US stocks rise; Nasdaq best week in over a year
New York: Stocks rose on 17 May as an upbeat outlook from the computer-chip sector and strong results from Dell Computer Corp drove the technology-loaded Nasdaq to its largest weekly jump in more than a year.

"Dell is a really important indicator, so it adds a little further strength to the feeling of economic rebound," said Gary Wedbush, head of trading at investment bank Wedbush Morgan. "The rise this week was pretty broad too, and its specifically in industries that indicate that people are seeing a recovery, like semiconductors and retailing."
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