Investor's Business Daily articles from July 2001

Investor's Business Daily archives from July 2001

Get Great Results From Salespeople By Finding What Really Moves Them.(A)(MANAGING THE SUCCESSFUL COMPANY)
July 2, 2001... Byline: Adelia Cellini Linecker Before he became secretary of state, Colin Powell's average take for a one-hour motivational speech was $60,000. His clients read like a Who's Who of corporate America: American Express, Miller Brewing, Sun...

Take Frequent Stock Splits As Sell Signal.(A)(INVESTOR'S CORNER)
July 2, 2001... Byline: Jonah Keri When it comes to investor sentiment, few events seem to excite folks more than a stock split. When a company announces a split, the stock is usually on its way up. Their holders are already happy, counting the paper...

IBD'S TOP 10.(A)
July 2, 2001... Cheney To Get Pacemaker "Insurance Policy,' He Says 1Vice President Cheney said he has an irregular heartbeat and will have a pacemaker implanted to restore his normal rhythm. He has a history of heart disease. Cheney, 60, said the...

AFTER THE CLOSE.(TO THE POINT)
July 2, 2001... DELTA AIR LINES sold 4 million shares, or $30 million, of Priceline.com in June, cutting its stake to 10.2% from 11.9%. PARKER HANNIFIN warned that fourth-quarter profit would be well below estimates of 77 cents, citing the weak industrial...

BUSINESS NEWS.(TO THE POINT)
July 2, 2001... TELECOM GEAR Agere slashes 25% of work force The optical parts maker will let go of 4,000 workers, cut output and take up to $900 million in charges to cope with the sharp downturn in the chip industry. Agere Systems, a spinoff of...

BUSINESS NEWS.(TO THE POINT)
July 2, 2001... MEDICAL Barr buys rival for $589 million The drug maker will buy Duramed Pharmaceuticals to raise sales of its line of oral contraceptives and hormone products for women. Barr Labs will exchange one of its shares for every 3.9032 of...

BUSINESS NEWS.(TO THE POINT)
July 2, 2001... MARKETS Stock picker's market in 2nd qtr, as big winners sprint past pack It hasn't been easy for investors to make money in the second quarter. But there have been some great stocks. IBD found 36 top-rated stocks that rose 50% or...

THE ECONOMY.(TO THE POINT)
July 2, 2001... Greenspan: Economy won't suffer more from this energy shock Federal Reserve Chief Alan Greenspan was heartened by the price retreats of gasoline -- 37% off its May 24 peak -- and natural gas -- down 70% since Dec. 27. "The short-term...

TRENDS & INNOVATIONS.(TO THE POINT)
July 2, 2001... Singapore scientists found and cloned a protein first found in horseshoe crabs that kills bacteria swiftly, offering hope for better antibiotics. Acupuncture works better than massage as a short-term treatment for chronic neck pain,...

TRENDS & INNOVATIONS.(TO THE POINT)
July 2, 2001... Mind may continue after brain dies Two U.K. scientists studying heart attack patients found evidence that consciousness may continue after a patient is clinically dead. The finding resurrects the debate over whether there is life after...

WASHINGTON.(TO THE POINT)
July 2, 2001... Court sends party spending case to a lower court with instructions The Supreme Court ordered a lower court to review a dispute over state caps on political party contributions in light of a ruling this week that upheld federal limits....

THE WORLD.(TO THE POINT)
July 2, 2001... Koizumi expects to cajole Bush on greenhouse gases, economy The Japanese prime minister told reporters he will urge the U.S. to honor the Kyoto climate treaty, which calls for reduced emissions of the heat-trapping gases believed to be...

10. Giving Back and Getting Better.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)(IBD'S 10 SECRETS TO SUCCESS)
July 2, 2001... Byline: Amy Alexander It started with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. That's how Bea Salazar changed her heart, neighborhood, life and ultimately, the world at large. It was 1986. Salazar's life had taken a turn for the worse. A...

Charles Howard, Tom Smith And Red Pollard Commitment To Being The Best Produced One Of The World's Best Racehorses.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
July 2, 2001... Byline: Dan Moreau Seabiscuit was an unpromising colt. But Charles Howard, Tom Smith and Red Pollard had vision; they saw that the undisciplined young horse could be the best. And they wanted nothing less. Together, owner Howard,...

