Investor's Business Daily articles from April 2000

Investor's Business Daily archives from April 2000

Bush-Gore Still No Contest For CEOs, With Ethics Near Top Of Priority List.
April 3, 2000... Byline: Daniel J. Murphy, Investor's Daily You'd think, after nearly a decade of hot economic growth, no inflation and aDemocrat in the White House, that business' historic support of Republicans might have slipped a bit. Think again. Gov....

Leaders Must Learn To Watch Their Mouths.
April 3, 2000... Byline: Gary M. Stern, Investor's Daily Just finished a meeting about multicultural diversity and then you address a female colleague as honey? Bad language habits - sexist, critical, sarcastic orself-deprecating - speak volumes about you....

Corrections Plant Seed For Future Winners.
April 3, 2000... Byline: Christina Wise, Investor's Daily Like bad-tasting medicine, corrections may not be much fun, but they're good for you. Though market downturns may be hard to swallow, such pills are necessary for stocks to gather strength and power...

Consumer Spending Outpaced Incomes In Feb.
April 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Americans' income went up in February but their spending rose more than twice as fast, pulling the nation's savings rate down to an all-time monthly low. TheCommerce Department reported Friday that personal...

Yen Rallies To New Highs As Survey Looms - Monday's Tankan Industry Sentiment Poll Could Deflate Gains.
April 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily A tidal wave of momentum propelled Japan's yen to dizzying peaks last week, but currency market analysts said the gains may start to ebb once fickle marketsentiment, possible central bank action and seasonal...

Pitcher Bob Gibson - He Changed Baseball By Using Psychology And Trusting His Own Judgment.
April 3, 2000... Byline: Kevin Butler, Investor's Daily Bob Gibson was intimidating. He had a quick delivery, mean inside fastball and menacing glare. And he made sure batters knew it. "The part of pitching that separates the stars from everybody else is...

Economist Milton Friedman - His Determination Made Him A Champion Of Free Markets.
April 3, 2000... Byline: Christopher L. Tyner, Investor's Daily Milton Friedman doesn't mind a good argument. In fact, he looks forward to one. "I start from a belief in individual freedom," Friedman said Tuesday from his Russian Hill apartment in San...

Computers Made Plain - Buyers Clubs Can Be A Big Boost When Your Budget's Firing Blanks.
April 3, 2000... Byline: Ted Needleman, Investor's Daily desiring the newest and latest computer gadgets, but barely having the money for a new case of computer paper. But you don't have to relegate yourself to just reading about the newest and the...

AT&T Connects With Net2Phone In Online Move - Long-distance phone leader hooks up with start-up that's the leading marketer of voice calls made over the Internet.
April 3, 2000... Byline: Reinhardt Krause, Investor's Daily /dave By Reinhardt Krause Internet-based telephone calls won't kill off AT&T Corp.'s core long-distance business. At least, the company tried to ensure thaton Friday by buying a stake in Net2Phone...

Microsoft Survivor Intuit Faces Internet Challenges.
April 3, 2000... Byline: Nick Turner, Investor's Daily ART: Internet services are expanding Intuit's market, especially in the small-business arena (Horizontal bar chart) Existing small-business accounting software market: $ 300 million Small-business...

Call Design Software Leader Autodesk.com, Not Packager.
April 3, 2000... Byline: Nick Turner, Investor's Daily C&T Page-- Q&A with Carol Bartz Autodesk Inc. Chairman, CEO and president 51 years old B.S., computer science, University of Wisconsin Investor's Business Daily The Internet hasn't always been kind to...

SEMICONDUCTORS - Samsung Tackles Memory Market Shift.
April 3, 2000... Byline: James DeTar, Investor's Daily I&T lede or page two story on Samsung's memory chip market fight. PLEASE PLUGMOST RECENT RAMBUS CLOSING PRICE AND THE DATE INTO THE SIXTH GRAF UP FROM THE BOTTOM-Jim DeTar Art: List of top five memory...

INTERNET - Online Communities Going Commercial.
April 3, 2000... Byline: Tim McCollum, Investor's Daily On the Internet, word-of-mouth information flies at the speed of light. Positive buzz turns Web companies into overnight successes. Negative buzz can doom them. Yet even the most popular sites have...

Gateway Is Investing In Quepasa Web Site.
April 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Gateway Inc. agreed to invest $ 10 million in the Latino-oriented online Web site quepasa.com in its continuing effort to market to U.S. Latinos. ateway will buy 7.6% of Quepasa. The San Diego-based computer...

