reuters sent out a questionnaire. it doesn't have to be based on actual gender but a person's psychological identification. the tcategories were male, female, transgender, female to male. i've dated all nine. buck, why did you mutter few when i know i read prefer not to say was a choice? >> i was going to answer to be any question. i prefer not to say. >> we're talking about the hot secretary in every office and now you want to ask mae about people that question their gender. >> the results helped reuters win 100% rating from a corporate equality index. they got to be doing something right, right? >> if that's the selective options, i've never taken that quiz. i think the question is stupid to send to people. your sexual orientation does nothing to effect the way you do your job. >> do they just want a sense of their demographics of their p y employees? >> maybe. >> i was going to ask you what box do you think orange julius would check? >> i don't see why they're getting so much attention. fox news has had a policy of

he went in with a friend from reuters. his photographs were among the first to awaken the world to the famine that was raging there. it helped launch the operation restore hope and bring in the marines. you know yourself. it is very compelling when you have that power, your perceived power. he went back again and again for the next year and became the photojournalist for reuters in the country. he was not a cowboy. he was a very cautious person. everybody wanted to be with him because he had been brought up in africa. so his decisions were very conscious big when he went in that final time, he was under protection and there was no reason to believe that he would be killed. witho get -- but together three other journalist, he was stoned and beaten to death. in the book, there is an image. three years before he was killed, he did that picture. tavis: he ended up being subjected to what he drew. what do you make of that? >> i don't know. i have grappled with all of these questions. i believe that spirits have an enduring qual

>> reuters says, three institutional shareholders among the top 20 refuse to be named in the reutersstory. if we're going to go ahead and say we're going to out of -- melissa: they must know who it is. >> reuters does. they're unwilling to be identified. these guys are arguing gates as chairman will intimidate any new ceo who comes who wants to make drastic changes to theto the company. if you bring in a ceo and too timid to challenge bill gates, maybe that ceo candidate is not right for the job. maybe he ought to stand up to the chairman rather than loose the asset entirely. melissa: is that the reason they want him out? that reason is compelling. when you have the founder, hanging around, breathing over the shoulder of a new ceo it is hard to be the real ceo of a company. is that the reason they want him out? >> i think you're right, dennis that is part of it. look, do you kick bear bryant out of alabama? of course you don't. you don't let him go. apple got rid of steve jobs at one point. was that the right thing to do? not really. the question isn't bill gates. the question is wha

the capital damascus to one near a hotel where chemical weapons inspectors were staying monologues reuters an expert on the syrian crisis he says some rebel groups are working to undermine international efforts we had this already in the past we if we think we know that u.n. employees where were captured by rebels we had the un inspector team which was investigating ngata a couple of weeks ago which we are attacked by sniper fire so it's not in the interest it's not at all in the interest of the so-called armed opposition those teams can be a proper way it would mean that all the difference which gave the syrian government as well as the whole earth which was almost expecting a regional war or even overt war in that area would complete. the situation and this is in the interest of the rebels coming up a first for black gold rapid economic growth forces china to become the largest oil exporter in the world after the break then we look at the prospects and pressures that rising demand is placing on the far east giant and. some may disagree. but i believe america is exceptional. with. the. ch

also china they now enjoy special privilege when it comes to buying treasury debt and this is from reuters this is kind of incredible china can now bypass wall street when buying u.s. government debt and go straight to the u.s. treasury and what the treasury's first ever direct relationship with a foreign government now the question why would china need a direct line to the u.s. treasury and does this bring up any security concerns very good questions first of all china unlike japan say they buy most of their u.s. treasury securities through a single chinese entity in japan they have pension funds the bank of japan and a lot of different people doing the same thing so they don't necessarily need and i'm talking about japan a direct line to the treasury now what china was doing before and i was saying they bought through primary dealers they suspected in the years coming up to two thousand and nine that they were being front run in or other words they had orders so big coming in that some of these primary dealers whether it's j.p. morgan goldman sachs they were jumping in ahead of them so t

