Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Dow ends short of record on profits; IBM off late

(Reuters) - The Dow industrials ended just short of a record high on Tuesday, helped by better-than-expected profits at companies such as Johnson & Johnson and data showing tamer inflation.

Shares of health-care company Johnson & Johnson and Coca-Cola Co., which also beat Wall Street forecasts, led advances in the Dow and the S&P 500.


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