Xerox Plans Job Cuts Of 5,200 5% Of Total - Copier Maker Sets Charge Of $ 625 Mil As It Refocuses On Key Areas.
April 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Business machines giant Xerox Corp. said it was cutting 5,200 jobs, or 5% of its work force, saying it can "no longer operate business as usual and expect to win." Struggling with stiff competition and a...

Generic Drug Makers Eagerly Await Patent Expirations For Sales Leaders - A new prescription-drug benefit for seniors on Medicare would also boost industry prospects.
April 3, 2000... Byline: Gloria Lau, Investor's Daily Bad news for brand-name drug companies means good news for their generic rivals. When the brand-name drugs lose patent protection, generic outfits jump in with copycats. Brand-name drug makers spend...

Will Vermont's Educational Choice Fall Prey To Courts' Interference?
April 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily By Kerri Houston While state legislatures and courts battle over parental choice in education, some Americans already have it, and find that it works. Take Vermonters, who have enjoyed educational choice for...

Is America Running Out Of Teachers? Data Show Shortage Is Exaggerated.
April 3, 2000... Byline: Tyce Palmaffy, Investor's Daily Is talk of a looming teacher shortage another case of the educators who criedwolf? In 1984, Linda Darling-Hammond, then a Rand Corp. education analyst, warned of a coming "crisis" in the teaching...

GORE'S STAND FOR FREEDOM.
April 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Sometimes politics have a way of forcing candidates to come to the right position. And so it looks with Gore's divergence from the Clinton administration's get-him-outta-here stand on Elian. We can only assume...

Fund Managers Rebut Net-Stock Worries Blowups Won't Detonate Entire Market, They Say.
April 3, 2000... Byline: Peter McKenna, Investor's Daily Should fund investors pare their exposure to Internet funds to avoid a meltdown in this sector? While that question can only be answered by time, it is becoming more important than ever for investors...

Bonds Add To Winning Streak While Notes Yield To Tech Run.
April 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily NR Aames Finl BAcxiom B>33.253.49 BAdaptec 14.750 2/045.106.8093.31-2.5619.363 8.6324.80 NRAdvEnergy B>51.0016.89 CCCAdvMicDev B>57.065.82 BAES B>78.755.16 NRAether Sys 181.5024.53 BBAffilComp B>38.0017.64...

Bonds Add To Winning Streak While Notes Yield To Tech Run.
April 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Longer-dated U.S. Treasuries rose Friday, adding to gains in four previous sessions, while shorter-term notes fell as investors moved money back to rebounding technology stocks. The Treasury market has been...

Jackson Rules Against Microsoft; Company Faces Potential Breakup.
April 4, 2000... Byline: Nick Turner, Investor's Daily In a verdict that surprised few, U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ruled Monday that Microsoft violated the Sherman Antitrust Act, setting the stage for a possible court-ordered breakup of...

Kids Ride More Safely In Car Booster Seats.
April 4, 2000... Byline: James Peter Rubin, Investor's Daily Most parents take pains to buckle up babies and toddlers in the car. The compliance rate for newborns to 1-year-olds is 97% and for 1- to 4-year-olds is91%, the National Highway Traffic Safety...

Don't Take Chances Buying Before Breakout.
April 4, 2000... Byline: Ed Carson, Investor's Daily You wouldn't pick crops before they're ripe. Yet many investors buy stocks too early. After a stock peaks and retreats, bargain hunters may scoop up these"cheap" shares, expecting a rebound. But just...

Entrepreneur Matthias Baldwin - Analytical Skills And Ingenuity Powered Him To Build A Locomotive Empire.
April 4, 2000... Byline: Michael Richman, Investor's Daily Matthias Baldwin didn't believe in taking the easy way out - even when he knew the cost would be astronomical. The depression of 1837 hit Baldwin hard. One of Philadelphia's top industrial magnates,...

Activist Wei Jingsheng - Steadfast Optimism Helped Him Survive Communist Torture.
April 4, 2000... Byline: John Berlau, Investor's Daily Exiled Chinese activist Wei Jingsheng has tried all his life to look at things in a positive light - even during nearly 20 years in some of the harshest prisons in mainland China. "If I were not an...

