U.S. Stocks Rise as Dow Climbs Over 12,000 on Economic Optimism
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U.S. stocks gained this week, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its first close above 12,000 since June 2008, as corporate earnings, an expansion of American and Chinese manufacturing and an unexpected decrease in the unemployment rate overshadowed unrest in Egypt.
Alcoa Inc. surged 6.3 percent and Cisco Systems Inc. rose