Investor's Business Daily articles from February 2000

Investor's Business Daily archives from February 2000

From New Media.
February 1, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Internet Staffers' memos warned Gore of honesty issue Two staffers for Al Gore's 1988 presidential bid warned the man who inspired "Love Story" and invented the Internet that his "main pitfall is exaggeration,"...

Meat Packer Gustavus Swift - His Determination And Vision Helped Change The Way Americans Shop.
February 1, 2000... Byline: Amy Reynolds, Investor's Daily Gustavus F. Swift knew he looked ridiculous. There he was - a large, sturdy man riding around his large meat packing plant on a small pony, his toes brushing the ground. People laughed at him, but...

Jockey Willie Shoemaker - Relentless Determination Helped Put Him In The Lead.
February 1, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily By Michael Richman Willie Shoemaker was riding high. After winning the 1955 Kentucky Derby, he'd claimed repeated victories to become the nation's premier jockey by the end of 1956. So when the gates opened for...

Investors Eyeing The Exits Could Drive Phone Deals.
February 1, 2000... Byline: Reinhardt Krause, Investor's Daily Where buyout firms go, can industry consolidation be far behind? Among upstarts in local phone markets, more mergers and acquisitions are likely, experts say. Buyout firms like Forstmann Little &...

Carmaker BMW Forced To Shift Into A Net - Rover dealerships in Spain found a company that could translate between new system and an old computer system.
February 1, 2000... Byline: Pete Barlas, Investor's Daily cpsiArt:HED: (Re)Building Their Legacies DECK: The market for software to help companies adapt their old mainframe or minicomputer systems, so-called legacy systems, is expected to triple from 1998 to...

Computers Made Plain - If Your E-Mail Engine Is Slowing, You Might Look Under The Hood.
February 1, 2000... Byline: Paul Korzeniowski, Investor's Daily Investor's Business Daily The computer network at New York law firm Robinson,Silverman, Pearce, Aronsonn & Berman was slowing to a crawl in 1998. No one knew why. Like many other businesses, the...

Educators Debate How Much Net Helps Learning.
February 1, 2000... Byline: Sheila Riley, Investor's Daily Basic math and reading skills are at the center of the storm in public education. Studies repeatedly show that U.S. students don't do as well in math as those in other countries, while tech employers...

Japan's Toshiba Seeks Partners, May SpinOff Some Businesses.
February 1, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - The chief executive of Toshiba Corp., confident about the Japanese electronics company's prospects, said on Monday that its strategy of reasonable alliances could lead to an...

The Business Cycle In America:Still Alive, Just Less Severe.
February 1, 2000... Byline: Charles Oliver, Investor's Daily Today's a red-letter day for the U.S. economy. It just entered its record-breaking 107th straight month of expansion. Is the business cycle dead? No, economists say. One of the hallmarks of the...

Consumer Spending Jumps Again; Savings Rate Hits All-Time Low - Personal income can't keep up with spending just as the Fed is set to meet on monetary policy.
February 1, 2000... Byline: Jim Christie, Investor's Daily Investor's Business Daily Personal income rose in December, and consumers were quick to spend it - as they did all last year. That made for two milestones: Last year's holiday retail season was one of...

Give And Take - Who wins and who loses? When it comes to federal taxes and spending, the answers might surprise you. But they say a lot about why we haven't cut the size of government.
February 1, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily For 23 years, Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., has compiled an annual report, "The Federal Budget and the States." For several years now, he's had the help of the Taubman Center for State and Local...

Truth And Consequences.
February 1, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Part of President Clinton's legacy, then, is to bequeath to his chief cheerleader an intense disrespect for the truth. Gore's willingness to fudge for political gain extends to matters, both large and...

Backing Taiwan.
February 1, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily bf Pass the Taiwan Security Enhancement Act The People's Daily last week printed a series of regulations attempting to impose greater control over the Internet. Publishing new information on Web sites will...

VIEWPOINT.
February 1, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily bf How To Waste More Money than LBJ By J.T. Young Ten months before the presidential election, the two Democratic Party contenders have promised spending increases that eclipse President Clinton's health care...

