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Medical Device Firm Sees RS Rating Surge.(B)(NASDAQ STOCKS IN THE NEWS)
April 7, 2003... Byline: Craig Shaw Integra LifeSciences has paused for a breather after eight straight up weeks. It's trended sideways the past two weeks as trade has begun to shrivel. Its 14-month base featured a strong reversal week at the bottom and...

Fast Growth Propelled Tencor's Stock.(THE SMART INVESTOR)(WINNING WAYS)
April 7, 2003... Byline: KEN HOOVER Tencor Instrument was a pioneer in making equipment used in the manufacture of computer chips. Its hardware let chipmakers inspect chips on the assembly line to ensure adherence with strict specifications without...

Market Rests As Leading Stocks Advance.(A)
April 4, 2003... Byline: CHRIS GESSEL Most of the market took a healthy breather in lighter volume Thursday. But many leading stocks refused to rest. Stocks looked ready to extend Wednesday's big gains in the morning. Despite the highest number of...

Forces Attack Airport In Baghdad, Battling Along Edges Of Capital U.S.: Saddam's Fate Sealed Front-line troops prepare for possible chemical war as noose tightens on city.(A)
April 4, 2003... Byline: FROM IBD NEWS SERVICES U.S. forces attacked Iraqis dug in at Baghdad's main airport on Thursday and early Friday after armored units thrust to the edge of the city, where they intend to oust and possibly kill President Saddam...

Will People Pay Up For HDTV? Cable, Satellite Firms Bet Maybe They're testing prices, plans as content firms roll out HD programs.(A)
April 4, 2003... Byline: REINHARDT KRAUSE Most Americans already pay to get TV via cable or satellite. But if they want cable and satellite firms to provide ultrasharp "high-definition" programs, they'll have to ante up even more. The Disneys,...

AFTER THE CLOSE.(A)(AFTER THE CLOSE)
April 4, 2003... PEOPLESOFT will earn just 11-12 cents a share in Q1 vs. views for flat profit of 14 cents. The software firm cited weak business spending. Peoplesoft fell after hours. So did Siebel and Oracle. STMICRO missed Q1 sales views a bit, and...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(A)
April 4, 2003... TECHNOLOGY Cerner to miss Q1 profit forecast The medical software maker expects to earn 13-15 cents a share vs. views for 38 cents as clients cut their budgets. Cerner sees revenue of $189 mil-$192 mil vs. its prior outlook of $205...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(A)
April 4, 2003... FOOD PRODUCTS SEC presses food firms on Ahold The agency wants info from Kraft, General Mills, Heinz and Sara Lee about their dealings with Ahold's U.S. food distribution business. The Dutch grocer is accused of using rebates from...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(A)
April 4, 2003... FINANCE Wall St. firms avoid fraud finding Sources say Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs will be cited for lesser breaches in their conflict-of-interest settlements with the SEC and states. That may bolster defenses against private...

THE ECONOMY.(A)
April 4, 2003... Housing busts hurt the most Though stock market crashes are more common than housing busts, housing busts wreak far more economic havoc, an IMF study found. The agency didn't say a housing bubble was about to burst, but noted home prices...

NATION.(A)
April 4, 2003... Overtime bill clears House panel A House work force subcommittee voted 8-6 along party lines to approve a Republican-backed bill to let employers offer paid time off instead of overtime. Democrats and labor unions said it would cause...

WORLD.(A)
April 4, 2003... Cuban trials of dissidents begin Fidel Castro's communist dictatorship pressed forward with its harshest crackdown in years, holding the first trials for dissidents rounded up across the island and reportedly seeking life sentences for...

TRENDS & INNOVATIONS.(A)
April 4, 2003... San Francisco office vacancies up The city's downtown office vacancy rate rose to a record 20.3% in Q1 from 19.7% in Q4, real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield said. Rents fell for the 9th straight quarter, down 3.8% from Q4. San...

