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1. ES cons D gt x AR Ke g OS DE 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 Dovv 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 How to Get Detailed Financial Statistics 19 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 1
2. Just seconds after it breaks you can call up current day ticker news by asking for e Allnews 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 tis 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 It is 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 Itissimple 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 allows you to scan headlines quickly in a particular industry com pany or government agency when you need an update e It is a personal news file If you have been out of touch for several days
3. dollar sign Company Symbol AT amp T T General Motors GM Sears S Warner Communications WCI CORPORATE Database Code slash BONDS Securit Exchange Symbol SAMPLE CODES d 8 J Clark Equip Co NY CKLD 9 5 8 1999 Dow Chemical NY DOWL 4 35 1988 NCR 9 1985 NY NCRE MUTUAL FUNDS Database Code plus SAMPLE CODES Fund Name Symbol Capital Bond AGCBX Janus Fund JANSX U S TREASURY Database Code number ra P ES Rate Name Symbol SAMPLE CODES 8 7 18 June 1983 Notes BAQR 4 February 1988 93 BFCA Sample Codes From Directory of Symbols 23 NOTES 24 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 character
4. Strikes adjusted for stock splits may use a different primary symbol for example XONCD Month Codes Ca g p JAN A FEB B MAR C APR D MAY E JUN F JUL G AUG H SEP i OCT j NOV K DEC L X S lt c1 x20TOZZ Strike exercise Price Codes 5 A 55 K 10 B 60 L 15 C 65 M 20 D 70 N 25 E 75 O 30 F 80 P 35 G 85 Q 40 H 90 R 45 l 95 S 50 J 100 T Letters U through Z for nonstandard strikes and fractionally adjusted prices Stock Quote DON JONES STOCK QUOTE REPORTER SERVICE l ne ox CLOS SE ADJ FOR EX DIVIDEND OCK HONGE BID CLOSE 8 1 72 ASKED OPEN li HIGH pe A i LAST 1 VOLUME SIE 1 1 EXXON Option July 80 How to Get Market Quotes 15 How to Get 16 Market Quotes U S Treasury Quote DOH JOMES STOCK QUOTE REPORTER SERVICE STOCK QUOTES DELAYED QUER 15 MIMUTES M CLOSE ADJ FOR EX DIVIDEND STOCK BAMB BID ASKED YIELD U S Treasury Notes 9 5 8 due August 1981 3 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 1979 80 for 1980 a space the letter M and EME For quarterly quote summaries use the same sequence as ab
5. 1 for the most recent page of headlines and EEE 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 vv nt this story You ash for the story to be printed out interrupting the headline printout by holding down the A key and typing 2 question mark then by typing the tvvo letter code found at the left of each headline and pressing the FIT 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 KON 01 mam oN 01706 88 24 SHARON UV INDUSTRIES 2 SHARON UV INDUSTRIES POSTPONE 518 MILLION EXCHANGE OFFER BOARD UMBIA GAS OWS AT EXC Sample of Headlines for EXXON Corporation Other category in which story is filed 81766 En 1 2 2 BD KON PET 2248 AIR PRODUCTS SS CHEMICALS GETS DMI sera THE RODUCTS OS AD It SIGNED THE ERXON CO USA WHICH 13 da a U CUBIC FEET PER DAY OF HIGH PURITY PRODUCT TO THE FIELD Sample News Story for EXXON This is story CJ one of those listed on the headline page Second page of story Time story was filed N XOH 61 766 EJ
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7. Pick aa 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 ma In fact you should press GEE after typing in any information Our service won t hear you until you ve pressed METY RETURN DW EE TURN 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 GE For general news MGEN 01 a or hot business news H 01 For today s Dow Jones averages IIDJA 01 For news from the Middle East MDEST 01 GI 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 m Note that the period you typed for news stories tells our system to 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 called a database If the service only gives figures in the Bid Close and Volume columns it means the stoch 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 6 Get a Month of Stock Quotes for a Company Type semicolon fol
