moody's cited the city's high debt profile and liabilities. those include ownership of a hotel, golf course, performing arts center, brewery and restaurant. city officials say they're working to improve the city's credit profile. iowa city is focusing on a new east side sports complex that could bring more recreational sports to the area. the hope is to transform about 75-acres of city owned farmland at taft avenue and 420th street southeast into recreational space. the idea comes after recent flooding forced tennis courts and baseball diamonds in lower city park to close for much of the summer in 2013 and 2014. project leaders hope to have a draft of the new east side sports complex out sometime in the next month. it will likely include more

moody's are bearish.onditions in the mining industry will not improve for a prolonged period of time they said today. both companies are coming from back grounds -- different backgrounds. kevin: six caroline: six above junk. >> moody's announcement on the face of it could be quite negative, but commentary from moody's was quite positive was in the chief financial officer could be enough to see them through the short-term. more aggressive as it sale plan. it seems like there owing the right direction. bhb, it is focused on dividends. caroline: glencore may be stable for now, but bhb, must be slightly worried about for they're going to do to protect themselves. however risk is the dividend? >> most analysts believe they will cut this policy, essentially a promise they will keep paying higher dividends every year. that is unsustainable. most people think bhb are going to have to cut it. billion paying back funds to shareholders. most people think they could cut it by about half and that will give them had ro

moody's cited the city's high debt profifi and liabilities. those include ownership of arts center, officials say they're working to improve the city's credit profile. an iowa state university survey says farmland values have declined for a second year in a row. the survey shows iowa farmland values year. the report says farmlmld values dropped to a statewide average of about 76-hundred dollars an acre. that's down from,a peak of 87-hundred dollars per acre in 2013. the researcher says stagnant commodity ices and declining farm income means values soon. but he says they're still almost 14 percent highethan 2011 values. values dropped in all counties except allamakee, clayton, and dubuque. a temporary homeless shelter in iowa city has picked up right where it left it's full. last night was the first night of operation for the temporary emergency shelter this year the shelter is inside an empty office building it provides an emergency place for people to stay who can't or won't stay at the city's only other facility for the homeless, the shelter

the moody family lead as recess of cars through the underpass to honor officer moody. >> inspects arenderway on hundreds of muni buses after two caught fire. the fire started right where buses connect with overhead wires. muni pinned the problem on a connection on the polarizing above the buses. it has replaced dozens of connections at buses that are 15 years old, or older. they are adjusting the maintenance schedule. they are replacing the connection on the entire threat that will take three months. muni will shuffle buses around to minimize the service delays. >> in time to drop off the toy donation? in problem. uber has you covered. >> today only, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 people, uber is teaming up with san francisco firefighters to collect new and unwrapped toys. it is called uber slay, you request the sleigh and a driver will meet you pick up the toy or toys and drop them off at charities. ♪ o' say can you see >> santa rosa high school choir will have the honor of sing the national anthem at the foster farms bowl. the high school won the compete in a live audition against nine oth

they have had been training at moody since february. the base is not releasing the men's names or descriptions but say they are not a threat to the community >>> boston health officials confirmed norovirus is behind the outbreak at a chipotle. there were several violations, including allowing a sick >>> it was our story. a miniature horse shot in both legs and police are trying to figure out who is to blame. max's owners say he was on the property when he was shot and they are concerned that one leg may never heal and max needs a prosthetic. >>> the controversial blue heels deer hunt is over. and the state says that it stayed safe and orderly. more than 80 hunters took part and killed a total of 64 deer on the blue heels reservation. >>> on to houston. the pats back on the practice field trying to work out some kinks after two straight losses. coach belichick is not looking back, but only forward. >> the challenge this week is a great environment, sunday night. a lot of energy in that place. hopefully we'll be able to play our best game

on december 9th, moody's investors servicic downgraded the city's bond rating. that's generally seen as a negative reflection of the city's finances and can make it harder for coralville to borrow money the bond rating dropped to the owest rating of investment grade on moody's scale. the company rated coralville this way because of its high debt and liabilities. liabilities include things like ownership of a hotel and performance center. coralville has about 267-million dollars in debt. in iowa, only cedar rapids and des moines - both much larger cities - have more debt. the rating will have little impact on residents. they say they expect to see the city continue to grow. while coralville residents' property taxes do help pay off this debt, those property taxes will not increase. "no, they're not, and we have.. and we have never missed debt payment, we continue to make those payments, and we don't have any plan to do differently." the city is moving forward with a 7-thousand seat arena project in the iowa river landing. the city says that project will open debt