TRENDS & INNOVATIONS.(A)
April 4, 2003... ** People who live with high levels of traffic noise may be more likely to have high blood pressure than those living in quiet surroundings, German researchers said. ** Brain diseases like mad cow happen when abnormal prions attach...

BE PERSISTENT AND WORK HARD Define A Lasting Legacy.(A)(IBD 10 SECRETS TO SUCCESS)
April 4, 2003... Byline: Cord Cooper 5As chief executive, what will your legacy be when you step down? As General Electric CEO Jack Welch proved, legacies can sometimes be a matter of personal choice. More often, though, they're driven by events,...

President Theodore Roosevelt Focus On Attitude: Ignore fear, conquer weakness and meet problems head-on.(A)
April 4, 2003... Byline: CURT SCHLEIER Nothing was impossible to Theodore Roosevelt. He wouldn't allow it. By his own admission, he was "a sickly delicate boy (who) suffered much from asthma. One of my memories is of sitting up in bed gasping .... ..

Google Licenses Listing Service To Amazon.(A)
April 4, 2003... Byline: PETE BARLAS The market for paid search listings is hot, and Amazon.com Inc. wants a piece of the action. On Thursday, the online retailer said it would add paid search results from Google Technology Inc. The licensing...

Internet Proves Good Medicine In Fight Vs. Deadly SARS Disease.(A)
April 4, 2003... Byline: DOUG TSURUOKA The Internet is fighting SARS. Web-linked cell phones, PCs and handheld computers have played a key role in alerting health officials to the fast-spreading severe acute respiratory syndrome. The Net has helped...

SYNOVIS LIFE TECHNOLOGIES St. Paul, Minnesota Product Mix Fortifies Medical Device Maker.(A)
April 4, 2003... Byline: KIRK SHINKLE After five years, big diversification efforts and a name change, medical device maker Synovis Life Technologies looks to be healed. The St. Paul, Minn.-based firm has built up two strong business lines that serve...

COACH INC. New York, New York A Slow Economy Is Bag Maker's Accessory.(A)
April 4, 2003... Byline: NANCY GONDO When the economy heads south, consumer spending is often quick to follow. This time around, folks have continued to spend on the home, but they've been tightening their belts -- or rather, buying new belts -- instead...

Fidelity's Paul Antico Keeps Small Cap Nimble Growth and value tactics lead the fund to leaders in health and tech fields.(A)
April 4, 2003... Byline: DAN MOREAU Paul Antico, the 34-year-old manager of Fidelity Small Cap Stock Fund, says he revels in a turbulent stock market, defies accounting scandals to deny him investing opportunities and won't be pigeonholed into one...

March Rally Helped Stock Funds Trim Back First-Quarter Losses.(A)
April 4, 2003... Byline: KEN HOOVER March didn't come in like a lion. But it roared in the middle. Then it went out like a lamb as investors saw the prospect of easy victory in Iraq less likely. When the dust settled, the average U.S. stock mutual...

Few Corners Of Globe Offer Respite For Weary Investors.(A)
April 4, 2003... Byline: DAN MOREAU Foreign mutual funds offered no haven for U.S. investors in the first quarter. The average foreign fund lost 7.39% in the first three months of the year, more than twice the loss of the average U.S. stock fund, which...

Health, Real Estate Only Sector Gainers In Qtr Strong March performance puts 2 sectors above water, but tech rally is swamped.(A)
April 4, 2003... Byline: PAUL KATZEFF War worries sparked a quarter-closing sell-off in most sector funds. Only health and real estate sector funds eked out gains for the period. Health-biotech funds advanced 1.17%, according to Lipper Inc. Real...

Top Managers Take Cautious Bites Of REITs And Mortgage Lenders.(A)(MUTUALS)
April 4, 2003... Byline: JULIE HUYNH As the war with Iraq progresses into its third week, the nation's top-performing funds remain cautious in their stock buying. In the latest reporting period, top funds made small purchases in REIT and mortgage...

