Investor's Business Daily articles from September 2000

Investor's Business Daily archives from September 2000

Companies Are Suing To Stop Cybersmears.(A)(Mutual Weekly Special)
September 29, 2000... Byline: Paul Katzeff Investor's Business Daily Ever knock a stock while participating in an Internet chat room or message board? If so, next time you'd better think twice. With increasing frequency, corporations are suing to...

Mutual Weekly Special.(B)
September 29, 2000... Byline: Tom Gray Investor's Business Daily There's standard, and then there's turbo. That's one way to describe what sets Waddell & Reed Advisors Retirement Shares Fund apart from its peers in stock-bond hybrid mutual funds. ...

Strong Funds Cut Intel And Micron Positions But Group's Managers Were Big Buyers Of Juniper Networks.(B)(Mutual Weekly Special)
September 29, 2000... Byline: Leo Fasciocco Investor's Business Daily Managers at Strong Funds have moved to more aggressive tech stocks, away from their defensive posture with drug stocks. That's the word from top portfolio manager Ian Rogers, who...

Low-Income Housing Credits Run 10 Years Tax Shelter Encourages Needed Investment, Trims Your IRS Bill.(B)(Making Money In Mutuals)
September 29, 2000... Byline: Donald Jay Korn Investor's Business Daily The popularity of the "Survivor" TV show may prompt you to consider one of the few surviving real estate tax shelters. These deals offer tax credits for providing housing to...

The New America Index.(B)(The New America)
September 29, 2000... Aclara Biosciences8/3/00 ACT Manufacturing Inc.9/26/00 Actrade Intl Ltd.8/14/00 Administaff Inc.8/29/00 Advanced Power Technology Inc.9/20/00 Allergan Inc.9/18/00 Altera Corp. 9/19/00 Alza Corp.8/22/00 ...

The Real Most Active - NASDAQ.(B)(The Real Most Active - NASDAQ)
September 29, 2000... The Real Most Active The tech sell-off came to a halt Thursday as computer-software firms led the market up. The Nasdaq composite headed north for the first time in six days as it gained 122.02 points, or 3.3%, to 3778.32. The Nasdaq...

Stocks In The News - NASDAQ.(B)
September 29, 2000... is working on the right side of its 26-week base. The stock is 9% off its March31 high of 45 1/4. Late last week the stock popped above its 50-week moving average after spendingfive weeks below or at the line. The rise is a sign of...

Saudi Pledge Sends Oil Down $1; Gold Slides, Grains Push Higher.(B)(FUTURES)
September 29, 2000... By Reuters Oil prices closed lower on Thursday as Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil producer, pledged to pump as much oil as needed to stabilize soaring prices. F U T U R E S In other commodity trading, gold prices fell on...

Business News.(A)(Business News)
September 28, 2000... In Brief Coca-Cola expects to report volume growth of about 4% in the third quarter. That would meet or beat most analysts' views. Motorola said it has not changed third-quarter expectations, but declined comment on speculation it...

Page_2.(A)
September 28, 2000... Trends . New health screening program aims to lower teen-age suicide One in five high school students have thought seriously about suicide, and one in 14 have attempted it, federal statistics show. Though the rate of teen...

10SECRETS.(A)
September 28, 2000... For Internet company executives, the edge against larger and better-funded competitors is speed. "Use it or lose everything," executive coach Mark Breier wrote in "The 10-Second Internet Manager," published this month by Crown Business,...

Photojournalist Eli Reed He Keeps An Open Mind To Capture The Human Element In His Work.(A)(Leaders & Success)
September 28, 2000... Byline: M. Susan Basas Investor's Business Daily Eli Reed crouched below the gunfire in Beirut, Lebanon, aiming carefully, waiting for the right moment to shoot. But he wasn't always targeting the enemy. And he didn't hold a gun in...

C&D Technologies' Wade Roberts His High Expectations Propelled Company To New Level.(A)(Leaders & Success)
September 28, 2000... Byline: Christopher L. Tyner Investor's Business Daily The way Wade Roberts sees it, his company can face the breakneck pace of high-technology changes in one of two ways: become its victim or become its student. Under Roberts,...

Wisdom To Live By.(A)(Leaders & Success)
September 28, 2000... {TEXT} Wisdom To Live By . {TEXT} ON LEARNING FROM MISTAKES From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own. President George Washington ON CHANGE To exist is to change; to change is to mature; to mature...

