Investor's Business Daily articles from April 2005

Investor's Business Daily archives from April 2005

Q1 GDP Grew 3.1%, Lowest In 2 Years; Inflation Picked Up; Stocks, Bond Yields Decline; Yes, U.S. in a soft patch with inflation moving up, but expansion doing fine.(A)
April 29, 2005... Byline: KIRK SHINKLE The economy took another hit Thursday as slower consumer spending and high energy prices dampened first-quarter growth. GDP grew at just a 3.1% annual rate, a two-year low and far below Wall Street forecasts of...

House, Senate Settle Budget Resolution That Trims Medicaid, Extends Tax Cuts; Congress Might Pass Friday; $2.57 tril measure would cut benefit program hikes, approve ANWR oil drilling.(A)
April 29, 2005... Byline: SEAN HIGGINS Congressional Republicans announced a tentative deal on a $2.57 trillion budget resolution for the coming fiscal year. The document reflected the GOP's twin struggles to control deficits and to lower taxes. It...

IBD'S TOP 10.(A)
April 29, 2005... Stocks Stage Another Sell-Off 1 The Nasdaq dropped 1.4% and the small-cap S&P 600 2.1%, both hitting '05 lows. The Dow sank 1.3%, the S&P 500 1.1%. Volume swelled across the board as a weak GDP report and rebounding oil prices led to...

AFTER THE CLOSE.(TO THE POINT)
April 29, 2005... PROVIDE COMMERCE's earnings rose 77% to 32 cents a share in Q3, missing views. Shares plunged 30% after it cut Q4 and '05 outlooks below views. INVITROGEN'S Q1 profit rose 41.9% to 88 cents a share ex items, beating views. The biotech...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(TO THE POINT)
April 29, 2005... AEROSPACE/DEFENSE Big contractors beat forecasts Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and Goodrich beat forecasts. North- rop's net income rose to $1.11 per share, up from 65 cents a year ago and 20 cents over views. Sales rose 4% to $7.5 bil....

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(TO THE POINT)
April 29, 2005... GAMING $2.7 bil Wynn Las Vegas opens The 2,700-room resort is casino developer Steve Wynn's first big development since opening the Bellagio resort in '98. MGM Mirage now owns Bellagio, which took over Wynn's Mirage Resorts in '00....

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(TO THE POINT)
April 29, 2005... BUILDING Suit drags down Beazer Homes The builder of entry-level homes earned $1.13 a share ex items in Q2, down 3% and 4 cents under views as it booked a $45 mil charge from a class-action settlement. Revenue rose 11% to $976.2 mil,...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(TO THE POINT)
April 29, 2005... TOBACCO Altria mulls breakup of company Chairman and CEO Louis Camilleri told shareholders the tobacco company may split into 2 or 3 independent entities. Altria controls Kraft foods in addition to producing Marlboro cigarettes. In...

THE ECONOMY.(TO THE POINT)
April 29, 2005... Jobless claims bounce back up New jobless claims rose 21,000 to 320,000 last week from the prior week's revised 299,000. The four-week average, which smooths weekly swings, fell 8,000 to 323,000. The unemployment rolls fell 76,000 to...

BUSINESS BRIEFS/IN BRIEF.(TO THE POINT)
April 29, 2005... MEDIA Comcast clicks on digital growth The No. 1 U.S. cable TV company earned 14 cents a share in Q1, up 367% and 3 cents over views. Revenue rose 9% to $5.36 bil as Comcast added 200,000 subscribers to its more expensive digital...

NATION.(TO THE POINT)
April 29, 2005... 100-hour cap on debates urged Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist offered to retain the right for Democrats to filibuster district court nominees, but would set a time limit that upon expiration would allow a full Senate vote on whether to...

WORLD.(TO THE POINT)
April 29, 2005... Putin defends Syrian arms deals Russian President Vladimir Putin faced down criticism during his trip to Israel, saying that Moscow's planned sale of anti-aircraft missiles to Syria and nuclear components to Iran pose no threat to...

