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Flirting with 8000

Predictions of a continued strong dollar and IBM's copper-chip announcement gave markets a lift to start the week. After cracking 8000 briefly, the Dow was up 71 to 7987 in early-afternoon trading; Nasdaq was up 12, to 1692. IBM's news sent its stock up US$5.06 to $104.31.

Predictions of a continued strong dollar and IBM's copper-chip announcement gave markets a lift to start the week. After cracking 8000 briefly, the Dow was up 71 to 7987 in early-afternoon trading; Nasdaq was up 12, to 1692. IBM's news sent its stock up US$5.06 to $104.31.