Investor's Business Daily articles from January 2005, page 5

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Free Ride Is Over.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)(Editorial)
January 18, 2005... Middle East: Recent reports indicate that hard-liners in the White House have been considering taking out insurgent training camps in Syria. In the words of Neil Young: "Should have been done long ago." How many lives -- American and...

Representatives For Life.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)(Editorial)
January 18, 2005... Politics: As elections loom in Iraq, California's governor wants to restore democracy in America by terminating a system that no longer lets voters pick their representatives, but lets elected officials pick their voters. In his State...

Tough Enough?(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)(Editorial)
January 18, 2005... Education: President Bush is right to want more testing of high school students. If there's a problem, it's not that the funds are short, but that the tests may be too easy. By now you know the drill: Bush talks reform, teacher unions...

Who's Who In Medical -- Health Maintenance Organizations Stocks ranked by a combined EPS and Relative Strength.(INDUSTRY SNAPSHOT)
January 18, 2005... 1HumanaHUM959632.425268.413047.63739.32122.8 Louisville, Ky. Integrates financing and management with delivery of health care. 2WellPointWLP9493121.3335876.817945.32436.913137.4 Indianapolis. Health benefits company serving over...

HMO's 1990s Stigma Subsides; Companies enjoy better reputation after reforms, but challenges remain.(INDUSTRY SNAPSHOT)(MEDICAL - HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS)
January 18, 2005... Byline: PETER BENESH The public's view of health maintenance organizations appears to be shifting. Reviled by Americans in the 1990s, HMOs are winning favor in the new decade. Flash back to 1998. Sixty-two percent of Americans felt...

Controlling Of Costs Remains Top Priority; HMO expert says field faces painful changes; payback is no certainty.(INDUSTRY SNAPSHOT)(Q & A)
January 18, 2005... Byline: PETER BENESH Health maintenance organizations are in a state of flux, says Dr. Peter Kongstvedt, vice president of Capgemini Health Consulting. They're struggling to overcome the notion that they reject claims unfairly....

More Leaders Show Signs Of Weakness, Tops.(THE IBD 100)(INSIDE THE IBD 100)
January 18, 2005... Byline: DAVID SAITO-CHUNG Last week's column emphasized the danger of buying a high-rated stock without first studying its chart. Given that the market still hasn't rebounded robustly, this rule is vital to maximizing returns. ...

THE IBD 100.(THE IBD 100)
January 18, 2005... 1TravelzooTZOO83.25-25999999+280+300+600+997220841 Web site lists bargains from 300 travel firms. Stock closes under 10-week line for 2 weeks. 2Google IncGOOG200.0-2999997+94+94+81+105873910 Leading search engine trading sideways...

Texas Roadhouse Cooks Up Own Style Of Wal-Mart's Rural Strategy.(THE IBD 100)
January 18, 2005... Byline: DAVID SAITO-CHUNG Wal-Mart became the dominant retailer by meeting the needs of small-town America. Texas Roadhouse thinks it can thrive with the same strategy. The casual-dining steakhouse chain has grown into a formidable...

IBD'S WEEK IN REVIEW.(THE IBD 100)
January 18, 2005... Stock Market Steadies As Profits Roll In 1Buyers did their best to offset heavy selling Tuesday and Thursday. The Nasdaq finished the week down less than a point. The small-cap S&P 600, which tumbled in the year's first week, rebounded...

THE IBD 100.(THE IBD 100)
January 18, 2005... 51Commercial MetalsCMC27.57+3999296+80+450+147+84224124 Steel recycler shows unusual strength during market correction; RS rises to 95 from 79 last 4 wks. 52Centene CorpCNC32.47+1999197+16+18+17+2820663 St. Louis-based managed...

Analyze, Profit From IBD's Market Charts.(GENERAL MARKET & SECTORS)
January 18, 2005... Analyzing the price and volume changes in the major market averages each day is essential to successful investing. They reveal major tops and bottoms in the stock market. Most stocks follow the general market's trend. They tend to rise...

