Closing Prices and Quotations Overview
Market overview for August 22, 2000 with closing prices and quotations provided by Ron Campbell Investment Planning and Raymond James Financial Services. Details include stock movements, index figures, and financial context for the session.
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Verizon Overtime Dispute Drives Mid-Atlantic Strike
Verizon Communications and a 35,000 member union bargain over mandatory overtime in Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia and DC with a proposed cap at 8 hours weekly amid heavy traffic and emergencies. Striking workers in Baltimore say overtime harms single parents while New York and New England workers near settlement had no new limits.
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Washington
New York
New England
Verizon Communications
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Verizon
Eric Rabe
Pat Carter-Farah
Baltimore
Mid- Atlantic
Blue chips rise as Fed holds rates steady techs mixed
Blue chip stocks gain after the Federal Reserve keeps rates unchanged signaling moderating inflation. Tech shares split with software and computer firms higher while semiconductors and telecoms weaken. Dow up 59.34, Nasdaq up 5.06, S&P 500 down 1.35. trading volume 815.08 million. Russell 2000 up 1.01.
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SIPC
Abbott Labs
Allegheny Electric
AFLAC
SBC Communications
At&t Corp
Anheuser-Busch
Apple Computer
IND. Tech
Arch Coal
Ashland Oil Inc
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
Suntrust
CSX Corp
CVS Corp
Daimlerchrysler AG
DTE Energy
Dominion Res
DOW Chemical
À Dupont
Eastman Kodak
Emerson Electric
Ethyl Corp
Exxon Mobil
First Union Corp
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
Pharmacia Corp
Mylan Labs
Nash Finch CO
Navistar Int'l
Nike, Inc
Norfolk Southern
Occidental Pete
J.C. Penney CO
Philip Morris Cos
Phillips Petroleum
Pittston Brinks
Potomac Elec
PWR
Praxair, Inc
Reebok Int
REX Stores Corp
Rite Aid Corp
RITE
Rockwell Int'l
Sara Lee Corp
Sears Roebuck
Sherwin Williams
Shoney's
Southern CO
Tenneco Inc
Texaco Inc
TRI Continental
Union Carbide
Union Pacific
Unisys Corp
Universal Corp
Usair Group
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
Federal Reserve
Standard & Poor
Fed
Lyst
Prudential Securities
PNC Financial
Gateway
Adobe Systems
Sprint Pcs
New York Stock Exchange
NYSE
Jefferson enjoys lowest jobless rate in West Virginia
Jefferson and Monongalia counties posted the state's lowest unemployment in July. Jefferson at 2.2 percent, Monongalia 2.3, with Hardy 2.7 and Berkeley 2.8 following. Kanawha 4 and Mason 13.6 marked the high end, while Mercer 4.8, Monroe 4.7, Summers 5.8 and the state 5.2 percent.
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Jefferson
Monongalia
West Virginia
Jefferson County
Hardy
Berkeley
Ohio
Brooke
Doddridge
Hancock
Morgan
Kanawha
Mason County
McDowell
Wyoming
Mercer
Monroe
Summers
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