Semtech Emerges From Slump To Broaden Its Chip Horizons.
February 1, 2000... Byline: Alan R. Elliott, Investor's Daily bf Companies In The News for 2-1-00 David Letterman's cardiogram should look so good. Semiconductor makers have managed a solid recuperation since last year's bounce off the bottom of an industry...

Naps Help Boost Energy, Reduce Stress - Sleep Experts Say On-The-Job Breaks Improve Productivity.
February 1, 2000... Byline: Gary M. Stern, Investor's Daily Investor's Business Daily You snooze, you lose? Not so, say sleep experts. Research reveals that napping for a short period may benefit overworked and sleep-deprived workers. A NASA study shows that...

Washington & World.
February 2, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily After N.H. vote, GOP candidates move to S.C. Republican George W. Bush will stop at Bob James University - the home of the state's staunchest conservatives- to ask for their vote. Sen. John McCain plans a...

Writer F. Scott Fitzgerald - Climbed To The Top By Following His Passion And Sticking To His Plan.
February 2, 2000... Byline: Susan Vaughn, Investor's Daily In his early 20s, F. Scott Fitzgerald revealed what sounded like an outlandish dream to his best friend, Edmund Wilson: "I want to be one of the greatest writers who ever lived." Such a declaration -...

Entrepreneur Joy Morton - His Organization Made His Company A Household Name.
February 2, 2000... Byline: Sonja Carberry, Investor's Daily It was 1905, and salt distributor Joy Morton had a decision to make: Reap a lot of money by raising the price of his product, or keep his customers happy. Another salt company had encouraged Morton,...

XML Language Standard Lures Venture Capitalists.
February 2, 2000... Byline: Matthew Benjamin, Investor's Daily TICKER PhotoTrust.com Inc. got a $ 3 million venture capital boost two weeks ago, largely because it may revolutionize the way online photos are managed. But there was another reason PhotoTrust got...

The Great Web Content Rush Adds Green To Printer Sellers.
February 2, 2000... Byline: Patrick Seitz, Investor's Daily Paul Curlander Lexmark International Group Inc. Chairman and CEO 47 years oldB.S., electrical engineering, University of Colorado; M.S. and Ph.D., electrical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of...

HP To Spin Off Marketing Unit.
February 2, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Computer equipment maker Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to spin off its DeepCanyon unit, which provides Internet services for marketers. HP plans to keep a stake in DeepCanyon after its public offering. ompany...

Sony To Sell Online In Japan, Could U.S. Market Be Next?
February 2, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Electronics kingpin Sony Corp. plans to start selling its consumer electronicsproducts online in Japan, raising the question whether a similar move is in the offing for the U.S. Sony said Tuesday it had formed...

Zenith, Back From The Nadir, Recasts Itself.
February 2, 2000... Byline: Patrick Seitz, Investor's Daily bf Possible art: photo of CES booth, product shots, or timeline. Zenith Electronics Corp. is trying to shake its image as Grandma's consumer electronics company and transform itself into a cool,...

Syracuse Univ.'s Douglas Holtz-Eakin On The Budget Surplus.
February 2, 2000... Byline: Claire Mencke, Investor's Daily It's an election year, and everyone has an idea on what to do with the budgetsurplus of trillions of dollars that is expected over the next 10 years. Some,like Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan,...

Business Survey:More Expansion, But Input Prices Post Sharp Rise - NAPM's report forces the big question:How long can big price hikes stay at the input level?
February 2, 2000... Byline: Jim Christie, Investor's Daily Investor's Business Daily The factory sector grew in January for the 12th straight month, while pipeline price pressures showed a worrisome surge, the National Association of Purchasing Management...

Real Choice - If you don't want the same car as your neighbor, no problem. You can by a Volvo, your neighbor can buy a Volkswagen. To each his own.
February 2, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily That's the way an economic market works. Each person spends his money on things that he wants. It's a good thing, too. Can you imagine the arguments that would break out if everyone in your neighborhood had to...

Nokia Net Up 46% In Fourth Quarter; Talks To Murdoch.
February 2, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Nokia Profit, Sales Rise; Confirms Talks On Cooperation With News Corp. HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - Telecommunications equipment maker Nokia's profit rose46% in the fourth quarter as sales of mobile phones surged....

