Investor's Business Daily articles from July 2000

Investor's Business Daily archives from July 2000

Top Student Karla Hampton - Her Family's Focus On Togetherness And Achievement Helped Her Ace Her Studies.
July 3, 2000... Byline: Emily Nash, Investor's Daily Elizabeth and Willie Hampton always told their daughter, Karla, she could be the best. For a time, they were the only three who believed it. Educators and professionals often spot subtle characteristics...

Storyteller Shel Silverstein - Creativity And Care For Details Made His Works Best Sellers.
July 3, 2000... Byline: Jonah Keri, Investor's Daily Shel Silverstein loved to draw cartoons. Then he discovered that people were willing to pay him - and pay him well - to do it, and a world of opportunity opened. The year was 1956, and Silverstein had...

Computers Made Plain - Computers Aim For Middle Ground Between Laptops And Palm Devices.
July 3, 2000... Byline: Nancy Gondo, Investor's Daily Wish your laptop were two pounds lighter, booted up instantly and had batteries that lasted three times as long? Or maybe you're just frustrated withyour Palm computer's tiny screen. Stripped-down...

E-Signature Bill Gives Net Firms New Legitimacy - Signed by Clinton on Friday, the legislation could transform how businesses and consumers handle all sorts of documents.
July 3, 2000... Byline: Pete Barlas, Investor's Daily The electronic commerce industry expects to get a big boost from a federal bill giving electronic signatures the same legal weight as those written on paper. The bill, overwhelmingly approved by the...

Fallout Of Dot-Com Bust: Now Consultants Suffer.
July 3, 2000... Byline: Matthew Benjamin, Investor's Daily Every week brings horror stories of Internet dot-coms shutting their doors for good, as cash reserves and venture capital evaporate. Those failures affectother industries too - and chief among them...

Datek Starts Decimal Trading Ahead Of Rest Of Wall Street.
July 3, 2000... Byline: Jed Graham, Investor's Daily Quick, how much is 7/16 of a dollar? Unless you're a math whiz or trade stocks for a living, you probably don't immediately equate that fraction with 43.75 cents. By April, you'll have one less reason...

Bell Atlantic, GTE Finish Their Merger Resulting In Verizon.
July 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp. on Friday completed their $ 59 billion merger to create Verizon Communications, positioning the regional telecommunications companies to compete on a national and global scale....

Richardson Dismisses GOP Calls To Quit.
July 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Energy Secretary Bill Richardson on Friday dismissed calls for his resignationas politics and said he will "absolutely not" step down over security lapses at the Los Alamos, N.M., weapons lab. Richardson has...

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE - BigStar Now Seeking Bright Lights Of B2B.
July 3, 2000... Byline: Pete Barlas, Investor's Daily BigStar Entertainment Inc. doesn't expect to become an Internet icon by hawking video and DVD movies. So Chief Executive David Friedensohn is changing the troubled Net retailer's tack. Rather than...

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT - It's Faster, It's Better, It's ... The Internet2.
July 3, 2000... Byline: David Noack, Investor's Daily By David Noack The Internet is going back to the future. When created in 1969, the Internet was a hodgepodge of scientists and academics that had cyberspace all to themselves. Then the neighborhood got...

FCC Seen Poised To Approve SBC Long-Distance Bid.
July 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily SBC Communications is on the brink of receiving federal approval to offer long-distance calling in Texas. It would be the second time a regional Bell telephone company hassecured permission to provide that...

Both Sides Rest In Punitive Damage Phase Of Smokers Suit.
July 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Both sides rested Friday in a court fight threatening to set a national recordfor punitive damages sought by 300,000 to 700,000 sick Florida smokers. The six-member jury will return July 10 to hear attorneys...

Gov't Revises Corn Stocks, Acres, And Grains, Beans Pay The Price.
July 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily The latest U.S. Department of Agriculture's acreage report, which showed larger-than-expected planting, sent grain and soybean future prices plummeting Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade. On other markets,...

