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Dow Dances to Mergers' Song

Stock quotes in this article: AA , CVS , GM , F , MMM , BHB , RTP , CMX  

Call it a Dow day, but certainly not a down day.

M&A speculation about Alcoa(AA Quote), a Merrill Lynch upgrade of General Motors(GM Quote), and a $7 billion share-buyback from 3M(MMM Quote) were enough to inspire the bulls on what typically would be a quiet day ahead of the Federal Reserve chairman's semiannual testimony on Capitol Hill.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 0.8%, or 102 points, to close at 12,654.85. ...

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