DOW JONES INFORMATION SERVICES
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1. There are no extra charges for printing copies of documents retrieved Usage Rates of Dow Jones Information Services as of January 1 1981 are Daytime Hours Leisure Hours Database Cost Minute Cost Minute News 1 00 20 Quotes 75 15 Media General 1 00 1 00 Hours of Operation Monday Friday Time Zone Daytime Hours Leisure Hours Eastern 6 00 a m 8 00 p m 8 01 p m 3 00 a m Central 5 00 a m 8 00 p m 8 01 p m 2 00 a m Mountain 10 a m 8 00 p m 8 01 p m 1 00 a m Pacific 3 00 a m 8 00 p m 8 01 p m Midnight Hours of Operation Weekends and Holidays Time Zone Leisure Hours Eastern 7 00 a m 3 00 a m Central 6 00 a m 2 00 a m Mountain 5 00 a m a m Pacific 4 00 a m Midnight All weekends and holidays are billed at the leisure hours rates The holidays are New Year s Washington s Birthday Memorial Day Independence Day Thanksgiving and Christmas Notes e Users will be notified of new databases and their applicable rates on a regular basis Rates are subject to change without notice e Initial introductory time is to be used during leisure hours after 8 00 p m your local time e Beginning July 1 1981 leisure hours Monday through Friday will start at 6 01 p m local time HOW TO USE TELENET Telenet will connect with Dow Jones between 6 00 a m and 6 00 p m Eastern Standard Time Monday through Friday excluding holidays The Key The question mark does2. DOW JONES INFORMATION SERVIC VIC ES for use with ATARI TELELINK ATARI 400 or ATARI 800 ATAR ES concen O PERSONAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS Dow Jones is a trademark of Dow Jones amp Co Inc DOW JONES A ATARI AWarner Communications Company D Every effort has been made to ensure that this manual accurately documents this product of the ATARI Computer Division However because of the ongoing improvement and update of the computer software and hardware ATARI INC cannot guarantee the accuracy of printed material after the date of publication and cannot accept responsibility for errors or omissions Reproduction is forbidden without the specific written permission of ATARI INC Sunnyvale CA 94086 No right to reproduce this docu ment nor the subject matter thereof is granted unless by written agreement with or written permission from the Corporation PRINTED IN U S A MANUAL AND PROGRAM CONTENTS 1981 ATARI INC PREFACE Your TeleLink package should contain a password certificate and a user agreement for Dow Jones Information Services The password certificate entitles you to a free password and one free hour of introductory time See hours of operation page 30 To obtain a password dial 1 800 257 5114 or in New Jersey 609 452 1511 and giv
3. CAL 0 ACT STK TNM 1 BCY I BLK 1 BBK 1 DJA BRRNS VERN DIV LABOR WNEWS BRSYM I CML FORGN CANDA LATAM EUROP JAPAN FREST MDEST o AFRIC U S Government News General Government News Executive Branch News Congressional News Supreme Court Agriculture Department Justice Department Civil Aeronautics Board Defense Department Energy Department Internal Revenue Service Taxes Banking Regulatory Agencies Federal Reserve Board Treasury Department Federal Regulatory Agencies Environmental Protection Agency Federal Communications Commission Food and Drug Administration Federal Trade Commission Federal Communications Commission Food and Drug Administration Federal Trade Commission Interstate Commerce Commission Securities and Exchange Commission Industries Accounting Advertising Aerospace Airlines Appliances Autos Auto Parts Banks Broadcasting Chemicals Computers Construction Also Materials Cosmetics Electric and Electronics Farm Equipment Farm Products Financial Food and Beverage Food Stores Hospital Supplies Household Products GOVMT G EXE G CNG G SUP G AGD G JUS G CAB G DEF G ERG G IRS TAXES G FED G TRE G EPA G FCC G FDA G FTC U FCC G FDA G FTC G ICC G SEC FIN COM IJARO JAIR VELE AUT I BNK 1 COM I CHM OFF 1 CON I FAB ELE FAR CMD EIN I FAB I RET I PHA I FAB Operating Information 27 Industrial Equi