Strong Economy, Expanding Palates Lift Fortunes Of Best-Run Restaurants - The top chains are holding their ground, but there's plenty of opportunity for innovative upstarts.
July 3, 2000... Byline: Kirk Shinkle, Investor's Daily America is a very hungry place, and its stomach is nowhere near full. We're eating out more than ever, and the good times the past decade means restaurantsare pulling in record checks. But the long...

Colombia, Disaster, Pentagon Bill Advances.
July 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Congress sent President Clinton an $ 11.2 billion emergency measure for Colombia, the Pentagon and victims of domestic disasters after the Senate abruptly resolved an 11th-hour fight over the bill's size. The...

Income In May Outpaced Spending.
July 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Americans' incomes in May rose twice as fast as their spending, pulling the nation's personal savings rate up to its highest point since the beginning of the year. The Commerce Department reported Friday that...

Impotence Drug Pulled From FDA Consideration.
July 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Faced with serious safety questions, the maker of the experimental impotence drug Uprima withdrew its application for government approval Friday, leaving its fate in limbo. Uprima once was expected to become...

FCC To Study Impact Of Ruling On Internet.
July 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily The nation's communications regulators are looking at whether old rules designed to break open the local Bell monopolies extend to new Web services still in their infancy. The Federal Communications Commission...

Treasuries Ebb In Late Trading Ahead Of Long Holiday Weekend.
July 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily By Reuters U.S. Treasury prices finished mixed on Friday as traders closed their books on the second quarter and left early for the holiday weekend. A technical rally that propelled prices of longer-dated bonds...

Experience Counts: No Real Controlling Executive Authority On Gore's Resume.
July 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily By Michael Medved Al Gore's sputtering presidential campaign increasingly emphasizes his patient preparation for the presidency as his strongest argumentfor election. In contrast to political newcomer George...

Will Latest Investigation Of Big Oil Turn Out To Be Yet Another Bust?
July 3, 2000... Byline: Douglas Austin, Investor's Daily As Americans take to the road this Fourth of July weekend, the nominal price of gasoline has never been higher. The national price of a gallon of regular gas is about $ 1.65 on average, though many...

MORE GROWTH, MORE POVERTY?
July 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily The report, "Does a Rising Tide Lift All Boats?" from the business-sponsored Conference Board, comes up with a discomfiting answer to its own question - no.Despite the decade-long U.S. growth spurt, the poverty...

REMEMBERING FREEDOM.
July 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATING FREEDOM As America celebrates 224 years of independence Tuesday, the lessons of the Founding Fathers bear remembering - lessons of limited government and individual liberty. We...

Value Managers Talk Tactics At Conference - Nygren Notes Torque Of Data Inputs; Miller Decries Early Selling.
July 3, 2000... Byline: Paul Katzeff, Investor's Daily As the Morningstar Investment Conference wrapped up in Chicago on Friday, youcould find advice no matter what your investment approach. Sessions featured abroad spectrum of star managers explaining...

Icon Tech's Cash Blunted Effect Of Sell-Off - Manager Azari, Up 15% For Year, Raised Liquid Assets To 50%.
July 3, 2000... Byline: Nancy Gondo, Investor's Daily Tech fund investors and roller coaster fans know the thrill of an upside-downstomach. The difference is, one type seeks it while the other puts up with it - for a while, anyway. After posting lofty...

AT&T Can't Connect With Investors As Troubles Hold Phone Giant Back.
July 3, 2000... Byline: Reinhardt Krause, Investor's Daily Like an 18-wheeler stuck in a muddy ditch, AT&T Corp. has veered off course and its shares are at a 52-week low. A company makeover, shortcomings in financial performance and doubts about the...

Sizzling Gear For Your Summer BBQ Parties.
July 3, 2000... Byline: Lia Haberman, Investor's Daily You'll never char your burgers to a crisp or serve up undercooked chicken breasts again if the barbecue industry can help it. From pressure sensor seasoners to "smart" spatulas, backyard dining...

Investing Requires More Than Top Ratings.
July 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Investors Doth Not Succeed By IBD Ratings Alone By David Saito-Chung Knowing which stock to buy puts you at the right door to successful growth investing. But to cross that threshold, you need to master another...

