this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: >> susie: good evening, everyone. a nasty day of selling here today on wall street. stocks tumbled, and so did commodities like gold and oil. and once again, tom, investors worried again about europe, the u.s. economy and jobs. >> tom: susie, the anxiety rose on word that a key bond sale in spain went poorly. that's raising concerns about that country's financial health. also today, a report from a.d.p. the payroll processing firm showed that american businesses added 209,000 jobs in march-- not as much as expected. so wall street closed on the downside. the dow lost 124 points, the nasdaq fell 45, and the s&p lost about 15 points. gold also tumbled to a 12-week low, falling almost $58 to $1614 an ounce while oil prices slid $2.54 to $101.47 a barrel. >> susie: and tom, investors are still bummed that the fed is unlikely to pump more money into the u.s. economy. >> we had the risk on trade last week when ben bernanke spoke, and he did say

this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly businesreport" is made possible by: >> susie: good evening, everne. rerkable earnings from ale toy. after the market closed, apple's quarterly results blew away even the most optimistic estimates. tom, profits surged 94%. >> tom: these are big numbers. they were remarkable. apelt earned $12.30 a share in the fiscal quarter. $2 better than estimates. revenues also came in better than expected: $39.2 billion. >> susie: this is the best quarter ever for tech innovator apple, and the stock surged as much as 5% in hours afr tradin suzanne pratt is standing by with more. >> reporter: susie, nervousness about apple's quarter has been huge. >> people are worried about the stock. the stock is down 13% from the high. and the high came just a few weeks ago. $644 a share. what is it that everybody is worried about? they're worried about whether sales are slipping. >> reporter: the numbers are out, and they're huge. apple sold 35 million iphones in the quarter, millions more than analysts

this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening, everyone. stocks fell sharply today on wall street and in markets around the world. tom, it was an edgy day for investors with new worries about europe and political uncertainty after the first-round of the french presidential election. >> tom: the worry is what the french election means for the future of solving europe's debt crisis. the stock selling started in europe, where the major averages fell by 2% or more. here in the u.s. the stock indexes were also in the red. the dow tumbled 102 points. the blue chips had been down as much as 184 points. the nasdaq lost 30 and the s&p fell 11. >> susie: for u.s. investors, european politics may continue to push around stock prices here on wall street. >> reporter: mark your calendar for may 6, that's when france holds its run-off presidential election and the outcome could impact your portfolio. french voters will decide between these two men

this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening, everyone. amazing earnings tonight from amazon. tom, profits came in way above analysts' estimates, and in after-hours trading, shares skyrocketed as much 11%. tom: susie, investors were certainly surprised. amazon earned 28 cents a share, 21 cents above estimates. revenues of $13.2 billion were also better than expected. while not to the same magnitude, better than expected earnings has been a trend this quarter. and helped stocks move higher-- the dow jumped 113, the nasdaq added 21, the s&p up 9. >> susie: despite those stellar amazon numbers... there are still people that are skeptical amazon can keep the momentum going. darren gersh reports. >> reporter: not only did amazon outperform the rest of the internet retailing crowd last quarter, it also helped quiet critics worried about the company's heavy investment in the kindle. >> bottom line, good quarter for amazon. still a lot of c

this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: >> susie: good evening, everyone. stocks on wall street bounced back today, ending a five-day losing streak. and we'll have more on that in just a moment. but first, tom, apple was one stock everyone was talking about, but not necessarily in a complimentary way. investors were surprised the justice department filed a lawsuit against the company. >> tom: yes, investors think of apple as the darling stock that can do no wrong, susie. but this antitrust lawsuit accuses apple and five major book publishers of conspiring to fix the price of electronic books to limit competition. as darren gersh reports, it's an important case here for the development of e-commerce. >> reporter: for a lawsuit, it's a page-turner. the justice department says one publishing company c.e.o. bemoaned the "wretched 9-9-9 price point" amazon charged for e-books. that competition, the department says, convinced publishers to team up with apple at secret meetings to deve