4. your terminal has key use it Note This works for Tymnet only If you make a mistake don t worry Just press HEHE and reenter the line If you get the message SEE YOUR REP Please hang up and try again Using Dow Jones Information Services 7 NOTES 4 HOW TO GET NEWS HEADLINES AND NEWS NEWS REQUEST EXAMPLES To get news always type period followed by the special code for information you want a space and the number 01 Then press MAMII This will produce the first page of headlines To get the next page of headlines in that subject code press ETT Whenever you see a story you want type the two letter code to the left of the headline then EEE Request Format subject code 0 company code 0 industry code To return headlines type the two digit number of the headline page you want The news file goes back 90 days The news database has special codes covering The news file goes back 90 days The news database has special codes covering general news economic news the cost of money stock market activity company earnings and dividends news on many industries takeover news commodities news foreign news U S Government news In addition it has a code for each of the companies whose stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange the American Stock Exchange the Midwest and Pacific Exchanges and the OTC over the counter market The company list of subject codes on pages 26
5. 1979 80 for 1980 a space the letter M and Si For quarterly quote summaries use the same sequence as above but type Q instead of M See request format 4 Request Formats 1 stock code 2 stock code 3 so stock year code code 4 __ ED stock year code code Historical quotes are available for common and preferred stocks and warrants on four U S exchanges New York American Midwest and Pacific and the na tional OTC market There are no composite quotes at this time Quarterly sum maries start in 1978 quarterly and monthly summaries are available from 1979 to the present The latest 24 business days are also in the database High low close and volume figures are provided for the New York and American Stock Exchanges Over the counter quarterly and monthly summaries provide bid and ask Both give volume 1 Type semicolon to indicate historical quote database 2 Type in the number of the exchange and the stock symbol no number is needed for OTC quotes 1 New York 2 American 3 Pacific 4 Midwest and type P1 URN 3 To retrieve daily quotes for most recent month Press BJ for most recent 12 business days or P2 for days 13 24 Press F 4 To retrieve quarterly or monthly summaries type semicolon then the stock symbol Then press FX and type la wo digits of the ap propriate year for example 78 79 or 80 Press EZE again and type Q for quarterly summaries or M
6. 27 and 28 of this booklet has a few company codes for use in your self training on the service The complete list of company codes is in the Operating Guide and Directory of Symbols XON 01 EXXON headlines XON EXXON latest story NAB 01 Nabisco headlines GIEXE 01 Executive branch of government headlines HI Current day hot news latest story eyan POUR This is your request the period followed immediately by the symbol for EXXON XON then one space numeral 0 numeral 1 for the most recent page of headlines and key 01 06 indicates number of available pages of headlines Here 01 06 indicates page 1 of 6 available headline pages Company Industry Subject and Fed eral Agency Codes appear here Date story appeared Source Code e g D or DJ Dow Jones News Wire W or WSJ Wall Street Journal BAR Barron s Story Identifier Code You want this story You ask for the story to be printed out interrupting the headline printout by holding down the ET key and typing question mark then by typing the two letter code found at the left of each headline and pressing the key Story requested Story Identifier Code and Story Length Indicator This is page 1 of a 2 page story Headline Source of story Text of story 10 How to Get News HIS TOSI PRES OF AR Sample of Headlines for EXXON Corporation Other category in which 01766 cy 172 7 PRODUCTS amp CHEMI
