Rate reductions set for long distance access charges
Washington AP Long-distance firms will see lower local access payments starting July 1 after a federal court temporarily suspended parts of a DC Circuit ruling. The FCC must clarify its X Factor calculations guiding the 1997 adjustment that cut access charges by over 1 billion dollars, a move the court stayed to allow review.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Commission
Blue-chip stocks retreat as rates loom over markets
Blue-chip shares drop for a third straight session as expectations of higher interest rates stoke bond weakness. The Dow fell 54.77 to 10,666.86 while the S&P 500 eased to 1,333.06 and the Nasdaq rose to 2,598.12 amid Fed rate hike speculation. The bond market moved higher in yield to 6.14 percent on the 30-year, underscoring rate fears.
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Ron Campbell
AFLAC
Ameritech
At&t Corp
Anheuser-Busch
Apple Computer
IND. Tech
Ashland Coal Inc
Ashland Oil Inc
Atlantic Richfield
Baker-Hughes Inc
Baltimore Gas & EL
Bankamerica
Bell Atlantic
Bellsouth Corp
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing CO
CBS Corp
Cabot Oil & Gas
Carolina Powers
Chevron Corp
Chubb Corp
Citizens Utilities
Coca-Cola CO
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
IBM 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
Pennzoil CO
Pepsico Inc
Phila. Electric
Philip Morris Cos
Phillips Petroleum
Pittston Brinks
Pittston Burlington
Pittston Minerals
Potomac
PWR
Praxair, Inc
Pulaski Furniture
Reebok Intl
REX Stores Corp
Reynolds Metals
Rite Aid Corp
RJ Reynolds
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
U.S. Steel
Wal-Mart
Walt Disney CO
Wendy's Int'l
Westvaco Corp
Williams Cos
Valley Nat'l Gases
Xerox Corp
New York
Standard & Poor
Federal Reserve
Fed
Alan Ackerman
Fahnestock & Co
Scott Bleier
Prime Charter Ltd
Asia
Bleier
Treasury
Beckley firm cites geotech issues delaying Princeton theater site
Marquee Cinemas seeks a 3.5 million nine screen complex in Princeton after a Blacksburg geotechnical report deemed the initial Pine Plaza site unsuitable due to rock depth. The owner says the project remains active and the company continues searching for a feasible location.
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Princeton
Marquee Cinemas
Pine Plaza
Stafford Drive
Mick Compton
Compton Construction
Blacksburg
Compton
1Uan McCall
Marquees Cinemas
McCall
Microsoft to require web ad sites to publish privacy assurances
Washington AP Microsoft Corp the worlds biggest Internet advertiser will require the hundreds of sites it buys ads on to publish adequate privacy assurances. It will review site privacy statements against federal guidelines and notes about 2 billion dollars was spent on Web ads last year.
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Washington
Microsoft Corp
Microsoft
New York
Bob Herbold
Herbold
Associated Press
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Charleston
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