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Allergan rose$. 99 or 1.0 percent, to $101.41. Baxter International Inc. rose $1.09 or 1.5 percent, to $72.94. Boston Scientific Corp. rose$. 06 or. 7 percent, to $9.10.
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Alco Stores Inc.: Approximately 400 shares changed hands, a 97.3 decrease from its 65- day average volume. The shares rose$. 05 or. 5 percent to $9.29. American River Bankshares: Approximately 100 shares changed hands, a 99.0 decrease from its 65- day average volume.
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Becton, Dickinson& Co. rose $1.28 or 1.3 percent, to $101.78. Covidien rose$. 10 or. 2 percent, to $65.77. PerkinElmer rose$. 21 or. 7 percent, to $32.19.
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NEW YORK-- Shares of some top drug benefits companies were up at the close of trading:. CVSCaremark rose$. 07 or. 1 percent, to $59.44. Express Scripts Holding Co. rose $1.17 or 1.9 percent, to $61.87.
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Baxter International Inc. rose $1.09 or 1.5 percent, to $72.94. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. rose$. 53 or 1.2 percent, to $43.30. Hospira rose$. 02 or. 1 percent, to $35.74.
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Boeing rose $2.34 or 2.4 percent, to $98.92. Lockheed Martin Corp. rose $2.41 or 2.3 percent, to $106.41. Northrop Grumman Corp. rose $3.17 or 4.0 percent, to $82.19.
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Ford Motor Co. rose$. 44 or 3.0 percent, to $15.08. General Motors Co. rose $1.03 or 3.2 percent, to $33.42. Honda Motor Co. rose$. 74 or 1.8 percent, to $41.41.
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Delta Air fell$. 10 or. 5 percent, to $18.54. JetBlue Airways Corp. fell$. 08 or 1.2 percent, to $6.44. Southwest Airlines Co. rose$. 24 or 1.7 percent, to $14.38.
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Bank of America Corp. rose$. 07 or. 5 percent, to $13.43. Citigroup Inc. rose$. 84 or 1.7 percent, to $51.45. Goldman Sachs rose $3.71 or 2.4 percent, to $158.18.
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*Dexia lawsuit returned to NY state court where it began. May 17- A federal judge has revived a closely watched lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase& Co of misleading Belgian-French bank Dexia SA into buying more than $1.6 billion of troubled mortgage debt.
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NEW YORK-- Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is promising to unveil "something special" Monday evening in New York as she tries to attract more traffic and advertising to the Internet company.
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NEW YORK, May 17- Steven A. Cohen's hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors told investors on Friday it would no longer cooperate "unconditionally" with the U.S. government's insider trading investigation. But SAC Capital added that going forward it may "need to keep details confidential."
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NEW YORK, May 17- Steven A. Cohen's hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors told investors on Friday it would no longer cooperate "unconditionally" with the U.S. government's insider trading investigation. But SAC Capital added that going forward it may "need to keep details confidential."
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NEW YORK-- Consulting firm Accenture PLC said Friday it will buy Acquity Group Ltd. for $316 million in cash. Accenture said it will pay $13 per American depositary share for Acquity. Accenture's stock rose $1.63, or 2 percent, to $82.24 during the regular trading session and were unchanged after-market dealings.
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NEW YORK, May 17- Pension and endowment managers on Friday called on U.S. regulators to review the rules for shareholder voting after a firm collecting ballots for JPMorgan Chase& Co cut off polling information to the bank's opponents.
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*JPMorgan lifts S&P 500 year-end target to 1,715. *Tableau Software surges in first day of trade. NEW YORK, May 17- U.S. stocks continued their climb into uncharted territory on Friday, racking up the fourth week of gains in a row as encouraging economic data prompted investors to pick up shares of growth companies.
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*Gold at 1- month low as Fed pressured to end US stimulus. Gold fell, touching a 1- month low and closing down for a seventh straight session as the dollar hit its highest levels since 2008 after some Federal Reserve officials said the central bank should end its stimulus for the U.S. economy. Gold was the CRB's biggest loser, falling almost 2 percent.
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May 17- In the nearly five years since the worst financial crash since the Great Depression, the remedy for the world's economic doldrums has swung from full-on Keynesianism to unforgiving austerity and back.
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NEW YORK, May 17- Oil rose for a third straight session on Friday, supported by a raft of strong economic data from top oil consumer the United States that also boosted U.S. equities, even as the dollar hit a multi-year high. "Everyone's feeling buoyant, and we got a nice little bounce on the S&P 500," said Phil Flynn, energy analyst at Price Futures Group in Chicago.
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NEW YORK, May 17- Steven A. Cohen's hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors told investors on Friday it would no longer cooperate unconditionally with the U.S. government's insider trading investigation. In a brief letter to investors, the $15 billion hedge fund did not elaborate but said it believes the next few months will be critical in the investigation.