Computers Made Plain New Cameras Brighten The Picture For Communicating Via The Web.(A)(Computers Made Plain)
September 28, 2000... Byline: Lynn Walford Investor's Business Daily Web cams have opened up all sorts of Internet communication - from business, tothe personal, to the downright seamy. Business associates use the cameras as a cheap way to hold video...

Priceline Warns That Latest Sales Failing To Soar E-commerce kingpin blames poor airline ticket sales for lower-than-expected revenue and plans to quickly diversify.(A)(Internet & Technology)
September 28, 2000... Byline: Doug Tsuruoka Investor's Business Daily Priceline.com Inc., the Web company that lets consumers name their price for things like plane tickets and groceries, won't be moving at warp speed when it reports its third-quarter...

Tellium, Planning Its IPO, Looks To Shine In Optics.(A)(Internet & Technology)
September 28, 2000... Byline: Mike Angell Investor's Business Daily Tellium Inc. Chief Executive Harry Carr certainly isn't shy about his ambitions. "What Juniper is to routers, we want to be to optical switches," said Carr, likening his upstart...

Adobe Builds Brick House Of Wares To Take Dominant Role In Industry.(A)(Company In The News)
September 28, 2000... Byline: Steve Watkins Investor's Business Daily It's better known than Kodak in some circles, and its top product has 80% of the market. Adobe Systems Inc. already dominates most of the graphic design and publishing software...

Optical Internet Spurs Switch In Networking Gear Industry.(A)(Internet & Technology)
September 28, 2000... Byline: Mike Angell Investor's Business Daily Harry Bosco has seen some big changes in telecommunications gear. In 35 years at Bell Labs, now Lucent Technologies Inc., Bosco helped roll out circuit switches for voice networks....

DIGITAL SECURITY Questions Linger As 'E-Sign' Takes Effect.(A)(Internet & Technology)
September 28, 2000... Byline: Donna Howell Other providers are Bedford, Mass.-based RSA Security Inc.; Plano, Texas-based Entrust Technologies Inc.; U.K.-based Baltimore Technologies PLC; and GlobalSign NV/SA of Brussels, Belgium. Businesses also can issue...

NETWORKING Corning To Buy Pirelli Optical Technologies.(A)(Internet & Technology)
September 28, 2000... NEW YORK/MILAN (Reuters) - Fiber-optic cable maker Corning Inc. on Wednesday said it will acquire a 90% stake in optical components maker Optical Technologies from Italian cable and tire company Pirelli SPA for $3.6 billion in an effort to...

Economic Briefs - And Abroad.(A)
September 28, 2000... Thursday Danish Euro Vote Still Too Close To Call: Polls "I'm not a fortuneteller - I don't want to guess vote results," Foreign Minister Niels Helveg Petersen said. Both sides of the euro debate launched a last-minute push for votes...

Economic Briefs - At Home.(A)
September 28, 2000... Mortgage Applications Drop Despite Lower Interest Rates Applications fell 2.3% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ended Friday, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. But year over year they rose 17.5%. This came as...

Winners, Losers, Big Winners Emerge From Deal To Normalize China Trade U.S. farmers are ecstatic. But some sectors had hoped for relief from cheap Chinese competition.(A)(Business & The Economy)
September 28, 2000... Byline: Charles Oliver Investor's Business Daily After years of wrangling, the U.S. and China finally reached a wide-ranging trade deal. Congress recently approved the pact, giving China permanent normal trade relations. And soon,...

OPEC Chiefs Ponder Raising Target Price Band.(A)(Business & The Economy)
September 28, 2000... Byline: The Associated Press It's the bull's-eye that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is shooting for - oil prices between $22 and $28 a barrel. But many analysts and market watchers doubt the cartel's ability to...

SCHEDULE.(A)
September 28, 2000... Calendar Of Economic Indicators THURSDAY Jobless Claims: Week ended Sept. 23 (forecast 312,000), 8:30 a.m. EDT. Gross Domestic Product: Second-quarter final report (median forecast 5.3%), 8:30 a.m. EDT. Corporate Profits:...

AMPHENOL CORP. / Wallingford, Connecticut Gear Firm Finds Right Connection For Telecom.(A)(The New America)
September 28, 2000... Byline: Robyn Taylor Parets , L.M. Ericsson AB and Motorola Inc. The company also markets connectors and coaxial cable to such blue chip telecom companies as Nortel Networks Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. "Amphenol is not just a...

