STEVE INSKEEP, host: The Business News starts with another milestone for the Dow.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, host: The Dow Jones Industrial Average set a new record yesterday, for all of 34 seconds, as it popped over the 12,000 mark. It closed just under 12,000, spurred by strong earnings from IBM and good data on the housing market.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, host: Some other news, Wal-Mart is getting a jump on the holiday season. It said yesterday that it will slash prices on more than 100 toys.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average set a new record Wednesday. For 34 seconds it popped over the 12,000 mark. It closed just under that, spurred by strong earnings from IBM and good data on the housing market.