Follow IRS Road Signs Regarding Travel Expenses.(A)
April 4, 2003... Byline: PAUL KATZEFF "You've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?" Big-screen lawman Dirty Harry once snarled that at a suspect. Well, don't press your luck with the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS...

Tasting Liberation.(A)(EDITORIALS)
April 4, 2003... Iraq: It took a few more days than some expected, but our soldiers are now freeing cities from the grip of Saddam's terror. And look who's cheering. So the hawks were right after all. Not only are the U.S. and its allies liberating Iraq,...

Donating The Rope.(A)(EDITORIALS)
April 4, 2003... Giving: "The capitalists will sell us the rope with which we hang them," said Vladimir Lenin. Judging from foundations that fund the anti-war movement, he's right. The rope is made of grants. Foundations give generously to radical groups...

U.S., Allies Prepare To Try Top Iraqis For War Crimes.(A)
April 4, 2003... Byline: PETER BENESH Reports of Iraqi atrocities and war crime violations against allied prisoners of war and civilians won't come as a surprise. Saddam Hussein's regime has used brutality as an instrument of power for a quarter...

Market Rests As Leading Stocks Advance.(A)(THE BIG PICTURE)
April 4, 2003... Byline: CHRIS GESSEL Most of the market took a healthy breather in lighter volume Thursday. But many leading stocks refused to rest. Stocks looked ready to extend Wednesday's big gains in the morning. Despite the highest number of...

Forces Attack Airport In Baghdad, Battling Along Edges Of Capital; U.S.: Saddam's Fate Sealed; Front-line troops prepare for possible chemical war as noose tightens on city.(A)
April 4, 2003... Byline: FROM IBD NEWS SERVICES U.S. forces attacked Iraqis dug in at Baghdad's main airport on Thursday and early Friday after armored units thrust to the edge of the city, where they intend to oust and possibly kill President Saddam...

Will People Pay Up For HDTV? Cable, Satellite Firms Bet Maybe; They're testing prices, plans as content firms roll out HD programs.(A)
April 4, 2003... Byline: REINHARDT KRAUSE Most Americans already pay to get TV via cable or satellite. But if they want cable and satellite firms to provide ultrasharp "high-definition" programs, they'll have to ante up even more. The Disneys,...

IBD'S TOP 10.(A)
April 4, 2003... U.S. Troops At Edge Of Baghdad 1Army forces attacked the airport and fought running battles with Iraqi forces on the city's southern edges, rapidly closing in on Saddam Hussein's seat of power. Electricity went out in parts of the...

AFTER THE CLOSE.(TO THE POINT)
April 4, 2003... PEOPLESOFT will earn just 11-12 cents a share in Q1 vs. views for flat profit of 14 cents. The software firm cited weak business spending. Peoplesoft fell after hours. So did Siebel and Oracle. STMICRO missed Q1 sales views a bit, and will...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(TO THE POINT)
April 4, 2003... DIVERSIFIED EU to start deep probe of GE deal As expected, the European Commission said it'll conduct an in-depth probe of the diversified firm's proposed $2.06 bil buy of Instrumentarium, due to competition concerns. In Dec., GE...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(TO THE POINT)
April 4, 2003... TECHNOLOGY Cerner to miss Q1 profit forecast The medical software maker expects to earn 13-15 cents a share vs. views for 38 cents as clients cut their budgets. Cerner sees revenue of $189 mil-$192 mil vs. its prior outlook of $205...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(TO THE POINT)
April 4, 2003... FINANCE Wall St. firms avoid fraud finding Sources say Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs will be cited for lesser breaches in their conflict-of-interest settlements with the SEC and states. That may bolster defenses against private...

IN BRIEF.(TO THE POINT)
April 4, 2003... Thomson Corp. will buy Elite Information Group for $122 mil, or $14 a share, to expand the Canadian information firm's legal and financial offerings. Elite surged 39% to a 52-week high of 13.86. NYSE won't build a 2nd trading floor, citing...

