Earnings, Mergers Prop Up US Markets

U.S. stocks rallied Monday, as positive corporate earnings, more progress on European debt talks, and mergers and acquisitions activity sent shares higher.
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Rows and rows of the Caterpillar Challenger MT765C farm tractors, ideally suited to row-crop work, sit on on the docks of the Port of Baltimore's Dundalk Terminal, waiting to be loaded for export by ship, in Baltimore, Maryland, in this file photo. (Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images)
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