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DT Industries Top losers Most active Vol. Top gainers Cts. CavalrH 5.09 Ctuj HChg. DelphiAutomotive i Advances Declines Unchanged New highs New lows Adv. vol Dec.

vol Total vol. 2.030 1.232 180 308 1 998,105,830 533,606,980 1,589,021,580 CIs. 36.96 2.00 8.33 3.25 3.70 45.40 3.75 3.20 6.97 3.02 CIs. 4.08 7.61 49.38 13.60 16.90 32.90 37.37 9.53 13.87 17.30 Chg. 0.85 0.05 0.41 0.21 0.35 Chg.

1.03 1.42 0.60 1.98 1.02 0.46 0.52 0.84 1.05 4.23 Chg. 25.4 13.3 11.5 10.1 10.0 9.5 9.1 8.6 8.3 7.9 QuikslvRs Bushlnd GoodrPet Revlon WHX DiagPdct ML Macad Head NV Orthodon Sitel Lucent NortelNw Citigrp ATTWrls Elan GenElec Pfizer SprntPCS EMC Cp TimeWarn 362448 262378 194196 165174 164503 152224 140800 137803 128502 124953 0.18 2.94 0.41 8.3 5.6 5.6 5.0 12.10 5.83 21.58 11.27 5.31 6.21 10.57 13.65 57.63 LaBrnch ThreeFS Giantln Bluegreen ARetire MidwGm MPS Grp DECS lab PiperJaf Kodak Electronic Data Emerson Electric EnPro Federal Signal Federated Stores Fifth Third Banc Flowserve General Motors Goodrich Honda Huffy Illinois Tool Keycorp Kroger Top losers Most active Vol. 5.97 1.74 39.44 18.45 55.27 33.14 31.00 19.79 35.84 24.44 47.76 31.95 47.00 26.52 58.85 34.60 25.60 19.01 21.42 11.20 3.18 0.50 11.78 6.39 32.46 20.39 25.44 14.32 68.65 43.78 20.17 3.75 20.79 13.60 53.82 23. 60.49 47.05 22.93 10.40 55.55 29.75 32.90 12.20 23.59 15.47 8.00 3 30 85.00 54.56 33.00 22.31 19.70 12.05 33.41 16.42 15.70 7.33 30.19 21.37 46.00 17.67 36.17 26.58 52.95 20.52 15.34 9.30 104.00 79.57 2831 17.87 16.59 9.84 30.00 23.29 23.55 13.29 27.73 18.85 36.72 23.70 20.00 13.15 29.95 12.60 34.67 10.73 20.36 10.95 29.70 18.56 26.13 19.70 15249 dd 0.60 40698 1.6 33 l.SOf 36043 3.2 18 1.00 62102 3.4 14 0.40 4085 1.2 21 O.lOe 36223 0.2 24 ts 7024 16 1.40 3086 2.5 19 4959 35 0.94 7387 4.6 16 660 dd 0.28 22277 2.7 dd 0.50m 18133 1.8 30 0.60 92S86 2.9 dd 1.60 8000 2.6 23 877 12 0.40 2529 2.1 24 0.50 21905 0.9 15 1.16 14400 2.0 19 3020 26 2.00 26247 4.1 7 0.80 5264 2.8 34 O.lSe 2556 0.7 952 dd 0.96 7880 1.2 24 1.24f 9449 3.8 15 11806 14 623 28 O.lOe 1526 0.7 0.92 5220 3.1 dd 3449 75 1.28 13472 3.5 11 5455 69 1544 38 1.82 23575 13 25 0.63e 335 23 822 9 0.44 1851 1.6 17 0.22 730 1.1 21 1.25f 95215 5.0 14 0.60 356 1.9 18 0.92 802 5.7 dd 0.58 5544 2.0 16 0.12f 1564 0.4 21 036e 149 4.4 0.96f 42455 3.3 15 1.14 1126 4.5 16 5.63 0.23 37.10 0.08 5530 0.53 29.07 0.47 32.90 44.96 1.03 42.34 0.19 55.13 0.71 23.12 1.06 20.23 0.04 .68 0.01 10.51 0.26 28.03 0.19 20.40 1.23 62.27 0.26 19.80 19.01 0.01 54.29 0.61 56.68 0.23 22.44 0.44 48.30 0.35 28.59 22.31 0.05 3.97 0.10 78.80 32.68 0.04 19.25 26.51 14.65 0.04 29.44 0.24 45.90 0.15 36.14 0.04 48.13 13.99 0.11 102.10 -036 26.87 1470 28.31 0.31 20.47 0.02 25.19 31.84 0.06 16.28 0.03 2839 29.40 0.13 19.60 0.04 0.17 25.60 0.05 Top gainers CIs. Trmfrd 2.61 ViewptCp 2.49 Datawatch 11.40 intlAsst 10.40 MTC Technologies I Advances Declines Unchanged New highs New lows Adv.

