Investor's Business Daily articles from March 2000

Investor's Business Daily archives from March 2000

AT&T Wireless Partner TeleCorp Buying Tritel.
March 1, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily AT&T Partner to Buy Tritel for About $ 5 Billion NEW YORK (Reuters) - TeleCorp PCS Inc., AT&T Corp.'s largest wireless telephone partner, on Tuesday agreed to buy Tritel Inc., the No. 2 AT&T wireless affiliate...

Your Child's Homework: Help But Don't Do.
March 1, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily By Sylvia Tiersten Investor's Business Daily Successful kids don't toddle up the ladder by themselves. In a 1998 Metropolitan Life insurance firm survey of 1,306 students, 87% of those with B grades or better...

DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY AT SERVICE - Funeral Firm Faces Too Much Expansion, Too Little Business.
March 1, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Companies In The News for 3-1-00 By Marilyn Alva Investor's Business Daily Death isn't what it used to be. And no one knows that better than the folks at Service Corp. International, the world's largest funeral...

Clear Channel Acquiring SFX Entertainment - Broadcaster Hopes To Fill Arenas By Promoting Concerts, Sports.
March 1, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Clear Channel Communications in $ 3.3 billion deal for SFX Entertainment NEW YORK (AP) - Clear Channel Communications Inc., one of the nation's biggest broadcasters, is buying SFX Entertainment Inc., a leading...

Photographer Margaret Bourke-White - She Wanted The Best Shot To Give Viewers AClear Picture Of The World.
March 1, 2000... Byline: Michael Richman, Investor's Daily During America's industrial boom in the late 1920s, Margaret Bourke-White wasdetermined to capture it on film. It was considered unusual for a woman to photograph industrial subjects. Taking...

Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey - His Persistence And Organization Led To Big Discoveries.
March 1, 2000... Byline: Michael Mink, Investor's Daily Richard E. Leakey wasn't one to sit around waiting for something to happen. If he saw something he wanted, he went for it. The seeds of his initiative wereplanted at an early age. At age 6, he...

Boeing Confirms Plan For Longer-Range 777s.
March 1, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Boeing will begin production of two new long-range versions of Boeing's popular twin-engine 777 jetliner. Phil Condit, chairman and chief executive, and Jack Welch, General Electric chairman and CEO, said at a...

Net Sales Tax Ban Can't Be Permanent, States Tell Congress.
March 1, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Governors Say Congress Shouldn't Bar State Internet Sales Taxes WASHINGTON (AP) - Governors worried about damage that tax-free Internet commerce could do to their state budgets demanded Tuesday that Congress...

High Court Rules Nursing Homes Must First Seek Regulatory Relief.
March 1, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily High Court Orders Review Before Nursing Homes Sue Over Medicare Rules WASHINGTON (AP) - Nursing homes can challenge Medicare regulations in federal court only after going through a prior administrative hearing,...

Online Tech PC Support Finally Stands Up To Test.
March 1, 2000... Byline: Nick Turner, Investor's Daily C &T Page-- E-support Companies Make Gains With PC MakersART: Worldwide Spending On E-Support users and makers, in millions 1998: $ 1,925 1999: $ 3,1332000: 5,789 2001: $ 9,613 2002: $ 12,510 2003: $...

Successful Net Entrepreneur Ready To Back E-Fledglings.
March 1, 2000... Byline: Pete Barlas, Investor's Daily John Ballantine IStart Ventures Chief Executive 36 years old B.S., finance and international business, San Diego State University John Ballantine has always liked starting and managing companies. At age...

Europe, U.S. And The Sinking Euro: Which Is Likely To Suffer The Most? - U.S. factories, for certain. But Europe would be poised to compete, and U.S. gets cheaper imports.
March 1, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily If the euro stays under pressure against the dollar, the Federal Reserve stands to get help in its efforts at slowing the economy, analysts say. A weak euro would prove a drag on U.S. growth this way: European...

WTO: U.S. Tax Law Is Illegal Export Subsidy.
March 1, 2000... Byline: Claire Mencke, Investor's Daily Investor's Business Daily The U.S. may have suffered a huge setback when the World Trade Organization ruled last week that the U.S.' use of Foreign Sales Corporations in Europe broke global...

AOL, Time Warner Open Access To Cable Lines For Web Rivals.
March 1, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily America Online and Time Warner Tuesday pledged to give consumers a choice of Internet providers by opening their cable TV lines after their planned merger. The two announced an agreement to offer consumers a...