LUXOTTICA GROUP SPA / Milan, Italy Eyewear Maker's View For Future Gets Better.(A)(The New America)
September 28, 2000... Byline: Marilyn Much Investor's Business Daily Luxottica Group SpA finally sees the light at the end of the tunnel. The company has turned the corner with its sunglass-making business, which it entered last year through the...

Use General Market Page For Entries, Exits.(A)(Investor's Corner)
September 28, 2000... By David Saito-Chung Investor's Business Daily Getting in the market at the wrong time is like driving on the wrong side of the road. You could get seriously hurt. If you seek the best stocks, you have to know what the market is...

SOUTHWEST BANCORP OF TEXAS INC. / Houston, Texas Location, Location Is Bank's Key Advantage.(A)(The New America)
September 28, 2000... Byline: Gerard A. Achstatter Investor's Business Daily When it comes to banking, finding the right location is half the battle. At least that's been the experience of Southwest Bancorp of Texas Inc., which makes Houston its home. ...

IMF, World Bank Finish Early, Claim Protesters Had No Role.(A)(IMF)
September 28, 2000... PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) - Top government bankers and economic aides said Wednesday they were finishing the annual summit of the IMF and World Bank one day early, but insisted their business was done and they had not been derailed by...

Studios Vow Marketing Reform - Sort Of.(A)(MEDIA)
September 28, 2000... WASHINGTON (AP) - Hollywood executives admitted Wednesday violent films were test-marketed before audiences that included children as young as 9 years old. Questioned by angry senators, a Sony executive called the practice a lapse. Sen....

News Corp. Buying TV Guide, Looking To Buy DirecTV.(A)(MURDOCH)
September 28, 2000... (AP) - John Malone's Liberty Media Corp. is transferring its 21% stake in Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. to News Corp. in exchange for shares in themedia conglomerate. The deal makes Liberty the largest shareholder in News Corp....

The Real Most Active - NYSE.(A)(The Real Most Active - NYSE)
September 28, 2000... The Real Most Active Investors continued to fret about profits and continued to unload NYSE stocks Wednesday. Despite the selling, the Dow Jones and S&P 500 nearly managed to wring a gain from the day. The industrial average finished...

Stocks In The News - NYSE.(A)
September 28, 2000... Robert Half International shot out of an 11-week base on above-average volume Wednesday. The current consolidation comes on top of a previous 11-week base, which it cleared in mid-July. The firm, based in Menlo Park, Calif., provides...

30-Year Bond Wears Long Face After Revised Inflation Numbers.(A)(Credit Markets)
September 28, 2000... By Reuters The 30-year U.S. Treasury bond fell on Wednesday as the government admitted it underreported consumer inflation for most of the year due to a software snafu and as a deluge of new debt hit the market. The Labor Department...

The Big Picture.(A)(The Big Picture)
September 28, 2000... THE BIG PICTURE Yahoo shareholders had little to cheer about Wednesday. The leading Web portal slumped 12 1/16, or 12%, to 90 3/8 on nearly four times its usual volume. The stock has now given back all of its gains since late...

Risky Schemes: Gore's Proposals Would Sure Make LBJ, FDR Proud.(A)(View Point)
September 28, 2000... By James Carter & Tevi Troy Shakespeare warned us about the ambitious politician in "Henry VIII." "No man'spie is freed from his ambitious finger," he observed. Shakespeare could have been referring to Al Gore. Gore has long held...

Soaring Growth Of 'Special Ed' Kids Raises Questions Of Bias, Unfairness.(A)(National Issue)
September 28, 2000... Byline: Benjamin Kepple Investor's Business Daily Mitch Aydlette, a guidance counselor in Arlington, Va., knows how necessary special education teachers are. "(Schools are) putting more and more kids in these classes, and...

How To Get Your Kids Hooked On Exercise.(A)(News For You)
September 28, 2000... Byline: James Peter Rubin Investor's Business Daily It's harder than ever getting kids to exercise. Facilities, especially in urbanenvironments where most of the country's children live, are scarce. Even schools don't offer what they...

WHO'S THE FAIREST OF THEM ALL?(A)(Editorial)
September 28, 2000... In every campaign, you can bank on the Democrat trying to cash in on the so-called fairness issue. He criticizes the Republican for not helping the common man and for favoring the rich. This presidential race is no different. Al Gore...

