Stock prices tumble amid inflation worries and triple witching
New worries about inflation rattled the market on Friday as heavy trading followed the quarterly expirations of stock options and futures. The Nasdaq slid 5.62 to 729.35, the Dow fell 34.56 to 3776.78, and the S&P 500 dropped 3.48 to 458.45 amid rising volume and a weaker dollar.
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RON Campbell Investment Planning
Robert Thomas Securities, Inc
Abbott Labs
Allegheny Power
Family Corp
Ameritech
At&t Corp
Water Works
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
Citizens Utilities
Coca-Cola CO
Columbia Gas Sys
Columbia Healthcare
CON. Natl 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
JOY Technologies
K-Mart Corp
Kroger CO
Lowe's CO
Mapco Inc
McDonald's Corp
MCI Communications
Merck & CO. Inc
Mobil Corp
Monsanto CO
Mylan Labs
Nash Finch CO
Nationsbank Corp
Navistar Int'l
Norfolk Southern
ONE Valley Bank Occidental Pete
Pacific Telesis
J.C. Penney CO
Pennzoil CO
Pepsico Inc
Phila. Electric
Philip Morris Cos
Phillips Petroleum
Pittston Minerals
Pittston Services
Potomac Elec
PWR
Praxair, Inc
Bankshares
Pulaski Furniture
Reebok Int'l
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
Union Carbide
Union Pacific
Unisys Corp
Universal Corp
Usair Group
USX
Marathon Oil
U.S. Steel
Wal-Mart
Walt Disney CO
Wendy's Int'l
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Westwaco Corp
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Car payments get more attention than child support
Washington AP report notes the Children’s Defense Fund finds used car loan delinquency under 3 percent in 1992 while child support owed to mothers stood at 49 percent in 1990. State agencies face swelling caseloads, slow progress, and millions of children not receiving support.
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Children’s Defense Fund
Kmart Shareholders Block Stock Sales for Divisions
Shareholders of Kmart, the nation’s second biggest retailer, voted Friday to block management’s plan to issue stock in four divisions. Management sought the sales to fund store renovations amid flagging sales and 1993 losses from refurbishing costs.
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Leahy blasts Dole property rights bill in Senate opposition
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy of Vermont criticizes a Dole property rights bill as costly to taxpayers and prone to endless lawsuits. He argues the measure risks farm programs and would require costly impact assessments, potentially delaying regulations while preserving individual property protections.
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Universal health coverage tops Senate push
Senate Democrats insist on universal coverage as the benchmark for reform, led by Kennedy. House Ways and Means backs small business aid, trims tobacco taxes, and delays long term care for the severely disabled. Finance Committee members keep talks private while Clinton weighs alternatives.
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D-Okla
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R-Minn
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South Dakota
Jim Cooper
D-Tenn
John Breaux
D-La
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Newt Gingrich
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