Investor's Business Daily articles from August 2000, page 7

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The Real Most Active - NASDAQ.(B)(The Real Most Active - NASDAQ)
August 15, 2000... The Real Most Active As hope took hold Monday that Fed interest rate hikes are now a thing of the past, Nasdaq investors sent the tech benchmark north. The composite index rose 60.22 points, or 1.6%, to close at 3849.69. Winners...

Stocks In The News - NASDAQ.(B)
August 15, 2000... During a sharp sell off in April, Macrovision lost 47% of its value in just a week. Since then it, it has worked its way back to within 10% of its March 31 high. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company is the leading protector of copyrights...

Oil Advances Amid Supply Jitters; Coffee Crashes, Beef's On A Roll.(B)(FUTURES)
August 15, 2000... By The Associated Press Crude oil futures were higher Monday on the New York Mercantile Exchange as traders remained skeptical that a supply shortage will be remedied any time soon. In other markets Monday, coffee and orange juice...

IBD's Top 10.(A)(IBD's Top 10 1-5)
August 15, 2000... Lieberman's All The Buzz At Democratic Convention 1Delegates waited for President Clinton's farewell speech to the Democratic convention in Los Angeles. But he was the last thing many of them wanted to discuss. They stressed how vice...

Treasuries Inch To The Upside While Measuring Next Reports.(B)(Credit Markets)
August 15, 2000... By Reuters U.S. Treasury prices rose slightly on Monday, shaking off early losses as a round of profit-taking after government debt sales last week ebbed, but trade was limp ahead of inflation data due later this week. Treasuries...

IBD's Top 10.(A)(IBD's Top 10 6-10)
August 15, 2000... Russian Sub, Crew Of 100 Are Trapped On Sea Floor 6Russian naval teams tried to rescue a crippled nuclear sub with more than 100 sailors on board that's lying at the bottom of the sea in the Arctic Circle. But the chances seemed...

Business News.(A)(Business News)
August 15, 2000... Telecom WorldCom asks for FCC permission to enter 60 new wireless markets WorldCom filed with the Federal Communications Commission to launch new broadband services in cities including Boston, Pittsburgh and San Antonio. FCC...

Business News.(A)(Business News)
August 15, 2000... Internet Cybersquatters to give up 40 sites after Yahoo cries foul to the WIPO The World Intellectual Property Organization, a U.N. panel that decides disputes over Web addresses, ruled that Yahoo could protect names of sites...

Business News.(A)(Business News)
August 14, 2000... Finance Brokerages up on rumors, outlook Lehman Bros. and other U.S. brokerage stocks rallied to highs on Friday on takeover speculation. "Obviously, there's consolidation frenzy and these companies are having a very good year...

Page_2.(A)
August 14, 2000... Trends More Americans picking up food in places besides grocery stores They're hitting up drug stores and mass merchants to save time, a Nielsen report found. Sales of dairy products at drug stores rose 39% to $287.5 millionin...

Page_2.(A)
August 14, 2000... Washington Black L.A. school teacher tapped by Buchanan as his running mate Ezola Foster is a conservative activist. "I think this lady will be a tremendous benefit to our cause, to our campaign and our movement," Reform Party...

10SECRETS.(A)
August 14, 2000... Curses! You're under a big deadline, and your computer crashes. On your way to ask for technical support, you bang your shin on a box that was left in the corridor. As you limp around a corner, you run into a colleague and start venting about...

Writer Flannery O'Connor Her Persistence Helped Her Become One Of The Country's Greatest Authors.(A)(Leaders & Success)
August 14, 2000... Byline: George Neumayr Investor's Business Daily There won't be any biographies of me," wrote author Flannery O'Connor. Her life, spent between "the house and the chicken yard," would not make exciting copy, she said. She was...

Pitcher Cy Young Constant Study Helped Make Him Baseball's Biggest Winner.(A)(Leaders & Success)
August 14, 2000... Byline: Michael Mink Investor's Business Daily Denton True "Cy" Young's formal schooling ended after the sixth grade, but his baseball education lasted his entire career. In 1904, Young was 37 and in his 14th major-league...

Wisdom To Live By.(A)(Leaders & Success)
August 14, 2000... {TEXT} Wisdom To Live By . {TEXT} ON FACTS Any general statement is like a check drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it. Ezra Pound, poet ON HONESTY What do the facts we know about a...

