Gary Poster, with essential assists from Galyn Norwood, Phiroon Phihakendr, Jose Quijada, Pavandeep Kalra. Finally, an up day in the markets.
Housing starts jump.
Online auction competition heats up. Interview with a fund manager. Hurricane Floyd passed before morning and fears that the New York Stock Exchange might close proved unfounded. With the return of blue skies, markets soared higher despite the fact that it was a triple-witching Friday, when the combined whammy of expiring stock and index options and index futures can give stocks the jitters. New homes are springing up across the country faster than anyone had figured.