melissa francis. money with melissa francis. a best-selling author as well. in the meantime, we will discuss >> i think it is actually going to continue to head down all the gold stocks. there tends to be bullish signs, verisign's. >> i think it's going down. it has been since 2002. $1900 per ounce, we need inflation. everybody is devaluing the currency. dumping more money into the market. we need inflation for gold, or peaked at $99 and alex everybody and devalue is there concern said -- currencyy dumping more and more money into the market we need the inflation for gold or i hate to say this the unexpected event, of in north korea getting nuclear missiles. shock people into buying hard assets. neil: neither of the thing is a stretch. to your point, they say that we are not in a camp that says it's going to be good. it could be very good for gold. >> this is true. the thing is -- the story is economies are healing. world are healing did not need that safe haven right now. but with central banks around the world they rush as jonathan pointed out, gold is acti

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by the way, the big sell-off in the dow, someone trying to david: but now we have "money" with melissa francis next. melissa: i am melissa francis and here's what is money tonight. in the looming budget with automatic spending cuts, some lawmakers are actually giving money back to taxpayers. south carolina congressman geoff duncan is here to explain how he is doing it. maybe the white house should listen up. i don't know. with three days left until the sequester cuts, is the president resorting to scare tactics? joining us exclusively on whether we heard the administration cry wolf too many times. those hoping to cash in and not be making the money they had hoped for. dealers are getting slammed by taxes of all things. some hang as much as 75%. will uncle sam drive it back to the black market? even when i say it is not, it is always about "money." ♪ melissa: all right, first, let's start with the market moment. a rough day on wall street. worries on the outcome of the italian election and a growing fear the credit sequester driving stocks lower. all three major indices closing in the red. one

now it's time for melissa francis. ♪ melissa: i'm melissa francis, and here is what is "money" tonightsequester chaos. brutal budget cuts loom. both sides refuse to budge, and the economy is set to pay the price. director of the natonal economic council will join us on whether the white house can resolve it. plus, speaking his mind. delivering a fierce defense of conservative health care proposals and free-market sweat president obama's sitting right next to him. he said of a firestorm. dr. carson is here with his plan. that john dropping discovery by the federal trade commission gallatin's of millions of credit reports are riddled with errors. consumers don't even know about it. we have a top credit expert with the first thing you need to do to protect yourself. even when they say it's not, it's all about "money." ♪ melissa: on to our top story. one issue at the forefront, of course, sequestration. that is the $85 billion in automatic spending cuts that are set to kick in march 1st. that is less than three weeks away by the way. huge implications for americans and the economy if the c

"money" with melissa francis is up next. david: we'll see you tomorrow. >> i'm melissa francis and here's what's "money" tonight. reducing the deficit through immigration reform. how did it work? president obama held meetings today with top ceos and labor leaders. we have all the latest details. >>> plus the justice department body slammed standard & poor's alleging it defrauded investors over mortgage securities rating. is s&p cooked? john eagan, ceo of eagan jones rating company joins us exclusively to react. >>> the entire electronic industry could be turned upside down. foxconn workers in china will get the first free union vote. these guys produced 40% of the world's electronics. will this push up the price of your smartphone? you might want to embrace for impact. even when they say it's not it is always about money melissa: first let's take a look at today's market moments. stocks recovered after the worst day of the year. solid u.s. and european economic data helped put the bulls back on the track. the dow briefly cli

"money" with melissa francis is next. melissa: i'm melissa francis and here's what's "money" tonight. the president says hiking the minimum wage will do wonders for workers but a multifranchise owner testifying in front of congress today says it is going to do just the opposite. he joins us exclude exclusively to explainhy. >>> plus pass climate change legislation or else. president obama threatens executive orders t cut pollution but would cutting out congress cross the line? lou -- blue dog democrat kurt slader is here to respond. >>> cafornia is running out of doctors. the golden state prepares for obamacare only to find out it has got a physician shortage. how a wave of newly insured patients could overwell wem the state. even when they say it is not, it is always about money. melissa: so on to our top story tonight. one of president obama's boldest calls in last night's state of the union speech was to raise the national minimum wage from $7.25 to nine bucks an hour. that's a 24% increase. and it brings us back to the

