Investor's Business Daily articles from March 2003, page 8

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AFTER THE CLOSE.(A)(AFTER THE CLOSE)
March 14, 2003... WEBMD earned 13 cents in Q4. Analysts saw 9 cents. But including Porex unit results, it beat views by 1 cent. The Web health info firm sees '03 EPS of 45-50 cents vs. views for 39. J.M. SMUCKER will shut 3 plants and ax 185 jobs, or 7% of...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(A)
March 14, 2003... TRANSPORTATION Ford slashes Q2 production goal After the close, the automaker said it'll make 980,000 vehicles, down 17% from Q2 '02. Industry sales in Feb. were weak due to war and terror fear, a poor economy and winter storms --...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(A)
March 14, 2003... TECHNOLOGY Philips to shut U.S. plant, ax jobs The Dutch electronics maker will close a chip plant in San Antonio, which will result in 1,600 job cuts. Philips is cutting capacity as it tries to make a profit despite weak demand for...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(A)
March 14, 2003... FINANCE Schwab trading continues to fall The No. 1 U.S. discount brokerage said customer trades fell 28% in Feb. vs. a year ago to an average of 101,500 a day. That's 20% below Jan. Charles Schwab will end its 401(k) match and find...

THE ECONOMY.(A)
March 14, 2003... Mortgage rates fall to new lows Another week, another record low. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell to 5.61% this week from 5.67%, Freddie Mac said. The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage slid to 4.93% from 5.01%. The one-year adjustable...

NATION.(A)
March 14, 2003... Filibuster on Estrada stands firm Republicans lost a second attempt to force Miguel Estrada past a Senate filibuster, with the last undecided Democrat coming down squarely against quick confirmation of President Bush's prized nominee for...

WORLD.(A)
March 14, 2003... N. Korea nukes loom, U.S. warns Washington said North Korea is only months away from enriching uranium to make atom bombs. That's in addition to a program that uses plutonium. South Korea urged the North to defuse its nuclear standoff...

TRENDS & INNOVATIONS.(A)
March 14, 2003... More unmarrieds racially mixed Some 7% of the U.S.' 54.5 mil married couples are mixed racially or ethnically, vs. 15% of the 4.9 mil unmarried heterosexual couples, says the Census Bureau. That may be due to more liberal values of...

TRENDS & INNOVATIONS.(A)
March 14, 2003... ** Smart phones that sense when owners can't answer calls may soon be possible, thanks to tiny microphones and cameras from Carnegie Mellon University that measure human activity. ** American Transit Insurance wants N.Y. taxis to have...

TAKE RESPONSIBILITY The Ethical High Ground.(A)(IBD 10 SECRETS TO SUCCESS)
March 14, 2003... Byline: Robin Grugal 10History offers many lessons that confirm the value of taking responsibility. But few are more compelling than that of Brig. Gen. John Buford. His vision and courage helped turn the tide of the Civil War. Buford...

Think Outside The Fruit Box Be Determined: How Willard Libby went from ranch hand to world-class scientist.(A)
March 14, 2003... Byline: DAN MOREAU Willard Frank Libby was the son of a farmer who raised him on a fruit ranch in Sebastopol, Calif. He desperately wanted to go to college. Except neither his family nor Libby had anywhere near enough money to pay...

Drivers Use Web To Find Cheapest Gas Prices Attracting Volunteers.(A)
March 14, 2003... Byline: MURRAY COLEMAN Handheld computers with Web access already help mobile users find restaurants, movie theaters and shopping malls. Today, many travelers have a more pressing need: cheap -- or at least, the cheapest nearby --...

PCs Help Speed Pharmaceutical Discovery Using Idle Computer Power Bristol-Myers Squibb uses 2,000 desktop computers in its drug research efforts.(A)
March 14, 2003... Byline: J. BONASIA Rich Vissa is perhaps a rare case: a technologist whose job lets him be a humanist. Vissa heads up information technology for the research arm of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., an $18 billion drug maker. He's charged...

Wireless Show Puts A Spotlight On Revenue.(A)
March 14, 2003... Byline: MIKE ANGELL As the cell phone industry converges on New Orleans for its largest annual trade show, attendees will have a lot more than crawfish on their minds. How can the industry get customers to subscribe to higher-paying...

"Snow Days' Could Take Down Net Shutdowns Likely By '08 Security officials assess dangers at conference in San Diego this week.(A)
March 14, 2003... Byline: DONNA HOWELL Don't be surprised if an online super-worm takes the whole Internet down for 24 hours or more, and that attacks even target parts of the phone system too. Catastrophe? Think of an online outage more as an...

