11.  As a result, shares of IBM soared 4.625 to 103.875, helping lift the Dow Jones industrial average 79.56 points, or 1 percent, to 7,996.83.

12.  DOW AVERAGE RISES ABOVE 10,000 The Dow Jones industrial average rebounded above 10,000 as investors moved back into blue-chip stocks that have been battered recently.

13.  DOW BREAKS INTO POSITIVE TERRITORY The Dow Jones industrial average wiped out its losses for the year, led by advances in Intel, Wal-Mart and Citigroup.

14.  Dow Crosses the 10,000 Threshold Stocks were mixed but the Dow Jones industrial average closed above the 10,000 level for the first time in more than a month.

15.  DOW AT HIGHEST POINT SINCE ATTACKS Stocks rose modestly, with the Dow Jones industrial average posting its highest close since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11.

16.  DOW CATCHES TOUCH OF RUSSIAN FLU Russia's trouble reverberated in the United States, sending the Dow Jones industrial average down 1.1 percent.

17.  DOW HITS RECORD IN CAUTIOUS MARKET The Dow Jones industrial average posted a new high of 9,192.66, up 45.59 points.

18.  DOW RISES, NASDAQ FALLS The Dow Jones industrial average rose, its second higher close after four days of lower share prices.

19.  DOW-MARKETPLACE (New York) _ When Americans talk about the stock market, they talk about the Dow Jones industrial average.

20.  DOW-MARKETPLACE (Undated) _ The Dow Jones industrial average this week almost got to 8,000 before selling off over the last two days.