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The central bank trims its key federal funds rate to 4.5% to shore up a slowing economy. Stocks initially slip but then push higher. Crude oil jumps over $94; energy stocks rise. Google tops $700 for the first time; Microsoft hits a six-year high.
 AP - Wall Street bounded higher Wednesday after the Federal Reserve assuaged some of investors' fears about a sinking economy, stating that risks to the financial markets from the summer's credit crises have eased. The Dow Jones industrial average gained more than 130 points on the day.
 Reuters - Stocks rose on Wednesday, buoyed by
both the Federal Reserve's interest-rate cut and its view that
credit market strains have eased somewhat and by reports
showing surprising strength in economic growth and employment.
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