Dow Jones Industrial Average Soars On Positive Economic News

NPR | March 05, 2013 3:20 p.m.

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Yuki Noguchi

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed over into record territory Tuesday morning and kept going. At midday it was up nearly 150 points and well over its previous high of 14,164, set in October of 2007. The composition of the Dow has changed a lot since then.