U.S. stocks higher on White House help for car makers

Posted on December 19, 2008 at 09:56 AM EST

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks open higher with investors seemingly satiated by early word that the White House would loan the ailing auto industry $17.4 billion in loans to prevent their â€œdisorderly liquidation.â€

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