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investment management combined with investment servicing. power of investments to people's lives. invested in the world. bny mellon. >> welcome back to cnbc with the ongoing coverage in watertown, massachusetts, as they continue to hunt for the suspect in the boston marathon bombing. joining us on the phone is david abel, a reporter from "the boston globe" and he's just visited the home of the slain m.i.t. officer, 26-year-old sean collier. he joins us on the phone. it must be a very difficult dav >> absolutely. i just had an opportunity to interview the roommate of the fallen mit officer. through tears he talked about what a brave and good young officer sean collier was. he was being described as a guy who always goes and tries to help other people. >> do we know how long he was with mit. you look at this photo and it strikes everyone how young he looks. >> what i know . >> i think it has been since january of 2012 with the mit campus police. i believe he spent some time at the mit museum as an officer in charge there. and he was slated in

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voted "best investment services company." ♪ lou: the dell 15,000. this year have set.looks like it is within reach. chief economist here. about the direction of the stocks. first time jobless fell for the first time in a month. the dow jones industrials closing at its 14th record high of the year. the s&p 500 posted its fourth record starting to feel like it's time to get into this market. hewlett-packard, microsoft, intel, all down on news that pc sales showed their worst quarterly decline. shipments down 14%. pc stocks weighing on the market. retailers a very hot. gold rebounding $6 in yesterday's sharp losses. the treasury ten year taking slightly lower. well, stocks can continue their record rise as long as profits grow and interest rates don't sort. joining us now with this outlook, chief economist for moody's capital markets, this is -- this is really terrific stuff. this is great stuff. it feels like -- de think it will last? >> i think it will only because stocks don't have much in the way of competition from the credit market. as long as you have deposit rates

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