Journalist: Dow's Rise Doesn't Reflect Economy
Stocks closed up more than 50 points Friday, capping a week of gains on Wall Street.
The Dow Jones industrial average closed above the 7,000 level.
"It's ice-cold comfort when you talk about a stock market that even at the 7,000-level is at half its year 2007 high. ... But we'll take whatever we can get," says Roben Farzad, senior writer for BusinessWeek.
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