Market Watch May 31 2005 Dow Jones destaca gains
Market data show Dow Jones up 75.07 points to 10 467 48 led by industrials while Nasdaq gains 7 51 with a net rise in new highs. Volume totals reach 1.858 billion shares as advancers edge decliners amid overall market activity. Nasdaq diary notes 1 473 advances and 87 declines with 161 unchanged.
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Russian oil tycoon Khodorkovsky jailed nine years
In a Moscow courtroom Mikhail Khodorkovsky was found guilty of tax evasion and fraud and sentenced to nine years in a labor camp. He and a co defendant were ordered to pay 615 million dollars in taxes and penalties, a ruling critics call politically motivated.
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Gas prices fall to $2.10 a gallon nationwide
The Energy Department reported a weekly drop of 2.8 cents in the national average for regular gasoline to $2.097 per gallon. West Coast prices lead at $2.357, Gulf Coast is cheapest at $1.996, with the Midwest at $2.001. The current level is 4.6 cents higher than a year ago.
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Confidence Up as Consumers Rally in May
The Conference Board reports U.S. consumer confidence rose to 102.2 in May from 97.5 in April, rebounding from a three month drop and reaching the strongest level since March's 103. Meanwhile a separate index showed Midwestern manufacturing activity dropping sharply.
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College loan rates jump July 1
NEW YORK Interest rates on federally backed loans for college students are set to jump by a record amount on July 1, lending institutions said Tuesday. In school Stafford loan rate to 4.7 percent, repayment loans to 5.3 percent, and parent PLUS loans to 6.1 percent.
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Supreme Court overturns Arthur Andersen conviction in Enron case
The Supreme Court reversed Arthur Andersen's 2002 conviction for obstructing justice by destroying documents. Justice Rehnquist ruled jury instructions were unfair and failed to convey conscious wrongdoing. The ruling leaves 28,000 Andersen employees facing corporate fallout amid Enron's collapse.
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United and unions seal key labor pacts to avert strike
United Airlines reached two contracts in principle with its machinists and mechanics unions on Tuesday, securing wage and benefit concessions aimed at cutting labor costs by about 700 million annually and avoiding a bankruptcy judge ordered unilateral cuts during peak travel season.
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Tobacco firms studied ways to hook female smokers
Harvard researchers examined more than 7 million internal documents from 1969 to 2000 to detail tobacco industry efforts to attract women. The study notes proposals like chocolate flavored cigarettes intended to curb appetite and longer slim cigarettes to create a false sense of reduced tar.
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Hospital honors nurses with Nursing Excellence Award
Middletown Regional Hospital named four nurses as Nursing Excellence Award winners: Donna Hall from behavioral health, Jackie Rhea from main B telemetry, Teresa McGuire from the family birth center, and Carla Owens from the emergency department, all cited for peer-nominated teamwork, education, privacy, and aligning with hospital values. Shobha Patel, a certified nuclear medicine technologist in cardiology, received the Friend of Nursing Award for supporting nurses.
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