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The Nasdaq just barely moved higher but it was enough to set a new record high, though the other key benchmark indexes lost ground. Bobbi Rebell reports.
U.S. stocks closed higher on Monday, with the Nasdaq ending at a record, as hopes grew that a deal would be reached in Europe that would prevent Greece from defaulting on loans. Bobbi Rebell reports.
The Nasdaq hit a new high after a wave of strong economic data. Fitbit shares rose as much as sixty percent in their first day of trading. Bobbi Rebell reports.
Security in Haiti, where violent gangs control large swathes of the country, has deteriorated even further, with the number of major crimes hitting "record highs," the UN representative to the impoverished nation warns. "The security situation on the ground continues to deteriorate as growing gang violence plunge(s) the lives of the people of Haiti into disarray and major crimes are rising sharply to new record highs," Maria Isabel Salvador tells the UN Security Council. SOUNDBITE
A representative from the UN's World Meteorological Organization announces during a UN briefing that a new record-high temperature in the Arctic has been recognised, confirming a reading in Siberia last year of 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit). SOUNDBITE
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