| The Wall Street Journal Western Edition 1991 |
| Title | Subject | Authors |
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| Adobe Systems flouts conventional wisdom, drawing fans despite woes to its customers. (Adobe Systems Inc.'s stock has a high price)(Heard On the Street) (company profile) | Business, general | John R. Dorfman |
| Agents rankle airlines with fare-checking programs. (airlines to impose fees for agent inquiries on reservation systems) (Marketplace) | Business, general | Jonathan Dahl |
| Apple can widen copyright lawsuit against Microsoft. (will include Windows 3.0 and current version of New Wave in its suit against Microsoft and HP) (Technology & Health) | Business, general | |
| Apple Computer Chairman grabs opportunity to sell shares high. (John Sculley) | Business, general | Georgette Jasen |
| Apple Computer posts an 18 percent drop in profit for its fiscal fourth quarter. | Business, general | Christian Hill |
| Apple Computer says it is considering cuts in executive salaries. | Business, general | |
| Are you ready: for the future, that is. Take this quiz and find out. (Wall Street Journal Reports: Technology; special supplement on computer technology) | Business, general | Gil Schwartz |
| ASCII Corp. denies misappropriating computer software. | Business, general | |
| At long last, high-tech comes to Chicago's commodities pits. (a new system for the trading floors uses hand-held computers) | Business, general | Jeffrey Taylor |
| AT&T Bell Labs picks Mayo to succeed Ross in president's post. (John S. Mayo; Ian M. Ross) | Business, general | |
| AT&T cost cutting sparked outage. (includes related article about how the recent AT&T power failure has revealed the vulnerability of the US air traffic control system) | Business, general | Suzanne McGee |
| AT&T, NCR called likely to renew bid for a merger accord. | Business, general | |
| AT&T picks Sea-Land Service's Mandl to be its new chief financial officer. (Alex J. Mandl) (Who's News) (column) | Business, general | Daniel Machalaba, John J. Keller |
| AT&T plans to close facility in Memphis to aid NCR merger. | Business, general | |
| Babes in Europeland: fenced in at home, regional firms see greener grass in Europe. (Bell regional holding companies) (Telecommunications) | Business, general | Robert L. Simison |
| Bell Atlantic's 3rd-quarter profit rose, U S West's fell while SNET's jumped. ( Southern New England Telecommunications Corp.) | Business, general | Kevin Pritchett |
| Big chip firm's 4th-period loss was $56 million. (Texas Instruments Inc.) | Business, general | Michael Allen |
| Big shots. (high-level industry executives discuss the computers they own)(Picking Programs) (Technology supplement) | Business, general | |
| Blue-green laser chip developed by 3M increases the storage capacity of discs. (Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co.) (Technology) | Business, general | James P. Miller |
| BMC Software develops a program for rapid growth; small firm pushes research and development, exploits telemarketing. (Enterprise: Fast Track) (company profile) | Business, general | Udayan Gupta |
| British Sky Broadcasting gives U.K.'s satellite TV a costly chance of success. | Business, general | Cotten Timberlake |
| Cable-TV firm wants to test phone service. (Comcast Corp.) | Business, general | Dennis Kneale |
| Cable & Wireless posts 17% gain in pretax profit; British telecommunications group's 1st-half results saw 25% revenue rise. | Business, general | Thomas Waite |
| Canadian firms told not to use U.S. phone lines. | Business, general | John Urquhart |
| Cellular-phone firms' outlook is bright, some say, but maybe they're overpriced. (Over-the-Counter Markets) (column) | Business, general | Anne Newman |
| China's new software protection rules are called inadequate by U.S. official. (protection against software piracy) | Business, general | James McGregor |
| Chips & Technologies, MIPS Computer post depressed results. | Business, general | |
| Compaq, battered by fears of slacker growth in earnings, finds fans at its cheaper price. (Heard on the Street) (Compaq Computer Corp.) | Business, general | John R. Dorfman, Jim Bartimo |
| Compaq's chief, certain executives sell some shares. | Business, general | Alexandra Peers, Jim Bartimo |
| Compucom, two others show interest in acquiring retailer Businessland Inc. (CompuCom Systems Inc. to buy computer retailer) | Business, general | Todd Mason |
| Computer data on global warming questioned by federal meteorologists. | Business, general | Jerry E. Bishop |
| Computer-game maker sues U.S. government over office raid. (Steve Jackson Games Inc.) | Business, general | Michael W. Miller, Christi Harlan |
| Computerized new trading system for government bonds to be introduced. (EJV Partners unit to introduce trading system) | Business, general | Tom Herman |
| Computer Sciences beats out Xerox for Army contract. | Business, general | Rhonda L. Rundle |
