How the Dow Jones industrials fared Thursday
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/img.news.yahoo.com/util/anysize/130,http%3A%2F%2Fd.yimg.com%2Fa%2Fp%2Fafp%2F20090313%2Fcapt.photo_1236958382343-1-0.jpg?v=2" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="This undated photo released by the Metropolitan Corrections Center(MCC) shows a cell at the New York facility similar to the one where disgraced Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff was sent to. Madoff awoke Friday -- at 6:00 am on the first day of his new life as Prisoner 61727-054 after pleading guilty to massive fraud.(AFP/MCC-HO/File)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090312/ap_on_bi_ge/wall_street_box)AP - Stocks rose for the third day Thursday after an accounting board told Congress it may recommend a let-up in accounting rules for troubled banks. Retail sales figures also came in better than anticipated, General Electric Co. saw its credit rating cut by less than expected, and General Motors Corp. said it will not need a $2 billion loan it previously requested from the government.</p><br clear="all"/>
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