TRENDS & INNOVATIONS.(TO THE POINT)
April 29, 2005... Age drives cancer rate increase The global rate of breast and lung cancer has doubled over the past 30 years, said Cancer Research UK, with much of the rise due to increased longevity. Behavior changes have raised risks in certain...

TRENDS & INNOVATIONS.(TO THE POINT)
April 29, 2005... ** Some 66 mil taxpayers filed their refunds electronically for the '04 tax year, the first time more than half of filers opted out of using the U.S. Postal Service, the IRS said. Filings via home PCs rose 17% from last year. In a...

Submarine Hero Dick O'Kane Kept The U.S. On Top; Aim To Win: The undersea ace of aces shot right into enemy territory in WWII and really could be called "The Bravest Man'.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)(BEST OF LEADERS & SUCCESS)
April 29, 2005... Byline: PAUL KATZEFF Dick O'Kane's superior officers in the Navy didn't expect much from him. At the outbreak of World War II, he was a young officer aboard the submarine USS Wahoo. The captain thought a more aggressive commander...

BE PERSISTENT AND WORK HARD What Comprises Vision?(LEADERS & SUCCESS)(IBD'S 10 SECRETS TO SUCCESS)
April 29, 2005... Byline: Cord Cooper 5 The arena is packed with 14,000 people. Motivational speaker and entrepreneur Jim Stovall strides across the multilevel stage to the podium. As the applause fades he begins his story. As he speaks, he paces back and...

Handel Caught The Public Ear; Mass Appeal: Composer wrote rarefied music for ticket buyers, not aristocrats.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
April 29, 2005... Byline: REINHARDT KRAUSE Composer George Frideric Handel presented a big target for English satirists. In a 1730 print, Joseph Goupy depicted the German-born Handel with the head of a pig, seated on a beer barrel in front of an...

MARVELL TECHNOLOGY GROUP Hamilton, Bermuda; Popularity Of iPods, Other Gadgets Is Sweet Music To Chipmaker.(THE NEW AMERICA)
April 29, 2005... Byline: PETER BENESH Every computer, server, PlayStation and iPod has a hard drive. Cell phones are next. Each of these hard drives contains microchips. Marvell Technology Group makes 60% of the chips that go in smaller devices...

Always An Up-And-Down Field, Disk Drives Going Perpendicular; Should Be Sales Driver; Technology advance will increase the data storage capability of many wares.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
April 29, 2005... Byline: BRIAN DEAGON Imagine being able to listen to your iPod for a year nonstop, some 150,000 songs. Your lifestyle and ears might not want to handle that, plus there's a major technical hurdle: storage space. Today's biggest iPod...

Accelerator Akamai Accelerating; Nearly A Bubble Victim; Analysts like outlook for company after revenue has risen last 9 quarters.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
April 29, 2005... Byline: KEN SPENCER BROWN Paul Sagan's first newspaper paycheck came at age 13, when he happened to be carrying a camera at the scene of a car wreck. He sold the photo to a local paper for $25. The new Akamai Technologies chief...

Microsoft Sales Fall Short Of Views, But Firm Raises Its Outlook; Sales, Profit Trending Lower; Quarter suffered from lack of any major new products, but the drought ends soon.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
April 29, 2005... Byline: PATRICK SEITZ Microsoft matched Wall Street's earnings expectations for its fiscal third quarter Thursday, but sales were weaker than most analysts had predicted. The Redmond, Wash.-based company said sales rose 5% to $9.62...

Apple Computer's Tiger Operating System Getting A Jump On Microsoft's Longhorn.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
April 29, 2005... Byline: MATTHEW FORDAHL,THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Review Tired of waiting while your computer slowly scours its hard drive for a document you stashed somewhere six months ago? Sick of having to change how you work to conform with the...

As Smart Tags Speed Ahead, Software Hasn't Caught Up; Data Can't Be Analyzed; Developers of business intelligence programs say they need standards.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
April 29, 2005... Byline: J. BONASIA Radio frequency identification tags -- so-called smart tags -- are expected to transform the business world. But there's a problem with smart tags, analysts say: They aren't being used in a smart way. RFID...

