WETA Nightly Business Report October 8, 2010
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. alcoa reported upbeat quarterly earnings after the bell. susie, the aluminum giant is the first dow component to report. >> susie: tom, investors approved-- the stock rose 3% in after-hours trading. alcoa posted a quarterly profit of $61 million, or nine cents a share. that's four cents more than analyst estimates. revenue also came in higher than expected, up 15% to more than $5 billion. c.e.o. klaus kleinfe...