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Stocks advance in optimistic start to 2009 as investors brush off weak manufacturing report Wall Street started 2009 with a big rally Friday as investors, brushing aside a disappointing report on manufacturing, sent the Dow Jones industrials up more than 250 points ...

How the Dow Jones industrials and other major stock indexes fared in Friday trading A jump in unemployment sent stocks sharply lower Friday as investors feared that Americans won't soon deviate from their tightened budgets. The Labor Department's much-anticipated report showed employers ...