vol Dec. vol Total vol. STOCKS: The Dow Jones industrial average, which traded in a narrow, 45-point band, closed down 5.11, essentially flat at 10,588.00. The Nasdaq composite index advanced 21.75, or 1.1 percent, to 2,055.11, as gains among semiconductor stocks helped it finish in positive range after two down days. The Standard Poor's 500 index was up 3.84, or 0.3 percent, at 1,154.88.

BONDS: Bond prices finished higher Thursday, as traders awaited a report on employment in February, set for release Friday morning. The price of the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose 932 point, or $2.81 per $1,000 in face value. Its yield, which moves in the opposite direction, fell to 4.02 percent, from 4.05 percent late Wednesday. The 30-year Treasury bond rose 38 point to yield 4.88, down from 4.90 a day earlier, according to Moneyline Telerate. FUTURES: April light, sweet crude oil futures settled 84 cents, or 2.3 percent, higher at $36.64 a barrel after touching a high of $36.85.

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117.5 60.6 47.9 40.2 40.1 34.6 29.4 25.1 23.9 20.8 CIs. 29.65 23.19 26.37 29.01 5.16 13.00 2.99 21.56 4.87 7.23 Chg. 1.41 0.94 3.69 2.98 8.30 1.04 0.60 2.99 0.74 2.19 EuroTech Conolog Abatix Toplmge DXP Ent EuroTrust SI Tech Unifab rs MaxcorFn Euroweb Intel Cisco Microsoft AskJvs SunMicro Oracle SiriusS ApldMatl JDS Uniph BrcdeCm 548115 446354 430482 349767 334269 323663 296072 216148 191827 171755 29.01 4.05 2.64 14.90 3.84 12.73 AskJvs Insightful StrchMb NthfldLb PaulaFn Concepts Matsushita Elect MeadWestvaco NCR Corp. National City Navistar Intl Paxar Procter Gamble ReedElsNV REX Stores Corp. Most active Top losers Top gainers ReynoldsReynolds 1 Chg.

Chg. 539 316 108 i I Robbins Myers SBC Comm. A.O. Smith Standard Reg. Supervalu Thor Industries Tomkins PLC U.S.

Bancorp Vectren Advances Declines Unchanged New highs New lows Adv. vol Dec. vol Total vol. Cts. 4.30 3.12 2.22 3.80 19.25 28.00 6.85 2.21 2.21 3.95 CompTch HiShearT FlightSaf DigitAngel MarineP HallwdGrp VI Grp RIoNarc gn USDtawk rs GrnbriCp 1.43 0.12 0.12 6.7 5.5 5.2 4.8 178,766,900 I 255,320,950 WIDELY HELD STOCKS Prices at 4 p.m.

yesterday lor the 25 most widely held companies. Bold print shows price change ot 10 percent or more. MONEY MARKET MUTUAL FUNDS Performance of the 100 largest money market mutual funds as of 4 p.m. Vol. CIs.