moody's doesn't expect a significant shift in commodity prices next year.hp billiton moving higher. glencore too. glencore had been suffering, but its aggressive approach to shrinking the industry's biggest debt pile is fueling optimism today. in the past three days, credit default swaps ensuring glencore's debt for five years have been falling. down, casino taking its two-day drop to 15%. down 2% at the moment. this started dropping yesterday after a short seller named this short, as his latest saying it is using financial engineering to mark a sharply deteriorating core business. casino did come back and basically said these allegations were misleading and erroneous. i can tell you that jpmorgan has also come out disagreeing with carson block. still, casino shares trading lower. jonathan: thank you very much. let's talk about the political moves. u.k. prime minister david cameron said his did the change britain's relationship with the european union is gathering momentum. he conceded that the move was unprecedented. >> we are attempting something very dif

on december 9th, moody's investors service downgraded the city's bond rating. that's generally seen as a negative reflection of the city's finances and can make it harder for coralville to borrow money. the bond rating dropped to the lowest rating of investment grade on moody's scale. the company rated coralville this way because of its high debt and liabilities. ownership of a hotel and performance center. coralville has about 267-million dollars in debt. only cedar rapids and des moines- much larger cities- have more debt. kcrg-tv9's iowa city bureau chief mark carlson joins us now. mark, city officials are saying residents shouldn't panic? yes, we really wanted to take a closer look at the impact this will have on residents today. and coralville city officials say, there will be little impact on residents. city officials say they expect to see the city continue to grow. they are moving forward with a 7-thousand seat arena project in the iowawaiver landing. they say that project will open debt free, if it gets to that point. while coralville residents propert

newsfor the day's business with kate moody. venezuelans have been given the opposition a majority in parliamentary elections. that is a real change. and the weak economy was cited as one of the most pressing issues. >> this is really seen as a blow to nicolas maduro. he's blamed for overseeing an economy expected to shrink by as much as 10% this year since he took office in 2013 inflation and unemployment have soared. basic goods have been hard to come by. snaking supermarket queues like this one are a common sight in pellets -- venezuela. everything is in short supply. >> there's no milk. i haven't been able to get milk for nine months. i can't get eggs either. look at this line. it's horrible. thehings are available on black market for those who can afford them. but those getting fixed salaries have practically no buying power as the balance whelan -- venezuela currency is almost worthless. of itsounts for 96% exports. venezuela is essentially bankrupt. >> without doubt the economic gouges --- price smugglers. has followed th

on december 9th, moody's investors service downgraded the city's bond rating. tt's generally seen ap a negative reflection of the cityty financnc and can make it harder for coralville to borrow money. the bond rating dropped to the lowest rating of investment grade on moody's scale. the company rated coralville this way becauau of its high debtbtnd liabilities. liabilities include things like ownership of a hotel and performance center. coralville has about 267-million dollars in debt. in iowa, , ly cedar raraids and des moines - both much larger cities - have more debt. coralville city officials say the rating will have little impact on residents. they say they expect to see the city continue to grow. while taxes do help pay off this debt, those property taxes will not increase. "no, they're not, and we have.. and we have never missed a debt payment, we continue to make those payments, and we don't have any plan to do differently." the city is moving forward with a 7-thousand seat arena project in the iowa river landing. the city says that project will open de

moody's cited the city's high debt profile and liabilities. those include ownership of a hotel, golf course, performinin arts center, brewery and restaurant. city officials say they're credit profile. iowa city is focusing on a new east side sports complex that could bring morere recreational sports to the area. the hope is to transform farmland at taft avenue and 420th street southeast io recreational space. the idea comes after recent flooding forced tennis courts and baseball diamonds in lower city park to close for much of the summer in 2013 and 2014. project leaders to have a araft of the new eastst side sports complex out sometime in the next month. it will likely include more tennis courts, baseball diamonds and soccer fields. "we've even heard a need for an additional indoor space, which wasn't something we were really looking at from the onset, a walking track, gymnasium, there seems to there. " you might not normally see at an athletic complex, things like cross country trails, or maybe a pickle ball set-up. officials hope to gett go

