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UPI News

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Last Update To Bluesheet: January 11, 2006

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Print Counterparts Geographic Coverage Terms and Conditions Limit Rates


File Description [top]

UPI News contains the full text of news stories carried on the United Press International wire. The file provides comprehensive coverage of current events, especially in the areas of international news, general U.S. news, and Washington, D.C. news.

UPI News is contained in two databases: Files 261 and 861. File 261 contains data beginning in June 1999 to the present. File 861 contains archive data spanning from October 1996 through May 1999. The OneSearch/DIALINDEX category UPI may be used to begin both files simultaneously, i.e., BEGIN UPI.



Tips [top]

USE FILE 261

for news updated from 1999 through November 2005 on a wide-spectrum of international, national, local, and business topics.

USE FILE 861

to locate articles covering the period of October 1996 to May 1999.

USE ID OR RD

to identify or remove duplicates. Newswire databases often transmit several versions of the same story.

USE CO= OR /CO

to search for company news by company name:

     S GENERAL(W)MOTORS/CO      S CO=GM?

USE UPI

to search Files 261 and 861 simultaneously in OneSearch or DIALINDEX

     BEGIN UPI      BEGIN 411; SF UPI

USE STANDARDIZED INFOSORT TERMS

(in File 261) to search Company Names (/CO, CO=), Geographic Names (/GN, GN=), Event Names (/DE, EN=), or Industry Names (/PN, PN=).



Subject Coverage [top]

  • Aerospace/Defense
  • Business
  • Computers
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Environment
  • Financial News
  • General (U.S.) News
  • Government
  • Healthcare
  • International News
  • Media
  • Pharmaceutical News
  • Science
  • Sports
  • State News
  • Washington D.C. News


Print Counterparts [top]

  • None


Dialog File Data [top]

Dates Covered: June 1999 to the present (File 261)
October 1996 to May 1999 (File 861)
File Size: 409,199 records as of November 2005 (File 261)
401,000 records (File 861)
Update Frequency: Multiple times per day (File 261)
Closed (File 861)


Database Content [top]

  • Complete Text Records


Document Types Indexed [top]

  • Newswires


Geographic Coverage [top]

  • International


Geographic Restrictions [top]

  • None


Special Features [top]

  • ERA Available
  • Graduate Education Program
  • KWIC and HILIGHT Available
  • DIALOG Alert Available
  • Remove Duplicates (RD, ID) Available
  • CURRENT Feature Available


DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM CATEGORY NAME
ASIANEWS Asia/Pacific News
FIRST Continuously Updated News Files
INTLNEWS Global News English-Language Sources
NEWSFILE News, Archival
NEWSWIRE Newswires
PUBAFF Public Affairs
TODAYSNE Today's News


Contact [top]

UPI News is provided by Comtex Scientific Corp. Questions concerning file content should be directed to:

Comtex Scientific Corp.
Susan Waller
4900 Seminary Road
Alexandria, VA 22311

Telephone: 703-820-2000
Fax: 703-820-2005


Terms and Conditions [top]

For Dialog's Redistribution and Archive Policy, enter HELP ERA online. The following terms and conditions also apply.

UPI database is copyrighted by United Press International, Inc. No part of the UPI database may be duplicated in hard copy or machine-readable form except as provided for in Dialog's Standard Service Agreement, and further publication or broadcast of any part of said Database is prohibited.


Dialog Standard Terms & Conditions apply.


SAMPLE RECORD FROM FILE 261 [top]

    00010496  19990601152U2965  (THIS IS THE FULLTEXT) 
  /TI  Executive Business Briefing 
  JN=  UPI News 
  DY=,MO=,PD=,PY=  Tuesday, June 1, 1999  16:57 EDT 
  JC=,LA=,RT=  JOURNAL CODE:  UP  LANGUAGE:  ENGLISH  RECORD TYPE:  FULLTEXT  DOCUMENT TYPE: 
  DT=    NEWSWIRE 
    WORD COUNT: 508 
     
    TEXT: 
  /LP,/TX  Here's a look at the hour's top business stories: 
     
    Stocks closed mixed, as cyclical blue-chips rallied toward the closing 
    bell and the high-technology sector again took a beating. A 
    stronger-than-expected report from the National Association of 
    Purchasing Management revived fears of higher interest rates early in 
    the session. The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 36 1/2 points 
    at 10,596. 
     
  /TX  Declines led advances by 15-14. Trading volume was light, with 681 
    million shares changing hands on the New York Stock Exchange. 
    The New York Stock Exchange composite index closed down nearly a point 
    at 621 and Standard & Poor's 500-stock index closed down 7 1/2 at 1294. 
     
    Among the most active stocks: America Online, down 6 1/8 to 113 1/8; 
    AT&T, down 3/8 to 55 1/8; Harnischfeger, down 4 7/16 to 2 7/8; Compaq 
    Computer, down 1/2 to 23 3/16; Citigroup, down 1 1/8 to 43; IBM, down 4 
    to 112; Wal-Mart, up 7/8 to 43 1/2; and Merrill Lynch, down 8 3/4 to 74 
    1/4. 
     