does this story got very little play in two thousand and twelve when it came out but the article in reuters was went to great. to point out that the treasury said yes we are concerned about hacking and we have made sure that this line to the treasury is one way and it only is used for purchasing treasury bonds and not for any kind of market manipulation kind of crazy that you know do you think that it was any other country maybe japan maybe. it depends if you look at the largest purchasers of u.s. treasuries again you know japan is kind of they kind of have a fractured borrowing market there you know maybe one of these other centers will come up but the biggest purchaser of course is the federal reserve and by statute they actually cannot buy directly from the treasury replacing the existing maturity treasuries that are maturing in his profile so something's running out in the right choice today they can buy directly from the treasury otherwise they have to go through these primary dealers that in itself is there's a lot of graft that can go on there because the fed has to buy above market

reuters says the canadian company that built the site has company under scrutiny.ealthcare rollout was so embarrassing the site has been active since the first of this month. it is still plagued with many problems a house panel is investigating the company and the contractment. a hearing has been scheduled for october 24th shoo a new report said funding for u.s. start ups rose more than $1 billion in the third quarter compared to last year. the number of such deals jumped 937 to just over 1000. the software industry accounted for the largest chunk of the funding and the greatest number of deals. biotechnology came in second and today's money tree study was conducted by price water house coopers and the national venture capital association. >>> some downtown businesses felt the wrath of the shutdown almost as badly as federal workers. some food truck workers were ecstatic to know their customers came back yesterday. areas were crowded with workers look fog a place to eat lunch. yesterday they reopened, along the with the businesses, and the federal government worker

of the odd thing when the sandwich just magically appears handouts often creates law according to reuters some people are proposing a much better law for switzerland limiting executive pay to being twelve times higher than that of the lowest paid employee although this point isn't making headlines it seems like a much better idea because it doesn't to motivate people to be productive and yet it would create almost utopia like levels of wealthy quality also if the bosses salary is tied to the employees that a lot of people be getting raises very soon this one to twelve p. ratio is much better than the free swiss francs and it gets my seal of approval but that's just my opinion. top action from russia around the globe with me. that is some of what's to come. nearly their group actually does russia win for nearly luxembourg a move a step closer to qualifying the next year's world cup finals. while the hero is world champion you you feel about wins again as russians win this dominate the most don't like the short course world cup. and fighting to aggression that the way to alexander the best

provides almost all the world's supply international calls to spray opium crops and in production reuters reports are being blocked by the us government huge increase in opioid consumption in the states as the center for disease control is one american of drug abuse every nineteen minutes senior pentagon sources confirm to the sunday times investigation relations that u.s. officials are fueling afghan drug transport fearing massive. the state diploma. put intense pressure on the sunday times which pulled its correspondents. reports. eventually investigated by the justice department which will keeping its findings classified crucially her findings were quote supposed to speak to former intelligence of the school record great to have you on the show first how big is this problem this country consumes sixty percent of the world's opiates the stuff that the americans are are basically hooked on you know the oxy cotton epidemic in florida is out of control you could you can imagine how many people in my neighborhood have children and families that have been affected by the oxycontin epidemic.

provides almost all the world's supply international calls to spray opium crops and in production reuters reports are being blocked by the us government huge increase in opioid consumption in the states as the center for disease control is one american of drug abuse every nineteen minutes senior pentagon sources confirm to the sunday times in. revelations that u.s. officials of fueling drug transports fearing must've repercussions the state department. put intense pressure on the sunday times which pulled its correspondents. reports and eventually investigated by the justice department which will keeping its findings classified crucially her findings were quote supported let's speak to former intelligence of the school record great to have you on the show first how big is this problem this country consumes sixty percent of the world's opiates the stuff that the americans are are basically hooked on you know the oxy cotton epidemic in florida is out of control you could you can imagine how many people in my neighborhood have children and families that have been affected by the actually cot

