Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 24, 2000 Page: 2 of 26
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PACE 2A • THE POLK COUNTY ENTEMUSE. THl RSDAY. FEBRUARY 24 2000
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AUSTIN - Texas empkiyen. can
get a tax break fur giving the
uneuiploycN or uiklerempkiyeJ a
break ot their own through the
Work Opportunity lax Credit axl
the Well:ire-to-\Vork Tax Credit
Large .aJ small companies can
tike adv.uii.tge ot the programs th;it
reduce lo.kr.tl income Ut\ liability
when they hire employees faun
quahlk-d groups. Companies send
applicatiims to the Texas Workfunx
Commission's WOIC/WlW Uai^
which reviews and approved qualify-,^
ing requests that are submitted,
within 21 days ot each new eny^, „
pkiyee s start dale ^
Texas employers received ovtj.jj
So 16 million in lax credits iu Fi»-.,(,-t
cal Year 1999. according to the, ,
Texas Workforce Commission.
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A REAL OVERSIZED LOAD - A hall mill used in the manufacture of concrete makes its way through Livingston Monday after-
noon. Made in Germany, it traveled to Houston by ship and passed through Polk County on iLs way" to a concrete plant in Colo-
rado. The load measures 250 leet in length and weighs 650,tXH) pounds. The tractor and trailer being used to transport the ballmill
has 140 wheels.
Texas stock index falls
AUSTIN -- The Texas 100 Slock
Index fell 5.6 percent, to 128 7. in
January, a month that also brought
declines in die Standard and Poor's
500 (down 5.1 percent) aixl the
Dow Jones Industrial Average
(down 4 8 percent).
All sectors of the Texas 1(X)
showed declines, but the hardest hit
was the entertainment and travel
sector, which drpjvd 11.6 percent
Entertainment and travel were bitten
by the Y2K bug, as m;uiy people
curtailed holiday travel ;uk1 nuig in
the New Year at home. Rising fuel
prices also hurt airlines. Continen-
tal Airlines, Inc. saw its share pnee
dmp 28.7 percent, and American
Airlines, Inc. slock value dropped
19.7 percent. Restaurant stocks ltd
a mixed month, with Tricon Res-
taurants International (Taco Dell.
Pizza Hut, KFC) dropping 25.9
percent, while Drinker International,
Inc. (Chili’s) and Phoenix Restau-
rant Group (D lackeyed Pea,
Denny's) gained v;dues.
6 7 percent Dell Computer Corp.,
which tv often the sector's strongest
performer, w.uned ot slowing
growth ,uul its stock pnee diopped
24 K percent The market also re-
acted negatively to reports by some
high-tech compiuuc's of lower-than-
expcclcd c.umngs ;ukJ problems
witfi product delivery . Stock prices
lor aircraft and dclcnsc companies in
the high-tech sector were gener.dly
down Companies whose stock dkl
well in J;imi.try include Advanced
Micro Device's, Inc., whose Athlon
chip litis matehed Intel’s in speed,
helping the company e;im a contract
with Gateway lor personal compul-
ers AMD stock rose 24 4 percent.
Texas Instruments Inc. stock rose
115 percent The Docmg Co.,
which gained a strong position in
aerospace by buying the satellite
business of Hughes Electronics
Irom General Motors Corp., saw a
7.4 percent increase in its stock
price.
The strongest performer in die
Texas 100 Stock Index in January
wan Comp USA whose share price
nearly doubled as Jhe Mexican firm
Grupo Sanborns bought the 85 per-
cent of Comp USA that it did not
already own. 7-Eleven, Inc. stock
rose 50.9 percent in January, as 7-
Eleven and American Express an-
nounced plans to test new ATM ki-
osks offering cash ;ukJ other elec-
tronic banking services in D.tllas-
Fort Worth stores. Overtdl, retail
stock prices dropped 4.4 percent.
Share prices in die normally
booming high-tech sector diopped
Stock prices in the other (non-
leclmology) manufacturing sector
dropped 7.2 percent in January En-
ergy she k prices decided 5.8 per-
cent. Stuck* in the service'and fi-
nancial sector dropped 2 percent.
The Texas KM) Stock Index re-
flects the current value of $100 in-
vested in December 1997 in the in-
dex's component companies. The
investment would be worth
$129.69 today. During the last 12
months, the Texas KM) has risen
3.3 percent, compared to a 9 percent
increase iu the Standard and Pixir’s
5(H) and a 16.9 percent rise in die
Dow.
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 24, 2000, newspaper, February 24, 2000; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth798696/m1/2/: accessed May 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.