Mixed news on the economic front sent stocks lurching early today. Industrial production in the U.S. rose as a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York showed regional manufacturing jumped at its fastest clip since mid-2010. But general concerns about Europe still linger, and although the positive economic reports were enough to send the broader market slightly higher, the Dow Jones Industrials
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