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SCHEDULE.(A)
August 8, 2000... Calendar Of Economic Indicators TUESDAY Nonfarm Productivity: Second-quarter report, 8:30 a.m. EDT. Unit-Labor Costs: Second-quarter report, 8:30 a.m. EDT. BTM Chain-Store Sales: Week ended Saturday, 9 a.m. EDT. Richmond...

Latest Power Play: Ohio's FirstEnergy Looking At GPU.(A)(GPU)
August 8, 2000... NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of FirstEnergy Corp. fell Monday on concern the electric utility may make a $4.5 billion takeover bid for GPU Inc., a move thatwould keep FirstEnergy tied up in a protracted regulatory review process. ...

Proper Trend Lines Can Help Time Your Sells.(A)(Investor's Corner)
August 8, 2000... By Ed Carson Investor's Business Daily Don't fight the market. To succeed in investing, make the trend your friend. Trend lines help investors figure out a stock's long-term path. When a stock breaks a rising or falling trend...

Verizon, Union Continue Talks Amid Walkout Consumers Face Delays Reaching Operators, Getting Repairs.(A)(VERIZON)
August 8, 2000... WASHINGTON (AP) - Verizon Communications entered the busy workweek Monday with thousands of operators and technicians still on strike in a dozen eastern states. Consumers faced delays in reaching operators and getting phone repairs. ...

TURNSTONE SYSTEMS INC. / Mountain View, California Company Thinks It Has Simple Answer In DSL.(A)(The New America)
August 8, 2000... Byline: Catherine Lacoursiere Investor's Business Daily Sometimes complex problems have simple solutions. Turnstone Systems Inc. says it has developed a simple fix to the manual installation of digital subscriber lines. ...

MENTOR GRAPHICS CORP. / Wilsonville, Oregon Firm Learns Its Lesson During Long Trip Back.(A)(The New America)
August 8, 2000... Byline: Marilyn Alva Investor's Business Daily In the chip design industry, there are winners and losers in every tech cycle. Mentor Graphics Corp. has found itself on both sides. Mentor led the charge in the industry's first...

WATERS CORP. / Milford, Massachusetts Tech Primes Itself For Role In Genetic Work.(A)(The New America)
August 8, 2000... Byline: Alison Young Investor's Business Daily Now that the human genome has been mapped, the race is on to link genes to human diseases. Waters Corp. thinks it has the tools to help scientists do that. Waters is a top supplier...

Citigroup, Wells Fargo Joining To Create E-Payment Network.(A)(BANKS)
August 8, 2000... NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc., the No. 1 financial services company, and four other financial and technology companies said on Monday they formed a joint venture to streamline online payments between businesses, as part of a push to...

UTILITY.(A)
August 8, 2000... LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California lawmakers were set this week to tackle the growing crisis with the state's power deregulation after regulators rejected demands from customers who no longer want to pay free market rates. There has been...

The Real Most Active - NYSE.(A)(The Real Most Active - NYSE)
August 8, 2000... The Real Most Active New York stocks enjoyed a broad rally Monday, but trading was soft. The Dow industrial average rose 99.26 points, or 0.9%, to 10,867.01, its sixth straight gain. The S&P 500 rose 1.1%. Volume sank 11% to 854...

Stocks In The News - NYSE.(A)
August 8, 2000... Biovail broke out of a 24-week base Monday on above-average volume. The stock cleared the high of its handle at 67 7/8 and is 4% off its Feb. 17 high. The Relative Price Strength line, which compares a stock's price progress vs. the S&P...

The Big Picture.(A)(The Big Picture)
August 8, 2000... THE BIG PICTURE Stocks climbed broadly Monday. But trading volume was suspiciously light for such a feel-good session. Just about everything seemed to work. Technology shares rose as chip stocks bounced back for the first time in a...

A Savvy Selection: Lieberman Is Gore's Antidote To 'Clinton Fatigue'.(A)(View Point)
August 8, 2000... Byline: John J. Miller||||[GUESTLEAD]If Al Gore wins in the fall, any reporter assigned to write a Bush-campaign obituary will point to Aug. 7 as the turning point in the election. selecting Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., as his running + mate,...

Wise Warehouse Shopping Can Cut Costs.(A)(News For You)
August 8, 2000... Byline: Tim Haddock Investor's Business Daily You joined a warehouse club to cut costs. Forty-eight rolls of toilet paper later, your trunk may be full, but your wallet is just as empty as it ever was. Warehouse clubs can save...