TRENDS & INNOVATIONS.(TO THE POINT)
April 4, 2003... ** People who live with high levels of traffic noise may be more likely to have high blood pressure than those living in quiet surroundings, German researchers said. ** Brain diseases like mad cow happen when abnormal prions attach...

President Theodore Roosevelt; Focus On Attitude: Ignore fear, conquer weakness and meet problems head-on.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
April 4, 2003... Byline: CURT SCHLEIER Nothing was impossible to Theodore Roosevelt. He wouldn't allow it. By his own admission, he was "a sickly delicate boy (who) suffered much from asthma. One of my memories is of sitting up in bed gasping .... ..

Big Companies Say Rising Health Costs Are Driving Down Profits; Firms no longer want to showcase changes to employee benefit plans.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)(MANAGING A SUCCESSFUL COMPANY)
April 4, 2003... Byline: GLORIA LAU Companies' quarterly earnings calls usually spotlight revenue, profit and plans for growth. But in the last few months, some of these announcements have been peppered with warnings about health and pension benefit...

(Theodore Roosevelt) At A Glance.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
April 4, 2003... At A Glance Born: 1858 in New York City. Died: 1919 in Sagamore, N.Y. Education: B.S. from Harvard University in 1880. Attended Harvard Law School, 1880-82. Achievements: ** Served in the New York state Assembly...

Asian High-Tech Manufacturers Scrambling To Ward Off SARS; Firms Canceling Conferences; Disease could prove costly as chip plants shut down, employees work from home.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
April 4, 2003... Byline: JAMES DETAR The battle rages on. The enemy seems to be in retreat, but the war isn't over yet, officials say. Iraq? No, it's Asia, and the enemy is the virulent new strain of pneumonia called severe acute respiratory syndrome,...

Internet Proves Good Medicine; In Fight Vs. Deadly SARS Disease.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
April 4, 2003... Byline: DOUG TSURUOKA The Internet is fighting SARS. Web-linked cell phones, PCs and handheld computers have played a key role in alerting health officials to the fast-spreading severe acute respiratory syndrome. The Net has helped...

SYNOVIS LIFE TECHNOLOGIES St. Paul, Minnesota; Product Mix Fortifies Medical Device Maker.(THE NEW AMERICA)
April 4, 2003... Byline: KIRK SHINKLE After five years, big diversification efforts and a name change, medical device maker Synovis Life Technologies looks to be healed. The St. Paul, Minn.-based firm has built up two strong business lines that serve...

COACH INC. New York, New York; A Slow Economy Is Bag Maker's Accessory.(THE NEW AMERICA)
April 4, 2003... Byline: NANCY GONDO When the economy heads south, consumer spending is often quick to follow. This time around, folks have continued to spend on the home, but they've been tightening their belts -- or rather, buying new belts -- instead...

Fidelity's Paul Antico Keeps Small Cap Nimble; Growth and value tactics lead the fund to leaders in health and tech fields.(SERIES: MUTUAL FUND QUARTERLY)(IBD SPECIAL REPORT)(FUND MANAGER Q & A)
April 4, 2003... Byline: DAN MOREAU Paul Antico, the 34-year-old manager of Fidelity Small Cap Stock Fund, says he revels in a turbulent stock market, defies accounting scandals to deny him investing opportunities and won't be pigeonholed into one...

Few Corners Of Globe Offer Respite For Weary Investors.(SERIES: MUTUAL FUND QUARTERLY)(IBD SPECIAL REPORT)
April 4, 2003... Byline: DAN MOREAU Foreign mutual funds offered no haven for U.S. investors in the first quarter. The average foreign fund lost 7.39% in the first three months of the year, more than twice the loss of the average U.S. stock fund, which...