7. for you to ask a ques tion You will use the commands in the following pages to access the information you want When you are finished using the service type DISC for disconnect and press The service will then print your sign on and sign off times which you can keep for your records You will receive a monthly descriptive bill from Dow Jones listing all your usage during the month Note Dow Jones Information Services automatically disconnects a user who has not entered any information in over two minutes Signing On with Dow Jones 4 Information Services 3 USING DOW JONES INFORMATION SERVICES We suggest that new subscribers take this tour to familiarize themselves with the kinds of information that are currently in our service You can start it when our service types ENTER QUERY 1 Get the Latest News on a Company Type period followed by a company code Let s use XON which stands for Exxon A few company codes are included on page 23 of this guide All company codes which are the same as the stock symbols are in the Operating Guide and Directory of Symbols included with the TeleLink package Press the MEMI key If the story that prints out isn t finished at the end of the page press to get the next page The story you get will be the most recent one in our file 2 Get the Headlines on a Company 2 Get the Headlines on a Company Type period followed by a company code then on
8. mutua Tund code RETURN US Treasury code To access a quote from a specific stock exchange not the composite first type in the number of the exchange and then the stock symbol No number is needed for over the counter OTC quotes 1 New York 2 American 3 Pacific 4 Midwest To access preferred stocks type plus after entering the symbol For warrants type percent after entering the symbol For when issued stocks type an after entering the symbol if it is traded on the New York or American Stock Exchanges For NASDAQ over the counter stocks add a V after the symbol For example EXXON NYSE XON Anheuser Busch OTC BUDV Price information is updated continuously as trades occur on the exchanges with the minimum 15 minute delay established by them Quotes are available for e Common and preferred stocks and warrants on four U S stock exchanges New York American Pacific and Midwest Subscribers can access both com posite price and individual exchange prices Quotes include previous day s close opening price high low latest price and volume If a stock is not yet traded the Close column reflects its last traded price and the Volume column reflects the date of that trade How to Get Market Quotes 13 CURRENT DAY QUOTE REQUEST SAMPLES How to Get 14 Market Quotes Corporate and foreign bonds on three exchanges New York American and Pacific The volume figure reflects the val
9. not interrupt a headline or story printout under Telenet The Telenet Sign On Procedure 1 Once the phone is in the modem press twice 2 Telenet responds with Telenet system information and asks you to iden tify your terminal When you see TERMINAL then press KETI 3 Telenet then prompts you with an Type C a space and 60942 You are saying to Telenet Connect C with the Dow Jones network address 60942 4 The remainder of the sign on is like the Tymnet sign on You answer What service please with DJNS and press EE Then enter your 10 character password Operating Information 31 USER NOTES USER NOTES Operating Information 33 PRINTED IN U S A A ATARI A Warner Communications Company QQ Mr tes oe one O17251 REV 1
10. plus Fund Name Symbol Capital Bond AGCBX Janus Fund JANSX Database Code number Rate Name 8 718 June 1983 Notes 4 February 1988 93 Symbol CKLD DOWL NCRE Symbol BAQR BFCA Sample Codes From Directory of Symbols 23 NOTES 0 9 OPERATING INFORMATION HOW TO PRINT INFORMATION The TeleLink cartridge allows you to print any information that comes across your screen The ATARI computer sees that information as characters that can be stored in its buffer a section of the computer s memory reserved for incoming characters Up to 1000 characters can be collected in the buffer at one time and then sent to the printer For detailed instructions refer to the appropriate printer operating manual and the TeleLink manual PRINTING EVERYTHING The TeleLink cartridge requires no special commands to print everything com ing across your screen When the buffer is full the cartridge stops accepting in coming characters the screen freezes and the printer prints the contents of the buffer The screen is then reactivated until the next thousand characters are received This is called AUTOMATIC PRINT MODE PRINTING SOME THINGS Hold down the 3335 control key and type 9 The computer responds with NON AUTOMATIC DE WITH NO START STOP To return to AUTOMATIC PRINT MODE type I 9 again When you decide to print something press the key on the right side of the keyboard This begins accumul
