Investor's Business Daily articles from December 2000

Investor's Business Daily archives from December 2000

Meal Leads Soy Complex Higher As Mad Cow Scare Boosts Demand.(B)(FUTURES)
December 1, 2000... By Reuters Prices of soybeans and soybean meal rose on Thursday with export demand strong after European officials proposed a ban on animal-based livestock feed due to consumer fears about the spread of mad cow disease. In other...

Short Yields Fall Below T-Bonds As Tech Stocks Keep Hemorrhaging.(B)(Credit Markets)
December 1, 2000... By Reuters Yields on two-year Treasury notes fell below those of 30-year bonds on Thursdayfor the first time since January, when government debt reduction plans sparkedoff a year-long rally by long-term Treasury debt. Short-term...

Can Miller Beat S&P 10th Year In A Row?(A)(Mutual Weekly Special)
December 1, 2000... Byline: Paul Katzeff Investor's Business Daily Can he make it 10 straight? That's the question looming over Bill Miller, manager of $13.1 billion Legg Mason Value Trust. The question grows more dramatic as the calendar nears the...

Web Sites Can Aid In Search For Used Car That Suits You.(B)(Mutual Weekly Special)
December 1, 2000... Byline: Dan Moreau Investor's Business Daily Smart shoppers will mark you as a colleague the day you decide to buy a used car rather than take a huge, and immediate, hit of depreciation on a new car ortruck. Used cars and trucks...

PBHG Funds Pile Into InfoSpace, Redback Group's Managers Jump Into And Then Out Of Oracle.(B)(Mutual Weekly Special)
December 1, 2000... Byline: Leo Fasciocco Investor's Business Daily The PBHG fund family, which has a reputation of going after high-growth, small-cap issues, in the first half was a big buyer of two volatile Web issues,InfoSpace and Redback Networks. ...

Key Fund Holdings.(B)
December 1, 2000... Key Fund Holdings / Fiserv was a top holding of Alger Mid Cap Growth Fund in the latest reporting period. The stock has been rallying from a low of 43 1/8 Oct. 24. It jumped 3 5/8 to 55 7/8 Thursday, 7% off its Sept. 18 high of 64 1/8. Earnings...

Time To Kick Off Year-End Tax Strategies You Can Defer Taxable Gains By Selling Short Against The Box.(B)(Making Money In Mutuals)
December 1, 2000... Byline: Stuart Weiss Investor's Business Daily It's time for year-end tax planning. Among other strategies, that usually meanslooking for ways to defer income and taxable gains into 2001. One way is with a move called selling...

The New America Index.(B)(The New America)
December 1, 2000... Advent Software Inc.10/16/00 Albany Molecular Rsrch Inc.10/23/00 All American Semiconductor10/9/00 Alpha Technologies Group10/16/00 Ambac Financial Group Inc.10/10/00 American Finl Holdings Inc.11/13/00 AmSurg...

The Real Most Active - NASDAQ.(B)(The Real Most Active - NASDAQ)
December 1, 2000... The Real Most Active Techs were pummeled Thursday, sending the Nasdaq down to nearly half of its all-time high, set in March. The composite dropped 109 points, or 4%, to 2597.93. The Nasdaq 100 lost 3.7% to 2506.54. Volume swelled 33%...

Stocks In The News - NASDAQ.(B)
December 1, 2000... While a number of retailers have been slammed in the past few days, Hot Topic remains on steady ground. The stock broke out of a 15-week base on Monday. Since then it has traveled as high as 39 1/2. It is still within 5% of its pivot point, and...

Business News.(A)(Business News)
December 4, 2000... Foreign automakers boost sales in U.S. while 'Big Three' struggle Toyota said November U.S. sales rose 4.6% to 126,013 vehicles. Honda Motor reported 80,849 vehicle sales for last month, up 3.5% from a year earlier. Nissan sales...

IBDMAIL.(A)
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The Economy.(A)
December 4, 2000... Recent data confirm slowdown in U.S. economy: Fed governor "I already said we had noticed the slowdown in spending and the tightened credit conditions, and there have been data that came out since (the last policy-makers' meeting),"...

TRENDSTEXT2.(A)
December 4, 2000... Physicians are less likely than the public to have a regular source of medical care, a study of 915 doctors found. Yale University School of Medicine said more than 33% of the surveyed doctors had no primary care provider. HIV-infected...