Firms Look For Ways To Manage Identities Automated ID Systems Novel software setups aim to provide security,return on investment.(A)
March 14, 2003... Byline: DONNA HOWELL "Almost everybody you talk to has an identity management story right now," said Meta Group analyst Chris King. "It's a hot market." Vendors are cooking up ways for businesses to serve computer resources to...

MEDICAL TRENDS After A Year's Delay, Biotechs Start Dealing M&A Activity Picks Up With financing options limited, biotechs look to one another for capital.(A)
March 14, 2003... Byline: MARILYN ALVA Last year was supposed to be the year of mergers and acquisitions in the biotech sector. But with few exceptions -- most notably Amgen Inc.'s purchase of Immunex Corp. -- the expected boom never happened. ...

CORINTHIAN COLLEGES INC. Santa Ana, California Health Care Focus Helps Educator Earn A's.(A)
March 14, 2003... Byline: NANCY GONDO Economic stress is good for the education business. When jobs are tough to come by, it never hurts to expand your skills and knowledge so you're in a better position to land that job you've had your eye on. ...

Growth Quietly Outperforming Value Turn Came In June But not all experts agree trend will continue; doesn't signal new bull.(A)
March 14, 2003... Byline: KEN HOOVER After nearly three years snoozing in the investment doghouse, growth stocks and the mutual funds that buy them are stirring to life. The signs are tentative, and relative gains in growth are small. Yet, by some...

A Sharper Knife.(A)(EDITORIALS)
March 14, 2003... Economy: When you need to cut, you use the sharpest knife available. Right now, with the economy struggling and Congress dragging its feet on tax cuts, the sharpest knife the U.S. has left is another Fed interest rate cut. In case you...

Puff Goes The Deficit.(A)(EDITORIALS)
March 14, 2003... Fiscal Policy: Kudos to Californians! They've wasted no time in courageously facing up to the huge deficit that their state has dug itself into. Already, they've sifted through a dozen options proposed to reduce the budget shortfall and...

States Want Federal Bailout, But Financial Help Unlikely.(A)(NATIONAL ISSUE)
March 14, 2003... Byline: JOSEPH GUINTO The nation's governors awoke to bad news Thursday: Congress passed on its first formal chance to help states out of a looming financial crisis. In the wee hours of Thursday morning, the House Budget Committee...

Stocks Notch Biggest Gains Since October.(B)
March 14, 2003... Byline: JONAH KERI The market staged a broad-based rally Thursday, with some of the biggest gains seen since October. The Dow jumped 3.6%, the S&P 500 3.4%. NYSE volume surged above Wednesday's level and above its 50-day average. ...

Analyze, Profit From IBD's Market Charts.(B)
March 14, 2003... Analyzing the price and volume changes in the major market averages each day is essential to successful investing. They reveal major tops and bottoms in the stock market. Most stocks follow the general market's trend. They tend to rise...

W Holding Climbing In Step With Banks.(B)
March 14, 2003... Byline: Jonah Keri Regional banks have remained a lonely pocket of strength in a nasty market the last 2 1/2 years. W Holding Co. has surfed that wave, rising more than threefold from December 2000 to August of last year. The stock has...

Trade Spikes As Techs Post Best Day In Months.(B)
March 14, 2003... Byline: CRAIG SHAW The Nasdaq shot up 4.8% Thursday, its biggest single-day surge in five months, helped by new hopes that an Iraq war might see a quick finish. The Nasdaq 100 leapt 6.1%. Trade was the heaviest this year, suggesting that...

Generic Drug Maker Pulls Back To Pivot.(B)
March 14, 2003... Byline: Craig Shaw Several leading stocks surged out of bases Thursday as the Nasdaq zoomed nearly 5%. But keep in mind the market has yet to post an unequivocal follow-through, a prerequisite before stocks go from your watch list to...

Britain's Latest Efforts Draw French Rejection; U.N. Vote Pushed Back; U.K.: France "Intransigent'; Blair is working "flat out' to get compromise OK'd, as U.S. signals flexibility.(A)
March 14, 2003... Byline: FROM IBD NEWS SERVICES The fissure in the U.N. Security Council deepened Thursday when France rejected a British compromise on Iraq, infuriating London. The White House said diplomatic efforts could spill over into next week....