President John Adams Integrity Helped Him Steer Our Young Nation.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
July 2, 2001... Byline: Curt Schleier For some, ambition is the driving force that gets them through the day. For John Adams, it was integrity. He was a prosperous attorney in his mid-30s when he was offered a Royal appointment as Advocate General in...

Wisdom To Live By . . .(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
July 2, 2001... ON RESPONSIBILITY "Tis God gives skill, but not without men's hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivarius' violins without Antonio. George Eliot, novelist ON INTEGRITY Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat...

TECHBITS.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
July 2, 2001... Byline: Patrick Seitz WWF Goes For Takedown With Broadband The World Wrestling Federation wants to put the smackdown on the slow rollout of broadband Internet. World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Inc. plans to put...

MANAGEMENT CONSULTING Accenture Hoping To Raise $1.72 Billion With IPO.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
July 2, 2001... Byline: J. Bonasia The world's largest tech consulting firm offers what one analyst calls the best hope to interject some life this summer into the sleepy initial public stock offering world. Accenture, formerly Andersen Consulting, is...

EARNINGS REPORT The Next Problem Microsoft Faces: A Drop In Earnings.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
July 2, 2001... Byline: Patrick Seitz The biggest challenge facing Microsoft Corp. isn't its ongoing legal woes, but its declining earnings. The Redmond, Wash., software titan is set to post its first-ever drop in earnings per share this month. ...

B2B E-COMMERCE M-Commerce: It's On The Way Software makers are busy developing products to enable wireless transactions.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
July 2, 2001... Byline: Murray Coleman Don't say adios to keyboards and cables in the office just yet. Wireless carriers are years away from completing next-generation upgrades. And that's causing corporate purchasing agents to remain fickle about...

IBM Prescribes Technology For Doctors.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)(Q & A)
July 2, 2001... Byline: Doug Tsuruoka At least 7,000 people die in the U.S. annually because doctors scribble the wrong prescriptions. They're part of the 98,000 who die each year from all types of medical errors, the National Institute of Medicine says....

Michael Dell Alludes To Talks With Nokia.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
July 2, 2001... Zurich (Reuters) -- Dell Computer Corp. is discussing possible cooperation with Nokia Corp. in the area of wireless computer networks, Chairman Michael Dell said on Friday. Dell, head of the world's largest PC maker, met Nokia officials...

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS Careful Hunters, Geocachers Hit The Woods.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)(COMPUTERS MADE PLAIN)
July 2, 2001... Byline: David Noack Bob Hogan says his only regret is that his new hobby doesn't leave him much time for his old hobby. "I don't spend nearly as much time flying kites as I did before this new addiction set in," he said. The civil...

COMPUTER PRINTERS Will Xerox's Low-End Exit Open High End For HP?(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
July 2, 2001... Byline: Sheila Riley Will Xerox Corp.'s loss be Hewlett-Packard Co.'s gain? Xerox's decision two weeks ago to bow out of the consumer inkjet printer and copier business could have a bigger effect than just adding a few more names to...

TETRA TECHNOLOGIES INC. /The Woodlands, Texas A Hunch Pays Off, And A Company Rebounds.(THE NEW AMERICA)
July 2, 2001... Byline: Chris Woodard In early 2000, Tetra Technologies Inc. decided to position itself more squarely as an oil services company. The move must have seemed pretty counterintuitive at the time. Oil and gas prices were at low ebb, and...

WESTPORT RESOURCES CORP. /Denver, Colorado Driller's Recent Buyout Should Fuel Big Growth.(THE NEW AMERICA)
July 2, 2001... Byline: Alan R. Elliott When the moon rises and the owls quiet down along the Rocky Mountain range, you can almost hear the gas and oil deals being struck. The most recent announcement came June 9, when Westport Resources Corp. said it...

CSG SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL INC. /Englewood, Colorado If It's The Telecom Biz, You Better Be Flexible.(THE NEW AMERICA)
July 2, 2001... Byline: Amy Reeves If you're in the telecom business, adapting to change is an everyday part of the job. But for CSG Systems International Inc., which does billing services for cable providers, the last few years have been especially...

NYSE Stocks In The News.(A)
July 2, 2001... Byline: Christina Wise Federated Investors nearly tripled in price in a year, then fell into a base in November 2000. It broke out in late May, climbing as high as 32.77 before lapsing into its current seven-week base. The stock finished...