Stock Funds' Inflow Slowed In March; They Took In $14.9 Bil; Investors keep putting new money into stocks while bonds see outflow.(MUTUAL FUNDS)(INVESTMENT TRENDS)
April 29, 2005... Byline: MURRAY COLEMAN Investors slowed their purchases of stock funds in March amid a rocky stock market. Stock funds took in $14.99 billion in new money vs. $22.18 billion in February, according to the Investment Company Institute....

Culture Vultures.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)(Editorial)
April 29, 2005... EU: A group of artists and intellectuals will gather next week in an attempt to forge a common European "cultural identity." Sounds weird, until you hear their reason: They want to counter U.S. influence in the world. The powwow in Paris...

Uninsured And Unlawful.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)(Editorial)
April 29, 2005... Health Care: One thing the Clintons brought to Washington in 1993 was perpetual fretting over the uninsured. They're out of the White House, but the seed of fear they planted has become a Washington institution. We've always felt the...

Air Ball.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)(Editorial)
April 29, 2005... Media: If liberals' idea of funny is to simulate an assassination attempt on the president, it may explain why they can't get their message across: They have none. Perhaps it's just a coincidence. But just as the latest Arbitron ratings...

THE REAL MOST ACTIVE Dow, S&P Drop While S&P 600 Sets A '05 Low.(MAKING MONEY)
April 29, 2005... Byline: JUAN CARLOS ARANCIBIA NYSE stocks fell sharply Thursday on above-average trading. The Dow fell 1.3% while the S&P 500 lost 1.1%. The small-cap S&P 600 set a new low for the year with a 2.1% decline. Disappointing earnings...

Analyze, Profit From IBD's Market Charts.(GENERAL MARKET & SECTORS)
April 29, 2005... 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...

Luxury Home Builder Sees Strong '05 EPS.(B)(NYSE STOCKS IN THE NEWS)
April 29, 2005... Byline: Juan Carlos Arancibia Brookfield Homes is holding above its 50-day moving average as the stock works on an eight-week-old base. The company builds luxury homes, primarily in California and the Washington, D.C., area. The...

THE REAL MOST ACTIVE Stocks Sink As Guidance Falls Below Estimates.(B)
April 29, 2005... Byline: KATHARINE STALTER The Nasdaq dropped 1.4% Thursday, sinking to its lowest point since October. The composite closed at the bottom of its intraday range in heavier volume. Poor guidance sank a number of stocks. Kronos,...

The Best Stocks Tend To Feature Something Brand-New, Innovative.(B)(INVESTOR'S CORNER)
April 29, 2005... Byline: KATHARINE STALTER "It takes something new to produce a startling advance in the price of a stock." That's the first line in the chapter about the N in CAN SLIM in "How to Make Money in Stocks" by IBD founder William O'Neil....

Charles River Acquires London's Lee & Allen.(B)(NASDAQ STOCKS IN THE NEWS)
April 29, 2005... Byline: Katharine Stalter Charles River Associates bolted out of a 3 1/2-month cup-without-handle base in mid-March. This month it quietly pulled back, approaching its 50-day moving average but finding support above that line. It's 4%...

Durable Goods Dive As Economy Slows, But Still Is Growing; Orders Fell 2.8% In March; Retail sales, confidence also weak on gas prices, but the sky is not falling.(A)
April 28, 2005... Byline: CHRISTINA WISE Durable goods orders fell 2.8% last month, their biggest drop in two and a half years and the latest sign the economy may have run into a rough patch. The decline stemmed in part from a slowdown in aircraft...

Fill Private Accounts With Bonds, Some S. Security Reformers Say; Using Treasury IOUs would launch accounts, reveal trust fund 'hoax'.(A)
April 28, 2005... Byline: JED GRAHAM In looking for a path toward President Bush's goal of modernizing Social Security, some personal-account backers have hit on an idea from the distant past: war bonds. Patriotic Americans once helped fund World War...