| Computer Sciences signs pact to provide technical services to General Dynamics. | Business, general | Pauline Yoshihashi |
| Computers, phones take a bigger role in tax payments; IRS will let individuals use special 'answer sheets,' test so-called 'TeleFile.' (U.S. Internal Revenue Service computer-generated income tax files) | Business, general | Lucinda Harper |
| Corporate targets: as Cold War fades, some nations' spies seek industrial secrets; they may intercept messages, plant moles to get data useful to own companies; Caterpillar resorts to codes. | Business, general | William M. Carley |
| Cray will offer new computer at $30.5 million. (Cray Research Inc.'s Cray Y-MP C-90) (Product Announcement) | Business, general | Hal Lancaster |
| Crossed wires: phone service overseas provides a mixed picture, Kodak finds. (Eastman Kodak Co.) (Telecommunications) | Business, general | Joan E. Rigdon |
| Digital sees current period ending in loss. (second quarter losses) (Digital Equipment Corp.) | Business, general | Ron Suskind |
| Don't renew the semiconductor cartel. (US-Japan semiconductor agreement failed to stabilize industry) | Business, general | Brink Lindsey |
| Electronic trading ready for debut in Milan market. (electronic stock trading) | Business, general | Guy Collins, Michael Bergmijer |
| Electronic trading system's move to result in Arizona Stock Exchange. (Wunsch Auction Systems Inc.) | Business, general | Dawn Gilbertson |
| Era of high-tech politics is creating opportunities; business provide services from hearings hotlines to mail programs. (Enterprise) | Business, general | Raquel Santiago |
| FCC proposes to reserve frequencies for interactive service on television. (Federal Communications Commission) | Business, general | Mary Lu Carnelvale |
| FCC puts restrictions on '900' services, moves on caller-identification systems. (U.S. Federal Communications Commission) (Marketing & Media) | Business, general | Raquel Santiago |
| Federal judge reverses ruling on Ashton-Tate. (Ashton-Tate Co.'s copyright protection) | Business, general | Susan Faludi, Chip Johnson |
| For PC owners, CD offshoot is music to the eyes. (read-only-memory compact disks) (Personal technology) (Column) | Business, general | Walter Mossberg |
| Games people play: home video games proliferate, and so does consumer confusion. (Wall Street Journal Reports: Technology; special supplement on computer technology) | Business, general | Thomas E. Weber |
| General Dynamics takes biggest charge in its history, posts $530.1 million loss. (General Dynamics Corp.) | Business, general | David J. Jefferson |
| Get with the program: our man interfaces with three popular tax packages for the personal computer. (Software Review) (Personal Finance Supplement)(MECA Software Inc.'s Andrew Tobias' TaxCut, Simon and Schuster Software's J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax Software and ChipSoft Inc.'s TurboTax) (evaluation) | Business, general | Selwyn Feinstein |
| Honeywell sees third-quarter net rising slightly. | Business, general | Timothy D. Schellhardt |
| Hong Kong's Video Technology bets on return to public fold in London. (Video Technology Group Ltd.) | Business, general | Steve Glain |
| House says 'Sorry, wrong number' to telephone sales. (Telecommunications) | Business, general | Jeffrey H. Birnbaum |
| IBM and Apple: Will they break the mold? (the Apple/IBM alliance) (Manager's Journal) (column) | Business, general | Jordan D. Lewis |
| IBM, Citicorp's Quotron reach accord covering service and customer support. (Quotron Systems Inc.) | Business, general | Steven Lipin, Paul B. Carroll |
| IBM expands Soviet business despite turmoil: sale of 40,000 computers announced; firm opens unit in Czechoslovakia. | Business, general | |
| IBM finds a possible key to greater data capacity. | Business, general | |
| IBM leads stock prices down 35.40; continued inaction by Fed aids slump; bonds drop 1/4 point. | Business, general | Michael R. Sesit, Douglas R. Sease |
| IBM loses round to tiny firm on 'Big Blue' nickname. (Big Blue Products Inc.) | Business, general | Arthur S. Hayes, Wade Lambert |
| Industrial stocks are down 14.75 as IBM leads blue chips lower. (Abreast of the Market) | Business, general | Robert Steiner |
| Innovation, a casualty at IBM. (XyQuest Inc. tries to release the Signature word processing software package under an agreement with IBM) (Counterpoint) | Business, general | John B. Judis |
| Insiders at Apple and Microsoft trim holdings after run-up. (Inside Track) | Business, general | Alexandra Peers |
| Japanese find U.S. high tech a risky venture. (Enterprise) | Business, general | William M. Bulkeley, Udayan Gupta |
| Japanese trot out a system to play the horses without leaving home. (Nintendo Company Ltd., Mitsubishi Corp., Micro Core Inc.) | Business, general | Quentin Hardy |
| KnowledgeWare is targeted in suit by 6 shareholders. | Business, general | Laurie M. Grossman |
| Kodak reports 4th-quarter net of $326 million; but turnaround from '89 doesn't satisfy analysts, who cut '91 estimates. (Eastman Kodak Co.) | Business, general | Joan E. Rigdon |
