Issue link: https://www.epageflip.net/i/17089
8A – Daily News – Thursday, September 30, 2010 MON.-FRI. 9:00-5:30 • SAT. 9:00 -5:00 • CLOSED SUNDAYS FURNITURE DEPOT MATTRESS NORTH VALLEY NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks slipped in muted trading Wednesday as traders held back ahead of corporate earnings announcements, which 22755 Antelope Blvd. Red Bluff, CA 96080 (530) 527-9166 Stocks slip as European protests worsen debt fears Wall Street start to roll in next week. Protests in Europe against austerity measures renewed worries about the region’s finances and helped keep buyers at bay. Mark's Fitness -Private Personal Training Affordable Packages ! Open Mon. thru Sat. 10am – 6pm OK TRIMMER •Trimming and cleaning are easy with quick release and replaceable grill. •Powerful, efficient and quiet motor • Works well with flowers and various herbs •One person works as fast as ten or more. Select from 15 varieties of scissors! -Public Fitness Classes • Spin Class: M-W-F 6 PM Inquire about FREE Spin • Boot Camp call for times WANTED: Certified Fitness Instructors Call: (530) 941-2832 821 Walnut St. The dollar fell further against other currencies as traders anticipate more action by the Federal Reserve to push U.S. inter- est rates down. Gold climbed past $1,300. Most sectors fell on the stock market except for energy, which rose after crude oil prices gained. Schlumberger Ltd., Occi- dental Petroleum Corp. and other companies rose after the price of crude oil jumped on news that inventories fell last week. Benchmark crude for November delivery rose $1.68 to settle at $77.86 a barrel on the New York China Buffet CHINESE RESTAURANT Open 7 Days A Week Sunday Buffet Special $ 9.99 COUPON China Buffet Lunch Dinner $9.99 $6.99 Monday - Saturday 343 S. Main St. Red Bluff 530-529-5888 (No Checks) Thank You From the family of Lyle A. Williams • For all of the caring cards & phone calls. • To the Bethel Church for the generous use of their facility. • To Elmore Heitman, friend and Pastor for being there for the family to offer great comfort to all of us. • To those who have donated in Lyle’s name to the Charlie Smith Memorial Athletic Scholarship at R.B.H.S. • To Sheriff Clay Parker for the professional and caring way he organized the Law Enforcement Honor Guard. Our children and grandchildren will never forget watching how the Law Enforcement Family honors one of their own • To Chief of Police, Paul Nanfito, who personally directed traffic as the precession proceeded down Walnut St. only to stop as the old time sheriff passed by and gave him a final salute. It made us very proud. • To Assemblyman Jim Nielsen who so graciously took the time to attend the service and present the family with a memorial resolution from the California State Assembly. • To the pallbearers who with dignity and compassion carried our beloved husband, father and grandfather to his final resting place. Bill Ross • Dave Hencratt • Abner McKinzie • Henry Williams • Cole McKinzie • Bob Williams We know Lyle loved this county. He gave almost 30 years of his life protecting the people and the land. We will all miss him Thank you again ... The Lyle A. Williams Family 10 % off COUPON on dinner only (everyday) Expires 9-30-10 COUPON Mercantile Exchange. Trading was relatively subdued with no major economic reports or cor- porate earnings due out. Third-quarter earnings season gets under way Oct. 7 with Alcoa Inc. ‘‘The big drivers of the market were just absent today,’’ said Kim Caugh- ey, an equity research ana- lyst at Fort Pitt Capital Group in Pittsburgh. ‘‘Everyone is sitting around waiting for earn- ings season to begin.’’ Wednesday’s decline in U.S. stocks marked anoth- er pause in a monthlong rally that has made this September one of the strongest for U.S. stocks in history. With only one trading day left this month, the Dow Jones industrial average is on track for its best September since 1939 with a gain of 8.2 percent so far. It’s still up only 3.9 percent for the year. The Dow Jones indus- trial average lost 22.86, or 0.2 percent, to close at 10,835.28 The Standard & Poor’s 500 index slipped 2.97, or 0.3 percent, to 1,144.73, and the Nasdaq composite fell 3.03, or 0.1 percent, to 2,376.56. European markets fell as demonstrators gathered in Brussels, where the European Union is based, and in several of the bloc’s member countries to protest austerity measures aimed at preventing anoth- er crisis like the one that required a bailout of Greece earlier this year. The protests raised con- cerns that countries like Spain will not be able to implement policies required to heal their bloated public finances. Rising stocks narrowly outpaced falling ones on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 1 billion shares. Bond prices edged lower. The yield on the 10- year Treasury note edged up to 2.50 percent from 2.47 percent late Tuesday. Gold rose $2 to $1,310.30, a day after set- tling above $1,300 for the first time. MON.-THURS. 9:00-6:00 • FRI. 9:00-7:00 • SAT. 9:00-5:00 • SUN. 11:00-5:00 235 So. Main St., Red Bluff 527-1657 632 Main St., Red Bluff 527-5837 The most highly recommended bed in America: