Indexes gain, Nasdaq up 1 percent
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Stocks rebounded on Friday as bond yields retreated from their highs and oil prices fell, easing concerns about rising borrowing costs and inflation.
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Stocks rose around 1 percent on Friday, lifted by strong results in the technology sector from Research in Motion that sent shares of the BlackBerry maker surging.
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The Nasdaq composite index briefly rose 1 percent, led by gains in Apple Inc.  before it reports its earnings later on Monday. The Dow industrials and S&P 500 index reversed course to advance.
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NEW YORK - Investors shrugged off rising crude futures Wednesday to capture well-priced shares, sending the Nasdaq composite index up 1.6 percent ahead of Google Inc.'s much-anticipated initial public offering of stock.    In afternoon trading, the Dow Jones industrial average gained 67.10, or 0.7 percent, to 10,039.93...
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U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, driving the S&P 500 up more than 1 percent as shares of Exxon Mobil Corp.  and other energy companies advanced on rising oil prices, and after the U.S. government raised its estimate of third-quarter economic growth.
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U.S. stocks rallied on Monday, driving the Nasdaq more than 1 percent higher, as corporate takeover announcements, lower crude oil prices and a rebound in the dollar boosted optimism about the economic outlook.
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The tech-driven Nasdaq Composite Index  got a 1 percent boost on Thursday on gains in the semiconductor  sector, but the blue-chip Dow ended down slightly after  Caterpillar Inc. CAT.N warned about higher steel prices and  other costs.
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Asian stocks rose on Monday, gaining  1 percent as Microsoft Corp's audaciousbid for Yahoo Inc and  China's purchase of a largestake in takeover target Rio Tinto  boosted optimism over share valuations.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average rose nearly 1  percent on Tuesday to a six-month closing high, lifted by gains  in tech stocks such as Nikon Corp. after the U.S. Nasdaq  Composite Index snapped a six-session losing streak.
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The S&P 500 index on Thursday rose more than 1 percent as stocks extended gains, helped by optimism about a deal for tax rebates to stimulate the U.S. economy.
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U.S. stocks were higher on Tuesday,  helped by Pfizer Inc. PFE.N after a study found that its  arthritis drug Celebrex carried no increased risks of heart  attacks, while gains in IAC/InterActive Corp. IACI.O and  Intel Corp. INTC.O  pushed up the Nasdaq.
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WASHINGTON, DC - The stock market got off to a quick start on news of President George W. Bush&#39;s victory, with the S&amp;P 500 and the Nasdaq on Wednesday morning both up by more than 1%.
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U.S. stocks rose on Monday as demand   for technology shares such as Apple Computer Inc. AAPL.O and   for semiconductor shares helped lift the Nasdaq more than 1   percent.
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The benchmark for Tokyo stocks rallied nearly 1.9 percent Monday following last week&#39;s gains on Wall Street and an upgrade of major Japanese banks by an international credit ratings agency.
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U.S. stocks rallied on Thursday, with the S&P 500 touching a six-year high and the Nasdaq jumping more than 1 percent, after higher-than-expected earnings from companies, including Ciena and Costco, improved the outlook for steady profit growth.
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The Dow and the S&P 500 extended gains in late trading on Wednesday, taking the Dow up more than 1 percent, as investors bought financial shares and some optimism returned to the market a day after the Fed's emergency interest-rate cut.
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The Nasdaq index rose more than 1 percent on Tuesday as news of Research in Motion Ltd's  deal to distribute BlackBerry smartphones in China added to gains among technology shares, along with a boost from strong profits at Apple Inc.