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...firm Nortel, released after the bell Tuesday, the index went vertical at the bell Wednesday and staggered downward until closing time. And the day's big losers - Nortel, JDS Uniphase, Sycamore Networks and Ciena, which all dropped 20 percent or more - had one thing in common. Two words, Ben: Fiber optics...
...Largely spared by the violent sell-offs of the past few months, fiber optics - which tends to overlap with networking companies like Cisco and Juniper Networks - was considered by NASDAQ types to be "one of the last bastions of strength in the market," in the words of one analyst. Not any more...
...WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE REST OF US: The Nobel committee decided this was the year to honor the world of information technology. Alferov and Kroemer's semiconductors allow us to transmit information over fiber-optical cables, satellites and cell phones. Kilby played a key role in the development of the microchips that act as brains in our cars, washing machines and personal computers...
...real question last week was not about religion and politics; it was about religion and policy. Gore has been running a campaign based on "specifics," hammering Bush for not offering more high-fiber proposals, but it is the Democrats who seem deliberately vague about whether the principles they cite would have any impact if they made it to the White House. "You're not running for king of heaven; that job is already taken," says columnist Cal Thomas, co-author of Blinded by Might, a study of the toll that an engagement in politics can take on faith. "People want...
...nurses shows that since 1980, coronary heart disease--the leading killer of women in the U.S.--has plummeted 30%. The decline is mostly attributable to better diet: women are eating less red meat and fewer high-fat dairy products while chowing down on more of the good stuff, like fiber. The fact that more of them have kicked the smoking habit helps too. That's not to say the battle is over. Doctors report that if obesity were licked, heart disease would drop even further...