When The Market Heads South, A Good Defense Is Your Best Bet.(MAKING MONEY)(INVESTOR'S CORNER)
January 18, 2005... Byline: NANCY GONDO You enjoyed the ride as your stocks chugged along through the last few months of 2004. But suddenly, you find yourself getting shaken out amid a string of failed breakouts and stocks slicing through their 50-day...

THE REAL MOST ACTIVE Home Builders, Oil Firms, Steel Makers Advance.(MAKING MONEY)
January 18, 2005... Byline: KATHARINE STALTER The Dow industrials advanced 0.5% and the S&P 500 0.6% in lighter trade. In some ways, Friday's action mirrored Thursday's, as home builders, oil and gas companies and steel makers scored solid gains. ...

USG May Benefit From Asbestos Lawsuit Curb.(B)(NYSE STOCKS IN THE NEWS)
January 18, 2005... Byline: Katharine Stalter USG Corp. soared 95% between its Oct. 15 breakout and its 4 1/2-year high of 41.67 on Dec. 30. It's pulled back in the new year, managing to close each session above its 50-day moving average. But its...

THE REAL MOST ACTIVE Internets, Medicals Lead Mild Nasdaq Rebound.(B)
January 18, 2005... Byline: DAVID SAITO-CHUNG The Nasdaq gained 0.8% Friday on roughly flat volume. It ended off less than 1 point for the week. Some Internet leaders recouped recent heavy losses. Yahoo jumped 1.37 to 36.70 on volume 70% higher than...

Rising Gas Prices Spur Driller's Profit Higher.(B)(NASDAQ STOCKS IN THE NEWS)
January 18, 2005... Byline: David Saito-Chung The market has continued to slip lower since the start of the year and produce few new breakouts among stocks with exceptional ratings. This set of circumstances is a direct signal to investors to be cautious...

IBD'S 20 RULES FOR INVESTMENT SUCCESS.(THE SMART INVESTOR)
January 18, 2005... A vital point is these rules are not based on our personal opinion, our beliefs or those of Wall Street's analysts and experts. Investor's Business Daily built models of the most successful stocks and investors of the last half-century. We...

New Idea Helped TCBY Scoop Up Big Gains.(THE SMART INVESTOR)(WINNING WAYS)
January 18, 2005... Byline: KEN HOOVER Frank Hickingbotham opened the first TCBY store in Little Rock, Ark., in 1981. He got the idea when he tasted frozen yogurt at a Dallas Neiman-Marcus department store and, according to company legend, exclaimed, "This...

Retail Sales Up 1.2% On Big Auto Surge; Holiday Take Strong; Ex Auto, Gas Sales Up 0.6%; Holiday and yearly gains best since '99; shoppers come through in last days.(A)
January 14, 2005... Byline: KIRK SHINKLE December retail sales overcame early humbug sentiment to finish the year with a bang. U.S. retail sales rose 1.2% in December to $349.4 billion, the Commerce Department said Thursday. Sales rose 8.7% vs. a year...

Asbestos Plan Irritates Industry, Fails To Wow Unions, Lawyers; Sen. Specter's proposal to OK new suits later is winning few friends.(A)
January 14, 2005... Byline: SEAN HIGGINS Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., was blunt when asked why his asbestos litigation reform bill doesn't include an actual dollar figure. "We've only been able to keep people (at) the table because I haven't said," he...

IBD'S TOP 10.(A)
January 14, 2005... Afternoon Sell-Off Hits Market 1Stocks spent most of the day treading water, unable to rally despite Apple's blowout earnings. Sellers swooped in about the time GM said '05 profit could be lower than estimates. The Dow lost 1.1%, the...