kate moody reports. kate: this is the alleged aftermath of the russian airstrikes in england - - in idlib. the deals like these were studied by and miss claims that videos like these were studied and amnesty international claims that moscow -- >> we believe they have committed war crimes in syria by directly attacking residential areas, including medical facilities. using inherently indiscriminate cluster munitions. using deadly bonds in populated areas. -- deadly bombs in populated areas. kate: it focuses on six particular attacks and calls on moscow to provide compensation for the civilian deaths and four and independent -- and for an independent investigation to be launched. >> we would like him to acknowledge what he has done. began airstrikes in september, saying it was acting at the request of syrian president bashar al-assad and targeting strongholds of the islamic state group. book -- the strikes have been criticized by the u.s.-led coalition. they have accused moscow of targeting opponents of th

overall, home prices are still 12% below peak, but moody's expects prices to keep climbing. locally, there are new signs that home prices are soaring well beyond boston. the median price of a single family home was $340,000 for the first 11 months of this year. that's up 2.3%. cities that don't traditionally benefit from economic boosts like lynn, new bedford, and fall river also saw a jump in prices. erika: now a look at the top trending stories on social media this morning. randy: a former glee star is arrested on child porn charges. 33-year-old mark salling was handcuffed yesterday, after a warrant was served at his home in los angeles. an ex-girlfriend allegedly tipped off police. salling is best known for starring in the musical comedy-drama which ended its run this year. erika: carrie fisher is responding to movie goers, who were apparently surprised to see she doesn't look like this anymore. the original princess leia reprises her role in the new movie, star wars, the force awakens. she put out a tweet saying, in part, quote please stop debating whether or not i aged

time now for business with kate moody. hi, kate.l here inary france, for unemployment to be taken as seriously as terrorism? from thes is the call rather outspoken head of the made employers union in france. he said to french radio this tuesday morning rather that the government needs to roll out an emergency plan to create jobs in the same vein as the one imposed since last month's terror attacks. he called it a scandal of mass proportions and that with this high rate of youth unemployment, many young voters have been pushed towards the national front. they have been -- -- a critic about far right platform. the -- thiscome as comes as the statistics agency had a gloomy outlook? kate: just 3% growth, in line with what had been predicted before. putting the 19 member bloc on track for that 1.6%. it hasn't had too much affect on the european market, who is following a negative trend that was set in asia. a plunge overnight has been dragging down oil prices. bit, stilla little trading at just under 30 at dollars per barrel. very low fo

associate managing director for european banking at moodies. let's give you a run down of what to watch this trading day. weekly jobless claims out at 8:30 a.m. eastern. new filings for unploilt expected to rise slightly to 270,000. claims have been below 300,000 for 43 straight weeks. at 10:00 we get the december chicago pmi. that's a precursor to the ism manufacturing index out next week. we're going to squeeze in a break. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back. now serving more than 1 billion rides a short trip on honda marked the 1 billionth ride since '09. so celebrate uber is going to reward the lucky passenger that's been identified only as marvin that he will get a year of free rides or the equivalent of 10,000 pounds. his driver will get a free trip to any city where uber operates and it's in more than 360 cities in 68 countries so gives him plenty of choice. microsoft plans to start telling users if it suspects state sponsored hackers have tried to break into their e-mail and cloud file storage accounts. they previously provided alerts

moody's cited the city's high debt profile and liabilities. those include ownership of a hotel, golf course, performing arts center, brewery and restaurant. city officials say they're working to imimove the city's credit profile. iowa city is focusing on a new east side sports complex that could bring more recreational sports to the area. the hope is to transform about 75-acres of city owned farmland at taft avenue and 420th street southeast into recreational space. flooding forced tennis courts and baseball diamonds in lower city park to close for much of the summer in 2013 and 2014. project leaders hope to have a draft of the new east side sports complex out sometime in the next month. it will likely include more tennis courts, baseball diamonds and soccer fields. "we've even heard a need for an additional indoor space, which wasn't something we were really looking at from the onset, a walking track, gymnasium, there seems to be a lot o odifferent ideas out there. " they're also considering things you might not normally see at an athletic co

the moody navy will lead the presays of cars to honor officer moody. >> two muni buses caught fire that where buses connect with overhead wires. muni pinned the problem on a connection on top of the polarizing above the buses. it has replaced dozens of connections in buses that are 15 years old. muni is adjusting the maintenance schedule as a result. replacing the connection on the fleet will take three months. muni will shuffle the buses around to minimize delays. >> in time to drop off toy donations? no problem because u discovered teaching -- teaming up with san francisco firefighters requesting uber sly and the driver meets you to pick up the toy or toys and drop them off at charities. ♪ o' say can you see >> a 10 tan rose high school choir has the on of singing the national anthem at the's step farms bowl winning competeing against nine other finalists. the bowl happens on saturday december 6 at levi stadium in santa clara. >> this morning, it is not so chilly. >> 33 degrees is cool of the i have seen in san francisco ford and around campbell. we will watch it. another hour to 1 1/

