Word: dows
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years has the stock market had such a wide-swinging week. In one day the Dow-Jones industrial index shot up 7.99 points, the biggest gain since Sept. 5, 1939, after World War II began. Next day prices dropped 7.18 points, the biggest break since March 14, when investors were scared by the Fulbright committee...
Toward the Summit. The theme of peace was very much on his mind all week. After his six-day New England trip, the President got up on a platform at Maine's Dow Air Force Base to say farewell to 5,000 waiting, waving down-Easters. He was working, he said, toward one end: "Peace on this earth, for which we all aspire." On the flight to Washington aboard the Columbine, he discussed with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles plans for the Big Four conference at Geneva on July 18: the long-heralded Parley at the Summit with...
...Dow Chemical President Leland Doan: business will create a virtual revolution in the social system by "taking an increased responsibility for the health, education, security, estate planning [insurance benefits] and general welfare of its employees...
...stock market moved up, dipped for a day, then gained back its ground and kept climbing. At week's end the Dow-Jones industrial average closed at 444.08, up 6.36 points above the previous week, to a new alltime record...
...Stocks on the New York Stock Exchange burst through to new peaks as the Bull Market continued its upward surge. The Dow-Jones industrial average (30 stocks) pushed up 9 points last week to close out trading at 437.72, a 32-point gain since Jan. 3. On the New York Times composite average of 50 leading industrial and railroad stocks, the week's final reading broke through to 300.57, the highest closing since Sept...