This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 16, 2006
Page
15
NYSE listed stocks showed a wide range of bid prices with AMR AT&T Exxon and global names moving. Highlights include Caterpillar Altria Boeing Chevron Exxon Mobil IBM Coca Cola JP Morgan Chase and Microsoft amid notable price changes and daily highs.
Markets finished mixed as oil and gold slid while bonds gained after softer New York manufacturing data and a drop in home sales boosted expectations that rates may cap growth. Dow rose 0.42 percent to 11,428.77, S&P 500 up 0.25 percent, Nasdaq slipped 0.23 percent.
Eastern Cornbelt carcass prices show 0.5 to 0.9 inch bf ranges from 60.00 to 72.07 with several gaps. Today's Illinois direct hog purchases total 12 324, trading mostly steady amid moderate demand and offerings. Hog weight bands list 300 to 400 lbs at 22.00 to 26.00, up to 600 lbs at 27.00 to 31.00, with boars under 300 lbs at 21.00 to 28.00 and over 300 lbs at 12.00 to 18.00.
Federal prosecutor says Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling used hocus-pocus to hide Enron’s collapse, lying to pump stock and mislead investors. Closing arguments contrast their denials with sworn witnesses and a debt-ridden, bankrupt company. The jury will deliberate after hours of testimony from 54 witnesses. Lay faces a separate bank fraud case with loans and false statements charges.
News Corp reported quarterly profit doubling to 820 million dollars on stronger SKY Italia results, a sale gain from a Mexican satellite business, and higher earnings at Fox network and cable channels. Revenues rose 2.6 percent to 6.2 billion, with operating income up 14 percent.
Soybean futures declined on the Chicago Board of Trade on Monday while grain futures finished mixed. Wheat for July delivery dropped 2 cents to 3.992 dollars per bushel as buyers weighed supply and demand signals.
Market index figures for May 15 2006 show Dow Jones at 11428.77 up 47.78, Nasdaq at 2238.52 up 6.26, S&P 500 at 1294.60 up 43.26, and Russell at 737.64 up 4.76. NYSE diary notes 1393 advanced and 1888 declined with 137 unchanged, volume 2,620,704,240. Nasdaq diary reports 1090 advanced, 1988 declined, 151 new lows, 121 unchanged, volume 2,036,590,677.
The May reading of the New York Empire State index came in at 12.4, down 3.4 points from April and well below economists' target of 16.1, signaling softer activity than expected.
July corn rose 14 cents to 2.60 a bushel while July oats gained fractionally to 1.97 per bushel and July soybeans fell 8 cents to 6.04 a bushel per the Associated Press.
Kevin E. Mowbray, 44, named publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as part of Lee Enterprises duties. He succeeds Terrance C Z Egger, who resigned after a decade, and will oversee the Post-Dispatch, Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis, and STLtoday.com.
Boeing Co plans to pay 615 million to end a three year Justice Department inquiry into defense contracting allegations. No criminal charges or admission of wrongdoing. Settlement negotiations accelerated before Boeing’s investor conference amid questions over rival Lockheed Martin documents.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.