moody's says increasing competition from earned ising states could force at least one of new jersey's eight remaining gaming halls to fold. four of the 12 went out of business last year. the the atlantic club, show boat, revel and trump plaza. moody's is not predicting how many more will go belly up but notes three are already on the brink, and trump taj mahal, caesars and bally's are in chapter 11 bankruptcy. at least eight more casinos are expect to open in the northeastern united states in the the next three years, and that includes philadelphia's second gambling hall. financial forecast predicts that expansion will hurt the existing casinos in pennsylvania as well. >>> with less than an hour to go in cyber monday, sales analyst say it is on track to be the biggest on line shopping day ever. it is still too early for exact figures but adoby estimated based on their 7:00 p.m. tall that i cyber monday sales would rise 12 percent over last year to $2.98 billion by midnight. on line shoppers ran into a few brief outages at target, neiman marcus and pay pal, monk most popular products,

on december 9th, moody's investors service downgraded the city's bond rating. that's generally seen as a negative reflection of the city's finances, and could make it harder for the city to borrow money. the bond rating dropped d the lowest rating of investment grade on moody's scale. the company rated coralville this way because of its high debt and liabilities. liabilities include things like ownership of a hotel and performance center. coralville has about 267-million dollars in debt. in iowa, only cedar rapids and des moines - both much larger cities - have more debt. coralville city officials say little impact on residents. they say they expect to see the city continue to grow. while coralvlvle residents' property taxes do help pay off this debt, those property taxes will not increase. the better business bureau has a new tool to help you protect yourself from scams. it will send you text alerts about scams on your phone or through email. the bbb's website lists hundreds of the latest scams. the most common one out right now is the i-r-s scam. a caller wil

it turned out i had whiplash in my neck and i did have a concussion i had to school and i was very moodyhey give me a muscle relaxer for my neck but other than that i just ate home with my mom. if there been some identification and everyone would've insisted i had five concussions. dr. kandel: to what degree did you know there was something wrong but you didn't want to the field because the team depended on it. tori: i was so competitive that my passion was incredible for the game to where i didn't want to stop even if i knew something was terribly wrong. dr. kandel: instead of leaving the field they stay there. tori: today i am a lot better but there things i still i still have two to three headaches a week. sometimes i will have headaches for five days without a break. i both of my pupils are now not the same size all the time. it is very difficult for me to be in a lecture and be looking at the board and looking at the powerpoint and going back to my notes. that really stimulates my headaches. i am not under the care of neuroscientists. after my last one i have not had to go back to t

moody's says the company suffers from low profitability from its core businesses. criticism of its accounting practices as well. it has been hit by the route in commodity prices. anothers approved merger between two shipping companies. it is the seconds such move this month as beijing tries to shrink industries facing overcapacity. they have both announced a restructuring. bridgestonee maker has about out of the fight for u.s. auto parts supplier pep boys. is the end of a bidding war that we've seen with investor carl icahn. pep boys had accepted an order from bridgestone and it has risen 93% this year. he would raise his bid even further if bridgestone made another offer. u.s. stocks hit a three-week the firstng to cut global loss for equities in four years. all 10 main groups advanced. lower u.s.orecast of stockpiles. the s&p extending its longest winning streak in a while. the nikkei is also up. ♪ >> from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. rose: we continue our examination of the magnificent human brain. kids and young adults make nearly 250,000

the ratings agency moody's has two notches into junk. again after the company yesterday billioner record $4.5 loss following an accounting scandal. shares are down 20% over the last two days. six months after a spacex falcon 9 exploded on takeoff, a new rocket has successfully placed 11 commercial satellites in orbit before returning to the first stage booster to earth for the first time. rockets guided it to a soft landing at an old missile testing range at cape canaveral. guy: they do very much, indeed inthank you very much, deed. housing prices have risen. emma charlton is here. that is not great news for the bank of england that is beginning to get concerned about what it should do with house prices, particularly buy to let. emma: that is something that they had highlighted in the report. the bank's said it is not worried about the overall trend but it is worried about certain segments of the market including are seeingwhere we activity pickup. the government have tried to put in place measures to counter act that. in the statement w

