Stocks rise on Microsoft bid for Yahoo 30.11.1999 / Business AP - Stocks moved moderately higher Friday after Wall Street set aside some anxiety over news that the economy lost jobs last month and focused on Microsoft Corp.'s bid for Internet company Yahoo Inc. and a possible rescue plan for the troubled bond insurance sector.
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