AFTER THE CLOSE.(TO THE POINT)
January 14, 2005... CREE plunged 22% after the semiconductor maker's Q2 margin fell from Q1 due to higher costs and lower Dec. shipments of its light-emitting diode products. Q2 profit of 32 cents a share rose 88% and matched views, but it warned on Q3. ...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(TO THE POINT)
January 14, 2005... LEISURE Marriott seen booking big gains Raymond James upgraded the hotel operator to outperform from market perform and established a 12-month price target of $70. The brokerage cited expected benefits from strong growth in the...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(TO THE POINT)
January 14, 2005... RETAIL Home Depot sees growth slowing The do-it-yourself retailer expects to earn $2.26 a share in the year ending Jan. 31, matching views and up 20% from the prior year. But earnings growth will slow in its next fiscal year. Home...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(TO THE POINT)
January 14, 2005... TRANSPORTATION GM warns of lower earnings The world's biggest automaker reiterated its earnings expectations for '04, but warned of lower profit in '05, largely due to rising health care expenses and weaker results from its finance...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(TO THE POINT)
January 14, 2005... SECURITY Taser: heart problems not a risk The stun gun maker said a study showed no link between the weapon's use and an increased risk of heart problems. Taser's been battling reports from Amnesty International and other sources,...

THE ECONOMY.(TO THE POINT)
January 14, 2005... Global shock risk low but serious New York Fed President Timothy Geithner said the odds of a global financial price shock are low, but are higher than in the past. Factors contributing to the shock risk include a weaker fiscal outlook for...

IN BRIEF.(TO THE POINT)
January 14, 2005... Timken raised its Q4 outlook to 39-44 cents a share, topping views of 34 cents a share. The specialty steel maker jumped 9% to 25.50. DRS Technologies won $36 mil in orders for Army tank and Bradley fighting vehicle computer systems....

NATION.(TO THE POINT)
January 14, 2005... Abu Ghraib guard backs Graner Army Spc. Megan Ambuhl said military intel officers wanted detainees roughed up and that Spc. Charles Graner, the alleged ringleader, was following their orders. Ambuhl has pleaded guilty to dereliction of...

WORLD.(TO THE POINT)
January 14, 2005... Copter crash in Colombia kills 20 The U.S.-donated Black Hawk went down in fog during a nighttime counternarcotics mission. A U.S. official in Bogota said Americans were aiding in efforts to recover bodies of the Colombian soldiers. ...

TRENDS & INNOVATIONS.(TO THE POINT)
January 14, 2005... Seniors don't connect with Net Thirty-one percent of Americans 65 or older use the Internet, the Kaiser Family Foundation found, but the figure drops to 15% among those making less than $20,000 a year and 18% among those with a high...

TRENDS & INNOVATIONS.(TO THE POINT)
January 14, 2005... ** Three of 10 leading causes of death differed between blacks and whites in '02, says the CDC. Homicide, HIV infection and blood stream infection were the 6th, 8th and 10th top causes of death for blacks. The 6th, 7th and 10th leading...

Tombaugh At A Glance.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
January 14, 2005... Tombaugh At A Glance Born: 1906 in Streator, Ill. Died: 1997 in Las Cruces, N.M. Education: B.S. in astronomy in 1936 and M.S. in astronomy in 1939, both from the University of Kansas. Achievements: ** Discovered the...

Johnny Unitas Willed His Way To Football's Heights; Be Resilient: From gridiron reject to Baltimore Colts' star quarterback, his iron determination helped him pass them all.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)(BEST OF LEADERS & SUCCESS)
January 14, 2005... Byline: MICHAEL MINK For Johnny Unitas, there was much more to being a quarterback than throwing the football. There was leadership. And there was being a field general. "I learned something about being a quarterback," Unitas wrote...

BE HONEST AND DEPENDABLE Make The Culture Ethical.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)(IBD'S 10 SECRETS TO SUCCESS)
January 14, 2005... Byline: Steve Watkins 10 In the wake of recent business scandals, many companies are starting to at least pay lip service to business ethics. That's the good news. Unfortunately, they probably aren't doing the right things, says...

Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh; Reach For The Stars: He followed his dream and brought the skies a little closer.(SERIES: One In A Series On Innovators)(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
January 14, 2005... Byline: CURT SCHLEIER One In A Series On Innovators A hailstorm destroyed all the crops on Clyde Tombaugh's family's farm -- and nearly all his childhood dreams in the process. The losses meant Tombaugh's family couldn't afford...