Gore Taps Lieberman For Veep Slot; Pick Shifts Campaign Back To Center.(A)(National Issue)
August 8, 2000... Byline: Peter Cleary Investor's Business Daily Joseph Lieberman won his Senate seat with the blessing of conservative sage William F. Buckley Jr. Two terms later, the Connecticut Democrat is still a GOP favorite - at least among...

THE MEANING OF JOE LIEBERMAN.(A)(Editorial)
August 8, 2000... Smart move. Real smart. As Al Gore brings Joe Lieberman to the stage in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday he'll signal to voters he knows what's uppermost in their minds. Ethical leadership. Will this chessboard move work? The senator, known for...

CLOUT OF THE INVESTOR CLASS.(A)(Editorial)
August 8, 2000... It seems the country has finally grown to see that being rich isn't the same asbeing filthy. Credit the growing investor class: It's become a powerful agent of social and political change. Less than two decades ago, the stock market was...

The Market Is Taking A Healthy Breather Awaiting End To Rate Hikes, Managers Buy Bargain Tech Stocks.(B)(Making Money In Mutuals)
August 8, 2000... Byline: Ken Hoover Investor's Business Daily It was nice while it lasted. After a bear market chopped 37.4% off the Nasdaq Composite between March 9 and May 23, investors enjoyed an impressive rally. From a low of 3164.55, the...

Sentinel Mid Cap Returns To Techs, Biotechs Manager Moves In And Out Of Those Sectors At Right Times.(B)(Making Money In Mutuals)
August 8, 2000... Byline: Nancy Gondo Investor's Business Daily Portfolio manager Bob Lee loves the competitive nature of sports. So it makes sense that he likes the challenge of picking the best stocks he can to try to beat the market indexes, as...

The Real Most Active - NASDAQ.(B)(The Real Most Active - NASDAQ)
August 8, 2000... The Real Most Active Techs made solid gains in light trade Monday. The Nasdaq rose 75.63 points, or 2%, to 3862.99. Winners led 4-to-3, but volumeeased 8% to 1.32 billion shares. Macrovision climbed 4 49/64 to a new closing high...

Stocks In The News - NASDAQ.(B)
August 8, 2000... rose in light volume Monday. After hitting a new high on July 17, the communications chipmaker has been consolidating for the past three weeks. It's 5% off its peak. When Broadcom moved into new high ground last month, its Relative Price...

Crude Oil Plummets $1 A Barrel; Palladium Cools Off, Cocoa Sags.(B)(FUTURES)
August 8, 2000... By The Associated Press Crude oil futures tumbled nearly 4% Monday on the New York Mercantile Exchange as investors had second thoughts about a rally that sent prices shooting back up to $30 a barrel at the end of last week. Oil's...

Bonds Figure Rates Won't Move, Await $25 Billion Of New Supply.(B)(Credit Markets)
August 8, 2000... By Reuters U.S. Treasuries drooped on Monday after a wave of buying dried up and market participants made room for $25 billion of new government supply due this week. "The market has really discounted any kind of tightening from the...

IBD's Top 10.(A)(IBD's Top 10 1-5)
August 8, 2000... Gore Selects Lieberman For Veep; Move Praised 1Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman will be the first Jewish candidate for a major party in American history. A Democratic centrist, Lieberman would amplifyAl Gore's support of fiscal...

IBD's Top 10.(A)(IBD's Top 10 6-10)
August 8, 2000... Calif. Tackles Deregulation, Crisis Over Utility Industry 6 State lawmakers returned from recess to face San Diego customers angry over atripling of their electric bills. They also faced rolling brownouts statewide caused by strong demand...

Business News.(A)(Business News)
August 8, 2000... Internet Dot-coms slashed 2nd-qtr spending by 25% from highflying 4th quarter Internet firms cut sales and marketing spending to 69 cents for every revenue dollar. That was down from 94 cents in last year's heady holiday period,...

Business News.(A)(Business News)
August 8, 2000... Computers & Tech Microsoft resumes buyback program As its employees are expected to exercise their stock options, Microsoft is moving to shore up its shares. They fell from a 52-week high of 119 15/16 in December to a year low of 60...

Business News.(A)(Business News)
August 8, 2000... Auto GM lifts its 3rd-qtr output forecast to reflect debuts of new models GM plans to make 1,311,000 cars and trucks in North America in the quarter. That's up by 12,000 from the prior plan. The top carmaker added 9,000 cars and...

