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Indexes mixed on Big Blue results, home sales

  January 21, 2012

Markets mostly gained as earnings from giants IBM and Microsoft drove tech shares higher. The Nasdaq, however, dipped after Google earnings missed the mark in the fourth quarter. And sales of previously owned homes rose for a third month in December to the highest level since January 2011, a sign the housing market ended last year with momentum.

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