Mart Takes Broad Loss in Safe Wave
New York AP report details a broad stock market downturn led by renewed rate worries. The Dow fell 5.66 to 937.58 as 2 to 1 losers outpaced gainers on the NYSE while the Fed’s growing money supply spurred expectations of higher short term rates. Lockheed was the most active issue, the composite index dropped, and steel stocks showed mixed moves amid wage price concerns.
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PG&E files 4th rate hike bid
PG&E filed a $292 million gas and electric rate increase with the Public Utilities Commission. If approved, the typical household using 59 kWh of electricity and 100 therms of gas would pay about $2.44 more per month, with $1.68 from electricity and $1.76 from gas. Existing requests add $2.23 more monthly. lifeline users are spared. PG&E cites a 7.8 percent 1926 return versus the PUC’s 9.2 percent target, dipping to 7.2 percent without the increase.
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