the ceo told reuters that in three years, we hope to be the number one retail network in the world, larger than walmart. the outlook of china's economy remains upbeat. the imf managing director says china's debt problem is a serious concern, he also says the country has the tools to deal with it. that is the latest from hong kong. >> thank you so much. the opening of free trade zones in shanghai is challenging hong kong's stature as a gateway to china. hong kong has long benefited from being the gateway to china. the proximity to the mainland make it attractive to foreign companies. that role is being challenged as free trade zones in shanghai open for business. the shanghai free trade zone is the one to keep an eye on, economists say. the government would like to see shanghai. >> it is too early to tell. over 600 u.s. firms expressed interest in doing business in hong kong. >> it is about innovation. hong kong needs to keep innovating and reinventing itself. >> one of those is global professional network. they recently opened an office in hong kong as it considers the city and the mainlan

according to the reuters news agency del, of the $50 billion that's being earmarked to help hard-hit areas like the jersey shore where i am. of that $50 billion less than a quarter has been allocated so far, and governor christy who is the outspoken, and i think respected governor of new york, they do respect him because he speaks up for the state on the national level. he has been doing the rounds and appearing all over the state today. and he said although incredible. [ technical difficulties ] >> this is the end of the season, so you would expect that, but many of them didn't open in time for memorial day, then it tuned out july 4th and labor day, but the weather was bad, and so they put a brave face on it, people came back and supported them as much as they could, but they did not make as much as they thought. and the other is the visual aspect. this is a very wealthy area. but you drive up and down the shore now and you see areas of slight. the shore is blighted by urban decay because people have either abandoned some of their homes or businesses, because they didn't get the mon

reuters reporting the three hold.hink his presence blocks the adoption of new strategies, will limit the power of a new chief executive. interesting story, i have not been able to confirm it at this point. i have obviously talked many times here about opposition from some of the large shareholders. well beyond value act but it was value act's ability to recognize dissension without the ranks of that shareholder base that it capitalized on to get itself a board seat next year about ballmer and the fact that he wasn't grooming anybody for suggestion session. okay, they dealt with that. now most recently huge opposition to the nokia deal, wondering what in the world they were thinking. >> can i just step back for a second? bill gates is a little bit like warren buffett. people think he invented this great system. now maybe he gave it to ballmer and ballmer didn't develop windows. these are people who own a little bit of stock. >> and they're anonymous. the newspaper is not quoting them. >> this is bill gates. what happen

this is a reuters photo that's been retweeted and sent out by d.c. firefighters local 36, the firefighters union. look at the officers. they were saying the fire department had to use metal cutting equipment to get the officer out of the car. so, i do believe it's a reuters photograph. >> we are learning more about where members of congress were at the time the gunfire erupted on capitol hill. barbara harrison has details from the live desk. barbara? >> we understand many members were in the lobby at the time it happened. many were on the balcony including jerry conley who described a burst of gunfire from the house side of the capital. another congressman described it as the first part of a 21-gun salute. capital police rushed them inside and locked the lobby doors. that's when they were ordered to shelter in place. the house reconvened over a half hour ago and are in session right now. i'm barbara harrison at the live desk. >> thank you, barbara. we should also say that the suspect in this case, we believe, pete williams has reported that the woman

now the new service reuters said the canadian company that built the website has come under scrutinybs calling for some folks to be fired because this is excruciatingly embarrassing. it has been three weeks since the website is up and it is still plagued with problems in a lot of states. the house panel is investigating this company and the contract and a hearing is scheduled for october 24th. >> well this next story you will only see here on wusa 9. the mother of a young man who died after he was handcuffed and taken out of a movie theater for not having his $12 ticket is now taking legal action. every son -- her son 26-year- old ethan taylor has died. >> the family of the frederick man with downs syndrome who died after three sheriffs forcibly removed him from a movie theater in january filed a lawsuit. claiming gross negligence, recklessness and unwillingness to listen led to the young man's death. it names the deputies, regal cinemas, the project manager and the county itself. it doesn't ask for an amount. so why now? well patty sat down with us today to tell us why. >> i don't k

