Blue chips rise on GE, consumer sentiment
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Blue-chip stocks rose on Friday, sending the Dow to a record, as General Electric Co's  expanded share repurchase plan and a stronger-than-expected reading of consumer sentiment tempered worries about the economy's health.
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U.S. blue chips rose on Wednesday  after American International Group AIG.N hiked its dividend  and crude oil prices edged lower, but weakness in chip stocks  pressured technology shares.
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U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday after   stronger-than-expected September consumer confidence data   boosted optimism about spending and profits.
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Stocks rose on Wednesday after data pointing to strength in consumer spending boosted optimism about profit growth and as bond yields retreated from five-year highs.
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U.S. blue chips rose on Thursday, led  by tobacco stocks, while technology share were under pressure  by a warning from Applied Materials Inc., the world's biggest  semiconductor-equipment maker.
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Blue-chip stocks ended higher yesterday, helped by gains in energy companies, although investors showed caution before next week&#39;s presidential election.
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Stocks rose on Thursday, after data suggested a stronger-than-expected jobs market and an upgrade of General Motors Corp.  sent the auto maker's shares higher.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks ended higher on Tuesday after stronger-than-expected profits and more merger news.
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The Standard & Poor's 500 index  hit a lifetime high in late-session trading on Friday as stocks rose on news that General Electric Co  increased a stock-buyback plan and a report showed consumer sentiment rose in early July.
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U.S. blue chips edged higher on Monday, helped by a gain in Boeing Co. , but disappointing earnings outlooks from printer maker Lexmark Inc.  and others limited the market's advance.
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US blue-chip stocks ended higher on Friday, helped by gains in energy companies, although investors showed caution before next week&#39;s presidential election.
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U.S. stocks rallied on Thursday as a   string of corporate deals, plus a robust initial public   offering for credit-card company MasterCard Inc.MA.N, lifted   investor sentiment.
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Wall Street resumed its year-end rally Tuesday, bolstered by a new report which showed consumer confidence had jumped sharply in recent weeks.
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NEW YORK  -The S&P 500 index  climbed to a record on Friday, surpassing levels reached during the Internet bubble, as General Electric Co.  increased a stock-buyback plan and data showed improving consumer sentiment.
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U.S. blue chips ended higher on  Thursday, their first positive finish in 2005, with investors  encouraged by a strengthening dollar and December sales figures  from retailers.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks rose on Thursday  as better-than-expected economic data and healthy company  earnings lifted the mood on Wall Street, but higher oil prices  limited the gains.
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U.S. stocks edged higher on Friday as a strong jobs report outweighed a weaker-than-expected reading of consumer sentiment, while a jump in oil prices boosted shares of energy companies.