Investor's Business Daily articles from June 2001, page 7

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HOME SECURITY Devices Let You Monitor Home From Afar.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)(COMPUTERS MADE PLAIN)
June 13, 2001... Byline: Lynn Walford If you're worried about your house and family while you're away, get ready for some high-tech peace of mind. Sensors, devices and services can keep you abreast of what's going on at home. They send data directly...

WIRELESS TELEPHONY Deutsche Telekom Hopes Deal Extends Its Reach.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
June 13, 2001... Byline: Reinhardt Krause If Deutsche Telekom AG is right, plane-hopping executives will flock to its wireless phone services. The German company cites trans-Atlantic travelers as a key to its purchase of VoiceStream Wireless Corp....

NYPPe Helps Start-Up Investors Find The Exits.(A)
June 13, 2001... Byline: Jed Graham With little chance for an initial public offering and few merger partners knocking on the door, many start-ups are lacking an exit strategy. That means big investors in venture capital and private equity funds...

AT&T Will Gauge Consumer Demand For Set-Top Boxes.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
June 13, 2001... Byline: AP AT&T, the nation's largest cable business, says it's still committed to creating new and innovative interactive services delivered to consumers by TV. But what features it offers and when those hit the market will be...

EU Pre-empts Bush By Restating Views On Warming, ABM.(A)
June 13, 2001... Byline: AP President Bush opened his first European trip on the defensive Tuesday as European allies rejected his stand on global warming and opposed his plans for a missile defense system. "I look forward to making my case," Bush said....

Find Time To Play While Working In Top Cities.(A)(NEWS FOR YOU)
June 13, 2001... Byline: Lia Haberman All work and no play makes for one dull business trip. So if you have a few hours to spare on your next trip, consider venturing out to discover what makesthat particular city special. Otherwise, every...

NEWPARK RESOURCES INC. /Metairie, Louisiana Creating A Bullish Environment For Oil Drilling.(THE NEW AMERICA)
June 13, 2001... Byline: Chris Woodard The terms "oil services company" and "environmentally friendly" might seem contradictory. But Newpark Resources Inc. has carved out a profitable niche helping oil companies coexist with nature. Newpark is...

QUAKER CITY BANCORP INC. /Whittier, California Hot California Market Lends Big Helping Hand.(THE NEW AMERICA)
June 13, 2001... Byline: Steve Watkins If you're moving to Los Angeles, finding an affordable apartment can be a tough chore. But if you run a bank, you can lend to the owners of the apartmentbuilding and get in on the action. That's the focus of...

SIMPLEX SOLUTIONS INC. /Sunnyvale, California Fixing "Gridlock' Could Drive Sales Growth.(THE NEW AMERICA)
June 13, 2001... Byline: Kirk Shinkle Tomorrow, high-tech chips will run the way the crow flies: in a straight line. But today, the quickest way to move energy around a chip is akin to getting around Manhattan. It moves around a set grid, and doesn't...

Drug Prices For Elderly Rise Rapidly, Study Says.(A)
June 13, 2001... Byline: AP The prices of medicines used by the elderly have been rising more rapidly than their other normal living costs, says a group that advocates federal aid for prescription drug users. The average price of the top 50 medicines...

German Inflation At 8-Year High, Pressuring ECB.(A)
June 13, 2001... Byline: AP German inflation rose in May to its highest level in nearly eight years, putting added pressure on the European Central Bank to postpone a widely anticipated interest rate cut. Consumer prices rose 3.5% in May from the...

NYSE Stocks In The News.(A)
June 13, 2001... Byline: Monika Tjia After reaching a high on March 29, Invacare eased back, forming a 10-week base. It stands 6% off its high. Its Relative Strength line is up, a good sign. But it's still far off its March peak. In the past nine...

FIDEL'S NEW FRIENDS.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)
June 13, 2001... Sources say that China has been caught shipping arms to Havana. That's bad news. Cuba, no friend of the U.S., is on the State Department's list of nationsthat sponsor terrorism. Beijing should be put on notice the shipments won't beignored....

WORSE THAN THE WORST HMO.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)
June 13, 2001... The Democrat-led Senate is set to take up a "patients' bill of rights" next week. But this debate is about more than just the right to sue health plans. The future of private medicine in the U.S. is at stake. Under the bill, members of...

