Dollar closes higher across Europe as gold slips
The dollar firmed against major currencies in European trading with the pound at 1.5640 dollars and the yen around 123.15 in Tokyo. Gold fell to 333.75 dollars per ounce in London and 337.03 in Hong Kong, while other rates shifted modestly from Friday's closes.
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Time Warner Chairman Steven Ross dies reshaping firm
Time Warner Inc loses chairman Steven J. Ross to cancer, triggering a board shrinkage from 21 to 12 and elevating co chief executive Gerald Levin to sole CEO. The media and entertainment behemoth faces debt reduction and strengthened foreign alliances as divisions run under capable executives amid leadership change.
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Livestock Auction Report From Farmers Market Tazewell Va
Livestock sale at Farmers Livestock Market in Tazewell Va on December 17 shows price ranges for cattle including cutters utility and heavy butcher bulls, steers by weight, bulls, heifers and breeding stock. Baby calves lambs slaughter ewes goats and swine prices listed. A horse sale is planned for December 23 at 7 p.m. with closures on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. Next regular sale January 7 at 6 p.m.. first horse sale January 6 at 7 p.m.
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Market falls slightly in quiet trading
New York stocks edged lower in a light session led by continued weakness in IBM. The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 0.81 to 3,312.46 as decliners outpaced gainers about 9 to 8 with IBM down about 2.5 points and volume at 224.68 million shares. Analysts call the move a natural pullback after Friday’s gain tied to futures and options expiration.
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Abbott Labs
Allegheny Power
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Ameritech
Fatal Co
Anheuser-Busch
Apple Computer
Ashland Coal Inc
Ashland Oil Inc
Atlantic Richfield
Baker-Hughes Inc
Baltimore Gas & EL
Bearings Inc
Bell Atlantic
Bellsouth Corp
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing CO
Cabot Oil & Gas
Carolina Power
Chevron Corp
Chrysler Corp
Chubb Corp
Coca-Cola CO
Columbia Gas Sys
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Nat'l Gas
Corning Inc
CSX Corp
Detroit Edison
Dominion Beshs
Dominion Res
Dew
DOW Chemical
Dupont
Eastman Kodak
Emerson Electric
Ethyl Corp
Exxon Corp
Virginia Bank
Flowers Industries
FMC Corp
Ford Motor CO
GEN. Electric CO
GEN. Motors Corp
Ah Igte Corp
Georgia Pacific
Tgillette CO
Goodyear Tire
Glaxo Holdings
Hercules Inc
Humana Corp
IBM Corp
Ingersoll Rand
JOY Technologies
KEY Centurian -K-Mart Corp
Kroger CO
Lowe's CO
Mapco Inc
McDonald's Corp
MCI Communications
Merck & CO. Inc. Co
Mobil Corp
Monsanto CO
Mylan Labs A
Nash-Finch CO
Nationsbank Corp
Navistar Int'l
Norfolk Southern
ONE Valley Bank
Ee Telesis
J.C. Penney CO
A Zoil CO
Pepsico Inc
Phila. Electric
Philip Morhis Cos
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Pittston Coal
Potomac Elec
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Pulaski Furniture
Sasano
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Sara Lee Corp
Sears Roebuck
Sherwin Williams
Shoney's Inc
Signet Banking
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Universal Corp
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