Caterpillar, oil offset weak techs
(Reuters)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080722/capt.8c5a4742af914ed8b44d5f76c4f106ed.mortgage_crisis_nyrd107.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=xyMUrDS.cLD9oU8O5cV6eQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, left, talks with former New York Stock Exchange Chariman William Donaldson before his address to a morning gathering at the the main branch of the New York Public Library, Tuesday July 22, 2008. Paulson said Congress needs to quickly approve a support package for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to make sure the two mortgage giants maintain their critically important role in housing finance. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080722/bs_nm/markets_stocks_dc)Reuters - The Dow and the S&P 500 edged up on
Tuesday as a sharp drop in oil prices and solid profits from
Caterpillar and DuPont offset disappointing
outlooks from technology bellwethers including Apple .</p><br clear="all"/>
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