http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/20390/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/wal-marts-solid-holiday-forecast-has-world-news-bearish-economy <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/jeff-poor">Jeff Poor</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Upon the news of Wal-Mart’s robust third-quarter earnings and predictions of a “strong” holiday shopping season, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (<a href="http://finance.google.com/finance?cid=983582"></a>DJIA) surged into positive territory, closing up 320 points after several days of tough losses.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/wal-marts-solid-holiday-forecast-has-world-news-bearish-economy" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Energy Aaron Katsman Applebee's Blogging Stocks Chili's consumer spending earnings Financial Times forecast Gap gas prices J.C. Penney's Macy's retail Wal-Mart Wall Street Journal World News with Charles Gibson Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:30:15 +0000 admin 25238 at http://archive2.mrc.org