EUROPE'S INFERIORITY COMPLEX.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)
June 13, 2001... Europe is having a good laugh at our president. To the media, he's a provincial cowboy, lacking sophistication, prone to verbal gaffes. The guardians of culture see him as a dolt who can't grasp the subtle heights of their refined world. ...

Davis Blacks Out: Power Politics Is A Poor Substitute For Energy Supply.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(BRAIN TRUST)
June 13, 2001... Byline: Sally C. Pipes Crises have a way of revealing the quality of leadership. The current energycrisis marks a stark contrast in leadership styles among politicians and underscores the differences between politics and economics. ...

Americans Stay Bullish In June, Even As Economy's Pace Slackens.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(NATIONAL ISSUE)
June 13, 2001... Byline: Terry Jones Americans remain sanguine about the economy in June, reflecting the stock market's ongoing rebound and passage of President Bush's $1.35 trillion, 11-year tax cut through Congress. Even as the economy's...

KEY FUND HOLDINGS.(MAKING MONEY IN MUTUALS)
June 13, 2001... Key Fund Holdings / Everest Re was a top 10 holding of UAM Sirach Special Equity Fund in the latest reporting period. The stock has been basing since Dec. 28, when it reached a high of 74.75. It fell to 54.31 in January, but has worked its...

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The Real Most Active - NASDAQ.(B)
June 13, 2001... Byline: Christina Wise The Nasdaq spent much of Tuesday recovering from its early morning Nokia-inspired downturn. By the closing bell, the composite index had narrowed the loss to just 0.4%. Biotech stocks continued to suffer....

Where The Big Money's Flowing - NASDAQ.(B)
June 13, 2001... 2998A44.88ImpcoTech IMCO39.822.803,016949 6999A32.17AmerHlth AMHC34.272.80535375 9798A32.37Daktronics DAKT32.801.38391349 9173B29.25Sonic oSONC27.310.90416260 5476B84.63BiosDiag oBSTE41.631.121,008191 ...

NASDAQ Stocks In The News.(B)
June 13, 2001... Byline: Christina Wise Express Scripts is near the top of a 23-week base. The current pattern is part of a much larger base begun back in April 1999. The stock finished Tuesday 2% off its high. Its Relative Strength line is near its...

Fund Managers Rank At Top -- In Pay Hikes Earnings range from $1.8 mil for veterans to newcomers' $240,000.(B)
June 13, 2001... Byline: Dan Moreau The average stock mutual fund manager with more than 10 years experience is pulling in some big bucks to look after your money. A study by the Association for Investment Management and Research found stock fund...

Financials, Techs Fuel Alliance Growth's Gain Stock picks based 70% on valuation, 30% on earnings momentum.(B)
June 13, 2001... Byline: Nancy Gondo Many value funds have been snapping up beaten-down tech stocks in the last month or so. Alliance Growth & Income did too, but only for a short time. "We increased the tech position right when we should have -- in...

The Real Most Active.(B)
June 13, 2001... The Nasdaq spent much of Tuesday recovering from its early morning Nokia-inspired downturn. By the closing bell, the composite index had narrowed the loss to just 0.4%. Biotech stocks continued to suffer. Qiagen tumbled 1.46 to 22.74 on...

How Top Software Firms Dominate Seize Niche, Defend It Fanatically And Coddle Your Customers.(A)(IBD CORPORATE LEADERS)
June 12, 2001... Byline: David Saito-Chung To win in the software business, you don't always need to have the best goods, a Silicon Valley adage goes. The spoils tend to go to the team with the right product and the right customer support at the right...

Sharp Breakout Often Hinges On Firm Handle.(A)(INVESTOR'S CORNER)
June 12, 2001... Byline: Christina Wise Keeping an eye on a stock's chart can help you jump in on the market tango without missing a beat. Take the powerful cup-with-handle base. The stock will sound its final notesas it forms its handle. "Listening"...

IBD'S TOP 10.(A)
June 12, 2001... Cold, Unrepentant McVeigh Executed Without Struggle 1Offering no remorse, government-hating Timothy McVeigh, 33, was strapped toa gurney and killed by injection for setting off a bomb that killed 168 peoplein the Oklahoma City...

AFTER THE CLOSE.(TO THE POINT)
June 12, 2001... GENERAL MOTORS' productivity has likely risen while Ford's has fallen, the influential Harbour Report will show Thursday, sources said. AFFYMETRIX expects a second-quarter loss of $4 million to $7 million on sales of $44 million to $50...