SOUND AND FURY, SIGNIFYING .(A)(Editorial)
September 28, 2000... History, if the media glee is any guide. Rick Lazio and Hillary Clinton have agreed to ban soft money ads in their Senate race. We think Shakespeare's original quote is more apt, though. This soft money pledge really isn't much of...

Fund Gains Seen Headed Back Toward 10% But Even That Rate Can Build Huge Nest Eggs Over Time.(B)(Making Money In Mutuals)
September 28, 2000... Byline: Peter McKenna Investor's Business Daily Suddenly, there is no more talk of Nasdaq 20,000 or Dow 15,000. No more euphoria. There is just fear. Consider this: Before 1999, no more than 10 funds had ever produced returns...

Merrill Fundamental Growth Sticks To Basics Manager Applies Common Sense To Well-Researched Field.(B)(Making Money In Mutuals)
September 28, 2000... Byline: Tom Gray Investor's Business Daily When chief executives speak, Larry Fuller listens. It's a practice that has served Fuller well in managing the Merrill Lynch Fundamental Growth Fund. Early in 1999, for instance,...

The Real Most Active - NASDAQ.(B)(The Real Most Active - NASDAQ)
September 28, 2000... The Real Most Active Internets led another tech slide Wednesday. The Nasdaq gapped up 1.7% early, but fell 32.80 points, or 0.9%, to 3656.30, its fifth straight loss. At one point, the tech-heavy index came within 8 points of...

Stocks In The News - NASDAQ.(B)
September 28, 2000... PMC-Sierra corrected 57% from its March 10 high to its April 17 low. The stock tried to break out in mid-July and late August, but was turned back. It now sits 13% off its old peak. The Burnaby, British Columbia-based company makes...

CPI Error Gives Boost To Gold; Gasoline Slips, Heating Oil Rises.(B)(FUTURES)
September 28, 2000... By Reuters Gold prices closed at the highest level in a month on Wednesday as speculators bought after the government said it had inadvertently understated its estimatesof U.S. inflation this year. In other commodity trading, oil...

IBD's Top 10.(A)(IBD's Top 10 1-5)
September 28, 2000... Crude Stockpiles Decline; OPEC Pledges To Behave 1Oil inventories last week fell 2.2 million barrels, or 0.8%, the American Petroleum Institute said. Stockpiles of distillates, which include heating oil,fell by 1 million barrels,...

IBD's Top 10.(A)(IBD's Top 10 6-10)
September 28, 2000... Orders For Durables Rise On Back Of Aircraft Surge 6New orders for items such as cars and furniture, built to last three years or longer, rose 2.9% in August after falling 13.1% the month before. The report isconsistent with a...

Business News.(A)(Business News)
September 28, 2000... Computers/Tech Sony PlayStation 2 plans fall short Sony cut by half, to 500,000, the number of PlayStation 2 units it will ship onOct. 26 for the holiday season. It cited a component shortage. Sony said it's a month behind on...

Business News.(A)(Business News)
September 28, 2000... Internet AOL gets coveted access to Japan after latest pact with NTT DoCoMo The Japanese cellular phone giant will pay $100 million for 42.3% of AOL Japan.The deal will give AOL access to DoCoMo's proprietary I-mode technology,...

Page_2.(A)
September 27, 2000... Life In General Studios want 'R'-rated previews pulled from movies for children The Motion Picture Association of America said eight major studios will ask theater owners to make the change. But they will include kids - with a...

Page_2.(A)
September 27, 2000... Washington Albright 'concerned' about flights to Iraq from Russia and France Secretary of State Madeleine Albright told the Senate she was "very concerned" about Russian and French flights to Iraq that did not have the approval...

10SECRETS.(A)
September 27, 2000... In 1990, Don Fink participated in his first multisport competition, a short-course triathlon, just for fun. In 1998, he placed second in the 40-44 age group at the Ironman Triathlon WorldChampionship in Hawaii, an event consisting of 2.4...

Entrepreneur Warren Buffett He Built An Empire By Doing What He Loves.(A)(Leaders & Success)
September 27, 2000... Byline: James DeTar Investor's Business Daily But seriously, folks. Holding company Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Warren Buffett, 70, is a funny man. It's one of the character traits that set him apart from...

Wisdom To Live By.(A)(Leaders & Success)
September 27, 2000... {TEXT} Wisdom To Live By . {TEXT} ON SEEKING COUNSEL Make plans by seeking advice; if you wage war, obtain guidance. Proverbs 20:18 (NIV) ON REVERSES Every calamity is a spur and valuable hint. Ralph Waldo...