investigators with the richland county sheriff's office say shawn eric moody junior and brendan wallace threw urine on a guard while shouting gang slogans. they'rereow charged with criminal conspiracy, threatening life of a public employee and throwing bodily fluids on a correctional deputies say this is the second round of arrests made at the jail involving gang members. the orangeburg county sheriff's departmemt is investigating why one of its deputies shot a dog. early this morning, deputies were responding to a call of shots fired shots fired on stilton road when they say a pit bull charged one of them in a quote "extremely aggressive manner." one deputy shot the dog in the leg, then realized the dog was on a chain. animal control took the dog to a local veterinarian to be the orange bowl has started and clemson fans are on the edge of their seats. the game is on espn. joe gorchow reports from florida. a sea of orange invades south beach to ring in the new year. clemson fans turning sun life stadium in miami... into their own death valley... take sot "when you're 13-0 and have a tea

the ceo is hitting back at moodies in a note to its staff.says it seems they weren't able to differentiate between an environment clearly challenging for upstream players and one that opens up opportunities for an asset like trader like ourselves. the stock is down 65% but also being hurt by iceberg research earlier this year of inappropriate accounting they say. >> let's have a look at the energy prices and api data showed inventories crew by 2.9 million barrels last week despite analyst expectations for a decline setting the oil market up for further losses. this after gains during the session due to the cold weather outlook. that's where we are on the brent trade the russian finance minister says this morning he thinks $40 barrel is where we'll average on the wti price this year. that seems top end given what we're learning about supply gluts around the world. >> i think when you try to predict oil prices the world is littered with people that fail to do so and broadly our view on commodities is that they'll remain lower for longer than pe

overall, home prices are still 12% below peak, but moody' s expects prices to keep climbing. locally, there are new signs that home prices are soaring in boston and well beyond. the median price of a single family home was $340,000 for the first 11 months of this year. that' s up 2.3%. the warren group also found cities that don' t traditionally benefit from economic boosts river also saw a jump in prices. wall street will be watching for new home sales data today. right now, stock futures are down. asian markets were mixed overnight in light pre-holiday trading. randy: ' tis the season to get what you really wanted for christmas, but there are some rules that might help you survive the battle of the returns. first, don' t wait too long. yes, you can avoid the crowds , but some stores have a limited window on returns. didn' t want that gift card? don' t just toss it in a drawer and forget about it for too long. there are sites that let you cash it in for 90% of the value or more. and finally, don' t get tricked at the register. giving into the pitch for one of those store cre

the family will lead a procession of patrol cars to honor officer moody. bridge committee will provide updays on the demolition of the bridge span that was imploded. 20 more piers need to be reminded. and caltrain is trying how to proceed with the rest of the demolition. >> bart will give holiday riders the gift of safety, starting tonight the police in cooperation with oakland police and volunteers will help you get to your car safely provided at the west oakland bart station to help people get to their vehicles and escorts walk with passengers to the cars parked three blocks of the station between 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. >> no time to drop the toys off? uber has you covered. today only, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. uber is teaming up with san francisco firefighters to collect new and unwrapped toy s, number better sleigh. -- uber sleigh. you request the sleigh and the driver will pick up the toy or toys and drop them off at charities. >> there is in way you can escape the force surrounding the new "star wars" movie and "the force awakens" hitting theaters ton

6:35 right now, two afghan nationals being trained at an air force base in georgia are missing, at moody air force base say the two men did not report for scheduled training on monday. they've been training at moody since february, the base is not releasing the men's names or descriptions but says they are not a threat to the community. >>> and this morning, we're learning more about how the san bernardino killers could have funded their weapons, arsenal and deadly shooting spree, cbs news reports syed farook got a $28,500 loan from an online lender just a tu -- few weeks before the attacks, still looking at the couple's finances as part of their investigation. >>> a group of police officers who rushed in after the terror attack in san bernardino telling their story for the first time we're hearing at least one child that killed 14 people at a holiday party. one police officer described how he works to keep that little boy calm. >> there was a female there, with a small child, 8-year-old little boy that was just terrified. just shivering, almost. to the point like shaking like a leaf. an

moody who had rheumatism and had to retire. if moody had stayed there and taft had not appointed his replacement the history of the , court might've been very different in 1920 into the 1930's. but it shows you how health and the constitution of the court can change by these accidents. so taft was very proud. he said i've appointed you now, and you rule in a conservative way. that's why i put you there. a little more candid than modern presidents. >> i understand that nelly was upset when he wanted to be a district judge. was she happy that he finally became supreme court judge? lewis gould: the conventional wisdom is that nelly wanted to be first lady and that bill was a reluctant candidate. if you look at his situation assuming roosevelt wouldn't serve a third term what were , taft's options? he could go to the supreme court as an associate justice but that wasn't very socially acceptable. it was nice, but it was not the position she thought she should have. she wanted him to be president and i think he wanted to be president