FAA Probe Finds Problems At Boeing.(A)(BOEING)
August 14, 2000... SEATTLE (AP) - A government audit found more than 100 problems in Boeing Co. airplane production and design operations, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported Friday. The Federal Aviation Administration study also concluded that the...

France Keeps Its Ban On Concorde Flights As Probe Continues.(A)(CONCORDE)
August 14, 2000... PARIS (AP) - The French Transportation Ministry said Friday it had decided to keep a ban on Air France Concorde flights, which have been grounded since one of the supersonic jets crashed outside Paris last month. After aviation experts...

EgyptAir Crash Wasn't A 'Safety Issue'.(A)(EGYPTAIR)
August 14, 2000... WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Friday its investigators had concluded that last year's crash of an EgyptAir plane presented "no unresolved safety issues," despite Egyptian assertions thatthe...

Flat Prices Should Appease The Fed Even As Retail Sales Remain Strong.(A)(Company In The News)
August 14, 2000... Byline: M. Susan Basas Investor's Business Daily The economy is enjoying the best of both worlds: Inflation at the wholesale level was a no-show in July, and retail sales were stronger than expected. The producer price index was...

UAL, Union Heads, Transport Secretary Meet In New York.(A)(UAL)
August 14, 2000... NEW YORK (Reuters) - The secretary of transportation met with top leaders of United Airlines and its pilots union Friday morning in an effort to resolve a labor dispute with the pilots. Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater met with Jim...

Computers Made Plain Products Let Users Build A Bridge Between Desktop PC And Laptop.(A)(Computers Made Plain)
August 14, 2000... Byline: Julie Mitchell Investor's Business Daily It's difficult to imagine life without personal computers. At first they invaded our offices, then our children's schools and finally our homes. It seems that almost everyone now...

Venture Capital Kept Flowing As Stocks Fell Newest survey says venture funds poured $19 billion into companies, mostly Net firms, even as tech stocks tumbled.(A)(Internet & Technology)
August 14, 2000... Byline: Jed Graham Investor's Business Daily If you think technology investing has gone out of style, think again. The Nasdaq tech wreck in April and May didn't stop venture capital firms from plowing a record, or near record,...

One Web Auto Sales Site Winning Profitability Race.(A)(Internet & Technology)
August 14, 2000... Byline: Pete Barlas Investor's Business Daily Jon Christensen says he knows one way to make money on the Internet - avoid giving away something for nothing. In June, Christensen's Dealix Inc. became the first Web-based consumer...

Keeping Up With Demand Is Test For Chip Gear Company.(A)(Internet & Technology)
August 14, 2000... Byline: James DeTar Investor's Business Daily If semiconductor companies can't test their chips, they stand to lose, big-time. It can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars if a batch of faulty chips gets onthe market, company...

FINANCE Investors Still Wary As IPOs Pick Up Again.(A)(Internet & Technology)
August 14, 2000... Byline: Jed Graham Investor's Business Daily When investment bankers see a window of opportunity, they go for it. In the past two weeks, they've been going for it like rarely before. Though August is just two weeks old, it's...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS Verizon Labor Agreement Expected Soon.(A)(Internet & Technology)
August 14, 2000... NEW YORK (Reuters) - After resolving the major disputes in their contract negotiations, local telephone Verizon Communications and its unions tried to finalize the details of a labor agreement on Friday, the sixth day of a strike by 87,000...

Economic Briefs - And Abroad.(A)
August 14, 2000... S. Korea Gov't Encourages Purchases Of Foreign Cars It took a symbolic step to open the country's auto market by buying a foreign car for official use. The Commerce Ministry bought a $47,500 Ford Lincoln LS sedan - although at a...

Economic Briefs - At Home.(A)
August 14, 2000... USDA Predicts Record Crops Of Corn, Soybeans In 2000 Citing timely rains and great growing conditions this summer across the Midwest, the Agriculture Department said the corn crop will come in at a record10.4 billion bushels, up 10%...

SCHEDULE.(A)
August 14, 2000... MONDAY Business Inventories: June report, 8:30 a.m. EDT. Canada: June new motor vehicle sales. U.K.: July producer prices. Germany: July wholesale prices, June retail sales, construction orders and capital account balance....

