Stocks End Strong Week on a High Note

Stocks closed higher on Friday, after strong earnings from both
Oracle and Nike. Earlier today, Texas Instruments

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announced a $5 billion stock buyback program and plans
to raise its quarterly cash dividend by 25%.

Earlier today, the Fed’s Kohn commented on housing, subprime
lending and Tuesday’s rate cut (full
story
).

Apple
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CEO Steve Jobs, was reportedly
subpoenaed by SEC in stock options case (full
story
).

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Stocks in the News

Oracle
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Shares Climb On Rising Q1 Earnings, Revenues (read
more
).

3Com
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Q1 Loss Widens; Revenue Up 6.4% (read
more
).

NIKE
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Q1 EPS Rises 51%; Revenue To Be 23 Bln. By 2011 (read
more
).

For more stories as they happen, go to our
Breaking News section.


Market Snapshot

Dow

53.49 13820.19

NASDAQ

16.93 2671.22

S&P 500

6.97 1525.72

NYSE NASDAQ

Volume

2,069,180,050 2,262,943,573

Up Volume

1,350,892,790 1,479,858,515

Down Volume

686,076,460 745,927,376

Advances

2053 1609

Declines

1220 1341

New Highs

159 125

New Lows

34 38


Strongest/Weakest Industry Groups

Strongest Industries

Weakest Industries

Manufactured
Housing
Music
& Video Stores

Nonmetallic Mineral Mining
Auto
Dealerships
Air Services,
Other

Sporting Goods





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