Tech stocks rally as markets gain on quarter end
Big names led a tech stock rally in a cautious market as investors positioned portfolios for end of quarter. The Dow dipped about one point to 8711 while the Nasdaq rose over 1 percent led by Intel and Dell.
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New York
Intel
Dell
Tokyo
Japan
U.S
U.S. Treasury
Lawrence Summers
Frankfurt
London
UAW Convention Opens Amid GM Strike Focus
United Auto Workers leaders convene in Las Vegas as strikes at GM plants in Flint, Michigan, loom over talks. The two plants have halted production for days, affecting about 115,000 GM workers and threatening public support if shutdowns stretch into July. UAW President Stephen Yokich appears secure for another term.
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United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
Flint
Mich
UAW
Flint Metal Center
Delphi East Complex
Stephen Yokich
Ond
Yokich
Sean McAlinden
University of Michigan
Mercer Monroe job pictures improve in May
Wirt County toppled Calhoun for the state's highest unemployment rate in May as Mercer and Monroe counties both posted 4.9 percent. Summers 8.9 percent, down from 10.4. McDowell 10.7, down from 11.5. Wirt 13.8, down from 16. Calhoun 11.8, third-highest. Mingo 12.7, Jefferson 2.9 lowest. Additional high rates listed for Pleasants, Tucker, Ritchie, Logan, Pocahontas, Barbour, Lincoln, Mason, Boone, Braxton and Clay.
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Wirt County
Calhoun County
Bureau of Employment Programs
Mercer County
Monroe County
Summers County
McDowell County
Mingo County
Pleasants
Tucker
Ritchie
Logan
Pocahontas
Barbour
Lincoln
Mason
Boone
Braxton
Clay
Jefferson County
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Allegheny Electric
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Anheuser-Busch
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Ashland Coal Inc
Ashland Oil Inc
Atlantic Richfield
Baker-Hughes Inc
Baltimore Gas & EL
Bell Atlantic
Bellsouth Corp
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing CO
CBS Corp
Cabot Oil & Gas
Carolina Power
Chevron Corp
Coca-Cola CO
Columbia Gas Sys
Columbia Healthcare
Nat'l 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
Intel Corporation
K-Mart Corp
Kroger CO
Lowe's CO
Lucent Technologies
Mapco Inc
McDonald's Corp
Merck & CO. Inc
Microsoft Corp
Mobil Corp
Monsanto CO
Mylan Labs, Inc
Nash Finch CO
Nations Bank 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
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
Sara Lee Corp
Sears Roebuck
Sherwin Williams
Shoney's Inc
Southern CO
Tenneco Inc
Texaco Inc
TRI Continental
Union Carbide
Union Pacific
Unisys Corp
Universal Corp
Usair Group
Usx-Marathon Oil
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Wal-Mart
Walt Disney CO
Wendy's Nat'l
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Valley Nat'l Gases
Ers
Mexico
America
Richard Shoemaker
Mercer
Monroe
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BDT
Bluefield Daily Telegraph