reuters is reporting jobless claims rose by 66,000 in the latest week.ighest since march. >> we're joined by a lawmaker who is called the shutdown a charade. once a halt to oil and gas exploration on federal land until the public can also enter, and he's also found time to push for the passage of immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship. as thousands gathered on the national mall tuesday to rally support for an immigration bill, he joined seven other congress members, all democrats, in getting arrested after they linked arms and block a street. the national mall was closed at the time due to the government shutdown, but the park service allow the rally is an expression of first amendment rights. he is joining us from the cannon rotunda of the capitol, welcome to democracy now! how much longer do you see this partial government shutdown going on and moving into the debt ceiling issue? there was a strategy to try to blend the two and create a real crisis in terms of extracting more concessions, more giveaways on the part of the democrats in t

for reuters. >> tough crowd. >> julie, let me start with you.ident obama you asked the president about the controversy over the name of washington's pro football team. this is his response. >> i've got to say if i were the owner of the team, and i knew that there was a name of my team, if it had a storied history that was offending a sizable group of people, i'd think about changing it. >> the team name, of course, that question itself generated a lot of talk and front page news as well. front page of the "washington post" today. what led you to ask president obama about the name of washington's football team? >> so i'm a big sports fan. the president is a big sports fan. but a big part of the reason that i asked him this question is that throughout his presidency, he's actually made it a real priority to try to increase the focus on native americans. every year he holds this tribal summit in washington. it's actually coming up next month. he's had hhs involved with having health care programs designed specifically for native americans. so i wan

reuters has a poll out that shows three-quarters of americans are concerned. that's up from last week. the question everyone is asking who do they blame? 30% say republicans are at fault. 19% say democrats are at fault. and this looming question of who the public would hold responsible if the u.s. breaches that debt ceiling, and that's a much more dire concern. one political point that is gaining a lot of steam is outrage that many americans have over the fact that people who have lost a loved one through fighting for america's wars are not getting benefits. there is this hold up in actually getting this money to them. so there is a bill in the house floor today that would try to at least get that forward. >> libby casey live on capitol hill. thank you very much. >>> the government shutdown and debt cerealing are not the only items on president obama's agenda today. the president is sitting down with local news stations for interviews including richmond virginia which happens to be home for eric cantor. what is the president trying to accomplish and are we loo

. >>> from reuters, couples' dream wedding at yosemite dan canceled due to u.s.ent shutdown. some fellow citizens who saw the couple's story pulled together and threw them a wedding offsite this weekend. congratulations. >>> some stories we're watching for you. one weekend into the government shutdown and a far more dangerous deadline looms. we're just ten days away from the risk of the u.s. defaulting on our bills. it's the year of the sequel for the u.s. supreme court. the term beginning today brings a return of hot button issues that have divided justices. those include campaign contributions, government sanctioned prayer, discrimination in housing and mortgage lending and abortion clinic protests. >>> everyone knows firefighters are heroes but what happens after the flames? well, these goats in colorado at least are heroes in their own little way. 500 of them are eating away at all the brush left behind by the wildfires. it's called fire mitigation and scheduled to stick around for two weeks. >>> and satisfy their hearty appetite. >>> halloween cannot come so

a colleague of mine wrote something for reuters, an idea of the u.s.ill say that we will only target senior members of al qaeda while these peace talks are going on with the pakistani taliban. every time there's a drone strike, the pakistani taliban sort of say, this is what's bothering us, it's the american drone strikes. the u.s. should let those peace talks go forward. they'll probably not succeed. the pakistan in taliban will shown to be extreme and against pakistan's national interests. if we were to turn down our rhetoric and limit drone strikes during these talks, let them fail, let pakistanis see these are extreme militants and a negotiated solution is not possible, i think that would be a smart way to go forward. again, dan suggested this in a column on reuters today. >> all right, david. thank you so much for your insights this afternoon. we really appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> well, shifting gears now, it was one of the biggest unsolved crimes in recent boston history, but newly released court documents link deceased boston bombing suspec