11. CAL RAS PANT FROM AL DJ ATR PRODUCTS SAID IT RECEIVED A FIELD IN THE FLORIDA ANY CDECLINED TO DISCLOSE THE INTRACT Sample News Story for EXXON This is story CJ one of those listed on the headline page Second page of story HON 91 06 CJ 2 2 E PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE MATE PRODUCTION BY ABOUT 56 ION BARRELS OF OTL AIR PRODUCTS E FIELD CURRENTLY PRODUCES ABOUT BARRELS OF OIL PER DAY ASEOUS NITROGEN WILL BE SUPPLIED IR PRODUCT S CYROGENIC NITROGEN TY THE FIRST UNIT OF WHICH IS LED FOR COMPLETION LATE NEXT N FLOMATON ALABAMA 9 53 AM Time story was filed How to Get News 11 NOTES 5 HOW TO GET MARKET QUOTES QUOTES SPECIAL NOTES FOR COMMON STOCKS INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THE QUOTE SERVICE To get quotes always type the appropriate database code followed by the code for the security whose quote you want then press KEIM See request formats 1 through 5 Quotes reflect stock exchange trades as they occur with the minimum 15 minute delay established by the exchanges If the service only shows figures in the Bid Close and Volume columns then the stock hasn t yet traded on the current day and the first figure gives the latest close price while the second figure gives the date of the last trade that is 1203 would mean December 3 Request Formats 1 TEHT stock code 21 EN 7 bondcode TT 3 options code 4 RETURN
12. ONS SYMBOLS FORMULA To access the options database type in a small hyphen and enter the stock symbol do not put a space in between See your newspaper for option months and strike prices Add the one letter month code and the one letter strike price code Press ESPAJ Strikes adjusted for stock splits may use a different primary symbol for example XONCD Month Codes Call Put JAN A M FEB B N MAR o APR D F MAY E Q JUN F R JUL G sS AUG H T SEP 1 U OCT J v NOV K w DEC L x Strike exercise Price Codes 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 zormonu gt 1 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 00 ANROVTOZZTA Letters U through Z for nonstandard strikes and fractionally adjusted prices Stock Quote DOW JONES 5T o GK REPORTER SERVICE T LA EMU TE Y ED 5 DJ FOR EX DIVIDEND cK CLOSE EDZOPEN T LUME tioo s3 EXXON Option July 80 How to Get Market Quotes 15 U S Treasury Quote SERVICE FOR EX DEUTDEND U S Treasury Notes 9 5 8 due August 1981 How to Get 16 Market Quotes 6 HOW TO GET HISTORICAL QUOTES HISTORICAL QUOTES GETTING QUOTES Historical quotes go back through 1978 To get daily quotes for the most recent 12 trading days use format 1 For the preceding 12 days use format 2 For monthly quote summaries use request format 3 being sure to type semi colon the stock code space the year code 79 for
13. Symbols also includ ed in this package For information on an alternative telephone network see How to use Telenet on page 31 Dow Jones Information Services will then ask you for four bits of information Dow Jones PLEASE TYPE YOUR TERMINAL IDENTIFIER You Type A Note The A will not appear on your screen Dow Jones PLEASE LOG IN You Type DOW1 Note The second semicolon will not appear on your screen Dow Jones WHAT SERVICE PLEASE You type DJNS Dow Jones ENTER PASSWORD You Type Your 10 character password and press the ESMI key Note As a measure of protection your password will not appear on the screen If you make a mistake answering these questions the system will give you another chance to respond For instance if you responded incorrectly to PLEASE LOG IN Dow Jones would have replied ERROR PLEASE TYPE USER NAME Again you would type DOW1 Signing On With Dow Jones Information Services 3 This is how your screen should look after you complete a routine log on PLEASE TYPE YOUR TERMINAL IDENTIFIER 1461 004 PLEASE LOG IN DOHI TO HOST 15 ONLINE WHAT SERVICE PLEASE 7227 DUNS ENTER PASSHORD HIHHHHHHHEHIHHI AMM e eeeecereeecer DOH JONES NEHS7SERUICE COPYRIGHT 1981 DOH JONES amp CO IMD NOH AVAILABLE MEDIA GENERAL INDUS CO MPREHENSTUE FINANCIAL DATABASE SEE DJHDH ENTER QUERY When Dow Jones types out ENTER QUERY it is ready
