The Dow Jones Industrial Average
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Today's Top 3
1. On a day when 25 of the 30 Dow components finished lower, today's leader was McDonald's
2. Fool analyst Sean Williams believes credit card services companies are the dividend juggernauts of the future. Will American Express
3. Merck
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