Stocks End Mixed After Wide Swing on Tuesday
The Dow fell 22.42 points to 3310.84 as Nasdaq and Amex moved, with Federated and Sears rising while Wal Mart and K mart declined. Nasdaq gained with Oracle and Novell rising, while Intel and Cisco slipped. the Nasdaq composite rose 2.76 to 669.01. The article also notes a Chengdu to Kunming rail line with 427 tunnels and 653 bridges and cites a Cyprus earthquake in A D 365 with energy far surpassing the atom bomb.
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RON Campbell Investment Planning
Robert Thomas Securities, Inc
Abbott Labs
Allegheny Power
AM. Electric Power
AM. Family Corp
Ameritech
Latat Co
AM Water Works
Anheuser- Busch
Apple Computer
ASHLAND COAL INC_S
Ashland Oil Inc
Atlantic Richfield Me
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
CON. Nat'l Gas
Corning Inc
OSX Corp
Detroit Edison
Dominion Beshsa
Dominion Res
DOW Chemical
Dupont
Eastman Kodakis
Emerson Electric
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Ethyl Corp
Exxon 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
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KEY Centurian
K- Mart Corp
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Kroger
Lowe's CO
Mapco Inc
McDonald’ S Corp Wen
MCI Communications
Merck & CO. Inc
Mobil Corp
Monsantono
Mylan Labs
Nash- Finch CO T
Nationsbank Corp
Inavistar Int
Norfolk Southern
Occidental
Pete
Ane
ONE Valley Bank
Apenas An
Aos
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Pacific Telesis
D.C. Penney CO
Pennzoil Co
Phillips Petroleum
Pittston Coal
Potomac Elec
PWR Cecaipeleee 2d
Praxair, Inc
Premier Bankshares
Pulaski Furniture
Reebok Int
Reynolds Metals
Rite Aid Cohp
RJR Nabisco
Sara ‘Lee Corp
Sears Roebuck and Sherwin N Williams Alata
Shoney's Inc
Signet Banking
Sapna
Ce EE
Southern
Bhshla
Secono Nonsininares
Tenneco Inc. Sa
Texaco Inc
Union Carbide
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Perenne Leieomeraeae
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Union Pacific
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Unisys Cof Corp
Or Universal Corpae
Usair Group
Se Semen
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USX- U.S. Steel
Wal-Mart
Walt Disney CO
Westinghouse EL
Westmoreland Coal
Westvaco Corp
Xerox Corp
NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Dow
Wall Street Journal
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Exxon
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Food and Drug Administration
American Telephone & Telegraph
Boeing
Caterpillar
American Express
Intel
Microsoft
Cisco Systems
Novell
Oracle Systems
American Stock Exchange
Chengdu
Kunming
China
Consumer confidence up but analysts wary of staying power
New York AP reports consumer sentiment rose to 78.3 last December, the highest since 1991, marking a second straight monthly gain. Analysts caution earnings and employment gains must improve to sustain this mood, despite signs of economic strength and a holiday stock rally.
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New York
Conference Board
Dan Seto
Nikko Securities International
Seto
Anthony Karydakis
Chicago Capital Markets Inc
Sales of used homes rise to six year high in November
Sales of previously owned homes jumped 5.8 percent in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.85 million, the highest since December 1986. The gain occurred across all regions as buyers rushed to beat rising mortgage rates after the 30 year fixed averaged 8.31 percent in November.
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Washington
National Association of Realtors
Realtors
William S. Chee
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp
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