14. ating characters in the buffer Next get the information you want by using the standard Dow Jones News Retrieval commands The information is stored in the buffer until you press the NT key Pressing OPTION prints the contents of the buffer The Clicking Sound If you hear a clicking noise the buffer is full or almost full e All characters received after the clicking noise will not be saved in the buffer e Characters received after the clicking noise displace characters sent earlier in the transmission Once you hear the clicking noise you should print the contents of the buffer before you begin to lose characters Operating Information 25 COMPLETE SUBJECT AREA CODES 26 Operating Information Request format subject code General News General News Hot Business News Headlines of the Hour New York News All Economic News The Economy Economic Indicators Cost of Money Monetary News Bond Market News I ECO EMI 1 MON 1 BON Stock Market Activity and Company Earnings Dividends and Takeover News Daily Calendar Active Stocks Stock Market Tender Offers Mergers Acquisitions Bankruptcies Block Trades Buybacks Dow Jones Averages Barron s News Earnings Reports Dividend Actions Labor Executive Changes Stock Symbol Changes Commodities News Commodities Foreign Area News General Foreign News Canada Latin America Europe Japan Far East Mideast Africa
15. called a database If the service only gives figures in the Bid Close and Volume columns it means the stock hasn t traded in the current day Therefore the Bid Close figure is the last closing price and the Volume col umn shows the date it was last traded XON 6 Geta Month of Stock Quotes for a Company Type semicolon followed by a company code XON a space then P1 for the first page of quotes and press You will get quotes for the most recent 12 trading days To get the 12 trading days before that giving you a complete month type semicolon stock symbol space P2 then press KENI iXON P1 iXON P2 7 Get Detailed Statistics on a Company Type dollar sign followed by a company code followed by a slash a P 0 and then press IL To get the second page type 2 and press Repeat for page 3 This information is supplied to Dow Jones by Media General which has information going back five years SXONIP s cam 2 RETURN s Gm 8 Get Historical Stock Quote Summaries for a Company Type semicolon followed by a company code XON a space then 78 79 or 80 depending on which year you want Press the space bar and type the letter Q if you want quarterly summaries or M if you want monthly sum maries then press TET iXON 78 Q XON 79 M XON 79 Q XON 80 M XON 80 Q 9 Get the Headlines on an Industry Type period followed by an industry code let s use I PET for the pe
16. e space then the number 01 be sure to type zero rather than the letter O and press FETE This will give you the most recent page of headlines with the most recent headlines first To get more headlines press METE Actually whenever there is more than one page of information you can get the next page by pressing HEN XON 01 Fam 3 Pick a Headline That Interests You and Get the Story Behind It All you need to do is type the two letter code to the left of the headline you want and press GEI In fact you should press MATEN after typing in any information Our service won t hear you until you ve pressed ANN DW CEMI 4 Get the Headlines in a General Subject Area Look at the reference card and select a subject area that interest you Type period the subject code one space and 01 Press GEN For general news IGEN 01 For hot business news HJ 01 RETURN For today s Dow Jones averages DJA 01 For news from the Middle East MDEST 01 Using Dow Jones Information Services 5 5 Get the Current Stock Quote for a Company Type comma followed by a company code the same one you would use for news stories let s use XON again then press GEM Note that the period you typed for news stories tells our system to look in the computer s memory area for news Similarly the comma tells it to look in the memory area used to store current quotes for stocks Each memory area in the com puter is
17. e the confidential User Identification Code listed on your password certificate To assure continuation of the service beyond your free hour please send a completed copy of the User Agreement to Dow Jones amp Company Inc Information Services Group Post Office Box 300 Princeton New Jersey 08540 This manual includes tutorials on how to connect with Dow Jones Information Services and how to use the service Once you have become familiar with the ser vice you will probably only need to refer to the Operating Guide and Directory of Symbols and the convenient reference card Symbols and the convenient reference card The tutorials teach through explanation and example The examples