Amid a backdrop of hope today what the president did and what Fed Chair Jerome Powell said was enough to sink the markets.  Here's what we've got for you on this 6th day of October:

• Stop the stimulus talks and...
• Fed Chair also talks stimulus and what happens if none;
• How some movie theaters are luring back families;
• Oh...the Trade Deficit...yep, there is that;
• Ikea is launching a second hand store;
• Some rough going for General Electric;
• The Wall Street Report
• And the Nobel Prize for Medicine goes to....

Those stories PLUS a conversation with Suzanne Hull the founder of the ChristKindle Market of Des Moines. I know, we're not yet over Halloween but, come on, we all could use a little Christmas right now...right.  Listen to that conversation here. 

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Mixed signals or not, Wall Street had a great day today as it appears that some sort of federal stimulus program isn't dead after all. Welcome to the business news headlines for Wednesday the 7th of October. Here's what we've got for you:

• Are investors too optimistic;
• Another restaurant chain in bankruptcy;
• 5 skills that need to go on your resume;
• Door Dash has launched a new product;
• Amazon products and safety...it's a story;
• A 117 year old company confronts a very different future;
• The Wall Street Report
• More warnings from the Fed.

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This should be interesting. The Supreme Court will hear a case about an 1868 law passed by congress that has to do with making booze at home. That's where we start this evening on the 19th day of October and thanks for being with us. In other news, the economy in China grew due to massive exports. Today another story about consumer concern over AI pricing of goods We’ll have to groceries. Elon Musk to give away shares of Space X and we’ll tell you about it. We will also check the numbers in The Wall Street Report and the Eagles football team is facing some backlash for the way it treated quarterback Jalin Hurts.

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