup for another year. that is it. gaming companies losing at the table. nicole petallides at stock exchange, you are a fan. >> i take the rangers and islanders if they are ever in a battle. let's look at some of the gaming company's you were talking about, pan national gaming, that is one we a looking at and the reason is because we know it is tough times, we know a lot of companies have cut earnings seasons and such, but we have an insider acknowledging the issue. that is when you know it is coming to fruition. mccow is the catch king for these companies, las vegas is waiting and the ceo saying the company's earnings, the company does not see robust recovery, noting that there has been slow construction and economic conditions have been tough and someone from the inside saying exactly that. not happy by the way. i tried to play it down but at all sporting events. liz: don't play down loving hockey. this is the hockey hour. thank you for calling -- and he was supposed to

we now continue countdown to the closing bell with liz claman. iz: that interview is making a lot of news here but what the market is responding to is his professional side of the business, the trade is starting to see some growth so pretty interesting. >> it was a great interview and i enjoyed how resilient he is. company same regardless who wins the election. that is a great interview with the ceo of home depot. another big name on wall street, talk about trucks and vehicles look at the stock and how it is fairing. what we heard today is they were telling shareholders we are waiting for ten days and will get a response back. so carl icahn made this offer to buy these outstanding shares so they're trying to take a little breather and digest this at huge premiums to yesterday's close of 21%. interesting how the stock never got to that level of $32.50 but did set a new annual high. we will continue to follow it because you have the activist investor billionaire who could make a lot of changes in a lot of companies so we will see what happens in thi

i am liz claman. live from cleveland, ohio. this is "countdown to the closing bell." a day where we are seeing a pretty significant rally. one day before president barack obama comes to ohio again. both he and the governor have been here many many times. it is a key battleground state. fox business is choosing great american cities like cleveland and our open for business series to talk about no matter what the economic atmosphere, companies are making it happen. cleveland was a stop in my career. back in the early 90s. i covered everything. it was a big story, marsh fires. i was at hurricane andrew. i know, the hair, please. and that outfit. category five hurricane. i got to cover all the biggest stories. i knew cleveland was a great city for business. keep in mind, ohio, a key battleground state. you saw how many times ohio was mentioned last night. already, we have spoken to the brand new billionaire owner of the cleveland brown's. he is from knoxville, tennessee. telling me this is it. he will make the browns a winning team. mark shapiro, the president of the clev

follow me on twitter @ liz claman. after the break we're going to tell you which stock hit its highest level in more than a year. why amazon might not be happy about that. stay tuned. 4g lte is the fastest. so, which supeast 4g lte service would yochoose, don't rush into it, i'm not looking for the fastest answer. obviously verizon. okay, i have a different chart. going that way, does that make a difference ? look at verizon. it's so much more than the other ones. so what if we just chaed the format altogether ? isn't that the exact same thing ? it's pretty clear. still sticking with verizon. rizon. more 4g lte coverage than all other networks combined. i took my son fishing every year. we had a great ot, not easy to find, but worth it. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those daymight be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing

i'm liz claman. it is the last hour of trading. this is countdown to the closing bell.e're beginning right now and yes it is a market sell off, day two of losses as all of the major indices are falling right now, but in the last hour, the velocity of the drop is accelerating. now at the low of the session the dow was down about 236 points. a minute ago down 234. right now down 207. watching it very closely. check the nasdaq. the nasdaq erasing its gains for the entire week after yesterday. not a great day at all. but the dow and the s&p are fighting to end the week higher. will that happen? you have to stay with us this entire hour because it looks like it will be close. it is the blue chip blues. of course mcdonald's and ge are really dragging down the dow jones industrials. both of them disappointing investors on different levels with their earnings reports. and microsoft's numbers after the bell yesterday annoyed investors so much so that today microsoft again pulling back

continuing our "countdown to the closing bell" with liz claman. liz: one day after its ipo, shares of one company workday are up big. when you look at a company that does these things and has a good product in a good service, that is all it takes. lauren: it is actually the biggest tech ipo since facebook went public back in may. workday having a fantastic day, surging 78% right now. a really pretty logo. just under $50, the software company, the market cap about $4.5 billion, so a great day for investors. liz: it has been a great couple of years for my next business. could a numerical cancer drug be available on the market as early as next year? ariad pharmaceutical drugs are on the fast track to approval. up more than 140% year-over-year. dr. harvey berger, ariad pharmaceutical's chairman, founder, ceo joining us exclusively for details on the extraordinary drug that hopes to hit shelves through doctors in q1. your next drug is a lung cancer drug that doesn't have a name, 113? >> right. any medicine for patients with lung cancer. lung cancer is s

now we continue count down to the closing bell with liz claman in cleveland. take it here on the floor of the stock exchange as we take a closer look at some of the solar stocks going into the closing bell. solar not so hot right now. looking at first solar here they are sliding for couple reasons. some reasons include quality which they have acknowledged. analysts say there is a blood over too many solar panels and we have seen that in the new york times article that talked about in china where they were mass producing solar panels. pricing will drop. anyone who took economics in college knows about supply and demand. look at other solar stocks we followed closely with most of them selling off and we should also note many of them are small caps. they do get volatile and they swing in big ways so be careful. too many solar panels means they are selling off. no one really wanting their goods right now. liz: to, ties the problem these things are getting turned out. it happens in solar and silicon valley. let's go to sandra smith who is looking at this week's bigg

