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Investing depends entirely on perspective. From a broad viewpoint, the stock market didn't do much today, treading water until a late sell-off near the end of the day left it with modest losses. By the close, the Dow Jones Industrials
But if you look at individual stocks, you can find some sunlight even on a dreary day for the Dow. Hewlett-Packard
Verizon
Finally, IBM
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