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The third quarter concludes in just weeks, and the market landscape is strikingly different today than when it started. In fact, the major U.S. benchmarks are consistently pressing the year's best levels, while in the process, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and the Nasdaq Composite have edged above major resistance as detailed below.

U.S. stock futures point to a higher open for Wall Street on Friday.

With the number of handset manufacturers shrinking, handset component makers have no pricing power. It's diversify or die.

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