So much for panic in the streets - the Dow jumped 213 points, or almost 2 percent, and there wasn't anywhere near the volatility of last week. All three indexes have now erased last week's losses (although stocks are still well below their highs). Attention was focused today on merger-and-acquisition activity, especially Google's purchase of Motorola's cellphone business.
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