Qualcomm Confirms New Accord For CDMA Technology In China.
February 2, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Qualcomm Inc. shares surged anew on Tuesday as the mobile phone technology company confirmed it had signed a deal that will open up China's giant market to its signature CDMA technology. Qualcomm shares were up...

Bell Atlantic-GTE Swaps Wireless Networks With AllTel Corp.
February 2, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Bell Atlantic, GTE To Swap Wireless Systems In Preparation For AirTouch Venture NEW YORK (AP) - Bell Atlantic Corp. and merger partner GTE Corp. are trading wireless networks in 13 states with AllTel Corp.,...

Auto Sales Stayed Strong For Jan. As Robust Economy Fueled Buys.
February 2, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily New vehicle sales in January picked up where last year left off, with General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and most foreign automakers reporting robust U.S. gains on Tuesday despite East Coast snow storms that...

Xeta Makes A Few Purchases, Expands Beyond Hotel Market.
February 2, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily bf Companies In The News for 2-2-00 By Kirk Shinkle Xeta Corp.'s past successcame from making sure your phone calls got billed to your hotel room. That wasa $ 100 million market. It's also a drop in the bucket...

Message To Giuliani: Court Soccer Moms.
February 2, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily bfrr Message to Giuliani: Court Soccer Moms By Jerry Nachman There's little doubt it's going to happen. Despite the ham-handed missteps, the sitting by quietly while anti-Semitic mortars were thrown over her...

Europe's Dirigistes.
February 2, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily The model plainly hasn't worked. In fact, it's failed miserably. But have theeurocrats learned their lesson? Not at all. We've been treated to lectures foryears from them about America's "global...

A Right To Be Uninsured?
February 2, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Depending on the legislation's final wording, a patients' bill of rights would give patients license to sue their insurance providers over the quality of their medical care. Never mind that lawsuits will...

Hillary May Gore Clinton.
February 2, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily By David Brock The Hillary Clinton-Rudolph Giuliani Senate race in New York promises to be one of the most volatile and exciting political races of this year, or any year for that matter. The outcome is...

How To Preserve Priceless Family Imagery - Restoration Experts Reveal Their Top Tips For Best Results.
February 2, 2000... Byline: Russell Shaw, Investor's Daily Investor's Business Daily You've cleared the dust off that box of photos and are leafing through the grayed pictures of your ancestors. The 1900-era portrait of your great-grandmother is unusable as...

Computers Made Plain - With A New Crop Of Internet Sites, Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves.
February 3, 2000... Byline: Laura B. Smith, Investor's Daily Investor's Business Daily Grandma's online and has been surfing the Web for weeks. Her granddaughter chipped in to get her a printer and scanner for Christmas. When it comes to women and the...

Case's Dilemma: Making The Case For Time Warner - America Online executive had to do something, but by acquiring the media giant he's paying a hefty price.
February 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily America Online Inc., which plans to merge with media company Time Warner Inc.,said Wednesday its Internet service has more than 21 million subscribers and members average more than an hour online daily. AOL, the...

Time Warner Beats Estimates.
February 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Time Warner Inc. on Wednesday posted fourth-quarter earnings that easily beat Wall Street estimates, reflecting strong growth in cable TV and publishing operations. The owner of People and Time magazines which...

GM's CEO-Designate G. Richard Wagoner On His Big Challenge.
February 3, 2000... Byline: Paul A. Eisenstein, Investor's Daily In a move that comes months earlier than many observers had expected, G. Richard Wagoner has been named chief executive officer of General Motors Corp. At 46, Wagoner will be one of the youngest...

Fed Hikes Interest Rates -Point; Cites Continuing Inflation Worries - Market watchers say the Fed's been warning of this action for weeks. But are more hikes coming?
February 3, 2000... Byline: Charles Oliver, Investor's Daily Investor's Business Daily The Federal Reserve raised two interest rates Wednesday by a quarter-point - the fourth increase since June - in an effort toslow the red-hot economy and keep inflation at...

Cab Fair? - How much does government intrude on the economy? To judge, most people look at what the government spends. It might be better to look at what government regulates.
February 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Government regulation takes many forms. Some are obvious, like price controls. But many are less apparent, which is part of the reason politicians like them so much. While most of the reporting on regulation...

