Lamar Advertising fell 12 and a third percent. Universal Outdoor fell 2 point 7 percent. The talk in Israel tonight was of the increasing chances of a new general election, after Israeli media reported that a police report is urging prosecutors to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a case involving his original choice for attorney general. From Jerusalem, Peretz Kidron reports. These men, who are also the prime minister's political allies allegedly put Netanyahu, under unlawful pressure which he withheld from the cabinet misleading it into approving nomination.
Observers expect the political turmoil to impact on an economy already wobbling into recession.
Restored peace process and violence have already made their mark with unemployment and inflation up, as tourism plummeted. From Jerusalem, this is Peretz Kidron for Marketplace. The Supreme Court today heard a case that could have a major effect on how the government goes after inside traders. This, because O'Hagan traded in the stock of Pillsbury, not the company his company represented, Grand Met. Elizabeth Stawicki reports from St. Paul.