Investor's Business Daily articles from August 2000

Investor's Business Daily archives from August 2000

Business News.(A)(Business News)
August 1, 2000... In Brief Glaxo Wellcome's $172 billion buyout of drug maker SmithKline Beecham took a big step toward completion when shareholders of both firms voted to approve thedeal. Universal Music Group, the world's largest record label, is...

Page_2.(A)
August 1, 2000... Trends . Free Internet providers in Europe growing, but pace starts to slow Internet users in Europe are set to more than double to 140 million in 2000 from 65 million in 1999, but subscription numbers show growth is lagging at...

10SECRETS.(A)
August 1, 2000... The key to success in soccer is not a powerful shot or the ability to pass accurately - it's mental toughness, the will to win, says player Mia Hamm, who helped lead the U.S. women's soccer team to a gold medal victory at the 1996 Olympics in...

Girl Scout Founder Juliette Low Lobbied Tirelessly To Help Girls Learn To Have Fun In The Great Outdoors.(A)(Leaders & Success)
August 1, 2000... Byline: Marilyn Alva Investor's Business Daily Juliette "Daisy" Low hated pomposity and pose. At a time when women were supposed to accept their place in the home, Low (1860-1927) traveled wherever she wanted, often alone or with...

Civil Rights Worker Rosa Parks Her Courage Helped End Segregation.(A)(Leaders & Success)
August 1, 2000... Byline: Curt Schleier Investor's Business Daily Rosa Parks believes there are times one must stand up and be counted. When the 42-year-old Parks boarded the Cleveland Avenue bus in Montgomery, Ala., on the evening of Dec. 1, 1955,...

Wisdom To Live By.(A)(Leaders & Success)
August 1, 2000... {TEXT} Wisdom To Live By . {TEXT} ON HEALTH AND MIND-SET Don't defy the diagnosis; try to defy the verdict. Norman Cousins, editor ON TAKING ACTION You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do. ...

A.(A)
August 1, 2000... Buzzwords Pervasive computing: The concept that future wireless devices will share data continuously with other devices and networks. Pervasive computing products may include smart phones, refrigerators that automatically call a repairman...

Computers Made Plain Need Quick Access To Spreadsheets? Keep Them Handy - On Your Palm.(A)(Computers Made Plain)
August 1, 2000... Byline: Nancy Gondo Investor's Business Daily Have you ever gotten caught without your spreadsheet? Maybe your boss put you on the spot during a budget forecast meeting. Or perhaps customers hounded you with questions about their...

Ford Challenges GM's OnStar In Wireless Services Joint venture with Qualcomm will unveil Wingcast service in Ford cars by late next year, but OnStar already has following.(A)(Internet & Technology)
August 1, 2000... Byline: Paul Eisenstein Investor's Business Daily Ford Motor Co. and Qualcomm Inc. will form a joint venture to provide wireless security, information and entertainment services for in-car use. Dubbed Wingcast, the venture's...

IBM To Grant Diplomas In "Pervasive Computing".(A)(Internet & Technology)
August 1, 2000... Byline: Doug Tsuruoka Investor's Business Daily Some computer technology concepts are harder to grasp than others. "Pervasive computing" is one of them. Pervasive computing is a wireless technology that uses chips in products to...

Moving Average Keeps Stock In Perspective.(A)(Investor's Corner)
August 1, 2000... Byline: Christina Wise Investor's Business Daily Sometimes looking at the bigger picture can put things in perspective. With stocks, that's where moving averages come in handy. They smooth out the bumps and dips of a price and...

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE Firms Yet To Cash In On Paying Bills Online.(A)(Internet & Technology)
August 1, 2000... Byline: Donna Kakum Investor's Business Daily The World Wide Web seems to be a natural medium for paying bills easily, but the market for companies that do this or help others do it remains fragmented. One company is clearly the...

DATA MANAGEMENT Compaq: More In Stor(age) For E-Comm.(A)(Internet & Technology)
August 1, 2000... NEW YORK (Reuters) - Compaq Computer Corp., the world's No. 1 PC maker, on Monday unveiled new data storage products intended to vault the company to first place in the market for managing the vast amounts of data generated by electronic...

Random House Launches Unit To Sell E-Books.(A)(EBOOKS)
August 1, 2000... NEW YORK (Reuters) - Random House, the biggest English-language book publisher,on Monday launched a unit for electronic books, joining other publishers exploring the new digital medium. Part of Germany's Bertelsmann AG media powerhouse,...