Health, Real Estate Only Sector Gainers In Qtr; Strong March performance puts 2 sectors above water, but tech rally is swamped.(SERIES: MUTUAL FUND QUARTERLY)(IBD SPECIAL REPORT)
April 4, 2003... Byline: PAUL KATZEFF War worries sparked a quarter-closing sell-off in most sector funds. Only health and real estate sector funds eked out gains for the period. Health-biotech funds advanced 1.17%, according to Lipper Inc. Real...

New Buys Of Top-Rated Mutual Funds.(SERIES: MUTUAL FUND QUARTERLY)(IBD SPECIAL REPORT)
April 4, 2003... Hi Tech Pharma HITK Medical-Generic Drugs 22.8599983112 Sanfillppo Jhn B Son JBSS Food-Misc Preparation 14.6098961112 Stratasys Inc SSYS Machinry-Mtl Hdlg/Autmn 14.0997962610.1 Doral Financial DRL Finance-Mrtg&Rel Svc...

Latest Sells Of Top-Rated Mutual Funds.(SERIES: MUTUAL FUND QUARTERLY)(IBD SPECIAL REPORT)
April 4, 2003... Newmont Mining NEM Metal Ores-Gold/Silver 1468 Taubman Center TCO Finance-Reit 1486 Equity Office Pptys EOP Finance-Reit 18144 Mens Wearhouse MW Retail-Clothing/Shoe 624 Thornburg Mrtgage TMA Finance-Reit 514 Amer...

BATTLE LINES.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)
April 4, 2003... Bush Comforts Grieving Families, Praises U.S. Troops For Progress "What we have begun, we will finish," Bush told hundreds of cheering Marines and their families in Camp Lejeune, N.C. In his third appearance at a military...

THE REAL MOST ACTIVE Dow, S&P 500 Pause After Big Wed. Advance.(MAKING MONEY)
April 4, 2003... Byline: JONAH KERI The market took a break from its gains of the last two days, notching minor losses on light volume Thursday. The Dow and S&P 500 both eased 0.5% on lower volume than Wednesday's brisk level. ITT Educational Services...

Analyze, Profit From IBD's Market Charts.(GENERAL MARKET & SECTORS)
April 4, 2003... Analyzing the price and volume changes in the major market averages each day is essential to successful investing. They reveal major tops and bottoms in the stock market. Most stocks follow the general market's trend. They tend to rise...

Weight Watchers Up, Rolls On To Fat Gains.(B)(NYSE STOCKS IN THE NEWS)
April 4, 2003... Byline: Jonah Keri Weight Watchers International has surged off the bottom of its base over the last few weeks, forming a somewhat lopsided pattern. The stock paused briefly for a few days before clearing resistance around 47 on...

THE REAL MOST ACTIVE Nasdaq Holds Ground As Leading Stocks Roll On.(B)
April 4, 2003... Byline: CRAIG SHAW Techs closed nearly unchanged Thursday as progress on the war front dampened the impact of lackluster economic data. The Nasdaq slipped 0.14 on lighter trade, while the Nasdaq 100 gained 0.60. Cerner plunged 14.46,...

Teen Apparel Chain Joins In Retail Surge.(B)(NASDAQ STOCKS IN THE NEWS)
April 4, 2003... Byline: Craig Shaw Pacific Sunwear cleared a 12-week high-handled consolidation Thursday on vigorous turnover. While a handle usually forms below the left peak of a stock's base, high handles can be effective if they're otherwise...

Compromise On Tax Plan Takes Shape Some Dividend Relief Seen.(A)
April 3, 2003... Byline: JOSEPH GUINTO A joint congressional committee looked set to whittle down President Bush's 10-year, $726 billion tax cut plan Wednesday, even as the White House insisted the full plan would do the most good. Still, White House...

U.S. Forces Close In On Baghdad; Fear Of Chemical Attack Growing Marines, Army advancing on two southern corridors; battle for capital nearing.(A)
April 3, 2003... Byline: FROM IBD NEWS SERVICES U.S.-led forces advancing on Baghdad from the south have moved to within 20 miles of the Iraqi capital, and two of Saddam Hussein's loyal Republican Guard units "are no longer credible forces," a U.S....

