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Stocks edge higher despite economic data
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Stocks edge higher despite economic data

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FILE - In this Monday, March 8, 2010, file photo, a sign for Wall Street is shown near the New York Stock Exchange. World stock markets struggled for direction Tuesday, June 24, 2014, after Wall Street fell for the first time in seven days, in a possible sign that investors were pausing to re-evaluate the market's recent highs. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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Stocks end lower as traders sell blue chips

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This combo made from file photos shows, from left, financier Carl Icahn, pro golfer Phil Mickelson, and developer and high-profile sports better Billy Walters. A federal official briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press that the FBI and Securities and Exchange Commission are looking at stock trades that Mickelson and Walters made involving Clorox when Icahn was attempting to take over the company. There have been no charges filed against the three men and the investigation could lead to nothing. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams/Wilfredo Lee/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jessica Ebelhar)
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Illegal profits: A look at insider trading

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FILE - This July 15, 2013 file photo shows the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Stocks moved slightly lower in early trading Wednesday, June 4, 2014, after a private jobs report suggested that U.S. employers pulled back on hiring last month. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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US stocks edge higher; Protective Life soars

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FILE - This Aug. 9, 2011 photo shows a Wall Street street sign near the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. U.S.
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Stocks edge lower; Hillshire bidding war heats up

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Specialist Edward Zelles, foreground, works with traders at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, June 2, 2014. Stocks were moving slightly lower in early trading Monday following the release of a closely watched report that showed an unexpected slowdown in U.S. manufacturing last month. The market is coming off record highs last week. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Stocks rise following revised manufacturing report

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Trader John Santiago, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday, May 30, 2014. Two negative reports on U.S. consumers were pushing stocks lower in early trading Friday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Dow, S&P close out May at record highs

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FILE - This July 15, 2013 file photo shows the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Stocks moved slightly higher in early trading Thursday, May 29, 2014, after the government reported that the number of people applying for unemployment benefits sank last week, a sign that employers are laying off fewer people. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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Deal news, jobless claims push stocks higher

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This photo combination shows, from left, Nabors Industries CEO Anthony Petrello, in Houston, and TJX CEO Carol Meyrowitz, in Framingham, Mass. Petrello was the highest paid CEO in 2013, and Meyrowitz was the highest paid female CEO in 2013. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Dave Rossman/Boston Globe, Suzanne Kreiter) BOSTON HERALD OUT, QUINCY OUT; NO SALES
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Median CEO pay crosses $10 million in 2013

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FILE - In this May 11, 2007 file photo, a Wall Street sign is seen at an entrance to the New York Stock Exchange. Global stock markets were mostly lower Thursday May 15, 2014 ahead of quarterly European growth figures that investors hope will show a strengthening economic recovery. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)
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Dow dips to worst day in 5 weeks; bond prices jump

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