KQED Nightly Business Report August 12, 2017
Of the year st the calm that had swallowed the rising market like a warm blanket all year long finally cracked. The rupture came as the war of words between the united statea. Beginning on tuesday and continuing through tod. Soggy earnings reports from major retailers didnt help either. The result was a down week, the worst in months with all of the major indexes off 1 or more. But what was almost as surprise as the turn was that the weekly losses werent even part becaus turned up today. The Dow Jones Industrial average rose to 21,858. Nasdaq added 39 and s p 500 was up three. The president to...