Norfolk Southern lays off 228 carmen at Roanoke
Norfolk Southern Corp. will lay off 228 carmen in the Roanoke area as it completes a special order to convert coal gondola cars for coke transport. Spokeswoman Susan Terpay said the layoffs affect Roanoke car shops and follow a prior furlough of 55 signalmen, bringing total weekly layoffs to 283.
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Norfolk Southern Corp
Carmen
Roanoke
Susan Terpay
Terpay
Dow climbs as blue chips rise on rate hopes
Wall Street closed higher on optimism rates stay steady, with the Dow up 109.88 to 10,976.89 and the S P 500 at 1,480.01 while the Nasdaq slipped 14.45 to 3,848.54. Tech shares eased after Monday’s advance as investors awaited Cisco earnings and inflation data. Verizon fell after weaker second quarter results. Microsoft and Oracle gained as Kodak and IBM led the Dow with solid gains.
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Abbott Labs
Allegheny Electric
AFLAC
SBC Communications
At&t Corp
AM. Water Works
Anheuser-Busch
Apple Computer
IND. Tech
Arch Coal
Ashland Oil Inc
BP Amoco
Baker-Hughes Inc
Constell Energy
Bank OF America
Verizon
Bellsouth Corp
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing CO
Viacom
Cabot Oil & Gas
Carolina Power
Chevron Corp
Chubb Corp
Citizens Utilities
Coca-Cola CO
Columbia Energy
HCA Healthcare
Corning
Suntrust
CSX Corp
CVS Corp
Daimlerchrysler AG
OTE Energy
Dominion Res
DOW Chemical
Dupont
Eastern Ent
Eastman Kodak
Emerson Electric
Ethyl Corp
Exxon Mobil
First Union Corp
1ST
Virginia Bank
Flowers Industries
FMC Corp
Delhaize America Inc
Ford Motor CO
GEN. Electric CO
GEN. Motors Corp
Georgia Pacific
Gillette
GLAXO
Goodyear Tire
Hercules Inc
Humana Corp
IBM Corp
Ingersoll-Rand
Intel Corporation
K-Mart Corp
Kroger CO
Lowe's Cos
Lucent Technologies
McDonald's Corp
Merck & CO. Inc
Microsoft Corp
UPS
Mylan Labs
Nash Finch CO
Navistar Int'l
Nike, Inc
Norfolk Southern
Occidental Pete
BE &T
J.C. Penney CO
Pennzoil CO
Pepsico Inc
PECO
Philip Morris Cos
Praxair, Inc
Reebok Int'l
REX Stores Corp
Rite Aid Corp
RJ Reynolds
Rockwell Int'l
Sara Lee Corp
Sears Roebuck
Sherwin Williams
Texaco Inc
TRI Continental
Union Carbide
Union Pacific
Unisys Corp
Universal Corp. Usair Group
USX
Marathon Oil
U.S. Steel
Wal-Mart
Walt Disney CO
Wendy's Int'l
Westvaco Corp
Williams Companies
Valley Natural Gas
XEROX
DOW Jones Industrial
New York
Wall Street
Standard & Poor
New York Stock Exchange
Labor Department
Federal Reserve
Cisco Systems
Cisco
John Shaughnessy
Boeing settles TWA 800 crash lawsuits toward 172 remaining
Boeing Co aims to settle 224 lawsuits filed after TWA Flight 800’s 1996 crash. A May court ruling allowed more information on 230 victims, enabling offers. 52 settlements have been reached. some deals reportedly reach mid seven figures.
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Seattle
Boeing Co
Boeing
Elizabeth Verdier
Verdier
Lee Kreindler
New York
Kreindler
TWA
Paris
Long Island
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