Blue chips rally lifting Dow to record as tech gains lead
Blue-chip stocks rebounded with the Dow rising 71.77 to 8259.31 helped by a paused bond pullback and a Apple Microsoft truce boosting tech shares. American Express, Citicorp, and Chase Manhattan moved higher as Morgan Stanley raised bank price targets. Cisco Systems paced techs after a solid quarterly report.
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AM. Family Corp
Ameritech
At&t Corp
AM. Water Works
Anheuser-Busch
Apple Computer
IND. Tech
Ashland Coal Inc
Ashland Oil Inc
Atlantic Richfield
Baker-Hughes Inc
Baltimore Gas & EL
Bell Atlantic
Bellsouth Corp
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing CO
Cabot Oil & Gas
Carolina Power
Chevron Corp
Chrysler Corp
Chubb Corp
Citizens Utilities
Coca-Cola CO
Columbia Gas Sys
Columbia Healthcare
CON
Nat'l Gas
Corning Inc
Crestar Financial
CSX Corp
Detroit Edison
Dominion Res
DOW Chemical
Eastern Ent
Eastman Kodak
Emerson Electric
Ethyl Corp
Exxon Corp
First Union Corp
1St Virginia Bank
Flowers Industries
FMC Corp
Food Lion Inc
Ford Motor CO
GEN. Electric CO
GEN. Motors Corp
GTE Corp
Georgia Pacific
Gillette CO
Glaxo Holdings
Goodyear Tire
Hercules Inc
Humana Corp
IBM Corp
Ingersoll Rand
Intel Corporation
K-Mart Corp
Kroger CO
Lowe's CO
Lucent Technologies
Mapco Inc
McDonald's Corp
MCI Communications
Merck & CO. Inc
Microsoft Corp
Mobil Corp
Monsanto CO
Mylan Labs
Finch CO
Nations Bank Corp
Navistar Int'l
Nike, Inc
Norfolk Southern
Occidental Pete
ONE Valley Bank
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Pepsico Inc
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Philip Morris Cos
Phillips Petroleum
Pittston Minerals
Potomac Elec
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Pulaski Furniture
Reebok Int'l
REX Stores Corp
Reynolds Metals
Rite Aid Corp
RJR Nabisco
Sara Lee Corp
Sears Roebuck
Sherwin Williams
Shoney's Inc
Signet Banking
Southern CO
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Texaco Inc
TRI Continental
Union Carbide
Union Pacific
Unisys Corp
Universal Corp
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Apple and Microsoft End Rivalry with Mutual Survival Deal
In Boston Apple Computer and Microsoft announced a historic partnership at MacWorld Expo, giving Microsoft a stake in Apple. The move aims to reassure developers and bolster Apple while Gates touts joint technological innovations, as Jobs unveils the agreement amid a stunned audience.
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Apple and Microsoft Forge Investment to Rescue Apple
Microsoft agreed to invest 150 million dollars in Apple, taking about seven percent of the company, with a pledge to refrain from selling the stock for at least three years. The pact also funds patent settlements and ensures ongoing Office upgrades for Mac for five years, without granting Microsoft voting rights.
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Tobacco Field Day at Glade Spring set for Aug 14
Glade Spring hosting Bailey Tobacco Field Day on Thursday August 14 at 5 p.m. Archie Bailey of the Virginia Farm Bureau to open with remarks on the Burley Farm Income Improvement Foundation. Funding options announced for NICE3 program in West Virginia enabling enterprises to apply Sept 1 to Dec 5 1997.
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Southwest Virginia Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Archie Bailey
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Virginia Farm Bureau
Burley Farm Income Improvement Foundation
Charleston
West Virginia Development Office
Energy Environment and Economics
U.S. Department of Energy Initiative
Department of Energy
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