Computers Made Plain - Certainties Include Death, Taxes And New Tax-Preparation Software.
April 4, 2000... Byline: Ted Needleman, Investor's Daily "In this world, nothing is certain except for death and taxes," Benjamin Franklin once said. In recent years, science has made amazing strides in concurring death and extending life. But not even...

Yesterday Aside, - Microsoft Shares Will Rise Again So say many analysts, who contend investors overreacted to latest moves that are just 'third inning' of a long game.
April 4, 2000... Byline: Jed Graham, Investor's Daily With hopes for a settlement dashed and the prospect of a harsh antitrust ruling later on Monday almost certain, Microsoft Corp. investors dumped their shares in droves in the stock's heaviest trading...

The Santa Cruz Operation Reorganizes To Stem Tide.
April 4, 2000... Byline: Rex Crum, Investor's Daily / Even for a company known for issuing profit warnings, the past two weeks have been wild for Santa Cruz Operation Inc. Officials with SCO, which makes software for servers that run the Unix operating...

IBM Moving To Put A Lock On New Supply-Chain Market.
April 4, 2000... Byline: Doug Tsuruoka, Investor's Daily Bio Box Elizabeth SmithIBM Corp. General manager, customer solutions 45 yearsold B.S., human relations and organizational behavior, University of San Francisco IBM Exec Helps Wire Companies To Supply...

The Santa Cruz Operation Reorganizes To Stem Tide.
April 4, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily IBD SmartSelectTM CORPORATE RATINGS: .Earnings Per Share Rating (fourth from right) identifies companies with superior earnings records. Measures each company's short- and long-term earnings growth rate against...

E-COMMERCE - Business-To-Business Train Goes Off Tracks.
April 4, 2000... Byline: Jed Graham, Investor's Daily Just weeks ago, there were few more magical phrases for investors than "initial public offering," "business-to-business market-maker" and "backed by Internet Capital Group Inc." So it was little...

SEMICONDUCTORS - IBM Insulates Copper Chips For Extra Speed.
April 4, 2000... Byline: James DeTar, Investor's Daily dave/Lede or P.2 story on IBM's new low-k material and chips-Jim Art: List ofthe Top ASIC (custom chipmakers) by ranking and sales for 1999 and 1998 1999 rank & sales (preliminary)1998 rank & sales 1....

Japan Prime Minister Suffers Stroke - Tankan survey, Nikkei stock index show new confidence won't easily be shaken, analysts say.
April 4, 2000... Byline: Jim Christie, Investor's Daily Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi suffered a stroke over the weekend, which made some watchers question the country's future course of policy and itsnascent economic recovery. But markets showed no...

Former FCC Chief Hundt On Telecom Outlook.
April 4, 2000... Byline: Reinhardt Krause, Investor's Daily When Congress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Reed Hundt started the huge task of deregulating the industry. Most would agree that the job is far from finished, though competition has...

Avery Dennison Buys Unit Of Italian Firm.
April 4, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Avery Dennison Corp. acquired Adespan, the label business of Italian printing and publishing company Panini SpA. erms were not disclosed. President Philip Neal said Adespan will increase Avery Dennison's...

Is GM's New-Truck Rollout Plan Too Much Too Late? - Its Debut Of 20 Models Comes Amid Rising Fuel Prices And Maturing Of Segment.
April 4, 2000... Byline: Paul A. Eisenstein, Investor's Daily After decades of watching Ford Motor Co. dominate the U.S. truck market, General Motors Corp. is betting it can capture the lead in one of the industry's most profitable niches this year. GM...

Profit-Taking Torpedoes Wheat; Cocoa, Crude Also Suffer Losses.
April 4, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Amex Stocks In The News "Graphic displays" of stocks over $ 5 that hit new price highs (names boldfaced) or are near new highs (regular type face) or had greatest % increases in volume (name underlined & stocks...

Why Has Cisco Surpassed Microsoft In Marketplace?
April 4, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily daveWhy Cisco Surpassed Microsoft In Market Cap By Richard B. McKenzie & NealStoughton With Monday's sell-off, the venerable Microsoft Corp. is no longer the largest company in the world in market value. Cisco...

A VICTORY FOR TRIAL LAWYERS.
April 4, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily But less predictable is how much the trial lawyers will try to suck from Microsoft. Right now, 115 private lawsuits have been filed against the world-changing software company. And Jackson's ruling will unleash...

COURTS WILL HAVE THEIR SAY.
April 4, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily This time it's a five-judge panel that will look into why a Clinton-appointedjudge has habitually assigned cases against Clinton pals and fund-raisers to fellow Clinton appointees. According to standard...

