Todays Financial News:
U.S. GULF RIG COUNT BY 1 TO 158 IN JUNE 7 WEEK.
BLOCK TRADE - 204
DOW INDUSTRIALS UP FRACTIONALLY AT 5668.
DOW SLASHES LOSSES LATE
BLOCK TRADE - 500K SHRS OF DARDEN RESTAURANTS AT 11-3/4.
FED'S MINEHAN SAYS U.S. ECONOMY SOLID
BELLSOUTH SIGNS DEAL WITH HART COMMUNICATIONS - TERMS NOT DISCLOSED.
WALTER INDUSTRIES NAMES RICHARD ALMY COO.
DJ AVGS CONT'D - 15 UTILS: 208.01 DN 2.23
DJ AVGS 2:30 P.M. - 30 INDUS: 5627.29 DN 39.90
PERU SEES $50M TELEFONICA SALE TO LOCAL GROUPS.
VENEZUELA FOREIGN RESERVE UP $185M
QUAKER STATE TO ACQUIRE QUAKER SUPREME - TERMS NOT DISCLOSED.
MOORE ADOPTS EARLY RETIREMENT PROGRAM T/B FUNDED BY CO'S PENSION PLAN.
IBM STUNS WALL STREET AGAIN WITH LOWER-THAN-EXPECTED 2ND QUARTER OUTLOOK.
JEAN COUTU PLANS TO BUY BACK UP TO 5% OF SHARES.
HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC. OPENS WEB BANK FOR INTERACTIVE BANKING.
NORTHROP AWARDED $8.7M CONTRACT FROM THE U.S. NAVY.
FUJITSU TO DELAY OPENING OF OREGON CHIP PLANT & WILL SWITCH TO NEXT-GEN. TECH.