Stocks close mixed amid profit-taking on Wall Street
Wall Street closed with mixed results as profit-taking trimmed gains in banks and pharmaceuticals while securities firms led the rally. The Dow slipped 37.74 to 11215.10, the Nasdaq rose 11.82 to 4082.41, and the S&P 500 fell 4.19 to 1509.90 as investors awaited Labor Day weekend. Citigroup and American Express eased on profit-taking, with trading buoyed by chatter Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette might be acquired by Credit Suisse.
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RON Campbell Investment Planning
Raymond James Financial Services
NASD
SIPC
Abbott Labs
Allegheny Electric
AFLAC
SBC Communications
At&t Corp
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
DTE 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
Ford Motor CO
GEN. Electric CO
GEN. Motors Corp
Georgia Pacific
Gillette
GLAXO
Goodyear Tire
Hercules Inc
Humana Corp
K-Mart Corp
Kroger CO
Lowe's Cos
Lucent Tech
McDonald's Corp
Merck & CO. Inc
Mylan Labs
Nash Finch CO
Navistar Int'l
Nike, Inc
Norfolk Southern
Occidental Pete
BB &T
J.C. Penney CO
Pennzoil CO
Pepsico Inc
PECO
Philip Morris Cos
Phillips Petroleum
Pittston Brinks
Potomac Elec
PWR
Praxair, Inc
Reebok Int'l
Rockwell Int'l
Sara Lee Corp
Sears Roebuck
Tenneco Inc
Texaco Inc
TRI Continental
Union Carbide
Union Pacific
Unisys Corp
USX
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
American Express
Federal Reserve
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
Credit Suisse Group
July new home sales surge to seven year high
Americans with secure jobs and rising incomes snapped up new homes in July, boosting sales 14.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 944,000. The gain, the largest since April 1993, comes amid low inflation and a strong stock market despite rising mortgage rates.
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Commerce Department
Livestock auctions report from Tazewell and Narrows markets
Reports from August livestock sales at Farmers Livestock Market in Tazewell Lewisburg Greenbrier Valley and Narrows Livestock Auction detail prices for cattle steers heifers bulls slaughter stock and calves with hundreds of head sold across multiple weight classes Bulls cows and goats listed with price ranges and totals for each market on August 24 to 26 in Virginia and West Virginia.
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Alcoa to Sell Stake in Worsley Alumina Refinery
Alcoa plans to sell Reynolds Australia Aluminum Ltd to Billiton PLC for 1.48 billion dollars to meet regulator conditions tied to its Reynolds Metals Co purchase. Billiton would hold 40.4 percent with Kobe Steel Nissho Iwai and Itochu owning 14 percent jointly. Japanese owners may raise to 31.8 percent before closing. This sale, expected in January, awaits regulatory and antitrust approval.
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Alcoa
Pittsburgh
Western Australia
Reynolds Metals Co
Reynolds Australia Aluminum Ltd
Worsley
Kobe Steel
Nissho Iwai
Itochu
Billiton
EBS Facial Cream Claims To Reduce Puffiness And Dark Circles
Dear Patty column promotes EBS facial care products invented by Pharmacist Heldfond. It touts EBS Cream in one jar and EBS Eye Gel Formula for puffiness and dark circles, urges readers to buy at JCPenney and contact toll free number or website for more information.
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