Investors scoop up bargain-priced shares on a cautious day
Stocks rose moderately as investors bought Internet, pharmaceutical, and oil shares at bargain prices while awaiting Wednesday's May consumer price report. The Dow gained 31.66 to 10,594.99, Nasdaq up 16.37 to 2414.68, and S&P 500 up 7.16 to 1301.16 amid expectations on inflation and Fed policy.
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Raymond James Financial Services
Abbott Labs
Allegheny Electric
AFLAC
Ameritech
Mr At&t Corp
Anheuser-Busch
Apple Computer
IND. Tech
Ashland Coal Inc
Ashland Oil Inc
Atlantic Richfield
Baker-Hughes Inc
Baltimore Gas & EL
Yi Bankamerica
Bell Atlantic
Bellsouth Corp
Bethlehem Steel
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Chevron Corp
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Emerson Electric
Ethyl Corp
Exxon Corp
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FMC Corp
Food Lion Inc
Ford Motor CO
GEN. Electric CO
GEN. Motors Corp
GTE
Georgia Pacific
Gillette
Goodyear Tire
Hercules Inc
Humana Corp
IBM Corp
Ingersoll-Rand
Intel Corporation
K-Mart Corp
Kroger CO
Lowe's Cos
Lucent Technologies
Fis
McDonald's Corp
Merck & CO. Inc
Microsoft Corp
Mobil 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
Phillifs Petroleum
Pittston Brinks
Pittston Burlington
Pittston Minerals
Potomac
Praxair, Inc
Pulaski Furniture
Reebok Int'l
REX Stores Corp
Reynolds Metals
1St Rite Aid Corp
Wvre RJ Reynolds
Rockwell Int'l
Sara Lee Corp
Sears Roebuck
Sherwin Williams
Gi Shoney's Inc
Southern CO
Tenneco Inc
Texaco Inc
TRI Continental
Union Carbide
Union Pacific
Unisys Corp
Qe Universal Corp
Usair Group
USX
Marathon Oil
U.S. Steel
Wal-Mart
Walt Disney CO
Wendy's Int'l
Westvaco Corp
Williams Cos
Yvalley Nat'l Gases
Xerox Corp
DOW Jones
New York
Standard & Poor
David Orr
First Union Capital Markets Group
Charlotte
N.C
Federal Reserve
Fed
Alan
Delays and problems hit Conrail new owners in week three
Delays and rail-service issues continued for CSX and Norfolk Southern as they run Conrail in its third week. Late shipments of raw materials and scarce rail cars hampered production across Pennsylvania New Jersey New York Ohio and Indiana. Shippers say NS has more issues than CSX and UPS moved more packages by truck while paying overtime to handle delays.
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Conrail Inc
CSX Corp
Norfolk Southern Corp
Conrail
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New Jersey
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Norfolk Southern
CSX
United Parcel Service
Y2K readiness lag highlighted by NFIB survey
Insurance executive David Schaefer says many small businesses are not near an awareness threshold for Y2K. Gallup poll for NFIB Foundation and Wells Fargo shows 2.8 million of 6 million small firms have taken steps, while over 3 million have yet to act and 1.4 million plan not to act.
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Armfield, Harrison & Thomas
Leesburg
Schaefer
Gallup
National Federation of Independent Business
Nfib Foundation
Wells Fargo Bank
Circuit City to offer online shopping nationwide
Circuit City Stores plans an online shop at www.circuitcity.com starting next month with about 700 brand-name products including televisions camcorders VCRs stereo equipment and computers. The Richmond based retailer expects rapid expansion by the 1999 holiday season offering in store pickup or home delivery.
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Richmond
Circuit City Stores, Inc
Circuitcity.com
Circuit City
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