Computers Made Plain Inexpensive Gear Turns Your Palm Into A Portable Web-Surfing Device.(A)(Computers Made Plain)
September 27, 2000... Byline: Nancy Gondo Investor's Business Daily Tired of firing up your laptop just to check e-mail or a stock quote? For about $100 you can turn your Palm computer into a portable Web-surfing device that's ready right when you...

Supreme Court: Appellate Court Gets Microsoft Justice Dept. loses this round. It wanted to avoid appeals court. Now antitrust lawsuit is expected to be a longer haul.(A)(Internet & Technology)
September 27, 2000... Byline: Patrick Seitz Investor's Business Daily Time is on Microsoft's side. The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Tuesday to send the antitrust case against the software giant to the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia...

Staples Could Show Way For Stores Moving Online.(A)(Internet & Technology)
September 27, 2000... Byline: Doug Tsuruoka Investor's Business Daily A shopper's experience at a Staples in Portland, Maine, shows how big retailersare using their stores to drive customers to the Web. In July, a school janitor strolled into the...

On Semi Says It's On Course After First Year Flying Solo.(A)(Internet & Technology)
September 27, 2000... Byline: James DeTar Investor's Business Daily It's been a year since chipmaker On Semiconductor Corp. split from former parent Motorola Inc. On definitely isn't a bashful newcomer. The company, which makes analog chips and chips...

D.(A)
September 27, 2000... IBD SmartSelectTM CORPORATE RATINGS: .Earnings Per Share Rating (fourth from right) measures each company's short- and long-term earnings growth. Results are from 1 to 99, with 99 being best. .Relative Price Strength Rating (third...

Use Weekend Review To Find Quality Stocks.(A)(Investor's Corner)
September 27, 2000... Byline: Christina Wise Investor's Business Daily Between games, coaches spend night and day preparing for the next big match. Investors should take the same approach during market downturns. Use corrections to get ready for the...

FTC Completes Intel Probe, Decides No Action Warranted.(A)(INTEL)
September 27, 2000... WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday it concluded its investigation of Intel Corp. for anti-competitive practices and decided no action is warranted against the company. An FTC spokesman confirmed closure of...

ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT Online Services Becoming Taxing Situation.(A)(Internet & Technology)
September 27, 2000... Byline: David Noack Investor's Business Daily In Davidson County, N.C., time is money. So to help the county's 142,000 residents save time when paying their tax bill, officials there are applying e-commerce principles. The folks...

Transmeta Claims 5-Year Lead Over Chip Rivals Intel, AMD.(A)(TRANSMETA)
September 27, 2000... TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. microprocessor start-up Transmeta Corp. believes its technology is at least five years ahead of industry giants Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, its chief executive said on Tuesday. Once highly secretive, Transmeta...

Economic Briefs - And Abroad.(A)
September 27, 2000... Cat-And-Mouse Game Begins As Euro Notches Small Rise The European Central Bank is the cat, and eurobears are the mice. Relentless selling of the euro has been squelched by an impressive intervention effort ledby the ECB and helped by...

Economic Briefs - At Home.(A)
September 27, 2000... Euro's Rally Helps U.S. Firms But it might be too little, too late, industry groups said. Central bank actionled by the European Central Bank to boost the euro might ease the pain felt byU.S. firms but might not be enough to stop the...

Fuel Protests Spread Through Europe, And Governments Make Concessions Bad guys aren't OPEC, demonstrators say, but their own governments, which tax fuel up to 78%.(A)(Business & The Economy)
September 27, 2000... Byline: Peter Benesh Investor's Business Daily Americans get upset at the idea of $2-a-gallon gasoline. How would they feel about $5 a gallon? Would they be willing to pay that much in return for free health care, free or low...

Consumers Upbeat Despite Oil, Slower Growth.(A)(Business & The Economy)
September 27, 2000... Byline: Charles Oliver Investor's Business Daily Soaring energy costs and signs of a slowing economy haven't shaken the confidence of U.S. consumers, says the Conference Board, a business group basedin New York. The consumer...

SCHEDULE.(A)
September 27, 2000... Calendar Of Economic Indicators WEDNESDAY Durable Goods Orders: August report (median forecast 2.8%), 8:30 a.m. EDT. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairwoman Donna Tanoue addresses the Women in Housing and Finance monthly...