TRENDSTEXT.(A)
December 4, 2000... Interactive television starts new trend for advertisers in finding consumers ITV lets users choose what they want to watch and skip ads. Yet from an advertisers' perspective, iTV provides data on consumer preferences. Coca-Cola...

WASHINGTON.(A)
December 4, 2000... Compromise may allow 2 million farm workers to stay in the U.S. The compromise plan in Congress would let as many as 1 million illegal farm employees stay in the country permanently and add perhaps 1 million more foreigners temporarily...

WW.(A)
December 4, 2000... Two Palestinians killed in clash; Israeli police show massive force Thousands of Israeli police streamed into Jerusalem on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. They hoped to head off riots after prayers at a disputed...

10SECRETS.(A)
December 4, 2000... To teach business ethics, management professor George Oliver often draws on theBible - especially the Ten Commandments. Oliver, a professor at Harding University School of Business in Searcy, Ark., says studying the Ten Commandments (Exodus...

Architect Jennie Louise Blanchard Bethune Her Determination Helped Her Pave The Way For Women In Her Field.(A)(Leaders & Success)
December 4, 2000... Byline: Kathryn Linderman Investor's Business Daily Most young women in the latter part of the 19th century looked forward to a life caring for a home and family. But Jennie Louise Blanchard wanted to designher own future. She...

Aaon's Norman H. Asbjornson Commitment To Excellence Helped Heat Up His Company.(A)(Leaders & Success)
December 4, 2000... Byline: Christopher L. Tyner Investor's Business Daily Growing up on a quiet farm in rural Montana 24 miles from the nearest paved road, Norman H. Asbjornson learned the secret of success: Don't be afraid to fail. "You have to be...

New Rally Will Leave Defensive Stocks Behind.(A)(Investor's Corner)
December 4, 2000... Byline: Jonah Keri Investor's Business Daily Bears have ruled the Nasdaq for eight months now. You're not going to find any quality stocks that will triple in a month, no matter how hard you look. In the interim, defensive stocks...

Wisdom To Live By.(A)(Leaders & Success)
December 4, 2000... {TEXT} Wisdom To Live By . {TEXT} ON CHOOSING WORDS Many have fallen by the edge of the sword; but not so many as have fallen by the tongue. Ecclesiasticus 28:16 The ax forgets, but the cut log does not. African...

Internet & Technology.(A)
December 4, 2000... By Jed Graham Investor's Business Daily For online brokerage Ameritrade Holding Corp., the explosion in Internet stock trading in late 1998 and early 1999 was almost too much of a good thing. Like many of its competitors, the...

Tech Bits.(A)(Internet & Technology)
December 4, 2000... Auctions Bolstering Mitnick's Cult Status Kevin Mitnick is a hero or a thief. It depends on your point of view. One thing's for sure, he remains controversial. Starting in 1981, Mitnick was arrested four times and imprisoned...

SEMICONDUCTORS Intel, Analog Devices Take Aim At Texas Instruments.(A)(Internet & Technology)
December 4, 2000... Byline: James DeTar Investor's Business Daily It's time for Texas Instruments Inc. to look over its shoulder. Two semiconductor veterans are bearing down on the market for digital signal processors, a field that TI dominates. ...

ONLINE TRADING Investment Firms Show Their Faith In Datek's Future.(A)(Internet & Technology)
December 4, 2000... Byline: Jed Graham Investor's Business Daily It's no mystery why investors in the public markets are running scared of online brokerage stocks. With the Nasdaq in a deep funk, stock trading volume is down. That means fewer...

CONSUMER PRODUCTS Video Game 'Force Feedback' Hurts So Good.(A)(Internet & Technology)
December 4, 2000... Byline: David Isaac Investor's Business Daily Your Sopwith Camel flies low as you scan terrain for the enemy target. Then, asthe morning mist clears, you see it - two horse-drawn howitzers rolling towardthe German trenches. You...

INTERNET SERVICES Renters Finding Landlords On 'Reverse Listing' Web Sites.(A)(Internet & Technology)
December 4, 2000... Byline: Tim McCollum Investor's Business Daily Upstart Viva Group Inc. is out to become the first Web site to offer apartment leasing online. It's backed by a $17.3 million investment from seven major U.S.apartment owners. Santa...

Mattson Seeking Some Bliss In Role Of Marriage Broker.(A)(TEK3)
December 4, 2000... Byline: James DeTar Investor's Business Daily The storage space on laptop and hand-held computers is like a closet: No matterhow big it is, it's never big enough. The problem stems from the size of portable computers. Since the...