8. Sample Codes Mutual Funds Sample Codes U S Treasury Bonds and Notes Sample Codes OPERATING INFORMATION How To Print Information Complete Subject Area Codes User Information Rates and Hours of Operation How To Use Telenet 1 INIRODUCTION 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 l5 minute delay established by the exchanges HISTORICAL QUOTES Historical quotes from 1978 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 Information 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
9. 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 Dow Jones ENTER PASSWORD You Type Your 10 character password and press the GEN 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 A U PLEASE TYPE YOUR TERMINAL IDENTIFIER 1491 0804 PLEASE LOG IN DOHI I TO gt HOST IS ONLINE 3 WHAT SERVICE PLEASE 2 ENTER PASSWORD I OH OSCE DIME HMMMMMMMMMMMMM LE CE LE LE LE CE CE LA CI LE CA CA CE DOH JONES BE JERVITE COPYRIGHT 1981 DOW JONES amp CO MC NOW AVAILABLE MEDIA GENERAL INDUS co MPREHENSIUE FINANCIAL DATABASE SEE DJHDN ENTER QUERY When Dow Jones types out ENTER QUERY it is ready 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 f
10. 2 months last fiscal year percent change 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 Hub 0702 PRICE AMD VOLUME 12712788 BASS CHANGE Cid AST TROD LNE WEEK ST EE 4 84 YEAR TO DATE 42 97 CHANGE US S amp 588 LAST TRADING NEE 1027 WEEKS 101 R TO DATE 119 EXXON CORPORATION 970 FUNDAMENTAL DATA 12 12788 REVENUE 19 LAST 12 MONTHS 100 580 MIL LAST FISCAL YEAR 79 107 MIL PCT CHANGE LAST QTR 23 1 PCT CHANGE YEAR TO DATE 36 37 EARHINGS LAST 12 MOS 5 675 26 MIL ERRNINGS PER SHARE LAST 12 MONTHS 512 99 LAST FISCAL YR 9 74 PCT CHANGE LAST PCT CHANGE FY TO DATE 49 24 PCT CHANGE LAST 12 MONTHS 51 8 FIVE YR GROWTH RATE 13 87 Financial Statistics How to Get Detailed Financial Statistics 21 NOTES 8 SAMPLE CODES FROM DIRECTORY OF SYMBOLS COMMON Database Codes STOCKS News period SAMPLE CODES di Current Quotes comma Financial Statistics
11. 272 THE PROJECT 15 EXPECTED TO INCREASE ULTIMATE PRODUCTION BY ABOUT 58 MILLION BARRELS OF OGIL AIR PRODUCTS TD IT THE FIELD CURRENTLY PRODUCES ABOUT 28066 BARRELS OF GIL PER THE GASEOUS NITROGEN WILL BE SUPPLIED FROM AIR PRODUCTS CYROGENIC NITROGEN FACILITY THE FIRST UNIT OF WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION LATE NEXT YEAR IN FLOMATON ALABAMA 9 53 How to Get News 11 NOTES 12 Notes QUOTES SPECIAL NOTES FOR COMMON STOCKS INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THE QUOTE SERVICE 5 HOW TO GET MARKET QUOTES To get quotes always type the appropriate database code followed by the code for the security whose quote you want then press EEE 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 stock code 2 bond code 3 options code E nl u mutual fund code 5 US Treasury code R 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 Ameri
12. DOW JONES INFORMATION SERVICES sss5W snn s ss ssr Was a a m n A O m P Use with ATARI 400 or ATARI 800 PERSONAL COMPUTER ie Dow ones is a trademark of Dow Jones amp Co Inc DOW JONES AK ATARI A Warner Communications Company O 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 O 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 give the confidential User Identification Code listed on your password certificate To assure conti
13. G ERG G IRS TAXES G FED G TRE G EPA G FCC G FDA G FTC G ICC G SEC I FIN COM ARO I AIR I ELE I AUT I BNK I COM IICHM I OFF IICON I FAB VELE I FAR IICMD I FIN I FAB I RET I PHA I FAB Operating Information 27 28 Operating Information Industrial Equipment Insurance Land Development Leasing Machine Tools Mining and Metals Movies Mutual Funds Natural Gas and Pipelines Nuclear Power Fuel etc Office Equipment Paper Packaging Petrochemicals Petroleum Pharmaceuticals Plastics Publishing Pulp and Paper Railways Real Estate REITS Restaurants Retailing Rubber Securities Industry Ship Lines Builders Supermarkets Telephone Telegraph Textiles and Apparel Thrift Institutions Tobacco Transportation Not Airlines Truck Lines Utilities IND I FIN I REL I FIN I IND IIMIN IICOM I FIN I LNG IINUK I OFF I PUL I PUL CHM PET I PHA I CHM COM I PUL I TRA I REL I FAB I RET RUB IISCR IITRA I FAB YUTI I TEX I BNK I FAB I TRA I TRA UTI USER INFORMATION Database News Quotes Fin Stats News Telephone Network Number Alternate Network Number Dow Jones Password confidential Dow Jones Codes Frequently Used Symbol Code To Get IIDJA Latest Dow Jones averages IBM Latest IBM stock quote IBM P IBM stock price performance G EXE 01 White House news headlines Operating Informati
