Dow Jones industrials cross 27,000 points for first time
(WorldNews Business)

Technology and big health care sector companies helped drive stocks higher on Wall Street in midday trading Thursday, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average above 27,000 for the first time. The Dow`s milestone comes a day after the S&P 500 index briefly climbed above 3,000 for the first time and the Nasdaq composite closed at an all-time high. The three major indexes were on track to close at all-time highs Thursday. The market shook off a two-day slide earlier this week and has been trending higher as investors have grown more confident that the Federal Reserve may cut interest rates for the first time in a decade as soon as the end of this month. On Wednesday, Fed Chairman Jerome...