Investor's Business Daily articles from June 2001

Investor's Business Daily archives from June 2001

Prices Of Recent IPOs.(A)
June 1, 2001... Prices Of Recent IPOsHighDateFilingOffering% ChangeCurrent% ChangeCompanySymbol/ExchangeOfferedPricePriceFrom FilingPriceFrom OfferIndustryGroupLead UnderwriterSmith & Wollensky Rest SWRG/OTC5/2310.008.5015.007.1515.88Retail-Restaurants C E...

Great Stocks Often Pull Back After Breakout.(A)(INVESTOR'S CORNER)
June 4, 2001... Byline: Jonah Keri Krispy Kreme Doughnuts has dazzled investors in the last month. Other than afew sideways slides, the stock has soared higher and higher, leaving its base in the dust en route to a 55% gain from its May 7 breakout. ...

Are You Grooming Your Successor? The Finest Companies Always Are.(A)(MANAGING THE SUCCESSFUL COMPANY)
June 4, 2001... Byline: Pete Barlas In the fifth century, Attila the Hun built a tribe of 500,000 warriors that became one of the most successful and feared organizations in the world. But 12 years after Attila's death, the Huns were gone. Attila had...

IBD'S TOP 10.(A)
June 4, 2001... Jobless Rate Dips To 4.4%, But Trouble Ahead Likely 1The unemployment rate fell in May from April's 4.5%, and nonfarm payrolls slid just 19,000. But analysts noted that the lower jobless rate was due to a 485,000-job reduction in the...

AFTER THE CLOSE.(TO THE POINT)
June 4, 2001... MEDTRONIC won FDA OK to market its PercuSurge Guardwire Plus, which keeps the bloodstream free of clots during surgery. TRIKON TECHNOLOGIES will cut 12% of its global staff under a plan to cut costs by 10%. AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER...

BUSINESS NEWS.(TO THE POINT)
June 4, 2001... TELECOM GEAR Alcatel to trim staff, shut plants The French telecom gear maker, fresh from failed merger talks with Lucent Technologies, will cut 900 U.S. jobs, or 6% of its U.S. staff. It'll also closethree U.S. plants due to tough...

BUSINESS NEWS.(TO THE POINT)
June 4, 2001... ENERGY Texaco, Shell split on asset price The two oil firms remain divided on a price for asset sales Texaco must maketo complete its proposed merger with Chevron. Texaco has been in talks for months with joint venture partners...

BUSINESS NEWS.(TO THE POINT)
June 4, 2001... RETAIL Wal-Mart sticks with growth plan despite weak consumer spending The world's largest retailer will add 40 million square feet of retail spacein the U.S. this year, even as some rivals shutter stores due to the weak economy....

THE ECONOMY.(TO THE POINT)
June 4, 2001... Retail sales stronger than thought Retail sales rose 1.1% in April vs. the 0.8% previously reported, the Commerce Department said. Separately, the March stock-to-sales ratio was revised to 1.43 from the 1.37 reported earlier. That's a...

TRENDS & INNOVATIONS.(TO THE POINT)
June 4, 2001... Two-thirds of online consumers have heard of electronic books, but only one-fourth are considering buying one, Ipsos-NPD BookTrends found. French scientists said they proved Napoleon was poisoned with arsenic, reinforcing the controversial...

TRENDS & INNOVATIONS.(TO THE POINT)
June 4, 2001... Fat drug helps people trim waistlines Xenical, made by Swiss drug maker Roche, helps obese people lose twice as much weight as a diet alone, German doctors said on Friday. Instead of suppressing appetite, the drug prevents the body from...

WASHINGTON.(TO THE POINT)
June 4, 2001... Daschle blasts nuclear waste site, says Nevada disposal plan "dead' Nevada got a boost in its fight to keep nuclear waste from being stored at Yucca Mountain when the incoming Senate majority leader put up a formidable partisan...

THE WORLD.(TO THE POINT)
June 4, 2001... U.N. gives U.S., Britain a month to sell sanctions revisions on Iraq The Security Council extended a U.N. humanitarian program. The current oil-for-food program, which was to expire, is renewable for up to six months, and is an...

