Dow climbs above 8000 as market rebounds after break
The Dow Jones rose 189.98 to 8013.11 as stocks gained on return from a Thanksgiving break. Advancers outpaced decliners 2 to 1 on the NYSE with about 590 million shares traded. S&P 500 rose 19.37 to 974.77, Nasdaq up 30.17 to 1630.72, while smaller indices lagged slightly behind the Dow’s recovery from October.
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RON Campbell Investment Planning
Robert Thomas Securities, Inc
Abbott Labs
Allegheny Electric
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
Dupont
Eastern Ent
Eastman Kodak
Emerson Electric
Ethyl Corp
Exxon Corp
First Union Corp
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
N Labs, Inc
Nash Finch CO
Nationsbank Corp
Navistar Int'l
Nike, Inc
Norfolk Southern
Occidental Pete
ONE Valley Bank
J.C. Penney CO
Pennzoil CO
Pepsico Inc
Phila. Electric
Philip Morris Cos
Phillips Petroleum
Pittston Minerals
Potomac Elec
PWR
Praxair, Inc
Pulaski Furniture
Reebok Int'l
REX Stores Corp
Reynolds Metals
Rite Aid Corp
RJR
Nabisco Hldg
Rockwell Int'l
Sara Lee Corp
Sears Roebuck
Sherwin Williams
Shoney's Inc
Signet Banking
Southern CO
Tenneco Inc
Texaco Inc
TRI Continental
Union Carbide
Union Pacific
Unisys Corp
Universal Corp
Usair Group
Usx-Marathon Oil
USX
U.S. Steel
Wal-Mart
Walt Disney CO
Wendy's Int'l
Westinghouse EL
Westvaco Corp
Xerox Corp
DOW Jones
NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Standard & Poor
FTC Keeps Made in USA Label Tight as U.S. Content Rule Stays
The FTC voted 4 0 to preserve the all or virtually all U.S. origin standard for Made in USA claims. They rejected eased thresholds amid criticism from lawmakers and labor groups. Nations argue for 90 percent content. the agency counts final assembly, U.S. costs, and degree of foreign content in judging compliance.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Organized Labor
Federal Trade Commission
USA
U.S
Commission
FTC
United States
Sen
Spencer Abraham
R-Mich
Congress
Jodie Bernstein
Consumer Protection Bureau
Federal Register
Slowing economy lifts Wall Street near 8000
The Nov manufacturing index at 54.4 shows continued expansion but cooling. Dow Jones rises close to 8,000 as Asian market relief and lower oil prices ease inflation fears. Construction spending edges up 0.1 percent in October, marking fourth straight monthly rise.
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American Stock Exchange
Dow
Wall Street
Tokyo Stock Exchange
J.P. Morgan
American Express
Travelers Group
IBM
New York
Dow Jones
National Association of Purchasing Management
Federal Reserve
David Wyss
Standard & Poor
DRI
Lexington
Mass
Asia
United States
Sung Won Sohn
Norwest Corp
Minneapolis
Edward Yardeni
Deut
Sche Morgan Grenfell
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Commerce Department
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