Weather, War Worries Sap Consumers, Send Feb. Retail Sales Into 1.6% Tailspin; Energy prices pinch, too; discretionary purchases show shoppers cut back.(A)
March 14, 2003... Byline: CHRISTINA WISE Weather and war worries sent retail sales tumbling 1.6% in February from the month before, the Commerce Department said Thursday. That was far worse than the 0.6% drop economists expected and bolstered evidence...

IBD'S TOP 10.(A)
March 14, 2003... Stocks Soar On Ballooning Trade 1 The Nasdaq zoomed 4.8%, its best gain since a 5.1% rally in Oct. The Dow added 3.6% and the S&P 500 3.4%. Volume expanded. Chip, machine tool, media, e-commerce and networking stocks led. The S&P SmallCap...

AFTER THE CLOSE.(TO THE POINT)
March 14, 2003... WEBMD earned 13 cents in Q4. Analysts saw 9 cents. But including Porex unit results, it beat views by 1 cent. The Web health info firm sees '03 EPS of 45-50 cents vs. views for 39. J.M. SMUCKER will shut 3 plants and ax 185 jobs, or 7% of...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(TO THE POINT)
March 14, 2003... MEDICAL Medco got over $3 bil in rebates That's how much Merck's pharmacy benefits unit got in the late '90s from drug firms promoting their products, reported The New York Times. After getting the rebates, Medco reportedly persuaded...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(TO THE POINT)
March 14, 2003... TRANSPORTATION Ford slashes Q2 production goal After the close, the automaker said it'll make 980,000 vehicles, down 17% from Q2 '02. Industry sales in Feb. were weak due to war and terror fear, a poor economy and winter storms -- and...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(TO THE POINT)
March 14, 2003... TECHNOLOGY Philips to shut U.S. plant, ax jobs The Dutch electronics maker will close a chip plant in San Antonio, which will result in 1,600 job cuts. Philips is cutting capacity as it tries to make a profit despite weak demand for...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(TO THE POINT)
March 14, 2003... FINANCE Schwab trading continues to fall The No. 1 U.S. discount brokerage said customer trades fell 28% in Feb. vs. a year ago to an average of 101,500 a day. That's 20% below Jan. Charles Schwab will end its 401(k) match and find...

IN BRIEF.(TO THE POINT)
March 14, 2003... WH Smith, the U.K.'s No. 1 newspaper and book publisher, will jointly bid with a private equity firm for AOL Time Warner's book publishing arm. Boston Scientific said its Taxus drug-coated stent is likely to get priority review from the...

TRENDS & INNOVATIONS.(TO THE POINT)
March 14, 2003... ** Smart phones that sense when owners can't answer calls may soon be possible, thanks to tiny microphones and cameras from Carnegie Mellon University that measure human activity. ** American Transit Insurance wants N.Y. taxis to have...

Libby At A Glance.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
March 14, 2003... Libby At A Glance Born: 1908 in Grand Valley, Colo. Died: 1980 in Los Angeles. Education: B.S. in 1931 and Ph.D. 1933 in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley. Achievements: ** Worked on the development...

Think Outside The Fruit Box; Be Determined: How Willard Libby went from ranch hand to world-class scientist.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
March 14, 2003... Byline: DAN MOREAU Willard Frank Libby was the son of a farmer who raised him on a fruit ranch in Sebastopol, Calif. He desperately wanted to go to college. Except neither his family nor Libby had anywhere near enough money to pay...

Drivers Use Web To Find Cheapest Gas Prices; Attracting Volunteers.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
March 14, 2003... Byline: MURRAY COLEMAN Handheld computers with Web access already help mobile users find restaurants, movie theaters and shopping malls. Today, many travelers have a more pressing need: cheap -- or at least, the cheapest nearby --...

PCs Help Speed Pharmaceutical Discovery; Using Idle Computer Power; Bristol-Myers Squibb uses 2,000 desktop computers in its drug research efforts.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
March 14, 2003... Byline: J. BONASIA Rich Vissa is perhaps a rare case: a technologist whose job lets him be a humanist. Vissa heads up information technology for the research arm of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., an $18 billion drug maker. He's charged...

"Snow Days' Could Take Down Net; Shutdowns Likely By '08; Security officials assess dangers at conference in San Diego this week.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
March 14, 2003... Byline: DONNA HOWELL Don't be surprised if an online super-worm takes the whole Internet down for 24 hours or more, and that attacks even target parts of the phone system too. Catastrophe? Think of an online outage more as an...