Page_2.(A)
August 7, 2000... Trends Virtual planes, bridges, war, etc. helping people overcome fears Virtual-reality tools help patients deal with phobias faster and more cheaply than standard methods, Emory University doctors said. The approach combines a...

Page_2.(A)
August 7, 2000... Washington Senators react angrily as Clinton promotes Lee while they're gone President Clinton used a congressional recess to make Bill Lann Lee his main civil rights enforcer on an acting basis. That lets Lee hold the post...

10SECRETS.(A)
August 7, 2000... Filmmakers George Lucas and Steven Spielberg faced challenges early on by solving problems creatively. The results made movie history. Between them, Lucas and Spielberg have produced or directed 10 of the 20 top-grossing films of all time...

Children's Author J.K. Rowling Determination Pushed Jobless Single Mom From Poverty To Best-Seller List.(A)(Leaders & Success)
August 7, 2000... Byline: Paul Katzeff Investor's Business Daily Joanne Rowling had hit rock bottom, but she had her eye on the jackpot. It was 1993. Rowling had recently returned to her native Britain from Portugal.She'd divorced her Portuguese...

Evangelist Billy Graham Commitment To Faith Helped Him Reach Around The World.(A)(Leaders & Success)
August 7, 2000... Byline: Curt Schleier Investor's Business Daily Billy Graham was determined to practice what he preached. He'd read Sinclair Lewis' "Elmer Gantry," a novel about a slick, unprincipled revival preacher who happened to sell...

Wisdom To Live By.(A)(Leaders & Success)
August 7, 2000... {TEXT} Wisdom To Live By . {TEXT} ON TAKING ACTION We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are. Zig Ziglar, author, motivational coach ON PERSEVERANCE Victory - a matter of staying power....

Computers Made Plain The Latest In Keyboards And Mice Tout New Features, Wireless Links.(A)(Computers Made Plain)
August 7, 2000... Byline: Ted Needleman Investor's Business Daily If it hasn't already happened, it will one day. You'll be typing blithely along, and a key will come flying off the keyboard. Or a key will stick, generating hundreds of e's until...

Will Net Stocks Regain Vibrancy In The Autumn? Analysts say there's been a 'sea change' in how Internet stocks are valued, but some still see major tech rebound.(A)(Internet & Technology)
August 7, 2000... Byline: Jed Graham Investor's Business Daily The Nasdaq's ups and downs in July looked an awful lot like the ones of July 1998 and July 1999. Technology stocks rose strongly into the height of earnings season and then fell...

Toys 'R' Us Suit Reveals Pitfalls Of Privacy Policies.(A)(Internet & Technology)
August 7, 2000... Byline: Donna Howell ]DROPLEAD2]'I recognize there are no easy solutions. I'm just coming here with more problems," explained a busy Matt Curtin. Caught up in a controversy he helped spark, the software programmer turns to watch his...

Fund Helps Small Investors Cash In On Technology IPOs.(A)(Internet & Technology)
August 7, 2000... Byline: Jed Graham Investor's Business Daily Getting in on an initial public offering is still a long shot. Especially the hot ones. But investors - even nonmillionaires - now have a crack at investing pre-IPO. In March, the...

Jobs Growth Skidded To Halt In July, Cutting Chance Fed Will Hike Rates.(A)(Company In The News)
August 7, 2000... Byline: M. Susan Basas Investor's Business Daily At first blush, the nation's jobless rate's holding steady at 4% in July, near a 30-year low, shows a still-tight labor market. But a closer look at the payroll numbers shows a...

Alaska Airlines Grounds 18 Of Its 34 MD-80s Move Followed Jan. Crash; Late Friday, Many Were Back In Air.(A)(ALASKA)
August 7, 2000... SEATTLE (Reuters) - Alaska Airlines said it grounded 18 of its 34 MD-80 jets tocheck a key component suspected of causing Alaska Flight 261 to crash off the coast of California six months ago, killing 88 people. Late Friday, 12 planes...

Price Rules May Cut Calif. Power Supplies.(A)(CALIF)
August 7, 2000... SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's cap for wholesale power prices will be halved Monday in a bid to tackle soaring bills, but analysts warn the cut coulddelay construction of much needed new power plants. A power shortage in...

INTERNET CONTENT Gnutella, Furi, Jungle Monkey Ape Napster.(A)(Internet & Technology)
August 7, 2000... Byline: David Noack Investor's Business Daily Napster Inc. is just the tip of the digital file-sharing iceberg. While the online music-sharing service is on the legal ropes, a small army of programmers is building software that...