. >> we have an unnamed source speaking to the reuters news agency, the agency says they are close tothe leadership year and they told reuters that the police looking at this incident say that it appears that it could be a premeditated suicide attack. nothing official, the police have said nothing like that on the record, but there is this one source, and the reason i think is the secretive nature of what happened. this vehicle rounded security barriers quite a long way from the place where he was exposed. it had to take this route to drive along the pavement, knocking down pedestrians before it was right in front of the gate. a very famous and symbolic point in beijing, where there was then a fire inside the vehicle. three people inside hide. there is talk that it appears that those people had no intention of trying to escape them from the vehicle. when this is discussed as well up possible banner or flag being attached. the police activity that has been reported involves hotels in the extreme western region. yes, this was speculated after the incident yesterday.

effort of auditing when the sandwich just magically appears handouts often creates law according to reuters some people are proposing a much better law for switzerland limiting executive pay to being twelve times higher than that of the lowest paid employee although this point isn't making headlines it seems like a much better idea because it doesn't to motivate people to be productive and yet it would create almost utopia like levels of wealth equality also if the bosses salary is tied to the employees that a lot of people be getting raises very soon this one to twelve pay ratio is much better than the free swiss francs and it gets my seal of approval but that's just my opinion. this. is an exceptional american exceptionalism is a testimony to american exceptionalism the american exceptionalism. exception america is exceptional what makes. america is except. some may disagree. but i believe america is exceptional. in part because we have shown a willingness through the sacrifice of blood and treasure to stand up not only for our own narrow self-interest but for the interests of all. i agre

reuters has a new poll out that shows three-quarters of americans are concerned.nd 30% say it is the fault of republicans, that's up 4 percentage points from last week, 19% say it is the democrats fault. a lot of politicians are watching these polls and trying to determine who to blame. >> so they seem to be backing away from tying the affordable care act to the budget. >> this is fascinating, isn't it? that was really the line they were drawing in the sand. we are still hearing that from some hard core conservatives, but op-ed pieces that appeared in the "washington post" and "wall street journal" by eric cantor and paul ryan both talked about how they want to deal with this fiscal standoff by raising the debt ceiling if they can get some spending cuts, if they can get some bigger grand bargain issues. neither mentioned obamacare and that's getting blowback from conservatives, but the mean stream part of the party seems to be moving forward. >> thank you very much. >>> now america's vets could get hard hit by the shutdown. the secretary of veterans affairs explai

reuters cites sources in brazil. ogx is the oil and gas exploration company run by former still flamboyant eike batista. this is a big downfall for him. the largest bankruptcy in latin american corporate history when this procedure begins. if you take a list, we have a look at biggest creditors for bonds if this company. pimco, blackrock, ashror, lord abbott, and more, but this was the ad hoc group trying to reach agreement with mr. batista. but ogx filing for bankruptcy in brazil, reuters citing. bankruptcy code is only ten years old. there's not a lot of press dented. how will creditors be treated? future investment in brazil is dependent on how this bankruptcy proceeding moves forward. back to you. >> this has so many ramifications. it's an extraordinary story. let's not forget the ram fix for the workers in brazil. because he's had all these companies, largely commodities companies, he's always employed so many brazilians, locals, who are out of work. we're really seeing impact. >> breathtaking, 18 months from $3

reuters adds there is no indication the board will ask gates to leave. >>> classified documents shedding lights on president clinton's division to intervene in the bosnian war. what the commander in chief says about his decision 20 years later. closest to the story, invite hard-hitting debate and desenting views and always explore issues relevant to you. millions who need assistance now. we appreciate you spending time with us tonight. >>> up next is the golden age of hollywood going golden but elsewhere. why l.a.'s mayor has declared a state of emergency for the entertainment industry there. next. on august 20th, al jazeera america introducedç] >>> welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm stephanie sy. here are your headlines. there is some movement in the standoff over the federal government shutdown. president obama is set to meet with house speaker john boehner this evening. >>> millions of people trying to log in for government-backed health care, but there were glitches. government officials say curious onlookers and repeat visitors could be blamed for the high volume. computer expe

that includes two reuters employees. hmaghrs driver saeed c survived an initial strike, but the pilots fired again when they saw people trying to load him into a van. earlier this month, the pilots commander, chris walach, told army times -- in the maldives, police blocked voting in the countries reschedule presidential election saturday, claiming to -- some candidates had not approved the voter rolls. election officials said police surrounded their offices in the capital revenging the vote. former president and environment to advocate mohammed nasheed won the largest number of votes in an election earlier this month, but the supreme court rejected the results after another candidate claimed electoral fraud. international monitors called the election free and fair. on sunday, nasheed, whose ousted last or what he described as a coup at gunpoint, called on the current president mohamed waheed hassan to resign. >> we believe the only prudent a possible and solution for the situation would eed to today for wah resign and th