Firms Look For Ways To Manage Identities; Automated ID Systems; Novel software setups aim to provide security,return on investment.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
March 14, 2003... Byline: DONNA HOWELL "Almost everybody you talk to has an identity management story right now," said Meta Group analyst Chris King. "It's a hot market." Vendors are cooking up ways for businesses to serve computer resources to...

MEDICAL TRENDS After A Year's Delay, Biotechs Start Dealing; M&A Activity Picks Up; With financing options limited, biotechs look to one another for capital.(THE NEW AMERICA)
March 14, 2003... Byline: MARILYN ALVA Last year was supposed to be the year of mergers and acquisitions in the biotech sector. But with few exceptions -- most notably Amgen Inc.'s purchase of Immunex Corp. -- the expected boom never happened. ...

CORINTHIAN COLLEGES INC. Santa Ana, California; Health Care Focus Helps Educator Earn A's.(THE NEW AMERICA)
March 14, 2003... Byline: NANCY GONDO Economic stress is good for the education business. When jobs are tough to come by, it never hurts to expand your skills and knowledge so you're in a better position to land that job you've had your eye on. ...

Growth Quietly Outperforming Value; Turn Came In June; But not all experts agree trend will continue; doesn't signal new bull.(MUTUAL FUNDS)(INVESTMENT TRENDS)
March 14, 2003... Byline: KEN HOOVER After nearly three years snoozing in the investment doghouse, growth stocks and the mutual funds that buy them are stirring to life. The signs are tentative, and relative gains in growth are small. Yet, by some...

LETTERS.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)
March 14, 2003... Tax Cut Would Be Useless I don't think your suggestion in "Priming The Pump" (Editorial, Wednesday) to reduce the pump price of gasoline by reducing taxes is going to work. We learn in Economics 101 that there is a market clearing...

THE REAL MOST ACTIVE Stocks Notch Biggest Gains Since October.(MAKING MONEY)
March 14, 2003... Byline: JONAH KERI The market staged a broad-based rally Thursday, with some of the biggest gains seen since October. The Dow jumped 3.6%, the S&P 500 3.4%. NYSE volume surged above Wednesday's level and above its 50-day average. ...

W Holding Climbing In Step With Banks.(B)(NYSE STOCKS IN THE NEWS)
March 14, 2003... Byline: Jonah Keri Regional banks have remained a lonely pocket of strength in a nasty market the last 2 1/2 years. W Holding Co. has surfed that wave, rising more than threefold from December 2000 to August of last year. The stock has...

THE REAL MOST ACTIVE Trade Spikes As Techs Post Best Day In Months.(B)
March 14, 2003... Byline: CRAIG SHAW The Nasdaq shot up 4.8% Thursday, its biggest single-day surge in five months, helped by new hopes that an Iraq war might see a quick finish. The Nasdaq 100 leapt 6.1%. Trade was the heaviest this year, suggesting that...

Generic Drug Maker Pulls Back To Pivot.(B)(NASDAQ STOCKS IN THE NEWS)
March 14, 2003... Byline: Craig Shaw Several leading stocks surged out of bases Thursday as the Nasdaq zoomed nearly 5%. But keep in mind the market has yet to post an unequivocal follow-through, a prerequisite before stocks go from your watch list to...

Investor Fear Subsides As Stocks Bounce.(A)
March 13, 2003... Byline: CHRIS GESSEL Stocks rebounded Wednesday afternoon after a morning sell-off unnerved investors. The gyrations began before the market opened. A report that Osama bin Laden had been captured boosted stock futures. U.S. and...

U.K. Lists Benchmarks For New U.N. Proposal On Disarming Saddam Domestic Pressure On Blair Rumsfeld causes a flap over British combat role; Bush works the phones.(A)
March 13, 2003... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Britain, stung by suggestions that the U.S. may go by itself in attacking Iraq, set out disarmament conditions Wednesday that it hopes the United Nations will embrace in a new resolution. Foreign Office...

Time To Jettison The Old VCR? Set-Top Recorder Battle Looms Cable, satellite, PC firms are all vying to get lead in this emerging market.(A)
March 13, 2003... Byline: PATRICK SEITZ Consumer electronics and personal computer makers are trying to out-TiVo TiVo. Both industries see big opportunities in using computer hard drives to let consumers record more of their favorite shows. With hard...

