With Verizon Rumors in the Air, Dow Sets 30th Record Close This Year
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NEW YORK, July 16 -- The Dow Jones industrial average hit a new record close Monday as news of a potential telecom deal involving Verizon nudged the average closer to 14,000. Overall, stocks were mixed as investors contemplated the market's huge gains last week.
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Stock prices are shooting higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 29 points in today&#39;s early going. Advancing issues on the New York Stock Exchange hold a 4-3 lead over decliners.
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The Dow Jones industrial average is up 32 points. Decliners on the New York Stock Exchange hold an eight-to-seven lead over advancers.
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The Dow Jones industrial average posted its best week since Nov. 19, rising slightly Friday to another record close.
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YESTERDAY Close $38.03 Change +$0.20 52-WEEK High $38.49 Low $29.00 Verizon Wireless added 2.3 million customers, most of them prized monthly subscribers, to put a shine on a fourth quarter when Verizon Communications Inc.'s profit was cut by restructuring costs.
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NEW YORK, May 30 -- The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index hit a record high today, marking the end of a four-year healing period for U.S. stocks battered by the burst of the tech bubble, the collapse of Enron and WorldCom, the Sept. 11 attacks and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Stocks inched higher Wednesday, giving the Dow Jones industrial average its second-highest close ever.
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U.S. stock futures nudged higher on  Wednesday with the Dow Jones industrial average within 100  points of a record high after marking its second-highest close  ever in the last session.
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Did you know "The Dow" is all about just 30 companies?
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The Dow Jones index closes at a record high of 12,673, on strong earnings and interest rate confidence.
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The Dow industrials rose to a record high on Monday amid a broad advance by stocks as takeover deals totaling more than $77 billion suggested to investors that equities could still gain further.
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The Dow Jones index of US shares reaches a record high for a second consecutive day, closing at 11,850.
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Stocks rose slightly on Thursday, driving the Dow to yet another record close, boosted by news of a 27-plane order for Boeing Co.  and share-buyback plans from Caterpillar Inc.
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U.S. stocks rose for a third day on   Wednesday, pushing the Dow average near its record close, as   data showing a surprise gain in new home sales bolstered   optimism about the economy and corporate profits.
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Stocks rose on Monday with the S&P 500 and the Dow industrials eking out closing records as higher energy shares and a fresh round of takeovers offset concerns about a sharp sell-off in Chinese stocks.
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Upbeat manufacturing data and the prospect of a merger in the tech sector sent stocks surging Friday. Here&#39;s where the indexes stand before the opening today: *Compared to Oct. 9, 2002, the depths of the bear
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YESTERDAY Close $40.84 Change +$0.52 52-WEEK High $41.31 Low $27.35 American Tower Corp. , the second-largest owner of US towers used to transmit wireless signals, reported a fourth-quarter profit as surging cellphone use increased demand.