. >> sie: and i'm susie gharib. this is "nightly busess report" for iday, july 17. "nightly business port" is madpossible by: this program wasade possible by contributions to yourbs station fr viewers like you. thank you. susie: good evening, everyo. the economy is impreive again. that'shat president obama's top economic adver lawrence >>> go higher in the months ahead but says thadoesn't mean the stimulus effort has failed. instead, he bieves t policy help saved the economy. >>. >> if were at the brinkf castrophe at the beginning of the year,e've walked some substantial distance back from e abyss >> susiebut a major part of the administration's agea could se new economic challengeshealthcare reform. late todaypresident obama said his healthcare orhaul cannot add to the federal deficitnd means it. joining usow for how that could affe what's ahead for the economy-mark zandi, chief economist of moodyseconomy.com. >> susie: nice to see yoagain, mark. >> good evening. >> susie: all right, president obama really pushing now for health care reform t do you thk this could

. >> susie: and i'm sie gharib. this is "nightly busines report" for thuray, july 9. ightly business report" is made possible b this program was me possible byontributions to your pbs station from viewers like yo thank you. 7//& >> susie: goodvening, everyone the coast is clear foreneral motors to get out bankruptcy, tomoow morning. g.m.'s stint in chapte11 was a record: st 39 days, much icker than expected. the autoker is still working tonight on finaling details to sell most of its assetto a new company. that new and improveg.m will be leaner and greener and it biggest sharehder will be the s. government. diane eastabrook has more on the road ahead r the new g.m. >> reporter: a mh smaller and hopelly nimble general motors eers its way into an increasingly cpetitive global to market. gone are lgard brands hummer, saab, saturn, and pontia more than 2200 employees. 1,0 dealers and more than a dozen plants. what remains are the cheolet, cadillac, buick, andmc brands. re than 68,000 employees and 4,100 dealers. but deite the streamlining, g.m. has accomplished in bankrup

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sie gharib is off tonight. this is "nightly business report" for thursday, ju 23. "nightly business repo" is made poible by: thisrogram was made possible by contributions tyour pbs station from viewers le you. thank you. >> suzanne: go evening, everyo. miosoft turned in ugly numbers after the belloday. disappointg wall street and raising big quesons about the stk market rally. the software giant ened 34 cents a she in its fiscal fourth quarter, two peies shy of estimates, and f sharply from aear ago. but the revenunumbers were the st disappointing, coming in $11 billion for the quarter. that's more th a billion short of expectations. ining us now is scott gurvey our new york bureachief and resint tech expert. sct, you've been on the microsoft conferenceall. what happened tohe revenue numbers? >> the call is actlly still going . there's no denyi that the revenue just simply falls off for micsoft in is quarter and for the ye. a few things to be noted, they did defer some of the revenue from an upgrade progr for ndows 7. at actuallymounts to the 2 cents they're talkin

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