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Business: Washington Post Business Page, Business News
The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20121206234147/http://washpost.bloomberg.com/industries/
Compare:
IndustriesToday's Net ChangeToday's % Price Change
Basic Materials0.40.2
Communications0.60.4
Consumer Cyclicals0.60.3
Consumer Non-Cyclicals0.40.2
Energy0.70.3
Financial0.20.2
Industrial0.40.2
Technology1.60.9
Utilities0.00.0
Click an industry to view its top companies on the right.
CompanyToday's
% Change
ppg inds inc3.14
rockwood holding2.10
vulcan materials1.76
ecolab inc1.73
southern copper1.34
airgas inc1.30
mosaic co/the1.21
rpm intl inc1.12
resolute forest1.09
wr grace & co0.97
4:15 pm ET 12/6/2012
Bloomberg Finance Index
  • 89.11
    Last
  • 0.19%
    Today's Change
  • 17.22%
    One Year Change
  • One Year Trend
  • Today
     
    70.97
    91.58
    52 Week Low - High
Finance News

Morgan Stanley Revises Broker Compensation Plan for 2013

4:55 pm ET

Morgan Stanley, the brokerage with the biggest staff of financial advisers, changed brokers’ compensation to lower the revenue bonus by 2 percentage points and increase the payout for growth in fees.

Bloomberg Energy Index
  • 253.77
    Last
  • 0.28%
    Today's Change
  • 2.24%
    One Year Change
  • One Year Trend
  • Today
     
    227.51
    282.92
    52 Week Low - High
Energy News

Oil Falls to Three-Week Low as ECB Cuts European Growth Forecast

4:15 pm ET

Oil fell to the lowest level in three weeks in New York after the European Central Bank cut its euro- area growth forecasts and as U.S. lawmakers struggled to reach agreement on a budget plan.

Bloomberg Health Care Index
  • 289.12
    Last
  • 0.35%
    Today's Change
  • 9.60%
    One Year Change
  • One Year Trend
  • Today
     
    251.98
    303.16
    52 Week Low - High
Health Care News

Pfizer’s Experimental Drug Slows Incurable Breast Cancer

Pfizer Inc.’s experimental breast cancer drug stopped progression of an incurable form of the disease for more than two years in a study, a dramatic delay for those with the second-deadliest cancer in women.

Bloomberg Technology Index
  • 176.96
    Last
  • 0.89%
    Today's Change
  • 5.85%
    One Year Change
  • One Year Trend
  • Today
     
    155.74
    203.29
    52 Week Low - High
Technology News

Apple to Invest in Manufacturing Macs in U.S., CEO Cook Says

4:22 pm ET

Apple Inc. plans to spend more than $100 million next year on building Mac computers in the U.S., shifting a small portion of manufacturing away from China, the country that has handled assembly of its products for years.

Bloomberg Transportation Index
  • 271.31
    Last
  • 0.06%
    Today's Change
  • 6.38%
    One Year Change
  • One Year Trend
  • Today
     
    242.56
    282.10
    52 Week Low - High
Transportation News

Delta Buys 40 Bombardier Regional Jets in Embraer Rebuff

4:15 pm ET

Delta Air Lines Inc. agreed to buy 40 regional jets from Bombardier Inc. as the world’s second-largest carrier broadens its replacement of older, inefficient planes.

Bloomberg Insurance Index
  • 112.73
    Last
  • 0.26%
    Today's Change
  • 15.43%
    One Year Change
  • One Year Trend
  • Today
     
    91.60
    116.61
    52 Week Low - High
Insurance News