I'm Sarah Gardner for Marketplace. And that's the top of our news for Tuesday. Today the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.33 percent. The Nasdaq fell 1.2 percent. Too many campaign ads and not enough real coverage.
Television networks take constant flack for how they chose to air the presidential campaigns.
Former NBC president Reuven Frank take a step back to look at why political coverage has gotten to where it is now. Marketplace host David Brancaccio talks with historian Stephen Ambrose about the business behind making the railroad. Michelle Brier explains the story. The Euro keeps sliding, but it isn't necessarily a bad thing for some European businesses. That's coming up along with the latest in world business news.