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The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 were higher heading into the close Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell stood firm on interest rates. Proposed partnerships dominated the news as Tesla (TSLA) lagged amid fears of a takeover plan led by Elon Musk, while Apple (AAPL) popped on the stock market today over reports of an artificial intelligence…