Stocks Close Higher; Google Jumps
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U.S. stocks gained on Tuesday, helped by a surge in Dow component American Express Co. , while the outlook for tech stocks brightened after the closing bell as Google Inc.  blew away Wall Street expectations.
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U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday,  as investors shrugged off record crude oil prices and bought  beaten-down shares, pushing blue chips to close above 10,000  for the first time in 3 weeks.
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US stocks ended higher on Wednesday as internet and semiconductor stocks led advances in technology shares and crude oil retreated from record high prices.
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Google stock jumped above $500 for the first time Tuesday, leaving the shares up nearly 500 percent since the world's No. 1 search engine went public little more than two years ago.
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Google Inc.  stock jumped more than 12 percent on Wednesday to new highs, pushing the Web search leader past eBay Inc.  as the biggest Internet company in terms of stock market value, after trouncing quarterly earnings forecasts.
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U.S. stocks closed slightly higher on  Thursday amid mixed economic news and light trading as Wall  Street headed home early for the Christmas holiday.
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US stocks ended higher on Wednesday as investors snapped up semiconductor shares at bargain prices and bought some blue chips after crude oil retreated from record high prices.
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U.S. stocks gained on Tuesday, helped  by a surge in Dow component American Express Co. AXP.N, while  the outlook for tech stocks brightened after the closing bell  as Google Inc. GOOG.O blew away Wall Street expectations.
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Stocks surged Wednesday afternoon, with the Dow Jones industrial average closing at its highest point ever, the S&P 500 hitting a 5-1/2 year high and the Nasdaq composite rising more than 2 percent.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Shares of Google Inc. closed sharply higher Thursday on their first day of trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market after the company cut its IPO (initial public offering) price Wednesday.
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Stocks ended higher on Monday,  lifted  by a flurry of deals, such as Citigroup Inc.'s C.N plans to  sell its Travelers insurance unit, and relief that elections in  Iraq proceeded with less bloodshed than expected.
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U.S. stocks ended higher on Tuesday,  after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates as expected and  said inflation was in check and the economy is growing at a  moderate pace despite a rise in energy prices.
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U.S. stocks finished slightly higher on Tuesday as investors were cautious about taking new positions before the Thanksgiving holiday, while shares of aircraft maker Boeing Co.  and Web search leader Google Inc.  soared to record highs.
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U.S. stock futures rose to morning  highs on Friday, indicating the market would open slightly  higher, after better-than-forecast earnings from Web search  company Google Inc. sparked tech shares.
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CHICAGO/SAN FRANCISCO  - Shares of Google Inc.  GOOG.O hit a new high on Monday as traders who had shorted  the stock scrambled to buy back scarce shares after the Web  search leader's better-than-expected quarterly results last  week.
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CHICAGO/SAN FRANCISCO  - Shares of Google Inc. hit  a new high on Monday, giving the Web search leader a bigger  market value than rival Yahoo Inc., as traders who had shorted  the stock scrambled to buy back scarce shares after Google's  better-than-expected quarterly results last week.
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U.S. stocks rallied on Tuesday, with the Dow closing at its highest level in 3 1/2 years, boosted by a rebound in beaten-down drugmaker Pfizer Inc. , while tech stocks got a lift from a broker upgrade of Intel Corp. .