| LDDS Communications wins big by thinking small; personal service to low-volume clients is niche of long-distance carrier. (Enterprise) (company profile) | Business, general | Michael Selz |
| LDI Corp. says net should rise in second half; computer leasing concern reports order upturn; more customer inquiries. | Business, general | Ralph E. Winter |
| Look alike: How much do different programs resemble one another? And should it make any difference? (Apple vs Microsoft Corp; look and feel case)(On The Docket) (Technology supplement) | Business, general | |
| Lotus names Interleaf's Robert Weiler one of its four senior vice presidents. (Who's News) (Lotus Development Corp. and Interleaf Inc.) | Business, general | Willaim M.. Bulkeley |
| MCI remains the darling of growth stocks despite price war with competitors. (MCI Communications Corp.) (Heard on the Street) (column) | Business, general | Roger Lowenstein |
| Measured response: Do emotions have shapes you can see and then reproduce? Manfred Clynes's 'Sentograf' finds distinct patterns in music as well as life; constructing a new giggle. (emotional patterns are reproduced using a microcomputer) | Business, general | Timothy K. Smith |
| Microsoft founder Gates, in memo, warns of attack and defeat by rivals. (Microsoft Corp.'s William Gates III) | Business, general | |
| Microsoft increases pressure on rival in Pen software. (Go Corp.) | Business, general | G. Christian Hill |
| Microsoft's stock price may tumble. (OTC Focus) (Column) | Business, general | Ann Newman |
| Microsoft stock sold in April by chairman. (William H. Gates III) | Business, general | Dave Pettit |
| Microsoft to release latest DOS program through retail stores. (DOS 5.0 microcomputer operating system) | Business, general | |
| Moody's mulls downgrading debt of IBM. (Moody's Investors Services Inc.) | Business, general | James C. Hyatt |
| Moving up: What do you get when you upgrade software with the latest version? (The Basics) (Technology supplement) | Business, general | Virginia Daut |
| NCR's stock jumps on news of ESOP plan; traders say defensive move may draw a higher bid from AT&T, force sale. (employee stock ownership plan) | Business, general | William M. Bulkeley, Randall Smit |
| New computer system helps doctors calculate patients' chances of dying. (medical advice system developed at George Washington University Hospital) | Business, general | Ron Winslow |
| New Cray firm takes a tumble as client quits. (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory cancels a contract with Cray Computer Corp. for a Cray-3 supercomputer) (Computers) | Business, general | Hal Lancaster |
| Notes for the novice: a guide to buying your first computer. (Wall Street Journal Reports: Technology; special supplement on computer technology) | Business, general | Timothy Lemmer |
| Numbers behind the numbers. (tables and graphs of worldwide telephone usage statistics) (Telecommunications) | Business, general | Virginia Daut |
| On-line teaching: 'distance education' uses electronic links to recast the campus; now, students earn degrees from remote settings tied to college TV setup; philosophy on a Maine island. | Business, general | Ellen Graham |
| Overseas calling: American firms send office work abroad to use cheaper labor; Ireland and other nations use phones, computer links; U.S. labor leaders worry; another blow for M.B.A.s. | Business, general | Bernard Wysocki Jr. |
| Pacific Telesis sets voluntary plans for retirement. (Pacific Telesis Group) | Business, general | Suein L. Hwang |
| Pansophic Systems is latest Computer Associates' deal. (Computer Associates International Inc. will acquire Pansophic Systems Inc.) | Business, general | Gilbert Fuchsberg |
| PC-price dive drags down big players. (IBM, Compaq) | Business, general | Neal Templin |
| Phone failure shows vulnerability of U.S. air traffic control system. (includes related article that describes how cost cutting by AT&T led to the recent power outage) | Business, general | Laurie McGinley |
| Phone firm faces Florida hearing in overcharge case. (Advanced Telecommunications Corp.) | Business, general | Daniel Pearl |
| Phone listings can be copied, justices decide. | Business, general | Mary Lu Carnevale, Stephen Wermiel |
| Phone technology is opening up new worlds. | Business, general | George Melloan |
| Plug in, sign on and read Milton, an electronic classic; Project Gutenberg is sending good books to computer everywhere - for free. | Business, general | Ellen Graham |
| Quarterdeck tries to live with Microsoft Windows; narrow focus and quick reflexes help software concern survive. (Quarterdeck Office Systems Inc., Microsoft Windows 3.0 graphical user interface) (Enterprise) | Business, general | John R. Emshwiller |
| Redistricting draws business to small firms. | Business, general | Eugene Carlson |