AFTER THE CLOSE.(A)(AFTER THE CLOSE)
April 3, 2003... BED BATH & BEYOND founders Warren Eisenberg and Leonard Feinstein quit as co-CEOs but will remain co-chairmen. COO Steven Temares becomes CEO. The home furnishings chain in Q4 earned 35 cents, up 25% and 2 cents over views. Sales rose 19% to...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(A)
April 3, 2003... MEDICAL Immucor beats Q3 profit forecast The blood-transfusion gear maker earned 28 cents a share, up 33% and 3 cents over views. Sales rose 19%, boosted by higher prices and renewed contracts. For the upcoming '04, Immucor expects...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(A)
April 3, 2003... FINANCE First Data buys Concord for $7 bil As expected, the payment services provider is buying Concord EFS, an electronic transaction processor. First Data will swap 0.40 share for each Concord EFS share, or $13.87 based on...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(A)
April 3, 2003... MEDIA Gannett warns of Iraq's hit on Q1 The media firm says it'll miss prior guidance of 94-96 cents because ad sales have softened since the start of the war, particularly for its flagship USA Today. Newspaper advertisers have...

THE ECONOMY.(A)
April 3, 2003... Consumers feeling a little better A Gallup Poll conducted last weekend showed 33% of the 1,012 people surveyed think the outlook for the economy is improving. That's up from 23% before the Iraq war began. But only 26% described the...

NATION.(A)
April 3, 2003... Parties battling over war budget Democrats prepared to fight for billions more for domestic security as the Senate debated a $78.7 bil package for the war, fighting terror and helping airlines. GOP and Democratic leaders predicted the...

WORLD.(A)
April 3, 2003... Philippine blast kills at least 16 The bomb exploded near a bustling wharf in the southern city of Davao. There was no claim of responsibility. Another 40 were hurt. A March 4 bombing killed 21 outside Davao's airport. Both attacks were...

TRENDS & INNOVATIONS.(A)
April 3, 2003... Exanta drug helps prevent stroke The AstraZeneca anti-clotting drug proved as effective as the existing drug warfarin in preventing stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation and was easier to use, researchers said. Warfarin users must...

TRENDS & INNOVATIONS.(A)
April 3, 2003... ** Tech salaries are rising 5% on average this year, about the same as '02, but consuming a bigger portion of the IT budget, says Meta Group. ** Secondhand smoke seems to stimulate tumor growth and angiogenesis, the formation of new...

Make Experience Count.(A)(IBD 10 SECRETS TO SUCCESS)
April 3, 2003... Byline: Robin Grugal 4No matter how powerful a classroom experience may be, it pales in comparison to the learning that comes from experience. But just how much people gain from that experience is really up to them. Anyone can make...

Working Beyond The Railroad Think Big: Huntington's California dreams developed the Golden State.(A)
April 3, 2003... Byline: CHRISTINA WISE In 1858, the circus came to Henry Edwards Huntington's hometown in Oswego, N.Y. Rather than join the horde of people going to the show, he turned his thoughts to opportunity. He built a covered booth near...

U.S. Colleges Lag In Tech Contest Shift To Linux A Factor IBM-sponsored event pits top programmers from schools worldwide.(A)
April 3, 2003... Byline: BRIAN DEAGON How many Polish students does it take to win the world's smartest trophy? Three, to be exact. From Warsaw University. Andrzej Gasienica-Samek, Krzysztof Onak and Tomasz Czajka took first place in an event...

Cisco Says Huawei Isn't "Gloriously Great'.(A)
April 3, 2003... Byline: MIKE ANGELL The Chinese word "huawei" doesn't mean much to most Americans. Pronounced "hwa-way," it roughly translates to "gloriously great" or "the best." China-based Huawei Technologies Co. looks to live up to that name as...

