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Wall Street stabilizesU.S. stocks little changed at open, after huge selloff on credit, housing concerns.NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- U.S. stocks were mixed at Friday's open, as a better-than-expected economic growth report extinguished only some of the credit and housing fears that led to the year's second biggest Dow drop. The Dow Jones industrial average was virtually unchanged. The Nasdaq composite index was down 0.2 percent. The Standard & Poor's 500 index lost 0.1 percent. Among stocks in the news Friday: Chevron (Charts, Fortune 500), Cadbury Schweppes (Charts), Fortune Brands (Charts, Fortune 500), ITT (Charts, Fortune 500), Kyphon (Charts) and Medtronic (Charts, Fortune 500). |
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