10. Touching The Future With Integrity.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)(IBD'S 10 SECRETS TO SUCCESS)
June 4, 2001... Byline: Amy Alexander Besides schooling kids in reading, writing and arithmetic, the best teachersshed light on personal ethics, too. As graduates across the country flip theirtassels, the following professionals share integrity lessons...

Student Jessica Cox Determination Helps Her Look Beyond A Physical Problem To Possibilities.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
June 4, 2001... Byline: M. Susan Basas For 18-year-old Jessica Cox, achievement isn't within arm's reach. It's within foot's reach. Like other teens, she loves dancing and just got her driver's permit. Only she uses her right foot to steer and her...

TJX's Edmond English His Focus On The Customer Keeps Retailer Growing.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
June 4, 2001... Byline: Christopher L. Tyner When Edmond J. English walks into one of his company's 1,400 stores, as he does a few times each week, he likes to see if he can spot a risk taker. Take the time eight months ago when the chief executive...

Wisdom To Live By . . .(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
June 4, 2001... ON EDUCATION A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. Henry Brooks Adams, historian ON REPUTATION It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about...

TECHBITS.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
June 4, 2001... Byline: Brian Deagon Can't We All Just Get Along? Fierce competitors in the data storage industry are planning to join hands and sing the praises of connectivity on Monday. EMC Corp., IBM Corp. and Compaq Computer Corp. are...

DATA STORAGE EMC Facing Tougher Competition From Its Rivals.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
June 4, 2001... Byline: Brian Deagon EMC Corp. on Tuesday left no doubt that the data storage business, like all tech areas, is struggling. The company said it will cut 1,100 jobs, or 4% of its work force. The uncertain economy played a role in the...

TECH ECONOMY Spending For Tech Grows Just 5.2% In Last 12 Months.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
June 4, 2001... Byline: Antonio A. Prado The tech wreck is still wrecking. Corporate tech spending growth has plungedfor the sixth straight month, says a new poll of chief information officers. Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown and CIO Magazine's Technology...

NETWORK STORAGE Hitachi Finds Room In Storage The electronics maker's data storage units are grabbing larger market share.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
June 4, 2001... Byline: Brian Deagon It's not often that an economic downturn benefits a company, but the currentslowdown hasn't hurt Hitachi Data Systems. While U.S. spending on technology has been trimmed in response to economic jitters, more and...

You Can Enlist Your Computer In Fight Against Cancer, AIDS.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)(COMPUTERS MADE PLAIN)
June 4, 2001... Byline: Nancy Gondo Want to help worthy causes without spending a dime? You can donate unused processing power on your personal computer. With so-called distributed computing, research groups can tap your PC power when you're not using...

Transitions To New Consoles Not All Fun For Game Makers.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)(Q & A)
June 4, 2001... Byline: David Isaac If you're familiar with "Madden NFL Football" or "The Sims," then you know Electronic Arts Inc. It's the king of third-party game publishers -- the independent developers that make video games for the Sony...

Studies Say Broadband Gaining And Its Users Shop More Online.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)(INFORMATION SOCIETY)
June 4, 2001... Byline: Antonio A. Prado The rising number of broadband users are well off and like to shop, new studies show. People who subscribe to broadband services -- the fast Internet access offered via digital subscriber lines, cable and...

STORAGE TECHNOLOGY Veritas' Products Aim To Streamline Storage.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
June 4, 2001... Byline: Brian Deagon Veritas Software Corp. on Monday will unveil new products that should help companies lower the cost of storage ownership, in part by making it easier to manage. The software can prevent Web servers from crashing by...

BUSINESS SOFTWARE PeopleSoft Looking Good After Grueling Makeover.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
June 4, 2001... Byline: J. Bonasia The release of PeopleSoft Inc.'s latest software on Monday caps a long comeback for the 14-year-old company. Not surprisingly, it pulled off the turnaround by leaning hard on what it calls its biggest asset: its...

No Comfort In Jobs, Factory Data.(A)
June 4, 2001... Byline: Donald H. Gold Two key reports released Friday showed the economy has weakened further and the biggest problems are still in manufacturing. The headline job numbers looked OK. But a closer look showed some ugly trends. The...

SELECT MEDICAL CORP. /Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Hospital Firm Tries To Separate From The Pack.(THE NEW AMERICA)
June 4, 2001... Byline: Gloria Lau Plenty of hospital companies have come and gone in the last two decades. Some have thrived, helping poorly funded hospitals get the capital they needto buy better medical equipment, attract doctors and improve...

