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Stocks: Ever Upward

Stable interest rates continue to have a salutary effect on stocks. In early-afternoon trading the Dow was up 51, to 8151; the Nasdaq was up 14 to 1736. Motorola was climbing on word late Monday that quarterly profits grew 29 percent, meeting or exceeding expectations.

Stable interest rates continue to have a salutary effect on stocks. In early-afternoon trading the Dow was up 51, to 8151; the Nasdaq was up 14 to 1736. Motorola was climbing on word late Monday that quarterly profits grew 29 percent, meeting or exceeding expectations.