Prior Uptrend Splits Leaders From Laggards.(A)(Investor's Corner)
August 14, 2000... By Christina Wise Investor's Business Daily The Olympics draw the best athletes the world has to offer. In order to compete, contestants must prove they can outperform most of their peers. You should hold your investments to the...

Will Independent Power Producers Save Our Electricity-Starved Nation? Partial deregulation has led to soaring prices and tight supplies out West, but relief may be coming.(A)(SNAPSHOT)
August 14, 2000... Byline: Amy Reeves Investor's Business Daily Utility reform wasn't supposed to go this way. It was supposed to mean more choices and lower bills. But in San Diego, electric bills tripled. And across California, the state officials...

ACTRADE INTERNATIONAL INC. / New York, New York Firm Finds Niche As Middleman In Debt Deals.(A)(The New America)
August 14, 2000... Byline: Gerard A. Achstatter Investor's Business Daily Amos Aharoni thinks manufacturers and distributors have too much of their working capital tied up in lines of credit. Too many of these suppliers' customers are trying to...

INTEGRATED SILICON SOLUTIONS / Santa Clara, Calif. Company Repositions, Finds Growth In Chips.(A)(The New America)
August 14, 2000... Byline: Chris Woodard Investor's Business Daily In the mid-1990s, the personal computer market accounted for 66% of sales by memory chipmaker Integrated Silicon Solution Inc. But as Chief Executive Jimmy Lee looked out over the...

CABLE DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES INC. / Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Cable Maker Speeds Ahead Into Fiber Optics.(A)(The New America)
August 14, 2000... Byline: Catherine Lacoursiere Investor's Business Daily Cable Design Technologies Corp. has velocity on its side. That's not momentum, though. The company makes high-speed network, wireless andfiber-optic cables and connectors....

Chilean Coca-Cola Unit Sees 5% Gains This Year.(A)(COKE)
August 14, 2000... SANTIAGO (Reuters) - The Chilean unit of Coca-Cola Co., the world's largest soft drinks company, said on Friday it expects to increase domestic sales volumes by 5% this year compared with 1999. Coke products are made and distributed in...

End Of An Era In Japan As BoJ Ups Rates For 1st Time In Decade.(A)(JAPAN)
August 14, 2000... TOKYO (AP) - Japan's central bank boosted its profile Friday by raising interest rates in the face of government pressure. But the move left many wondering whether its assertiveness will spur the nation's budding economic recovery - or sink...

Sickly Tobacco Stocks Healing As Some See Smoke Clearing.(A)(TOBACCO)
August 14, 2000... NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of U.S. tobacco companies bolted higher Friday morning after a prominent Wall Street analyst said Philip Morris and Loews shares were severely undervalued. The move marked a continuing recovery for tobacco...

The Real Most Active - NYSE.(A)(The Real Most Active - NYSE)
August 14, 2000... The Real Most Active A tame report on July producer prices helped lift the Dow industrial average toits highest close since April 25. The Dow gained 119.04 points, or 1.1%, to 11,027.80. Volume slumped 11% to 835 million shares, but...

Stocks In The News - NYSE.(A)
August 14, 2000... Walgreen broke out of an 18-month base Friday, marking a new high on double normal volume. The Relative Price Strength line also hiked into new high territory, a bullish sign that it's leading the market. The Deerfield, Ill.-based firm...

The Big Picture.(A)(The Big Picture)
August 14, 2000... THE BIG PICTURE Stocks finished the week with a broad if modest rally that lifted the Dow industrials above 11,000 for the first time since April. The blue chip average is still 6.2% off its January peak. But it's providing the...

Key To Eating Right Is Moderate Portions.(A)(News For You)
August 14, 2000... Byline: Lia Haberman Investor's Business Daily Pity the person who throws a dinner party these days. Chances are, one guest will by-pass any bread and pasta, another will ask for sauce on the side and most will turn down dessert. ...

C.(A)
August 14, 2000... The very fact that Chen is stopping over in Los Angeles has Beijing in high dudgeon. The communist leaders there think that any move that boosts the profile of Chen and Taiwan should be quashed if possible, and loudly denounced at the least....

Effortless Esteem: Education Now Places Feelings Above Achievement.(A)(View Point)
August 14, 2000... By Ray Parnay Reform in education is today's hot-button issue, sparking debates from the presidential conventions to the editorial pages of every newspaper. With a new school year in the offing, let's hope for more than just lip...