CEC ENTERTAINMENT INC. /Irving, Texas Little Competition? Yes, But Firm Stays Hungry.(THE NEW AMERICA)
June 4, 2001... Byline: Robin M. Grugal Chuck E. Cheese's might have the market cornered when it comes to kids' indoor fun zones -- particularly since rival Discovery Zone called it quits twoyears ago. But is that enough to keep kids and their parents...

IHOP CORP. / Glendale, California Restaurateur Looks To Spice Up The Batter.(THE NEW AMERICA)
June 4, 2001... Byline: Adelia Cellini Linecker Richard Herzer wants to turn IHOP Corp. into more than a pancake house, but he admits it's not the world's easiest job. Herzer is IHOP's chief executive. He's spent the past eight years trying to...

NYSE Stocks In The News.(A)
June 4, 2001... Byline: Jonah Keri Barr Laboratories moved sideways from August until early February, then dropped into a correction. The stock took out its 50- and 200-day moving averages en route to a 44% fall. But that was in line with the market's...

Southeast Banks: Rate cuts add to good times in a strong regional economy.(A)(INDUSTRY SNAPSHOT)
June 4, 2001... Byline: Steve Watkins Plunging interest rates and a powerful regional economy are putting southeastern banks in the sweet spot. Thanks to five Federal Reserve rate cuts,banks are paying less for the deposits they need to make loans and...

SMEARED BY ASSOCIATION.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)
June 4, 2001... CNN covered the story throughout its news cycle Thursday. CNBC's "Hardball" did a segment on it. The "elite" newspapers all felt it was worth devoting space to. The New York Post even gave it one of its screaming full-page headlines. Peace...

PRIVATE EFFORTS, PUBLIC BENEFITS.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)
June 4, 2001... The media portray it as a happy trend: voters gladly raising their taxes to preserve more green space. But look at it this way and it's not so happy: People are using the power of the ballot to vote money out of their neighbors' pockets. A...

ANTI-GROWTH TAX CUT?(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)
June 4, 2001... Thank heaven for small favors. The tax bill has passed, it's signed and somerelief will be getting to taxpayers as early as this year. Bravo. But sometimes, in the compromised sausage factory that is Washington, everything doesn't get done...

The Bush Bashers: They Seek Judges Who Will Interpret The Law On Whim.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(VIEWPOINT)
June 4, 2001... Byline: Daniel E. Troy The uproar over President Bush's judicial nominees is now in full cry. But it began even before Bush announced any picks for the federal bench. Yale professor Bruce Ackerman, for example, has urged the Senate not to...

Nuclear Energy's Future Glowing After Crisis, Entergy's Hintz Says.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(VERBATIM)
June 4, 2001... Byline: Douglas Austin Competing visions on how to best solve California's power woes were in sharpcontrast last week. During his visit to Los Angeles, President Bush rejected price controls. He said imposing the caps would solve...

KEY FUND HOLDINGS.(MAKING MONEY IN MUTUALS)
June 4, 2001... Key Fund Holdings / IDEC Pharmaceuticals and Peregrine Systems were top buysof PBHG Select Equity Fund as of the latest reporting date. IDEC is within 17%of its Dec. 19 high of 77.64. In the last three quarters, earnings rose 43%, 140% and 500%...

Is Mexican Market Ready To Ride El Toro? NAFTA, a new president, Citigroup's big bet may signal faster growth.(MAKING MONEY IN MUTUALS)(INVESTMENT TRENDS)
June 4, 2001... Byline: Ken Hoover Mexico seemed on the verge of collapse in 1994. The peso was devalued. The economy was tanking. But that was then and this is now. The North American Free Trade Agreement became law that year. NAFTA brought in an era...

Berger Mid Cap Value Sails Past Bear Market Fund, up 15% this year, buys troubled stocks with wherewithal to rally.(MAKING MONEY IN MUTUALS)(FUND PROFILE)
June 4, 2001... Byline: Leo Fasciocco Don't try to tell Thomas Perkins of Berger Mid Cap Value Fund about the recent bear market. Perkins, whose forte is scanning the new lows list for good value plays, is doing fine, thank you. His $110 million fund...