France's Cap Gemini Will Acquire Ernst & Young Unit In $ 11 Bil Deal.
March 1, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily French computer and management services company Cap Gemini said Tuesday it's buying the consulting unit of Ernst & Young for about $ 11 billion in stock andcash. The deal gives Cap Gemini a North American...

Russia And China Affirm Partnership, Stance On Taiwan.
March 1, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Russia and China on Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to building a strategic partnership in world affairs, and warned the U.S. against interferingwith Beijing's threats to use force against Taiwan. Foreign...

The Iconic Heston On Conservatism, The PC Movement And The Campaign.
March 1, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily IBD's George Neumayr recently interviewed this "rare Tinseltown practitioner"of "traditional values," as Time magazine referred to him, at Heston's home inBeverly Hills. IBD: About a year ago, in a speech at...

GOP's Next Big Move To Cut Taxes: Killing Social Security Earnings Test.
March 1, 2000... Byline: Peter Cleary, Investor's Daily Investor's Business Daily Common wisdom says that nothing gets done in Washington during a presidential election year. But 1996 was an exception. Thatyear President Clinton, under pressure from the GOP...

WHY NO MISSILE DEFENSE?
March 1, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily This June, President Clinton must decide how to proceed with missile defense,as required by the National Missile Defense Act of 1999. Yet the administration seems intent on emasculating missile defense, not...

UNLEASHING AN INEPT IRS.
March 1, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily TAX POLICY The audit revealed once again that the IRS still can't balance itsbooks. The GAO report found the IRS made $ 51 million in bookkeeping errors; made nearly $ 16 million in "potentially fraudulent"...

Longtime Leaders Churn Out Strong Margins.
March 2, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily By Christina Wise A rookie quarterback may command a high starting salary. But if he doesn't produce touchdowns, his star soon plummets. It's the same with stocks. Though an unprofitable company's share price...

How To Pose Great Questions In A Crowd.
March 2, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily By Morey Stettner Investor's Business Daily You attend an annual shareholders' meeting or a town hall discussion led by one of the presidential candidates. And you feel the urge to ask a question. But you're...

QWEST: STALKING THE WILD TELCOS - It Wants To Be Hunter, Not Prey, In Merger Environment.
March 2, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily bf Companies In The News for 3-2-00 By Reinhardt Krause Investor's Business Daily Will Qwest Communications International Inc. stay on the attack or becomethe latest telecommunications prey? Qwest has emerged...

Hospice Advocate Elisabeth Kubler-Ross - She Stuck To Her Principles To Help Bring Dignity To The Terminally Ill.
March 2, 2000... Byline: Susan Vaughn, Investor's Daily Swiss-born Elisabeth Kubler-Ross was passionate about being a physician. Justout of medical school at the University of Zurich in 1957, she was full of optimism about treating patients, but what she...

Secretary Alexander Hamilton - He Made Sure The U.S. Would Stay Strong.
March 2, 2000... Byline: Curt Schleier, Investor's Daily Alexander Hamilton had reservations about the results of the Constitutional Convention. While he believed in governing with the consent of the governed, hewasn'tsure everyone had the wisdom to guide...

Will Stock Market Boom Trigger E-Broker Stocks?
March 2, 2000... Byline: Jed Graham, Investor's Daily Investor's Business Daily Daily Nasdaq trading volume is starting to hit the astounding 2 billion mark. Moreover, Nasdaq has traded at least 1.4 billion shares every session this year, a level it had...

Motro's Life After Infoseek: Bankrolling Online Markets.
March 2, 2000... Byline: Pete Barlas, Investor's Daily Harry Motro MotroVentures President 39 years old B.S., business, University of Virginia Art: Photo (on file) Harry Motro resigned as chief executive of Webportal Infoseek Corp. in November, but he...

As The Yield Curve Starts To Invert, Some Are Worried About Recession - Inversions precede all recessions, but not all inverted yield curves lead to a recession.
March 2, 2000... Byline: Charles Oliver, Investor's Daily Why are so many economists so worried about the inverted yield curve? Perhapsbecause that phenomenon has preceded most economic recessions. Now the worry is that this record-breaking 108-month-old...

Democrats Making AMove On Wall Street.
March 2, 2000... Byline: Jim Christie, Investor's Daily Investor's Business Daily You don't hear too many leading Democrats fulminateagainst the "greed of the '80s" anymore. It must have something to do with Wall Street's boom, which has spurred a "wealth...

