Wall Street buoyed by home sales, Merck
(Reuters)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20090203/2009_02_03t071020_450x333_us_markets_stocks.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=BAfFKlOeWl8.BSMIkw8WLA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Trader Frank Cannarozzo phones in trades on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, February 2, 2009. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090203/bs_nm/us_markets_stocks)Reuters - Stocks rose on Tuesday as a surprise rise in December pending home sales tempered worries about the economy, while unexpectedly strong earnings posted by drugmaker Merck relieved a gloomy quarterly results season.</p><br clear="all"/>
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