It's Monday, October 12th. A strong day for stocks on Wall Street has the Dow Jones Industrial Average back above 8000. The blue chip index gained nearly 102 points today, a rise of 1.3 percent. But it's up 7.2 percent from its low during the day last Thursday.
Investors are pleased at prospects for shoring up Japan's creaky banking system.
We'll have more on that in a few minutes. It's also the start of a long cascade of corporate profits reports, including a fine showing for a name that will soon disappear from the Dow Jones Industrial Average after its merger is completed. I'm speaking of Chrysler. Marketplace's business editor Sarah Gardner reports. Chrysler today reported quarterly profits that left analysts in the dust, thanks partly to all those sport-utility lovers buying Dodge Durangos.