Word: packards
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...things are incontrovertible. Vice President Al Gore announced the new encryption initiative at midweek, timed to coincide with support from an alliance of high-tech businesses that included such hardware heavyweights as IBM, Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard. However, most of the big software makers--and every civil liberties group--still opposed...
...national chain CompUSA has an outlet nearby (Corner of N. Beacon and Market St., Brighton), but I would steer clear if you're looking for quality systems. CompUSA's prices are rock-bottom, but the machines they sell--IBM Aptivas, Compaq Presarios, and Packard Bells--are all designed for the home market, not a college dorm. These computers may seem like good deals in the short-run, but you may have problems expanding them in the long term...
...Instead of coining money, companies that have come to market lately have discovered that the easy pickings are gone. An increasing number of new issues have fallen at the opening bell, and the market won't let them get up. With high-tech powerhouses such as Motorola and Hewlett-Packard reporting earnings problems, smaller companies of all sorts have had to delay long-planned sales. "This is no market for people with ulcers," says Steven Samblis, who heads an investment firm in Longwood, Florida...
...Ford 5 Intel 5 Merck 5 Columbia/HCA 4 Exxon 4 Hewlett-Packard 4 Johnson & Johnson 4 Pepsico 4 Wal-Mart 4 McDonald...
...June 5 record. The recent sell-off began July 5 when the Dow fell 114 points following a surprisingly positive jobs report, raising fears of an interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve. Last Thursday, the Dow fell 83 points, in response to disappointing earnings reports from Hewlett-Packard, Motorola and United HealthCare. Investors took that news as a signal that continued earnings growth could not be relied upon to prop up a pricey market already suffering from inflation jitters. Ironically, Monday's plunge was not triggered by stunning earnings reports or major economic news. The question now for investors...