IBD'S TOP 10.(A)
April 28, 2005... Oil Prices Plunge On Supply Data 1June crude futures sank $2.59 to $51.61 a barrel after the Energy Dept. said U.S. crude stockpiles rose far more than expected to a 35-month high. It was the biggest 1-day price drop of 2005. Gasoline...

AFTER THE CLOSE.(TO THE POINT)
April 28, 2005... PULTE HOMES earned $1.66 a share in Q1, 62.7% over the year ago and topping views, as sales rose 25.6% to $2.55 bil. The home builder raised its '05 outlook above views. Shares rose. MARTEK BIOSCIENCES plunged after warning it will miss...

BUSINESS BRIEFS/IN BRIEF.(TO THE POINT)
April 28, 2005... AEROSPACE/DEFENSE Rockwell raises '05 profit target The maker of avionics and cockpit radios earned 52 cents a share in Q2, up 33% and a penny over views. Rockwell Collins' sales rose 15% to $829 mil on orders from the military and a...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(TO THE POINT)
April 28, 2005... MEDICAL LCA-Vision beats, lifts guidance The laser vision correction service provider rose 16% to 39.42 after reporting it earned 44 cents a share, 13 cents over views, but 29% below a year ago that was boosted by a tax credit....

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(TO THE POINT)
April 28, 2005... TELECOM Siemens to spin off mobile unit The German industrial giant and one of the world's biggest corporate employers reported its profit fell 35% to $1.14 a share even as revenue rose 4.6% to $24 bil. Siemens said its mobile phone...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(TO THE POINT)
April 28, 2005... TECHNOLOGY Cognizant boosts '05 outlook The IT sourcing firm reported a 57% jump in Q1 profit to 22 cents a share, beating views by a penny. Cognizant's revenue rose 51.8% to $181.7 mil. The firm expects its Q2 EPS in line with...

THE ECONOMY.(TO THE POINT)
April 28, 2005... Midwest factory activity slows The Chicago Fed's manufacturing index declined 1.4% in March from Feb. to 118.8. The fall stemmed from a 4.1% drop in auto output. Steel and machinery production edged upward. Confidence dropped last...

TRENDS/INNOVATIONS.(TO THE POINT)
April 28, 2005... Desktop nuclear fusion touted UCLA researchers demonstrated a way to create nuclear energy in a lab rather than using a large nuclear plant. So-called "tabletop nuclear fusion" has been a goal of scientists for years, since it could lead...

NATION.(TO THE POINT)
April 28, 2005... House set to OK abortion bill The bill would make it illegal to dodge parental-notice laws by taking minors across state lines for abortions. The House has passed similar bills three times since 1998, but they have all died in the...

WORLD.(TO THE POINT)
April 28, 2005... Lebanon to hold elections in May The new government won a confidence vote in parliament and immediately called elections, the first without a Syrian military presence since 1972. The announcement, just one day after Syria pulled its last...

Make Your Goals Doable.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)(IBD'S 10 SECRETS TO SUCCESS)
April 28, 2005... Byline: Adelia Cellini Linecker 4 You've probably heard plenty of experts preach about the importance of goal setting in becoming successful. The idea seems simple enough, though few offer advice on the best way to set attainable goals....

Swimming In The Talent Pool; Laps Ahead: Coach Richard Quick teaches his athletes to own their goals.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
April 28, 2005... Byline: MICHAEL MINK The way swimming coach Richard Quick sees it, it's simple: Setting goals is one thing, but determining the right goals for yourself takes a little more careful thought. Quick, who will retire at the end of this...

Next TV Cancellation: 30-Second Commercials; Technology Prods Shift; Media consultant offers theories on evolution of ever-changing ad market.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)(Q & A)
April 28, 2005... Byline: DOUG TSURUOKA Joseph Jaffe thinks the 30-second TV commercial is dead. Consumers skip over TV ads on their TiVos or they use search engines like Google to buy products, says Jaffe, a media consultant. He thinks marketers...

