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A board on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the Dow Jones Industrial average at the close of trading, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011
Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011

Open quoteThey've played that hand about as well as they could.Close quote

  • STEVEN LEAR,
  • fund manager for JPMorgan, on the Federal Reserve's move on Tuesday to fix interest rates near zero for two years, sending the Dow up 429 points; global markets also rose on Wednesday
Photo: Richard Drew / AP | Source: New York Times