NASDAQ Stocks In The News.(B)
June 4, 2001... Byline: Monika Tjia After hitting a high on Dec. 19, IDEC Pharmaceuticals slid 58%. Since then it's worked its way back up, sitting 16% off its high. In the past nine weeks, its Relative Price Strength Rating has improved to 91 from...

Save Time. Use IBD SmartSelectF Corporate Ratings.(B)
June 4, 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.(B)
June 4, 2001... Investors snatched up tech stocks Friday for a second straight session. The Nasdaq composite gained 38.95 points, or 1.8%, to 2149.44 on lighter volume. For the week, the index lost 5%. Engineered Support Systems reached a new high, jumping...

Where The Big Money's Flowing - NASDAQ.(B)
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The Real Most Active - NASDAQ.(B)
June 4, 2001... Byline: Monika Tjia Investors snatched up tech stocks Friday for a second straight session. The Nasdaq composite gained 38.95 points, or 1.8%, to 2149.44 on lighter volume. For the week, the index lost 5%. Engineered Support Systems...

Education Firms Learn New Lessons Regulators, Not Economy, Send Top Companies To Detention.(A)(IBD CORPORATE LEADERS)
June 5, 2001... Byline: Jonah Keri By conventional wisdom, the economy's slowdown should be a boon to the for-profit education industry. For years, education firms were seen as countercyclical. When the economy flourished, working adults would reap...

Even In Bull Market, Cut Your Losses Short.(A)(INVESTOR'S CORNER)
June 5, 2001... Byline: Monika Tjia In a raging bear market, you need to put up your defenses or you might get blindsided. It's no different in a bull rally. Whatever the market environment,you always need to know when to run. If you don't, you could get...

IBD'S TOP 10.(A)
June 5, 2001... Fed Sees Inflation Tamed, Slowdown Possibly Over 1Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said inflation is currently "not a significant problem." But he stressed that the Fed is keeping a close watch on prices. He was heartened by...

AFTER THE CLOSE.(TO THE POINT)
June 5, 2001... COMVERSE TECHNOLOGY earned 43 cents a share in its first quarter, up 34% anda cent above views. Sales rose 36% to $365 million. LENNAR'S May new-home orders rose 19% to 2,099 homes. Beazer Homes USA said its May home orders climbed 35% to...

BUSINESS NEWS.(TO THE POINT)
June 5, 2001... TECHNOLOGY Microsoft's interactive TV launch takes aim at couch potato market The interactive software, to be launched this week in Portugal, lets viewersdo such things as place bets, shop, get e-mail, play games and bank via a...

BUSINESS NEWS.(TO THE POINT)
June 5, 2001... TECHNOLOGY Cisco reportedly stiffs Marconi The networking giant is not in talks to acquire the British telecom gear maker, sources said. Earlier reports had Cisco eyeing Marconi for $17 billion in a move that would have strengthened...

BUSINESS NEWS.(TO THE POINT)
June 5, 2001... TRANSPORTATION Orbitz takes off; clear sky ahead After facing antitrust scrutiny and other challenges, the travel Web site officially opened for business. Orbitz, backed by American, Continental, Delta,Northwest, United and other...

THE ECONOMY.(TO THE POINT)
June 5, 2001... Fed Gov. Edward Kelley resigns Kelley said he will resign as soon as at least one of the current vacancies is filled. "After 14 highly rewarding years of service on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, I want to focus on...

WASHINGTON.(TO THE POINT)
June 5, 2001... Bush team mulls Mideast move; gun battle threatens cease-fire Top officials met at the White House to consider the next move in a drive tohalt Middle East violence and keep fading peace hopes alive. Secretary of State Colin Powell and...

THE WORLD.(TO THE POINT)
June 5, 2001... N. Korea has sent 400 officials abroad to learn capitalist ways The North Koreans went to China, Australia and Hungary under programs organized by the U.N. and other international groups, said the report by Seoul's Unification...

1. Propelling A Vision.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)(IBD'S 10 SECRETS TO SUCCESS)
June 5, 2001... Byline: Cord Cooper Within four years, President James Polk transformed America from an upstart nation with growing pains into a continental power reaching to the Pacific and encompassing more than 1,200 miles of Western coastline. ...