Viatel Completes Buy Of AT&T U.K. Unit.
March 2, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Telecommunications services provider Viatel Inc. said on Wednesday it bought No. 1 U.S. long-distance telephone carrier AT&T Corp.'s United Kingdom unit, AT&T Communications Ltd., for $ 125 million in cash....

Sony's Video Game Goal:Topping Own High Score.
March 3, 2000... Byline: Patrick Seitz, Investor's Daily /dave Sony Corp.'s next video game console doesn't hit store shelves until Saturday in Japan, but analysts already are calling it a big success. "It's going to be a blow-out winner," said Ed Roth, an...

Game Maker Actively Seeks To Work With The System(s).
March 3, 2000... Byline: Patrick Seitz, Investor's Daily / Note: Run with PlayStation 2 preview story. Also, he didn't graduate college, left to start a business. Robert Kotick Activision Inc. Chairman and CEO 37 years old By Patrick Seitz Investor's...

The Fed's Tighter Monetary Policy: One Approach For Two Economies? - Stock market tells us the 'old economy' will suffer well before the red-hot 'new economy' cools off.
March 3, 2000... Byline: Claire Mencke, Investor's Daily In its fight against inflation, the Federal Reserve has targeted the wealth effect - the impact of soaring stocks on consumer spending. But some say that argument has become a red herring. How big can...

NAPM's Ore On U.S. Manufacturing's Stall.
March 3, 2000... Byline: Jim Christie, Investor's Daily U.S. manufacturing, knocked to the mat by the Asian financial crisis, made animpressive comeback last year. But now the National Association of Purchasing Management's key index suggests manufacturers...

Fed Stock-Bashing May Be Short-Lived As Political Reality Dawns On Potomac.
March 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily By Tom Bethell Fed Chairman Alan Green-span discovered a strange new theory the other day, and the markets didn't like it. Our money boss in Washington decided that the increased sense of wealth engendered by...

Will China Really Invade Taiwan? U.S. Expects Only A War Of Words.
March 3, 2000... Byline: Brian Mitchell, Investor's Daily Try to find Taiwan in the online World Factbook published by the Central Intelligence Agency. It's not under "T" for Taiwan. It's not even under "C" forthe Republic of China. Scroll down all the way...

BIG-SPENDING REPUBLICANS.
March 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Big-Spending Republicans You've heard them. President Clinton and congressional leaders are taking lots of credit for the first budget surpluses to appear in years. The message they want us to take home is that...

HEAVY HITTERS - Worried By Clout Of Day Traders? They Pale Next To Mutual Funds.
March 3, 2000... Byline: David Saito-Chung, Investor's Daily Does the market's extreme volatility these days have anything to do with the boom in online day trading? Very little, it appears. Yahoo's eclipse of the 300barrier and Qualcomm's climb to 600 a...

Ognar Credits Flexibility For Steady Returns.
March 3, 2000... Byline: Doug Rogers, Investor's Daily Ron Ognar has been one of the most consistent fund managers in the past decade. His Strong Growth hasn't had a down year since he took the reins in 1993. Ognar was at Kemper between 1989 and 1991, where...

Beware Of Rising Danger From Web Auction Fraud.
March 3, 2000... Byline: Paul Katzeff, Investor's Daily You say you want to buy a Beanie Baby online because the low price is irresistible? Then for your own protection you'd better develop some will power. Fraud involving Internet auctions is one of the...

Time Shares Can Let You Invest In Vacation.
March 3, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily By Larry Olmsted Not long ago, time shares had a reputation for hard-sell tactics and poor customer satisfaction. Now time shares they are a-changin'. Some 220,000 time-share units are sold annually in this...

VITESSE MAKES HASTE IN CHIP SALES - Fast-Paced Demand Keeps Semiconductor Firm On Toes.
March 3, 2000... Byline: James DeTar, Investor's Daily /diCompanies In The News for 3-2-00 Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. seems to be giving the market just what it wants. Vitesse is pumping out a never-ending array of high-speed chips for Internet devices....

Gun Manufacturer Samuel Colt - Determination And Faith In An Idea Helped Him Develop The First Revolver.
March 3, 2000... Byline: Peter Cleary, Investor's Daily Getting things done was Samuel Colt's passion. He prized his reputation for "originality of thought and conception," as he put it late in life. What he wanted wasn't money but achievement. From...