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city officials say unlike the moody's rating, the rating they use -- s&p -- is much more favorable towards the city. they say residents shouldn't be concerned about property taxes going up, and that the city has a plan in place to pay off most of the debt in the next 20 years. but there's no doubt, such a big debt does impact the city's plans. coralville wants to build a 7-thousand seat arena in the iowa river landing district. but unlike past projects, officials say this one must be debt-free by the time is it "the final step is two-fold, one is to make application to the state of iowa by february 29, to provide the details of that, and the second one is to raise additional funds to pay for the arena, and as we've talked about that's an important component of this, that we have to have the funds that will be able to pay for the project or we wont move forward." recent data does show coralville does have the largest debt per person ratio in the entire state. but again, city officials say they're not concerned -- they have a lot of money coming in and they've never missed a debt payment. ma

. >>> the search is on for two afghan pilots after they disappeared from moody air force base in georgia. they were supposed to graduate from a year long training program next week and the two men were screened before the training program and insist they do not pose any apparent threat. the fighter pilots are part of af small team of afghan fighters training at moody and were set to return to their country in the next few weeks. we'll keep a close eye on that story. >>> the head of the federal investigation into the california terror attacks meeting with the families of the victims today, 14 people lost their lives when the bullets rang out at their christmas party. 21 others injured. assistant director david bod itch is trying to give grieving families more insight into what happened that day. if there were any specific targets. chief correspondent live in san bernardino, california. what did comey say about the foreign influences? >> reporter: it was very interesting listening to the fbi director james comey on capitol hill today. we obviously learned a lot. chief among the idea that b

moody air force base in georgia. the members of the afghan national flight team had been training on plan l >>> two afghans are missing from moody air force base in georgia. the members of the national flight team have been on training plans like these on the base. security experts do not expect them to be any kind of threat. various federal agencies are working on finding them. >>> on a related note, many afghans have decided to leave their country after increasing concerns about safety since the u.s. and nato allies have drawn down the number of forces there. >>> sad news for a well known bay area company that is also nationally iconic. co-founder of the north bay's company. the company's facebook page posted this tribute that reads douglas tompkins helped north face's mantras to never stop exploring since 1966 when he opened as a small skiing and backpacking operation. the company is now headquarters in al media. >>> 5:45. electric vehicle owners will have more options when it comes to getting a charge in the sout

moody's says that it could force another of new jersey's eight remaining gambling halls to close down. there are three more on the brink, trump taj mahal and caesars and baileys. and several more are set to hope in the northeast, including one in south philadelphia. the financial forecast redirects that will hurt the existing casinos in pennsylvania as well as in new jersey. >>> turning to health check this noon, hitting the gym in your younger years may bring health benefits that last a lifetime. john hopkins tracked people from 18 to 30 for 25 years, every extra minute a person was able to run on a treadmill contributed to their life expectancy. >> the "action news" team is out working on news stories for tonight at 4:00, like this one, a colorado mother still mourning the loss of her state trooper son is forging a new connection with him, when she sent a message to his phone and someone responded during her grief. >>> and you condition hide behind your computer anymore, inside the campaign taking people's racial hurtful competents and plasting them on billboards outside of their ho

it is time now for business news with kate moody.christmas is over, but the shopping season certainly is not, as evidenced by the thousands of shoppers who flocked to boxing day sales in the u.k. kate: initial announcements ported to nearly a 12% increase in shoppers. we do not have the official but some places were -- billion pounds, up 4% department stores shows most profitable our in its 100 year history. in the u.s., about half of u.s. consumers are expected to shop post holiday sales this week, according to the national retail federation. 2/3 of americans are likely to exchange their holiday gifts. while gift cards seem like a often expirey without ever being used. aurore: there is an increasingly popular alternative to the chain stores. >> pop-up stores. several artists and designers can share the cost of renting a space. it also means giving new life to old deserted businesses. catherine takes a look at how they are faring in france. they are made to disappear once again. here in this french town, customers are a lot of new br

