Steel firms push tariffs on imported cold rolled steel
Washington AP The top U.S. steel producers including Weirton Steel seek punitive tariffs on cold rolled steel from Japan, Russia and 10 other countries. They say unfairly priced imports caused up to 10,000 layoffs nationwide and 400 at Weirton, despite a 40 percent drop in imports since November.
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U.S
West Virginia
Weirton Steel
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Russia
Weirton
Weirzon Steel
Richard K. Riederer
Stock prices close mixed as investors brace for rate hike
Wall Street ended mixed after a volatile session as traders priced in a possible Fed rate increase. The Dow fell 18.37 to 10577.89 while broader indicators rose slightly. Greenspan’s remarks in Boston kept traders hopeful that the central bank will avoid shocks. Investors sought bargains in battered tech amid ongoing rate fears.
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Anheuser-Busch
Apple Computer
IND. Tech
Ashland Coal Inc
Ashland Oil Inc
Atlantic Richfield
Baker-Hughes Inc
Baltimore Gas & EL
Bankamerica
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Bellsouth Corp
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing CO
CBS Corp
Cabot Oil & Gas
Carolina Power
Hevron Corp
Chubb Corp
Citizens Utilities
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Columbia Gas Sys
Columbia Healthcare
CON
Nat'l Gas
Corning Inc
Suntrust Banks
CSX Corp
CVS Corp
Daimlerchrysler AG
Detroit Edison
Dominion Res
DOW Chemical
Dupont
Eastern Ent
Eastman Kodak
Emerson Electric
Ethyl Corp
Exxon Corp
First Union Corp
1St Virginia Bank
Flowers Industries
FMC Corp
Food Lion Inc
Ford Motor CO
GEN. Electric CO
GEN. Motors Corp
GTE
Georgia Pacific
Gillette
GLAXO
Goodyear Tire
Hercules Inc
Humana Corp
BM Corp
Ingersoll-Rand
Intel Corporation
K-Mart Corp
Kroger CO
Lowe's Cos
Lucent Technologies
McDonald's Corp
Merck & CO. Inc
Microsoft Corp
Mobil Corp
Monsanto CO
Mylan Labs, Inc
Nash Finch CO
Navistar Int'l
Nike, Inc
Norfolk Southern
Occidental Pete
ONE Valley Bank
J.C. Penney CO
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Pepsico Inc
Phila. Electric
Philip Morris Cos
Phillips Petroleum
Pittston Brinks
Pittston Burlington
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
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Sears Roebuck
Sherwin Williams
Shoney's Inc
Southern CO
Tenneco Inc
Texaco Inc
TRI Continental
Union Carbide
Union Pacific
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Universal Corp
Usair Group
USX
Marathon Oil
U.S. Steel
Wal-Mart
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Westwaco Corp
Williams Cos
Valley Nat'l Gases
Xerox Corp
DOW Jones
New York
Wall Street
Federal Reserve
Alan Greenspan
Boston
Fed
New home sales rise to second-highest on record in April
Washington AP report shows new single-family home sales up 9.2 percent in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 978,000, led by gains in the Midwest, Northeast and South while the West lagged. Prices hit records with a 3 percent median at 159,500 and a 3.7 percent rise to 193,100 average.
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Commerce Department
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Midwest
Northeast
South
Greenspan warns of great tragedy from protectionism
Federal Reserve Chairman Greenspan warned that cutting trade barriers has yielded major gains for the U.S. economy and that reversing them would be a great tragedy. He urged avoiding higher barriers amid a global financial crisis and soaring trade deficits, calling for worker retraining over protectionist measures.
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