Time Warner In Accord To Give Juno Online Access To Its Cables.(A)(WARNER)
August 1, 2000... NEW YORK (AP) - Several days after facing scrutiny from regulators for its planned merger with America Online, Time Warner has made its first deal to allow an independent Internet service provider access to its cable system. Time Warner...

Economic Briefs - And Abroad.(A)
August 1, 2000... German Mobile License Sale Will Likely Take Some Time France Telecom-backed MobilCom took an early lead Monday in the battle for third-generation, high-speed mobile phone licenses in Europe's biggest telecom market. But the seven rival...

Economic Briefs - At Home.(A)
August 1, 2000... New Shoe Rule Could Leave Chicago Traders Feeling Low Standing out in the crowd on the trading floor at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange may soon be a little tougher. Shoes with soles thicker than two incheswill no longer be allowed....

Money-Laundering Grabs Attention Of World's Industrialized Countries With $6 trillion of hidden money out there, many governments are trying to get their fair share.(A)(Business & The Economy)
August 1, 2000... Byline: Peter Benesh Investor's Business Daily The leaders of the world's seven richest nations, the Group of Seven, vowed at their Okinawa, Japan, summit last week to get tough on money laundering and taxevasion. "In order to...

Patent Surge's Link To Living Standards.(A)(Business & The Economy)
August 1, 2000... Byline: Charles Oliver Investor's Business Daily The number of patents issued by the Patent and Trademark Office is soaring. Buteconomists aren't sure whether this is such good news. Do rising patent numbers indicate that...

SCHEDULE.(A)
August 1, 2000... Calendar Of Economic Indicators TUESDAY Personal Income and Spending: June report (median forecast 0.4% for each), 8:30 a.m. EDT. BTM Chain-Store Sales: Week ended Saturday, 9 a.m. EDT. Treasury Director of Financial Analysis...

EATON VANCE CORP. / Boston, Massachusetts Financier Alters Course Toward Greater Riches.(A)(The New America)
August 1, 2000... Byline: Gerard A. Achstatter Investor's Business Daily With all of the action in the stock market, Boston-based Eaton Vance Corp. knewit was time for a change. The 75-year-old mutual fund company had its roots inbonds. "Eaton...

Sunbeam In Post-'Chainsaw Al' Era: Firm Gropes For Promising Markets.(A)(Company In The News)
August 1, 2000... Byline: Vance Cariaga Investor's Business Daily His company is knee-deep in debt and generates enough red ink every quarter to keep it in the hole for years. But Jerry Levin says there's no sense of panic at troubled Sunbeam...

The New America.(A)
August 1, 2000... Byline: Catherine Lacoursiere Investor's Business Daily Bookham Technology is primed to nab a large chunk of the fiber-optic component market. The British firm has a long list of notable clients for whom it makes fiber-optic gear....

ACTEL CORP. / Sunnyvale, California Company Sticks To Plan Despite Tough Rivals.(A)(The New America)
August 1, 2000... Byline: Chris Woodard Investor's Business Daily As chief executive of Actel Corp., John East has seen heavyweights such as Intel, Texas Instruments, IBM and Toshiba move into his turf by selling the same specialized integrated...

Cigarette Makers Up Prices Following Philip Morris Move.(A)(CIGARETTE)
August 1, 2000... NEW YORK (Reuters) - RJ. Reynolds and Liggett Group raised U.S. cigarette prices to distributors by 6 cents a pack on all of their brands, the companies confirmed on Monday, echoing a move by Philip Morris. Other tobacco companies followed...

Florida Power, Entergy Joining To Form No. 1 Electric Utility.(A)(UTILITY)
August 1, 2000... NEW YORK (Reuters) - FPL Group Inc., parent of Florida Power & Light Co., on Monday agreed to acquire Entergy Corp. for $6.4 billion in stock in a deal to create the largest U.S. electric company. The news sent shares of FPL lower, cutting...

The Real Most Active - NYSE.(A)(The Real Most Active - NYSE)
August 1, 2000... The Real Most Active NYSE stocks searched for direction Monday as investors waited for the week's bounty of economic data. The roller-coaster day saw the Dow Jones industrial average climb as high as 10,603.29 only to fall as low as...

