U.S. stocks strike solid gains on second-quarter GDP

Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:03:12 -0400

U.S. stocks strike solid gains, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average
and S&P 500 advancing for a third straight day, as financial shares
rallied and the government hiked its previous tally of economic growth
in the second quarter.

Economic Report: Second-quarter U.S. GDP surges 3.3%; was it high-water
mark?

The second quarter flexes more second-quarter muscle than previously
estimated, but this could represent the high-water mark for the economy
for at least the next year.

Obama wins Democratic nomination for president

Sen. Barack Obama formally won the Democratic Party's nomination for
president, becoming the first African-American to be nominated for the
White House.