BUSINESS NEWS.(TO THE POINT)
June 12, 2001... TECHNOLOGY Peregrine buying rival Remedy The software maker will buy Remedy for $1.08 billion in stock and cash as itexpands to serve small and midsize businesses. The deal values Remedy at $35.12 a share, a 90% premium based on...

BUSINESS NEWS.(TO THE POINT)
June 12, 2001... DIVERSIFIED GE offers Honeywell concessions The European Commission is reviewing General Electric's offer to triple its divestitures to win the EC's OK for its purchase of Honeywell, sources say. GE faces a Thursday deadline for its...

THE ECONOMY.(TO THE POINT)
June 12, 2001... Economy probably has hit bottom So says Dallas Federal Reserve President Robert McTeer, who isn't a voting member of the policy-making Federal Open Market Committee. Still, he warns thatthe jobless rate, a lagging indicator, will rise in...

WASHINGTON.(TO THE POINT)
June 12, 2001... Senate Democrats begin hearings The Senate's new Democratic chairmen are moving quickly to impose their willby calling hearings on matters from rising energy prices to election reform toa long-sought prescription drug benefit under...

THE WORLD.(TO THE POINT)
June 12, 2001... China launches new legal attack against Falun Gong movement The Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate outlined specific legal conditions for prosecuting those involved in activities on behalf of the movement,...

Choreographer Twyla Tharp She Focused On Her Art To Get Others Excited About Dance.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
June 12, 2001... Byline: Curt Schleier Twyla Tharp made her debut as a choreographer in 1965. But no one noticed. With collaborator Margaret Jenkins, Tharp rented space at Hunter College in New York City and presented an original piece called "Tank...

Nvidia's Jen-Hsun Huang His Laserlike Focus Helps Keep His Company On Top.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
June 12, 2001... Byline: James DeTar For Jen-Hsun Huang, the issue is never price. It's quality. After trying to sell chips to companies and failing, Nvidia was ready to go out of business. Nvidia co-founder Chris Malchowsky recalls that Chief...

Wisdom To Live By . . .(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
June 12, 2001... ON OBSERVATION To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe. Marilyn vos Savant, columnist ON FAILURE Some of my fondest memories in sport were a result of failure, injuries, setbacks or...

TECHBITS.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
June 12, 2001... Byline: Brian Deagon IBM Moves Into Market For Network Attached Storage IBM Corp. on Tuesday will beef up its midrange storage line with products that fit into a category known as networked-attached storage, or NAS. The...

DATA STORAGE Rivals Exclude HP, Sun From Standards-Setting Party.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
June 12, 2001... Byline: Brian Deagon On Dec. 7 at a hotel in San Diego, representatives of six leading storage companies gathered to resolve an age-old issue in technology: how to make theirproducts work together. The matter has taken on greater...

SOFTWARE Peregrine Dealing To Provide Remedy E-Businesses Need.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
June 12, 2001... Byline: Murray Coleman Let the good times roll. Despite a sluggish market, Peregrine Systems Inc. is making plenty of whoopee. On Monday, it said it will buy rival Remedy Corp. for cash and stock valued at more than $1 billion. It...

INDUSTRY ALLIANCES IBM, Hitachi Pact Targets EMC Rival storage providers agree on a standard to give customers more options.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
June 12, 2001... Byline: Brian Deagon In the fast-changing data storage world last week, the "big" announcement proved small and the "small" announcement proved big. Amid much hype, the six companies that make most large data-storage...

Sprint PCS Looks To Leverage All-Digital Network.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)(Q & A)
June 12, 2001... Byline: Reinhardt Krause When Wall Street analysts look for a bellwether in wireless stocks, they usually turn to Sprint PCS. It's the wireless arm of long-distance firm Sprint Corp. With 10.4 million customers, Sprint PCS isn't the...

HEALTH Web Sites Aim To Ease On-The-Job Stress.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)(COMPUTERS MADE PLAIN)
June 12, 2001... Byline: Julie Mitchell Even with the convenience of new technology, stress seems to be the byproduct of today's hectic lifestyle. Job stress in particular is on the rise. Pending layoffs and corporate bankruptcies no doubt add to the...