Fish Cops? DNA Casts Wider Net; CSI For Food Testing; Fancy 'genetic makeup' tests used to solve crime tackling fishy food issues.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
April 28, 2005... Byline: SHEILA RILEY DNA testing is making a roundabout journey from paternity suits and crime investigations to grocery stores. As the government and consumers increasingly demand to know what's for dinner -- and where it comes from...

Verizon's Q1 Results Maintain Hot Streak For Bells' Broadband; Record DSL Subscriber Adds; Phone carriers just may yet gain ground vs. cable rivals in Internet access business.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
April 28, 2005... Byline: REINHARDT KRAUSE Verizon Communications Wednesday became the third regional Bell phone company to report record growth in Internet subscribers in the first quarter. Verizon added 385,000 customers for its digital subscriber...

Credit Suisse Fund Likes Value Names; Charged By Rayovac; Small-cap fund riding high on commodities and turnaround plays.(MUTUAL FUNDS)(MUTUAL FUND PROFILE)
April 28, 2005... Byline: PAUL KATZEFF Credit Suisse Small Cap Value has made beautiful music recently playing just two notes: commodities and resurrections. The bulk of its commodity plays have involved energy. For instance, oil and gas explorer...

URBAN OUTFITTERS Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New Concepts, Strategies Help Retailer Top Its Own Expectations.(THE NEW AMERICA)
April 28, 2005... Byline: MARILYN MUCH It's a good sign when a company meets its growth target on time. It's even more impressive when it happens ahead of schedule. That's how things are shaping up for retailer Urban Outfitters. Two years ago...

Sensible Approach.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)(Editorial)
April 28, 2005... Energy: A week ago, the White House seemed to be napping through the recent spike of gasoline prices. On Wednesday, President Bush showed he is fully awake. Speaking in front of small-business leaders, Bush offered some common-sense...

Fractured Fairy Tale.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)(Editorial)
April 28, 2005... Media: Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena says U.S. troops tried to murder her after she was freed from captivity in Iraq. The U.S. media largely parrot her claims -- without raising obvious questions about her credibility. In case you...

THE REAL MOST ACTIVE Dow, S&P 500 Make Advances; Small Caps Lag.(MAKING MONEY)
April 28, 2005... Byline: JUAN CARLOS ARANCIBIA NYSE stocks erased early losses Wednesday to close with moderate gains on higher volume than Tuesday. The Dow gained 0.5%; the S&P 500 advanced 0.4%. Small caps again lagged as the S&P 600 closed flat. ...

Analyze, Profit From IBD's Market Charts.(GENERAL MARKET & SECTORS)
April 28, 2005... 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...

Coventry Finds Footing At 50-Day Trend Line.(B)(NYSE STOCKS IN THE NEWS)
April 28, 2005... Byline: Juan Carlos Arancibia After running up 21% from its mid-December breakout, Coventry Health Care has found firm support at its 50-day moving average. An acquisition that closed in January transformed Coventry from a regional...

THE REAL MOST ACTIVE Nasdaq Composite Ticks Up 0.2% As Trade Rises.(B)
April 28, 2005... Byline: KATHARINE STALTER The Nasdaq ended Wednesday's session 0.2% higher as trading levels picked up. Among upside movers, Healthcare Services Group gapped up and closed 1.33 higher at 25.35. Volume swelled fivefold. Standard...

The Biggest Growth Stocks Show Solid Annual Profit, Sales Growth.(B)(INVESTOR'S CORNER)
April 28, 2005... Byline: NANCY GONDO Most leading stocks display strong current quarterly earnings and sales growth, the C in CAN SLIM. But one good quarter isn't enough to make a trend. That's where the A, which stands for annual earnings and sales...

Invitrogen's EPS Seen Increasing 21% In Q1.(B)(NASDAQ STOCKS IN THE NEWS)
April 28, 2005... Byline: Katharine Stalter Invitrogen has rallied 36% since September. The stock took a nasty tumble in July, but climbed back and is nearing its 52-week high of 77, reached almost a year ago. It dipped under its 10-week moving average...