"VERY ENERGETIC GOVERNMENT'.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)
July 2, 2001... "I own I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive. It places the governors indeed more at their ease, at the expense of the people." Thomas Jefferson's words are as true today as they were in 1787. The latest...

WHEN THE PUBLIC IS UNAWARE.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)
July 2, 2001... So nearly nine of 10 Californians believe power shortages in the state are phony. What are we to make of this? Could it be that Gov. Gray Davis' public relations campaign against power generators has taken root in minds across the state? ...

FOX'S FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)
July 2, 2001... It's but a year since journalists pulled out those overused descriptions -- "seismic," "sea change" -- to report the event. Still, they did sense that something large had happened in the hemisphere. Mexicans had elected Vicente Fox their...

A Large Tax Cut? It's Actually Small, As Bracket Creep Eats Into Salaries.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(VIEWPOINT)
July 2, 2001... Byline: Chris Edwards While critics are still complaining that the $1.35 trillion tax cut is too big, a review of the numbers shows that about half of the cut simply offsets automatic tax increases caused by economic growth. These...

Joe Sixpack Gets Shock From IRS: "Rich Man's Tax' Not Just For Rich.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(NATIONAL ISSUE)
July 2, 2001... Byline: Brian Mitchell Lewis Luckenbach's client made a decent living: $90,000 in 1999. But he wasn't what you'd call rich -- except by IRS standards. A tax accountant in Sugar Land, Texas, Luckenbach used all the deductions the law...

KEY FUND HOLDINGS.(MAKING MONEY IN MUTUALS)
July 2, 2001... Key Fund Holdings/ Financial Federal was a top new buy of W&R Small Cap Growth Fund in the last reporting period. The stock was up Friday on strong volume, closing within 3% of its March 1 high of 29.75. The company has 14 quarters of earnings...

Stock Mutual Funds Got Less Cash In May But investor inflows at major fund groups remained strong in June.(MAKING MONEY IN MUTUALS)(INVESTMENT TRENDS)
July 2, 2001... Byline: Dan Moreau Several major fund families reported positive net cash flow in June, though investor confidence in stock mutual funds weakened in May. The Investment Company Institute says investors cooled slightly on stock mutual...

Most Finance Groups Fall Despite Rate Cuts But a handful of S&L stocks benefited from cheaper cost of money.(MAKING MONEY IN MUTUALS)
July 2, 2001... Byline: Nancy Gondo Wednesday's 25 basis-point cut in the federal funds rate may have been the Federal Reserve's sixth this year, but investors clearly were looking for more. As if yawning at the rate cut, the major indexes were nearly...

The Real Most Active - NASDAQ.(B)
July 2, 2001... Byline: IBD Staff The Nasdaq stayed open for an extra hour Friday after an outage stalled the exchange's trading system. A lot of the official closing prices were questionable. The index finished the day in positive territory, rising 1.6%....

Where The Big Money's Flowing - NASDAQ.(B)
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NASDAQ Stocks In The News.(B)
July 2, 2001... Byline: David Saito-Chung Port Financial charged higher soon after its mid-April 2000 initial public offering and rose 91% to its peak of 20.50 on Feb. 9. Since then the stock has formed an 18-week base and lies 2% off its high. The...

Gaming: Casinos and gaming companies know customers want two things: fun slots, nongaming diversions.(B)(INDUSTRY SNAPSHOT)
July 2, 2001... Byline: Gerry Miriello Casinos usually have the odds on their side. But with the dot-com crash and the economic downturn of the last year, luck wouldn't seem to be gaming's lady, right? Wrong. Gaming is as strong as ever. Gaming sales...

Taking Pulse Of Top Medical Firms Best Performers Balance Specialization With Diversification.(A)(IBD CORPORATE LEADERS)
July 3, 2001... Byline: Gloria Lau For doctors, it pays to specialize. The same holds true for medical companies. Medical firms that successfully dedicate themselves to a few products and niches can steal market share from less-focused rivals. ...

Use 50-Day Average As Late Sell Indicator.(A)(INVESTOR'S CORNER)
July 3, 2001... Byline: Monika Tjia At the top of its run, a good stock often shows one or more signs of breaking down. But what should you do if you miss the first sell signals? Keep your eye on the stock's 50-day moving average, a key gauge of a...

