That is, when the futures markets get out of synch with the cash market for stocks trading on stock exchanges, the computers instantly spotthe difference and pounce, buying one and selling the other for a few minutes, which brings them back into synch.
General Electric is the only one of the first 12 stocks that were included onthe original Dow Jones Industrial Average in 1896 that still has a spoton that index today.
The concessions may not be fatal to the government's documentation drive (some retailers can defer declaring their stocks and will not be subject to on-the-spot inspections, though they will remain liable for audit).