this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening. u.s. stocks continued falling today, marking their biggest point and percentage losses this year. susie, today's decline also marks the longest losing streak this year, down five straight sessions >> susie: tom, fear was back in the market today on fresh worries about the global economy, europe's financial problems, and concerns about slowing growth in china. the dow fell almost 214 points, the nasdaq lost 55, the s&p down 23. the losses come at a nervous time for investors-- the start of earnings season. alcoa kicked things off after the close today. we'll detail its earnings beat and talk with c.e.o. klaus kleinfeld a little later in the program. >> tom: scott minerd is the chief investment officer at guggenheim partners, which has $125 billion under management. scott, last spring, we saw the economy slow down. we saw the stock market slow down. how would you describe the stocks selling

is is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson.is made possibl: captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening, everyone. "technology" was the word of the day on wall street. intel, yahoo and ibm reported solid quarterly earnings after the market closed. but apple was the sweetest stock of the day, and tom, that helped ignite a powerful rally in the major averages. >> tom: susie, it was the best day for those indices in more than a month. the dow surged almost 200 points, the nasdaq added 54, and the s&p was up 21. after the bell, a flurry of earnings reports. yahoo first quarter profits jumped 28%. it earned 23 cents a share, six cents higher than analysts' estimates. revenues also came in better than expected, and the stock rose more than 2% in after-hours trading. ibm saw its first quarter profits grow, up 8% from a year ago and well over wall street estimates. but big blue has disappointing revenues. still, the company's new c.e.o. raised ibm's full-year profit forecast. and intel's earnings came in at 53 cents a share, down slightly from last year and three

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this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening. it looks like the federal reserve is feeling less and less like pumping more money into the u.s. economy right now. mites from t federal reserve's march policy meeting were released today, and susie, they show, while the economy has been getting stronger, the central bank is still worried about the jobless rate. >> susie: still, tom, even with that caution, only a couple of members thought additional bond buying by the fed might be needed if job gains slow. the fed's key worries-- americans aren't receiving meaningful pay increases. gas prices are high. and europe's debt crisis could weigh on the u.s. economy. stocks tumbled, as investors interpreted those minutes to mean no qe-3. the dow fell 65 points, the nasdaq and s&p both lost about six. >> tom: even though recent economic indicators like manufacturing and jobs have been improving, economist dana saporta with credit suisse thinks it

this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening, everyone. a sharp sell off on wall street today, as investors got their first chance to react to that lousy jobs report that came out on friday. investors are worried tom about the strength of the economy. >> tom: after months of strong gains, the march hiring slowdown comes as the dow industrials and s&p 500 stock indices have been on a four-session losing streak, susie. all of the major stock averages were down by 1% or more today and the dow sliding below 13,000 in almost a month. the blue chip average tumbled 130 points. the nasdaq lost 33 and s&p was off about 16. >> susie: but as erika miller reports, the economic outlook isn't the only worry on investor minds. >> reporter: the stock market has been off and running the past four months. but now investors are rethinking many of the factors behind the rally. >> i think there are some questions in terms of the pace of the economic rec

this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening, everyone. the u.s. stock market was closed today, but investor were still focused on important news in the job market. and, tom, it was disappointing. it looks like american businesses put the brakes on hiring in march. >> tom: investors, susie, had gotten used to some pretty decent monthly gains in jobs. over the past several months, march, though, fell short. the labor department said 120,000 jobs were added to u.s. payrolls last month. analysts were expecting just north of 200,000. while the unemployment rate did drop down to 8.2%-- the lowest since jan, 2009-- much of that drop can be credited to fewer out-of-work people actually looking for jobs. >> susie: now, there was some market reaction to the news. the bond market was open for a few hours today. u.s. treasuries rallied and the yield on the ten-year fell sharply. susan pratt takes a closer look at that weak jobs report. >> repo