right now we continue count down to the closing bell with liz claman. liz: most people when they sign up for a job at hand uniform for a hair net in food service. what about roller skates? sonic is rolling for the year literally. the company reported 25% increase in earnings in its fourth quarter and investors are eating it up. the stock is jumping 40% year to date. let's bring in clef hudson, chairman and ceo of negative joining us from washington d.c.. we need to get you above the mason-dixon line because i can't find any sonics. when will that happen? >> we have some south of the ran north of you and west of view. we will make arrangements for that. we would love to share that with you. liz: i have your eyes drinks but more importantly let's get your numbers the, you beat the top and bottom line, you have some pretty decent numbers here. how is the consumer doing? >> the consumer is challenged from a variety of directions from household that standpoint and levels of employment. is a challenging environment. as it relates to our industry and sonic in p

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now we continue our "countdown to the closing bell" with liz claman. ♪ liz: well, the nasdaq plungingve territory of three points. the dow is still down 49. try to come back. speaking of coming back, once again september auto sales numbers out this morning showed most of lawmakers posted gains for last month. let's sit down to nicole petallides at the new york stock exchange to see how this, the stocks are actually doing, the other retailers. >> reporter: that's right. take a look. $30 per share, up over a full percentage point. this was a $4 stock back in early 2009. certainly this one is doing quite well and has had quite a run up over the last three months or so. 37 percent. now, i have another name for you to take a look at, and nation. automation is at an all-time high today. here it is. up to one 1/4%. looking good. and, by the way, bank of america back in september time, september 21st at a buy rating on this. continue to go up. two names on the move and some gains. liz: and i just brought up the rest of the parts. ap, up nearly a percent, so they, too, they are the retailer do

up next liz claman takes holiday shopping and talks about it with arthur miller. " is next. that was easy for me to say. [laughter] ♪ ♪ liz: good afternoon, everybody. i am liz claman. it is the last hour of trading. this is "countdown to the

on count down to the closing bell liz claman talks to chairman and ceo frank leak.r personal computers continues to crumble. data for research firm gardner and idc shows worldwide shipments of personal computers fell 8% in this third quarter from a year ago. that is the latest from fox business network giving you the power to prosper. dennis: more breaking news we brought you earlier this hour. after the jobs report raised eyebrows, one lawmaker had it. peter barnes with a breaking news from washington. peter: we have been asking on capitol hill if anybody wanted to hold hearings on this issue and look into this. the unemployment rate went down unexpectedly in september from 8.1% to 7.8%. a lot of economists saying it must have been some statistical fluke were something and called into question the labor department's methodology for collecting the data and calculating the unemployment rate. now the top republican, the chairman of the house oversight and government reform committee darrell issa says he wants to hold hearings into the matter. take a listen. >> we very

if now we continue our "countdown to the closing bell" with liz claman. ♪ liz: the only one, the only that just cannot make it is the russell 2000, but everybody else's in the green, not necessarily sell the league, but let's get to nicole on the floor of the new york stock exchange. what are the traders looking at next week? >> reporter: well, ben willis, a trader and will give us a look at next week on the market. hovering around the unchanged line. unemployment, and you think -- >> the unemployment numbers, the granddaddy of all numbers, the most important number. for traders we are looking at this 1400 level of the s&p. a key level. resting in the 1410, but we managed to break 1400 on the december futures overnight. that is a scary thought. any of your investors, this is the time to line up your shopping list and other stocks you want to buy. i think we're coming to the point where we may find this correction we have been in maybe coming to an end. liz: the names on the talk about earnings the you're looking for. >> the big names that tend to move, the market, pretty much out, but

[laughter] neil: liz claman,. >> happy to help out. neil: great to have you. >> i predict it will be a very popular store. save some money and spend the rest on the gucci purse. neil: when we come back, the nobel prize for democrats, they will single-handedly bring the continent to its knees. they didn't quite frame it that way in scotland. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach one customer at a time? ♪ or help doctors turn billions of bytes of shared information... ♪ into a fifth anniversary of remission? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. the. neil: this is a good one. did you hear the one about the eu winning a nobel peace prize? it's actually not a joke, it is true. to the folks whose policies have triggered riots. what is not? me getting a pece prize for my successful anti-obesity campaign? we have melissa francis and she is one of he sweetest people. alyssa, wha the heck? >> they had a press conference afterwards and someone had the nerve

up next liz claman will speak with david rosenberg. the band is not playing. find out why. ountdown to the closing bell" is next. liz: good afternoon, everybody. i am liz claman. it is the last hour of trading, "countdown to the closing bell" begins right now. we're looking at a pretty significant selloff. the dow wa dallas entr'acte refs october loss since 2008 and at the lows of the session the dow was down 262-point as you can see down 199 at the moment but not a great day.