MCDATA CORP. / Broomfield, Colorado Company Finds A Home For Data On Networks.(A)(The New America)
September 27, 2000... Byline: Thomas M. Kostigen Investor's Business Daily The computer age is a wonderful thing, mostly because it saves all that paper handling. But computer data still need to be stored somewhere, right? McData Corp. bets its...

Tips For Making Office Food Bacteria-Free.(A)(News For You)
September 27, 2000... Byline: Tim Haddock Investor's Business Daily Just last month the entire department was vaccinated. Then why did half the office call in sick this morning with the flu? While we often blame influenza, the real culprit may be right...

STONE ENERGY CORP. / Lafayette, Louisiana Fussy Energy Concern Picks Over Drill Sites.(A)(The New America)
September 27, 2000... Byline: Vance Cariaga Investor's Business Daily Technically, drilling for oil and natural gas always is a gamble. Fuel might bedown there, but there's no guarantee you'll find it. Even if you do, who's to say it'll fetch a good price...

Kodak Cuts 2nd-Half Outlook As Sales Go Slack, Costs Rise.(A)(KODAK)
September 27, 2000... From IBD News Services ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Eastman Kodak Co. Tuesday lowered its projections for third-quarter earnings to reflect unexpected weakness in September sales, higher costs, rising investment in digital photography and the...

Poverty Rate Fell To 11.8% In 1999, Lowest Since 1979.(A)(POVERTY)
September 27, 2000... WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's poverty rate dropped to 11.8% in 1999, the lowest since 1979, while household incomes reached a record high, according to Census Bureau data released Tuesday. There were 32.2 million people living in poverty...

The Real Most Active - NYSE.(A)(The Real Most Active - NYSE)
September 27, 2000... The Real Most Active Kodak's paltry profit picture cast a shadow on NYSE stocks Tuesday. The No. 1 U.S. film maker was responsible for 86.57 points of the Dow's 176.83-point slide. The industrial bellwether fell 1.6% to close at...

Stocks In The News - NYSE.(A)
September 27, 2000... Aztar Corp., which is winding its way through a narrow, 11 1/2-week base, stands 9% off its old high. The stock's Accumulation/Distribution Rating has slipped to a C from an A back in July. Ideally, you'd like to see this return to at...

The Big Picture.(A)(The Big Picture)
September 27, 2000... THE BIG PICTURE It was a Kodak moment to forget. Eastman Kodak gapped down 14 5/8, or 25%, to a six-year low of 44 3/8. The photo giant warned before Tuesday's open that it would miss profit estimates bya wide margin. The Dow...

What Pundits Miss: Government Went 'Negative' Before Campaign Ads Did.(A)(View Point)
September 27, 2000... By James Bovard The brouhaha over the Bush campaign's Buddhist temple ad - and the momentary flashing of the word "rat" in another ad - are the most absurd diversions yet in the presidential race. Some pundits fret that there is...

Are Stricter Laws On Drunk Driving Life Savers Or 'Neo-Prohibitionism'?(A)(National Issue)
September 27, 2000... Byline: John Berlau Investor's Business Daily 'Congress, we can't wait. We must today get 0.08." So said Millie Webb, national president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, at a recent rally on Capitol Hill. MADD has just turned...

PLEASE, NO OCTOBER SURPRISE.(A)(Editorial)
September 27, 2000... 'Slobodan! Slobodan! Save Serbia and kill yourself!" chanted a 40,000-strong Belgrade crowd Monday. In the face of such bitter opposition, most political leaders would head for the hills. Not Slobodan Milosevic. He's still seeking...

Key Fund Holdings.(B)
September 27, 2000... Key Fund Holdings / Veritas Software and PMC Sierra were top holdings of AIM Constellation Fund as of its latest reporting period. Veritas has been trading in a 28-week base and stands 20% off its intraday highof 174, set March 10....

IBD's Top 10.(A)(IBD's Top 10 1-5)
September 27, 2000... Top Court Backs Microsoft; Appeals Court Gets Case 1 The Supreme Court sided 8-1 with Microsoft, agreeing that a federal appeals court should hear the software firm's appeal of antitrust violations. The Justice Department wanted the...

SLOWING THE RUSH TO JUDGMENT.(A)(Editorial)
September 27, 2000... It's not a victory for the software king. But the Supreme Court's ruling that alower court will first hear the Microsoft appeal should please the company - and frustrate the administration. There's no surprise in the Supreme Court's...