. >>> here is another impact of this month's stalemate in washington, thompson reuter saying people pulled43 billion out of money markets last week. those money market funds put cash and short-term securities like u.s. treasuries, so worried investors pulled out. >>> realtor website zillo says housing prices aren't rising as much as they were. more homes are coming on the market and that keeps prices down. >>> and investors with deep pockets are pouring more money into startups, especially technical firms. >>> a massive manhunt is underway for two convicted murders who literally walked out of a prison in florida. someone filed fake documents with a florida clerk. the clerk then sent the paperwork to the corrections department to release the inmates. >> very dangerous, and they are actively being sought by every law enforcement agency in the state of florida. i have never seen anything like this. you have to give them an a for being imaginative and effective. >> one of the convicted murders was freed three weeks ago, and the other was let go ten days ago. >>> a federal air marshall has been

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sources also tell reuters blackberry is reaching out to intel, lg and samsung. fairfaix financial holdings already has a bid in for $9 per share. boeings loss, is a big gain for airbus. airbus scored a 9 billion dollar order this week with japan airlines. boeing and airbus -- locked in a rivalry, are closing in on a critical time for sales. currently airbus is beating out boeing for the first time in more than a decade. gas prices are plunging at the pump. the average cost of a gallon of regular unleaded is $3.34 down a nickle from a week ago and 23 cents from a month ago. the most since november 2012. the lundberg report cites refiners passing along lower costs for crude. crude futures have ben dropping during the past month. however, analysts do not expect the decline to continue. two superbowl regulars are sidelined this season. subway and cars dot com, seen here in last year's ads, do not plan to advertise during the superbowl broadcast this year. cars dot com says it will spend more, on more ads throughout the year. while subway cited cost concerns. a 30 se

david: by the way, reuters is reporting right now that the justice department is making inquiries into allegations of foreign exchange rate manipulation centered on the swiss franc. european authorities are currently leading the investigation. "after the bell" starts right now. david: we are going to toss immediately to jay carney in the white house briefing room. we're expecting some breaking news. let's go. >> i just wanted to make sure that before i came out to you i could provide you with as much updated information as possible. i don't have an opening statement to make and, in the interests of moving this along i will go straight to questions. well, i can anticipate some of your questions. so, it was, kind of information that hope will be responsive to your questions, at least in part that i sought and found. julie? >> thanks, jay. can you tell us what the president and speaker boehner discussed in their phone call? >> yes, i can. the president did call and speak with speaker of the house this afternoon, not long ago. had a good conversation and the two of them agreed that all sid

reuters saying this is prompting speculation now, speculation about a potential new israeli attack ons would not confirm reports, however, we've been trying to reach out to the white house on this to find out if they have a report of an explosion in syria, and we've been unable to get any confirmation from the white house on this as of right now, maria. >> thank you so much. >>> you have to wonder, when this first came out, we were just closing before -- really before 4:00. bob pisani, do you think this is the reason the market sold off? we ended down 73 points today. >> yeah. i think it may have been a factor. i was coming on just at 3:00. art came over to me. just at 3:00. dow dropped about 30 points. put up the dow. about 3:00. said have you heard anything about israeli strike on syria? kind of vague. i said, no, i hadn't heard anything. we moved down. 3:45, a.p. ran a story that specifically said israeli strikes shipment of russian missiles and syrian port. that was the first comment from a news agency we had heard about it. the market dropped another 40 points. you can see that d