EU Minister Hails DoCoMo-AT&T Tie.(A)(DOCOMO)
December 4, 2000... HEL SINKI, Finland (Reuters) - Japanese NTT DoCoMo's purchase of a minority stake in AT&T Wireless may be one of the most important telecommunications moves in years, European Union Commissioner Erkki Liikanen said on Friday. "This...

How Toyota's Kentucky Operations Mix People, Processes To Be Best.(A)(Company In The News)
December 4, 2000... By Paul A. Eisenstein Investor's Business Daily Mike DaPrile, head of manufacturing at Toyota's Georgetown, Ky., assembly plant, remembers clearly the day he thought he'd lost his job. He'd joined Toyota following a 25-year stint...

Make The Grade At Parent-Teacher Meet.(A)(News For You)
December 4, 2000... Byline: Tim Haddock Investor's Business Daily You understand the importance of parent-teacher conferences, but secretly you ask yourself if they're really worth taking the time off work. Last year, the teacher kept asking you how your...

HARRAH'S ENTERTAINMENT INC. /Las Vegas, Nevada Casino Company Finds Loyalty Is No Gamble.(A)(The New America)
December 4, 2000... Byline: Robyn Taylor Parets Investor's Business Daily Loyalty pays. At least that's what the executives at Harrah's Entertainment Inc. are saying. They might be onto something. In 1997, the casino company launched Total Gold,...

TRENDS IN BUSINESS /Sports Beverages Race To Buy Gatorade Stirs Up Drink Market.(A)(The New America)
December 4, 2000... Byline: Marilyn Much Investor's Business Daily Tennis buff Ferd Starbuck has something in common with the world's leading foodand beverage companies, and it has nothing to do with backhands or lobs. Starbuck, a publishing...

O'CHARLEY'S INC. /Nashville, Tennessee Today The Southeast, Tomorrow The Nation.(A)(The New America)
December 4, 2000... Byline: Jennifer Netherby Investor's Business Daily It's not as if casual diners really need any more restaurant choices. From Applebee's to TGI Friday's to the Olive Garden, the list seems endless. But that hasn't stopped one...

Daimler To Idle Plants To Cut Inventories Chrysler Facilities To Close For Three Weeks As Sales Tumble.(A)(DAIMLER)
December 4, 2000... DETROIT (AP) - The troubled Chrysler arm of DaimlerChrysler AG says it will idle a number of plants in the next three weeks to cut inventories of unsold vehicles. The company also said Friday that its sales for November were down 5%, with...

Purchasers Report Manufacturing Slid Again In Nov.(A)(PURCHASE)
December 4, 2000... NEW YORK (AP) - Manufacturing activity declined in November for the fourth month in a row, an industry group reported Friday, offering further evidence ofa slowdown in the U.S. economy. The National Association of Purchasing Management said...

Raytheon Warns Profit Will Be Short Of Views.(A)(RAYTHEON)
December 4, 2000... BOSTON (Reuters) - Dogged by troubled defense programs from the past and delayswith a new business jet, Raytheon Co. on Friday offered a cautious outlook for2001 that triggered a steep decline in the shares of the No. 3 U.S. defense contractor....

The Real Most Active - NYSE.(A)(The Real Most Active - NYSE)
December 4, 2000... The Real Most Active An early rally withered into another down day for blue chips, but the general market rallied Friday. The Dow industrials, up 1.1% intraday, fell 40.95 points, or 0.4%, to 10,373.54. Nasdaq-listed Intel contributed...

Stocks In The News - NYSE.(A)
December 4, 2000... Some sleepy financial firms have woken from their two-year slumber as investorsrace out of techs and seek cover in less-richly priced sectors. The Finance-Savings & Loan group currently ranks 25th among 197 groups for six-month performance, and...

SNAPSHOT.(A)
December 4, 2000... {TEXT} Big drug companies haven't had it easy. For years they got to throw their weight around. They've had the cash to hire the brightest scientists, fund the biggest clinical trials and hire the best salespeople. {TEXT} Then...

IBD's Top 10.(A)(IBD's Top 10 1-5)
December 4, 2000... Supreme Court Gets Case; Gore Dealt Blow In Florida 1The U.S. Supreme Court aggressively quizzed lawyers for Al Gore and George Bush in the 90-minute session and appeared divided over the extended deadline ordered for hand-counted...