International Rectifier Sales Are Hot Because Its Chips Can Regulate Heat.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)(Q & A)
January 14, 2005... Byline: JAMES DETAR Chip sales are slowing, but the field still has its bright spots. Sales of chips that manage the electric current in computers and consumer devices are hot. As makers cram more and more stuff onto chips, the chips...

Google Looks To Stop Duplicate Ad Problem; Users Have Complained; Question is whether the crackdown will slow the rise of affiliate marketing.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
January 14, 2005... Byline: PETE BARLAS A plan by Google to clean up its search service could make things sticky for some advertisers. In the next few weeks, Google, the Internet's most-used search engine, will no longer let advertisers flood the...

Sellers Stock Up On Affiliate Web Sites To Boost Marketing; Avon Calling, Calling, Calling; EBay, Apple, Amazon are among those using many outlets to get out the word.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
January 14, 2005... Byline: PETE BARLAS Avon Products is famous for using saleswomen to bring its cosmetics into the homes of consumers. But these days Avon has another way to get inside homes: affiliated Web sites. For the last seven years, Avon has...

ASV INC. Grand Rapids, Minnesota; Its Construction Gear Is Making A Big Mark.(THE NEW AMERICA)
January 14, 2005... Byline: DAVID ISAAC In some ways, one of Gary Lemke's biggest jobs is education. He's chief executive of ASV Inc., which makes vehicles and equipment used in construction and landscaping work. The company's products use a rubber...

RESOURCES CONNECTION INC. Costa Mesa, California; For Some, Sarbanes-Oxley Is No Hassle At All.(THE NEW AMERICA)
January 14, 2005... Byline: STEVE WATKINS When Paul Sarbanes and Michael Oxley came up with a bill to reform corporate America, their aim was to force companies to be more open and forthright in their accounting. The two lawmakers probably didn't...

Will Party Continue Overseas In '05?; Fidelity Manager: Yes; Advisor Diversified Int'l increases its exposure to telecom, favors health.(MUTUAL FUNDS)(MUTUAL FUND PROFILE)
January 14, 2005... Byline: MURRAY COLEMAN Penelope Dobkin sees opportunities in hot foreign markets continuing this year. But the new manager of $5.5 billion Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund is shifting her weightings a bit. Since taking...

Probable Causes.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)(Editorial)
January 14, 2005... War On Terror: The announced end to the search for weapons of mass destruction has the "told-you-so" crowd gleefully pointing fingers. But the war in Iraq isn't about WMD and never was. The Iraq Survey Group, made up of 1,500 or so...

Squishing Guppies.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)(Editorial)
January 14, 2005... Leadership: A company that's the very definition of success -- and our largest private employer -- is tired of being treated like a public enemy. Good for Wal-Mart. The operator of more than 3,600 stores where 1.2 million Americans work...

A Back Door That Teachers Keep Shut.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)(Editorial)
January 14, 2005... School Reform: The Education Department may be excused for retaining black pundit Armstrong Williams to talk up benefits of the No Child Left Behind law. Few low-income students in failing public schools are taking advantage of a key...

Attack Of The Clones.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)(Editorial)
January 14, 2005... Politics: Have you seen any Republican clones on the loose lately? Sen. Ted Kennedy thinks he's spotted a few -- in the Democratic Party! But darned if we know who they are. "We cannot move our party or our nation forward under pale...

Sandy Burglar?(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)(Editorial)
January 14, 2005... Scandal: Anyone remember Sandy Berger? To the media, the former national security adviser who might have lifted sensitive documents is a forgotten man. Not entirely forgotten, though. A couple of media outlets -- the New York Post and...

Follow The Market's Behavior, Not Pundits' Predictions.(MAKING MONEY)(INVESTOR'S CORNER)
January 14, 2005... Byline: DAVID SAITO-CHUNG Before the new year began, pundits gushed with optimism about 2005. From New York to Tokyo, market experts echoed a statistic involving years that end with the numeral 5. In many of those years, the major...

