51.   Oil issues like Talisman Energy Inc. and Poco Petroleums Ltd. gained as West Texas Intermediate crude at Cushing, Oklahoma, climbed for a fifth session.

52.   On Monday, members of the North Jersey Electric Railway Historic Society will climb aboard for a champagne farewell.

53.   Now that investors are demanding profitability, financing costs have climbed for these companies, most of which have yet to make money.

54.   On the plus side, drug stocks climbed for a third day amid expectations that earnings will hardly be affected by slower economic growth this year.

55.   Semiconductor stocks climbed for a ninth day.

56.   Shares of oil service companies also rose, as crude oil prices climbed for the second straight day.

57.   Shares of Wisconsin-based companies climbed for the week on a string of better-than-expected profit reports for the fourth quarter.

58.   Soybeans climbed for a fourth day and corn rebounded from an early decline.

59.   Stocks climbed for a second day, buoyed by better-than-expected first-quarter profits at banks and other financial-service companies.

60.   Stocks of Silicon Valley companies climbed for a fourth day, led by Synopsys Inc. and C-Cube Microsystems Inc.