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IBD'S TOP 10.(A)
Market Rally Yields New Highs
1 The major indexes surged in heavy trade. The Nasdaq jumped 2%, the Dow 1.3%, the S&P 500 1.2%, all three hitting 52-week highs. The small-cap S&P 600 rose 1.1%. Nasdaq volume hit its highest level since June. Breakouts were abundant in the broad rally, as Internets, chips, steel, metals and retail stocks all fared well. More on this page, B2
Commodities At 15 1/2-Year High
2The Commodity Research Bureau's futures index jumped 2.1% to its highest level since '88. Copper hit a 6 1/2-year high as expansions in the U.S., China and elsewhere deplete stockpiles of base metals needed for construction and consumer goods. Also, cold weather forecasts drove crude oil up $1.26 to $33.78 a barrel, the highest close since March 17. More on B13
Auto Sales Fall, But Top Outlook
3U.S. sales fell 4% at Ford, 9% at General Motors and 3% at Honda in Dec. vs. a superincentive-driven Dec. '02. Many drops were less than expected and prompted analysts to up industry estimates. Daimler Chrysler's Chrysler sales rose 2%. Rising truck sales softened declining car sales. Detroit's Big 3 had lower 2003 sales, while foreign rivals gained ground. More on A9
U.S. Visitors Face More Scrutiny
- Bin Laden expected to be trickier quarry.(PAGE ONE)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times December 16, 2003 700+ words
...Jerry Seper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Osama bin Laden will be much harder to find than Saddam...Iraq, has turned the spotlight on bin Laden, the world's other most-wanted man...Division would help in the search for bin Laden, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai predicted...
- Bin Laden's innovations.(Opinion)
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor August 8, 2002 700+ words
...Disappeared, too, is their leader, Osama bin Laden. Even if military operations end in Afghanistan, it is too soon to dismiss Mr. bin Laden. Whether he is on the lam or dead...his brand of international terrorism. Bin Laden, executive terrorist, was - perhaps...
- Bin Laden likely injured by strikes on Afghanistan.(PAGE ONE)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times March 20, 2002 700+ words
...intelligence sources believe Osama bin Laden has been wounded during the war in Afghanistan...Senior intelligence officials said bin Laden, the world's most wanted fugitive...The official said an assessment that bin Laden was wounded had become a "firm belief...
- bin Laden organization issues statement instructing Muslims to avoid acting...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Davis, Joyce M. August 24, 1998 700+ words
...of militant Saudi Arabian exile Osama bin Laden sent another communique to his followers...the new message, allegedly sent from bin Laden's camp in Afghanistan and signed by...the leader of the political wing of bin Laden's World Islamic Front, Muslim fighters...
- Bin Laden's several links to terrorist units known.(A)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Gertz, Bill August 23, 1998 700+ words
...intelligence officials and documents. Osama bin Laden and his Islamic followers have left a...Still, the CIA only recently concluded bin Laden was behind many of the transnational...persons on Aug. 7, most of the targets of bin Laden's attacks have been Arabs and Muslims...
- Bin Laden's threat: the world's most wanted terrorist releases chilling...
- Magazine article from: Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication February 17, 2006 700+ words
...Pakistan -- On January 19, Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the September 11...authenticated the voice as that of bin Laden. The CIA suspects that the tape was made in January. Bin Laden, who has evaded U.S. troops for the...
- Bin Laden names successor, CIA says.
- News wire article from: United Press International April 17, 2000 700+ words
...successor of ailing terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, according to U.S. government sources...al-Jihad, will assume control of bin Laden's terrorist finances, operations, plans and resources. Bin Laden is said to be suffering from a bone...
- Bin Laden emerges as prime suspect in terrorist attacks.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Wolcott, John Strobel, Warren P. September 11, 2001 700+ words
...Saudi Arabian terrorist leader Osama bin Laden emerged as the prime suspect in Tuesday's carnage. "Bin Laden is the leading candidate," said a...people you need to do this." That bin Laden, who's believed to have sponsored...