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D-Rays release Gooden, Stocker

...The Tampa Bay Devil Rays released Gooden and shortstop Kevin Stocker Thursday and recalled infielder Felix Martinez and selected...former Cy Young Award winner an opportunity to pitch at home. Stocker has committed 11 errors in 40 games this season. Also, left-hander...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2000/05/26/bas_290129.shtml
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A divided Fed wrestles with when to slow bond buys

...confidence. And a powerful stock market rally has made many...rates on many others loans. Stocks, which have been boosted by...didn't expect any panic in the stock market because the Fed will...economy, which is good for stocks."But the details are hard...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-22/divided-fed-wrestles-when-
Median CEO pay rises to $9.7 million in 2012

...year earlier that was aided by a rising stock market, according to an analysis by The...awarded a bigger chunk of compensation in stock to align pay more closely to performance...changes in compensation last year came from stock, which increased 17.2 percent, and...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-22/median-ceo-pay-rises-97-mi
JPMorgan's Dimon survives shareholder referendum

...been turning in record profits and its stock price is at a 12-year high. Dimon has...would take action, noting that its strong stock performance would have a "remarkably calming effect" on investors. JPMorgan's stock is up 21 percent this year and is the highest...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-21/jpmorgans-dimon-survives-s
Southern Co. expects to face environmental challenges

...years have used them as a way to publicize issues and needle executives they disagree with.A dozen Sierra members who own stock in the giant electricity producer are primed to ask pointed questions about company policies, club officials told reporters...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-21/southern-co-expects-enviro
Forecast: Augusta job base to grow less than 1 percent

...Middle East instability and the developing impact of the sequestration of federal funds are counterweights to the surging stock market and rising home values.The 2013 forecast predicts the sectors benefiting will be wood products and transportation equipment...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-22/forecast-augusta-job-base-
Apple's Cook faces Senate questions on taxes

...Macintosh computer was Apple's banner product, and its profits were a fraction of 1 percent of today's figure.Apple's stock fell $3.27, or less than one percent, to close at $439.66 in Tuesday's trading.The subcommittee also has examined...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-21/apples-cook-faces-senate-q
More 'royal family' members enter NASCAR's hall of fame

...him out of the playoffs is a special requirement that wild card entries be ranked in the top 20. With 15 races remaining in stock car's regular season, the race to get one of the two exemptions into the Chase remain wide open. The sanctioning body will...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/nascar/2013-05-22/more-royal-family-members-
Microsoft reveals new Xbox console

...business for Microsoft and offers a way to direct traffic to other Microsoft-owned services, including Skype. Microsoft's stock fell 23 cents, or less than 1 percent, to close Tuesday at $34.85.Nintendo kicked off the next generation of gaming in...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-21/microsoft-reveals-new-xbox
Augusta mother pleads not guilty murder in son's drowning death in March

...drowning death of her toddler son.Lisa J. Stocker, 38, entered her plea in Richmond County...murder.According to the indictment, Stocker is accused of committing felony murder by neglecting 2-year-old Daniel I. Stocker, who wandered unattended out of his home...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2012-12-14/augusta-mother-pleads-