Markets slide amid mixed earnings data

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Stocks in the US plunged on July 21, 2004 as weakness in the semiconductor industry and mixed earnings news offset the cheer over Microsoft Corp.'s plan for a stock buyback and an enormous dividend. The situation is discussed with respect to Nasdaq, which fell 2.2 percent, the Dow Jones industrial average's 1 percent fall, and the Standard & Poor's 500 index, which declined 1.3 percent.

Semiconductors and related devices, Prepackaged software, Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Toilet preparations, Securities issued, listed, Pennsylvania, Semiconductor industry, Computer software industry, Software industry, Microsoft Corp., Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Securities, Toiletries industry, Colgate-Palmolive Co., CL, Texas Instruments Inc., MSFT, Company securities, Stock markets, Stock market

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Citibank to close facility in Bucks

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Citibank would close the collection and customer service operation in Neshaminy idling 930 workers. Thus, the bank would offer severance package to employees and would help find jobs at other locations.

United States, Commercial Banks, Plant shutdown, Personnel administration, Banking industry, Citibank N.A. (New York, New York), Downsizing, Facility closures

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