IBD'S TOP 10.(A)
July 3, 2001... Factories Slowed In June, But Worst Could Be Over 1The National Association of Purchasing Management's index of manufacturing activity rose to 44.7 in June from 42.1 in May. It was the 11th straight monthly reading below 50, which...

AFTER THE CLOSE.(TO THE POINT)
July 3, 2001... MOTOROLA AND FLEXTRONICS scrapped last year's outsourcing deal due to a sluggish market. Under the deal, Flextronics was to make $30 billion of Motorola's gear. DUPONT sees second-quarter profit of 35 to 45 cents, missing views of 53...

BUSINESS NEWS.(TO THE POINT)
July 3, 2001... DIVERSIFIED 3M cuts 2nd-qtr, full-year outlook Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing blamed ongoing weakness in the U.S. economy, the slowdown in Europe and Asia and the strong dollar. 3M expects to earn $1.10 to $1.14 a share in the second...

BUSINESS NEWS.(TO THE POINT)
July 3, 2001... CONSUMER Sara Lee to buy baker for $1.7 bil In the largest purchase in its history, the food and consumer goods maker will acquire the No. 2 U.S. bakery, Earthgrains, in a cash deal. Sara Lee, whose bakery unit last year had sales of...

BUSINESS NEWS.(TO THE POINT)
July 3, 2001... WOOD PRODUCTS Weyerhaeuser wins rival's seats A preliminary vote count showed three candidates from Weyerhaeuser narrowly won seats on Willamette Industries' board, ousting Willamette CEO Duane McDougall. Willamette still controls a...

THE ECONOMY.(TO THE POINT)
July 3, 2001... As OPEC quota meeting looms, an increase doesn't seem likely OPEC members meet Tuesday in Vienna, Austria. Despite the loss of Iraq's 2.1 million barrels a day -- about 5% of the cartel's total -- OPEC watchers say oil prices are too...

TRENDS & INNOVATIONS.(TO THE POINT)
July 3, 2001... Scientists found a way to take a cell from an infertile woman and insert it in an empty donated egg. The resulting egg contains the genetic material of the woman who wants to be a mother. The method was described at a conference of the...

TRENDS & INNOVATIONS.(TO THE POINT)
July 3, 2001... Cigarette firms turn to motor sports Circumventing a federal ban on TV advertising of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco, more U.S. tobacco firms are using corporate sponsorships of motor sports events to get the word out, says Boston...

WASHINGTON.(TO THE POINT)
July 3, 2001... New oil leases in Gulf of Mexico sought by Bush administration The area will cover about 1.5 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico, two senior officials said. The administration modified the area from approximately 6 million acres...

THE WORLD.(TO THE POINT)
July 3, 2001... IRA doesn't keep disarm pledge The Irish Republican Army hasn't begun to scrap any of its stockpiled weapons, the head of a disarmament panel confirmed. The British and Irish governments jointly published the latest report from retired...

1. Think Strategy.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)(IBD'S 10 SECRETS TO SUCCESS)
July 3, 2001... Byline: Cord Cooper Want to build long-lasting relationships with customers? Develop an effective brand-building program. The best brand-building models target customers both broadly and intimately and combine conventional advertising...

Producer Phil Spector His Quest For Innovation Changed The Way The World Heard Music.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
July 3, 2001... Byline: Gerry Miriello Phil Spector was full of emotion. And the best way to deal with it, he figured, was to use it. As a teen, Spector sat and played his guitar in his room for hours, sometimes all night. He tapped into his feelings...

Karate Champ Avi Rokah Total Dedication Made Him One Of The Best.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
July 3, 2001... Byline: Alison Young Some people only dream about how far they can go. Avi Rokah decided to make his dreams a reality. Ever since Rokah stepped into an Israeli dojo at 14, he dreamed of achieving greatness in the discipline of karate....

Wisdom To Live By . . .(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
July 3, 2001... ON MANAGEMENT A basic rule of organization is to build the fewest possible management levels and forge the shortest possible chain of command. Peter F. Drucker, author ON EDUCATION We can't take a slipshod and easygoing...