14. anges 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 JASHR 6 15 1992 Mutual Funds Capital Bond AGCBX U S Treasury 9 5 8 Aug BAMB Notes and Bonds 1981 Notes Options EXXON 55 July XONGP 4 1981 Options OPTIONS To access the options database type in a small hyphen and enter the stock SYMBOLS symbol do not put a space in between See your newspaper for option months MULA and strike prices Add the one letter month code and the one letter strike price FOR code Press MEN
15. ation you want a space and the number 01 Then press GE This will produce the first page of headlines To get the next page of headlines in that subject code press f B Whenever you see a was you want type the two letter code to the left of the headline then m Request Format subject code company code 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 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 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 H Current day hot news latest story How to Get News 9 This is your request the period followed immediately by the symbol for EXXON XON then one space numeral 0 numeral
16. can 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 OTO 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 value 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 Exch
17. de 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 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 FEMME 4 Ask us more questions 5 Sign off with DISC END Hints e Always press MENO at the end of a query e To interrupt Press and hold ETS key while typing question mark Or if your terminal has a key use it Note This works for Tymnet only e If you make a mistake don t worry Just press EEE and reenter the line e 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 inform
18. 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 vvill connect vvith Dovv Jones betvveen 6 00 a m and 6 00 p m Eastern Standard Time Monday through Friday excluding holidays The ERE 9 Key The question mark does not interrupt a headline or story printout under Telenet The Telenet Sign On Procedure d Zs Once the phone is in the modem press Ei Telenet responds with Telenet system informat and ashs you to iden tify your terminal When you see TERMINAL then press ETD Telenet then prompts you with an Type C a space Si 60942 You are saying to Telenet Connect C with the Dow Jones network address 60942 The remainder of the sign on is like the Tymnet sign on You answer What service please with DJNS and press CERO Then enter your 10 character password Operating Information 31 USER NOIES 32 Operating Information USER NOTES T o O _ cc _ o A TD _ _ _ gt _ e _ o 2 e _____ 2 2 2 2 oo a _ A gt _ s T t D uz N v gt V v D o g os x 1 I K c FKS FCFCSg ZFCcF c FL glI TCT L OK oo QE85OEE
19. lowed by a company code XON a space then P1 for EST 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 7 Get Detailed Statistics on a Company Type dollar sign followed by a company code followed by a ee a P and then press MAWIO To get the second page type 2 and press Gran Repeat for page 3 This information is supplied to Dow Jones by Media General which has information going back five years 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 ns summaries or M if you want monthly sum maries then press EWEN XON 78 Q GET XON 79 M XON 79 Q XON 80 M XON 80 Q CEY 9 Get the Headlines on an Industry Type period followed by an industry code let s use I PET for the petroleum industry this and G er industry codes are listed on page 27 of this guide a space 01 then ETEN J LEC A 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 tra
