Updated from 11:57 a.m. EDT
Stocks in New York were having another erratic session Thursday, starting with a rally, then taking a sharp detour southward before buyers re-emerged to lift the averages back to the flat line.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 10 points to 10,620, and the S&P 500 was better by half a point at 1157. The Nasdaq was up 1 point to 2100.
On Wednesday, stocks took a severe beating following the government bailout of insurance firm AIG (AIG Quote), which reminded investors of the severity and scope of the credit crisis. Pessimism on Wall Street was ramping in the wake of the AIG bailout, a bankruptcy for Lehman Brothers (LEH Quote) and a last-minute merger between Merrill Lynch (MER Quote) and Bank of America (BAC Quote). ...
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