stephen: that's coming from moody's, which has put the company on review for a downgrade to junk status, citing brazil's weakened economy. brazil's economy shrank by 4.5% in the last quarter and inflation went over 10% in nove mber. a report now from rio de janeiro. reporter: the locks are on and the shutters are down on this street, an embodiment of brazil's economic crisis. more than 600 businesses have gone over in just six months. all the shop owners are getting together to start a movement to call for help. reporter: small businesses, but also households. class is brazil's middle that is paying the highest price. during the boom years, this family bought everything using easily available credit, television, phone, kitchen appliances. and 10,000th no work euros in debt, they are struggling to make ends meet. that ite sold this idea is good to pay things back in installments, but in reality, it is like a snowball. i can't cope anymore. reporter: more than half of brazilian families are indexed, ascituate -- are in debt, situation with no clear resolution. >> the cost of borrowing mon

i was very moody. i couldn't sleep. it was a very tough time for me. >> rose: were you going to medical care at this time at all in. >> no. when i went to the emergency room, they gave me a muscle relaxer for my neck. other than that, i stayed home with my mom. she took off work. >> rose: that's the problem, not identifying the concussion. if, in fact, according to what you've already said, if there had been some identification, everybody would have insisted she not go back and play till it was cleared up. you went through how many concussions? >> i had five. think it's interesting to what degree did you know something was wrong but you didn't want to leave the field because you realized the team depended so importantly on you? >> i feel like, at that point, i would have tried to push through anything. no matter what my symptoms were, i was so competitive and my passion was incredible for the game to where i didn't want to stop, even if i knew something was terribly wrong with me. >> instead of leaving the field, when t

and so i -- >> they don't call him moody for nothing.laughter] >> believe it or not, i've herald that one before. [laughter] i've heard that one before. so i brought two novels, dirty girls which is about africa, great book. steve erickson, the great, speculative fiction, literary fiction crossover guy's book art decks which starts with a really amazing jefferson and sally hemings passage, and then i brought because -- all right, so here's the problem. i'm on book tour, and i can never sleep. so i brought the dullest book imaginable to try to help me sleep. [laughter] >> thank you. >> and who are you going to insult? [laughter] >> i'm here to tell you that the dullest book imaginable is hideacre's being in time. so i brought german philosophy with me to read in the middle of the night if i got really, really insomniac. and then i totally bogged down on that. so on the road i bought elvis costello's memoir which is called "unfaithful sons in disappearing ink," and it's the best music book i've read in some time. i have a guilty pleasure s

catherine: time to move on now with some business news with kate moody. hi, catherine.atherine: the federal reserve has raised its interest rate. ate: for the first time since means the, which american economy is approaching a return to normal conditions. it is an end to an extraordinary seven-year period. the fed brought the rate down to t in a move toen get the economy moving. to 0.25% to 0% 0.25% to 0.5% does not sound like much, but we expect to see a series of gradual increases over the next year. janet yellen says the bank wants to avoid an abrupt tightening and will continue to adapt to economic conditions. >> the importance of our initial increase in the target range for the federal funds rate should not be overstated. increase, theay's stance of monetary policy remains accommodative, thereby supporting further improvement in labor market conditions and a return to 2% inflation. as we indicated in our statement, the committee expects that economic conditions will involve in a manner that will in ant -- will evolve manner that will warrant only gradual increases

that group, the second worst performer this week, seema moody back with more on the financials. >> a tough week for financials, the second worst performing s&p 500 sector this week. some of the big losers include the big banks in is despite rising expectations of a fed rate hike next week. black rock, kkr as well that completed the acquisition of acp's majori majority stock. naviant, ventas, and public storage. >> let us dive into more of the financials. why are you taking a closer look at goldman sachs? >> it could be a lot of names. the point being that the banks have not acted well of late, and goldman is under performing. with that i wanted to start with the problem of what we know is going on. and i would say that the word ugly comes to mind. a train wreck, a disaster, or a crisis. here is the picture of, again, hjg relative to the s&p. the correlation broke down when q 3 started. and hyg has not bought into the extra help from the fed, if you will. i want to look at gold man here relative to the s&p. we know that the s&p is out performing hyg by a great margin, and goldman is u

as the next prime minister will have to focus on securing the country's economic recovery, as kate moody now reports. kate: an inconclusive result that rattled the markets. -- stock exchange's library a stock or change's lower from monday. the government's cost of borrowing rose on the international markets. the conservative party took a hit as voters expressed frustration with years of austerity. >> people have been suffering for a very long time. the cuts have made people's lives agonizing, so this really needs to change. rajince reggie -- since took office, there has beeno 3.4y -- the unemployment rate decrease from its all-time high new 27% but still topped 21% between july and september. the second-highest in europe. >> they say getting better, but the young people are all leaving. they cannot find jobs here. there are no good jobs. this is not a good way to relaunch the country. you whoever does take power will have to keep the economic recovery on track and stabilize the economy. the rest of the stock market at lunchtime in europe -- at 12:00 gmt, maine european markets were tradi