Clinton Unveils $ 2 Bil In Proposals So Poor, Minorities Can Be Online.
February 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily President Clinton on Wednesday unveiled a multibillion-dollar plan to help poor Americans and minorities get access to the Internet and make it as universal as the telephone. Clinton's fiscal year 2001 budget...

New Home Sales Rise A Strong 4.5% For Dec. - May Be 'Last Hurrah' For Housing As Higher Rates Take Bite.
February 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily New-Home Sales Rise In December, Set Record For Year WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumers bought new homes at a faster-than-expected pace in December, thegovernment said Wednesday, capping a record year for...

Schwab Buys Day Trader, Lowers Some Commissions - Purchase Of CyBer Corp. For $ 488 Mil Follows Buyout Of Firm Serving Well-Heeled.
February 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily In an effort to lure active stock traders, Charles Schwab Corp., the No. 1 U.S. discount and Internet broker, said Wednesday it will cut some of its trading commissions in half and also buy day-trading firm...

The Race Is On.
February 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily John McCain's overwhelming and surprising win over George W. Bush elevates the Arizona Republican into a contender. At least that's what the media would have you believe about their choice. Bill Bradley's...

VIEWPOINT.
February 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily By Bruce Herschensohn In the former Soviet Union, the rules were clear. The citizen was granted cradle-to-grave "security" at the cost of economic liberty.Why was that the cost? Because any government that...

JUST HOW TOUGH WILL THE FED GET? - Even With Little Inflation, Markets Expect More Rate Hikes.
February 3, 2000... Byline: Mike Angell, Investor's Daily How did cell phones become so small? Even with all the new features, they're not much bigger than a deck of cards. Credit the digital signal processor. Thisprogrammable microchip isn't as complex as a...

Life In General.
February 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily High-tech entrepreneurs shake stingy reputation Silicon Valley philanthropists are giving away their millions at an unprecedented rate. Recenthigh-profile donations - including billions from Bill and Melinda...

Use Major Media As Contrarian Indicator.
February 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Use Mainstream Media As Contrary Indicator Magazine Covers Often Signal Key Changes in Stock Prices Don't judge a book by its cover. But the front of a magazine can be a great way to gauge conventional wisdom -...

Make Teaching New Skills Easy As 1-2-3 - Encouragement And Clear Language Are Keys To Success.
February 3, 2000... Byline: Morey Stettner, Investor's Daily Investor's Business Daily You want to teach your employees a hands-on skill, so you show them how it's done and coach them to follow your lead. Simple enough, right? The problem is, people learn in...

Caricaturist Al Hirschfeld - Narrowing His Focus To A Line Has Helped Broaden His Influence On Art.
February 3, 2000... Byline: Robin M. Grugal, Investor's Daily Al Hirschfeld can capture the personality of a subject with several well-placed strokes of a pencil. Many people rave about his skill. But not everybody has found his work flattering. Take Allen...

Playwright Ben Jonson - His Perseverance Helped Him Inspire Generations.
February 3, 2000... Byline: Jonah Keri, Investor's Daily He was jailed repeatedly, even threatened with death. His peers often despised him, his king ostracized him, and his audiences jeered him. Yet Elizabethan and Jacobean playwright and poet Benjamin Jonson...

Investors Gaining Patience With The New Healtheon.
February 3, 2000... Byline: Jed Graham, Investor's Daily For a few days in May, Wall Street went bonkers over the announced merger of Healtheon Corp. and WebMnc., two companies bent on wielding the power of the Internet to reshape health care. Within two...

Nokia's Cell Phone Targets: U.S., Fashion, Data Markets.
February 3, 2000... Byline: Reinhardt Krause, Investor's Daily Ollie-Peka Kallasvuo Nokia Corp. Executive VP, Chief Financial Officer 46 years old Master's in law, Helsinki University Investor's Business Daily Back in the mid-1990s, the stock of Finland's...

Case's Dilemma: Making The Case For Time Warner - America Online executive had to do something, but by acquiring the media giant he's paying a hefty price.
February 3, 2000... Byline: Rob Golum, Investor's Daily Investor's Business Daily When the time comes to make key decisions, businesspeople often assume there's one great option - the win-win choice that will make everything right and ensure a rosy future....

