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Business Headlines for Tuesday, November 17, 1998
Optimism runs Dow past 9000
Stocks rallied Monday, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its first close above 9000 since July 30.
Levi's trying to be cool
NEW YORK - Struggling to lure young shoppers to buy its jeans, Levi Strauss & Co. Monday unveiled new advertising and marketing campaigns aimed at convincing 15- to 24-year-olds that Levi's are cool.
Judge laughs at Gates video
WASHINGTON - Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates appeared so uncooperative and forgetful in interviews with government lawyers that the judge overseeing the company's antitrust trial laughed and shook his head while watching Monday.
All-in-one gizmos all the rage
LAS VEGAS - After whetting people's appetites for single-function, go-anywhere devices - pagers, mobile phones, organizers - electronics manufacturers are moving in the opposite direction, combining a stunning range of features into the digital equivalents of Swiss Army knives.
INDUSTRY NOTES: BANKING
U.S. banks - including those in the Tristate - are investing billions of dollars to get ready for the next millennium.
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
Quiera Levy-Smith has joined Fifth Third Bank as community relations marketing specialist.
TRISTATE MARKET SPOTLIGHT
Shares of Fifth Third Bancorp rose $1.43ó Monday amid a market rally led by financial stocks. It closed at $67.81ì.
TRISTATE SUMMARY
Parking fees are going up at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, but the prices will still be lower than many comparable airports in this part of the country.
GoCINCINNATI GETS NEW NAME
For new Internet surfers boggled by the variety of the World Wide Web, the Cincinnati junction of the information network has come into sharp focus.
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