Maybe Bernanke really does have some clout: ever since Monday, when Bernanke engaged in unusual jawboning in support of the dollar, the dollar has stabilized and is even in a mild uptrend. Read More
September retail sales: improving, but is it enough? September same store sales, out tomorrow, are expected to decline by 0.8 percent year over year, according to RetailMetrics. Read More
In this era of Facebook ads and company-customer interaction through Twitter, direct marketing that shows up in your mail box seems incredibly outdated. I mean, junk mail? Really? Read More
Following are the day’s biggest winners and losers. Find out why shares of Dollar Tree and Williams-Sonoma popped while CSX Corp and Jacobs Engineering dropped. Read More