liz: money with melissa francis is next, and have a great night. ♪ melissa: i'm melissa francis.id you check your work e-mails after hours? it may be time to get paid. a legal battle could have workers making overtime for picking up their blackberry outside the office. the fallout for businesses would be enormous. we've got the details. plus, how about a lawsuit with that college degree? yale and other top schools are suing their graduates for not paying back student loans. it is a growing financial nightmare across the country. you've got to hear this one. and turning tail in the persian gulf. the budget act is cutting the region's u.s. carrier fleet down to one. what could this mean for oil security? one of the reasons top security experts -- one of the ream's top security experts. even when they say it's not, it's always about money. ♪ melissa: all right, our top story tonight is a potential landmark legal case out of chicago. it could impact anyone with an employer-issued smartphone. a chicago police sergeant claim it is city owes him overtime pay for all of the time he's spe

thanks for joining us here on melissa francis's program, "money". i'm sure we'll talk about sequestration now till the end of the deadline. we'll shift gears. a "money" update on a story that will make you want to slam down the phone on government waste. an investigation into government program that gives free phones to the poor. we're telling you about this because you're paying for it. almost half the participants are scamming you. all of us, that give, land line or cell phone or both, we're all being charged monly to support the program called lifeline. the federal mmunications commission which is conducting the investigation, they have already found that nearly 41% of the 6 million lifeline subscribers can't even show that they need the basic requirement for enrollment. that is just the beginning of how our money is going up in smoke. the person who reported this story for "the wall street journal" is back with more of the outrage just allegations. -- outrageous. thanks for joining us. how do 41% of people that don't qualify for a program admitt

. >> "money" with melissa francis is next. we hope you have a lovely weekend. ♪ melissa: i'm melissa francis. two words, senator heraldo, dipping his toe in a potential u.s. senate run. the answer to restoring fiscal sanity in washington? the man, the myth, and the legend is here to respond. plus, 13 states look at hiking minimum wage. they may get more than they bargainedded for. will it cost workers their jobs? we'll crunch the numbers. a toy empire built without spending a dime on commercials. your kids are like mine, they are the biggest things since legos all through the power of youtube. the ceo joins us to explain his genius strategy. even when they say it's not, it's always about "money." ♪ first, today's market moment, the january jobs report and strong u.s. manufacturing data helped spark a big rally for stocks. the s&p 500 posted its fifth straight weekly gain, but it is the dow that stole the show today without question. blue chip soared 149 points, closing above 14,000 for the first time since october 12th of 2007.

adam: melissa francis is on vacation. i'm adam shapiro. we'll start tonight with a warning from bellwether wal-mart t says they're facing a sluggish start to the year because higher payroll taxes and higher gas prices are weighing on sales. here's what one wal-mart executive said in an e-mail to his colleagues. in case you haven't seen a sales report these days, february, month to date sales, are a total disaster. the worst start to a month i have seen in my roughly seven years with the company. now we all know that when wal-mart gets hammered, it's not good for everyone else. so today we have a business executive "money" power panel to get to the real stories bottom of all this. tom stenberg, cofounder and former ceo of staples. can thin montan ceo of fastsigns and clint greenleaf. founder of greenleaf book group. i want to welcome you all to "money". let's start about the payroll tax increase. let me start with tom first. clearly they said it was having an impact. they said it is a small increase but even that small increase is hurting a

it is exclusive. >> i'm melissa francis here's what "money" tonight. welcome to austin, texas.e're going behind the business of jpmorgan chase, the largest bank in the u.s. chairman and ceo jamie dimon predicted the housing market would come roaring back. new data shows it is the strongest it has been in years. so where does he see the next big rebound in the economy? we'll ask him in a fox business exclusive. >>> plus, a bang or a whimper? sequester gloom and doom reaches a fever pitch but will it really be as booed as some say? david walker, the former comptroller general is here to cut through all the noise and nonsense. >>> california businesses reach their breaking point with high taxes and crushing regulation don't have to be their future. arizona governor jan brewer has a plan to steal businesses away from the golden state. she joins us to explain. even when they say it ace not it is always about "money" melissa: first let's take a look at today's market moment. we were so close. stocks continued the march to all-time highs for much of the day. stocks sold off in the fin

melissa francis and sandra smith. what do you think?> i have a totally different interpretation the mainstream media flipped this. you saw it on the screen, this is because the payroll tax cuts expired. they noticed all these writers that their paycheck on january 1st was smaller than it was before. this doesn't have anything to do with the government. that money that disappeared in january, hey, look, there it is. the government has it. i think they are waking up to what is going on. >> neil: i hope you are right, i disagree with you. sandra, one could seize on this and whatever we are doing is working because things are beginning to chug along and deficits are coming down. we're only looking at $800 billion deficit? >> that is not the case. the media is touting that $3 billion surplus, we're on our way. it has nothing to do with the fact that there were spending less in the month of january. in fact it wasn't because they were growing jobs and economy was actually improving. they were taxing those that were earning more, bottom line,

