The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday above the 12,000 mark for the first time. Also, Google exceeded expectations with its third-quarter earnings.
LINDA WERTHEIMER, host: The business news starts with a record-breaking session for Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed yesterday above the 12,000 mark for the first time. Strong results from Pfizer, Coca-Cola and AT&T helped lift the Dow higher. The record-setting performance came on the nineteenth anniversary of Wall Street's Black Monday. That's when the Dow plunged 508 points. The Dow finished that day at 1,793.90. That's so far from yesterday's record. After the markets closed, Google released its results for the third quarter. The fast-growing company posted a 92 percent increase in earnings on strong demand for online ads. The search engine giant has now exceeded analysts' expectations and all but one of the nine quarters since it went public in 2004.