The Private Choice - What happens if the market crashes? That's the objection raised by those who oppose privatizing Social Security. But the answers to that are simple.
February 4, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily First of all, analysts note, over the long haul the market has gone up. Downturns, even one as large as the crash of 1929, are temporary. Stocks are the best investment over the long term. They're certainly a...

SHIPPING OUT - U.S. Funds Are Buying Foreign Stocks Amid Rebounding Global Economy.
February 4, 2000... Byline: Paul Katzeff, Investor's Daily bf photo of Toni Shimura, any others? U.S. stock fund managers are aggressively pursuing the fat returns international fund managers feasted on last year. Weightings of foreign stocks in the portfolios...

Janus' Decker Stalks Value In Cash-Flow Data.
February 4, 2000... Byline: Dan Moreau, Investor's Daily Janus Special Situations Fund manager David Decker blazed through 1998 and 1999 with high returns, up 25.3% and 52.5% respectively. In the former year, helagged the S&P 500 index by 3.3 percentage...

Wait For Market To Confirm Fresh Rally.
February 4, 2000... Byline: Ed Carson, Investor's Daily When you're about to make a big decision, it's a good idea to get a second opinion. The stock market isn't any different. It's tempting to start buying assoon as the market looks like it's bottomed. But...

How To Make Short Trips Long On Fun - Stop To Smell The Roses On Hiking And Biking Adventures.
February 4, 2000... Byline: Larry Olmsted, Investor's Daily Investor's Business Daily "Slow down to see the world." The motto of Butterfield & Robinson, a high-end operator of bicycling and walking vacations,has never been more appropriate. Active,...

Scientific-Atlanta Sees A Way To Benefit From AOL Merger.
February 4, 2000... Byline: Jonah Keri, Investor's Daily Looking for a winner in AOL's merger with Time Warner? Scientific-Atlanta Inc. just might be one. Atlanta-based Scientific-Atlanta and top rival General Instrument, a subsidiary of Motorola Inc., are...

Economy.
February 4, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Local gov't employee pension assets hit $ 1.7 tril Success in the stock market boosted the worth of state and local government employee retirement systems in the 1997-98 fiscal year. Total cash and security...

Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II - His Persistence Made His Kingdom The Most Powerful In The Ancient World.
February 4, 2000... Byline: Scott S. Smith, Investor's Daily Nebuchadnezzar II ruled the entire Babylonian Empire, covering much of the Middle East, from Turkey to Arabia, from the borders of Egypt to beyond the Tigris River in the east. But there was one...

Quarterback John Elway - Careful Preparation Helped Him Pass Up All The Others.
February 4, 2000... Byline: Michael Mink, Investor's Daily By the 1995 season, Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway was 35, old by football standards. He'd already had a certain Hall of Fame career, and he was financially secure. But entering his 13th season,...

Bell Challenger McLeodUSA Eyes Data, Regional Growth.
February 4, 2000... Byline: Reinhardt Krause, Investor's Daily Clark McLeod McLeodUSA Inc. Chairman and CEO 53 years old B.A., education, Coe College (Iowa) Investor's Business Daily It's not surprising that data services would catch the eye of phone company...

An All-New Game, Boy, For Resurgent Nintendo.
February 4, 2000... Byline: Patrick Seitz, Investor's Daily /diArt: Market share chart, with spot art of Game Boy and/or Pokemon, or GameBoy growth chart. Nintendo Co. one-upped its video game rivals last year - thanks not to some new, supercharged game...

Computers Made Plain - Software Puts Names, Numbers At The Click Of Your PCMouse.
February 4, 2000... Byline: Lynn Walford, Investor's Daily Investor's Business Daily Is it getting harder to track all the people and things to do in your life? If you can't find that telephone number or e-mail address when you need it, it may be time to...

It's Linux 2.0: Merger Marks Turning Point - VALinux's acquisition of Andover.Net is the biggest deal yet for the young sector, but more could be in store.
February 4, 2000... Byline: Rex Crum, Investor's Daily If the upstart Linux operating system went through a wild-eyed growth spurt in 1999, then 2000 is looking like the year the software comes of age. Evidenceof that came with word Thursday that Sunnyvale,...

