While you were sleeping Wall Street tiptoes to record

While you were sleeping Wall Street tiptoes to record
By Margreet Dietz March 12 (BusinessDesk) - Global stocks have started the week mixed, with sentiment dampened by concerns about growth in China and the continuing political impasse in Italy. At midday in New York, buyers stepped into the market to drive the Standard & Poor's 500 Index to an intraday record high. The S&P 500 was last up 0.21 percent to 1,554.47, after earlier hitting a record 1,554.81. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.29 percent, after earlier climbing to a fresh high of 14,440.67, while the Nasdaq Composite Index e...