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...Split Microsoft into several companies, along product lines...
...problem is that many of the techno-savvy fans lifting tunes online are unaware that what they are doing is illegal. Or they simply don't care. They grew up ripping off the latest Microsoft software; why should the music industry's software be any different? "We are violating laws," admits Lukas Hauser, a 22-year-old Web designer who hosted pirate MP3 servers while an undergraduate at Brown University, "but the laws are painfully obsolete...
...Warren Buffett left billions of dollars on the table by never splitting the stock of his company? It sure seems that way. In the past few weeks, dozens of firms from Internet darling eBay to Xerox to Microsoft have announced splits and watched their stocks soar. Last week athletic-shoe company K-Swiss joined the fun by announcing healthy earnings and a 2-for-1 split. Its shares jumped 23%. To the same point, when Cisco Systems on Feb. 2 posted earnings that beat Wall Street estimates but failed to declare an expected stock split, its shares dropped...
...like to buy in round lots of, say, 100 shares. That's one reason stocks that split have historically got about a 5% lift between the date of the announcement and the actual split. Lately, though, the pop has been more explosive. EBay rose a quick 37%; Xerox, 10%; Microsoft, 12%. People now pay for services that alert them via pager or e-mail whenever a split is announced, so they can quickly buy the stock. It's an example of lemmings running amuck in the market--dumb money chasing any trend that doesn't require thoughtful analysis...
Starting in March, Microsoft will bundle the Audible software into Windows CE for any palm-size device that comes with a headphone jack. People who use personal digital assistants such as the Philips Nino will be able to buy and play programming without purchasing the Audible player. And last week Audible began offering free samples of its content in the popular MP3 format at www.audible3.com Anyone--even Mac users!--can listen in after downloading a free MP3 player, like the ones at www.mp3.com Audible plans to offer serial books in this format. Still, you might want to buy the Audible...