Stocks traded higher after better-than-expected economic data as commodities prices continued to slide. Crude-oil futures hovered near $100 a barrel and gold continued to slide back toward $900. 12:10 p.m.
2 posted on 03/20/2008 9:39:59 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
(No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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