Electronic Business articles from October 2001

Electronic Business archives from October 2001

The foolish urge to merge.(HP and Compaq)(Column)
October 1, 2001... One plus one is supposed to equal two. First graders and financial analysts alike understand this concept. But in the world of mergers and acquisitions this basic arithmetic rarely applies. That's one reason (of many) that few industry...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2001... EB300 FEEDBACK I read with interest your special edition ["EB300: Survival of the fittest," August 2001 Special Supplement] and while I enjoyed the writing and the material (I am a long-time subscriber to ELECTRONIC BUSINESS and really...

Despite anniversary, PC's age up in air.(20th anniversary of the IBM PC)
October 1, 2001... Intel Corp. recently hosted a party to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the IBM PC; IBM and Microsoft Corp. luminaries were on hand to tout their participation in the PC'S development. The significance of the event, however, was substantially...

Make engineering data analysis part of your semiconductor supply chain.(Column)
October 1, 2001... Every major new electronics product has a hot new integrated circuit powering it. But in today's marketplace, new products don't stay competitive for long. The life cycle of a new system-level product requires numerous cost reductions and...

Missing the abyss: angst, not recession.(US economy)
October 1, 2001... The U.S. economy dodged a bullet during the first half of the year. Although it remains dangerously in the line of hostile fire, the odds are improving that we'll get through this long, unsettling period of economic angst without descending...

Uneasy money?(venture capital investments)
October 1, 2001... Corp orations scale back venture investments It used to be easy to make money in the venture market. Throw a few bucks at a start-up and wait for the IPO. Large corporations--riding the same wave as venture capitalists--last year invested...

Pro forma shell game.(earnings statements)
October 1, 2001... Press releases make investors hunt for the real earnings numbers If you read the second quarter earnings press release that Cadence Design Systems Inc., San Jose, CA, published in mid-July, you'd think the company was doing well. With...

Holiday boom might turn to gloom.(semiconductor industry)
October 1, 2001... Business is not much better as we head into the fourth quarter. Analysts were expecting some relief in business conditions, but now are uncertain about a dramatic end-of-year holiday boom. Consumers are being extremely careful about...

Business TRENDS.(Lucent Technologies)
October 1, 2001... Lucent slims down With half the workers and one-third less sales, the troubled telecom equipment maker aims to be profitable again by next year Lucent Technologies Inc. hasn't yet returned to profitability, but the worst may finally be...

Flying without a 'Net.(eASIC's loss of its domain name)
October 1, 2001... On July 15, eASIC Corp. opened for business only to discover that it effectively did not exist. Its Internet domain name, eASIC.com, was out of commission. Frantic customers and investors were calling to see if the 3-year-old, San Jose,...

The new "nonessential" employee?
October 1, 2001... Good news and bad news about executive openings A year ago, Michael LeBrun was a sales executive for a communication services company. By the end of 2000, he was out on the street. No sweat, he quickly landed on his feet as vice president...

The next major fashion accessory?
October 1, 2001... Wearable computers still in the early stages of life It doesn't sit on your desktop or your lap. It straps around your waist--or your wrist, or even your head--and is the newest trend in high tech. It's the "wearable" computer, and market...

Grounded!
October 1, 2001... Companies work around slashed T&E budgets A lot of execs--and salespeople--are spending more time in the office these days. But in many cases, not voluntarily. Thanks to the massive downturn, tech companies, have slashed travel budgets...

NYSE VS. NASDAQ.(Company Business and Marketing)
October 1, 2001... Competition heats up between the exchanges, as the Big Board courts technology companies like never before OFFICALS AT MILPITAS, CA-based Maxtor Corp. were perfectly happy with their listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market until they agreed to...

CONVERTIBLES IN HIGH Gear.(bond/stock debentures)
October 1, 2001... Part bonds, part stocks, these debentures are 'pistol hot' For a while there, obtaining capital was about as easy as drive-through banking for technology companies: All they had to do was pull up to the window and exchange stock...

Seeing THROUGH.
October 1, 2001... THE CRYSTAL BALL IT'S SAFE TO SAY public confidence in market research isn't at an all-time high just now, what with some analysts--particularly financial analysts--being pilloried in the press and others being investigated by the...

COMING TO AMERICA.(AT&T attempt to move NTT DoCoMo i-Mode to USA)
October 1, 2001... Will DoCoMo's i-mode, wildly success full in Japan, translate to the U.S. market? THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN MOBILE PHONE SERVICES is on view in Japan right now. There, more than 40 million people use Internet-enabled mobile phones to exchange...

AN UNFINISHED Symphony.(recording industry's failed attempts to deal with the Internet)
October 1, 2001... Like an autocratic symphony director, the recording industry kept tight control over the music it made for more than 50 years. Artists, publishers, distributors, music lovers--even electronics companies--danced to the tune of the record...