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Stocks edge higher, shrugging off shutdown woes
CBS News The rise in stocks follows a budget standoff in Washington that kept hundreds of thousands of federal workers from their jobs for 16 days and could have forced the government to miss payments on its debt. Congress agreed Wednesday to fund the … Stocks rise on earnings; S&P 500 hits new high, best week in 3 months China growth, earnings push stocks mostly higher US STOCKS-Wall St rises as Google's surge to record high leads tech rally |