The Big Picture.(A)(The Big Picture)
December 4, 2000... THE BIG PICTURE The market flashed a mean streak Friday. It didn't even wait a day before collapsing on the morning's bargain hunters. Stocks had to snap back after Thursday's beating, right? Indeed, the "values" were too good to pass...

Clinton Spaces Out: Accord With Russia Would Compromise American Launches.(A)(View Point)
December 4, 2000... By Frank J. Gaffney Jr. In the waning hours of his presidency, Bill Clinton is poised to sign an agreement with the Russians that is, at minimum, inconsistent with long-term U.S. national security and commercial interests. At worst, the...

Gore Vs. Bush In U.S. Supreme Court: Rivals' Lawyers Present Their Cases.(A)(National Issue)
December 4, 2000... Byline: Daniel J. Murphy and Joseph Guinto Investor's Business Daily George Bush won two minor battles before the Florida Supreme Court on Friday. But his biggest battle - before the U.S. Supreme Court - was still in doubt. The...

UPHOLDING THE RULE OF LAW.(A)(Editorial)
December 4, 2000... The U.S. Supreme Court should strike down the judicial overreach of Florida's highest court. Far from undermining states' rights - as conventional wisdom holds - this move would vindicate them. Such a reversal would uphold the rights of...

TROLLING FOR A LEGACY.(A)(Editorial)
December 4, 2000... It seemed the country was safe from the hardships that would be inflicted by the Kyoto Protocol when the global warming meeting crashed more than a week agoat The Hague. Then our president decided to step in. According to the Sueddeutsche...

Key Fund Holdings.(B)
December 4, 2000... Key Fund Holdings / Ambac Financial Group and Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. were key holdings of Sit Small Cap Growth Fund as of the latest reporting period. Ambac's stock price has a strong 94 Relative Strength Rating. The muni-bond insurance...

Managers Weigh Signs Of Market Bottom Some Say Big Volume Is Mark Of Capitulation; Others Demur.(B)(Making Money In Mutuals)
December 4, 2000... By Peter McKenna Investor's Business Daily Early in World War II, after the British won a key victory, Winston Churchill warned his countrymen against premature celebration. "We have not reached the beginning of the end," he said....

Tech And Finance Help Dreyfus Midcap Value Fund, Up 20%, Seeks Cheap Stocks Headed For Growth.(B)(Making Money In Mutuals)
December 4, 2000... Byline: Nancy Gondo Investor's Business Daily Most tech and growth funds have been slammed amid the Nasdaq's decline this year. But Dreyfus Midcap Value Fund got a boost from some of its tech holdings. The stocks that have...

The Real Most Active - NASDAQ.(B)(The Real Most Active - NASDAQ)
December 4, 2000... The Real Most Active Investors snapped up techs during a bargain shopping session Friday. The Nasdaq composite rallied higher in the morning, then peaked mid-day and began to falter. But the index managed to hold steady, gaining 47.36...

Stocks In The News - NASDAQ.(B)
December 4, 2000... After making a giant 606% upward move in a three-year span, Insituform Technologies lapsed into a consolidation in May. It tried to break out of the seven-month base on Nov. 14 but pulled back. It's now moving back up, and sits 6% off its high...

IBD's Top 10.(A)(IBD's Top 10 6-10)
December 4, 2000... Seismic Shift Hits Mexico: Fox Takes Over From PRI 6Ending 71 years' rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), Vicente Fox accepted the presidential sash from outgoing president Ernesto Zedillo. PRIrule was marked by a...

Iraq Halts Crude Oil Shipments But Prices Crash $1.80 Per Barrel.(B)(FUTURES)
December 4, 2000... By Reuters Crude oil prices fell about 5% on Friday after the White House said it was working with the West's energy watchdog and major oil producers on steps to make up for lost Iraqi oil exports. In other featured commodity trading,...

Bonds' Recent Gains Lose Steam As Nasdaq Stocks Bounce Back.(B)(Credit Markets)
December 4, 2000... By Reuters Most U.S. Treasuries fell on Friday as a report showed U.S. manufacturing contracted for the fourth straight month in November - although not as much as some had feared - and as technology stocks rallied. Treasury...

Business News.(A)(After The Close)
December 4, 2000... SBC COMMUNICATIONS reaffirmed its fourth-quarter profit outlook of 56 cents to 58 cents, refuting rumors that it'll miss views. Analysts expect the local phone company to earn 58 cents. AES will buy Colombian KMR Power for $53 million in...

