So that becomes very important in terms of the Dow reflecting the biggest and the best of American business. Six years ago the Dow added its first bank, today it welcomed the financial group Travelers. As well as including services, the index is now more technologically aware with the inclusion of Hewlett-Packard. Bill LeFavre is the senior analyst at Ehrenkrantz King Nussbaum, a man known among colleagues as the Keeper of the Dow'. One of the companies that is currently being pushed out is Bethlehem Steel, there was a time when it was nothing but car companies, steel companies, heavy duty manufacturing.
Departure can be an unhappy affair, with stock prices suffering in the short term.
In New York, I'm Richard Carruthers for Marketplace. The month-long rebellion in Albania appears to have arrived in the capital, Tirana, tonight. The city's airport was closed because of gunfire. People are looting stores to stock up on food and other essentials. The president, Sali Barisha, has issued an appeal for NATO to send troops to save his government.