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Dow hits record, erasing Great Recession losses

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The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 126 points Tuesday to close at an all-time high, powered by China's strong economic growth targets and a jump in European retail sales.

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A board on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average Tuesday, closing at an all-time high by beating the previous record it set in October 2007.

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The stock market is back. Five and a half years after the start of a frightening drop that erased $11 trillion from stock portfolios and made investors despair of ever getting their money back, the Dow Jones industrial average has regained all the losses suffered during the Great Recession and reached a new high.
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    • The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 126 points Tuesday to close at an all-time high, powered by China’s strong economic growth targets and a jump in European retail sales.
    • A board on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average Tuesday, closing at an all-time high by beating the previous record it set in October 2007.
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