Bob Sanborn Is Value Style's Victim Oakmark's Rally May Help Stem Outflow For Successor Nygren.
April 4, 2000... Byline: Dan Moreau, Investor's Daily When you're hot, you're hot. When you're not, sometimes you're out of a job. That lesson came home to Oakmark Fund manager Robert Sanborn late in March. With the fund down 10% since the beginning of the...

Profit-Taking Torpedoes Wheat; Cocoa, Crude Also Suffer Losses.
April 4, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Wheat futures tumbled Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade as investors backed off on earlier speculation that either drought or a late freeze will harm the winter crop. In other markets, cocoa and crude oil...

Hotels Get Serious About Women's Business.
April 5, 2000... Byline: Lia Haberman, Investor's Daily What do women business travelers want? "We've found men and women tend to care about the same things in different degrees of importance," said Cary Jehl Broussard, vice president of Wyndham's Women on...

Market Reveals Perils Of Short Price Bases.
April 5, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily By David Saito-Chung Ready, set, false start. Track sprinters who commit thiserror twice lose the race. You also should disqualify growth stocks from your buy list that blast off ahead of schedule. The best...

Serena Software's Richard Doerr - He Used Insight And Experience To Help A Niche Company Expand Rapidly.
April 5, 2000... Byline: Pete Barlas, Investor's Daily When Richard Doerr joined mainframe-software writer Serena Software International Inc. as president and CEO in 1997, his friends thought he'd takenleave of his senses. "They said, 'Why do you want to...

Researcher Robert Koch - His Persistence Made Him A Father Of Bacteriology.
April 5, 2000... Byline: Gloria Lau, Investor's Daily Five-year-old Robert Koch wanted to read. He saw his parents doing it. He sawolder children doing it. He grabbed some newspapers and started teaching himself, sounding out each letter until he put the...

Computers Made Plain - Web Sites Can Ease Taxing Task Of Preparing Annual Tax Return.
April 5, 2000... Byline: Lynn Walford, Investor's Daily Tax season is upon us and you'll probably need forms, information and maybe alittle help understanding the yearly ritual of tax filing. The good news is there's plenty of help available online, 24...

Telecom Couple Are Hooking Up - Vodafone and Bell Atlantic plan to keep spending to stay ahead in the fast-consolidating wireless phone services field.
April 5, 2000... Byline: Reinhardt Krause, Investor's Daily WORKING VERSION There may be a drop-cap problem Look for a company in the thick of the forces reshaping wireless phone services - initial public offerings, wireless data, mergers - and you'll find...

Mobile Communications Embody Ericsson's Hopes.
April 5, 2000... Byline: Reinhardt Krause, Investor's Daily By Reinhardt Krause If L.M. Ericsson AB is really on the road to recovery, its wireless equipment unit will lead the charge. The Swedish company seems back on track after ousting its former chief...

E-Commerce May Be A Cure For Health Care Supply Issues.
April 5, 2000... Byline: Pete Barlas, Investor's Daily Richard Sommer MedChannel Chief Executive 38 years old B.A., international relations, Princeton University; Masters degree in international relations and economics, Oxford University; law degree,...

JDS Uniphase Calls Cronos Takeover 'Most Important'.
April 5, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily JDS Uniphase will buy U.S.-based Cronos Integrated Microsystems in a stock swap valued at $ 750 million to tap into technology it sees as critical to developing fiber-optic networks. JDS Uniphase, the No. 1...

Gold Is Bid Up By Stock Refugees; Oil, Gasoline Thrown For Losses.
April 5, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Gold prices rallied strongly Tuesday on the New York Mercantile Exchange as investors unnerved by Wall Street's bungee-jump plunge went fleeing into the precious metal in droves. In other markets, falling...

Microsoft Ruling Certain To Unleash Wave Of Suits - Burden Of Proof For Private Attorneys Is Lifted By Decision; 120 Suits Already Loom.
April 5, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily A federal judge's harsh antitrust verdict against Microsoft Corp. is almost certain to unleash a costly wave of consumer lawsuits against the software maker. Legal experts say the threat could deal Microsoft a...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS - IBM, Qwest Aim To Ring Up New Business.
April 5, 2000... Byline: Doug Tsuruoka, Investor's Daily Data Center Deal Shows IBM, Qwest Want To Move FastIn Web Hosting When rivalsare swerving into that hot market you're in, you must move fast. It's also nice to have an ally to help hug the inside...

