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The blue-chip stock index rose 156.82 points to its highest level since May 2008, several months before the financial crisis, as better economic news encouraged investors to set aside their fears and focus on fundamentals.
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The Intelligent Investor: Investors thinking about Facebook should consider a mathematical riddle that shows how growth stocks can get overvalued so easily.
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A computer hacker group continued a wave of attacks against Brazilian financial websites, hampering the sites of Citigroup and other prominent institutions.
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Barbara Desoer, a high-profile mortgage executive who once was a candidate to become chief executive of Bank of America, is leaving as the financial giant retreats from the home-loan business.
The Carlyle Group has dropped a controversial forced arbitration clause that would have stripped investors of the ability to hold the private-equity firm publicly accountable for fraud, misconduct or negligence in a court of law.
Tonight's train reading includes a tear down of the jobs report, photo ops with Warren Buffett and 21 rules for surviving your Super Bowl party.
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Spirits maker Beam, which posted better-than-expected earnings, expects established brands and new flavors to help it outperform the broader category's growth this year.
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The overhaul package outlined by Spain, which requires banks to make an estimated $65.7 billion in new provisions against their real-estate exposures, may not draw a line under the saga.
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Brazil's real climbed against the dollar after strong U.S. jobs figures outweighed the central bank's intervention in an attempt to weaken the currency.
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The U.S. economy added more jobs in January than in any month since early last year, pushing down the jobless rate to a level not seen since Obama's first full month in office.
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The worst drought on record in various parts of Mexico has destroyed millions of acres of cropland and left millions of livestock without food.
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The relatively mild U.S. winter is saving cities money on salt and snowplowing but hurting businesses that rely on cold to bring in cash.
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Orange-juice futures settled lower as traders discounted the prospects for a ban on juice imports into the U.S. It appears they weren't off the mark.
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Platinum is usually more expensive than gold, but worries about Europe and global growth have turned the historical norm on its head.
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Copper futures roared higher on better-than-expected U.S. employment data and as traders who bet on lower copper prices were forced to cover those positions with purchases.
Crude-oil futures closed higher Friday, putting a halt to five-session retreat as positive U.S. economic data and a pullback in the dollar buoyed demand prospects for oil.


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