20. nuation 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 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 iii 0 PREFACE iii 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 SIGNING ON WITH DOW JONES 3 INFORMATION SERVICES 3 USING DOW JONES INFORMATION 5 SERVICES 4 HOW TO GET NEWS 9 Headlines and News 9 News Request Examples 9 5 HOWTO 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 6 HOW TO GET HISTORICAL QUOTES 17 Historical Quotes 17 Getting Quotes 17 Historical Stock Quote Request Samples 18 7 HOW TO GET DETAILED 19 FINANCIAL STATISTICS Financial Statistics 19 Stock Price and Volume 20 Fundamental Data 20 Contents v 8 SAMPLE CODES FROM DIRECIORY OF SYMBOLS Common Stocks Sample Codes Corporate Bonds
21. on 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 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 4 00 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 1 00 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
22. or even longer because of vacations special projects or heavy workloads you can catch up in seconds 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 operators 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 Gi 8 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 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
23. or disconnect and press EM 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 2 ne a EP Signing On vvith Dovv 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 I saone package Press the f GEN RN If the story that prints out isn t finished at the rer i Get the Headlines on a Company Type period followed by a company code then one space then the number 01 be sure to type zero rather than the letter O and press EME This will give you the most recent page of sa s with the most recent headlines first To get more headlines press CENT Actually whenever XON 01 G 3
24. ove but type Q instead of M See request format 4 Request Formats 15 stock code 2 stock code i ra stock year code code A 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 ine n number is needed for OTC quotes 1 New York 2 American 3 Pacific 4 Midwest 3 To retrieve daily quotes for most recent month Press AREA for most recent 12 business days or P2 for days 13 24 Press RETURN 4 To retrieve quarterly or monthly summaries type semicolon then the stock symbol Then press EXE and type last o digits of the ap propriate year for example 78 79 or r 80 Press IN for quarterly summaries or M for monthly summar es a RETURN How to Get Historical Quotes 17 HISTORICAL STOCK QUOTE REQUEST SAMPLES How to Get 18 Histo
25. rical Quotes Time Period 1978 Quarterly 1979 Quarterly 1979 Monthly Most recent 12 days Previous 13 24 days Exchange New York Pacific Midwest New York Pacific Midwest New York Pacific Midwest New York DOH JONES HISTORICAL STOCK QUOTE REPORTER SERVICE STOCK 1986 QUARTERLY SUMMA HIGH LOW CLOS 40 1 2 32 3 4 46 36 1 2 62 S 4 41 7 8 81 1 2 54 3 4 E FIGURES F 83 31 Warner Communications Inc Historical Summary REFLECT NEW 80 Request Format 1XON 78 3XON 78 4XON 78 1XON 79 3XON 79 AXON 79 1XON 79 3XON 79 AXON P1 XON P2 VOL 106 52 556 35683 42374 29543 lt lt DAH NDA HOW TO GET DETAILED FINANCIAL SIATISTICS 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 th same one as for new and stock quotes slash the letter P and press aur 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 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 Format 2 company or industry code 1 FETT
26. s are received This is called AUTOMATIC PRINT MODE PRINTING SOME THINGS Hold down the control key and type 9 The computer responds with NON AUTOMATIC MODE WITH NO START STOP To return to AUTOMATIC PRINT MODE type 9 again When you decide to print something press the EL key on the right side of the keyboard This begins accumulating characters in 1 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 f 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 e 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 GEN H IIHOH NYORK Al ECO I EMI IIMON IIBON Stock Market Activity and Company Earnings Dividends and Takeover News Daily Calendar Ac
27. tive 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 I CAL I ACT I STR IITNM I BCY I BLK BBK I DJA BRRNS I ERN DIV LABOR WNEWS BRSYM IICML FORGN CANDA LATAM EUROP JAPAN FREST 9 MDEST gt 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 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 GOVMI G EXE G CNG G SUP G AGD G JUS G CAB G DEF

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