Dow-wow!

Things were looking up on Wall Street yesterday. Of course it’s a wait-and-see kind of game. Still, the Dow Jones industrials gained more than 11 percent — its biggest one-day percentage gain. (The previous record? During the tech boom in 2000.)…

The Dow Jones industrials jumped up 936 points — its biggest single-day point-gain. In one day, the Dow gained half of what it lost last week. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index also set a record for a one-day point gains….

That sinking feeling

It’s been quite a week. The Dow only fell 128 points on Friday — one of its best days all week. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced that the government will buy an ownership stake in several U.S. banks. President…

I don’t know about you, but the Dow Jones industrials is making me queasy. It’s down, it’s up, it’s way down, it’s back up. And that was just today. It looked really bad for awhile, but bounced back and the…

Red alert

That’s right: We’re giving you control over what the Weatherbird says. At 5 p.m. today, I will post potential Bird lines from our clever copy editors. Then you get to vote on which one will appear in print. The fun…