Apple chief apologizes on iPhone price cut probe
Steve Jobs offers $100 credits to iPhone 8GB buyers upset by a $200 price drop just months after the summer launch. He acknowledged customer disappointment and said credits will apply to those within 14 days of the cut, while some early adopters defend paying top dollar for a first look at a revolutionary device.
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Apple
Steve Jobs
San Jose
Calif
Apple Inc
Jobs
Andrew Brin
Los Angeles
Brin
Jack Shamama
San Francisco
Shamama
Grain futures slip on CBOT trading session
Agriculture futures moved lower on the Chicago Board of Trade with December wheat down 11.5 cents to 8.24 dollars a bushel, December corn off, and November soybeans easing to 3.3925 dollars a bushel as December oats also declined. The Associated Press reported the declines on Thursday.
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Chicago — Agriculture
Chicago Board of Trade
Stockyards Springfield Eastern Cornbelt carcass prices and hog bids
Eastern Cornbelt carcass prices listed by inch bf from 0.5 to 0.9 show a narrow spread with 0.5 inch at 59.75 to 65.27 and 0.9 inch at 54.25 to 63.50. Today's Illinois direct hog purchases total 12,407 with steady trading and moderate demand and offerings. Hog weight bands 300-400 at 32.00-35.00, 400-500 at 34.00-36.00, 500-600 at 36.00-39.00, over 600 at 37.00-40.00. Boars under 300 at 26.00-30.00, over 300 at 11.00-14.00.
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Springfield
Illinois
Alcoa Inc
Burger King
Fifth Third
Lee Ent
Pfizer
USG
All State
Canadian Rail
First Data Corp
Lowes
Pier
Verizon Altria
CAT
Ford Motor Co
Macy's
Ameren
CBRL
Gen. Dyn
McDonalds ProFac Coop
Walgreeks
Apple
CIFRA
Halliburton
Prudential
Wal-Mart
Metlife
Qualcomm
Watson Pharma
Applied Materials
CINF
Harley Davidson
Microsoft
Regions Financial
Wellman
Archer
Clear Channel
Harrah's
Mips Technologies
Ryerson Tull
Wendys
AXA
Coke
Harris
Nbty Inc
Sears
Baker Hughes
ConAg
Inte
Nucor
Southern Co Whirlpool Bemis
CVS Corp
Occi. Petrol
Bob Evans
Devon
Integra
Southwest
JC Penney
O'Charley's
Sun Micro
Wachovia
Boeing
Dillard's
Jones Soda
Old Nat. Banc
Super Valu
Securities, Inc
BP Amoco
Discover
Kinder Morgan
el Paso Co
ExxonMbl
NatSemi
Fanniem
Newmtm
First Data
Newscpa
Fordm
NokiaCp
ForestLab
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FMCG
Nortellers
Gap
Gateway
OcciPet
Genentch
OffcDpt
GenElec
Peabdye
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Goldmans
Hallibrun
ProctGam
Hewlett P
QwestCm
Hilton
Radian
RiteAid
Brazil
Slmcp
Ishhk
SaraLee
iShJapan
Schergel
iShTaiwan
Schimbrg
iShEmMkt
Seagatet
iSh_ EAFE
Selectra
Ishrest
SprintNex
Indymac
Itgold
Infineon
Txucorp
IBM
TainSemi
Interpublic
Target
Jcrew
TenetHith
Jpmorgch
Teradyn
Kinross Traid
Feta
CloseChy Aescorp
AGCO
AMR
At&t Inc
Abdlab
AMD
Agnicog
Alcan
AlcatelLuc
Alcoa
Altrias
Aeagleo
AmExp
AmintGp
Anadarko
Anheust
ArchCoal
Bhpbinl
Busves
BakrHu
Bcbnvarg
BostonSci
BrMySq
Cbreilis
CBSB
Reves Aay
Rexinst
Csx
Kohls
Cvscare
Kraft
ChesEng
Kroger
Chevron
Lsicorp
Citigrp
LehmanBr
Coach
Fees Oe CocaCl
Coeur
CVRD
ConocPhil
Corning
Camwden
Horton
Directv
Disney
Duke Egg
Dynegy
VAY
MGIC
Macys
Marathon
Mattel
Medicnic
Merck
Merrilllyn
Micront
MorgStan
Motorola
Nabors
VerizonCm
WalMart
Wamart
WeathPoint
WellPoint
Wells Fargo
WmsCos
Wyeth
Yamana
Stocks rise as jobless claims drop and Fed rate outlook shifts
Wall Street closed modestly higher after unemployment benefits fell for a seventh week, boosting optimism on a potential Fed rate cut. Dow rose 57.88 points to 13,363.35 as S&P 500 gained 6.26 and Nasdaq added 8.37. Net gains came amid solid retail data from Wal‑Mart and Target and a large New York Fed liquidity operation.
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New York
Wall Street
Mortgage Bankers Association
Federal Reserve
Dallas Federal Reserve
Richard Fisher
St. Louis Fed
William Poole
Todd Salamone
Schaeffer
Fed
Labor Department
Standard & Poor
Treasury
New York Fed
U.S
Nigeria
New York Mercantile Exchange
John O’donoghue
Wal-Mart Stores Inc
Target Corp
Wal-Mart
Target
Closing Stocks NYSE Active Movers Spark Mixed Session
Thursday's NYSE close lists many names with varied results led by El Paso and ExxonMobil. Major components include Pfizer Procter Gamble Microsoft IBM Coca Cola Chevron and Walmart among others showing gains losses and steady closes across sectors and industries.
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