Sreenivasan those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan on wall street today, the end of 2013 went much like the rest of this record setting year stocks kept rising. The s p 500 had its best year since 1997, up 29 . Other major indexes also scored big. The Dow Jones Industrial average added another 72 points today to close at 16,576. The nasdaq rose 22 points to close at 4,176. Well look at what drove the yearlong rally right after the news summary. Two new reports rounded out the year in economic news. Housing
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