Wall Street climbs as Ukraine worries ease, data improves

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Wall Street climbs as Ukraine worries ease, data improves

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/stock-futures-sharply-higher-crimea-vote-112041786--sector.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/T4w24wTSnTdble9otR0DSw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-03-17T202103Z_1_CBREA2G16UB00_RTROPTP_2_MARKETS-STOCKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange" align="left" title="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange" border="0" /></a>By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks climbed on Monday, with the S&amp;P 500 bouncing from its worst weekly drop in the past seven, as concerns eased over the situation in Crimea, while economic data indicated the economy was improving after a winter slowdown. The 97-percent vote in Crimea in favor of quitting Ukraine was condemned as illegal by Kiev and the West, but the referendum passed without violence. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree recognizing the region as a sovereign state. Google Inc gained 1.6 percent to $1,192.10 while General Electric Co rose 1.3 percent to $25.43.</p><br clear="all"/>

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