Stocks surge ahead
Stocks rallied Thursday, as Congressional testimony on the credit crisis offered some encouragement to investors after a two-session selloff. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 173 points around 2 hours into the session. The Standard & Poor's 500 index and the Nasdaq composite also advanced. Both gauges ended the previous session at five-year lows. Stocks slumped Wednesday, with the Dow falling more than 500 points as falling oil prices and worries about earnings exacerbated fears of a glob...
10/23/2008 12:00:00 PM
News & Issues - Business/Financial News
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