this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening, everyone. my colleague, tom hudson, is off tonight. it s beginning to look a lot like two years ago. stocks are now trading at their highest level since september 2008. the dow tacked on 56 points today to close at 11,534. the nasdaq added 18 closing at a three-year high, and the s&p gained seven and a half. financials were a big part of today s move, as t.d. bank announced it s buying chrysler financial for $6.3 billion. as the year draws to a close, mergers and acquisitions are picking up again. erika miller takes a look at whether the deal-making will continue in 2011. reporter: if you listen closely, you might start hearing wedding bells on wall street. more companies are expected to tie the knot in the coming months. while 2010 was a recovery year for mergers and acquisitions, activity is expected to pick up a bit in 2
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening, everyone. my colleague, tom hudson, is off tonight. it s beginning to look a lot like two years ago. stocks are now trading at their highest level since september 2008. the dow tacked on 56 points today to close at 11,534. the nasdaq added 18 closing at a three-year high, and the s&p gained seven and a half. financials were a big part of today s move, as t.d. bank announced it s buying chrysler financial for $6.3 billion. as the year draws to a close, mergers and acquisitions are picking up again. erika miller takes a look at whether the deal-making will continue in 2011. reporter: if you listen closely, you might start hearing wedding bells on wall street. more companies are expected to tie the knot in the coming months. while 2010 was a recovery year for mergers and acquisitions, activity is expected to pick up a bit in 2
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening, everyone. my colleague, tom hudson, is off tonight. it s beginning to look a lot like two years ago. stocks are now trading at their highest level since september 2008. the dow tacked on 56 points today to close at 11,534. the nasdaq added 18 closing at a three-year high, and the s&p gained seven and a half. financials were a big part of today s move, as t.d. bank announced it s buying chrysler financial for $6.3 billion. as the year draws to a close, mergers and acquisitions are picking up again. erika miller takes a look at whether the deal-making will continue in 2011. reporter: if you listen closely, you might start hearing wedding bells on wall street. more companies are expected to tie the knot in the coming months. while 2010 was a recovery year for mergers and acquisitions, activity is expected to pick up a bit in 2
stanford trying to pull the shocker and green and fields have scored more than half of the points. marques: these guys have been one of the most potent combination in college basketball. landry fields, not a huge game for him. averaging 22 points a game. jeremy green, defensively i thought really cannot focus, playing great, anticipating steals, contesting shots. steve: pacific life pac-10 tournament, ucla will face california in the first semifinal game tomorrow at 6:00. then tomorrow at 8:30, who will it be? stanford and alex kiesow support before the game the stanford coaches told me that the main offensivoal is patience. that patience has turned into a full-blown confidence down here on the bench. stanford is looking like a team with a whole lot of swagger right now but johnny dawkins is still keeping things very serious. he said he wants the team to finish strong. steve: they also have their best foul shooters on the floor and with a 35 second clock i would ima