Midday markets: Cisco fuels tech-stock gain

Economic news created some mixed results on the broader markets by midday Wednesday, but techs gained on an upside earnings surprise from Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO). The Nasdaq rose 49.44 to 3,174.48 and the Dow Jones industrial average slipped 11.32 to 10,606.00. Full story. -- Tiffany Kary, ZDNet Inter@ctive Investor

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