Internet & Technology.(A)
August 7, 2000... DENVER (AP) - Qwest Communications International Inc. may cut up to 4,000 jobs by year-end in the wake of a merger with US West Communications Inc. The layoffs, representing about 5% of the work force, will occur as executives decide how...

Economic Briefs - And Abroad.(A)
August 7, 2000... Russia Pays French Holders Of $400 Mil Czarist Bonds French Finance Minister Laurent Fabius said Russia had paid the final installment of a $400 million package for French holders of czarist bonds that lost all value after the 1917...

Economic Briefs - At Home.(A)
August 7, 2000... Two Key Inflation Gauges Show Price Pressure Easing The Foundation For International Business and Economic Research - a private research firm - said its inflation index fell to 101.6 in July from a revised 103.3 in June. It said a...

SCHEDULE.(A)
August 7, 2000... MONDAY Challenger Layoffs: July report, 10 a.m. EDT. International Monetary Fund Managing Director Horst Koehler speaks at National Press Club in Washington, 12:30 p.m. EDT. Consumer Credit: June report, 3 p.m. EDT. U.K....

Bigger Is Better Among Foodmakers As Takeovers Sweep Retail, Wholesale Virtually all players have been buying or selling in the drive to gain leverage in the food supply chain.(A)(SNAPSHOT)
August 7, 2000... By Alison Young Investor's Business Daily In a mature market with stiff competition, foodmakers increasingly rely on one thing: brand awareness. As food shoppers, most of us stick with the same brands for years, buying the same...

BLACKROCK INC. / New York, New York Financial Firm Sticks With Investing Mainstays.(A)(The New America)
August 7, 2000... Byline: Gerard A. Achstatter Investor's Business Daily With the amount of newsprint devoted to stocks, it's easy to forget the bond market. But bonds are an important mainstay for a wide range of individual and institutional...

'Modular' Carmaking Is GM Cost-Cutting Move.(A)(The New America)
August 7, 2000... Byline: Paul A. Eisenstein Investor's Business Daily The Chevrolet Celta rolling down the line at General Motors Corp.'s plant in Gravatai, Brazil - which opened late last month - doesn't look like much. Yet when the bare-bones...

Let Rules, Not Emotions, Define Your Trading.(A)(Investor's Corner)
August 7, 2000... By David Saito-Chung Investor's Business Daily Do you trade stocks with your head or your heart? In one way, the market is a rational judge of a company's worth. Millions of investors set prices for thousands of stocks. But the...

CALIFORNIA AMPLIFIER INC. / Camarillo, California Company Stakes Claim In Wireless Broadband.(A)(The New America)
August 7, 2000... Byline: Chris Woodard Investor's Business Daily California Amplifier Inc. is turning its attention to the emerging market for wireless broadband Internet access. The microwave component maker, which already is helping put more...

The Real Most Active - NYSE.(A)(The Real Most Active - NYSE)
August 7, 2000... The Real Most Active Investors politely applauded a friendly jobs report Friday, but they were in norush to buy. The Dow industrials rose 61.17 points, or 0.6%, to 10,767.75, near the day's high. The S&P 500 gained 0.7% to 1462.93,...

Stocks In The News - NYSE.(A)
August 7, 2000... AmeriCredit surged out of a seven-week base to a new high on nearly four times normal volume. The stock is nearly 10% above its pivot point, so it's extended.But it would come back into range if it pulls back within 5% of its pivot. The...

Rising Bonds Discover Treasure In All Those Lost Nonfarm Jobs.(A)(Credit Markets)
August 7, 2000... By Reuters U.S. Treasuries rose Friday after the government said the labor market eased inJuly, cementing expectations that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rateson hold when it next meets on Aug. 22. The Labor Department said...

The Big Picture.(A)(The Big Picture)
August 7, 2000... THE BIG PICTURE Wall Street didn't know what to make of Friday's weaker-than-expected jobs data. With the Census winding down, government payrolls plunged by 285,000 jobs last month. That left the total number of jobs down 108,000,...

Check Under Hood: Mired In The Past, GM May Hit Wall As New Cars Fail.(A)(View Point)
August 7, 2000... By Eric Peters Almost 20 years ago, Chrysler Corp. came within inches of doing the dirt bath, only to be saved at the last minute by the life support of a billion-dollar federal bail-out. Bankruptcy was arguably the best thing that...