ONLINE TRAVEL Good Fares Await Travelers Buying Tickets Online.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
June 12, 2001... Byline: Pete Barlas Internet travel firms are going the extra mile this summer as they compete for vacation dollars. Even in these dark times for dot-coms, they're revamping their Web sites andkicking off new marketing efforts. ...

To Music Industry, Gnutella's Threat Is Bigger Than Napster's.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)(INFORMATION SOCIETY)
June 12, 2001... Byline: Jennie L. Phipps As lawyers and executives squabble, millions of Napster fans have switched to the far less-controllable Gnutella system. Since January, a mini-industry has sprung up around Gnutella, a file-sharingmethod that...

SHOE CARNIVAL INC. /Evansville, Indiana Yes, It Is A Store, And A Pretty Successful One.(THE NEW AMERICA)
June 12, 2001... Byline: Suz Redfearn A visit to one of Shoe Carnival Inc.'s 170 locations can get confusing. Barkers announce impromptu games, while people line up to stand in a wind machine and frantically catch money and coupons. You might think...

VYSIS INC. /Downers Grove, Illinois Test Has Medical Firm Eyeing A Passing Grade.(THE NEW AMERICA)
June 12, 2001... Byline: Gloria Lau Learning you have breast cancer can be frightening. But nowadays, gene-basedtests can personalize your disease and maybe even boost your chances of survival. Vysis Inc. makes a test called PathVysion that detects...

ESC MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC. /Yokneam, Israel Mirror, Mirror On Wall Reflects A Fair Market.(THE NEW AMERICA)
June 12, 2001... Byline: Adelia Cellini Linecker Vanity is not a cyclical business -- especially when it comes to aging baby boomers. They'll spend wads of cash on cosmetic surgery regardless of how the economyis doing or whether the dollar stacks up...

NYSE Stocks In The News.(A)
June 12, 2001... Byline: Monika Tjia On April 18, L-3 Communications Holdings cleared a short five-week consolidation intraday. Since then it has formed a seven-week base, sitting 5% off its high. The communications and defense gear maker on Monday...

Software Slowdown A Temporary Pause.(A)(IBD CORPORATE LEADERS)
June 12, 2001... Byline: David Saito-Chung Since the dot-com bomb of 2000, many software firms have struggled to grow their top and bottom lines. Some will go broke, merge or get bought out. Yet long-term industry prospects as a whole look rosy in the...

INNOVATIONS KEEP ON COMING.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)
June 12, 2001... Recession? You've had one in technology for about a year. But that doesn't mean nothing's happening. With little fanfare, companies are sowing the seeds of the next revolution. Right now. Sometimes, in the welter of hype and PR releases...

LOST CHANCE TO DEREGULATE?(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)
June 12, 2001... President Bush was right to turn down California's pleas for wholesale electricity price caps. His administration's decision to reject the state's request for a waiver on federal rules that require reformulated gas fails to meet the same...

PRECEDED BY LOW EXPECTATIONS.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)
June 12, 2001... The word has gone out: As George Bush lands in Europe for the first time as president, he'll meet resistance. At some stops he'll be greeted with opposition and jeers. His greeters -- like so many of his foes here -- underestimate him. ...

The Marxist Misfit: Will Nicaraguans Vote Daniel Ortega Back Into Power?(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(VIEWPOINT)
June 12, 2001... Byline: Stephen Schwartz Some politicians -- usually left-wing former dictators from Third World countries -- never die. They prowl the political underbrush like vampires, and sooner or later they reappear in the news. Daniel Ortega...

Fewer Refineries Means Less Gas; So Why Isn't U.S. Building More?(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(NATIONAL ISSUE)
June 12, 2001... Byline: Charles Oliver Gasoline demand is higher than ever. Refineries are running at near 100% capacity. A little more capacity could ease the supply problem. But is anyone thinking of building new refineries? "I can't imagine...

KEY FUND HOLDINGS.(MAKING MONEY IN MUTUALS)
June 12, 2001... Key Fund Holdings / R.J. Reynolds Tobacco and Murphy Oil were top holdings of One Group Mid Cap Value Fund in its latest reporting period. R.J. Reynolds' earnings rose 25% and 27% in the last two quarters. It's notched an Earnings Per Share...