TECHBITS.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
July 3, 2001... Byline: Antonio A. Prado You're Not Imagining It: Fewer Job Ads Are Online The volume of help-wanted ads on the Web keeps falling each week, notes Sophia Koropeckyi, senior economist at Economy.com/The Dismal Scientist in West...

THE TECH WORKPLACE Workers To Bosses: Stock Options Poor Pay Option.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
July 3, 2001... Byline: Donna Howell A piece of the company pie brought many a tech worker wealth in the good old 1990s. But how about these days, after the market drop? "I want money -- you can't recruit me with options," said Angela Hartley of San...

STOCKS Flat Panels, SANs Tech Bright Spots In Second Quarter.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)(TECH WRECK)
July 3, 2001... Byline: Jed Graham Though the Nasdaq vaulted 17.4% in the second quarter, a lot more tech blood was spilled. And some blue-chip blood, at that. Nortel Networks Corp., the largest maker of phone network gear, ranks among the quarter's...

ONLINE ADVERTISING Aggressive Web Ads Push Ahead New type of ad pops up on user screens and won't go away without a click.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
July 3, 2001... Byline: Doug Tsuruoka Internet ads used to be as harmless as pink bunny slippers. Now they're like bikers in black leather jackets. Over the last few months, millions of Web surfers have bumped into a new type of aggressive Internet...

SMART CARS HP's Telematics Bringing E-Mail Access To Your Car.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
July 3, 2001... Byline: Sheila Riley Hewlett-Packard Co. is betting that drivers want their cars to tell them where to go. That's just for starters. HP also sees drivers wanting their cars to tell them when it's time for a tune-up, and being able to...

Napster Alternatives Let You Download Free Music Sites such as Gnutella may not boast Napster's ease of use, but their traffic is skyrocketing.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)(COMPUTERS MADE PLAIN)
July 3, 2001... Byline: Nancy Gondo Online music addicts have been suffering ever since the courts all but shut down Napster. If you try downloading a song from the Internet service now, your request will probably be blocked due to copyright rules. ...

DOWNLOADABLE SONGS Yahoo, RealNetworks Entering The Market For Online Music.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
July 3, 2001... Byline: Pete Barlas The stampede to corner the online music market just got louder. Last week, Web companies Yahoo Inc. and Real Networks Inc. separately stepped up efforts to grab a piece of the multibillion-dollar online music...

Watch For Big Transactions, Says Covisint's New Chief.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)(Q & A)
July 3, 2001... Byline: Murray Coleman Creating the world's largest online business-to-business exchange has proved to be quite a challenge for America's automakers. Last year, Detroit's Big Three -- Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp. and...

Purchasing Managers Index Reads Better Than Expected.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
July 3, 2001... Byline: AP Activity in the nation's manufacturing sector fell for the 11th straight month in June, but the decline came at a slower pace than in May, an industry group said Monday. The National Association of Purchasing Management said...

United, US Airways Talking About How To Kill Their Deal.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
July 3, 2001... Byline: AP United Airlines and US Airways said Monday that they are in discussions to abandon their planned $4.3 billion merger. The announcement came after a source familiar with the approval said United is dropping the acquisition...

RIGHT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS INC. /Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Economic Woes? Consultant Ready To Help Out.(THE NEW AMERICA)
July 3, 2001... Byline: Suz Redfearn When the economy worsens, most firms suffer. But not Right Management Consultants Inc. That's because when layoffs become necessary at other companies, they call Right to help with the process. The company's...

FLAGSTAR BANCORP INC. /Bloomfield Hills, Michigan With Home Sales Rising, Lender Builds Earnings.(THE NEW AMERICA)
July 3, 2001... Byline: Steve Watkins Interest rates are low and home sales are high. That's music to the ears of Flagstar Bancorp Inc. The firm owns Flagstar Bank, which has $6.4 billion in total assets. That makes it the largest Michigan-based...

ROSS STORES INC. /Newark, California Sometimes "Dressing For Less' Can Go Too Far.(THE NEW AMERICA)
July 3, 2001... Byline: Marilyn Alva Ross Stores Inc.'s motto is "Dress for less." But execs at the off-price chain say they took that mantra too far -- and suffered for it. Ross climbed too far down the fashion ladder last year in both price and...

Therapy Clinic Firm Builds Profit Growth.(A)(IBD CORPORATE LEADERS)
July 3, 2001... Byline: Gloria Lau Most companies aspire to churn out strong profits. It's not an easy goal for anyone. But it's a little harder for those in industries that require high upfront capital investments. Take U.S. Physical Therapy of...