shown will function as is in most cases As you read the short explanatory paragraphs it is a good idea to work all the examples on your computer Preface ii CONTENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION SIGNING ON WITH DOW JONES 3 INFORMATION SERVICES USING DOW JONES INFORMATION 5 SERVICES HOW TO GET NEWS 9 Headlines and News 9 News Request Examples 9 HOW TO GET MARKET QUOTES 13 Quotes 13 Special Notes for Common Stocks 13 Information Included in the Quote Service 13 Current Day Quote Request Samples 14 Options Symbols Formula 15 HOW TO GET HISTORICAL QUOTES 17 Historical Quotes 17 Getting Quotes 17 Historical Stock Quote Request Samples 18 HOW TO GET DETAILED 19 FINANCIAL STATISTICS Financial Statistics 19 Stoc
18. for monthly summaries Press How to Get Historical Quotes 17 HISTORICAL STOCK QUOTE REQUEST SAMPLES How to Get 18 Historical Quotes Time Period Exchange Request Format 1978 Quarterly New York IXON 78 Q Pacific 3XON 78 Q Midwest AXON 78 Q 1979 Quarterly New York IXON 79 Q Pacific 3XON 79 Q Midwest jAXON 79 Q 1979 Monthly New York IXON 79 M Pacific 3XON 79 M Most recent 12 days Midwest AXON P1 Previous 13 24 days New York IXON P2 DOW JONES HISTOR T STOCK QUOTE REPO STOCK 1HCT vor cigars 556 B3 72 29543 LECT A NEW Warner Communications Inc Historical Summary Z HOW TO GET DETAILED FINANCIAL STATISTICS FINANCIAL STATISTICS Data Provided by Media General Financial Services Inc To get stock performance statistics on a company traded on the New York Stock Exchange the American Stock Exchange or for 800 companies whose stock is traded over the counter type dollar sign followed by the company code the same one as for new and stock quotes slash the letter P and press MTE This information is on three pages Type 1 2 and 3 to get the three pages of in formation See request format 1 Request Format 1 P company or industry code 1 2 pee company or industry code 1 2 3 To get company sales earnings and other information use the same sequence as above but type F instead of P See request format 2 Request For
19. ge for last quarter fiscal year to date and last 12 months 5 year growth rate Dividends current amount and percent yield 5 year growth rate payout for last fiscal year and last 5 years last ex dividend date Financial ratios profit margin percent return on common equity and total assets revenue to assets debt to equity interest coverage and the current ratio Shareholdings market value shares outstanding shares held by institutions insider net trading and the short interest ratio Date fiscal year ends EXXON CORPORATION ceze PRICE AND VOLUME 12 12 80 PRICE CHANGE C T TR 2422 Las Las Las LAS ven NGE Las LAS Las Las YEA 252544 ORATION ezo L DATA 12 80 127 ONTHS 100 580 MIL AL YEAR 579 197 MIL E LAST QTR E YEAR T i QTR 23 17 DATE 56 3 1 a T o Financial Statistics How to Get Detailed NOTES 8 SAMPLE CODES FROM DIRECTORY OF SYMBOLS COMMON STOCKS SAMPLE CODES CORPORATE BONDS SAMPLE CODES MUTUAL FUNDS SAMPLE CODES U S TREASURY BONDS AND NOTES SAMPLE CODES Database Codes News period Current Quotes comma Financial Statistics dollar sign Company Symbol AT amp T General Motors GM Sears 5 Warner Communications WCI Database Code slash Security Exchange Clark Equip Co NY 9 5 8 1999 Dow Chemical NY 4 35 1988 NCR 9 1985 NY Database Code
20. k Price and Volume 20 Fundamental Data 20 Contents v 8 SAMPLE CODES FROM DIRECTORY 23 OF SYMBOLS Common Stocks Sample Codes 23 Corporate Bonds Sample Codes 23 Mutual Funds Sample Codes 23 U S Treasury Bonds and Notes Sample Codes 23 OPERATING INFORMATION 25 How To Print Information 25 Complete Subject Area Codes 25 User Information 29 Rates and Hours of Operation 30 How To Use Telenet 31 1 INTRODUCTION The Dow Jones Information Services database contains the following information NEWS News from the pages of the Wall Street Journal Barron s and the Dow Jones News Service the Broadtape as recent as 90 seconds ago as far back as 90 days CURRENT QUOTES Current day market quotes on common and preferred stocks and warrants cor porate bonds selected U S Treasury notes and bonds options and mutual funds These are updated continuously as trades occur on the exchanges with the minimum 5 minute delay established by the exchanges HISTORICAL QUOTES Historical quotes from1978 to the present are available on common and pre ferred stocks and warrants DETAILED FINANCIAL STATISTICS More than 50 stock price volume and fundamental financial indicators are available for all New York and American Stock Exchange traded companies plus 800 over the counter traded companies This information is supplied by Media General Financial Services Inc Items in Dow Jones Informatio