Writer, Diplomat Clare Boothe Luce - Dedication To Hard Work Got Her To The Top.
March 3, 2000... Byline: Amy Reynolds Alexander, Investor's Daily Like many people in 1929, Clare Boothe Brokaw (who became Clare Boothe Luce six years later) was facing tough times. She'd just been divorced from a cruel alcoholic. She was a single mother....

The 'Political Genius' Of The McCain Tax Plan.
March 6, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily GOP presidential candidate John McCain has created quite a stir with his self-described insurgent campaign for the nation's top office. His ideas on a range of topics - from abortion to defense - are well...

Hitch A Ride With Institutional Investors.
March 6, 2000... Byline: Ed Carson, Investor's Daily At a monster truck rally, there are the monster trucks and the little cars they crush. It's better to ride in the truck. In much the same way, big institutions dominate the stock market. When mutual...

NATION'S JOB MACHINE COOLS OFF - Unemployment Ticks Up To 4.1% As Job Creation Slumps.
March 6, 2000... Byline: Jim Christie, Investor's Daily The nation's blistering hot job machine cooled off last month, cheering stockmarket investors who feared Friday's report would give the Federal Reserve even more reason to raise interest rates....

Boomers: How To Bond With A Gen X Boss.
March 6, 2000... Byline: Gary M. Stern, Investor's Daily As more 30-year-olds climb the corporate ladder, they inevitably wind up managing their elders. Luckily, the Generation Xers and baby boomers always getalong really well - not! Whether you're an Xer...

Pianists Ruth Eisenberg and Margaret Patrick - Two Relied On Teamwork To Help Themselves Triumph Over Disabilities.
March 6, 2000... Byline: Kathryn Linderman, Investor's Daily After strokes cost them both their mobility, Ruth Eisenberg and Margaret Patrick fought back with the most powerful weapon they had: the piano. Though neither had enough manual control to play...

Basketball Coach Morgan Wootten - Playing Against The Best Helped Make Him The Best.
March 6, 2000... Byline: Michael Richman, Investor's Daily It was 1965, and coach Morgan Wootten's DeMatha High School Stags basketball team was pitted against Power Memorial High School. Power Memorial had won 71 straight games behind dominant 7-foot-2...

Firms That Seek Net IPOs Eye IPOs For Themselves.
March 6, 2000... Byline: Jed Graham, Investor's Daily Whatever Wall Street likes, Wall Street gets. And the Street likes initial public stock offerings. More than that, it likes a new breed of publicly tradedcompanies that themselves invest in, and help...

Agillion Offering Dashboard For Small Businesses Online.
March 6, 2000... Byline: Doug Tsuruoka, Investor's Daily Steve Papermaster has been building tech companies his whole life, starting with his student days at the University of Texas. Back then, he founded BSG Corp., a systems integration company bought in...

Windows 2000, Fast-Growing Linux Muddy Waters For Computer Makers - Microsoft addresses key issue of reliability with its new O.S., but users may not be in a hurry to switch.
March 6, 2000... Byline: Nick Turner, Investor's Daily The computer business could look a lot different in five years, whether or not Microsoft gets its way. The Microsoft vision, outlined by Chairman Bill Gates at the Windows 2000 product launch on Feb....

US West Threatens To Sue Qwest Over Rival Bid - Deutsche Telekom Said To Be Courting Qwest Despite Existing $ 36 Billion Merger Deal.
March 6, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily gblxUS West Demands Information From Qwest, Threatens Suit NEW YORK (Reuters)- Telephone company US West Inc. Friday demanded its merger partner Qwest Communications International Inc. disclose the status of...

GORE'S REFORM SANCTI-MONEY.
March 6, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily The word from the Gore campaign is that the candidate passes on soft money. He's not taking political action committee cash. This vice president is so purethat he promises to fight for McCain-Feingold-style...

Treasuries Make A Slow Move Up While Stocks Stay On Fast Track.
March 6, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily NR Aames Finl NRAdvEnergy B>71.639.23 CCCAdvMicDev B>41.8911.78 BAES >86.942.49 BAgnEagl .6384.07 AAlcatell 37.000 8/046.505.10107.53-0.7216.39 46.7540.34 BAlpharma B>34.697.16 BAlpharma B>34.699.69 NRAltLivng...

