S&P, Dow set records; dollar hits 4-month high

By Richard Leong NEW YORK (Reuters) - Upbeat company earnings lifted U.S. and European stock prices on Wednesday, with the Dow and Standard & Poor's 500 setting record highs, while the dollar reached a four-month peak on bets the U.S. Federal Reserve may raise interest rates by year-end. The impressive run in major equity markets around the globe led investors to reduce their safe-haven positions in U.S. and German government debt, sending their yields higher. Oil prices fell to a two-month