Earnings surprises spurred trading this morning, and the Nasdaq and the Dow were on the rise. By midmorning, the techie bourse was up 17 at 1985.73. The composite index was ahead 58 at 9303.73. The Wired Index was up almost 4 at 446.82. Tokyo's Nikkei continued its post-Hashimoto happy dance, rising 0.8 percent after a sharp gain Tuesday on hopes that the new PM will cut taxes.
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Earnings surprises spurred trading this morning, and the Nasdaq and the Dow were on the rise. By midmorning, the techie bourse was up 17 at 1985.73. The composite index was ahead 58 at 9303.73. The Wired Index was up almost 4 at 446.82. Tokyo's Nikkei continued its post-Hashimoto happy dance, rising 0.8 percent after a sharp gain Tuesday on hopes that the new PM will cut taxes.
