Jul 29, 1999 · Today's move is the latest in a series of measures taken by stock exchanges around the world to prepare for the increase in competition.

Apr 23, 1999 · In the stock market, investors found the urge to pick up fresh technology shares irresistible even after two days of relentless buying, pushing many high-tech issues into the …

Nov 22, 1999 · Cabletron closed Friday up 11/16 at 23. And Excite At Home (ATHM) could grab some of the spotlight Monday after announcing that it plans to establish a tracking stock for its …

Feb 23, 2001 · Tokyo stocks shrugged off a Standard & Poor's downgrade of Japan's debt rating as investors saw the move possibly spurring long-awaited structural reforms and efforts to …

Feb 22, 2006 · Stocks rallied Wednesday, as falling oil prices, lower Treasury bond yields and a moderate read on inflation helped spark a broad advance.

Feb 5, 2008 · (Ironically, many economists today think we're headed for recession because the unemployment rate ticked back up to 5%.) Yet the job boom had a dark side: job instability.

Jan 8, 2003 · "I don't know about today, but I think they're going higher in general." Market players also braced for 2002 results from the first Dow component to report, Alcoa.

Apr 15, 1998 · That's what happens when you release great earnings numbers, double what Wall Street expected, and get no fewer than five top analysts pumping your stock through their …

Oct 5, 1998 · Shortly after 10 a.m. the Dow Jones industrial average was off 60.50 points at 7,724.19. Declines beat advances 1,665 to 679 as 95 million shares traded on the New York …

The stock's high price, lack of a dividend and a recent executive scandal doesn't deter long-time holders of Berkshire, no. 7 on the Fortune 500.