Students John P. And Andrew Malcovsky - Parental Encouragement, Not Pressure, Fostered Their Academic Achievements.
July 5, 2000... Byline: Emily Nash, Investor's Daily Barbara Malcovsky was sipping teain her living room in Vermont in 1983 when her 15-month-oldson, Andrew, teased her with a glimpse of his potential. "B," the boy said as he pointed to Section B of the...

Catcher Johnny Bench - His Knowledge, Work Helped Make His Team Into A Machine.
July 5, 2000... Byline: Michael Mink, Investor's Daily Rookie catcher Johnny Bench wasn't going to let himself be intimidated by major-league players - even if he was only 19 years old. Called up to the Cincinnati Reds toward the end of the 1967 season,...

Vicente Fox's Rugged Individualism, Blunt Talk Stirred Mexico's Voters.
July 5, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Vicente Fox is tall and rugged, with a booming voice and a loose tongue. When talking to poor farmers, he's the local boy who still wears cowboy boots on hisranch. With bankers, he's the former top executive...

Computers Made Plain - Much Free Internet Service Available To Those Willing To View More Ads.
July 5, 2000... Byline: Lynn Walford, Investor's Daily Free Internet service didn't exist two years ago. Now providers of free service boast millions of subscribers. Why pay $ 21.95 or more for monthly Internet service when you can get it for free? The...

Online Records About To Begin A Healthy Trend - Federal regulators devising new standards expected to spark the growth of Web communication between doctors and patients.
July 5, 2000... Byline: Donna Howell, Investor's Daily Michael Kennedy's job is crunching numbers as a health systems analyst. But even though he's in the health field, he still gets banged up running, biking or mountaineering. So, the 34-year-old outdoor...

DVD, DSL, Cell Phones Ring Up Sales For AMD.
July 5, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily It's a hot summer for semiconductor sales. And after years in the cold, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is sizzling. Propelled by demand for Internet-readycell phones, digital videodisc movie players and high-speed...

Chipmaker AMD's President Looks To Mine Copper, Flash.
July 5, 2000... Byline: James DeTar, Investor's Daily Six months have passed since Advanced Micro Devices Inc. hired Hector Ruiz. But the president and chief operating officer says he's just getting started. Ruiz joined AMD in January after 22 years at...

Ellison Assumes Key Duties Of Lane At Oracle.
July 5, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily TICKERLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Larry Ellison, chairman and chief executive of Oracle Corp., will become president and chief operating officer following the departure of Ray Lane, the company's No. 2 executive,...

INTERNET - Hotels Add Fast Internet To Room Services.
July 5, 2000... Byline: Jennie Phipps, Investor's Daily Laptop-toting travelers are clogging up hotel switchboards, demanding faster Internet access. As a result, businesses have sprung up to offer just that. They use various business models to provide...

Economy Thrives On Immigrants, But Some See Risk If Downturn Hits - Many of them have no savings and rely heavily on social services. What if they lose their jobs?
July 5, 2000... Byline: Charles Oliver, Investor's Daily Where would we be without immigration? All dressed up with nowhere to go, many analysts say. The record nine-year economic expansion has made for the tightest job market in 30 years. If not for...

Employees, Stock Options In A Weak Market.
July 5, 2000... Byline: M. Susan Basas, Investor's Daily With the recent violent swings in the stock market - the Dow lost as much as 17% from its peak before recovering, and the Nasdaq an ugly 40% - it's not onlyinvestors who need to lick their wounds....

Bonds Climb In Modest Volume As Manufacturing Growth Eases.
July 5, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily By Reuters U.S. Treasury prices rose on Monday in razor-thin pre-IndependenceDay trade. A market-friendly report showed slower growth in manufacturing and lower price figures, suggesting the Federal Reserve's...

Immigrant Nation: Continued Growth Requires Infusion Of Human Capital.
July 5, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Immigration is back as an issue, but headlines have a way of hiding the fact.For months, Elian Gonzalez overshadowed all other discussions of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Bill Gates' front-page...

Will End To Sanctions Against Cuba Be Boon For American Businesses?
July 5, 2000... Byline: Joseph Guinto, Investor's Daily Elian Gonzalez may be back in Cuba, but Max Schmidt still thinks he might like a reminder of his time in the U.S. "I think he'd be glad to get a couple pork chops," said Schmidt, a hog farmer in...

