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  7 NEW YORK - Stocks have ended mostly higher as rising commodity prices lifted energy, industrial and materials companies. Investors are drawing some comfort Tuesday from billionaire investor Warren Buffett's decision to pay $100 a share for Burlington Northern Santa Fe in a deal valuing the railroad at $34 billion. Meanwhile, tool maker Stanley Works has agreed to acquire Black & Decker Corp. for $3.46 billion in stock. The Dow Jones industrial average is down 17 at 9,771. The Standard & Poor's 500 index is up 3 at 1,045. The Nasdaq composite index is up 8 at 2,057. Three stocks rose for every two that fell on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume totaled 1.4 billion compared with 1.1 billion Monday.
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