Stocks In The News - NYSE.(A)
August 1, 2000... ERBiovail, which is working its way through a 23-week cup-with-handle chart pattern, stands 18% off its old high. Last week, the Toronto-based pharmaceutical company received tentative approvalfrom the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for...

The Big Picture.(A)
August 1, 2000... THE BIG PICTURE Tech stocks bounced back from last week's beating. But Monday's buying didn't match the intensity of Friday's selling. The Nasdaq composite reclaimed 2.8% of Friday's 4.7% slide, which still left the tech-heavy index...

C.(A)
August 1, 2000... You don't deserve a tax cut. At least, that's what the International Monetary Fund says. Everyone is entitled to his opinion. But isn't the timing of the IMFstatement, coming just days before the Republican convention, a little odd? It's...

A Byte At Microsoft: Judge Jackson's Theory of Value Won't Measure Up.(A)(View Point)
August 1, 2000... By Richard McKenzie Back in the 18th and 19th centuries, economists propounded the "labor theory ofvalue," which posited that the more hours of labor required to produce a good,the greater its market price. With all the hubbub over the...

An Obscure Debate Over Economics That Actually Matters (No Kidding).(A)(National Issue)
August 1, 2000... Byline: Joseph Guinto Investor's Business Daily Got 15 seconds? Read the following comment Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan made theother day. "The Non-Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment (NAIRU), which served as auseful...

Herbal Supplements: Don't Trust All Labels.(A)(News For You)
August 1, 2000... Byline: Tim Haddock Investor's Business Daily You read labels and follow dosage instructions to a tee. But what if you learned that the box of ginseng you just bought has no more ginseng than the $20 bill with which you bought it? ...

DISAPPOINTMENT IN CARACAS.(A)(Editorial)
August 1, 2000... We would not want to show any premature alarm. But Venezuela - with 24 million people, and the world's third largest oil exporter - just re-elected Hugo Chavez as president. His term, under the constitution he just wrote, will last 12 years....

Editorial.(A)
August 1, 2000... By Daniel J. Murphy and Peter Cleary In Philadelphia Republicans from around the country arrived in Philadelphia revved up about thepotential of a Bush-Cheney team for years to come. As George Bush's name was formally put into...

July Flow Into Stock Funds Appears Steady Though Down From Early '00, Buying Continues In Poor Market.(B)(Making Money In Mutuals)
August 1, 2000... Byline: Dan Moreau Investor's Business Daily Investors appear to have put new money into stock funds in July at about the same pace as in June, although the market remained difficult. Overall, preliminary figures show last month on...

Investors Question NASD Arbitration Process Their Lawyers Think Selections Stacked In Favor Of Brokerages.(B)(Making Money In Mutuals)
August 1, 2000... Byline: Ken Hoover Investor's Business Daily Have a beef with your broker? Forget taking him to court. When you opened your account, you probably signed an agreement to have disputes arbitrated. But lawyers who work for investors...

The Real Most Active - NASDAQ.(B)(The Real Most Active - NASDAQ)
August 1, 2000... The Real Most Active Techs rebounded Monday following last week's nasty sell-off. But volume was light. The Nasdaq composite, down 10.5% last week, gained 103.99 points, or 2.8%, to 3766.99, near its session high. The Nasdaq 100 gained...

Stocks In The News - NASDAQ.(B)
August 1, 2000... Microchip Technology has formed a 20-week base. It stands 10% away from its March 7 high. The Chandler, Ariz.-based company specializes in the production of tiny electronic chips found in household appliances and car security systems. ...

Palladium Stages Red-Hot Rally; Crude Oil Sinks On Supply News.(B)(FUTURES)
August 1, 2000... By The Associated Press Palladium prices rocketed 6% higher Monday, closing in on their all-time high, as strong demand combined with a dearth of exports from Russia to ignite an explosive market. On a volatile day in the metals...

Treasuries Mixed On Light Side As Traders Await Next Numbers.(B)(Credit Markets)
August 1, 2000... By Reuters U.S. Treasuries were little changed in a quiet session Monday, with most investors on the sidelines awaiting details of upcoming government borrowing needs and key economic data, both due later in the week. Traders said...

IBD's Top 10.(A)(IBD's Top 10 1-5)
August 1, 2000... Barak Survives A Tie Vote As Israeli Prime Minister 1Parliament voted 50-50, with eight abstaining, on a motion to bring down the year-old Labor government. The count fell short of the 61 needed. Monday's action was the last chance to...