THE REAL MOST ACTIVE Oil Companies, Home Builders Among Gainers.(MAKING MONEY)
January 14, 2005... Byline: KATHARINE STALTER The Dow dropped 1.1% and the S&P 500 0.9% Thursday as volume fell slightly. Despite the down day, a number of leading stocks bucked the major averages. Crude rose $1.67 to $48.04, sending oil stocks gushing....

Analyze, Profit From IBD's Market Charts.(GENERAL MARKET & SECTORS)
January 14, 2005... Analyzing the price and volume changes in the major market averages each day is essential to successful investing. They reveal major tops and bottoms in the stock market. Most stocks follow the general market's trend. They tend to rise...

Retailer Too's Holiday Sales Boost Earnings.(B)(NYSE STOCKS IN THE NEWS)
January 14, 2005... Byline: Katharine Stalter Clothing retailer Too has been rallying smartly after languishing for nearly two years. It vaulted to a two-year high Jan. 5 after the firm raised its fourth-quarter profit view. It's held above its 50-day...

THE REAL MOST ACTIVE Quiet Day Turns Into Late Losses For Nasdaq.(B)
January 14, 2005... Byline: JONAH KERI Nasdaq stocks bobbed and weaved Thursday, then fell into the close on light volume. The composite sank 1%, the Nasdaq 100 1.3%. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers dropped 1.79 to 44.82 in massive volume. The casual-dining...

Micros, LCA-Vision Wait Out Market Fall.(B)(NASDAQ STOCKS IN THE NEWS)
January 14, 2005... Byline: Jonah Keri Micros Systems blasted out of a base Oct. 29 after crushing fiscal first-quarter earnings estimates and raising its 2005 forecast. The stock shot up for a few weeks, then formed a short, tight pattern. It tried to...

Exports' 2.3% Slide Sends Trade Deficit To Record $60.3 Bil; Imports Rose 1.3% In Nov.; Demand for U.S. goods fell despite weak dollar; China shortfall a bit less.(A)
January 13, 2005... Byline: KIRK SHINKLE It takes a buyer and a seller to make a market, and this November the rest of the world didn't want what the U.S was selling. Falling exports and rising imports swelled the trade deficit by 7.7% to a record $60.3...

Corporate Earnings Seem Poised So Far To Hit Forecast Of Solid 15% Q4 Growth; Apple Gives Hopes A Boost; Energy, materials are seen posting best comparisons; telecom, utilities the worst.(A)
January 13, 2005... Byline: CHRISTINA WISE Apple Computer breezed past analysts' earnings estimates late Wednesday, helping put a positive spin on an earnings season that started off wobbly. Along with good news the last two days from chipmaker Intel...

IBD'S TOP 10.(A)
January 13, 2005... Trade Gap Hits Record $60.3 Bil 1The U.S. deficit unexpectedly jumped 7.7% in Nov. to an all-time high. Imports rose 1.3% after Oct.'s 3.3% rise. The real culprit was exports, which dived 2.3%. The U.S. economy is growing faster than...

AFTER THE CLOSE.(TO THE POINT)
January 13, 2005... MDC HOLDINGS earned $3.17 a share in Q4, up 109% from a year ago and 35 cents over views thanks to higher average selling prices and home closings. The home builder's shares rose. MCKESSON will pay $960 mil to settle a class-action suit...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(TO THE POINT)
January 13, 2005... TRANSPORTATION Delta price cuts boost Web sales The No. 3 U.S. airline said ticket sales on Delta.com doubled Jan. 6, a day after it announced across-the-board fare cuts. Still, Wall Street is waiting to see whether the fare...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(TO THE POINT)
January 13, 2005... TECHNOLOGY Intel spending plan lifts chip firms Makers of equipment to assemble semiconductors rose after Intel said it was boosting its capital expenditure budget in '05 by 34% to $5.1 bil. Applied Materials rose 2% to 16.53. ASML,...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(TO THE POINT)
January 13, 2005... RETAIL Coach guides up, but stock falls The designer and retailer of luxury handbags raised its Q2 profit estimate to at least 67 cents a share, topping analysts' projections by a penny. Coach's sales climbed 29% to $532 mil, also...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(TO THE POINT)
January 13, 2005... MEDICAL HCA lifts Q4 outlook over views The No. 1 U.S. for-profit hospital operator raised its forecast from 52-57 cents a share to 68-72 cents, a 17%-24% rise over the year-ago profit and well over views of 55 cents. HCA credited...

