. >> this is "nightly business report" with tyler matheson and susie garenes. >> housing goes boom. the prices rise by the most in nearly seven years and stocks take the good news and run with it. we talk with economist robert schuller about what's next. >> two techs go bust. well, not exactly, but dell and blackberry, former tech titans are in a fight for their lives. can they come back? >> and courtroom drama. the supreme court hears the first of two cases on same-sex marriage. what are the stakes for business? we'll have all that, plus the simplest trading strategy you've ever heard of tonight on "nightly business report." good evening, everyone. tyler, we had a lot of positives today about the stock market and also about the economy. >> and those economic numbers really did drive stock prices higher today. the dow has done it again, climbing to a record close. rebounding from monday's losses. investors shook off concerns about the debt and banking crisis over in europe and focused instead on higher home prices. in january, in the u.s. which rose at the fastest pace in almost sev

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report" with tyler matheson. >> no change. the federal reserve leaves interest rates where they are and stocks move higher. >> coming up, oracle and fed-ex, two corporates report disappointing earnings. >> and hot houses. more good news on housing sends home building stocks higher. we'll look at whether or not there's a thaw in the mortgage market as we continue our stream guide. all of that and more ahead. >> so, tyler, all about the federal reserve and the economy. >> and cyprus in there for good measure. it was a very busy news day. we're here to tell you all about it. the federal reserve did it again. says it's going to keep interest rates where they are, near 0%. and it also says it's going to keep up its bond-buying program. the markets like what they heard from the fed along with a pledge from the new head of japan central bank about its own bold, easing measures to be unvailed on thursday. as a result, stocks moved higher here about. the dow touching an all-time intraday high. the blue chips did close 56 higher. nasdaq

fund raising and with that and more of what's to come in the world of business, here's cnbc's tyler mathesont's a new weekend, a new month and the start of a new quarter and the first quarter of the year with the dow and the s&p 500 touching new record highs. the big event this week is friday's march employment report from the labor department. last month the nation's jobless rate fell to 7.7% and we'll see where the strong consumer spending and the recovering housing market helped bring even more jobs back to the economy. we'll get march sales figures for some of the nation's biggest chain stores as well as auto sales for the same month. so far this year, new vehicle sales are up 8.5% over the last rate. just a trickle of earnings ahead of april 8th. we will hear from the spicemaker mccormack, conagra foods and the agricultural giant, monsanto. it's never too early to start raising money and president obama travels to california this week, headlining a handful of democratic fund raisers for the next midterm elections which take place in a couple of years and the white house easter egg roll

. >>> from the stock market and the housing market to the college basketball bracket, cnbc's tyler mathesonhas a look at what's coming up this week in business. >> spring officially arrives this week while on wall street the markets have already blossomed. the dow jones industrial average surged to new all-time highs for ten straight sessions over the past two weeks shooting up about 11% so far this year. meantime, the broader s&p 500 index edged closer to its own record high level. multi-year highs, just not all-time highs. spring time also the heart of the housing and home repair seasons and this week i think the latest readings on construction of new homes, home prices and new sales and home berld sentiment, that, too, should be higher. >>> one of the big reasons housing is doing so well sfk, near record low interest rates and this week the federal reserve holds another two-day policy meeting on benchmark interest rates and no changes expected there for some time. this week at&t starts selling the new make or break blackberry, one of its longtime clients and blackberry's clients has alre

macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org report" with tyler matheson no change. the federal reserve leaves interest rates where they are and stocks move higher. >> coming up, oracle and fed-ex, two corporates report disappointing earnings. >> and hot houses. more good news on housing sends home building stocks higher. we'll look at whether or not there's a thaw in the mortgage market as we continue our stream guide. all of that and more ahead. >> so, tyler, all about the federal reserve and the economy. >> and cyprus in there for good measure. it was a very busy news day. we're here to tell you all about it. the federal reserve did it again. says it's going to keep interest rates where they are, near 0%. and it also says it's going to keep up its bond-buying program. the markets like what they heard from the fed along with a pledge from the new head of japan central bank about its own bold, easing measures to be unvailed on thursday. as a result, stocks moved higher here about. the dow touching an all-time intraday high. the blue chips did close 56 hig

>> exactly. 2 ♪ tyin' up my white tie ♪ ♪ brushing off my tails report" with tyler matheson. >> no changefederal reserve leaves interest rates where they are and stocks move higher. >> coming up, oracle and fed-ex, two corporates report disappointing earnings. >> and hot houses. more good news on housing sends home building stocks higher. we'll look at whether or not there's a thaw in the mortgage market as we continue our stream guide. all of that and more ahead. >> so, tyler, all about the federal reserve and the economy. >> and cyprus in there for good measure. it was a very busy news day. we're here to tell you all about it. the federal reserve did it again. says it's going to keep interest rates where they are, near 0%. and it also says it's going to keep up its bond-buying program. the markets like what they heard from the fed along with a pledge from the new head of japan central bank about its own bold, easing measures to be unvailed on thursday. as a result, stocks moved higher here about. the dow touching an all-time intraday high. the blue chips did close 56 higher. nasdaq up b

captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> this is "nightly business report" with tyler matheson susie garenes. >> housing goes boom. the prices rise by the most in nearly seven years and stocks take the good news and run with it. we talk with economist robert schuller about what's next. >> two techs go bust. well, not exactly, but dell and blackberry, former tech titans are in a fight for their lives. can they come back? >> and courtroom drama. the supreme court hears the first of two cases on same-sex marriage. what are the stakes for business? we'll have all that, plus the simplest trading strategy you've ever heard of tonight on "nightly business report." good evening, everyone. tyler, we had a lot of positives today about the stock market and also about the economy. >> and those economic numbers really did drive stock prices higher today. the dow has done it again, climbing to a record close. rebounding from monday's losses. investors shook off concerns about the debt and banking crisis over in europe and focused instead on higher home prices. in january, in the u.s. which r

captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> this is "nightly business report" with tyler matheson and susie garenes. >> housing goes boom. the prices rise by the most in nearly seven years and stocks take the good news and run with it. we talk with economist robert schuller about what's next. >> two techs go bust. well, not exactly, but dell and blackberry, former tech titans are in a fight for their lives. can they come back? >> and courtroom drama. the supreme court hears the first of two cases on same-sex marriage. what are the stakes for business? we'll have all that, plus the simplest trading strategy you've ever heard of tonight on "nightly business report." good evening, everyone. tyler, we had a lot of positives today about the stock market and also about the economy. >> and those economic numbers really did drive stock prices higher today. the dow has done it again, climbing to a record close. rebounding from monday's losses. investors shook off concerns about the debt and banking crisis over in europe and focused instead on higher home prices. in january, in the u.s. whi