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...fourth network, started by media baron Rupert Murdoch in 1986. With its methodical, one-night- at-a-time pursuit of the Big Three, Fox was a tough competitor because it played by different rules. Even though it now programs 15 hours of prime time a week -- one FCC benchmark for what constitutes a network -- Fox has managed to avoid the commission restrictions on program ownership and syndication that govern the Big Three. This annoys the other networks, which argue that Fox receives an unfair competitive advantage from Washington while it escapes such public-interest obligations as maintaining a news division...
...Bingeing is the benchmark after which drinking lapses into a drinking lifestyle--drinking to get drunk and dangerous activity," Weschler said...
Stocks fell as the yield on the benchmark 30-year Treasury bond climbed above 8% for the first time since May 1992. Although interest rates in general have been trending up recently, today's move stemmed partly from the fact that the Treasury is due to auction off $28.25 billion worth of two- and five-year notes on Tuesday and Wednesday. Traders apparently feared that this influx of new issues could drive prices down, and yields up, especially with the Federal Reserve expected to lift short-term rates again as soon as next month. In response, the Dow Jones Industrial...
...measure of possible future inflation -- is now at its highest level since February 1989. The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 24.89 points, to 3911.15, in heavy trading. The S&P 500 fell 3.43, to 466.85. NASDAQ stocks dropped 2.82, to 767.80. Bond prices declined, as the yield on the benchmark 30-year Treasury rose to 7.90% from 7.87%. The price of gold fell five cents, to $390.95 per oz., in London trading...
...American Airlines, reported a 74% profit gain. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 18.50 points, to 3936.04, on heavy trading (319 million shares on the NYSE). The S&P 500 climbed 2.62, to 470.28. NASDAQ stocks jumped 5.81, to 770.62. Bond prices declined, meanwhile, as the yield on the benchmark 30-year Treasury rose to 7.90% from 7.87%. The price of gold rose $1.35, to $391.10, in London trading...