Dr. William Beaumont His Attention To Detail Helped Unlock The Mystery Of Digestion.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
June 5, 2001... Byline: Gloria Lau Not everyone hears opportunity knocking. But when you answer the door and then work hard at making the most of that opportunity, success is often the result. So William Beaumont discovered. After treating a patient...

Basketball Player Shaquille O'Neal His Dedication Helped Put Him In The Paint.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
June 5, 2001... Byline: Michael Mink Some people gain notoriety on the basis of personality. Some win acclaim fora single, heroic act. But long-term excellence comes only from dedicated work,says Shaquille O'Neal. " "Excellence is not a singular act,...

Wisdom To Live By . . .(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
June 5, 2001... ON INTUITION One of our greatest gifts is our intuition. It's a sixth sense we all have -- we just need to learn to tap into and to trust it. Donna Karan, fashion executive ON POSITIVE THOUGHT One who fears failure limits his...

TECHBITS.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
June 5, 2001... Byline: Donna Howell More Students Online, New Poll Shows It's graduation time, and the class of 2001 is the first to be fully wired -- about more than just getting out of school. A survey of 2001 college seniors found that...

TECH STOCKS Trackers Say Nasdaq's Pattern This Year A Fluke.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
June 5, 2001... Byline: Jed Graham Some traders smart enough, or lucky enough, to have sidestepped most of the yearlong tech wreck often suggested stocks could sink just as much as they rose. Hmmm. They likely never realized just how prophetic they'd...

SEMICONDUCTORS AMD Taking Battle With Archrival Intel Into The Higher End.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
June 5, 2001... Byline: James DeTar Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on Tuesday is set to unveil a new, more powerfulversion of its flagship Athlon microprocessor. The new Athlon MP targets network servers and design workstations. This will extend...

CORPORATE SPENDING SLOWS Security Providers Lack "Security' Contrary to initial thoughts, makers of anti-virus software not immune in slowdown.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
June 5, 2001... Byline: Donna Howell The computer security industry, which grew up in the 1990s, has never reallyknown hard times -- til now. While the Internet boomed, customers clamored for firewalls, virus protection and other security wares. Now...

Network Appliance Sees Opportunity In New Markets.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)(Q & A)
June 5, 2001... Byline: Brian Deagon Network Appliance Inc. broke the $1 billion revenue mark in its fourth quarter, which ended April 30. That's a healthy 74% increase from the year before. Network Appliance has been a pioneer in a data storage field...

DIGITAL CABLE TV Charter Getting Boost From High-Speed Services.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
June 5, 2001... Byline: Reinhardt Krause Unlike a lot of Paul Allen's dot-com investments, vultures aren't circling over cable TV firm Charter Communications Inc. The fourth-largest cable system operator looks primed for a rebound, analysts say. ...

Backers Of Online Bill Paying Look To Streamline Services.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)(COMPUTERS MADE PLAIN)
June 5, 2001... Byline: Lynn Walford There's no way to get out of paying your bills. But you may be able to make it easier. A variety of online services aim to help. They use e-mail and the Web to simplify the onerous task. Only a small number of...

Are PC Makers' Latest Deals Enough To Entice Shoppers?(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)(BUYING A PC)
June 5, 2001... Byline: Lynn Walford Thanks to an inventory buildup early this year, personal computer prices -- once again -- have been dropping. That has many PC users wondering if the time is right to upgrade. They're combing the Web for deals, but...

SPARTAN STORES INC. /Grand Rapids, Michigan Grocer Sticks With Customers By Buying Them.(THE NEW AMERICA)
June 5, 2001... Byline: Marilyn Much James Meyer likes to stick with his customers -- so much so that since 1999 he's bought five of them. Meyer is president and chief executive of Spartan Stores Inc. On his watch, the company has been on a buying...

SUNGARD DATA SYSTEMS INC. /Wayne, Pennsylvania Bid That Fell Through? It's Not A Big Deal Here.(THE NEW AMERICA)
June 5, 2001... Byline: Amy Reeves Two months ago, SunGard Data Systems Inc. looked like it had a lock on buying the assets of bankrupt Bridge Information Systems Inc. Bridge agreed to SunGard's offer of $165 million in cash. The deal was supposed to...

