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...telecommunications infrastructure, Nokia has recently managed to capture a greater percentage of the business. But a variety of factors - including the huge debt that operators have taken on to pay for 3G licenses - are leading to a slowdown in the construction of the base stations, switches and systems that will make the next generation of mobile phones work. Analysts at Credit Suisse First Boston think the global infrastructure market is not likely to recover until well into 2002. That means continued slower growth and margin pressure for Nokia...
...FEWER GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES This global economic slowdown could be with us for years. That means firms have fewer chances for growth, no matter how much they reinvest. They can still use cash to buy back stock. But in a persistent bear market, a more certain way to reward shareholders is to raise the dividend...
Does that mean you should ignore the financial fallout of what CNN is calling America's New War? Not at all. A recession is all but certain. Yet economically speaking, things haven't changed that much. We were in a severe slowdown and heading for recession before the attacks. Events will unfold faster now, deepening the impact. That should be your main concern. But don't fret about the economy's ability to rebound; it will, possibly even sooner and with more force than would have otherwise been the case. While waiting out the slump, here's how to survive...
...good time to take a hard look at fixing our problems—not only because we can ignore calls for a balanced budget for the time being, but also because, in an economic slowdown, the government can provide direct stimulus by engaging in building projects. Now is the time because Americans have been knocked out of their complacency and greed into a fit of patriotism and sacrifice and are less likely to engage in irritating and detrimental NIMBYism. While Americans are certainly not naive enough to believe that building a new garbage dump will help...
...walked to work as usual. What else were they going to do? Quit? Not likely. Similar pluck will mark the national economy. Sure, there will be economic tremors from the terrorist attacks. But the likely net effect--purely in economic terms--will be to hurry up and shorten a slowdown already in place and bring a quick end to the bear market that has gripped Wall Street since the Dow peaked in January...