Tech shares recover as market slips on inflation fears
Technology shares move higher Friday while the broader market declines for a third straight day amid expectations the Fed will curb inflation with higher interest rates. The Dow fell 47.33 to 6877.74, with the week showing a 53.88 point drop and the Nasdaq helped by computer group gains despite overall weakness. Existing home sales rose 2.1 percent in January, signaling ongoing brisk activity and inflation pressures.
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RON Campbell Investment Planning
Robert Thomas Securities, Inc
SIPC
Abbott Labs
Allegheny Power
Electric Power
AM. Family Corp
Ameritech
At&t Corp
Anheuser-Busch
Apple Computer
IND. Tech
Ashland Coal Inc
Ashland Oil Inc
Atlantic Richfield
Baker-Hughes Inc
Baltimore Gas & EL
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
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
K-Mart Corp
Kroger CO
Lowe's CO
Mapco Inc
McDonald's Corp
MC Communications
Merck & CO. Inc
Mobil Corp
Monsanto CO
Mylan Labs
Nash Finch CO
Nationsbank Corp
Navistar Int'l
Nike, Inc
Norfolk Southern
Occidental Pete
ONE Valley Bank
Pacific Telesis
J.C. Penney CO
Pennzoil CO
Pepsico Inc
Phila. Electric
Philip Morris Cos
Phillips Petroleum
Pittston Minerals
Potomac Elec
PWR
Praxair, Inc
Premier Bankshares
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
Signet Banking
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
Westinghouse EL
Westmoreland Coal
Westvaco Corp
Xerox Corp
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New York
Federal Reserve
Fed
Alan Greenspan
Greenspan
Congress
Russ Labrasca
Principal Financial Securities of Dallas
National Association of Realtors
Nigerian oil scam crosses U S
Local authorities warn residents about the Nigerian oil mail scam that has victimized hundreds nationwide. The letters promise a $21 million transfer from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in exchange for upfront money and secrecy, with bank details and private contact information requested. Sheriff Buckner and Prosecutor Peters urge public alert as the scheme spreads locally.
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Princeton
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
Nigeria
U.S
William Gearhart
Mercer County
Grant funds boost Mercer County court security upgrades
A $31 000 West Virginia Court Security Funds grant will buy panic buttons and monitor cameras for Mercer County courtrooms. Mercer joins 14 other counties sharing $798 800 to equip county courts. Sheriff Harold Buckner said a group of officials will decide on spending with judges, and personnel hires are not allowed. Plans include panic buttons in circuit courts family law master offices and magistrate courts and cameras in courtrooms and hallways. Bids will be sought for the new equipment.
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Princeton
State Court Security Board
Mercer County
Mercer
West Virginia
Harold Buckner
Family Lawmaster
Buckner
Credit card scheme leads to indictments
A Tazewell County grand jury indicted Margaret Jeannie Booth 25 of North Tazewell on six counts of credit card fraud forgery and falsifying documents. Doris Jean Johnson 54 of Bluefield was indicted on eight counts of grand larceny for taking money from an elderly woman. Both suspects are free on bond.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
North Tazewell
L.J. “Mac” McCarty
Margaret Jeannie Booth
McCarty
Booth
Social Secur
Doris Jean Johnson
Bluefield
W.va
Johnson
Bluefield, Va
Bluefield High principal retires on disability
John T. Disibbio of Bluefield High School has taken disability retirement from the Mercer County Board of Education effective Friday. He had served as principal for four years before a April 1996 leave of absence due to a knee injury. An interim principal was appointed and the district will advertise to fill the post.
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Bluefield
John T. Disibbio
Bluefield High School
Mercer County Board of Education
Disibbio
Bluefield High
Joar Grindstaff
Board of Education
Princeton Senior High School
Ted Gillespie
BHS
Bill Seaver
Grindstaff
Multiple incidents reported by Bluefield daily 911 calls
Police logs detail Friday and Thursday incidents across Bluefield and nearby towns including domestic assault on Princeton Avenue, a disturbance on Third Street, a suspicious person near Little Caesar's, juvenile trouble on Ramsey Street and skating on Union Street, plus theft of $1000 in tools at 403 Oakvale Road and a shattered rear window on a 1993 Ford Explorer at a Bluewell bank.
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Bluefield
Princeton Avenue
J.M. Williams
Third Street
M.A. Beck
Bland Street
Little Caesar’s
Frederick Street
Ramsey Street
A.B. Palmer
Union Street
G.A. Ruth
Oakvale Road
Bluewell
M.T. Smith
Correction on Bedford Street stabbing arrests reported
The Bluefield Police Department informed the Daily Telegraph that prior information was incorrect. William Brown of Bedford Street was arrested and charged with domestic battery. Sylvia Marrs, also of Bedford Street, was arrested and charged with malicious assault.
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Bluefield
Daily Telegraph
Bedford Street
William Brown
Sylvia Marrs
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