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Stocks Hold to Modest Gains

Stock quotes in this article: BAC , DNA , MRK , MSFT , SGP , YHOO , XMSR , SIRI  

Updated from 10:03 a.m. EDT

U.S. stocks were off their highs but keeping it just barely positive Monday as investors contemplated encouraging earnings from Bank of America (BAC) and a new merger in the pharmaceutical space.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was roughly flat at 11,494, and the S&P 500 added half a point to 1261. The Nasdaq gained 3 points to 2286.

As for corporate news, Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche made a $43.7 billion offer for the rest of Genentech (DNA). Roche is already a 56% shareholder in the maker of cancer drug Avastin. Genentech shares jumped 13% on the news. ...

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