melissa francis, she is the host of "money with melissa franc francis" what's going on. >> you quoteduble, and it's not supposed to be a measure of the economy after all, this is about having a disability or injured at work. you were working and something came along you can' receiving the payments for the family is aslope. why do we have double the people than in 1996. as you dig into the numbers, it seems like a lot of people might be using disability or some portion at least, for things, maybe don't necessarily qualify. for example, when we looked at the ages of some people and the general accountability office dug this up. 10,000 employees over the age of 70 were receiving federal workmen's comp to help you out and get better and go back to work and you look further and there are 430 people that are over the age of 90. who are really collecting disability as if they're getting better to go back to work for long periods of time. lock even further. there are six people more than 100 years old. >> alisyn: come on. >> who are collecting federal disability. and say they are expecting to

and melissa francis is not bleak. "money with melissa francis" on the fox business network. it's something that everybody senses, but to see it in numbers. >> this is a serious study, it's not a study that they did for a newspaper, this is rutgers university they talked to a thousand different people and what they're responding to is really this slow recovery that we've seen. in the past when we've seen a recession, usually you see the bounceback. we haven't gotten that this time because of the destruction in the housing market and destruction of the financial system. that's one of the reasons and as a result, the people they surveyed, 60% said they think that there has been some permanent change in the economy and another 30%, 29% said they don't think we will ever go back where we were in terms of the economy, economic growth, prosperity, home values. they don't think they're ever going to see what they saw before. it speaks to the pessimism out there now. >> and obviously, critics of the-- there have been a lot of

melissa: i'm melissa francis and here's what's "money" tonight. the government is dumping money into solar and wind power. but is nuclear power being left by the side of the road? the industry faces daunting challenges with the government playing favorites. we speak exclusively with the ceo of westinghouse electric. >>> north carolina makes radical new cuts to jobless benefits that will allegedly help boost businesses. should other states take notice, or will it discourage unemployed workers? one of the state senators backing the cut is here to explain. he is brave. >>> a new king of the friendly skies. american and us airways merge with the biggest airline but will passengers be stuck at the gate? the head of travel north america joins us exclusively with a inside scoop. even when they say it is a not it is always about "money" melissa: our top story tonight, the newest areas in government that are officially named as high-risk for wasting and abusing your tax dollars. the government accountability office puts out the report every two years. and

i know that melissa francis and lori rothman will pick up on that. melissa: we are. people getting hammered is a sign that the economy is getting better. lori: tobacco and alcohol gambling. those companies tend to do well when the country stinks. i am lori rothman. melissa: i am melissa francis. nothing can stop the post office from safi. only the weekend. lori: our money is under attack. the latest target in a string of the latest target attacks. melissa: jcpenney is one year into its major overhaul. we'll ask an analyst at this revamp is working. now it is time for stocks. nicole petallides standing by. we are struggling for games today. down five points. nicole: we have had three days in a row, basically, with triple digit moves. we have also had 14,000. we have not seen those level since 2007. here we are today right now about five points down on the dow jones industrial average at 13,974. something that i although noticed was the drug index. it has been a part of this move that we have been seeing. names like merck and united healthcare have been weighing on the

melissa francis is traveling with mr. dimon is austin, texas joining us now with more, melissa? >> back on the road in a famous bus tour. he put on a pair of boots and hopped on a bus to rally the troops from branch to branch here. hard to imagine lloyd blankfein in boots, but it's possible. this is the third time i've been on a bus tour with him, and this time, a few days, of course, ago, he announced cutting jobs, 19,000 over two years and 15,000 in mortgages, and 14,000 in branches like this committing to opening another hundred branches per year every year at the same time. meanwhile, as you mentioned, we are getting a look at their internal proprietary data. this is the stuff they use around the bank to make their decisions about what they will do. of course, they have 50 million customers and a bird's eye view into what everyone is doing. one of the things that jumped from me at the data for a preview is that spending on credit cards went up 13% in january year over year. that's a huge jump. i mean, 13% more this year versus last year, especially when you compare that to d

what we're really talking about is is there a melissa francis and justify discrimination?siness deliberately passing over a better qualified person and businesses want to make money. they would only do that by accident. not on purpose. sandra: a holder challenge. helene core would you even proved that you were discriminated against because -- you may not get hired because they did not, you know it -- that did not like your experience, the last job your raft of your track record. they don't necessarily tell you. there could be a lot of frivolous lawsuits year. >> that's horrible when you're in that test 22 endo know why you have not got a job. the standard you were talking about, the challenger were talking about his intense. can you find a smoking gun where employers said we have the intent of disqualifying the sober people simply because they have not been employed. on individual cases you don't always know. it's a matter of establishing the intent of the business. sandra: i don't know. i want the best person for the job, whatever company it is, whether it's the one i've