Funds Reach Out With Online Aggregation For some, this helps add bank-like capabilities to online services menu.(MAKING MONEY IN MUTUALS)(FUND INDUSTRY TRENDS)
June 12, 2001... Byline: Claire Mencke Investment companies for some time have been giving clients ways to view their accounts held with other financial services firms. Some of these account aggregation services let you do business with these outside...

Video Games Energize Weak Software Groups Investors bid up shares ahead of new platform releases, but can it last?(MAKING MONEY IN MUTUALS)(INVESTMENT TRENDS)
June 12, 2001... Byline: Nancy Gondo Most software makers are still feeling beaten from the recent tech stock bash. But a handful in the Education/Entertainment group have been on a tear. Activision, Electronic Arts, Take-Two Interactive Software and...

Save Time. Use IBD SmartSelectF Corporate Ratings.(B)
June 12, 2001... SmartSelect[R] Composite Rating - Combines all 5 SmartSelect[R] Ratings into oneeasy-to-use rating. More weight is placed on EPS and RS Ratings, and the stock's percent off its 52-week high is also included in the formula. Results are then...

The Real Most Active - NASDAQ.(B)
June 12, 2001... Byline: Christina Wise A fresh batch of earnings worries sent the Nasdaq south Monday. The composite index lost 2%, while the big-cap Nasdaq 100 gave up 2.6%. The selling among biotech stocks was particularly vicious. Enzon...

Where The Big Money's Flowing - NASDAQ.(B)
June 12, 2001... 8297A36.35AmrWdmrk AMWD37.341.35194644 4572A77.00AmerNtlIns ANAT77.562.4688517 9899A27.75CantelMed CNTL29.251.65165182 9798B32.37Daktronics DAKT31.422.18225180 2996B44.88ImpcoTech IMCO37.023.80595164 5664B35.88SAFECO...

NASDAQ Stocks In The News.(B)
June 12, 2001... Byline: Christina Wise ACLN Ltd. went public a little less than three years ago at the split-adjusted price of $1.00 a share. The stock fell into a nine-month base, then shot up more than fivefold. In August it took a break, lapsing into...

What's Your Point? Speaking Skills Will Guarantee The Audience Gets It.(A)(MANAGING THE SUCCESSFUL COMPANY)
June 11, 2001... Byline: Marilyn Much George Schaefer has worked tough rooms in his 11 years as chief executive ofFifth Third Bancorp. One was the Economic Club of Grand Rapids, Mich. Fifth Third's purchase of the city's Old Kent Bank in November...

Seek A 10,000% Gain? Find Fastest Growers.(A)(INVESTOR'S CORNER)
June 11, 2001... Byline: Monika Tjia Dell Computer. Microsoft. Cisco Systems. Wal-Mart Stores. What lifted these superwinners above the market? Stellar fundamentals gave them that extra kick. In past bull markets, these and a few other superior...

IBD'S TOP 10.(A)
June 11, 2001... Tech Glitch Numbs NYSE; Exchanges Feel Aftershock 1A problem in new software installed overnight caused failures. Many stocks didn't trade from the open, and the NYSE shut down all trading to correct the glitch. It remained shut from...

AFTER THE CLOSE.(TO THE POINT)
June 11, 2001... GENERAL MOTORS' Oklahoma City plant will make sport utility vehicles insteadof sedans to tap the lucrative SUV and pickup market. DELTA AIR LINES' Comair and its pilots will renew talks aiming to end a strike. FINOVA GROUP rejected a...

BUSINESS NEWS.(TO THE POINT)
June 11, 2001... TECHNOLOGY IBM finds way to speed up chips IBM perfected a way to alter silicon, letting it boost chip speeds by more than a third while reducing power needs. When silicon in chips was strained, silicon electrons experienced less...

BUSINESS NEWS.(TO THE POINT)
June 11, 2001... DIVERSIFIED GE meeting with EU postponed; Honeywell buy may be in trouble A planned meeting between General Electric CEO Jack Welch and the European Union's antitrust chief was delayed. Early Friday, Welch tried to persuade EU...

BUSINESS NEWS.(TO THE POINT)
June 11, 2001... MARKETS Medical stocks have the big mo, while energy runs out of steam A look at IBD's 197 industry groups over the last four weeks shows where themovers and shakers are. Consumer electronics retailers have vaulted to the topof...

