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Strong analyst reports for Coca-Cola and others gave underlying support to a market buffeted once again by rising oil price concerns and Friday’s $250 million verdict against Merck & Co. Though the verdict in the case against the company’s Vioxx drug dampened enthusiasm, UBS revised its recommendation on Coca-Cola from “neutral” to “buy,” pushing the company’s stock up nearly 2 percent. The Dow finished the week relatively flat at 10,559.23, down 101.08 points (nearly 0.1

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