our very own melissa francis does asking the sports guys about that is just nuts. >> it does seem a littlethey have wal-mart, they have goldman sachs they have food companies, they have everyone pitching in. you can imagine when you get a call from washington and nursing that we want to be on the committee to talk about climate change or whatever and they are saying, okay. you can't really say no. but it really reminds me of evy other committee they put together in washington. these guys may come up with good suggestions and they go absolutely nowhere. liz: i believe it was henry waxman if we want to break through the barricade. they say they want to jumpstart the action. the once again, you can make all the suggestions in the world. but what is the point? climate change, i don't know that we want to have them act on. they have brought together all these ceos, and they did come up with some good ideas one was you know, none of them cost money. businesses in the area, colleges in the area, why don't they talk about training programs they could put in a place to train students. they can fill

with melissa francis.l have the lieutenant governor of california to respond to the governor and other critics saying business is bad in california. we'll have a response in one hourment back to you. >> thank the arizona governor, jan brewer. i love that, she said, we want performance. >> that's right. >> do something. >> put up or shut up. it is a quarter till. time for stocks, a busy day for nicole on the floor of the new york stock exchain. at one point, 15 points or there abbut. >> exciting day; right? an exciting time. we've been waiting to see how close and how fast we'd get back to the highs set back in 2007. as you noted, ashley, it's been busy, 15 points from the all-time closing high we set back on object 9th. the vix, the fear index, pulled back. one thing that was concernedd yesterday, for example, gained, didn't see heavy volume. that's something to watch in the back half of the trading day. where's the volume and conviction? however, you have to note there's gainers, retail, drugs, banks, oil

. >> i'm dennis kneale in for the irrepressable melissa francis. here is what is money tonight. is code red for the meat industry. possible widespread beef shortage. are the fears overblown? secretary of agriculture tom vilsack joins to us respond. >>> president obama wants $50 billion in fresh stimulus. completely missing out though on $100 billion stimulus already coming, from the private sector. it is an economic boost almost no one has heard about. we'll explain. >>> are rlling blackouts coming to california? officials admit a growing dependence on green energy could cause an electricity crisis. you got to hear it to believe it. we got the details. >>> even when they say it's not, it is always about money. dennis: all right. first let's start with today's market moment. stocks mounting a huge rally today. concerns over europe's debt crisis eased following a strong debt auction in italy. u.s. pending home sales also topping expectati, hitting close to a three-year high. the best day for the major indexes since january 2nd. the dow is now 89 points away from its all-time high.

i am in for "lou dobbs tonight," you can see me alongside melissa francis each day here on fox business. neil: if we hit a down record, not today, what if i told you we're looking at a resolution? welcome i'm neil cavuto it did not happen today, but i suspect that it is not a matter of if but when the dow takes more than 5 year high, that is good until you remember, what we were a little more than months away from at that time, a recession and later a meltdown, first signs were sprouting, home prices are easing and homeowner were having problems paying their mortgage, not a tumble in prices. not a lot of stressed homeowners but signals that maybe consumers were getting into a crunch, then came the crunch. i am saying that the signs are more persuasive, we're in for some stormy weather, how else do you explain walmart worried? walmart, a magnet for the common man uncommonly concerned about a payroll tax, and rising gas prices. and all because, now and then, most were focused on wrong thing. dismissing the rich getting zapped with higher taxes now, convinced they could bear it, so could t

i'm lori rothman you can catch me alongside melissa francis. thank you for joining us, good night. from new york. neil: read it and weep, coat wall street closes in on a record, why is wall strt laying off with a vengeance? welcome i am neil cavuto, at fox on top of broker bumming out, a bot of brokers. these guys got a case of the blues, jobs blews, today, news that jpmorgan chase plans to cut 4,000 jobs in consumer banking business this year, and 13,000 next year that is a lot, goldman sachs likelyhe same, as it begins annual weeding out of so-called underperformers, early this week. now keep in mind goldman sachs has already cut its workforce by 9% or 3300 employees. so you see a pattern? bank of america, citigroup, ubs ag, they have been cutting staff for years now, they show no signs of letting up now. the problem, well despite the busy market driven by surprisingly few players, not so busy anything else, investment banks under pressure in their other fa far-flung businesses, y are squeezing the lemon to make whatever lemonade they can, cutting costs, managingic pengs, the lik

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