NYSE Stocks In The News.(A)
July 3, 2001... Byline: Monika Tjia After breaking out of a 16-week base on April 25, D.R. Horton hit a new high on April 30. But since then it has pulled back, forming a nine-week base. Within its consolidation it corrected 26%, bouncing off its 200-day...

KUDOS TO JOHN STOSSEL.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)
July 3, 2001... We often shudder at the phrase "public service" because it's typically a misleading cover for serving a special interest. But John Stossel's "Tampering With Nature" on ABC last Friday night embodies the true meaning of the phrase. In the...

THE PATH OF CAPITALISM.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)
July 3, 2001... Chinese President Jiang Zemin appears to have one foot caught in the dustbin of history. The Washington Post reports that the dictator who once spoke of capitalists as exploiters now welcomes them into his Communist Party. Jiang's reversal...

THE STEEP PRICE OF SECURITY.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)
July 3, 2001... "They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety." As we celebrate this nation's independence, we should reflect on the words of Benjamin Franklin. Liberty now is too often...

Losing Liberties By The Consent Of The Governed, Or The Victims?(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(PERSPECTIVE)
July 3, 2001... Byline: K.E. Grubbs Jr. "We carried you, in our arms, on Independence Day. . . ." So begins one of those long, surrealistic songs by the great Bob Dylan, probably best interpreted by Joan Baez. By song's end, we hear of a father's...

Will Energy Price Ranges Work? West's Still Bracing For Blackouts.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)
July 3, 2001... Byline: Charles Oliver Curt Hebert is optimistic. You would expect him to be. Last month, Hebert, chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, issued an order to hold down the wholesale price of electricity in 11 Western states....

KEY FUND HOLDINGS.(MAKING MONEY IN MUTUALS)
July 3, 2001... Key Fund Holdings / AmeriSource Health and Tenet Healthcare were top holdings of Merrill Lynch Healthcare Fund in the latest reporting period. AmeriSource had earnings increases of 17% and 21% in the last two quarters. Its Earnings Per Share...

New Rule Makes Regional Funds More Focused Some adjust to SEC regulation by changing their names, objectives.(MAKING MONEY IN MUTUALS)(INVESTMENT TRENDS)
July 3, 2001... Byline: Claire Mencke The few funds that focus on companies based in one part of the country -- some of them top-notch funds -- face a new issue this year: the Securities and Exchange Commission's investment company name rules. The...

Investors Aren't Up To Snuff On 401(k) Plans Many know few details about benefits, how they work, survey shows.(MAKING MONEY IN MUTUALS)(PLANNING FOR RETIREMENT)
July 3, 2001... Byline: Dan Moreau For millions of Americans, their 401(k) plan is the engine that will power their retirement. It's unfortunate how little many know about this critical piece of their financial game plan. Just one person in 100...

The Real Most Active - NASDAQ.(B)
July 3, 2001... Byline: Jonah Keri Morning gains turned south as the Nasdaq lost 0.5% on Monday. The tech-rich index traded in a narrow 40-point range intraday as volume dropped from Friday's end-of-quarter frenzy. The Nasdaq 100 inched down 0.2%. A...

Where The Big Money's Flowing - NASDAQ.(B)
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NASDAQ Stocks In The News.(B)
July 3, 2001... Byline: Jonah Keri SEI Investments nabbed one of the best gains of 2000, surging 182% for the year and peaking on Dec. 29. It then fell 58% from peak to bottom as it traced a new base - an acceptable drop for a growth stock, given the...

Biggest Price Gain Foreshadows Stock Peak.(A)(INVESTOR'S CORNER)
July 5, 2001... Byline: Christina Wise In a marathon, a runner's last burst of energy often means the difference between winning and losing a race. But even the most enduring of runners can't keep up that end-of-the-race pace forever. Once the...

Canadian Pacific's Going To Pieces After Years Of Nagging From Street.(A)(COMPANY IN THE NEWS)
July 5, 2001... Byline: Adelia Cellini Linecker Talk about cutting the cord. Come the fall, storied conglomerate Canadian Pacific Ltd. plans to do just that with four of its subsidiaries. The firm plans to split into five publicly traded companies...