塀で囲む Street: Thursday の近くに

By Graeme Beaton
Updated: 00:00 BST, 25 April 2002

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WALL Street struggled to 持つ／拘留する a 重要な psychological level after a blunt 自白 from a 複合的な／複合企業体 that numbers former Tory Party treasurer Lord Ashcroft の中で its directors.

Tyco International's downbeat 告示 before markets opened helped 重さを計る on 感情 still 攻撃を受けやすい to 消極的な sur prises in the wake of Enron's 崩壊（する）.

The Dow Jones 産業の 普通の／平均（する） 貿易（する）d below 10,000 for the first time since late February before ending the day up 4.63 points at 10,035.06. The Nasdaq 索引, which started the day at its lowest level since October, インチd higher by 0.36 points to 1,713.70.

Markets had been on the 防御の on Wednesday on data 示唆するing that the US economy's 回復 might be 滞るing.

Tyco, which makes everything from 解雇する／砲火／射撃-fighting 器具／備品 to undersea cables, apologised to its 株主s in calling its 22 January 告示 to 分裂（する） the company into four 'a mistake'. Dennis Kiozlowski, the company's 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある, said: 'I take 十分な 責任／義務 and am aware that Tyco's 管理／経営 has let you 負かす／撃墜する.'

Kozlowski, who rose to become one of America's 最高の，を越す-paid (n)役員／(a)執行力のあるs in trying to emulate General Electric 長，指導者 Jack Welch in building a multi-国家の 複合的な／複合企業体, also lowered Tyco's 利益（をあげる） 予測（する）s for the 残りの人，物 of the year and said he would be 軍隊d to 削減（する） 7,100 職業s.

The 告示 sent Tyco 株 宙返り／暴落するing $5.15 or 20% to $20.75, 負かす／撃墜する from $60 in January. The price 減少（する） is a blow to Ashcroft, who is one of Tyco's biggest stakeholders with nearly 6m 株, によれば 安全s and 交流 （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限 文書s.

Tyco was but one of several 災害s of the day. Enron 競争相手 Dynergy 急落するd $8.09 or 30% to $19.21 after it said that the 安全s and 交流 （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限 had 開始する，打ち上げるd an informal 調査 into the way it accounted for 確かな gas 契約s.

Tech 会社／堅い 網状組織 Associates dropped $4.86 or 20% to $18.89 as it 確認するd that it was 調査／捜査するing 'accounting inaccuracies.' AOL Time Warner, which 報告（する）／憶測d a $54bn. 令状-負かす／撃墜する after the の近くに of 貿易（する）ing on Wednesday, 回復するd 19 cents or 1% to $19.49 明らかに on hopes that the worst might be over.

Cereal 製造者 General Mills was knocked 負かす／撃墜する $3.77 or 7.7% to $45.30 after it cancelled an 分析家s' 会合 and d eclined to explain why. 分析家s said they 恐れるd the company was about to 警告する that its 利益（をあげる）s might come in はしけ than 推定する／予想するd.

Telephone company WorldCom, which has been 乱打するd this week after it served up more bad news, 回復するd five cents or 1.4% to $3.53 in a mixed telecom 部門. AT&T 緩和するd 26 cents or 1.9% to $13.49. Long-distance provider Sprint was up 32 cents or 1.9% to $16.92.

財政上の 株 were 一般に lower as 捜査官／調査官s 広げるd their 調査 into 初期の public offerings and 分析家 推薦s during the internet にわか景気.

Merrill Lynch つまずくd $2.15 or 4.8% to $42.50. JP Morgan Chase lost 86 cents or 2.4% to $35.03.

Microsoft stood out の中で techs with a 伸び（る） of 71 cents or 1.3% to $53.73. The 株 have been 圧力d this week by publicity surrounding the 証言 of chairman 法案 Gates in a Washington 法廷，裁判所 事例／患者 considering ways to 少なくなる the company's dominance in ソフトウェア. Intel 伸び（る）d 18 cents or 0.6% to $29.09.

の中で Dow 構成要素s, Walt Disney 追加するd 48 cents or 2% to $25 as it 報告（する）／憶測d a 2% sales 拒絶する／低下する in the past three months, Alcoa was fractionally lower at $34.92 and Wal-市場 was 示すd 負かす／撃墜する 45 cents or 0.8% to $57.