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is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening everyone. encouraging economic news today encouraged investors to buy stocks. tom, it was a grand kickoff for september. the dow surged more than 250 points-- 2.5%-- its best one-day gain since early july. a key manufacturing index showed american factories were working harder in august than a month earlier. the institute for supply management's index rose to 56.3 management's index rose to 56.3 from 55.5 in july, higher th...

this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening everyone. encouraging economic news today encouraged investors to buy stocks. tom, it was a grand kickoff for september. the dow surged more than 250 points-- 2.5%-- its best one-day gain since early july. a key manufacturing index showed american factories were working harder in august than a month earlier. the institute for supply management's index rose to 56.3 management's index rose to 56.3 from 55.5 in july, higher than forecast. a readin...