Stocks surge on Fed nod, Halliburton

Stock prices soared yesterday, adding to last week's 4.75 percent jump in the Dow Jones industrial average. The day's gains came after Halliburton Co.'s profit topped estimates, after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke endorsed an economic-stimulus package, and when the White House said President Bush would consider such a package.

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