Faith-Based Groups Win Aid, Praise In Battle Against Serious Social Ills.(A)(National Issue)
August 14, 2000... Byline: Kevin Butler Investor's Business Daily Freddie Garcia felt helpless. A young gang member, Garcia was hooked on heroin.Two state-run treatments failed. In despair, he tried suicide. Then he found a remedy hospitals...

PLAYMATE OF THE MONTH.(A)(Editorial)
August 14, 2000... Pity Shari Belafonte. The actress had been all over TV chatting up her Playboy pictorial, and her moment in the sun got clouded over by the Playmate of the Month. We're talking, of course, about Rep. Loretta Sanchez, the California Democrat...

IT'S ALL ABOUT $12.6 MILLION.(A)(Editorial)
August 14, 2000... The Reform Party's absurd convention last week makes one almost nostalgic for Adm. James Stockdale, the Ross Perot running mate in 1992 who famously said, "Who am I? Why am I here?" The Reform Party, to borrow a Stockdale phrase, is "out...

Cash Chases Hot Returns Of Sector Funds Shareholders Ignore Warnings That Gains Can Turn Cold, So Far.(B)(Making Money In Mutuals)
August 14, 2000... Byline: Peter McKenna Investor's Business Daily Hurry, hurry, hurry. Step right up and play the hottest game in town. That's not exactly the come-on used to lure investors into the growing number of sector funds hitting the...

Pimco Target A Top Mid-Cap Growth Fund Technology And Health Care Stocks Help Boost Its Performance.(B)(Making Money In Mutuals)
August 14, 2000... Byline: Nancy Gondo Investor's Business Daily Big stakes in technology and health care have helped put $2.4 billion Pimco Target among the leading mid-cap growth funds. Those sector weightings result from fund manager Jeff Parker's...

The Real Most Active - NASDAQ.(B)(The Real Most Active - NASDAQ)
August 14, 2000... The Real Most Active In a welcome change, techs opened weak but finished strong Friday. The Nasdaq fell as much as 1.9% in the first hour of trading. But it rebounded,closing up 29.48 points, or 0.8%, to 3789.47, virtually at the...

Stocks In The News - NASDAQ.(B)
August 14, 2000... SkyWest broke out on July 12 and quickly moved into new high ground. For the past four weeks, the stock has been consolidating just above its old high. The St. George, Utah-based airline is the nation's fourth-largest regional carrier....

Soybeans Rise, Corn Settles Down As USDA Predicts Record Crops.(B)(FUTURES)
August 14, 2000... By The Associated Press Soybean prices leapt higher Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade despite government confirmation that the current crop is on a record pace as harvest time draws near. Corn prices, however, declined despite...

IBD's Top 10.(A)(IBD's Top 10 1-5)
August 14, 2000... Wholesale Prices Are Flat As Energy Prices Recede 1Producer prices were unchanged in July - the latest hopeful sign that the Federal Reserve won't need to hike rates later this month. The Labor Departmentsaid wholesale prices were...

Bonds Fold Amid Stacked Paper; Reports Fail To Make Statement.(B)(Credit Markets)
August 14, 2000... By Reuters U.S. Treasuries dropped on Friday as a deluge of new Treasury, corporate and agency paper during the week finally took its toll and weighed down prices. Traders said the day's two economic reports - showing tame wholesale...

IBD's Top 10.(A)(IBD's Top 10 6-10)
August 14, 2000... Is Tobacco's Trouble Over? One Analyst Believes So 6Goldman Sachs analyst Marc Cohen wrote that he believes July's $145 billion punitive damage verdict in the Engle class action suit will be the "high-water mark in litigation against...

Business News.(A)(Business News)
August 14, 2000... Internet Yet another Internet poll confirms increased use of Web by women More men than women shop online, two-thirds of women believe cybersex is cheating and many older surfers are using e-mail to cut phone bills. Those are...

Business News.(A)(Business News)
August 14, 2000... Media Viacom discontinues takeover talks as Chris-Craft seeks a new partner Chris-Craft Industries operates 10 TV stations. It said Friday it's in merger talks with another media concern now that former suitor Viacom abruptly...

