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Rapid growth makes Cisco a new leader; dominance on Internet aids company's rise

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Due to Microsoft's antitrust trial and the economy's new focus on the Internet, Cisco Systems has become the new market leader. Cisco, a company that makes most of the equipment that drives the Internet, has gained more market value in the year between March 1999 and March 2000 than Coca-Cola and General Motors combined in their own corporate histories.

Author: Berenson, Alex
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2000
Internet, Market domination

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Cisco, powerhouse of the Internet, retreats, citing a frail economy

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Cisco Systems says its sales for the quarter will likely be $4.7 billion, down 30 percent from the previous quarter. The firm will take a write-down of $2.5 billion for the quarter to reduce the value of inventory. The value of Cisco stock has fallen approximately 80 percent from its highest point, taking with it over $400 billion in actual wealth or wealth on paper.

Author: Berenson, Alex, Gaither, Chris
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2001
Finance

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Lipitor or Generic? Billion-Dollar Battle Looms

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When the patent on Zocor, one of the most prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs on the market, runs out on June 23, 2006, a cheaper, generic version of the statin will appear on the market. Pfizer, which makes the more potent statin, Lipitor, is planning a wide ranging marketing campaign to ensure their market share.

Author: Berenson, Alex
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2005
Marketing procedures, Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing, Commodity & service prices, Pharmaceutical preparations, Patents & copyrights, Generic Drugs, Pharmaceutical industry, Prices and rates, Marketing, Pfizer Inc., Intellectual property, Medical care, Cost of, Health care costs, Dosage and administration, Company marketing practices, PFE, Company market share, Company pricing policy, Merck & Company Inc., Statins, Lipitor (Medication), Zocor (Medication)

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Subjects list: United States, Computer network equipment industry, Network hardware industry, Market share, Data communications equipment, Cisco Systems Inc., CSCO
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