U.S. Stocks End Higher
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U.S. 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. blue-chip stocks ended higher on  Friday, helped by gains in energy companies, although investors  showed caution before next week's presidential election.
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U.S. stocks broke a four-day losing  streak to end higher on Tuesday, as better-than-expected  earnings from companies like Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N and  positive consumer confidence data pleased Wall Street.
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US stocks closed higher on Wednesday, as the dollar strengthened and shares of Merck &amp; Co. (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) helped lift the Dow after the drugmaker
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The blue-chip Dow average ended  slightly higher on Monday and the tech-driven Nasdaq also  gained as declining crude-oil prices made equities aside from  energy names attractive.
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U.S. stocks closed slightly higher on  Wednesday, as better-than-expected quarterly results from  investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. LEH.N helped to  offset a two-week high in crude oil prices.
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U.S. stocks edged higher on Wednesday,   putting the Dow Jones industrial average within view of its   all-time closing high after data showing an unexpected rise in   August new home sales.
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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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US stocks finished higher on Friday, as investor worry about high fuel costs crimping consumer spending and hurting company profits eased after crude oil prices fell from their peak.
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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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Stocks ended higher on Thursday, with the Dow finishing above 14,000 for the first time and hitting a record close, on profits that beat expectations in the technology and industrial sectors.
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U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday  for the second straight session, lifted by better-than-expected  earnings from companies such as Texas Instruments Inc. TXN.N  and a retreat in crude oil prices.
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U.S. stocks ended higher for a third  successive day on Tuesday, even as oil prices rose to another  record, after investors were encouraged by data showing an  easing of inflationary pressure and a sharp rebound in the  housing market.
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World stock markets ended higher Monday, as merger and acquisition talk bolstered shares in Europe and Japan.
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U.S. stocks ended higher on Tuesday,  even as oil prices hit another record, as investors  were  encouraged by data showing an easing of inflationary pressure  and a sharp rebound in the housing market.
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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. .
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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.