© 2024 90.5 WESA

Donate

Play Live Radio

Next Up:

0:00

0:00

0:00 0:00

Available On Air Stations

After Brief Rally, Stocks Close Down

NPR

By Lynn Neary

Published December 2, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

A strong start to the holiday shopping season briefly pushes the Dow Jones over the 9,000 mark for the first time since August. But the Dow ends the day down 34 points at 8,893. NPR's Lynn Neary talks to Jeremy Siegel of the University of Pennsylvania.

Copyright 2002 NPR

Lynn Neary

Lynn Neary is an NPR arts correspondent covering books and publishing.

See stories by Lynn Neary

A visit to the traditional Mexican rodeo in San Antonio

Jack Morgan

San Antonio's charreada or traditional Mexican rodeo originated among the Spanish conquistadors in the sixteenth century. The unique rodeo tradition has taken deep roots in the American Southwest.
Biden administration abandons plan to ban menthol cigarettes, citing 'feedback'

Yuki Noguchi

An anti-smoking advocate says the decision to leave menthol cigarettes on the market "prioritizes politics over lives, especially Black lives."
In Columbia University's protests of 1968 and 2024, what's similar — and different

Bill Chappell

There are parallels between the two high-profile events, most starkly the proliferation of similar protests around the country. But key differences set them apart.

Load More