IBD's Top 10.(A)(IBD's Top 10 6-10)
August 1, 2000... Time Warner Offers Juno Use Of Broadband Service 6 The firms will price and package Juno Express separately. Time Warner Cable will be responsible for installing the service. Juno will offer its existing customers in Time Warner's...

Business News.(A)(Business News)
August 1, 2000... Internet Random House starts e-books unit in 2nd big digital publishing move The company, part of Germany's Bertelsmann, set up a 20-book list of original electronic fiction and nonfiction. Time Warner started its own unit,...

Business News.(A)(Business News)
August 1, 2000... Media/Publishing Pearson offers to pay $2.5 billion in National Computer Systems deal Pearson, owner of the Financial Times, Penguin books and other media outlets, is paying $73 a share for National Computer Systems. NCS is the...

Business News.(A)(Business News)
August 1, 2000... Medical Cephalon, Anesta drop by a third as narcolepsy drug fails ADHD test Cephalon said its drug Provigil failed to reduce attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Its stock fell more than 35% on the news to close down 22 7/16...

Business News.(A)(Business News)
August 2, 2000... In Brief Clear Channel Communications closed its merger with SFX. Brian Becker has been promoted to chairman and CEO of SFX. Drug firm Elan got European Commission marketing approval for Myocet, a productused to treat advanced breast...

Page_2.(A)
August 2, 2000... Trends . Single professional women seen new yuppies of Western world This well-educated group has enormous spending power in much the same way yuppies did in the 1980s, said Marian Salzman, president of ad agency Young & Rubicam's...

Page_2.(A)
August 2, 2000... Washington Justice Department finds problems in Gore's 'crash citizenship' drive One of Vice President Al Gore's attempts to improve government - by erasing a massive backlog of citizenship applications - produced such confusion...

10SECRETS.(A)
August 2, 2000... It was July 1980. Fifteen-year-old swimmer Mary Wayte had just endured the mosthumiliating disappointment of her life. She'd placed dead last at the Olympic trials. Exhausted and out of breath, she had to be carried out of the pool. She'd...

Grey Global's Edward Meyer Branching Out Helped Him Build Advertising Giant.(A)(Leaders & Success)
August 2, 2000... Byline: Marilyn Much Investor's Business Daily When advertising executive Edward Meyer learned that the Red Lobster group was in the market for a new ad agency in 1984, he didn't just study the restaurant business. He lived it. ...

Wisdom To Live By.(A)(Leaders & Success)
August 2, 2000... {TEXT} Wisdom To Live By . {TEXT} ON ATTITUDE Want one of the biggest keys to success? Enthusiasm. Walter Chrysler, industrialist ON TECHNOLOGY Concerns for man and his fate must always form the chief interest...

Computers Made Plain The Eyes Have It - Strain, That Is, For All Who Work Before The PC.(A)(Computers Made Plain)
August 2, 2000... Byline: Lynn Walford Investor's Business Daily More than 75 million workers use computers, and nearly all suffer from some form of computer vision syndrome. So says Cosmo Salibello, a Portland, Ore., eye doctor and researcher. He...

Allen, Malone Say Price Right For Priceline Bid Investors Liberty Media and Vulcan Ventures agree to buy $190 million in stock of Web firm with fast-falling shares.(A)(Internet & Technology)
August 2, 2000... Byline: Doug Tsuruoka Investor's Business Daily Money at the right time and the right place always hits the spot. Ask Jay Walker, founder of Priceline.com Inc., the Web company that lets consumers name their price for things like...

Business Will Be Business Of Sprintless WorldCom.(A)(Internet & Technology)
August 2, 2000... Byline: Reinhardt Krause NEED TO UPDATE WITH CLOSESCreating a tracking stock or two would be WorldCom's best move, says PaineWebber Inc. analyst Eric Strumingher. He says WorldCom would face problems separating its consumer and wholesale...

A Regulatory Tower Of Babel Confronts Net Firms In Asia.(A)(Internet & Technology)
August 2, 2000... Byline: Doug Tsuruoka Investor's Business Daily Kevin Randolph heads Asia Online Ltd., a Hong Kong-based company that's trying to grab a chunk of Asia's Internet market. It's one of dozens of companies in the region that offer dial-up...