Treasuries Make A Slow Move Up While Stocks Stay On Fast Track.
March 6, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily By Reuters U.S. Treasury prices eked out the slimmest of gains Friday after surging stock markets frustrated a rally sparked by employment data that showedsofter-than-expected job growth and tame wage...

Chase Price Gaps Out Of Bases With Caution.
March 7, 2000... Byline: Christina Wise, Investor's Daily Investor's Business Daily Trying to buy a fast-moving stock can be like catching a train that pauses for only a moment at the station. Jump on at the right time and you get the ride you paid for....

MGM ROLLS THE DICE IN LAS VEGAS - Takeover Of Rival Mirage Is Big Bet On City's Fast Growth.
March 7, 2000... Byline: Steve Watkins, Investor's Daily The lion is swallowing a bigger rival in Las Vegas, creating a new king of the jungle. MGM Grand Inc. plans to absorb the larger Mirage Resorts Inc. in a $ 6.2 billion merger, creating what will be...

How To Get Raise, Promotion You Deserve.
March 7, 2000... Byline: Lia Haberman, Investor's Daily Feeling underpaid and unappreciated? Don't waste time whining. It's up to youto convince your boss you're worth more. But it's not enough just to put on your best suit and ask for more money and a...

Swedish King Gustavus II Adolphus - His Careful Research Helped Make Him 'The Father Of Modern Warfare'.
March 7, 2000... Byline: Scott S. Smith, Investor's Daily Gustavus Adolphus wasn't afraid of change. He knew it was necessary. His father, Charles IX, had obtained the Swedish throne with the support of the nobility on condition that his son wouldn't be...

General Mills' Harry Bullis - He Wanted To Learn Both In School And On The Job.
March 7, 2000... Byline: Curt Schleier, Investor's Daily Harry A. Bullis had never been a temporary worker. But he always acted like one. "I was always working out of a job to a better one," he said. "To me all jobs were temporary, simply leading to bigger...

Chips Hitting Short Supply In Struggle With 'Success'.
March 7, 2000... Byline: James DeTar, Investor's Daily Chip shortage story by James DeTar Art: Total cellular handsets shipped from 1996-2003 (projected for 2000-2003). Source: Morgan Stanley Dan Witter and SIA.Tagline: Semiconductor sales have surged in...

IBM Offering Discount Rates To Promising Net Start-Ups.
March 7, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Bio Box Jim Corgel IBM Corp. Generalmanager, IBM Global Net Generation Business 48 years old B.A., arts and letters, M.B.A., Notre Dame University NewIBM Financing Fund Helps InternetStart-UpsBy Doug Tsuruoka...

Is This Too Much Of A Good Thing? Greenspan Warns On Productivity - It's been hailed as key to this economic boom and an inflation killer. But the Fed chief sees it differently.
March 7, 2000... Byline: Charles Oliver, Investor's Daily After almost two decades of low growth, U.S. productivity has picked up over the last five years, and has been soaring in the last two quarters. That's beena crucial factor behind the big improvement...

Mexico Surprise: Stability In An Election Year.
March 7, 2000... Byline: Jim Christie, Investor's Daily Stability in Mexico in an election year? In the past, that would be wishful thinking. Now, things are different, making for an attractive option for investors, some analysts say. Lawrence Goodman,...

How To Use IBD SmartSelectTM Corporate Ratings.
March 7, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily IBD SmartSelectTM CORPORATE RATINGS: .Earnings Per Share (EPS) Rating (shown in the first column on the left) Earnings per share growth is one of the most important characteristics influencing the price of a...

Censors As Villains: A Hollywood Cliche Except When Script Turns Pornographic.
March 7, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily By Steve Allen Conventional wisdom holds that censorship is a dangerous evil,always and everywhere to be opposed. Voltaire once said he would defend to thedeath an opponent's right to free speech. The line has...

Rift Over Family Leave Law Widens As Workers Pick Up Slack For Others.
March 7, 2000... Byline: Daniel J. Murphy, Investor's Daily President Clinton's drive to mandate a kinder, gentler workplace for familieshas stirred up resentment among the very workers it's supposed to help. For the past year and a half, the White House...

AL GORE'S JUDGES? NO THANKS.
March 7, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Legal invention and manipulation define the Clinton-Gore ethos. The definitions of "is" and "controlling legal authority" show that these two thinkthe law should be whatever they say it is. To them, politics...

