Updated at 11:14 a.m., Monday, July 30, 2007
Dow surges 90 points in good day for Wall Street
Associated Press
Wall Street found a foothold Monday as investors, still anxious that a credit crunch could crimp U.S. growth, took advantage of low prices after last week's steep losses. The Dow Jones industrial average surged more than 90 points. Some solid earnings and takeover activity boosted the stock market, which is coming off the Dow's and the Standard & Poor's 500 index's biggest weekly drops in nearly five years.
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