Monday, March 23, 2009
Breaking News: Stocks soar on toxic-assets plan
Date: Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 4:06 PM
NEW YORK (AP) - Investors reignited a two-week rally Monday, cheering
the government's plan to help banks remove bad assets from their books
as well as a report showing a surprising increase in home sales. Major
stock indicators jumped more than 6% including the Dow Jones
industrial average, which soared more than 475 points.