Convention Over, Republicans Look Toward Fall Focused On Bush Issues.(A)(National Issue)
August 7, 2000... By Daniel J. Murphy and Peter Cleary In Philadelphia It's not your father's Republican Party. George Bush wants to make sure it isn't his father's, either. Last week the Grand Old Party tried quite hard to show the public it...

GREAT SPEECH; GREAT RISK?(A)(Editorial)
August 7, 2000... In one of the better-crafted political speeches in a decade, George Bush showedThursday why he will be a formidable foe for Al Gore this fall. What is left to be seen, though, is how his reach to the center will play out. The reviews...

THEIR CONVENTIONAL 'WISDOM'.(A)(Editorial)
August 7, 2000... Sensitive to the media's liberal bias, the Republicans sanded down their "harsh" edges at this year's convention. But the media can't take yes for an answer. They spent much of the week grousing about the Republicans' syrupy politics. ...

Utility Funds Tilting More Toward Growth But Much Of Sector Still Serves As Hedge Against Volatility.(B)(Making Money In Mutuals)
August 7, 2000... Byline: Claire Mencke Investor's Business Daily Utility funds used to be billed as staid fare for widows and orphans. The companies had regulated markets and rates, and sent out bills to captive customers. They grew earnings...

Tips For Getting Deals At Government Sales.(A)(News For You)
August 7, 2000... Byline: Lia Haberman Investor's Business Daily Twenty years ago, government auctions were a well-kept secret. "There were maybe 30 or 40 people," said Jerry Herskowitz, a merchandise wholesaler and a frequent buyer at government...

SunAmerica Manager Expanding To Biotech Growth Opportunities' Clifford Homes In On Emerging Trends.(B)(Making Money In Mutuals)
August 7, 2000... Byline: Leo Fasciocco Investor's Business Daily The old saying "One good thing leads to another" may fit fund manager Brian Clifford. He's been running top-performing Sun-America Growth Opportunities Fund for 2 1/2 years. And...

The Real Most Active - NASDAQ.(B)(The Real Most Active - NASDAQ)
August 7, 2000... The Real Most Active The Nasdaq gained Friday, but it wasn't an all-tech effort. The composite rose 27.48 points, or 0.7%, to 3787.36. It's up 3.4% for the week. But the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 fell 0.1%. Volume slowed 21% to 1.44...

Stocks In The News - NASDAQ.(B)
August 7, 2000... is working through a 38-week base. It stands 14% away from its Nov. 16 high of33 1/2. Its Relative Price Strength line, which tracks a stock vs. the S&P 500, is below its November peak. As a stock breaks out, you'd like to see the RS...

Low Supply Boosts Oil, Gasoline; NatGas Also Climbs; Silver Slips.(B)(FUTURES)
August 7, 2000... By The Associated Press Crude oil prices barged back into expensive $30-a-barrel territory again Fridayon the New York Mercantile Exchange, rising nearly 5% on renewed concerns about shrinking U.S. stockpiles. Natural gas prices also...

IBD's Top 10.(A)(IBD's Top 10 1-5)
August 7, 2000... Jobless Rate Holds Steady While Job Creation Slows 1The number of jobs fell by 108,000 in July, far below the 58,000 increase analysts were expecting. It was the first drop in 4 1/2 years. The private sector created 138,000 jobs,...

IBD's Top 10.(A)(IBD's Top 10 6-10)
August 7, 2000... Jobs Report Buoys Banks; Big Indexes Rise Modestly 6The friendly July jobs data spurred a big rally among banks, brokers and insurers. The NYSE financial index vaulted 3.1% to a two-year high. The 10-yearTreasury note leapt to a...

Business News.(A)(Business News)
August 7, 2000... Internet Amazon slashing cash to partners in money-losing e-commerce group Amazon revamped some deals with money-losing Web companies in its Amazon Commerce Network. It agreed to take smaller cash payments. The move will cut...

Business News.(A)(Business News)
August 7, 2000... Consumer/Retail Unilever's 2nd-qtr profits slip 14% due to expenses of its restructuring The consumer products group announced a shakeup of top management, splitting the company into two global units as it reported a 14% fall in...

Business News.(A)(Business News)
August 7, 2000... Finance Discover won't get its day in court in Visa, MasterCard antitrust case Discover won't be allowed to testify in the government's case against the two top credit networks. The Justice Department claims Visa and MasterCard...

Are Private Foundations Way To Go?(A)(Mutual Weekly Special)
August 4, 2000... Byline: Claire Mencke Investor's Business Daily The Gates Foundation. The Ford Foundation. The Your Family Foundation? Are your job, or investments, or both making you rich? Setting up a foundation with your name lets you give...