    The Nasdaq composite index closed down 58 1/2 points at 2412 and the 
    Amex composite index lost 2 1/2 to close at 776. 
     
    The 30-year Treasury bond closed at 90 19/32, down from late Friday's 
    91 27/32. The issue's yield, which moves in the opposite direction from 
    (...) 
    PETsMART says its board of directors has approved the repurchase of up 
    $25 million of the company's common stock. PETsMART President and CEO 
    Philip Francis says the comnpany believes its stock is undervalued, 
    based on curent market prices. PETsMART is an operator of superstores 
    specializing in pet food, supplies and services. It operates 473 stores 
    in North America. 
     
    American Home Products warns it expects second-quarter and 1999 fiscal 
    year earnings per share to be 7 to 11 cents below most forecasts. Most 
    economists have forecast earnings per share of 41 cents and $1.89 
    respectively for the periods. The company blames weakness in the 
    agricultural products business and the livestock segment of its animal 
    health business. 
     
    It says the shortfall in the North American agricultural products 
    business is primarily due to reduced demand for grain in international 
    markets and reduced U.S. livestock grain consumption. It adds record 
    harvests over the last two years in the Americas played a key role. 
    Market Statistics at close: 
     DJIA                      10596.26 up 36.52 
     NYSE Composite Index      621.28 off 0.98 
     S&P 500 Index             1294.33 off 7.51 
     AMEX Composite Index      776.14 off 2.60 
     NMS Composite Index       1094.90 off 26.67 
     NASDAQ Composite Index    2412.04 off 58.48 
     
         Copyright (c) 1999 United Press International. All rights reserved. 
     
  /CO,CO=  COMPANY NAMES:  petsmart; wal-mart; ibm; compaq computer corp; at&t; america 
      online; PURCHASING MANAGEMENT INC; PURCHASING MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC; AT 
      AND T CORP; AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO; HARNISCHFEGER INDUSTRIES INC; 
      AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORP 
  /GN,GN=  GEOGRAPHIC NAMES:  NEW YORK; USA; AMERICAS; NORTH AMERICA 
  /PN,PN=  INDUSTRY NAMES:  FINANCIAL AND COMMODITY MARKETS; STOCKS AND SHARES; FINANCIAL 
      SERVICES; CORPORATE; INVESTMENT 
  /DE,EN=  EVENT NAMES:  CONTRACTS AND ORDERS; FINANCIAL AND COMMODITY MARKETS; FORECASTS; 
      INVESTMENT; STOCKS AND SHARES; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 


SAMPLE RECORD FROM FILE 861 [top]

     DIALOG(R)File 861: UPI News 
     (Copr. 1997) United Press International. All rts. reserv. 
     02582693   Supplier Number:  129u2408   (THIS IS THE Fulltext) 
  /TI   Long agenda for Clinton, Caribbean leaders 
  JN=   UPI News 
  PD=,PY=   May  09, 1997  21:27 E.T. 
  DT=,RT=,LA=   DOCUMENT TYPE: Newswire    RECORD TYPE: Fulltext    LANGUAGE: English 
     WORD COUNT: 222 
     TEXT: 
  /LP,/TX   BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, May 9 (UPI)  President Clinton, in 
     his brief summit Saturday with Caribbean leaders, plans to cover 
     a wide range of economic and political issues with the region. 
  /TX     In addition to the headline issues, covering the banana 
     industry and efforts to update the Caribbean Basin Initiative 
     trade partnership, Clinton faces such matters as U.S. policy 
     toward Cuba and cooperation on law enforcement. 
          Caribbean nations have been debating the Shiprider Agreement, 
     which would give the United States the right to police Caribbean 
     territorial waters for drug smugglers, and have criticized the 
     Helms-Burton law that imposes U.S. penalties against foreign 
     companies doing business with Cuba. 
          While sharing European frustration with Helms-Burton, White 
     House press secretary Mike McCurry said, ''They have lived for a 
     long time with U.S.policy toward Cuba, and have figured out ways 
     to accommodate that within the OAS (Organization of American 
     States) and other organizations.'' 
          The range of pending law enforcement issues include efforts to 
     fight drugs, alien smuggling, corruption and gun-running. 
     Clinton also was likely to raise with Prime Minister James 
     Mitchell of St. Vincent and the Grenadines the case of 
     James and Penny Fletcher, a West Virginia couple reportedly 
     held in squalid jail conditions for the past seven months 
     charged with killing a taxi driver. 
     Copyright 1997 by United Press International. 
     All rights reserved. 
     
