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WINNIPEG A backlog in shipping means some gifts might not make it under the tree in time for Christmas. The holiday season is the busiest time for postal services and the pandemic isn t helping. The Winnipeg chapter of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers said mail service has been at a Christmas level volume since May. Attributing it to an increase in online shopping amid COVID-19, it s creating a stressful time for the mail service. We have workers who are working up to twelve-hour shifts coming in for their eight-hour shift and working another four of overtime, said Cameron Fortier, vice president of the Winnipeg union. ....
the dow and the s & p 500 having their best january since 1997. let s take a look today at the damage on wall street, wasn t so bad, dow industrials down 7 points, 12,653, ending flat on the session, giving up that loss of 131 points earlier, volume anemic, 693 million shares here at the big board. nasdaq down 4 1/2 points, s & p down 3.33. mary thompson our eye on the floor of the nyc right now. mary? interesting day, as you said, the dow down 130 points but then what happened around 10:00, better-than-expected fed survey come out, look what happened with the s & p. it bounced off on 1,3 and change, 1,3726789 trade verse been watching that 1,300 level. they stay has been very difficult to keep this market down, even though there were concerns about greece coming into today s trade, even though there were concerns about portugal, the market s managing a fairly strong come back today, the sectors that performed not so well, financials, energy and utilities the weakest ....
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening everyone. a solid rally on wall street today as the major stock averages broke a three-day losing streak. investors were upbeat that greece will pass crucial austerity measures this week. tom, the greek parliament votes on wednesday and, if the bill goes through, the country will get billions of dollars of additional loans. tom: susie, also helping to ease the worry? word that french banks will roll over their greek debt into new bonds. the hope is that could avert a european debt crisis. also boosting optimism? news that global regulators have agreed to more favorable financial standards for big banks. susie: despite today s market rally, experts say the coming months could be rocky for investors. suzanne pratt explains. reporter: the lazy days of summer are finally here on wall street, but market pros predict this summer th ....