21. mat 2 ee company or industry code 1 2 3 The same information is also available for 180 industry groups These industry codes are sent automatically to all new subscribers Financial statistics are supplied to Dow Jones by Media General Financial Ser vices Inc They include information on earnings dividends price earnings ratios and stock price performance relative to market indicators for companies listed on the New York and American stock exchanges and for 800 selected over the counter companies They also include composite information on 180 industries according to various financial indicators specified by the user Information is up dated weekly by Media General STOCK PRICE AND VOLUME FUNDAMENTAL DATA How to Get Detailed 20 Financial Statistics Price vs last trading week 4 weeks 13 weeks 52 weeks year to date Price change vs Standard and Poor s 500 stock index same periods Price range for the last year and the last 5 years Price earnings ratios current 5 year average high and low Price relative to common equity revenue per share and relative price index Price action gain index and beta factor Share volume traded in latest week in shares dollars and percent of shares outstanding Also liquidity ratio and on balance index Revenue for last year and change vs last quarter and year to date Earnings total 1 year per share for last 12 months last fiscal year percent chan
22. n Services are cross referenced in several ways to make sure you can find them simply and quickly so that you don t miss a key story Many items are cross referenced under two or more categories Just seconds after it breaks you can call up current day ticker news by asking for All news e A specific category such as stock market news or economic news e The specific company industry or government agency involved Introduction 1 2 Introduction Ours is the first information service specifically designed for busy people It offers the speed of a wire service and the quality of the Wall Street Journal Dow Jones Information Services is uniquely suited for today s busy people for several key reasons It is current You can follow key events as they develop Within seconds breaking news is entered in Dow Jones Information Services and is ready to be accessed e It is selective You only get the news you request You don t need to read through airline news to find security news or through Ford Motor Company when you want AT amp T You decide what you want e Itis quick You can get into the system make your request be done in a mat ter of minutes You can scan the headlines first and then pursue only the stories of interest e It is simple This booklet can teach you to be comfortable using this service in a matter of minutes e It gives you perspective The database goes back one business quarter 90 days and all
23. ows you to scan headlines quickly in a particular industry com pany or government agency when you need an update e Itis a personal news file If you have been out of touch for several days or even longer because of vacations special projects or heavy workloads you can catch up in seconds e It is a memory jogger Do you remember an article but not the date or the details The 90 day file helps you find it e It tracks investments Get reliable company news and quotes for companies you own or for companies you follow 2 SIGNING ON WITH DOW JONES INFORMATION SERVICES Turn on your ATARI 400 or 800 Personal Computer System television or monitor ATARI 850 Interface Module ATARI 830 Acoustic Modem and any of the ATARI Printers optional Refer to the operator s manuals for detailed instruction on how to set up each item of equipment Insert the TeleLink cartridge in your computer and close the cartridge door Your screen will read ATARI TeleLink I ATARI INC Before continuing hold down the control key marked CTRL and type 8 This widens your video screen to accept 40 character lines from Dow Jones See your TeleLink Manual for further information on this feature To connect with the Dow Jones Information Services host computer dial your nearest Tymnet telephone number and put the receiver in your modem Tymnet numbers are listed in the Operating Guide and Directory of