  CO=,/CO    COMPANY NAMES:  ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES 
  GN=,/GN    GEOGRAPHIC NAMES:  BARBADOS; CARIBBEAN; CUBA; USA 
  PN=,/PN    INDUSTRY NAMES:  BUSINESS; FINANCE; GOVERNMENT 
  /DE   DESCRIPTORS:  DRUGS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; POLICE; TRADE; VIRGINIA 


BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH
SUFFIX		 DISPLAY
CODE		 FIELD NAME
 INDEXING
 SELECT EXAMPLES
None None All Basic Index Fields Word S MARKET(W)STATISTICS(1W)CLOSE
/CO CO Company Name1,2 Word S PETSMART/CO
/DE DE Descriptor2,3 Word
& Phrase		 S MARKETS/DE
S TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT/DE
/GN GN Geographic Name1,2 Word S USA/GN
/LP LP Lead Paragraph Word S TOP(W)BUSINESS(W)STORIES/LP
/PN PN Product/Industry Name1,2 Word S FINANCIAL(W)SERVICES/PN
/TI TI Title Word S EXECUTIVE(W)BUSINESS(W)BRIEFING/TI
/TX TX Text Word S NEW(W)YORK(W)STOCK(W)EXCHANGE/TX

1 Searchable in the Basic Index and in the Additional Indexes.

2 Contains INFOSORT terms (see HELP INFOSORT).

3 Also /DF.


ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

SEARCH
PREFIX		 DISPLAY
CODE		 FIELD NAME
 INDEXING
 SELECT EXAMPLES
AA= AA DIALOG Accession Number Phrase S AA=IAAA579F047BE11D9?
CO= CO Company Name1,2 Phrase S CO="AT AND T CORP"
DL= DL Dateline4 Word
& Phrase		 S DL=ARLINGTON
S DL=ARLINGTON, VA?
DT= DT Document Type Phrase S DT=NEWSWIRE
DY= DY Publication Day4 Phrase S DY=TUESDAY
EN= EN Event Name2,4,5 Phrase S EN="CONTRACTS AND ORDERS"
GN= GN Geographic Name1,2 Phrase S GN=NEW YORK
JC= JC Journal Code Phrase S JC=UP
JN= JN Journal Name Phrase S JN=UPI NEWS
LA= LA Language Phrase S LA=ENGLISH
MO= MO Publication Month4 Phrase S MO=JUNE
PD= PD Publication Date Phrase S PD=19990601
PN= PN Industry Name1,2 Phrase S PN="FINANCIAL AND COMMODITY MARKETS"
PY= PY Publication Year Phrase S PY=1999
RT= RT Record Type Phrase S RT=FULLTEXT
None SO Source Information
None TM Time
UD= None Update Phrase S UD=9999
None WD Word Count

4 Available only in File 258.

5 Also Searchable as /DE.


LIMIT [top]

Sets and terms may be limited by Basic Index suffixes, i.e., /TI, /DE, and /TX (e.g., S S2/DE).
SUFFIX FIELD NAME EXAMPLES
/LONG Word Count of 1,000 words or more S S3/LONG
/SHORT Word Count of less than 1,000 words S S2/SHORT
/YYYY Publication Year S S4/1999


SORT [top]

SORTABLE FIELDS EXAMPLES
AA, JN, PD, PY, TI SORT S1/ALL/PD
PRINT S3/5/1-200/PD,D


RANK [top]

RANK FIELDS EXAMPLES
All phrase- and numeric-indexed fields in the Additional Indexes can be ranked. RANK AU S3


USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

Display codes listed in the Search Options tables can be used to customize output TYPE S4/TI,GN,LP/1-5
PRINT S5/TI,SO,TX/ALL


PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

NO.
 DIALOGWEB
FORMAT		 RECORD CONTENT
1 -- DIALOG Accession Number
2 -- Full Record Except Text
3 Medium Bibliographic Citation and Word Count
4 -- Bibliographic Citation, Lead Paragraph, and Word Count
5 -- Bibliographic Citation, Indexing, Lead Paragraph and Word Count
6 Short Title, Publication Date, and Word Count
7 Long Full Record except Indexing
8 Free Title, Publication Date, Word Count, and Indexing
9 Full Full Record
K -- KWIC (Key Word In Context) displays a window of text; may be used alone or with other formats


DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [top]

FIELD NAME EXAMPLES
DIALOG Accession Number TYPE 0018882/6
DISPLAY 0003269/5
PRINT 0018544/5


Rates [top]

Rates For File: UPI News (6/1999-present)[261]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $1.04
Cost per minute:                   $0.63
TITLES Report(s)                   $0.00
Rank Elements                      $0.00

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $1.40    $1.40
     3    $1.40    $1.40
     4    $1.78    $1.78
     5    $1.78    $1.78
     6    $0.00    $0.00
     7    $2.97    $2.97
     8    $0.00    $0.00
     9    $3.85    $3.85
KWIC95    $0.00       NA
KWIC96    $0.00       NA

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

Rates For File: UPI News (1996-May 1999)[861]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $1.04
Cost per minute:                   $0.63
Rank Elements                      $0.00

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $1.41    $1.41
     3    $1.41    $1.41
     4    $1.79    $1.79
     5    $1.79    $1.79
     6    $0.00    $0.00
     7    $2.98    $2.98
     8    $0.00    $0.00
     9    $3.85    $3.85
KWIC95    $0.00       NA
KWIC96    $0.00       NA

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00
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