Business News.(A)(Business News)
December 4, 2000... Group purchases stake in Datek An investor group led by Bain Capital will pay $700 million for a majority stake in brokerage Datek Online Holdings and its Island ECN unit, which runs anelectronic stock trading network. The move comes as...

Business News.(A)(Business NewsBOT)
December 4, 2000... Holiday shoppers crave gadgets Hand-held devices, digital cameras and digital videodisc players are taking theplace of the personal computer on holiday shopping lists. While PC makers suchas Gateway, Micron Electronics and Hewlett-Packard...

BIZ2.(A)
December 4, 2000... AT&T Wireless support for GSM is blow to Qualcomm 3G hopes The No. 3 U.S. wireless provider has backed the GSM mobile standard, along withits upgrade path to broadband wireless. GSM dominates wireless outside the U.S. Qualcomm's CDMA...

The Economy.(A)
December 5, 2000... Dollar suffers another drubbing as investors fear U.S. slowdown The euro shot up 0.92 cent to 88.74 cents, a 2 1/2-month high. That's 6 1/2 cents, or almost 8%, won back since Oct. 26. Recent economic data show a clear slowing in the...

WASHINGTON.(A)
December 5, 2000... Transition dispute is first business for outgoing Congress; funds next Republican lawmakers complained that freezing $5.3 million in federal transition funds could delay the new administration. Democrats balked at givingfunds to the...

WW.(A)
December 5, 2000... President Fox scores early win by bringing Zapatistas to table Vicente Fox, who became Mexico's first opposition president in 71 years on Friday, made overtures to the Zapatista rebels in southern Chiapas State. They've been fighting...

Oct. Home Sales Fell 2.6% After Hot Sept. Prices Rose 2.9% On The Month And 9.3% From Year Earlier.(A)(HOUSING)
December 5, 2000... WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans bought fewer homes in October after snapping them up the month before, while prices reached record levels, the latest sign of a moderating but still vibrant housing market. The Commerce Department reported Monday...

Leading Indicators Slid 0.2% In Oct., Signaling Slowdown.(A)(INDICATOR)
December 5, 2000... NEW YORK (AP) - A key gauge of future economic activity fell 0.2% in October, suggesting further slowing for the U.S. economy next year. The Conference Board said Monday that its Composite Index of Leading Economic Indicators declined to...

I2's Sanjiv Sidhu His Flexibility Helps Him Keep Pace In A Changing World.(A)(Leaders & Success)
December 5, 2000... Byline: Doug Tsuruoka Investor's Business Daily Sanjiv Sidhu realized early that life can be chaotic. But if you learn to adjust quickly, he says, you can handle whatever it throws your way. Coming home from a friend's house...

Wisdom To Live By.(A)(Leaders & Success)
December 5, 2000... {TEXT} Wisdom To Live By . {TEXT} ON EXCELLENCE I have always told the musicians in my band to play what they know and then play above that. Because then anything can happen, and that's when some great art and music happens....

Internet & Technology.(A)
December 5, 2000... Byline: Murray Coleman Investor's Business Daily With its dominance in desktop operating systems, Microsoft Corp. would seem to be sitting pretty as business-to-business Internet commerce takes off. After all, the software giant's...

Ignore Oscillators In Free-Falling Stock Market.(A)(Investor's Corner)
December 5, 2000... By David Saito-Chung Investor's Business Daily The bear market has taken its toll on great stocks. Past winners have nose-dived 40%, 60% or even 80%. Many momentum indicators show the stocks have been sold into submission. So is...

Tech Bits.(A)(Internet & Technology)
December 5, 2000... What's That Scent Your PC Is Wearing? A breakthrough in computer interactivity may sound a bit nuts, but it sure smells nice. Privately held DigiScents Inc. says it's pioneered a technology for sending odors online. The idea is to...

INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS Free Net Service Juno Cracking Down On Web Hogs.(A)(Internet & Technology)
December 5, 2000... Byline: Brian Deagon Investor's Business Daily Heavy users of Juno Online Services Inc.'s free Internet service may have had ahard time logging on Monday. That was no accident. The service is taking steps to rein in its heaviest...

E-COMMERCE No Bluelight Special As Kmart Is Forced Into Free ISP Field.(A)(Internet & Technology)
December 5, 2000... Byline: Pete Barlas Investor's Business Daily Kmart Corp. is in the Internet service business, but not everybody's happy about it - including Kmart. On Monday, BlueLight.com, the online unit of Kmart, bought the assets of Spinway...