THE ECONOMY.(TO THE POINT)
January 13, 2005... Weekly mortgage applications fall The Mortgage Bankers Association's mortgage applications index fell 3% in the week ended Jan. 7, the lowest in a year. Applications for mortgages to buy a home slid 5.8%, the lowest since Nov. '03....

BUSINESS BRIEFS/IN BRIEF.(TO THE POINT)
January 13, 2005... FINANCE Morgan Stanley fined $13 mil NYSE fined the financial institution for failure to send prospectuses to 141,000 customers, failure to provide daily trading reports to the exchange and failing to do background checks on 23% of...

NATION.(TO THE POINT)
January 13, 2005... Bush wants more testing in H.S. President Bush began his push to require high school students to take the math and reading tests now required of younger students under the No Child Left Behind law. He wants to require states to test...

WORLD.(TO THE POINT)
January 13, 2005... Iranian woman receives pardon She had been sentenced to death for killing a police official who tried to rape her. The family of Behzad Moghaddam agreed to compensation of $62,500 rather than seek the execution of Afsaneh Nowrouzi. Now...

TRENDS & INNOVATIONS.(TO THE POINT)
January 13, 2005... Gene may boost HIV resistance Monkeys carry a gene that restricts HIV virus replication, British scientists say. By substituting a human protein with a monkey-derived protein, they found they could make the human cells resistant to HIV....

TRENDS & INNOVATIONS.(TO THE POINT)
January 13, 2005... ** Women may be living longer than men because of stronger hearts, British researchers found. Men's hearts lose up to 25% of their pumping power as men age from 18-70, while women's hearts are relatively unchanged. ** Eliminating risk...

Basketball's Hakeem Olajuwon Fulfilled His Dream; Focus On Goals: Discipline and confidence helped this Nigerian immigrant lead the Houston Rockets to two NBA titles.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)(BEST OF LEADERS & SUCCESS)
January 13, 2005... Byline: MICHAEL MINK When he came into the National Basketball Association, Hakeem Olajuwon was merely a raw physical talent: big and fast. He then became one of the game's greatest and most polished players. Why? He chalks it up to...

DEAL WITH PEOPLE EFFECTIVELY Bringing Out Their Best.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)(IBD'S 10 SECRETS TO SUCCESS)
January 13, 2005... Byline: Cord Cooper 9 You're a manager or team leader facing an unwelcome challenge: dealing with a person who complains endlessly, lowers team morale and puts his interests first. You can't change difficult people, but you can...

Medical Pioneer John Snow; Be Different: His methodical approach helped shed light on germ-borne illness.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
January 13, 2005... Byline: LISA SCHMEISER Many people thought John Snow was crazy. Nearly every child in America grows up hearing they must wash their hands to prevent the spread of germs. But that wasn't always the case. When Snow first proposed...

Essex's Reach Ranges From Hunt For Bin Laden To Tracking Oil Spills; Provides Radar Imaging; While U.S. military still is biggest customer, firm enters commercial arena.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
January 13, 2005... Byline: DOUG TSURUOKA Defense contractor Essex is far from a household name, but its technology is in the early stages of helping troops locate roadside bombs and, says one source, aiding the search for Osama bin Laden. Analysts say...

Music To Apple Faithful's Ears; iPod Sales Send Results Soaring; Analyst: Quarter's "A Blowout'; High notes include 338% jump in earnings, 74% rise in sales and higher outlook.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
January 13, 2005... Byline: PATRICK SEITZ Apple Computer sent investors to "a place called vertigo" Wednesday with a stratospheric quarterly report. Citing white-hot sales of its iPod portable music players, the company blew away analyst forecasts and...

