1、The Russell 2000 index of small companies is up 22%.

2、The Russell 2000 declined 1.1%. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 0.7%.

3、The Russell National Guard unit had been alerted for possible deployment to Korea.

4、The Russell report is thorough, but it will not satisfy all the critics.

5、The Russell 2000, the leading small cap index, has gained 16.5 percent this year as of Thursday's close, outperforming all of the other big indexes.