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The NewsWorthy

Dow Down, SpaceX Launch & Doritos for Women - Tuesday, February 6th, 2018

The NewsWorthy

Erica Mandy

News, Daily News, Society & Culture

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2018

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

All the news you need to know for Tuesday, February 6th, 2018!

Today: what's happened on Wall Street, a U.S. Supreme Court ruling and why it's a big day for SpaceX.

Plus: reactions to Doritos for women and how a chemical in french fries could help cure baldness.

All that and much more in less than 10 minutes!

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you. 

For links to all the stories referenced in today's episode, visit https://www.theNewsWorthy.com and click Episodes.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome welcome to the newsworthy all the days news news in less than 10 minutes

0:08.0

fast fair fun and on the go thanks so much for. Today what's happening on Wall Street, a US

0:15.0

Supreme Court ruling and a big day for SpaceX. Plus Doritos for women and the chemical

0:20.4

in French fries that could cure baldness.

0:23.2

All that and much more in less than 10 minutes.

0:25.9

I'm Erica Mandy.

0:26.8

Today is Tuesday, February 6.

0:29.2

You ready?

0:30.2

Let's do this. The gains in the stock market from the year so far were just erased in one day yesterday,

0:39.0

and things aren't looking too great for today either.

0:42.0

The AP reports the Dow Jones dropped

0:43.7

1100 points yesterday, the biggest drop in points, ever. Why? Well as the New York

0:49.6

Times says it, investors are worried the global economy is actually doing too well.

0:54.0

They're worried about the higher interest rates and higher inflation.

0:57.0

Plus there's some computer trading in there that can affect things too.

1:00.0

CNBC says the stock futures for today showed another volatile trading day with a drop of more

1:06.1

than a thousand points.

1:07.9

But some experts say, don't freak out, take the long view here.

1:11.4

To put it into perspective, this decline has basically returned the market back to where it was in mid-December.

1:17.4

P.S. this all happened on the first official day of work for the new Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. He was just sworn in yesterday.

1:25.7

It looks like Pennsylvania will need to redraw its congressional lines.

1:32.1

You know, the map that determines who in the state

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