But leading Chinese portal Sina.com, which went public when Nasdaq was in a free fall, has held up pretty well, at one point even surging beyond 100% of its IPO price before correcting a bit.

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The team is surging with Lin at the point guard position, salvaging what was becoming an increasingly dire situation.

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As I keep saying, at some point the gap between the surging stock market and a crummy economy has to narrow.

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