NEW YORK — The stock market is moving higher in midday trading after the government reported gains in home construction and low inflation. Investors are also sending stocks up because they expect the Federal Reserve will keep in place programs meant to prop up the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 110 points, or 0.7 percent, to 15,292 at noon Eastern Daylight Time Tuesday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 10...
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