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The Dow average yesterday reached its 25th closing high this year after the Federal Reserve reiterated its prediction that economic growth will pick up. The maker of computer-networking equipment had second-quarter profit and sales that topped analysts' estimates as phone companies including BT Group Plc boosted spending to make their systems faster. The company, which sells networking software and computer-consulting services, posted second-quarter profit, excluding some costs, of 5 cents a share. Homebuilders in S&P indexes retreated 1 percent as a group after the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise said house prices in the first quarter rose at the slowest pace in a decade. read more

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Main High Tech Gadgets Tech Stock Sectors Fortune 500 Tech 100 Fastest-Growing Techs The Browser Blog Technology Business News Business 2. Main Best Companies to Work For Best Places to Live America’s Hottest Jobs Fortune 500 Global 500 Fortune 500 archive Best Places to Retire 20 Great Cos. Major gauges struggle as investors shake off morning worries sparked by China stock selloff, but show caution after release of minutes from last policy meeting. The declines were minimal, however, compared with a selloff in late February, when a more than 9 percent fall in Shanghai stocks sent the Dow tumbling 416 points, its biggest one-day point loss in 5-1/2 years. read more

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Potatoes in storage account for 19 percent of the 2006 fall storage States’ production, down 1 percent from last year. Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon total processing increased 8 percent from a year ago, Maine’s total processing was 8 percent above the same date in 2006, and Washington and the rest of Oregon total processing was up 2 percent from last season. Idaho’s potato stocks are down 11 percent from last year, while sheds in Washington held 20 percent less than last year, and Oregon’s stocks dropped 4 percent from last season. Maine’s potato stocks increased 26 percent from last year, North Dakota’s sheds held 50 percent more, and stocks in Minnesota are up 52 percent. Potato sheds in Nebraska held 17 percent more than last season, while Michigan’s potato stocks increased 80 percent. read more

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Wall Street’s merger-fueled rally may continue this week, so long as Friday’s payrolls report and other economic news don’t spoil the party. Last week, though, some nervousness took hold in the market after former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned on Wednesday that he feared a “dramatic contraction” in China’s stock market. The GDP data includes the core personal consumption expenditures prices index, or core PCE prices index, an inflation gauge that is carefully monitored by the Federal Reserve. Egypt Stock Benchmark Jumps to Highest in 15 Month Moody’s Lifted Hypo Alpe Adria Bank’s Rating Nigeria And Iran Influence Rise In Oil Prices Deutsche Telekom Was Told To Solve Strike Problem FTSE Ends Flat As Oils Offset Gains In Miners Coca-Cola To Buy Glaceau Water For $4. read more

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Coca-Cola rose the most since April 17 after the world’s biggest soft-drink company agreed to purchase the maker of Glaceau Vitaminwater for $4. Twelve of 14 real-estate stocks in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index climbed after UBS AG said Archstone-Smith Trust, the second-largest U. Friday’s rally helped stocks pare three days of declines that sent the S&P 500 to its first weekly retreat since March. Both the S&P 500 and Dow snapped seven straight weeks of gains. Archstone’s assets, presence in big markets and low debt can be viewed "as call options on the next condo wave," wrote UBS analyst Alexander Goldfarb. read more

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For an investor who’s really hip to telecommunications in the region, but cold on the future prospects of Russian steel and utility stocks, this ETF wouldn’t fit the bill. To help, we’ll use Motley Fool CAPS , our tool for screening and ranking stocks and stock pickers. To help investors quickly locate great stocks, any of the 4,300 rated stocks profiled in CAPS can be “tagged” with a keyword. To gauge which companies the CAPS community considers the best opportunities in Russia today, we’ll sort this list by each firm’s CAPS star rank, denoted by one to five stars, with five being the best. In the CAPS community’s favorite Russian investments, wireless communications and steel production really stand out. read more

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