VIDEO GAMES - Sega's Dream: Free Consoles, Net Riches.
April 5, 2000... Byline: Patrick Seitz, Investor's Daily Sega Enterprises Ltd. hopes to give its lagging video game business a boost by giving away its supercharged Dreamcast game console to people who sign up for two years of Internet service. Sega, the...

Japan Is Moving Fast On Obuchi's Successor - Cabinet Resignations Pave Way For LDP Veteran To Take Over.
April 5, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Japan's entire Cabinet resigned Tuesday, paving the way for the quick selection of a ruling party stalwart to replace Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, onlife support after suffering a massive stroke. Yoshiro Mori,...

As The World Moves To Free Trade, Will U.S. Be Left Out In The Cold? - True, NAFTA boosted North American trade. But there are many new deals that don't include the U.S.
April 5, 2000... Byline: Charles Oliver, Investor's Daily The U.S. has led global efforts to free international trade since the end of World War II. But many fear that the U.S. is abandoning its leadership role. Infact, for the last couple of years the U.S....

Having Trouble In A Sea Of Retail Rivals?
April 5, 2000... Byline: Jim Christie, Investor's Daily Competition for customers is tough. Goods makers and service providers face amarketplace where consumers have a myriad of choices. How to get to them? By putting customers first, says Harvey Thompson,...

Treasuries Continue Their Tear While Techs Get Simply Ripped.
April 5, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily .N RAames Finl NRAcclaimEnt 53.1631.53 NRActivision 36.750 1/058.1011.2083.82-1.8152.98 10.6348.90 BAdaptec 14.750 2/045.308.0089.49-0.4419.363 5.0631.86 NRAdvEnergy TB>53.7515.16 CCCAdvMicDev B>60.005.07 BAES...

adeliaIn Internet-Powered World, Beware Of Gov't Intrusion.
April 5, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily By Kevin Butler These are tough times at the International Monetary Fund. It recently got a new chief, but only after a public spat between the U.S. and Germany torpedoed the first candidate. The IMF likely will...

THANKS FOR THE SOFT LANDING.
April 5, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily As market breaks go, Tuesday's started out much worse than it ended. But it was part of the ongoing jitters investors have about where stocks are headed. Why the nervousness? Let us count the ways that the...

COURT TRIMS BIG BROTHER'S SAILS.
April 5, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily By Eric Peters For once, Big Brother won't be watching you. Or releasing information about you to private, for-profit companies so they can harass you with telephone solicitations while you're eating dinner. Or...

Few Signs Emerge Of Fund-Investor Panic - Call Volume And Trading Is Normal, Managers Look For Bottom.
April 5, 2000... Byline: Paul Katzeff and Dan Moreau, Investor's Daily Despite the market's roller coaster ride Tuesday, fund families for the most part reported business as usual. American Century says shareholder calls spikedduring lunch time. But the...

Treasuries Continue Their Tear While Techs Get Simply Ripped.
April 5, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily U.S. Treasury prices bolted higher for their seventh straight session on Tuesday as a big midday sell-off in stocks sent money racing to the safety of government securities only to find Wall Street short of...

Nasdaq Takes The New Economy For Wild Ride In Record Numbers.
April 5, 2000... Byline: Ed Carson, Investor's Daily If you blinked, you missed the market going on a wild, wild ride Tuesday. TheNasdaq composite gave investors a severe case of vertigo, riding a precipitouswave down before ultimately ending down 1.8% in...

Tech Rebound, Greenspan Talk Help Push Long Bond Backward.
April 6, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily U.S. Treasuries were mixed in late trade on Wednesday after another wild ridewith technology stocks as the Nasdaq composite ended about where it began after selling off, rallying, then stabilizing at the close....

Will 'Wealth Effect' Drag Down Your Funds? - Fed Places Too Much Emphasis On Phenomenon, Some Fear.
April 6, 2000... Byline: Peter McKenna, Investor's Daily If you made enough money this year to add a room to your house, you may have contributed to the eventual downfall of the U.S. economy. That's the theory, atleast, of those who fear what's called the...

Painter Vincent van Gogh - His Intensity In Effort And Color Helped Change The Way We View Art.
April 6, 2000... Byline: Jennifer Lloyd, Investor's Daily Vincent van Gogh didn't believe he should let anything interfere with his art- not even Mother Nature. "Nature always opposes the artist, but whoever takesart seriously will not let this resistance...

