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Stocks Poised for a Mild Rebound but Bonds Won't Play Nice The long bond slipped Wednesday morning as the dollar continued to weaken. MMC Networks Sees Negative Fallout From Cisco-IBM Deal Wall Street Musters a Mixed Finish After Swooning on Fed Worries NAPM's Gaffe Sinks Bonds |
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Office Depot Taking It On the Chin Retailer announces second-half 1999 earnings shortfall, a $28.3 million charge, and a $34.2 million write-down. Retail Markdown Why aren't retailers doing better during a period of record economic activity? Warren Gump consumes the industry. Fruit of the Loom In a Sticky Situation The troubled apparel manufacturer says things aren't going to improve in 1999 -- and it will be traveling the recovery road without its longtime CEO. War and Peace On a PalmPilot? Not quite, but developments like Fatbrain.com's new eMatter electronic publishing and retailing system could change the way we read 'n' write Sega & the Sonic Boom Sega is back, and to some, it's a Dreamcast come true. Rick Munarriz plays all the pre-holiday angles. Rogue Trader Broadsides Kaufman and Broad Unauthorized trades by a mortgage banking employee result in a Q3 earnings hit for the homebuilder. Guidant Buys CardioThoracic Systems The medical devices maker enters a new market with $313 million purchase, extending its competition with Medtronic. |
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Excite@Home Invests More Than $45 Million to Broaden Web Content Looking to diversify its narrow and broadband Web content, Excite@Home Tuesday invested more than $45 million in six different Web-based companies. IBM, Cisco in $2 Bln Component, Services Pact International Business Machines Corp. on Tuesday said it had agreed to supply Cisco Systems Inc., the No. 1 Internet equipment maker, with network technology, components and computer services in a five-year deal valued at $2 billion. DLJdirect Launches Online Trading Service in the UK DLJdirect Tuesday rolled out its online brokerage service for individual investors in the UK. Softbank to Set Up Online Job Search Venture Softbank Corp expanded its fledgling online empire into the job search business on Tuesday, announcing plans for an employment information service just as Japan's jobless rate is setting record highs. An IPO Offer You Can't Refuse While buying a home is the American dream, it sure isn't a fun process. |
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TAUB TALK: Two More Blows Against the Poor Schnooks Editor Steve Taub explains why he is upset with insiders at Office Depot and Cardio Thoracic. Coulter Pharmaceutical’s Defense: A Tough Pill to Swallow Coulter's stock was crushed on Monday and Tuesday after the FDA rejected its application for Bexxar, a new cancer drug. But Craig Schneider reports that Coulter may have known that its application was in trouble as early as Friday the 13th. Urgent Greenspan Bombshell Alert From time to time, Individual Investor Online will showcase letters from our readers that we deem to be particularly worthy of attention. Your comments are welcomed. E-Loan Looks to be the Next Hot Online Financial Services Stock As the net wreaks of havoc on traditional financial services firms, investors should seek out web-based firms that have a shot at grabbing meaningful market share, says Garrett Bekker. JP Morgan Thinks Time Warner Has Been Oversold Shares of this media giant are off more than 20% since mid-July. But at least one analyst sees a 40% rebound over the next year. MICROCAP JOURNAL: Logility and Gametech International Adam Lowensteiner says Logility is about to catch fire, and with insiders buying up Gametech International’s shares, outsiders should jump on the stock too. Why AT&T Will Ring Up Gains Despite Lower Phone Rates Forstmann Stake in McLeodUSA May Spur CLEC Consolidation The Cup is More Than Half Full At Applied Materials The stock has traded down in recent sessions. But the industry upturn continues apace, and AMAT should continue to take market share, says Chris Bulkey |
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Cutting Wires with Ericsson It's been a rocky two years for Stockholm-based Ericsson as the telecommunications-equipment maker attempted a massive restructuring plan to improve profits and long-term growth prospects. Analysts Reluctant to Call Top for Yields For months, bond yields have trended higher amid strong economic data and rising fears of inflation. Take off the Party Hats Morningstar senior analyst Scott Cooley says optimism about the Japanese economy abounds. One encouraging sign is that consumers have moderately increased their discretionary spending in each of the past two quarters. Bullish Outlook for Corporate Profits The stock market has been going nowhere in recent days, but corporate profits are expected to go somewhere. Experts are forecasting blowout profits in the last two quarters of the year. Firm Foundations Don't Fall in Quakes The recent advance in stocks, which carried the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a relative high, was notably lacking in the twin related positives of volume and "breadth" figures that matched the price gains. |
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Summertime, and the Comparisons Are Easy With third-quarter earnings season just over the horizon, we looked ahead for companies that should have strong rebounds. Behind the Retail Fire Sale All the signs for retailers -- job growth, home sales, consumer spending -- are strong. So why are the stocks tanking? Comparing the Internet Funds They're multiplying like rabbits. But are they still hopping now that the ground has started shaking? H&R Block To Acquire Olde Financial For $850 Million In Cash Intel Launches New Chip and Ambitious Bid For Web Market Boeing's Machinists Union Poised To Vote On New Contract Hilton in Talks to Buy Promus for More than $2.4 Billion |
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Stocks steady Stocks were steady on Wall Street Tuesday, attempting to recover from three days of losses. Sun Microsystems takes another shot at Microsoft Sun Microsystems Inc. is again preparing an ambitious attempt to overturn the status quo of the personal-computer industry, this time by unleashing a Web-based assault on the word-processing and spreadsheet applications now dominated by Microsoft Corp. PC seller eMachines files for IPO Personal computer seller eMachines Inc., which has sold more than one million PCs since November 1998, said Tuesday it plans to raise $200 million in an initial public offering of common stock. Bands of ‘angels’ get organized Angel investing — wealthy individuals who inject an estimated $50 billion into young companies every year — has been largely unorganized and unsophisticated. Until now. By Emory Thomas Jr. Lone dissenter in June opposed Fed’s interest rate rise It happens all the time: A company in a new U.S. central bank policymakers were divided in their June decision to boost interest rates, minutes of the session issued on Thursday showed, split over whether the risks of inflation justified such action. |
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Slew of deals helps techs resist rate jitters IBM’s deal with Cisco takes center stage as PC stocks rally. Apple unveils 'blazingly fast' Power Mac G4 Computer maker also announces 22-inch display in bid to fend off Microsoft in lucrative publishing market. GetMedia gets Microsoft GetMedia will allow users of Windows Media Player to buy CDs directly off the web. Apple plays 'I've got a secret' Rumors are rife about the G3 and iMac before Steve Jobs gives the keynote speech at Seybold conference. Microsoft Office unlikely to budge from top spot Sun Microsystems wants to hurt Microsoft where it hurts the most--productivity applications. Dream on, Mr. McNealy. Sun to unveil Corona next week Sun Microsystems will unveil its Corona network computer next week in New York and announce its acquisition of Star Division software on August 31. Hewlett Packard to move into media services The hardware company will start with digital photos this fall, building other capabilities out from there. Can Rambus survive IDF ’99? Rambus stock moves more like an electrocardiogram, and the company is going to be the focus of attention at this year’s Intel Developer Forum. Will the Intel love fest answer all the questions? Intel…PC company? Internet superpower? Or is it just a company struggling to keep its preeminence in the chip business? |
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