AFTER THE CLOSE.(A)(AFTER THE CLOSE)
March 13, 2003... CABLEVISION and Yes Network reached a deal to end a yearlong dispute over airing New York Yankee games. TYCO sees EPS of $1.40-$1.50 in '03 ex-items vs. views of $1.49. It'll also take $265 mil-$325 in charges, mostly for its fire and...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(A)
March 13, 2003... MEDIA AOL off 4% on talk of wider probe Regulators are probing if AOL Time Warner's online unit was "aiding and abetting" schemes by other firms to artificially inflate reported revenue, The Washington Post said. The SEC is trying to...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(A)
March 13, 2003... ENERGY Charges filed against Enron execs The U.S. charged Enron Broadband Services execs Kevin Howard and Michael Krautz with securities fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy and lying to FBI agents. Enron tried to set up an Web...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(A)
March 13, 2003... TELECOM WorldCom e-mail fingers Ebbers Reports say new management has filed a summary that includes an April '00 e-mail hinting ex-CEO Bernard Ebbers knew of the bankrupt telecom's accounting problems. Other evidence includes a June...

THE ECONOMY.(A)
March 13, 2003... Consumer gauge slides in week The ABCNews/Money magazine consumer comfort index fell 4 points to -25 this week, near a nine-year low of -27 set in mid-Jan. Just 23% of respondents think the economy's in good shape, down from 28% last...

NATION.(A)
March 13, 2003... House mulls a gasoline tax hike The chairman of the House Transportation Committee, Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, said raising the federal gasoline tax was one of several options his panel is considering to help pay for a six-year, $375 bil...

WORLD.(A)
March 13, 2003... S. Korea urges U.S.-North talks N. Korea insists on direct talks with the U.S. while Washington prefers to settle the dispute through a multilateral channel, saying North Korea's nuclear programs threaten not just U.S. interests but also...

TRENDS & INNOVATIONS.(A)
March 13, 2003... Secondhand smoke bad for teeth A University of Rochester study found exposure doubles kids' chances of getting cavities in their baby teeth and that a fourth of kids wouldn't get any if they weren't exposed. The smoke makes them more...

TRENDS & INNOVATIONS.(A)
March 13, 2003... ** China risks a chlamydia epidemic since it doesn't track the STD, said University of Chicago researchers. The STD and loosened sexual mores may spur an AIDS crisis. ** UCLA scientists created a chip that mimics the brain's...

DEAL AND COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE EFFECTIVELY The Winning Attitude.(A)(IBD 10 SECRETS TO SUCCESS)
March 13, 2003... Byline: Cord Cooper 9Bela Karolyi and Lou Holtz went beyond bringing out the best in others. They got them to reach higher than they ever thought possible. Karolyi turned gymnastics coaching into an art, producing 22 world and...

He Stayed Focused On Beauty Follow Your Passion: Galen Rowell's wide angle made him a photographic natural.(A)
March 13, 2003... Byline: MIKE ANGELL Galen Rowell didn't just want people to look at his photographs of the natural world. He also wanted them to feel they were there. So he took meticulous care to get just the right shot, with just the right...

Accounting Group Will Take On Tech By Tackling Stock Option Issue.(A)
March 13, 2003... Byline: KATHARINE STALTER More than a billion -- with a "B" -- dollars. That's how much Intel Corp. says its $3.12 billion 2002 net income would have been slashed if the chipmaker had recognized employee stock options as an expense....

Some Personal Computers Get More "Entertaining' Can Record TV Shows New Media Center PCs include TiVo-like PVRs and other such features.(A)
March 13, 2003... Byline: PATRICK SEITZ Personal computer makers are preparing a new wave of entertainment-focused PCs that can record TV shows. Hewlett-Packard Co. led the first big wave of PCs for couch potatoes with its Windows XP Media Center...

Radio ID Tags Take On Bar Codes Product Tracking Tool Manufacturers, retailers, even the military adopt new so-called smart tags.(A)
March 13, 2003... Byline: J. BONASIA Suddenly retailers and their suppliers are honing in on radio frequency identification tags. In January, Gillette Co. signed a deal to buy 500 million RFID tags. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says it will put the smart tags...

Profs Using Analytics To Predict NCAA Bids.(A)
March 13, 2003... Byline: J. BONASIA Madness is about to reign. That's March Madness, also called the NCAA basketball tournament. What will the bracket look like?We'll find out Sunday, the big selection day. In all, 65 college hoops squads...

Carbon Chips Next Step Post-Silicon, Says Scientist.(A)
March 13, 2003... Byline: DOUG TSURUOKA Phaedon Avouris is racing with time. Avouris is a key person developing nanoscale -- molecule-sized -- devices at IBM Corp.'s T.J. Watson Research Center. He's hurrying because silicon, the basic material...

