CPI rises on airfares, health costs; TJX breach dates 2005
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[Music] consumer Prices rose 210 of a percent last month touching off new inflation fears the biggest increases were in medical care and airf fares the price of plane tickets Rose more than 2% while the cost of healthc care shot up nearly 1% the biggest increase in more than 15 years shares of JetBlue took off today even after the airline warned it expects to post a first quarter loss because of the flight cancellations triggered by last week's ice storm JetBlue though continued to try and kiss and make up with consumers taking out full page ads in some newspapers apologizing to Travelers who were left Stranded the theft of customer data from TJ Maxx and Marshalls is worse than initially feared TJX companies says Security Experts investigating the theft say it began in July of 2005 10 months earlier than suspected among the data stolen credit and debit card numbers as well as driver's license numbers and a deep freeze in the already cooling housing market mortgage applications for home purchasing and refinancing dropped more than 5% last week hitting their lowest level of the year the drop off comes even as mortgage rates fell that's your money watch click on cbsnews.com for more in New York I'm Alexis christopherus