War Adds To Lack Of Visibility For Long-Battered Chip Sector Uncertainty Clouds Picture But Intel, other chip firms could see short-term rise in sales to military clients.(A)
April 3, 2003... Byline: JAMES DETAR A slump in tech spending had already clouded the skies for computer chipmakers. When the war started in Iraq, the outlook got even hazier. Chip industry officials are nervously watching and waiting. They say...

Online Travel Sites Exploring New Technological Ground.(A)(Q AND A)
April 3, 2003... Byline: DOUG TSURUOKA Where does online travel go from here? Terry Jones, the founder of travel Web site travelocity.com, says new technology and ways of winning customers are some of the changes in store. Jones left Travelocity, now...

Terabeam CEO Says "Free-Space Optics' Firm's Prospects Look Good.(A)
April 3, 2003... Byline: REINHARDT KRAUSE Dan Hesse is hanging in there. The chief executive of telecom gear start-up Terabeam Corp. has survived the industry's meltdown. So far. Hesse, 49, left the top job at AT&T Wireless Inc. to head the much...

Newell Rubbermaid Rebuilds Home Brands CEO who took over in 2001 pushes innovations in products, marketing.(A)
April 3, 2003... Byline: AMY REEVES Newell Rubbermaid Inc. hired Joe Galli as chief executive in 2001 to turn things around. Sales growth at the company had gone flat, and earnings had declined 30% from the prior year. One of his first orders of...

CAPITAL AUTOMOTIVE REIT McLean, Virginia Dealer Consolidation Fuels Property Leasing.(A)
April 3, 2003... Byline: MARILYN MUCH With the war raging in Iraq and the economy sputtering, few companies are in the driver's seat. Capital Automotive REIT is one of the exceptions. The real estate investment trust buys property used by auto...

Alger's Hyun Is Cautiously Optimistic Fund Leaps With Rally Capital Appreciation is tuned to perform well in good or bad setting.(A)
April 3, 2003... Byline: KEN HOOVER Dave Hyun, who runs Alger Capital Appreciation Fund, liked the mid-March rally as much as anyone. But he's not so sure the good times are here to stay. "We've pretty much discounted the end of the war and the...

Reality Checkpoint.(A)(EDITORIALS)
April 3, 2003... Iraq: It's a sad fact, but inevitable: Innocents will die as long as Saddam's regime blurs the line between civilians and combatants. U.S. troops must continue to defend themselves. At the start of the war in Iraq, we had hoped that the...

Shrinking Europe.(A)(EDITORIALS)
April 3, 2003... EU: There's a specter over Europe. No, it's not the war in Iraq. Nor is it Old Europe's deteriorating relations with the U.S. It's the region's population implosion. Lost in the recent diplomatic to-and-fro over Iraq and the war was a...

Did U.S. Planners Mistake Size Of Iraq Force Needed?(A)
April 3, 2003... Byline: BRIAN MITCHELL Planners planned on driving deep into Iraq in the war's first few days. They didn't plan on meeting much resistance along the way, but U.S. troops found it. "We were very surprised. We were told when we were...

Dow Up 2.7%, S&P 500 2.6%; Leaders Surge.(B)
April 3, 2003... Byline: JONAH KERI The major stock indexes flexed their muscle Wednesday, staging a broad-based rally that easily wiped out Monday's distribution day. The Dow climbed 2.7%, the S&P 500 2.6% as volume swelled across the board. NYSE...

Analyze, Profit From IBD's Market Charts.(B)
April 3, 2003... Analyzing the price and volume changes in the major market averages each day is essential to successful investing. They reveal major tops and bottoms in the stock market. Most stocks follow the general market's trend. They tend to rise...

Harman, Chico's Etch Base-On-Base Forms.(B)
April 3, 2003... Byline: Jonah Keri Harman International Industries broke out of a six-month pattern in early November. The stock ran up for a few weeks, then eased into a base-on-base pattern. A stock requires a 30% prior gain to constitute a new base....