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  1. A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, October 14, 2009. The Dow industrials pierced the 10,000 level on Wednesday for the first time in a year on surprisingly robust company results and better-than-expected retail sales.
  2. A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, October 14, 2009. The Dow industrials pierced the 10,000 level on Wednesday for the first time in a year on surprisingly robust company results and better-than-expected retail sales.
  3. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, October 14, 2009. The Dow Jones industrial average briefly climbed above the psychologically important 10,000 level on Wednesday as U.S. stocks advanced on strong quarterly profits.
  4. A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, October 14, 2009. The Dow Jones industrials neared the 10,000 milestone on Wednesday for the first time in a year as robust results from JPMorgan Chase & Co and Intel Corp boosted the outlook for earnings.
  5. A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, October 14, 2009. The Dow Jones industrials neared the 10,000 milestone on Wednesday for the first time in a year as robust results from JPMorgan Chase & Co and Intel Corp boosted the outlook for earnings.
  6. A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange October 14, 2009. The Dow Jones industrials neared the 10,000 milestone on Wednesday for the first time in a year as robust results from JPMorgan Chase & Co and Intel Corp boosted the outlook for earnings.
  7. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, October 14, 2009. The Dow Jones industrials neared the 10,000 milestone on Wednesday for the first time in a year as robust results from JPMorgan Chase & Co and Intel Corp boosted the outlook for earnings.
  8. A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, October 14, 2009. The Dow Jones industrials neared the 10,000 milestone on Wednesday for the first time in a year as robust results from JPMorgan Chase & Co and Intel Corp boosted the outlook for earnings.
  9. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, October 14, 2009. The Dow Jones industrials neared the 10,000 milestone on Wednesday for the first time in a year as robust results from JPMorgan Chase & Co and Intel Corp boosted the outlook for earnings.
  10. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, October 14, 2009. The Dow Jones industrials neared the 10,000 milestone on Wednesday for the first time in a year as robust results from JPMorgan Chase & Co and Intel Corp boosted the outlook for earnings.
  11. A board on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the closing Dow Jones Industrial Average, Wednesday Oct. 14, 2009. The Dow Jones industrial average has reclaimed 10,000 for the first time in a year.
  12. A pair of traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange near the close of trading Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. The Dow Jones industrial average has reclaimed 10,000 for the first time in a year.
  13. A board on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the Dow Jones Industrial Average as it crosses 10,000 Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009.
  14. A board on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the Dow Jones Industrial Average as it crosses 10,000 Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009.
  15. A board on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the Dow Jones Industrial Average as it crosses 10,000 Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009.
  16. Trader Ted Weisberg, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, wears a vintage "Dow 10,000" cap from March 1999, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average first closed above 10,000.

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