VICENTE FOX'S OPPORTUNITY.
July 5, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily The PRI, as the party is known, dictated from Mexico City how the system was run. The key difference between its rule and that of, say, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union - which clung to power for about...

Telecom Fund Performance Turns Choppy - Managers Try To Look Past Failed Merger, Potential Glut.
July 5, 2000... Byline: Claire Mencke, Investor's Daily Investors have run hot and cold on telecommunications stocks for the better part of this year. And that's been reflected in the herky-jerky performance of funds focusing on that sector over the past...

Tollgrade Merges Restless Youths, Old School On Information Highway.
July 5, 2000... Byline: Alan R. Elliott, Investor's Daily Chris Allison is no stranger to the old school. He even jokes that his degreein literature left him well prepared for employment in the 14th century. Allison jumped to present tense a decade ago to...

Strong Opportunity's 5% Gain Paces Peers - Private Value Analysis Is Key To Manager's Investment Strategy.
July 5, 2000... Byline: Nancy Gondo, Investor's Daily Everyone loves a bargain, and Dick Weiss is no exception. But Weiss, who manages $ 3 billion Strong Opportunity Fund, defines bargains a bit differentlythan many of this peers do. While many fund...

Wheat Leads Grains, Beans Lower; Pork Bellies Manage Modest Gain.
July 5, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily By The Associated Press Wheat prices plunged 5% Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade, extending a decline that has wiped out two months of gradual price buildup in two days of frenzied selling. Corn and...

Find Top Wedding Photographers In A Snap.
July 5, 2000... Byline: Russell Shaw, Investor's Daily It's peak season for weddings, and photographers who capture the moments of that special day are probably booked solid. Many couples plan months, even years, in advance to find the best wedding...

Don't Trip Yourself By Chasing Extended Stock.
July 5, 2000... Byline: Ed Carson, Investor's Daily If you want great success, reach for the stars. Just don't overextend yourself. The right time to buy a stock is when it crosses its pivot point, thelast big hurdle before surging into new high ground....

Physician Charles Drew - His Determination Helped Him Set Up The First International Blood Bank.
July 6, 2000... Byline: M. Susan Basas, Investor's Daily It was late summer 1940, and World War II was taking a fearful toll in Europe. Britain, suffering huge casualties in the London Blitz, appealed to theU.S. for a way to preserve blood to treat the...

Bodybuilding Promoter Joe Weider - Persistence Made Him A Heavy Lifter In Iron World.
July 6, 2000... Byline: Kerry Jackson, Investor's Daily As a boy in Montreal, Joe Weider was a target for bullies. Small in stature, he and his younger brother were often chased and sometimes beaten up on their way home from school. Weary of the abuse, he...

Computers Made Plain - Digital Photography Fuels Demand For Better-Quality Inkjet Printers.
July 6, 2000... Byline: Ted Needleman, Investor's Daily As digital cameras spread, more personal computer users are printing their photos at home. And they're insisting on printers that produce photographic-quality output. Not just any printer will do....

A Sprint Merger Could Bring DT U.S. Net Users - Deutsche Telekom is hunting for Internet service providers, and Sprint has large stake in EarthLink, the No. 2 U.S. ISP.
July 6, 2000... Byline: Reinhardt Krause, Investor's Daily If Deutsche Telekom AG launches a bid to acquire Sprint Corp., the German phone giant stands to get more than Sprint's long-distance network and wirelessbusiness. It also would acquire a large...

'Aggregators' Bring Order To App Service Providers.
July 6, 2000... Byline: Murray Coleman, Investor's Daily With more than 300 companies now calling themselves application service providers, the industry seems ready for a clearing house. Or perhaps several clearing houses. So-called ASP aggregators hope to...

Shockwave Attracts Visitors, But Is It On Road To Profits?
July 6, 2000... Byline: Patrick Seitz, Investor's Daily Shockwave.com Inc. has been making waves in entertainment circles since late last year, when it began signing celebrity artists to create original cartoons for its Web site. The company hopes to make...