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE BEA Angling To Ride B2B Exchange Wave.(A)(Internet & Technology)
December 5, 2000... Byline: Murray Coleman Investor's Business Daily As companies rush to tap into the Internet, BEA Systems Inc. is moving fast to keep ahead. After beating analysts' expectations with third-quarter revenue of $224 million, up 77%...

OLD LINE GOES ONLINE Companies Bring Online Fund Raising To Nonprofit World.(A)(Internet & Technology)
December 5, 2000... Byline: Sarah Z. Sleeper Investor's Business Daily It's a $190 billion industry, but it has no dominant technology player. Nonprofit organizations generated 2.1% of the U.S. gross domestic product last year, but unlike their for-profit...

Easy Upgrades Can Squeeze More Life Out Of Old Laptops.(A)(Computers Made Plain)
December 5, 2000... Byline: Ted Needleman Investor's Business Daily Laptop computers are more popular than ever. And more people are making them their primary personal computers. But the age-old complaint about mobile PCs remains: They're not as easy...

INTERNET MEDIA Online Sites Fight For Access To Olympic Games In 2002.(A)(Internet & Technology)
December 5, 2000... LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - After being virtually shut out of the Sydney Games, Internet companies are making the case this week to old media and Olympic executives for greater online video and coverage rights. Their progress may not be...

2 Wall St. Houses Turn On Daimler With Downgrades.(A)(DAIMLER)
December 5, 2000... FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Investment firms joined the shareholder siege of DaimlerChrysler on Monday, with Standard & Poor's Corp. and J.P. Morgan & Co. downgrading the embattled automaker's stock as it struggles to recover from heavy losses at...

PepsiCo Finally Gets Gatorade With $13.4 Bil Quaker Takeover.(A)(PEPSI)
December 5, 2000... NEW YORK (AP) - PepsiCo Inc. shares rose Monday after it sealed a deal to buy Quaker Oats Co., the maker of Cap'n Crunch cereal, Aunt Jemima pancake productsand Gatorade, for about $13.4 billion in stock. Adding the popular Gatorade to its...

From Research Dollars To Riches How Top Companies Make The Most Of Their R&D Spending.(A)(Company In The News)
December 5, 2000... Byline: David Saito-Chung Investor's Business Daily I magine business as a football game. Companies with the right mix of products,sales, marketing and managers tend to score the most touchdowns. But how do the best firms post a...

Qualcomm Finally Cinches Its China Deal Nation Confirms Plans, Sending Telecom's Shares Up 8%.(A)(QUALCOMM)
December 5, 2000... TEXT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Shares of wireless technology company Qualcomm Inc. \ Qualcomm's stock rose 7 to 90 on the Nasdaq on volume of 21.5 million shares. That was about 42% more than its average daily volume and brought the stock...

NRG ENERGY INC. /Minneapolis, Minnesota Energy Firm Finds Deregulation Powerful Stuff.(A)(The New America)
December 5, 2000... Byline: Gerard A. Achstatter Investor's Business Daily The road to deregulation promises a wealth of opportunities for independent power producers such as NRG Energy Inc. But they'd better be braced for some bumps along the way. ...

CELGENE CORP. /Warren, New Jersey Firm Builds Future On Drug With Rocky Past.(A)(The New America)
December 5, 2000... Byline: Kirk Shinkle Investor's Business Daily After being banned almost 40 years ago for causing birth defects in thousands of infants, it's unlikely the drug thalidomide ever will escape its past. But that hasn't stopped...

JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES INC. /Monett, Missouri Small Banks Look Here For High-Tech Help.(A)(The New America)
December 5, 2000... Byline: Suz Redfearn Investor's Business Daily Twenty-five years ago Jack Henry went looking for bank software, but couldn't find any to suit his needs. Rather than settle for the primitive offerings of the day, he had a friend...

DELTA.(A)
December 5, 2000... ATLANTA (AP) - Delta Air Lines canceled more flights Monday because its pilots were refusing to work overtime while contract talks continued. Airline spokesman Russ Williams said he could not say how many flights were affected Monday....

Labor Woes Ground Delta Flights.(A)(News For You)
December 5, 2000... Byline: Nancy Gondo Investor's Business Daily It's a nice clear day outside and you're dreading the prospect of going to yourgym to do the same exercise routine in that recycled gym air. Why not try taking your cardiovascular...