Historic week for US stocks as Nasdaq breaks 15-year record

Fifteen years after its bubble exploded dramatically costing tens of thousands of hopeful tech millionaires their savings, the Nasdaq finally made its way back this week. The Nasdaq led Wall Street higher for the week through April 24, putting on 3.25 percent. Then, with a flourish from both the old and new leaders of the New Economy (as it was heralded before the 2000 crash) -- Amazon, Microsoft and Google all surged on strong quarterly earnings reports -- the Nasdaq Composite added to that Fri