kick off the day. the dow closed at 13,306 after adding 14 points friday. the s&p gained 5. the nasdaq was up a fraction. taking a look at overseas trading this morning in tokyo, the nikkei was down 2 points. but in hong kong, the hang seng rose 25. well, last week s stocks had their best five-day stretch since june. and this week investors are betting on the fed to keep that momentum going. experts are banning friday s weak employment report will be a big motivator for a third round of stimulus to boost the economy. the federal reserve holds its two-day policy meeting this week. elsewhere, the government issues its report on august retail sales friday. word on the street is consumers appear to be spending more money on back-to-school items. wall street will also receive two readings on inflation this week. both are expected to show prices are in check, even though food and fuel prices have been on the rise. over the past two weeks, gas prices shot up another 8 cents to an av
it s still a slow recovery. that was evident in friday s jobs numbers. fewer than expected jobs created, and the unemployment rate went down only because many people have given up looking for work. veronica? tracie potts in washington. tracie, thank you. sadly, tragedy struck on the campaign trail on sunday when a florida police officer on a motorcycle was killed while escorting the president s motorcade. palm beach county authorities say the officer was struck and killed by a pickup truck while shutting down a portion of i-95 in jupiter sunday afternoon. so far no charges have been filed against the driver. while campaigning in palm beach county sunday, the president said, quote, our thoughts and prayers are with the officer s family. teachers in chicago will be on picket lines this morning. for the first time in 25 years. more than 26,000 teachers and support staff who work for the nation s third largest school district plan to walk off the job after talks failed late last ni