Here Comes Greenspan Again; There Go Bonds Downward.
March 7, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily NR Aames Finl NRAdvEnergy B>71.639.23 CCCAdvMicDev B>41.8911.78 BAES >86.942.49 BAgnEagl .6384.07 AAlcatell 37.000 8/046.505.10107.53-0.7216.39 46.7540.34 BAlpharma B>34.697.16 BAlpharma B>34.699.69 NRAltLivng...

Here Comes Greenspan Again; There Go Bonds Downward.
March 7, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily By Reuters U.S. Treasury prices fell Monday as investors fretted that a stillbooming economy would need a significant dose of monetary policy medicine to ward off future overheating symptoms, particularly...

Golfer Tiger Woods - Constantly Striving To Improve Has Propelled His Career.
March 8, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily By the time Eldrick "Tiger" Woods was 6, he already played great golf. He often scored in the 90s on regulation courses, an amazing feat for someone so young. Now it was time for him to gain a mental edge. His...

Will Cell-Phone Drivers Crash Wireless Growth?
March 8, 2000... Byline: Reinhardt Krause, Investor's Daily EMCrr, By Reinhardt Krause Chatting on cellular phones while driving can cause accidents. Just how many accidents are caused by cell-phone calls, vs. other driver distractions? That dicey question...

Pioneering Dictaphone Corp. Talks The Talk For Lernout.
March 8, 2000... Byline: Nick Turner, Investor's Daily C&T Page-- Q&A with Gaston Bastiaens Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V.L&H Nabs Dictaphone,With Eyes On Healthcare, Telecom Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products NV hopes that buying a pioneering firm...

Productivity Gains Soared In 4th Qtr, Labor Costs Post Surprising Slump - The best of both worlds? Maybe, except for Fed chief's recent warnings about dangers of efficiency.
March 8, 2000... Byline: Jim Christie, Investor's Daily Productivity continues to soar - perhaps too much, if you ask Federal ReserveChairman Alan Greenspan. The output of nonfarm workers rose at a 6.4% revised annual rate in the fourth quarter of 1999. The...

Congress Debates Trade Status For China.
March 8, 2000... Byline: Claire Mencke, Investor's Daily There's been a full-court press in Congress over the past few weeks to get legislators, especially those from farm states, behind what has been called theClinton administration's No. 1 goal: permanent...

Dutch Ahold Offers $ 2.7 Billion In Cash For U.S. Foodservice.
March 8, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily International supermarket operator Royal Ahold NV plans to buy U.S. Foodservice, the nation's second-largest food supplier to restaurants, hotels and cafeterias, for $ 2.7 billion in cash. The deal, announced...

Deutsche Bank Discussing Merger To Create $ 1.2 Trillion Institution.
March 8, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Deutsche Bank, the world's biggest bank, said Tuesday it is holding talks withrival Dresdner Bank amid reports it seeks a merger to create a banking colossus with more than $ 1.2 trillion in assets. A deal...

"Social Promotion": Marching Children Into The Quicksand Of Academic Failure.
March 8, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily By Jake Phillips On Dec. 18 President Clinton's education secretary, Richard Riley, visited the home of the anti-social-promotion movement, Chicago's James Ward Elementary. "I'm not into social promotion and I...

Business To Business E-Commerce: Promise And Peril For The Wannabe.
March 8, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Consider the lowly purchase order. It's more complicated than it seems. For one thing, there's all the data: item number, quantity, price and the order number itself. It has to be filled out, often in...

SILENCE OF THE POLITICAL LAMBS.
March 8, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily Of course, the Nebraska Democrat is retiring from the Senate this year. So Kerrey no longer has to worry about getting votes. Still, he and Sen. Daniel Moynihan, D-N.Y., offered a partial privatization plan in...

TEACHER UNIONS AND MERIT PAY.
March 8, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily If it were, public schools across the country probably would be turning out better students. The LosAngeles Unified School District is proposing a new contract that includes a 6% raise. But it also contains...

Treasuries Tilt To The Plus Side As Stocks Go Big-Time Negative.
March 8, 2000... Byline: By, Investor's Daily NR Aames Finl BAdaptec 14.750 2/045.006.3094.75-0.0019.363 8.8825.91 NRAdvEnergy B>71.199.31 CCCAdvMicDev TB>53.006.90 BAES B>79.630.00 BBAffilComp >31.4427.25 NRAffymetrix >303.194.24 BAgnEagl .7580.66...