THE ECONOMY.(TO THE POINT)
June 11, 2001... 2nd-qtr GDP gain won't top 1st, but 2nd half will be better: Fed Second-quarter gross domestic product won't likely be any better than the anemic 1.3% seen in the first, Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Anthony Santomero warns....

TRENDS & INNOVATIONS.(TO THE POINT)
June 11, 2001... Australia banned human cloning, but left the door open to human stem-cell cloning for medical research. For over a century, scientists have debated what killed off the big animals in Australia and the Americas. Now, two studies blame...

TRENDS & INNOVATIONS.(TO THE POINT)
June 11, 2001... Diabetes drastically shortens lifespan Age, sex or affluence doesn't matter, U.K. researchers said. In a study of 4,800 diabetics, those with the more serious Type 1 diabetes had the shortest life span. Those with Type 2, or adult-onset...

WASHINGTON.(TO THE POINT)
June 11, 2001... Daschle: little compromise room over patients' rights legislation Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., says patients' rights legislation will be one of his first major bills. The current Democratic bill, he said, is already...

THE WORLD.(TO THE POINT)
June 11, 2001... Irish voters reject key EU treaty The rebuff marked an embarrassing setback for the EU, which drew up the treaty in an effort to reshape its bureaucracy before adding as many as a dozennew members. Irish voters decided 54%-46% to reject...

Voters In Ireland Slam EU In Gut, Say No To Treaty.(A)
June 11, 2001... Byline: AP Irish voters rejected a key European Union treaty designed to streamline the 15-nation trading bloc before it admits more members, final results showed Friday. The rebuff represented an embarrassing blow for the EU, which...

Ultrapremium Liquors Dazzle Connoisseurs' Taste Buds.(A)(NEWS FOR YOU)
June 11, 2001... Byline: Larry Olmsted Fictional connoisseur James Bond was famous for ordering vodka martinis -- shaken, not stirred. Today he would have to be more specific. In Bond's time, restaurants didn't tout a long list of designer vodkas. ...

5. Resilience: Going For The Long Haul.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)(IBD'S 10 SECRETS TO SUCCESS)
June 11, 2001... Byline: Cord Cooper If persistence is a critical key to success, resilience is the quality that helps you persevere -- the ability to recover from mistakes and disappointments. "The key to being resilient is understanding that you...

Architect H.H. Richardson He Built His Practice By Building Up Relationships With Potential Clients.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
June 11, 2001... Byline: Doug Tsuruoka For Henry H. Richardson, nothing was as important as networking. When he wasn't drawing, Richardson spent his time socializing. Far from neglecting his work, Richardson's knack for socializing helped him fill a...

Kingston Technology's John Tu He Sees Obstacles As Opportunities.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
June 11, 2001... Byline: Steve Watkins When John Tu runs into an obstacle, he focuses on one thought: "I have no choice. I have to make it. I have to find a way to survive." He's had to overcome plenty of obstacles. Whether building a company...

Wisdom To Live By . . .(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
June 11, 2001... ON LEADERSHIP Leadership involves remembering past mistakes, an analysis of today's achievements and a well-grounded imagination in visualizing the problem of the future. Stanley Allyn, executive Get the best advice you can,...

TECHBITS.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
June 11, 2001... Byline: Patrick Seitz Fans At Staples Center Try Out Wireless System Sports fans at the Staples Center in Los Angeles soon will be able to use hand-held computers to get player statistics, order food and drinks, and check...

CORPORATE HISTORY Finland's Nokia Warmed To "National Company' Role.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
June 11, 2001... Byline: Peter Benesh How's this for evolution? From wood products to rubber boots to cable to cell phones. That's the migration path of Nokia Corp. The Finnish powerhouse of the wireless industry has been reinventing itself for 140...

TECH SLOWDOWN Juniper Networks Is Latest Highflier To Hit Turbulence.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
June 11, 2001... Byline: Mike Angell Router maker Juniper Networks Inc. gave a bullish forecast at the beginning of the year, even as top rival Cisco Systems Inc. and other tech companies foundered. Well, the bull's been corralled. On Friday, one of...

BUSINESS E-COMMERCE B2B Analysts Get An "F' Grade Review finds most Wall Street pros issued few warnings during big slowdown.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
June 11, 2001... Byline: Murray Coleman Diana Coblin won't blindly follow the advice of financial analysts anymore. The New Yorker says in the last year she's lost plenty of money investing inbusiness-to-business software companies. And she blames...