Business News.(A)(Business News)
August 14, 2000... Medical Court says pharmacy not obligated to warn about harmful side effects A Texas court of appeals overturned a $1 million jury verdict against a Wal-Mart pharmacy. The pharmacy was sued by a family that said their son died...

Leading Funds Making Internet Theme Plays Oracle, I2 Technologies And EMC Top The List Of Favorites.(A)(Mutual Weekly Special)
August 11, 2000... Byline: Leo Fasciocco Investor's Business Daily The nation's top mutual funds were heavy buyers of leading computer and telecommunications stocks in their latest reporting periods. The theme underlying those buys: the Internet's...

SEC Calls For Disclosure Of Hidden Trading Costs.(B)(Mutual Weekly Special)
August 11, 2000... Byline: Ken Hoover Investor's Business Daily Do you think you get a great deal from your online broker? Are you happy he offers the lowest commissions in the known universe? You may not be getting as good a deal as you think,...

Putnam A Big Buyer Of JDS Uniphase.(B)(Mutual Weekly Special)
August 11, 2000... Byline: Leo Fasciocco Investor's Business Daily Putnam Fund Group, one of the largest in the U.S., has done some big reshuffling of positions in its telecommunication equipment stocks. It bought significantly more stock in JDS...

More Tax Shelter Coming To 401(k) Plans? Higher Contribution Caps, Faster Vesting Timetable In The Works.(B)(Making Money In Mutuals)
August 11, 2000... Byline: Grace W. Weinstein Investor's Business Daily One of the best tax havens for Americans may get even better. The U.S. House voted 401-25 last month to boost limits on contributions to Individual Retirement Accounts and 401(k)...

The New America Index.(B)(The New America)
August 11, 2000... 1-800 Contacts Inc.7/10/00 99 Cents Only Stores6/9/00 AAON Inc.7/14/00 Accredo Health Inc.7/18/00 Aclara Biosciences8/3/00 ACLN Ltd7/11/00 Actel Corp.8/1/00 Actrade Intl Ltd.8/8/00 Acxiom Corp.7/10/00 ...

The Real Most Active - NASDAQ.(B)(The Real Most Active - NASDAQ)
August 11, 2000... The Real Most Active Investors turned skittish Thursday as techs slid in light trading. For a second straight day, the Nasdaq put its best foot forward early, only to close near the session low. On Thursday, even the composite's best...

Stocks In The News - NASDAQ.(B)
August 11, 2000... Cabot Microelectronics came public on April 4 and held up very well during the Nasdaq bear market. The stock broke out in heavy volume on June 7, running up 55%. As techs retreated in late July and early August, Cabot pulled back in...

Supply Woes Boost Crude Again; Cocoa, Soybeans Also Advance.(B)(FUTURES)
August 11, 2000... By The Associated Press Crude oil rose more than 3% Thursday on the New York Mercantile Exchange as Middle East tension, a possible refinery snag and reports of decreased exports from Saudi Arabia helped lift prices. They were already...

Business News.(A)(Business News)
August 10, 2000... In Brief SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt ordered the agency to work with U.S. stock markets to study unpaid awards in arbitration cases between brokers and investors. MetLife, the No. 1 U.S. life insurer, said its second-quarter...

Page_2.(A)
August 10, 2000... Trends Americans over the age of 65 are now living longer and better But many face disability, chronic health problems or economic stress, the Census Bureau said. The number of those 65 and older is expected to double by 2030....

Page_2.(A)
August 10, 2000... Washington Two-thirds of uninsured children can get, but don't seek, gov't care Parents think they don't qualify, but a family of four making $30,000 can sign up. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation says 7 million of 11 million...

10SECRETS.(A)
August 10, 2000... When Michael Gross approached the podium recently to address a hostile travel industry audience, he wasn't worried. Gross knew that Pamela Johnston, his public relations representative, had presented a fluffy cream pie to each arrival. ...

Artist Marcel Duchamp His Refusal To Compromise Helped Him Convey His Message To The World.(A)(Leaders & Success)
August 10, 2000... Byline: Kathryn Linderman Investor's Business Daily Marcel Duchamp didn't like limits - least of all on his work. So he tried his hand at both painting and sculpture. Duchamp, a native of France who has been called "the artist of...

