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Along with the Senate and the Baseball Hall of Fame, the Dow Jones industrial average is among the most exclusive clubs in the U.S. Its members read like a Who's Who of American industry. Stock prices for General Motors, IBM, Exxon, AT&T, U.S. Steel and 25 other blue-chip companies make up the widely watched Dow Jones average. Last week the editors of the Wall Street Journal, who choose the Dow's members, reshuffled the club's roster. Added to the list were McDonald's, the fast-food giant, and Philip Morris, maker of Marlboro. Dropped from...
Perhaps the most telling indicator of Harvard's modernization is simply that more than half the undergraduates now have a personal computer in their room, facilitating everything from book-quality theses to access to the Dow Jones Industrials. Moreover, faculty members have started to use new equipment and software to improve search capability and research technique...
Perhaps the most telling indicator of Harvard's modernization is simply that more than half the undergraduates now have a personal computer in their room, facilitating everything from book-quality theses to access to the Dow Jones Industrials. Moreover, faculty members have started to use new equipment and software to improve search capability and research technique...
Perhaps the most telling indicator of Harvard's modernization is simply that more than half the undergraduates now have a personal computer in their room, facilitating everything from book-quality theses to access to the Dow Jones Industrials. Moreover, faculty members have started to use new equipment and software to improve search capability and research technique...
Pharmaceutical companies have been especially vulnerable. Merrell Dow, a Cincinnati-based subsidiary of Dow Chemical, last year agreed to establish a $120 million fund to satisfy claims that Bendectin, a pill prescribed for morning sickness during pregnancy, caused birth defects. But attorneys for some plaintiffs rejected the settlement, and the debate about Bendectin is back in the courts. Last week Eli Lilly pleaded guilty to criminal charges stemming from injuries caused by its arthritis drug Oraflex...