24. pment IIND Insurance EIN Land Development REL Leasing FIN Machine Tools WIND Mining and Metals MIN Movies 1 COM Mutual Funds I FIN Natural Gas and Pipelines I LNG Nuclear Power Fuel etc I NUK Office Equipment OFF Paper 1 PUL Packaging 1 PUL Petrochemicals I CHM Petroleum I PET Pharmaceuticals I PHA Plastics IJCHM Publishing I COM Pulp and Paper 1 PUL Railways I TRA Real Estate REITS I REL Restaurants I FAB Retailing I RET Rubber I RUB Securities Industry I SCR Ship Lines Builders I TRA Supermarkets I FAB Telephone Telegraph 1UTI Textiles and Apparel I TEX Thrift Institutions 1 BNK Tobacco I FAB Transportation Not Airlines I TRA Truck Lines I TRA Utilities UTI 28 Operating Information USER Telephone Network Number INFORMATION Alternate Network Number Dow Jones Password confidential Dow Jones Codes Frequently Used Database Symbol Code To Get News DJA Latest Dow Jones averages Quotes fl IBM Latest IBM stock quote Fin Stats S IBM P IBM stock price performance News G EXE 01 White House news headlines Operating Information 29 RATES AND HOURS OF OPERATION 30 Operating Information When you use Dow Jones Information Services you will be billed at the end of the month by Dow Jones at rates in effect at that time Communications costs of networks like Tymnet or Telenet are included as part of Dow Jones regular rates
25. troleum industry this and other industry codes are listed on page 27 of this guide a space 01 then HET 0 UPET 01 Using Dow Jones 6 Information Services 10 Get Quotes on Bonds Mutual Funds or U S Treasuries Follow the formats in the examples here If the service only gives figures in the Bid Close and Volume columns then these figures reflect the last trade price and the date of that trade Option prices are also available but require more explanation see page 15 For bonds Dow Chemical 4 35 due 1988 For Dreyfus Special Income Fund For 8 U S Treasury Notes due February 1985 IDOWL DRSPX GEHEN BAST See pages 26 27 and 28 for a complete list of subject area codes currently available A complete list of the companies covered is included in the Operating Guide and Directory of Symbols These include companies traded on the New York Stock Exchange as well as those traded on the American Pacific and Midwest Exchanges and stocks traded over the counter It also includes symbols for corporate and foreign bonds mutual funds U S Treasury issues and options In a Nutshell 1 Connect to the telephone access service usually Tymnet 2 Ask for Dow Jones A DOW1 DJNS Password 3 Ask us a question e g XON 01 KETIN 4 Ask us more questions 5 Sign off with DISC E Hints Always press at the end of a query To interrupt Press and hold amp key while typing question mark Or if
26. ue of the bonds traded If it is not yet traded the Close column reflects its last trade price and the Volume col umn reflects the date of that trade Options from five exchanges Chicago Board Options Exchange the American Pacific Midwest and Philadelphia Stock Exchanges Volume reflects the number of contracts traded If it is not yet traded the Close col umn reflects its last traded price and the Volume column reflects the date of that trade Quotes are also available for The national NASDAQ OTC market with bid and ask prices updated six times each day on the hour between 11 a m and 5 p m Eastern time Volume is up dated once each business day at approximately 6 p m Eastern time Mutual fund sell net asset value and buy markup quotes are updated once each day at approximately 6 p m Eastern time Before that only the net asset value and the date of the last trade are given Selected U S Treasury issues are updated each day at 6 p m Eastern time with bid ask and yield Government bonds are traded in 30 seconds and the point in a quote is a device to separate the round figures from the fraction 99 16 is 99 and 16 32 Database Market Quote Request Request Format Stocks EXXON composite XON Stocks EXXON NYSE IXON Corporate Bonds Ashland Oil JASHK 6 15 1992 Mutual Funds Capital Bond AGCBX U S Treasury 9 5 8 Aug BAMB Notes and Bonds 1981 Notes Options EXXON 555 July XONGP 1981 Options OPTI
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