WMS INDUSTRIES INC. /Chicago, Illinois If It Involves Gamblers, It's Money In The Bank.(THE NEW AMERICA)
June 5, 2001... Byline: Alan R. Elliott If future archaeologists dig up only one city, let it be Las Vegas. The old neon outpost, now a mecca of surreal amusement, rose in Nevada's desert for one purpose: gambling. The hub of the city's industry...

NYSE Stocks In The News.(A)
June 5, 2001... Byline: David Saito-Chung Laboratory Corp. of America gained 4% on above-average trade Monday. The stock has been basing since the start of the year, and is 15% off its high of 183. Great stocks typically show an uptrend in price...

TORIES' IRON GRIP GONE LIMP.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)
June 5, 2001... For anyone curious, it's all over but the shouting in Britain's election. The opposition has all but conceded what should have been the most hotly contested general election in decades. Is there a lesson here for American politicians? ...

REGULATIONS DON'T COME CHEAP.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)
June 5, 2001... Hmm. The last economic slowdown took place after interest-rate hikes and thepassage of new government mandates. Today's anemic growth can be chalked up tomuch the same set of conditions. The economy today, while not in full-blown recession...

PROBES TO NOWHERE.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)
June 5, 2001... Outside of President Bush, the most unpopular figures in Sacramento are out-of-state power wholesalers. Likened to murderers by California Gov. Gray Davis, they'll likely be officially vilified when the state completes its pricing probes. ...

Back To Babylon: From Hammurabi To Gov. Gray Davis, Caps Never Work.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(BRAIN TRUST)
June 5, 2001... Byline: William Peterson Face to face in Los Angeles, Golden State Gov. Gray Davis implored PresidentBush to impose price caps on electricity wholesalers who sell into the rich California market. Bush said no. An irate Davis then vowed to...

Energy Conservation Has Appeal, But Will It Deliver Bang For Buck?(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(NATIONAL ISSUE)
June 5, 2001... Byline: Charles Oliver Americans say they want to conserve energy. A CBS poll taken just before therelease of President Bush's energy program found that Americans favor conservation over more energy production by a huge 60% to 26% margin....

KEY FUND HOLDINGS.(MAKING MONEY IN MUTUALS)
June 5, 2001... Key Fund Holdings / Teekay Shipping was a top new buy of Fidelity Select Energy Service Fund in the latest reporting period. The company had earnings increases of 978%, 1,113% and 590% the past three quarters. The stock has been forming a base...

Pension Reform Gives Lift To Many Investors Over-50 boomers who max out 401(k) could see some big benefits.(MAKING MONEY IN MUTUALS)(INVESTMENT TRENDS)
June 5, 2001... Byline: Claire Mencke The pension reform bill that the Senate passed on May 26 has drawn criticismfrom many sides. Still, the plan seems to be a net win for just about everyoneinvolved: highly and low-paid workers, employers and investment...

Stocks In Tocqueville Are Down But Not Out Small-cap portfolio, up 14% this year, focuses on price-sales ratios.(MAKING MONEY IN MUTUALS)(FUND PROFILE)
June 5, 2001... Byline: Joanne Legomsky If there is an overriding theme at the Tocqueville Fund and Tocqueville Small Cap Value Fund, it is: First, do no harm. The main goal at the New York-based funds is capital preservation, or makingsure that, at a...

Save Time. Use IBD SmartSelectF Corporate Ratings.(B)
June 5, 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 5, 2001... Byline: Monika Tjia The Nasdaq barely pulled into positive territory Monday. The composite indexadded 6.49 points, or 0.3%, to 2155.93 on the lightest volume this year. But the Nasdaq 100 lost 0.11%. Wet Seal gained 1.02 to 37.02 on...

Where The Big Money's Flowing - NASDAQ.(B)
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NASDAQ Stocks In The News.(B)
June 5, 2001... Byline: Monika Tjia On Monday, Enzon broke out of a seven-month base on above-average trade. Butits one-week handle isn't noticeable on a weekly chart. From November to late March, the stock corrected 61% within its base. For the month...

Value Of Retention.(B)(IBD CORPORATE LEADERS)
June 5, 2001... For years, Wall Street locked in on one metric when gauging the education industry: enrollment growth. Makes sense. More students coming in means an uptick in sales. But more and more, schools and the Street are learning the value of...