Deals Help Push The Dow Back Above 12,000

By STAN CHOE and DAVID K. RANDALL, Associated Press
Mon, 03/21/2011 - 1:40pm

NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks started the week with big gains Monday on a major telecommunications deal and signs that Japan's nuclear crisis was stabilizing. The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 12,000 for the first time since a nuclear power plant in Japan failed following a massive earthquake and tsunami....

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