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The Dow Jones industrial average (DJI:^DJI - News) gained 102.32 points, or 0.99 percent, to 10,424.62. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index (^SPX - News) rose 8.99 points, or 0.82 percent, to 1,102.66. The Nasdaq Composite Index (Nasdaq:^IXIC - News) added 23.58 points, or 1.05 percent, to 2,269.47.
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General Electric delivered a shot of confidence to U.S. investors when it raised its dividend on Friday, pushing the S&P 500 through the key 1,100 level. GE (NYSE:GE - News) gained 3.3 percent in high volume after the U.S. conglomerate increased its quarterly dividend by 20 percent. GE's move
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The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI gained 206.31 points, or 2.04 percent, to 10,326.84. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX climbed 24.77 points, or 2.32 percent, to 1,094.36. The Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC jumped 53.50 points, or 2.45 percent, to 2,240.83. U.S. stocks extended gains o
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U.S. stocks were little changed on Wednesday as caution before comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on the economy and interest rates offset optimism over solid earnings news. Bernanke is scheduled to testify before the Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday afternoon, giving the Fe
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Legislation is Pending to Extend Eligibility Dates for Benefit Extensions (Updated for the week of July 19th) Legislation to extend eligibility dates for benefit extensions is still pending. Although Congress is back from recess, we do not know when they will act on the pending legislation. In th
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U.S. stock index futures were lower on Tuesday after technology bellwethers International Business Machines and Texas Instruments posted quarterly revenues that fell shy of expectations. Image via Wikipedia IBM (IBM.N) fell 5 percent to $123.50 in pre-market trade a day after it reported a
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Image by Getty Images via @daylife The St. Paul, Minn., component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA 10,169, +71.37, +0.71%) said in its mid-quarter update that it's expecting good growth in volume and pricing and new-product introductions. "That will all lead to growth in the qu
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Image via Wikipedia Stocks were modestly higher on Monday, but gains were hemmed in as downbeat homebuilder sentiment offset solid earnings from Halliburton and a strong order outlook from Boeing. Halliburton Co (NYSE:HAL - News) posted a better-than-expected 83 percent jump in quarterly
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Today, the most search keywords on google is the "Hugmeez". Not only on Google.com and the Google Trends, but many of the Spectacle video site such us on Youtube or Metacafe. It seems that the appearance of a very sweet little toy is so attract the attention of the people. Moreover, with the v
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Image by gd. via Flickr Whether you're looking for a special gift for someone you love? Or just want to make your child smile? You could give them a funny puppet which is sweet and feels comfortable when it held. Hugmeez, a doll is adorable and very soft. It is suitable used as a form
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Hugmeez is a tiny little doll that just only 5 inches tall and it was the latest creation from Hip Designs Ltd. Image by gd. via Flickr Hugmeez are so cute, very comfortable as cuddly characters that suitable for your child or your beloved. Beside the Doll, Hugmeez also made a T-Shirt an
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U.S. bank Goldman Sachs agreed to pay fines amounting to U.S. $ 550 million, to resolve the dispute over the civil lawsuit on charges of misleading investors. U.S. financial markets watchdog, the Financial and Securities Commission (SEC), said that this amount represents the largest penalty a
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