Chg. CIs. Chg. SChg. NasdlOOTr 625771 36.76 0.37 Biotime 2.24 0.36 19.1 SPDR 202901 115.99 0.35 Tofutti 3.93 0.63 19.1 SemiHTr 93292 41.66 0.68 EXX 4.21 0.61 16.9 iShJapan 74128 9.85 LynchCp 15.42 2.23 16.9 I Eagle8bnd 47579 1.55 0.09 Telkonetn 4.78 0.69 16.9 OJIADiam 37570 105.90 EXX A 4.30 0.54 14.4 I BemaGold 36433 3.40 0.11 AXMPhn 6.04 0.54 9.8 GoldStrg 33250 5.92 0.28 CornerBcp 27.90 2.45 9.6 WheatRg 27576 2.78 0.01 MCFCorp 2.79 0.24 9.4 Harken 27349 Ul 0.02 TitanPhm 4.57 0.38 9.1 Avg.

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128502 CC 1337 42.75 33.23 ExxonMbl 1.00 81747 2.4 13 41.75 34.57 23.16 GenElec 0.80 152224 2.4 22 32.90 0.05 26.30 14.18 HewlettP 0.32 71314 1.4 25 2233 37.89 21.51 Home Depot 0.28 55328 0.8 20 37.10 0.05 34.60 15.59 Intel 0.16f 548115 0.5 34 29.65 0.61 100.43 73.17 IBM Corp. 0.64 35131 0.7 22 96.39 59.08 48.05 JohnJn 0.96 39259 1.8 22 53.03 12.45 8.45 LlbtyMA 65459 dd 11.63 0.17 14.15 8.65 LibtyMB 16 dd 12.40 0.25 5.05 1.41 Lucent 362448 dd 4.08 30.00 22.55 Microsoft 0.16f 430482 0.6 32 2637 8.50 1.82 NortelNw 262378 48 7.61 1531 10.64 Oracle 323663 28 13.00 38.89 28.26 Pfizer' 0.68f 140800 13 69 37.37 0.41 27.73 18.85 SBC Com 1.25f 95215 5.0 14 25.19 5.93 3.07 SunMicro 334269 dd 5.16 19.40 10.42 TimeWarn 124953 30 17.30 0.35 41.35 31.10 VerizonCm 1.54 62681 3.9 24 39.25 0.25 27.88 16.25 Vodafone 0.31e 13758 1.2 24.95 0.15 60.59 46.50 WalMart 0.52f 111254 0.9 29 61.05 0.69 Avg. Av.7-d' Fund Mat Yield PrmVluObl 51 1.01 PruMart 39 .41 Putnm MMA 75 .60 ResPriB 55 1.01 ReserveFdR 55 .09 SSgAMMA 77 .71 SSgAPrm 67 .92 SchbValAdv 54 .67 SchbMM 56 37 Schb UST 80 34 ScudMMSerlnst 53 .98 SmBarCash 47 .52 SmBarlnstCA 51 .88 TDWtrMMkt 37 .34 TRowPRF 55 .47 TreasOb IS 38 35 UPW Cash 48 .56 UPW RMA 53 .50 UPW Retr 55 .30 VangAdmTry 72 .84 VangTrsy 72 .68 VangFdl 62 .73 VangPr 60 .75 Avg. Av. 7-dy.

Yield Fund Mat. Yield Chg. AXPCashMgtA 62 .33 ActlveAstMny 57 .66 AIIBerCpRes 63 AIIBernGvRs 60 .09 AAMMktSel 54 1.02 BTInstCshRv 53 .97 Barclaylnstl 68 1.01 BLFTempFd 46 .93 BLF TmpCsh 59 .99 CashMgtA 25 .61 CshTrPr 45 .12 CdMny 36 .54 Centen 50 .42 CltFlnstLiq 50 .96 DryfLA 65 .43 .01 EdwJoneslS 48 .23 EvglnstMktl 48 .95 EvgrnMMA 50 .22 FIMMDom I 55 .95 FIMMGOvl 58 .92 .01 FIMMMMkt I 86 1.01 FIMMTry I 53 .87 FedTreasObSS 38 .60 FldCashRes 82 .78 FidPrimeDlyl 57 .45 FldRetGov 73 .72 WDTN Tbp pop execs get big bonuses Station will switch affiliation from ABC to NBC Coca-Cola Co. pays out $8 AM amid layoff of 3 00 which show ABC's Good Morning America topping NBC's Today show in many U.S. markets.

