Stocks fall as dollar and bonds slide amid inflation fears
U.S. stocks dropped for a second day as a weaker dollar and falling bond prices followed data showing higher import prices. The Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all posted weekly losses while energy costs and consumer confidence concerns weighed on spending prospects.
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Brian Gendreau
ING Investment Management
Treasury
Stockyards Springfield Pork Carcass Prices and Hogs Report
Eastern Cornbelt carcass prices per bf range from 60.00 to 72.32 with thin and moderate shifts across weights. Illinois Direct Hogs today show trading mostly steady amid heavy offerings. 1-3 300-400 lbs at 22.00 to 26.00, 400-500 lbs at 24.00 to 27.00, 500-600 lbs at 26.00 to 29.00, over 600 lbs at 27.00 to 31.00. Boars under 300 lbs 21.00 to 28.00, over 300 lbs 12.00 to 18.00.
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Hewlettp
Aescorp
AkSteel
iShBrazil
AMR
iShJapan
At&t Inc
iShTaiwan
AbtLab
AMD
Ishrest
Aetna
Jpmorgch
AffCmps
JohnJn
Alcan
Kohls
Kroger
Allegech
Lehmner
Altria
LillyEli
Amovill
Lucent
AmExp
Memc If
AmintGp If
AmTower
Medirnic
Merck
Apache
MerrillLyn
ArchDan
Avaya
Moodys
MorgStan
Burves
Motorola
BakrHu
Naborsch
BkofAm
NaziCity
BarrPhm
NatSemi Barrickg
Newmtm
BellSouth
Newscpa
BestBuy
NokiaCp
BrMySq
CBS
Peabdge
PepsiCo
Cvscp
Pfizer
Cameco
Phelpsd
CaremkRx
Pridevitlif
Caterpil
ProcGam
Cendant
Pulteh
ChesEng
QwestCm
Chevron
RiteAid
Chicos
Schergel
Citigro
Schimb
Coach
Seagatet
CocaCol
SprintNex
Coeur
Itgold
Cord
Txucp
ConocPhill
TaiwSemi
Corning Target
CypSem
TelNort
Horton
TenetHith
Deere
Texinst
Devone Asi
DiaOffs
TitanMtl
Disney
TollBros
DowChm
Transcon
DuPont
Tycolntl
Dynegy
UtdMicro
Etrade
Usbancro
Ussteel
Eogres
UtdTechs
el Paso Cp
Uldhith
Elan
Valeroe
Exelon
VerizonCm
ExxonMbl
Visteon
Fordm
Wachovia
WalMart
Freescale
Walgrn
Gap
Weathfint
Gateway
WellsFrgo
GenElec
Wdigit
GnMetr
WmsCos
Alcoa Inc
Clear Channel
Kinder Morgan
Qualcomm
Altria Group Inc
Coke
Ameren
Kroger Regions Financial
ConAg Lee Ent
Ryerson Tull
Apple
CVS Corp
Lowes
Sears Holding
Applied Materials
Devon
Federated Dept
Southern Co
Wal-Mart
Canadian Rail
Harrah
Pepsi
Watson Pharma
CAT
Intel
Pepsi Americas
Wendys
CBRL
Integra
Pier
Cifra Clena Corp
JC Penney
Securities, Inc
Jones Soda Co
ProFac Coop
Carbondale, Cinf
Kerr McGee
Prudential
NYSE/SIPC
Springfield
Illinois
Grain futures rise on Chicago Board of Trade
Grain and soybean futures advanced in early Friday trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for July delivery edged up 12 cents to 4.04 a bushel, July corn climbed 13 cents to 2.60, July oats gained 6 percent to 1.98, and July soybeans inched 1 cent higher to 6.14 a bushel.
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