Anniversary of hurricanesandy, helping homeowners keep heads above water. That and more tonight on nightly Business Report for tuesday, october 29th. Good evening everybody and c welcome. On this day in 1929 the stock market crashed and 20 points meant 12 . Today, 84 years later the dow closed at a record high and the s and a 500 and the mid cap 400. Call it green tuesday, if youd like and some Economic Indicators market pros watch are flashing yellow, maybe even red. More on that in a moment. Here for the record are the numbers on wall street today. A day of historical irony as the policy makers convene to discuss the economy and what to do without it. The dow with a lasthour sprint was 111 points and nasdaq gained 12 and s p add add 10. Investors bought up stocks. Retail sales fell in september down 1 10th of a percent, the first drop in six months. The decline because of a big drop in auto sales. Home prices cooled off. The s p index that tracks shows home prizes rose 1. 23 in augus
That and more tonight on nightly Business Report for tuesday, october 29th. Good evening everybody and c welcome. On this day in 1929 the stock market crashed and 20 points meant 12 . Today, 84 years later the dow closed at a record high and the s and a 500 and the mid cap 400. Call it green tuesday, if youd like and some Economic Indicators market pros watch are flashing yellow, maybe even red. More on that in a moment. Here for the record are the numbers on wall street today. A day of historical irony as the policy makers convene to discuss the economy and what to do without it. The dow with a lasthour sprint was 111 points and nasdaq gained 12 and s p add add 10. Investors bought up stocks. Retail sales fell in september down 1 10th of a percent, the first drop in six months. The decline because of a big drop in auto sales. Home prices cooled off. The s p index that tracks shows home prizes rose 1. 23 in august. Thec slowest gain since march. The data points down but stocks continu
That and more tonight on nightly Business Report for tuesday, october 29th. Good evening everybody and c welcome. On this day in 1929 the stock market crashed and 20 points meant 12 . Today, 84 years later the dow closed at a record high and the s and a 500 and the mid cap 400. Call it green tuesday, if youd like and some Economic Indicators market pros watch are flashing yellow, maybe even red. More on that in a moment. Here for the record are the numbers on wall street today. A day of historical irony as the policy makers convene to discuss the economy and what to do without it. The dow with a lasthour sprint was 111 points and nasdaq gained 12 and s p add add 10. Investors bought up stocks. Retail sales fell in september down 1 10th of a percent, the first drop in six months. The decline because of a big drop in auto sales. Home prices cooled off. The s p index that tracks shows home prizes rose 1. 23 in august. Thec slowest gain since march. The data points down but stocks continu
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However, the American Navy stated minutes ago it did not launch missiles from ships in the mediterranean. This is a rapidly developing story and we will bring you more as we get information. French authorities have declassified an Intelligence Report on a chemical weapons attack that took place near damascus august 21 aired eight pages that detail the Syrian Government arsenal. The attack is clearly blamed on government forces. Eight movie has details. And massive attack with a warning of graphic content. One of six amateur videos of the french government has authenticated and put online, which it says shows last months chemical weapons attack could not have been ordered or carried out by anyone but the Syrian Government. Along with nine pages of declassified intelligence Francois Hollande making his case to french lawmakers. Authorities have studied dozens of amateur videos and counted at the augusteaths in 21 attack. Intelligence report says the Syrian Governments arsenal of chemical