Can GE's Bulb Keep Burning Bright After Welch's Candlepower Goes?(A)(Company In The News)
August 2, 2000... Byline: Vance Cariaga Investor's Business Daily Depending on how you view it, life just got a lot easier or a lot tougher for General Electric Co.'s next chief executive. The Fairfield, Conn.-based conglomerate, which will replace...

Lucent To Use Ariba Software.(A)(E)
August 2, 2000... MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (Reuters) - Ariba Inc., which provides technology that allows businesses to buy their office-related goods via the Internet, said it has nabbed Lucent Technologies Inc., the communications equipment giant, as itsmost...

ELECTRONIC SECURITY Firms Want Better Security, But It's Costly.(A)(Internet & Technology)
August 2, 2000... Byline: Donna Howell Investor's Business Daily The Internet may be creating a global village, but some people are finding theymust fortify their walls. Security companies are offering online businesses more in-depth protection....

TELECOMMUNICATIONS Court OKs Bell's Long-Distance Plans.(A)(Internet & Technology)
August 2, 2000... WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal court Tuesday upheld the decision allowing Bell Atlantic to offer long-distance telephone service in New York state. The rulingshould fuel the re-emergence of local telephone companies in long-distance phone markets....

Economic Briefs - And Abroad.(A)
August 2, 2000... Mexico Says A Deal Is Near For China's Entry To WTO A Mexican agreement would leave Switzerland as the only World Trade Organization member yet to sign off on China's 14-year quest to join global trade's rule-making club. Mexican...

Economic Briefs - At Home.(A)
August 2, 2000... Inflation Up, Economy Slows So says John Auten, director of the Treasury's Office of Macroeconomic Analysis. While still growing at a healthy pace, the economy is showing signs of slowing, he said. "Growth now clearly is coming down from a...

GOP Looking To Push Free Trade; Super-NAFTA, Other Deals Sought Arizona Representative Jim Kolbe talks about George W. Bush's vision of U.S. trade relations.(A)(Business & The Economy)
August 2, 2000... Byline: Daniel J. Murphy In Philadelphia Many big battles fought in Washington over the past decade have been waged overtrade policy. From Congress' regular struggles over granting presidents "fast-track" deal-making authority to...

Consumer Spending Rebounds, Building Slows.(A)(Business & The Economy)
August 2, 2000... By IBD Staff and Wire Reports There were more mixed signals Tuesday from the economic front: In more signs that the economy has yet to slow, consumer spending posted a strong rebound in June after two months of tepid growth, while...

SCHEDULE.(A)
August 2, 2000... Calendar Of Economic Indicators WEDNESDAY New Home Sales: June report (median forecast 880,000), 10 a.m. EDT. Leading Indicators: June report (median forecast unchanged), 10 a.m. EDT. Treasury Undersecretary for Domestic...

GM's July Sales Declined 2.6%, DaimlerChrysler Sees 12% Drop.(A)(AUTOS)
August 2, 2000... DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp., the world's No. 1 automaker, said Tuesday its total U.S. sales in July fell 2.6%. Detroit-based GM said sales last month, including Saab and heavy truck figures,fell to 397,187 units from 424,048 in...

Nikkei Stock Average Rises 2.4% On Techs.(A)(NIKKEI)
August 2, 2000... TOKYO (AP) - Japanese stocks closed higher Tuesday for the first time in five sessions after gains on Wall Street overnight prompted investors to buy shares in Japanese technology companies. The dollar was up slightly against the yen. The...

Well-Weeded Account Yields Greener Returns.(A)(Investor's Corner)
August 2, 2000... By David Saito-Chung Investor's Business Daily Can you tell a Sysco from a Cisco? Sixty percent of investors don't know every holding in their account, according to a recent survey by ad firm Doremus. Many confuse Sysco, the food...

Output Not Officially Boosted, OPEC Letter Alerts Members.(A)(OPEC)
August 2, 2000... LONDON (Reuters) - OPEC has circulated to members a letter from cartel President Ali Rodriguez saying an oil price stability mechanism mandating a production increase has not been triggered, OPEC sources said on Tuesday. The letter to OPEC...

Retailers To Report Sluggish July Sales, Analysts Forecast.(A)(RETAIL)
August 2, 2000... CHICAGO (Reuters) - The July same-store sales of most major U.S. retailers lacked sparkle and are expected to show continuing weak demand as department stores struggle to clear summer clothing and shoppers cut back on spending. "Sales will...