WKEF is owned by Sinclair Broadcasting Group, a publicly traded chain of 62 stations in 39 markets. Tom Skill, professor of communications at the University of Dayton, recalled that many TV stations switched affiliations in the 1980s when NBC was faring poorly and ABC had a dominant schedule. Skill said third-ranked Channel 22, originally a harder to find UHF station, always has had difficulty gaining on the competition. He said NBC, no doubt, wants a stronger outlet in the Dayton market. He said the networks give the local stations a few advertising slots per hour during the evening prime viewing hours.

A stronger schedule means Channel 2 can boost the price for advertising in those slots because they will have larger audiences. The November Nielsen ratings, the most recent, give Channel 7 a 14 rating and 23 market share in the 8 to 11 p.m. time slot. Channel 2 received a 6.2 rating and a 9 market share, while Channel 22 got a 7.5 rating and an 11 share. The Nielsen results for the 11 p.m.

local newscasts gave WHIO a 14.5 percent rating and a 29 percent market share. WDTN received a 6.7 percent rating and a 14 market share; WKEF got a 4 percent rating and an 8 market share. Harry Delaney, general manager of WHIO-TV, speculated that Channel 7 might gain viewers because of confusion over the network switch. WHIO radio and television are subsidiaries of Cox Broadcasting, a unit of Cox Enterprises, a closely held Atlanta-based company that also owns the Dayton Daily News. Contact Jim Bohman at 225-2242.

CONTINUED FROM Dl Ross said the station's contract with NBC expires in May, but Channel 22 will remain with the Peacock Network through the summer Olympics in late August. Ross said he was puzzled by Channel 2's decision since NBC this year is losing some of its longtime ratings leaders, including Friends and Frasier, and faces the departure of Tom Brokaw, anchor of the top-rated ABC Nightly News. Ross noted that ABC is making gains. He pointed to new ratings proposals. Deutsch defended the compensation and governance decisions.

He said the company achieved record results in 2003 in revenue and earnings. He also noted the company increased its return to shareholders by 18 percent. The company noted that 12 of its 16 directors are independent, meaning they aren't Coke employees. The company also said high salaries are important to retain key executives, and that it always ties its decisions to performance. The company said the majority of the restricted stock awards are tied to the company hitting a certain growth target over a certain period and Daft being with the company through 2005.

It is not clear how much of the stock awards Daft will ultimately receive or when. Deutsch said the board's compensation committee has not made any decision about Daft's retirement benefits. a time when the company is downsizing and there is a heightened awareness toward accountability in corporate America. "The reality is things aren't changing very much," said Paul Lapides, a corporate governance expert at Kennesaw State University near Atlanta. The company noted that the bonuses and the layoffs which represented 7 percent of Coke's work force are not related and should not be linked.

"Separating employees is always a difficult decision," Coke spokesman Ben Deutsch said. "But out senior management took these actions to ensure that our organization delivers against the ever-evolving needs of our business and position the company for long-term success." The filing said four shareholder proposals facing the company at its annual meeting next month seek restrictions on executive compensation-related issues. Coke's board is asking shareholders to reject each of the By Harry R. Weber Associated Press ATLANTA The Coca-Cola Co. paid $8.4 million in bonuses to its top six executives last year, the equivalent of about $2,300 for each of the 3,700 employees the world's largest beverage maker laid off during the same period, a federal filing shows.

The company also said the present value of retiring chief executive Doug Daft's restricted stock awards is $86 million, and it paid out millions last year to companies that some of its directors own or hold a major stake in. Corporate governance experts credited Coke for the disclosures in its proxy Thursday, but some question the justification for the compensation and business ties at Retail E-B fashions help boost Bon-Ton Jobs report a key to ending slide Nasdaq index could end 6-week losing streak Michael P. Niemira, chief economist at the International Council of Shopping Centers, said the February performance marked the strongest year-over-year monthly increase since April 2000, when his tally was up 7.9 percent. The February results compared with a meager 0.9 percent gain from the year-ago period, hurt by a Presidents Day snowstorm. Still, Niemira cautioned, "The underlying demand is strong, but not as strong as the apparent number" indicates.

