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...computer “worm” disguised as an e-mail from Microsoft left a trail of infection across the College this week...
Representatives from anti-virus companies think the worm managed to spread primarily because the e-mail message appeared to originate from Microsoft. The attached virus was also a “.PIF” file—an unfamiliar file extension that may have caught the curiosity of computer users and tempted them to open the attachment...
...Stanley, says he sees too much gloom and doom even among professional investors. He expects consumer cyclical stocks to do well in the U.S. and Asia. Among stocks that Morgan Stanley has lately favored are U.S. consumer cyclicals Best Buy and Home Depot. The firm also likes techs, including Microsoft and Applied Materials, and industrials--Lockheed Martin, CSX--as a play on U.S. growth...
...paste reproduction, drafters transform sketches into outlines on canvas with robot-like precision, and technicians keep precisely documented recipes for the 70 to 800 colors used in each painting. All workers circulate e-mail updates on their progress every day (an idea Murakami borrowed from a book by Microsoft's Bill Gates) and the KaiKai Kiki employee manual (which covers not just art techniques but also how to greet visitors) is thicker than a phone book...
Emblematic of this trend is Beaverton, Ore., credit union First Technology, whose motto is "Banking outside the box." First Tech's 116,000 members include thousands of young workers from firms such as Microsoft and Intel. On its website, members can do basic banking, apply for a mortgage or learn about insurance. "I probably visit the site every day," says member Erin Mulkins, 25, a manager at a mortgage broker who does all her banking at First Tech. "When I have a question about my account, I call, and I'm told immediately what's going on." Mulkins also earns...