Stock Checkup Ratings Reveal Market Leaders.(THE SMART INVESTOR)(INVESTORS.COM CORNER)
April 28, 2005... Byline: KEN SHREVE A big part of successful investing is homing in on the best stocks the market has to offer. Ratings found in the Diagnosis area of the subscriber-only IBD Stock Checkup help identify the market's quality merchandise --...

Senate Panel Mulls Soc. Security Plans; 4 Reforms Debated; Sen. Grassley Rails At Dems; He says offer your ideas, but minority content now to rip various proposals.(A)
April 27, 2005... Byline: JED GRAHAM The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday began crafting a bill to reform Social Security, and it didn't take long to see how contentious the job will be. Facing lock step Democratic opposition to plans that would...

Red-Hot Housing Market Spurs Buying Homes For Investment; Real estate looks good after big bear market, but some fear bubbles.(A)
April 27, 2005... Byline: LAURA MANDARO Sherman L. Ragland II has ridden many of the big business waves of the past 15 years, from arranging sales of failed thrifts to starting a dot-com. The 42-year-old father of three is now hoping the most recent...

IBD'S TOP 10.(A)
April 27, 2005... Stocks Drop On Economic News 1 A poor consumer confidence report and negative action among leading energy, medical and other groups fueled a sell-off. The Nasdaq fell 1.2%, the S&P 500 and Dow 0.9% each and the small-cap S&P 600 1.4% as...

AFTER THE CLOSE.(TO THE POINT)
April 27, 2005... CARTER HOLDINGS earned 46 cents a share, beating views and topping a year ago by 27.7%. The clothing maker steered its Q2 and '05 EPS outlooks in line. GILEAD SCIENCES will scrap an anti-HIV pill it's developing with Bristol-Myers Squibb...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(TO THE POINT)
April 27, 2005... ENERGY Schlumberger profit climbs 51% The oil field services firm earned 65 cents a share ex items, 3 cents over views and 21 cents over the year-ago profit. Schlumberger's revenue rose 18.4% to $3.16 bil, with oil field services...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(TO THE POINT)
April 27, 2005... MEDICAL Medco profit up, but sales miss The prescription drug program manager earned 57 cents a share ex items, 18.7% over a year ago and a penny over views. Although revenue fell 1.9% to $8.74 bil, owing to increased generic...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(TO THE POINT)
April 27, 2005... METALS U.S. Steel Q1 sales offset costs The U.S.' No. 2 steel producer earned $3.03 ex items, 66 cents over views and more than 9 times the year-ago profit of 39 cents. Sales rose 29% to $3.76 bil, boosted by a 37% rise in...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(TO THE POINT)
April 27, 2005... AEROSPACE/DEFENSE Boeing wins 50 jet Air India deal The Air India order includes 27 of Boeing's new 787 Dreamliners and comes a day after Boeing beat French rival Airbus to supply Air Canada with up to 96 jets. The Air India order...

THE ECONOMY.(TO THE POINT)
April 27, 2005... Richmond factory activity rises The Richmond Fed's regional business activity index edged up to 2 in April from 0 in March. Positive readings signal growth. Its shipments component rose to 6 from 3 in March, while its employment measure...

IN BRIEF.(TO THE POINT)
April 27, 2005... Pentair jumped 3% to 40.43 after its Q1 profit rose 50% to 42 cents a share, 4 cents over views. The industrial manufacturer's revenue rose 45% to $709.6 mil. The firm backed its Q2 outlook of 61-65 cents, in line with views. Martha...

NATION.(TO THE POINT)
April 27, 2005... Bush shows support for DeLay President Bush gave embattled House Majority Leader Tom DeLay a high-profile, in-person show of support at a rally for Social Security reform in Galveston, Texas. Bush warmly thanked DeLay and later offered...

WORLD.(TO THE POINT)
April 27, 2005... Taiwan Nationalist visits China Lien Chan, the leader of Taiwan's opposition Nationalist Party, arrived in China for the first meeting between the party of Chiang Kai-shek and the communists since the civil war nearly six decades ago....

