IS HE RUNNING?: Mitt Romney made the rounds on Wall Street recently and some who attended the meetings said they came away convinced the 2012 GOP presidential nominee would launch another campaign for the White House next year. "Mitt's running," is how one senior Wall Street banker who met with Romney recently put it this week, saying the conventional wisdom that the 2012 nominee would make another run only if the party reached out to him in desperation next year was dead wrong. "He's running, flat out." Read more
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM: The elephant in the room this holiday season: lack of secure credit-card transactions. Read more
GUN SCARE: A sharp decline in gun sales at Smith & Wesson last quarter and lowered guidance should have investors running for cover. If gun sales return to historical levels before Obama-hating gun fanatics started stockpiling weapons, the manufacturer’s profits could be cut in half. Read more
S&P, DOW END AT RECORD HIGHS ON UPBEAT JOBS REPORT: Read more