authorities say the two men have been at moody air force base since february of this year and arrival to the u.s. german chancellor angela merkel has been named "time's person of the year." merkel was praised by the magazine for her leadership on everything from syrian refugees to the greek debt crisis, as well her response to vladimir putin's actions in the ukraine. still to come today at noon, what if someone kept a list of every place you went? straight ahead we'll tell you how it's already happening and who's at risk. also, there is life after football. for lynn's family, the big stress is paying four hundred dollars a month in medical and drug costs for aidan. for other families it's higher deductibles, premiums and co-pays that keep adding up. that's why we've got to crack down on price gouging, cap out-of-pocket costs, and fast track approval of less expensive generic drugs. because we've got to get health care costs under control for lynn's family and for yours. dear future, life is good. no, great. i'm like, a man. only better. but even though i know everything, i still feel

moody's has warned brazil that it could cut the country's credit standing to junk. the worlds seventh biggest -- it says the world's seventh biggest economy has declined rapidly. as our team in brazil found out, small businesses and consumers are feeling the pinch. >> the locks are on and the shutters are down on this street in the sunday -- center of rio, embodying the economic crisis. in just six months, more than 600 businesses here have gone under. gilberto is managing to stay afloat. in the 20 years he has been running this shoe shop, he says he has never seen things this bad. >> sales have fallen, not just in my shop, but in the entire city center. shop owners are getting together to start a movement to call for help. >this crisis is really hitting s hard. reporter: small businesses, but also households. and it is brazil's emerging middle class that is paying the highest price. just ask the mendoza family. >> this is our living room, but it is also where my wife does her sewing work. we made some small investments, and until last year it was going well. we wer

im joined in the studio by kate moody. we are going to start off with the latest of elements for the somewhat controversial ridesharing app, uber. kate:h a fresh round -- total valuation for you is $65.5 billion, making it the world's most valuable private startup. expanding in 350 cities across country -- across the -- across the world is being met with opposition. >> fighting uber at its own -- andhe u.s. company haveeast asia grab taxis formed a made alliance that will affect 50% of the world's population. their union will allow customers to access services through an app collaboration. collectively, they have $7 billion in funding, but it is still less than uber's. one copy has invested in three others. lyft, and partl of the $500 million raised the summer for holacab. companies are fighting back against the dominance of inner city car services. earlier this week, you k's black cab launched its own -- the u.k. 's black cab launched its own operation. in france, a rival app was launched called made in france in october.

for garfield counselor laurie moody, it's holiday magic she's witnessed in hallways here. 03:15:18 "it was a family with four boys and the oldest boy was at that age where he didn't know if he believed or didn't believe, then someone came forward and provided for their family all his friends about the magic of christmas and how santa came." but twelve garfield families still need donors. overall, more than 140 families in hacap's service area may not receive the help they're asking for. 03:14:01 03:14:19 "that's heartbreaking. it's just such a magical time, and to think about kids not having that magic, it's sad." a sad reality, hacap hopes to beat. today is technically the deadline for donors to step forward, but now they're extending that timeline. 02:56:43 "we're going to try to help as many families as we can, we're probably going to get donors all the way up through christmas eve." just enough time to make this.. 03:24:12 a viewmaster and a hot wheels garage. 03:22:11 i don't know. 03:23:47 an ipad. a very merry christmas for all. in cedar rapids, sarah mccarthy, kcrg-tv9 news. ag

but if he was he'd likely be labeled as moody, especially after back to back defeats. will he take some of that anger the numbers would indicate yes. brady 4-1 in the regular season against the texans, that one loss back in 2009 in week 17 when brady rested and was relieved by brian hoyer, the guy currently starting for the texans at quarterback. pats need to show a major sense of urgency here this weekend, but don't expect any drastic changes when it comes to the team blueprint. >> i just think what the process is because i think we've done a good job preparing, we've just got to execute better. we have to do a better beyond -- a better beyond playing. and hopefully that results in wins. i any there's reasons for that and things we can do better and hopefully this is the week for it. >> patriots and texans kicking it off sunday night here on 7 nbc and we get you ready for the game with our pregame show at 6:30. continues on 7 news and sports extra,. that's coming up tomorrow night on sports extra. so that will do it for us here live in houston. alex corddry back in bo