TRENDS & INNOVATIONS.(TO THE POINT)
April 27, 2005... More stores lock up cold drugs Following Target's lead, Wal-Mart Stores, Longs Drugs and Albertson's said they will move many nonprescription cold and allergy medications behind pharmacy counters in an effort to make it harder to secure...

TRENDS & INNOVATIONS.(TO THE POINT)
April 27, 2005... ** The West Nile virus has been cured in mice, say Washington Univ. School of Medicine researchers. A single dose of an antibody given to mice up to five days after infection cured the infection and protected them against death from the...

Samuel Adams Lived For Liberty Against The British; Father Of The Revolution: His 'No taxation without representation' and Boston Tea Party helped lead to independence.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)(BEST OF LEADERS & SUCCESS)
April 27, 2005... Byline: PAUL KATZEFF Until the ripe old age of 42, Samuel Adams was considered a harmless bungler. He ran the family business into the ground. When he won a job as tax collector, he actually lost some of the money he collected. ...

TAKE ACTION Branding A Luxury Niche.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)(IBD'S 10 SECRETS TO SUCCESS)
April 27, 2005... Byline: Cord Cooper 3 When Mike Golden joined Home Decor Products as a consultant in 2002, the online retailer sold just 12 products. Golden launched a turnaround plan, and within nine months was appointed president and CEO. The firm...

Bakelite's Unvarnished Origin; Malleable Mind: Leo Baekeland's plastic was one of science's brilliant mistakes.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
April 27, 2005... Byline: CURT SCHLEIER Leo Hendrik Baekeland was nothing if not practical. Baekeland was the mirror image of the stereotypical absent-minded scientist, his head so wrapped up in possible inventions that he'd forget all else. As Harold...

Amazon Continues Campaign Of Costly Growth; Sales Rise 24%; Earnings Fall; International sales giving Amazon a lift, but analysts wonder about bottom line.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
April 27, 2005... Byline: PETE BARLAS Amazon.com continues to grow, but at what cost is the concern of analysts and investors. The Web's No. 1 retailer late Tuesday said sales rose 24% from the year-ago quarter to $1.9 billion, in line with analyst...

Can Time Warner Cable Avoid Stock Price Blues?; Cable Shares Lagging; Creating new cable stock will give media giant a chance to value big unit.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
April 27, 2005... Byline: REINHARDT KRAUSE Investors lately have shied away from cable TV stocks. But in less than a year, they should get a new public company to eyeball -- Time Warner Cable. Media giant Time Warner says its cable TV unit should...

GENERAL MARITIME CORP. New York, New York; Tanker Firm Looks For Payoff From Payout.(THE NEW AMERICA)
April 27, 2005... Byline: ALAN R. ELLIOTT Corporations can be quick to tell shareholders how well everything's going, not so quick to spread the wealth when things are going well. One apparent exception is General Maritime Corp.. The company,...

Thornburg Generates Profits Of Sorts; Puts Stocks In 3 Baskets; Core Growth filled with leaders as well as steady and emerging growers.(MUTUAL FUNDS)(MUTUAL FUND PROFILE)
April 27, 2005... Byline: KEN HOOVER Alex Motola, manager of Thornburg Core Growth Fund, tries to beat his peers and control risk by dividing his portfolio into three baskets. He calls one growth industry leaders. In it, he puts companies that have...

Off On Wrong Foot.(SERIES: SAVING SOCIAL SECURITY)(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)(Editorial)
April 27, 2005... Social Security: Serious deal making is just getting under way in the Senate, but already some Republicans want to give away the store -- that is, abandon personal accounts. If they do, they'll be making a big mistake. It came as a...

A Measure Of Progress.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)(Editorial)
April 27, 2005... Retreat In The Mideast: After nearly three decades of occupation, Syrian troops have quit Lebanon. In the world's most volatile region, yet another golden milestone has been reached. No matter how maligned in the media and repudiated by...