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...nation's civil rights laws? Given that Ashcroft as Missouri attorney general used his office to file a harassing lawsuit against the National Organization of Women, would he use his new office to promote equality? Given that he has expressed little support for antitrust efforts such as the Microsoft case and that his legislative record has earned near-zero ratings from environmental groups, would he adequately defend consumers and the environment? Given that Ashcroft actively supports prayer in schools and the federal funding of religious organizations, would he maintain an adequate barrier between church and state...
...rich fast and lorded it over the rest of us. And it's no longer confined to the stock market. The economic uprising that rocked eToys, Priceline.com Pets.com and all the other www.s has now spread to blue-chip tech companies and Old Economy stalwarts. Now it's Microsoft warning, for the first time in more than a decade, that quarterly earnings will lag behind estimates. It's Union Pacific railroad announcing that 2,000 employees will be involuntarily disembarking. It's steelmaker LTV filing for bankruptcy for the second time in 14 years. It's Montgomery Ward announcing that...
...tech industry is learning that one of its biggest challenges is building in enough obsolescence. A key reason for the current slump in computer sales is that box makers haven't convinced consumers that the new models do much that their current PCs can't. And as Microsoft labors on its new operating system, Whistler, it's struggling to build in enough must-have features to make people feel they need to ditch Windows...
...Microsoft breakup? Not yet. Middle East peace? Not hardly. The Oxygen network? Jack Welch's retirement? Heck, Jesus was supposed to show...
Last week's bad news showed just how much. Retail sales fell 0.4% in November, led by the biggest drop in car sales in more than two years. Both UPS and FedEx reported that holiday shipments are slackening, while Microsoft and Compaq became the latest tech titans to blame poor earnings on a slowing home-PC market. Consumer sentiment about the economy, as measured by the University of Michigan, is at a three-year low. Given the drubbing on Wall Street this year, that's not surprising. As the NASDAQ soared in the past few years, the market created...