Shares Decline At Fabrics Chain After Warning.(A)
March 13, 2003... Byline: FROM IBD NEWS SERVICES Shares of fabrics retailer Jo-Ann Stores Inc. (New America, Sept. 25) plunged more than 14% this week after it warned that first-quarter earnings would fall well below Wall Street expectations. The...

MONRO MUFFLER BRAKE INC. Rochester, New York Parts Retailer Avoids Potholes With Focus On Service.(A)
March 13, 2003... Byline: KIRK SHINKLE Despite declining sales for aftermarket car parts, Monro Muffler Brake Inc. has shown respectable gains, thanks to its ongoing focus on selling services instead of products. The firm operates a handful of retail...

Profits Sparking Internet-Stock Gains Jacob Has China's Sina Real earnings, not mere hopes of future profits, fueling some Net stocks.(A)
March 13, 2003... Byline: PAUL KATZEFF What color is the Internet? Paint it red hot. Of the 197 industry groups IBD tracks, two of the five gaining the most the past 26 weeks are Net categories. Internet-Content gained 22.5% going into Monday....

The First Casualty.(A)(EDITORIALS)
March 13, 2003... United Nations: No shots have been fired, but the presumptive war to remove Saddam Hussein has already claimed a victim. The U.N. itself will have a long and hard convalescence from its self-inflicted wound. It's been more than six months...

Double Standard?(A)(EDITORIALS)
March 13, 2003... Scandal: Just like former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, another politician has made insensitive comments about another ethnic group. So where's the outrage? Maybe you didn't notice, because it was mostly buried in the nation's...

Will Court's Asbestos Ruling Lead To Bankruptcy Surge?(A)(NATIONAL ISSUE)
March 13, 2003... Byline: BETSY MCCAUGHEY ** Betsy McCaughey Imagine suing your employer because you fear you'll get cancer. Suing and winning big when it's not even certain you'll ever get it. It's been happening in thousands of asbestos-related...

Stocks Climb; Leaders Still Staying Quiet.(B)
March 13, 2003... Byline: JONAH KERI NYSE stocks ticked up slightly Wednesday, but leading issues failed to take part in the advance. The Dow and S&P 500 both rose 0.4% on higher volume. But the number of top stocks on the way down easily beat the...

Analyze, Profit From IBD's Market Charts.(B)
March 13, 2003... Analyzing the price and volume changes in the major market averages each day is essential to successful investing. They reveal major tops and bottoms in the stock market. Most stocks follow the general market's trend. They tend to rise...

Stryker Reaps Benefit Of Aging Population.(B)
March 13, 2003... Byline: Jonah Keri Stryker has ridden a steady uptrend dating back two decades. The stock vaulted to a new high in October, then climbed as high as 69 in January. It's since formed a nine-week consolidation and sits 6% off its all-time...

Late-Day Run Carries Nasdaq To Modest Gain.(B)
March 13, 2003... Byline: CRAIG SHAW The Nasdaq erased a midday slump Wednesday to close ahead on a late surge in volume. The composite index rose 0.6% as the Nasdaq 100 jumped 1.2%. Jos. A. Bank Clothiers rebounded 1.05 to 21.15 on a nearly 800%...

Biotech Holds Above Midterm Support Line.(B)
March 13, 2003... Byline: Craig Shaw Amgen has advanced 12% in 2003, staying north of its 50-day average the entire time. It's building the right side of a nearly yearlong base. The California-based biotech has boosted earnings every year since at...

U.K. Lists Benchmarks For New U.N. Proposal On Disarming Saddam; Domestic Pressure On Blair; Rumsfeld causes a flap over British combat role; Bush works the phones.(A)
March 13, 2003... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Britain, stung by suggestions that the U.S. may go by itself in attacking Iraq, set out disarmament conditions Wednesday that it hopes the United Nations will embrace in a new resolution. Foreign Office...

Time To Jettison The Old VCR? Set-Top Recorder Battle Looms; Cable, satellite, PC firms are all vying to get lead in this emerging market.(A)
March 13, 2003... Byline: PATRICK SEITZ Consumer electronics and personal computer makers are trying to out-TiVo TiVo. Both industries see big opportunities in using computer hard drives to let consumers record more of their favorite shows. With hard...

IBD'S TOP 10.(A)
March 13, 2003... U.K. Details Disarmament Steps 1Britain set out disarmament conditions that it hopes the U.N. will embrace in a new resolution. The "benchmarks" include a TV appearance by Saddam Hussein to denounce weapons of mass destruction, interviews...