Economist Richard Wagner On Paying Down The National Debt.
February 4, 2000... Byline: Charles Oliver, Investor's Daily President Clinton wants to pay down the federal deficit by 2013. The idea hasbecome quite popular. But is this the best use of the federal surplus? What impact would such an aggressive payback effort...

Treasury Plan Sparks Market Chaos; - Lower inflationary expectations also play a role, which has created an inverted yield curve.
February 4, 2000... Byline: Jim Christie, Investor's Daily Investor's Business Daily The Treasury Department's plans to buy back long-term debt and shift its borrowing needs to short-term instruments sent thebond market into a tizzy Thursday. The scramble for...

Bad Medicine.
February 4, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily One of the year's biggest policy debates will be over the creation of a prescription drug benefit for seniors in Medicare. On Tuesday, the Senate AgingCommittee will hold a hearing on what should be done. It...

Dreaming In Davos.
February 4, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily bf Dreaming in Davos Should we be concerned about an annual Alpine meeting, established 29 years ago by a high-minded Swiss businessman, in which the world's business and political glitterati gather? It hadn't...

VIEWPOINT.
February 4, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily By Anita K. Blair The Violence Against Women Act was supposed to prevent, notinflict, violence against women. The case of U.S. vs. Morrison, now before theSupreme Court, exposes how feminists and lawyers use...

How One Balanced Fund Went From Worst To First.
February 4, 2000... Byline: Adam Shell, Investor's Daily bf When Jackson Robinson took over as manager of Green Century Balanced Fund in July 1995, the fund was the worst performer in its class. "We were ranked No. 84 out of 84 balanced funds," he said. That...

Keep Market's Smart Money In Your Sights.
February 7, 2000... Byline: Christina Wise, Investor's Daily If you study the smart money, some of their genius might just rub off. What are the best mutual funds buying? Which stocks are they dumping? You want to make sure you're on the right side of their...

Pitching Your Company With Confidence - Get Plenty Of Rest And Eat Well To Put Best Foot Forward.
February 7, 2000... Byline: Lia Haberman, Investor's Daily Investor's Business Daily It's a digital-age rite of passage - the IPO roadshow, making a sales pitch for the stock of a soon-to-be public company to investors across the country. It's not uncommon to...

Trends & Innovation.
February 7, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Salmonella in eggs down by 39% since 1996 The Centers for Disease Control andPrevention (CDC) said the incidence of salmonella enteritidis, a subtype of salmonella infection associated with eggs, declined to...

Playwright Tennessee Williams - Through Persistence And Resolve, He Wrote His Way To Center Stage.
February 7, 2000... Byline: Amy Reynolds, Investor's Daily It was 1943, and writer Tennessee Williams had just been rejected. Again. He'd pitched a screenplay, "The Gentleman Caller," to executives at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. But Williams' play wasn't what they...

Retailer Jim McIngvale - Giving Customers Good Service Has Him Standing Tall.
February 7, 2000... Byline: Kevin Butler, Investor's Daily Investor's Business Daily Jim McIngvale's business was in trouble. With just $ 5,000 and a pickup truck, he'd opened a store in Houston in 1981 to sell furniture during the oil boom. Then the oil...

While Bells Talk Up DSL, Cable Signs Up Customers.
February 7, 2000... Byline: Reinhardt Krause, Investor's Daily When it comes to high-speed Internet access, it's time for the regional Bell phone companies to put up or shut up. Three of the four Bells rolled out high-speed Net access to consumers more slowly...

Computers Made Plain - As Hand-Held Devices Proliferate, Attention Turning To Security Issues.
February 7, 2000... Byline: Paul Korzeniowski, Investor's Daily Investor's Business Daily In the rush to boost productivity, companies may unwittingly open their network doors to unwelcome intruders. Every day, employees use small hand-held devices - wireless...

Stock Options An Incentive That Can Be Legal Minefield.
February 7, 2000... Byline: Doug Tsuruoka, Investor's Daily photo for this sent to LA fri 1/21 inhouse mail Bio BoxScott Schapiro KPMG LLP Senior manager/state and local tax 37 years old B.A., English, Cortland State University When It Comes To Tech Stock...