He said that excluding the weather factor, the monthly sales gain would have been "more like 5 (percent) to 5.5 percent." The release of retailers' results coincided with a Labor Department report that the number of people filing new applications for unemployment benefits dropped last week. Job worries have been a big concern among consumers, particularly the low- to middle-income earners. Wal-Mart Stores the world's largest retailer, announced a 6.2 percent gain in same-store sales in February, beating the 4.9 percent expected by analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call. Target Corp.had a 7.5 percent increase in same-store sales. Analysts expected a 5.7 percent increase.

Meanwhile, mall-based apparel stores and department stores enjoyed a strong performance. Analysts said department stores are benefiting from designers' latest new fashions. J.C. Penney Co. Inc.

posted a 12.1 percent increase in same-store sales at its department stores, well exceeding the 5.6 percent Wall Street expected. At Sears, Roebuck and same-store sales in its domestic business were up 1.1 percent. Analysts expected a 3.6 percent gain. Federated reported a 9 percent same-store sales gain, topping analysts' estimate for a 7.7 percent gain. Limited Brands posted a 5 percent increase in same-store sales, compared to analysts' 3.6 percent forecast.

Gap Inc. had a 12 percent increase in same-store sales for the month, well past the 4.7 percent Wall Street expected. At AnnTaylor Stores same-store sales were up 15.3 percent, much better than the 4.5 percent Wall Street projected. Nordstrom posted an 8.8 percent increase in same-store sales, exceeding a 7.1 percent forecast. The Neiman Marcus Group Inc.

reported Wednesday a 24.4 percent increase. And Saks Inc. said Wednesday it had a same-store increase of 14.7 percent. CONTINUED FROM Dl sales from stores open a year or more, increased four-tenths of a percent, the company said. Elder-Beerman's same store sales for the four weeks ended Feb.

28, increased 3.6 percent. Combined, the company experienced a 2 percent increase in same-store sales. Federated Department Stores Inc. chairman and CEO Terry J. Lundgren reported "underlying sales strength in key merchandise categories such as women's ready-to-wear, jewelry, handbags, shoes and cosmetics that is very encouraging for the spring season overall." The International Council of Shopping Centers-UBS sales tally of about 70 retailers was up 6.7 percent from the year-ago period.

That far exceeded the original forecast of 4 percent to 5 percent that had steadily been upgraded throughout the month. The tally is based on what the industry calls same-store sales, those from stores open at least a year. They are considered the best measure of a retailer's health. new-jobs total would surpass January's 112,000. "Payrolls and the economy are probably the No.

1 issue right now on Wall Street, so the information we receive is quite important," Legg Mason Wood Walker trader Tom Schrader told Dow Jones News Service. "The data could play a role in what the Federal Reserve does (when it meets on March 16)." The market got some encouragement on Thursday from news that first-time unemployment claims in the latest week declined by 7,000. The government also reported that U.S. workers were less productive in the fourth quarter of 2003 than previously thought. Analysts said this suggests that employers are running out of ways to get more output from smaller work forces another indication they will have to begin hiring soon.

In Thursday's trading, the 30 stocks in the Dow Jones industrial average were about evenly divided between winners and losers with the losses coming in heavier than the gains. Aerospace manufacturer Boeing lost 43 cents, or 1 percent, to $42.63 on investor concern about its plan to scale back on its air-traffic management business. Beverage giant Coca-Cola fell 31 cents to $48.83 in the wake of reports its market share fell 0.3 percentage point last year. Rival Pepsico, which gained market share, also fell 14 cents to $52.29. Intel, the world's largest semiconductor maker and a member of the Nasdaq and the Dow, advanced 61 cents, or 2.1 percent, to $29.65 in advance of its eagerly awaited midquarter update.

Wal-Mart Stores gained 69 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $61.05 after reporting that same-store sales rose 6.2 percent year-over-year, surpassing Wall Street forecasts. By Tom Walker Cox News Service Another good day in the stock market today and the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index could end its six-week losing streak. The Nasdaq is up 1.3 percent so far, while weekly gains by the blue chip indexes still look doubtful. One thing that would do the trick would be a favorable February jobs report. Analysts look for the government to say the economy added 130,000 new jobs last month, with unemployment unchanged at 5.6 percent.

A Bloomberg News survey of economists found considerable optimism that the February I.