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S&P 500 Closes Above 1,500 For First Time Since 2007

by Igor Bobic

01.25.13 | 11:44 am

The Standard & Poor’s closed above 1,500 points on Friday, the first time to breach that marker since the start of the Great Recession in 2007, the AP reports.

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Igor Bobic Igor Bobic is the assistant editor of Talking Points Memo, helping oversee the site's coverage of politics and policy in Washington. While originally from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Igor feels best at home on the beaches of Southern California. He can be reached at igor@talkingpointsmemo.com.