Services Give You Control Of Far-Flung PCs; Programs Grow Easier; Remote-control options range from a Microsoft feature to online services.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)(COMPUTERS MADE PLAIN)
January 13, 2005... Byline: KEN SPENCER BROWN You can't be in two places at once. But with a good Internet connection and the right software, you can pretend you are. Think of it as remote control for your personal computer. From just about any...

JUPITERMEDIA Darien, Connecticut; Shift To Web Images Brightens Its Outlook.(THE NEW AMERICA)
January 13, 2005... Byline: MARILYN MUCH It's not easy shifting a company's focus away from its roots, but that's what Jupitermedia Chief Executive Alan Meckler has been doing the past year or so. Until recently, Jupitermedia's biggest revenue generator...

TENARIS SA Luxembourg; Pipe Maker Gains From Piping Hot Oil Market.(THE NEW AMERICA)
January 13, 2005... Byline: ADELIA CELLINI LINECKER Despite attempts to conserve natural resources and increase consumption of alternative fuels, the world's economic engine continues to cry out for more oil and natural gas. The American Petroleum...

Crime Doesn't Pay, But Vice Sure Does; Vice Fund Outperforms; It owns alcohol, tobacco, guns and gaming, tweaks socially responsible funds.(MUTUAL FUNDS)(MUTUAL FUND PROFILE)
January 13, 2005... Byline: KEN HOOVER Fund manager Dan Aherns has turned vice into a profitable virtue. His Dallas-based Vice Fund invests in four industries the so-called (his words) socially responsible funds tend to eschew: alcohol, tobacco, gaming...

IBD'S 20 RULES FOR INVESTMENT SUCCESS.(THE SMART INVESTOR)
January 13, 2005... A vital point is these rules are not based on our personal opinion, our beliefs or those of Wall Street's analysts and experts. Investor's Business Daily built models of the most successful stocks and investors of the last half-century. We...

Tale Of 2 Ratings: SmartSelect, Stock Checkup.(THE SMART INVESTOR)(INVESTORS.COM CORNER)
January 13, 2005... Byline: KEN SHREVE What do you do if you run across a stock with an Earnings Per Share Rating of 65 and a Stock Checkup Fundamental Rating of 97? What about a stock with a Relative Price Strength Rating of 98 but a Technical Rating of...

Tip Of The Spear.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)(Editorial)
January 13, 2005... Homeland Security: Michael Chertoff is tough, smart and not exactly the ACLU's dream nominee. In short, he's a good choice to fight the domestic war on terror. In nominating Chertoff this week to head the Homeland Security Department,...

CBS' Darkest Hour.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)(Editorial)
January 13, 2005... Media Bias: The investigation into the memogate scandal at CBS leaves some big questions unanswered. Among them: Why does Dan Rather still work there? As already noted, CBS ended the network careers of four people involved in the...

Seeking Great Retailers? Look For Profit, Stock Growth.(SERIES: Best Stocks Of 2004)(MAKING MONEY)(INVESTOR'S CORNER)
January 13, 2005... Byline: JONAH KERI Best Stocks Of 2004 Trying to guess the latest fashion trends can be a nearly impossible task. No one can always predict with certainty which handbag maker or chic clothing designer will dazzle customers in any...

THE REAL MOST ACTIVE Dow, S&P 500 Rebound From Intraday Lows.(MAKING MONEY)
January 13, 2005... Byline: KATHARINE STALTER The Dow gained 0.6% and the S&P 500 0.4% Wednesday as trading picked up. Crude oil closed up 69 cents at $46.37 a barrel. The increase drove up several oil and gas-related stocks. Driller Atwood...

Analyze, Profit From IBD's Market Charts.(GENERAL MARKET & SECTORS)
January 13, 2005... Analyzing the price and volume changes in the major market averages each day is essential to successful investing. They reveal major tops and bottoms in the stock market. Most stocks follow the general market's trend. They tend to rise...