Baseball Manager Sparky Anderson - His Straightforward Approach Pushed Two Teams To The Top.
April 6, 2000... Byline: Michael Mink, Investor's Daily George "Sparky" Anderson had just been asked the most important question of his baseball career, and he had no idea what the answer was. It was October 1969, and Anderson was coming off his first...

Computers Made Plain - Few Things Are Truly Free In Life, But Freeware, Shareware Come Close.
April 6, 2000... Byline: David Noack, Investor's Daily Who says there's no such thing as a free lunch - or free software, for that matter? Web surfers face an array of choices in getting software online, whether buying and downloading programs or taking...

Tech Shares: Down For Now, But Not Out - The old economy roars back to steal the limelight, but strategists say the reasons for tech euphoria remain intact.
April 6, 2000... Byline: Jed Graham, Investor's Daily The supremacy of technology was toppled for a few hours Tuesday and remained mired in a state of correction Wednesday. The tech-heavy Nasdaq struggled to regain ground Wednesday after Tuesday's dramatic...

Upon A Further Review, Net IPO Dangerous Game.
April 6, 2000... Byline: Jed Graham, Investor's Daily Just months ago, selling (fill in the blank) on the Internet was the next hotidea. Take your pick: stamps, groceries, prescriptions, toys, pets, mortgages,flowers, tickets, music. A couple of initial...

For IBM Technology Group, Longtime Rivals Now Friends.
April 6, 2000... Byline: Doug Tsuruoka, Investor's Daily /dave Bio Box Nick Donofrio IBM Corp. Senior vice president IBM Technology Group 54 years old B.S., electrical engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, M.S., electrical engineering, Syracuse...

BellSouth, SBC Plan To Combine Wireless Units, Form No. 2 Player.
April 6, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily BellSouth and SBC Communications plan to combine their wireless phone businesses to create the second-largest player in the U.S. wireless market. Thecombined company under the deal announced Wednesday would...

Krispy Kreme Soars, MetLife Edges Up In High-Profile IPOs.
April 6, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Investors ate up shares of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts' $ 63 million initial publicoffering, a rare old-economy offering in a market stuffed with tech companies.At the close, its shares were up 16, or 76%, to 37....

Judge In Microsoft Suit Setting Fast Pace With Hearing In May.
April 6, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily The judge who ruled that Microsoft illegally competed by taking advantage of its monopoly power set a schedule Wednesday to consider what kind of punishmentto impose on Microsoft. U.S. District Judge Thomas...

Upon A Further Review, Net IPO Dangerous Game.
April 6, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily IBD SmartSelectTM CORPORATE RATINGS: .Earnings Per Share Rating (fourth from right) measures each company's short- and long-term earnings growth. Results are from 1 to 99, with 99 being best. .Relative Price...

DIGITAL TV - Beyond Broadband: Data Via The Airwaves.
April 6, 2000... Byline: Patrick Seitz, Investor's Daily Note: Should run before April 8 start of NAB conference. This is long. You might want to run as top story on I&T 2 page. Art suggestion: Table with the players involved. The air campaign is about to...

SERVERS - Dell Has Direct Designs To Sell 'Appliances'.
April 6, 2000... Byline: Rex Crum and Nick Turner, Investor's Daily Looking to extend its growth streak, Dell Computer Corp. is hitching its fortunes to Internet business. The computer maker Wednesday revealed plans to provide more back-office technology...

Panel Calls For More Oversight Of Biofoods - Academy Of Sciences Says Products Safe, But Must Be Studied.
April 6, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Biofoods sold in grocery stores are safe, but U.S. agencies that regulate genetically altered plants must work harder to protect health and the environment, the National Academy of Sciences said on Wednesday....

Conference On The New Economy: Concerns About The Old Volatility - White House confab gives Fed chief a chance to calm investors; he's not really gunning for tech stocks.
April 6, 2000... Byline: Claire Mencke, Investor's Daily Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan addressed the White House Conference on the New Economy Wednesday, and the question on everyone's mind was how will the wildly volatile stock market affect the...

First Union's Vitner On The Booming South.
April 6, 2000... Byline: Claire Mencke, Investor's Daily The recovery of many of the world's economies from the 1997-99 financial crisis has done much to spur U.S. growth. And manufacturing is leading the way,says First Union economist Mark Vitner. The...