EXFO ELECTRO-OPTICAL ENGINEERING INC. / Vanier, Quebec Home-Court Edge Helps Measurement Company.(A)(The New America)
August 2, 2000... Byline: Jonah Keri Investor's Business Daily Based in a suburb of Quebec City, Canada, you'd think Exfo Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. would get the willies looking at a Silicon Valley giant like Agilent Technologies Inc. Think...

DIANON SYSTEMS INC. / Stratford, Connecticut Testing Firm Shifts Focus To More Lucrative Exams.(A)(The New America)
August 2, 2000... Byline: Gloria Lau Investor's Business Daily A few years ago, Dianon Systems Inc. was headed for a slump. A price war plagued its blood and urine testing business, its main source of revenue. And it looked like federal government...

INFINEON TECHNOLOGY AG / Munich, Germany Chipmaker Hopes Smart Tactic Is Right One.(A)(The New America)
August 2, 2000... Byline: Nancy Gondo Investor's Business Daily Europeans have used smart cards for years for banking, health care and telephone calls. But the concept remains foreign to most Americans. If smart cards do catch on here in the U.S.,...

Exxon Sees Additional Savings From Merger, Sets Repurchase.(A)(EXXON)
August 2, 2000... NEW YORK (Reuters) - ExxonMobil Corp., the No. 1 U.S. oil producer, on Tuesday sharply lifted the savings it expects from the blockbuster deal that created the company by merging oil and natural gas giants Exxon Corp. and Mobil Corp. The...

P&G's Profits Flat In Fourth Quarter, Likely Flat In First.(A)(P&G)
August 2, 2000... CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Procter & Gamble said Tuesday that net income before one-time charges was flat in its fiscal fourth quarter, meeting Wall Street's lowered views. First-quarter earnings are expected to be flat, too. The maker of Tide...

The Real Most Active - NYSE.(A)(The Real Most Active - NYSE)
August 2, 2000... KERThe Real Most Active In the wake of mixed economic reports, NYSE stocks ventured north cautiously Tuesday. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 84.97 points, or 0.8%, to close just above its 50-day moving average at 10,606.95....

Stocks In The News - NYSE.(A)
August 2, 2000... Wa ddell & Reed Financial, which seems to be gearing for another shot at breaking out of its 7 1/2-week base, stands 4% off its old high. Rumors have been swirling in recent weeks that the company, one of the oldest mutual fund...

The Big Picture.(A)(The Big Picture)
August 2, 2000... THE BIG PICTURE A mixed bag of economic data Tuesday split the stock market on a sleepy day. The Commerce Department said consumer spending rose 0.5% in June, more than expected. But the NAPM manufacturing index held steady at 51.8,...

Want Better Workout Results? Scale Down.(A)(News For You)
August 2, 2000... Byline: James Peter Rubin Investor's Business Daily Think you're not spending enough time in the gym? Think again. In fact, you might want to cut the length of your routine. Too many recreational athletes spend too much time on their...

C.(A)
August 2, 2000... Politicians blame deregulation for market woes as surely as dogs chase cats. But when those woes occur, the culprit is not too much deregulation. It's too little. Take the case of electric utilities in California. In 1996, the state...

Prescribe Freedom: The Government Shouldn't Touch Pill Chest Of Elderly.(A)(View Point)
August 2, 2000... By Merrill Matthews Jr. The primary reason a prescription drug benefit for seniors on Medicare tops theDemocrats' agenda is political. It is a wedge issue to attract seniors back tothe party in its quest to regain control of the House. ...

Does Missile Defense Future Hinge On Presidential Election's Outcome?(A)(National Issue)
August 2, 2000... Byline: Douglas Austin Investor's Business Daily Rebel troops, backed by the army's senior command, blast their way into the Great Leader's compound. Shouting "Death to America," they launch their country's three nuclear missiles at...

MORE BAD NEWS FOR GORE.(A)(Editorial)
August 2, 2000... The Clinton Justice Department accomplished on Monday what the Republicans in Philadelphia didn't even try to do. It embarrassed Al Gore, noting in a report that his deputies put pressure on the Immigration and Naturalization Service...

Editorial.(A)
August 2, 2000... By Daniel J. Murphy and Peter Cleary In Philadelphia Moving on from the Republicans' attempt on Monday to focus on domestic issues, Tuesday's theme dealt with what the public has long seen as the GOP's strength:America's role in the...