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February 21, 2012

Dow Cracks 13,000 For the First Time Since the 2008 Financial Crisis

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By Peter Schroeder, The Hill

The Dow Jones Industrial Average cracked 13,000 for the first time since the financial crisis Tuesday.

The blue-chip stock index briefly eclipsed that mark in the middle of the day's trading as investors pushed the market tracker to its highest point since May 2008, before the subprime mortgage bubble burst and brought on the financial crisis.

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