WETA Nightly Business Report February 19, 2013
Hope and optimism here on wall street today; investors are buying up stocks as a wave of deals sweeps through Corporate America. Today, investors were enthusiastic about a possible merger between office depot and office max, and theyre also keeping score as the major indexes get closer to new records. The dow is a little more than 100 points from its alltime high set back in 2007,ndhe t s p needs only 30 points tohe break its milestone. E thw rose almost 54 points, the nasdaq rising 22, and the s p added 11 points. Suzanne pratt now looks at who benefits from deal mania. Reporter wall street b...