cheryl: hello, everybody, i'm cheryl casone and for liz claman. it is the last hour of trading and the "countdown to the closing bell" begins right now. stocks are on track for a fourth day of losses. the dow down triple digits near session lows right now. the economy is "modestly growing." that has not turned the market around. the biggest laggers on the dow, chevron, alcoa, and caterpillar. facing a broad-based selloff. across the board, we will keep our eye on those stocks for you. no surprise to see alcoa drop in today. kicking off earnings after the bell yesterday beat estimates but cut global demand, that outlook anyway and that stock is suffering. yum much better after his report, shares are rallying this morning. apple flipping two days of losses, in green territory. shares are up as well expecting a smaller version of the popular ipad coming next week. of course we will be covering it for you on fox business. traders on the new york stock exchange, cme group and the nymex. not even sure what to call this report today out of the fed. >> ne

that's where we find liz claman of the fox business network. e is live at the rock and roll hall of fame. liz? >> how could you tell, jon? we're here at the rock and roll hall of fame more than a decade ago came here. look at this place. $100 million come through the doors every singler year at the rock hall of fame. i don't know how many years you know this. the term rock and roll was coined in the '50s by chief and dj alan freed. this sit is much more than that. they're big in industrialized business, auto industry and auto parts. if you talk about why the unemployment rate came down so much, if you talk to people from both sides of the aisle, that the auto industry was saved and that certainly helped the situation but what we have here today is cleveland open for business. fox business is picking cities that are great american opportunities of innovation and all day long today and tomorrow we're focusing on famed cleveland businesses like the cleveland clinic, not to mention lubrizol which is a chemical company that warren buffett just bought

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adam: when you work next to liz claman, you always hear it saying what does it mean for investor to make money and what does it mean for me as a consumer? sprint owns a 49% stake in clear wire. i spoke to an analyst, over at evercore partners and he was explaining to me look what this means for sprint is they now have the cash to continue building their 4 g lt network to catch up with verizon and at&t. but down the road, say, three pour years, you are looking at a company, sprint, that already has no strings attached unlimited data plan, data consumption among consumers doubling every 12 months and clear wire has the spectrum space that allows sprint to grow as you are going forward. they see upside potential for sprint. today shares went up a bit. last check they were down. but sprint, he's feeling pretty positive about sprint. liz? liz: okay. here we go, there's the clear wire chart. this was just a simple 1, 2 dollar stock for a while, but then you telegraph this kind of move -- dollars deal on the table. soft bank saying don't need to move on clear wire but everyone is expecting that

david: tomorrow, by the way liz claman will join us live from cleveland for our open tore business series. she will speak with top business executives and leaders in cleveland to find out how the city turned itself around. she will be joined tomorrow by mark shapiro, chief and indian president. all coming tomorrow. melissa: i'm melissa francis and here's what's money tonight. iran rocked by protests. citizens rise up against soaring inflation and supply shortages. are these the first cracks before the downfall of the regime? plus, our all-star panel previews tonight's presidential debate. the economy takes center stage. we'll find out what president obama and mitt romney have to say to win voters. >>> bald may or may not be beautiful. it is in the eyes of the beholder but is it all powerful? will it could give some men a big advantage in business. even when they say it's not, it is always about money. melissa: let's take a look at the day's market headlines. a choppy day for stocks. better than expected data from adp on private sector jobs and unexpected rise in service sector activity. d

follow me on twitter @ liz claman.ou would have known that charlie gasparino was running down here on breaking news on when and if mary shapiro of the sec would be leaving. i tweeted it. the one family tree that's worth 1.6 billion dollars, stay tuned. [ male announcer ] this is steve. he loves risk. but whether he's climbing everest, scuba diving the great barrier reef with sharks, or jumping into the marke he goes with people he trusts, hich is why he trades with a company that doesn't nickel and dime him with hidden fees. so he can worry about other things, like what the market is doing and being ready, no matter what happens, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense, from td ameriade. liz: in the last hour the dow has come back 97-point, all indices in the green and as is ancestry.com. a bid on a private equity firm in europe for $1.6 billion buyout. the stock is up 7.75%. getting close but not quite at the year-to-date highs. this is pretty unbelievable to see such a comeback. we do have the nasdaq looki

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i'm liz claman. wall street is a ghost town effectively shut down for at least 48 hours. all u.s.e closed today and tomorrow as the east coast bundles up and feels the impact of category 1 hurricane which is melding with a a couple of other storms that make it that much more powerful. right now your portfolio is effectively frozen, but we have got everything you need to know the second you can make moves again with your money. check out the view behind me here from our studio here in the middle of manhattan. we are at 48th and 6th avenue. we've got the live look from all up and down the eastern seaboard and the east coast, the national hurricane center said the storm's top sustained winds had risen to nearly 90 miles-per-hour. the storm is accelerating as power outages near 150,000 people are without power all

i am liz claman. the last hour of trading. count down to the closing bell begins right now.r money doing what it is doing? it has been down much of the day. dow jones industrials and nasdaq popped into positive territory. here are a couple data points. gross domestic product growth beat expectations, just barely

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