New Tazewell city government includes a mayor and six aldermen. The Town has a police department and a fire department shared with the town of Tazewell. It also features a small airport with a 5,200-foot runway.
Last week's big losers. ExxonMobil was the biggest Dow loser two weeks ago, after shedding 1.97% of its value. This week the oil and gas company rose 1.01%, while fellow Dow energy play Chevron (NYSE:CVX) was the index's second biggest decliner, losing 2.68%.
Dow CEO Andrew N. Liveris called 2005 the company's best year ever with operating profits of $5.4 billion, a jump of 56.5 percent compared with the previous year. Net income rose more than 60 percent to $4.5 billion, on sales of $46.3 billion. 2006 looks as if it could be even better, with first-quarter net earnings of $1.2 billion.