ONLINE CONTENT - Zombies? Hooligans? The Web Gets Animated.
July 6, 2000... Byline: David Isaac, Investor's Daily Zombie college students, soccer hooligan film critics, a transvestite nun: These are only a few of the bizarre characters you'll meet on the Web's more animated sites. The Internet has released a flood...

ONLINE INVESTING - Online Advice In One Ear, Out The Other.
July 6, 2000... Byline: Tony Kontzer, Investor's Daily The Internet may be a lot of things to a lot of people, but according to a recent study there's one thing it's not: an expert adviser. According to a survey commissioned by Boston-based Putnam...

India Is High-Tech Firms' Solution To - Demand is in the U.S., so Indian workers come here and U.S. firms outsource to that's right India.
July 6, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily By M. Susan Basas India's booming software industry is a key part of the U.S.information technology industry. High-skilled workers are coming from India inbig numbers to work for U.S. firms. Meanwhile, U.S....

Companies Find It Crucial To Hedge Risk.
July 6, 2000... Byline: Gerard A. Achstatter, Investor's Daily Companies cope with risk every day. In fact, they battle a slew of risks, including their exposure to wide-swinging currency, interest rate and commoditymarkets. It's no wonder, then, that...

Business Sentiment In Japan Improves, Tankan Poll Finds.
July 6, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily A closely watched survey of business confidence in Japan was surprisingly optimistic Tuesday - an unexpected sign of relief for the beleaguered economy that could leave the government divided over whether to...

Oil Prices Tumble By 6% On Word Of Saudi Supply.
July 6, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily By The Associated Press Crude oil prices plummeted 6% Wednesday after Saudi Arabia signaled it may soon begin producing an additional half-million barrels a day to cut short a relentless rise in oil prices that...

Europeans Vote To Probe Claims U.S. Satellites Spied On Business.
July 6, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - The European Parliament voted Wednesday to form a committee to investigate allegations the U.S. and allies such as Britainused Cold War satellites to conduct industrial espionage...

GAO Says Mutual Fund Holders Need To Get Clearer Fee Picture.
July 6, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Mutual fund companies should be required to give investors clear, specific information each quarter on the fees they're paying, congressional investigators aretelling the Securities and Exchange Commission. Two...

U.S. Judge Rejects Canadian Tobacco Suit.
July 6, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily U.S. Judge Kills Canadian Tobacco Suit SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - A federal judge dismissed Canada's $ 1 billion lawsuit accusing R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. of smuggling cigarettes into Canada through an Indian...

Bond Prices Climb On Optimism Fueled By Signs Of Cheaper Oil.
July 6, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily By Reuters U.S. Treasury prices rose modestly on Wednesday, boosted by lower oil prices and optimism that the Federal Reserve was winning its battle to control runaway economic growth in the United States....

Judicial Activism: The Last, Best Hope For Despots In American Courts.
July 6, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily By James R. Edwards Jr. The Supreme Court has received much attention of late. But lost in the talk is the court's rightful rejection of a challenge to part of the federal Welfare Reform Act that makes...

Teachers Warming Up To Merit Pay, But Will That Boost Student Scores?
July 6, 2000... Byline: Tyce Palmaffy, Investor's Daily Four years of experience and a bachelor's degree earns you a $ 27,655 salary.Eight years and a master's earns you $ 35,355. Thirty years and a Ph.D.? Congratulations: You've doubled your first year's...

THE OTHER DRUG WAR.
July 6, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Not since the early days of this administration - arguably the most anti-business since the New Deal - have industries come in for such populist vitriol as Gore has delivered in recent weeks. Using well-worn...

VOUCHERS PROMOTE DIVERSITY.
July 6, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily According to a new study, religious schools in Milwaukee that participate in the city's private school choice program enjoy a higher rate of racial integration than do its public schools. Former Milwaukee...

Genomic Advances Give Biotech Big Boost - But Don't Expect Sector's Volatility To Disappear Soon.
July 6, 2000... Byline: Peter McKenna, Investor's Daily The map of the human genome is complete; now all fund investors have to do tobecome rich and happy is pile into biotech funds, right? Well hold on just oneminute. That's what you might have been...

