--- quote --- Welcome to the Reuters Before the Bell news mail.
"In Washington we trust" seems to be Wall Street's new mantra. After stocks snapped a five-day losing streak yesterday, futures are pointing up *on optimism that the government and the Fed can keep a recession away. * Rate cuts and a New York state-led effort to rescue ailing bond insurers are giving investors the courage to re-enter the equities market... -- Salam ALX™