Make Smart Home Repairs Before You Sell Cheap Improvements Light Way For Higher Prices, Faster Sales.(B)(Mutual Weekly Special)
August 4, 2000... Byline: Dan Moreau Investor's Business Daily Want a bright idea to help you sell your house? Don't drop 10 grand on a new kitchen. Instead, spend $100 on brighter light bulbs. That's what realtors believe gives you one of...

Alliance Managers Buy Cell Play Vodafone Group's Funds Also Load Up On Software Maker Oracle.(B)(Mutual Weekly Special)
August 4, 2000... Byline: Leo Fasciocco Investor's Business Daily Alliance Funds' managers focused on tech stocks - cellular, Internet and chips - in their latest reporting period. The fund group, which runs $58 billion in assets, bought Vodafone...

Tax Breaks Can Soften Eligible School Costs Uncle Sam May Let You Deduct Tuition For Enhancing Job Skills.(B)(Making Money In Mutuals)
August 4, 2000... Byline: Stuart Weiss Investor's Business Daily It's back-to-school season. You may soon be shelling out dollars for your children's new clothes and school supplies. But the real budget-busters are tuition bills. Maybe you've got...

The New America Index.(B)(The New America)
August 4, 2000... 1-800 Contacts Inc.7/10/00 AAON Inc.7/14/00 Accredo Health Inc.7/18/00 Aclara Biosciences8/3/00 ACLN Ltd7/11/00 Actel Corp.8/1/00 Acxiom Corp.7/10/00 AES Corp.6/28/00 Alcatel Alsthom7/6/00 Aztec...

The Real Most Active - NASDAQ.(B)(The Real Most Active - NASDAQ)
August 4, 2000... The Real Most Active Techs overcame a deep slide at the start to close sharply higher Thursday. The Nasdaq composite fell 3.8% in the first 15 minutes of trade, but rallied through the rest of the session to gain 101.42 points, or...

Stocks In The News - NASDAQ.(B)
August 4, 2000... After its breakout from a three-month base failed in July 1999, Advance Paradigm fell from 34 3/4 to 9 1/2 by late April this year, a deep correction of 73%. But the stock has fought its way higher and is now 18% away from its high. The...

Supply Resumes, Usage To Fall, And Platinum, Palladium Crash.(B)(FUTURES)
August 4, 2000... By The Associated Press Palladium prices plummeted 7% Thursday on news that Russia, the world's No. 1 producer, is poised to resume heavy exports and a leading automaker is looking for ways to lessen reliance on the pricey metal. ...

Page_2.(A)
August 3, 2000... Trends . State, local gov't employment up 1.5% in 1999, Census reports State and local governments employed 14.7 million full-time workers in 1999, 1.5% more than in 1998, the Census Bureau found. Local governments employed 10.7...

10SECRETS.(A)
August 3, 2000... Being consistent - whether in sharing a vision or responding to adversity - hasbeen basketball coach Rick Pitino's key to success with teams ranging from theNew York Knicks to the University of Kentucky Wildcats, he writes in "Lead To...

Director Billy Wilder Persistence And Networking Helped Him Shoot To The Top Of His Field.(A)(Leaders & Success)
August 3, 2000... Byline: Charles Oliver Investor's Business Daily Billy Wilder arrived in the U.S. in 1934 from Europe with little money and evenless skill with English. He had determination, though, and within a short time, he became one of the...

Baseball Player Orel Hershiser He Built A Stellar Career Focusing On One Pitch At A Time.(A)(Leaders & Success)
August 3, 2000... Byline: Michael Mink Investor's Business Daily Orel Hershiser knew how to block out pressure, even with an entire season resting in his hands. In 1988, Hershiser's overachieving Los Angeles Dodgers were playing the powerful Mets...

Wisdom To Live By.(A)(Leaders & Success)
August 3, 2000... {TEXT} Wisdom To Live By . {TEXT} ON LEARNING Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. Aldous Huxley, novelist, critic ON DUTY The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another. George...

Computers Made Plain Growing Ranks Of Portable Devices Make It Hard To Keep Data In Sync.(A)(Computers Made Plain)
August 3, 2000... Byline: Paul Korzeniowski Investor's Business Daily Minutes before an important meeting, a salesman tries to retrieve a note about a prospect. He searches frantically through his laptop files, sifts through hishand-held computer, and...