Media Conglomerate Sees 24 Percent Real Estate Slump
Saowie Zee 7 reported a 24 percent drop in real estate amid steep year over year comparisons. Florida, Los Angeles, and Chicago saw declines while help wanted ads fell 19 percent and automotive down 14 percent. Interactive sales rose 11 percent to 22 million, offsetting retail advertising declines in department stores and home furnishings, with health care and restaurant sectors improving.
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Florida
Los Angeles
Chicago
Help
Automotive
Tribune revenue drops 5.9 percent
Tribune Co reported a 5.9 percent revenue decline for the period ending Aug 5, driven by falling classified advertising. Consolidated revenue fell to $467 million from $496 million, with publishing revenue down 8.6 percent to $319 million and ad revenue down 10.3 percent to $247 million. Circulation revenue declined 5.4 percent while national ads slipped 3.7 percent as auto and financial ads softened.
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Chicago — Tribune Co
Chicago Tribune
Los Angeles Times
Tribune
Grain futures end mixed on Chicago Board of Trade
Agriculture futures closed Friday with Wheat for December up to 7.42 a bushel while corn for December slipped to 3.5875 and oats fell 0.75 as market activity showed a mixed session on the CBOT.
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Chicago — Agriculture
Chicago Board of Trade
Stockyards Springfield Hog Price Report and Negotiations
Eastern Cornbelt carcass prices quoted for 0.5 to 0.9 inch backfat ranges from 58.25 to 71.00. Today's negotiated purchases total 11,738 hogs. Illinois Direct Hogs Laws note trading steady to moderate demand and offerings. US 1-3 price range 300 to 401.
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Springfield
Illinois
Dawn of Friday close on Wall Street stocks mixed
Day of trading shows Dynegy Moody's and NYSE listed names with varied moves. Major movers include ExxonMobil Nabors AmEx Pfizer IBM Boeing and several tech and consumer shares edging up or down amid fluctuating prices and trading volumes.
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Moodys
NYSE
Emccp
MorgStan
el PasoCo
Motorola
AMR
Elan
MylanLab
At&t Inc
ExxonMbl
Nabors
FannieMif
NaziCity
AMD
First Data
NatSemi
Alcatelluc
Fordm
Newmtm
Alcoa
Newscpa
AldWaste
GameStop
NokiaCp
Altrias
Gap
Nucor
Amovill
Gateway
OcciPet
Aeagleo
GenElec
PepsiCo
Pfizer
AnalogDev
Goldmans
ProctGam
AnnTagir
Goodyear
QwestCm
Aquila
Hallibrtn
RiteAid
ArcelorMit
Hewlett P
Scherg
Avaya
HomeDp
Schimbrg
BcBrades
Honwlint
Seagatet
Ish
Brazil
Smithff
Bknymel
Ishhk
SprintNex
Barrickg
iShJapan
StateStr
BestBuy
iShTaiwan
Itgoid
Boeing
Ishemmkt
BostonSci
Isheafe
Txucorp
BrMySq
Ishrest
TainSemi
Burlnsf
IBM
CSX
Jpmorgch
TenetHith
Cvscare
JohnJn
Texinst
Cemex
KeySpan
Kohls
TollBros
Chevron
Kraft
Transcen
Chicos
Kroger
UtdMicro
ChinaMble
Lsicorp
UPSB
Citigro
Lehmann
Usbancrp
Cocacl
LeucNatl
Coeur
Intyeli
Valeroe
Mited
VerizonCm
CVRD
Lowes
VivoPart
ConocPhil
Lyondell
Vmware
Corning
Macys
Wachovia
WalMart
Dillards
Directv
Medtric
Weathfoint
Disney
Merck
Wells Fargo
DowChm
MerrillLyn
Wyeth
DuPont
Micront
Xerox
Duke Egg
Monsanto
Yamana
Stocks end higher on home sales and durable goods
New York market extended its calm week as the Dow climbed about 142 points to 13378.87 after July new home sales topped expectations and durable goods orders rose sharply. S&P 500 and Nasdaq advanced, while bonds and the dollar showed mixed moves and energy names led gains including Exxon Mobil.
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New York
Wall Street
Federal Reserve
Fed
Nicholas Raich
National City
Cleveland
Treasury
New York Mercantile Exchange
Exxon Mobil Corp
Dow
Exxon
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