U.S. stocks gain for third week, near 6-month high Microsoft, IBM lift Dow on Friday; Google drags on Nasdaq SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks closed near a six-month high Friday, extending gains into a third week, as results from Microsoft Corp. and International Business Machines Corp. set off a rally in tech stocks, though disappointment over Google Inc. dragged on Nasdaq benchmarks. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-stocks-start-cautiously-dow-gets-ibm-boost-2012-01-20?dist=afterbell
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