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It was a Kohn-shaped week on Wall Street, at least in part.

BOSTON (MarketWatch) — This week’s stock market rally lifted long-suffering financial shares and home-builder stocks and was seen as a heartening sign for the battered housing market, although economists say it’s only the first, uneasy step toward restoring confidence and an eventual turnaround.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Shares of major technology firms ticked up Friday evening after a tough session during the day, in the wake of a murky outlook from PC maker Dell Inc. that sent its shares sharply lower.

BOSTON (MarketWatch) — This week’s stock market rally lifted long-suffering financial shares and home-builder stocks and was seen as a heartening sign for the battered housing market, although economists say it’s only the first, uneasy step toward restoring confidence and an eventual turnaround.

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Shares of AbitibiBowater closed nearly 20% higher Friday after the world’s third-largest paper maker announced it would cut back its production capacity by about one million metric tons while raising its cost-cutting initiatives 50% to $375 million.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Google Inc. said Friday it plans to bid for rights to airwaves in the government’s auction early next year, confirming speculation the Web search giant has serious intentions to make a pricey foray into the wireless market.