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...today's hypercompetitive, low-inflation environment, where manufacturers have trouble raising prices, even the strongest brands aren't the predictable cash cows they once were. "Consumers want their brands, but at their price," says Prudential Securities food analyst John McMillin. While P&G's core brands are still quite dominant--the No. 1 or No. 2 household product in some 30 categories--there isn't much room left to grow in the mature U.S. market. Emerging markets were supposed to pick up the slack, but the economic crises in Asia and Latin America have largely derailed those plans...
...bank stock fund because the whole group will move. If you're worried about missing it, start nibbling soon--but not before the next Fed hike. Stock pickers should look for banks and thrifts in growth regions like the South and West and with diverse income streams. Tom Theurkauf, analyst at Keefe Bruyette Woods, likes Washington Mutual and Fleet Boston. Scott Black, president of Delphi Management, likes North Fork and Peoples Heritage. Among larger banks, Chase and Bank of New York look attractive. But beware banks with operating difficulties, like First Union and Banc One. They won't rise with...
...estimated $70,000 to $110,000 is said to have flowed into his mailbox via cash stuffed in unsigned birthday cards. "The SEC has been very interested in the area of fraud over the Internet, and this case is just an extension of that," notes TIME Wall Street analyst Dan Kadlec. "In fact, they've done a good job of catching things on the Web. It seems laughable that anybody would try to post any secure information that...
...software-systems integrator or a property investor?" asks Internet analyst David Webb, publisher of Webb-site.com He says the office-space purchase deal represents 40% of the IPO proceeds and violates Timeless' prospectus, which pledges to allocate funds raised to working capital. Cheng defends the deal. Still, the market needs convincing. On the first day of listing, Timeless stock peaked at 99[cents]. But by the end of last month, it was down to 71[cents...
...companies on the list from the smart-card sector are Gemplus and a smaller German firm, ASG. They are both well positioned to cash in on the mobile-commerce craze, says Caroline Martin, an e-commerce analyst in the London office of Datamonitor. So-called SIM cards are already present in all European mobile phones to identify users for billing purposes. Once new phones with wireless Internet access come on the market, these smart cards will be used to encrypt a consumer's credit details and send them securely to merchants over the Internet...