Folklorist Jan Brunvand He Reaches Out To Readers To Nail Urban Legends.(A)(Leaders & Success)
August 10, 2000... Byline: Amy Reynolds Alexander Investor's Business Daily Jan Harold Brunvand thinks he'd like to stop working - someday. What keeps him from retiring altogether? Alligators in the sewer. Spiders in beehive hairdos. And his...

Wisdom To Live By.(A)(Leaders & Success)
August 10, 2000... {TEXT} Wisdom To Live By . {TEXT} ON LIVING ON THE EDGE The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! Feels at each thread, and lives along the line. Alexander Pope, poet ON CREATIVITY To do great...

Computers Made Plain Market's Developing For Products That Turn Hand-Helds Into Cameras.(A)(Computers Made Plain)
August 10, 2000... Byline: Nancy Gondo Investor's Business Daily Not many people bring a camera to the office, but many do tote along a Palm computer. And the Palm is all you need to capture photos on the fly. Clip-on products can turn hand-held...

Wireless Merger Gets Early Praise On Wall Street Phone.com, Software.com both looking to be leaders in fast-emerging push to bring services to mobile devices.(A)(Internet & Technology)
August 10, 2000... Byline: Mike Angell Investor's Business Daily Phone.com and Software.com, two firms looking to be top sellers of software forthe next wave of wireless services, decided to call on each other to reach their goal. Phone.com said...

Start-Up Discovers Room For Pay-Per-Use Storage.(A)(Internet & Technology)
August 10, 2000... Byline: Patrick Seitz Investor's Business Daily A start-up is changing the way companies buy data storage capacity as it buildsa big lead over rivals in the new field, analysts say. StorageNetworks Inc. sells data storage as a...

GM Tries To Hold On To Its Crown By Going Global, Beefing Up Lines.(A)(Company In The News)
August 10, 2000... Byline: Paul A. Eisenstein Investor's Business Daily Put Subaru, Fiat and Saab on the list. Don't forget Isuzu and Suzuki. And there's the failed attempt at Daewoo. All these overseas automakers are on a long list of companies...

Auditor-Tech Consultants Say Their Two Functions Add Up.(A)(Internet & Technology)
August 10, 2000... Byline: Matthew Benjamin Investor's Business Daily At one time the Big Five accounting firms were auditors that checked company books. Now they're diverse service organizations. And that change, according to Securities and...

Tiny New DNA Motors May Create Better Chips.(A)(D)
August 10, 2000... LONDON (Reuters) - An international team of scientists said Wednesday it had made the world's first DNA motors, paving the way for molecular electronic circuits thousands of times faster and smaller than silicon chips. "You would have...

Investors Cheer McData IPO And Network Storage Field.(A)(E)
August 10, 2000... NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors propelled stock in McData Corp. more than 205% higher in its Wall Street debut on Wednesday, betting that the company behind the switches and software for storage networks would ride that sector's phenomenal...

Visor To Use Qualcomm Tech.(A)(F)
August 10, 2000... SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc. and Handspring Inc., the maker of the Visorhand-held computer, said Qualcomm granted Handspring a license for its digitalwireless standard, extending the technology beyond telephones. Handspring, whose...

INTERNET In-Flight E-Mail Nearly Ready For Takeoff.(A)(Internet & Technology)
August 10, 2000... Byline: Paul Korzeniowski Investor's Business Daily For many business travelers, an airline flight is too long to be without e-mail. Airlines say they'll soon be able to provide some relief. Major carriers are getting ready to...

Economic Briefs - And Abroad.(A)
August 10, 2000... South Korea To Accelerate Corporate, Financial Reforms A newly installed government economic team set a one-year time frame to finish reforms, vowing to quickly resolve the financial problems of troubled conglomerate Hyundai. South...

Economic Briefs - At Home.(A)
August 10, 2000... Oil Surges As Supplies Fall, OPEC Head Calls For Unity Crude oil for September delivery leapt $1.23 to $30.35 a barrel. The American Petroleum Institute said supplies fell 2.1 million barrels to 282.6 million last week, the lowest...

Economy Shows Signs Of Cooling In Fed's Regional Business Survey Beige book also showed price pressures easing, which should keep Fed from hiking you know what.(A)(Business & The Economy)
August 10, 2000... Byline: Charles Oliver Investor's Business Daily The economy is cooling, but far from cold, according to the so-called beige book, the Federal Reserve's regional survey of business activity. The white-hot economy began to slow...