reuters is reporting that three big investors in microsoft want the founder, bill gates, to step downed microsoft, would you walk bill gates to get out? charles: come back and run the company with the passion that you had before. this limbo is not helping anyone. he is fixated on staying the richest man in the world. you are not being a help you be more. stuart: if they leave, if they go, who is the new guy? >> he comes from a background of getting things fixed. he knows how to spark something. he has an engineering background. i think he would be respected by the employees at microsoft and wall street. stuart: the changing of the guard has pushed microsoft stock . charles: you know, listen, if you are leaving a company as a ceo can't do not make billion-dollar acquisitions now. stuart: it is day two of the government shutdown. many things were shut down yesterday. republicans are still getting the blame for the shutdown, despite the democrats voting no. what is going on? >> we knew that republicans would be behind the eight ball. they always are when it comes to the mainstream media.

this is according to reuters, blackberry chief marketing officer is telling reuters that, quote: we wantcontinue to count on us. he also said that the company has substantial cash on our balance sheets. you see the stock slightly two-thirds of a percent higher, but cash on the balance sheet and that they're here to stay. considering so many people at fox business and fox news still have blackberries, they better be. but i don't know, i mean, you want to believe that? they sound like jcpenney, protesting a bit much, we'll see. but right now the markets are believing it. markets are moving higher after it appears we may be closer to a debt deal and might avoid default. we had been up about 54 points, now up 37. still waiting on news about whether mitch mcconnell, the republican senator, or harry reid -- both, possibly -- the democratic senator will be able to come together with a deal to bring to the president tonight. our next guest is confident we'll see a deal out of washington before thursday's deadline. he's got some ideas of just where you need to be putting your money. ernie, i keep

reuters reports institutional investors met with twitter officials this week who say they are optimistic and do not expect facebook- type ipo drama . outrage against an upscale retailer continues. protestors gathered yesterday outside of a manhattan barneys store. barneys new york has been under fire following accusations of racial profiling. two afican american shoppers say they were detained while shopping at barneys and later released. the new york attorney general's office is investigating. barneys claims it does not tolerate racial discrimination. lululemon is praising a new addition to the company. the yoga apparel company hired a former kmart executive to run its global merchandising and design sector. however, it has not announced a new ceo yet. the head of the company stepped down back in april after a massive recall related to see through yoga pants. the stock is still recovering... trading near 70 dollars. tech company infosys will pay $34 million dollars for alleged visa fraud. federal prosecutors accused the indian outsourcing i-t company of circumventing immigration laws to

reuters reports-- today's discussion including potentially raising the $16.7 trillion debt limit enough to last through mid- february of 2014. and the government would be funded through the middle of january. sequester spending cuts would continue. the senate deal would still require approval from house... which has president obama keeping the heat turned on high. "we've already had a damaging effect on our economy because of the shutdown, that damage would be greatly magnified if we don't make sure that the government's paying its bills and that has to be decided this week. " the government shutdown and debt ceiling uncertainty is having an immediate affect on employment...and not only among federal workers. as our cover story explains, claims for new jobless benefits are up. the government shutdown is reaching beyond furloughed government workers. a labor department report on american workers in the private sector, saw the biggest spike in nearly a year---a seasonally adjusted increase of 66-thousand claims, last week may be just the beginning. "the longer term affect is that companie

with us dennis kelleher, jordan estevou, and aruna who reports for reuters. it was announced last year $25 billion designed to help drowning homeowners. jordan, what has the money gone towards? >> $10 billion of those dollars were supposedly set aside for homeowners particularly to help with those who have underwater mortgages, and we were promised at the time. we thought the $26 billion was too little given the fact that there are 12 million people underwater, and that represents in the hundreds of millions of dollars of underwater debt. but you know, it was too small but we thought it was a good start, and we were promised that 1 million people would get relief, 1 million people would be helped. two years later we learned that this has not even come close to helping a million people with their underwater mortgages. a lot of relief has gone to what banks were going to do any way. it's important that future settlements that we really read the fine print, that the details are made public, and there is proper enforcement put in place so if the banks do not foll

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