The major stock market index composites ended the last week of trading with two
consecutive days in the green and that positive momentum continues through the
first half of todays trading session. The DJIA, Nasdaq and S&P 500 are posting
green at this point and stocks are moving higher this day due to better than
expected global economic news and positive merger news posting today. Futures
were positioned higher this morning due to the well received news that economic
growth in Japan is better than expected. In addition, Google is making the big
headlines today as news spread regarding the merger with Motorola Mobility. The
acquisition will cost Google 12.5 billion dollars according to the most recent
updates. Shares of Motorola and Google are moving in divergent directions
however as of the halfway point in todays trading session. The market indices
are trending in positive territory to open the week. The Dow Jones is currently
higher by .74 percent at 11,352.35. Shares of Google are trading lower by 2.90
percent at 547.44. Previous close was 563.77 for GOOG according to stock quotes
via MSN. Motorola share are trading higher by 55.99 percent at 38.17. The merger
is helping to boost share values and investor sentiment this day. Frank Matto
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