Wasatch Small Cap Value Skirts The Slump - Manager Seeks Ignored Growth Stocks At Reasonable Prices.
July 6, 2000... Byline: Nancy Gondo, Investor's Daily Buying into small companies with very little Wall Street coverage but a minimum earnings growth rate of 15% has earned Wasatch Micro Cap Fund a solid gain this year. It was up 28% this year going into...

Oil Crashes Nearly $ 2 A Barrel On Saudi's Surprise Output Hike.
July 6, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Oil's 6% slide pulled down energy prices across the board Wednesday, with natural gas falling even more precipitously and gasoline and heating oil not far behind. In other commodity markets, platinum and orange...

Big Tech Companies' Rocky Quarter Leads To Tough Day In The Market.
July 6, 2000... Byline: Matthew Benjamin, Investor's Daily Independence Day weekend ended abruptly early Wednesday for technology stocks, though the fireworks were just beginning. Software and chips plummeted on warnings of poorer-than-expected quarterly...

Instant Feedback Livens Your Presentation.
July 6, 2000... Byline: Morey Stettner, Investor's Daily You're giving a big speech, and you want to make sure the audience is paying attention and enjoying your presentation. You can tell jokes, show slides or speak in a booming voice. But how do you know...

Profits Reassert Their Key Investment Role.
July 6, 2000... Byline: Christina Wise, Investor's Daily Investor's BusinessDaily Last year's market rally tried to make a mockery of earnings. Investors fell over one another to snatch up biotechs, Internets and other stocks - regardless of whether they...

Claims Of Deaths Via Medical Errors Wildly Overblown.
July 6, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily A 1999 report that said medical mistakes kill as many as 98,000 hospitalized Americans each year used flawed methodology and is greatly exaggerated, researchers reported Wednesday. Scientists at the Indiana...

Clinton Summons Israelis, Palestinians To Summit.
July 6, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Clinton, Taking Risk, Announces Middle East Peace Summit WASHINGTON (AP) - Ina high-risk bid to bring peace to the Middle East, President Clinton announcedWednesday that Israeli and Palestinian leaders will...

Europeans, Microsoft Deny EU May Block Takeover Of Telewest.
July 6, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Both the European Commission and Microsoft Corp. are denying a news report that antitrust regulators will block Microsoft's $ 3 billion investment in British cable TV company Telewest. The commission, the...

'Bikini Bandits' Hijack Web! Entertainment's New Frontier.
July 7, 2000... Byline: Patrick Seitz, Investor's Daily AtomFilms hopes to succeed where others have failed in the business of providing original short films on the Web by focusing on distributing those same movies offline. The Seattle-based company gets...

AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY - Forget Electric Hydrogen Is Cars' Future.
July 7, 2000... Byline: Paul A. Eisenstein, Investor's Daily When Olympic athletes hit the track for their marathon run around Sydney, Australia, later this summer, they'll be paced by an Opel Zafira, a microvan sold by the General Motors Corp. unit in...

SEMICONDUCTORS - Japan's Chipmakers Plan Record Spending.
July 7, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Japan's top semiconductor makers are planning record investment to boost output capacity this year, amid a shortage of chips for cell phones and expected strong growth driven by an information technology...

Amtrak Rolls Out Service Guarantee, New Logo - National Railway To Compensate Riders Unhappy With Its Service.
July 7, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Amtrak introduced a new logo and a new commitment to customer satisfaction Thursday, promising to compensate riders unhappy with their experience on America's national railway. Amtrak passengers who believe...

Retailers Report Disappointing June Sales.
July 7, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Retailers Report Disappointing June Sales, Hurt By Weather, Gas Prices NEW YORK (AP) - Soaring gas prices and some unseasonably cool weather dampened Americans' desire to shop in June, leaving many of the...

Factory Orders Shot Ahead In May As The Labor Market Tightened Up - The economy isn't cooling off as much as had been thought. Fed may have more rate hikes in store.
July 7, 2000... Byline: Charles Oliver, Investor's Daily Just when it looked like the U.S. economy was headed for the fabled soft landing, two new reports showed that there's still life in the old girl. New orders to American factories shot up 4.1% in May,...