| Researchers isolate bacteria protein that may help miniaturize computers. (research at Syracuse University into data storage in a molecule) (Technology) | Business, general | Amal Kumar Naj |
| Rival PC operating systems fight to set the standard. (microcomputer operating systems: MS-DOS, MS-Windows, OS/2, Apple Macintosh) | Business, general | |
| Rockwell plans to sell transmission unit to France's Alcatel N.V. for $625 million. (Rockwell International Corp.'s Network Transmission Systems Division) | Business, general | John J. Keller, David J. Jefferson |
| Ruling spares CompuServe from libel suits. | Business, general | Michael W. Miller, Jonathan M. Moses |
| Salomon is scolded by AT&T chairman, who calls bid scandal 'unforgivable.' (Salomon Brothers Inc.)(Robert E. Allen) | Business, general | Randall Smith, Michael Siconolfi |
| SEC gets closer to electronic filing. (Securities and Exchange Commission) | Business, general | Sandra Block |
| Several regional telephone companies post mixed results for third quarter. (BellSouth Corp., Southwestern Bell Corp., NYNEX Corp., Cincinnati Bell Inc.) | Business, general | Kevin Pritchett |
| Siemens confronts history in takeover; purchase of Eastern German plant creates clash of old and new. | Business, general | Timothy Aeppel |
| Sierra On-Line says pre-Christmas sales haven't been hurt. | Business, general | |
| Small businesses tap into the power of computers; but getting top productivity from complicated software frustrates many. (Enterprise) | Business, general | Jeanne Saddler |
| Software concerns thrive in Philippines; cheap labor makes data-input firms big exporters. | Business, general | Lawrence MacDonald |
| Software group accuses firms in South Korea. (Business Software Alliance, software piracy) | Business, general | Damon Darlin |
| South Korean chip firms play catch-up; but doubts arise if they can go beyond basic microprocessors. (International) | Business, general | Damon Darlin |
| Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard plan to jointly develop some software. | Business, general | G. Pascal Zachery |
| Sun Microsystems earnings are flat; MIPS posts a loss. (Sun Microsystems Inc.; MIPS Computer Systems Inc.) | Business, general | |
| Talks break off between AMR's Sabre, European computer reservation system. (Sabre Travel Information Network; Amadeus Global Travel Distribution) | Business, general | Bridget O'Brian, Brian Coleman |
| Taxing business: will computers lead the chase? (plans to use computers to track corporate tax evasion at the IRS) | Business, general | Paul Duke Jr. |
| Taxing disparity: IRS excels at tracking the average earner, but not the wealthy; its computers can't evaluate complex affairs of rich; audit rate is declining; firms also hard to monitor. | Business, general | Paul Duke Jr. |
| Technology allows small concerns to exploit distances; better communications opens way for improved, far-flung operations. (Enterprise) | Business, general | Brent Bowers |
| Telmex investors place their long-distance bets. (Telefonos de Mexico) (Heard on the Street) (column) | Business, general | Linda Sandler, Dianna Solis |
| The long wait: Mexico's phone company goes private, but that won't solve its problems soon. (Telefonos de Mexico S.A.) (Telecommunications) | Business, general | Diana Solis |
| The PC, just for fun: don't forget games for the computer. (Wall Street Journal Reports: Technology; special supplement on computer technology) | Business, general | Thomas E. Weber |
| The right numbers: investors like Third World phone firms, even if their customers don't. (Telecommunications) | Business, general | Robert Steiner |
| Thomson abandons efforts to merge chip affiliate with a unit of Siemens. (Thomson SA and Siemens AG) | Business, general | E.S. Browning, Laurence Hooper |
| Thomson S.A. to reopen merger talks with Siemens on semiconductor interests. | Business, general | E.S. Browning |
| Thomson to enter European market for telephone gear. (Thomson S.A.) | Business, general | |
| Three GM units post profit drop of 14% for period. (General Motors Corp.) | Business, general | Krystal Miller |
| To buy, or not to buy Amdahl's stock now is the question as it readies new mainframe. (Amdahl Corp. to ship its 5995 M mainframe in Dec. 1991) | Business, general | Roger Lowenstein |
| Tokyo sets talks on foreign share of semiconductors. | Business, general | |
| U.K. discloses some details of BT sale. (BT PLC, formerly British Telecommunications PLC) (International) | Business, general | |
| U.K. plans to open phone network to competition. | Business, general | Neil Fullick |
| Unisys agrees to settlement in Ill Wind case. | Business, general | Andy Pasztor |
| Unisys seeks $400 million from banks. | Business, general | Steven Lipin |
| U.S., Japan close to chip trade pact setting targets, not quotas, for sales. ( semiconductor industry trade agreement) | Business, general | Christopher J. Chipello, Jacob M. Schlesinger |
| U.S. proposes rules on computerized airline bookings. (Transportation Department) | Business, general | Laurie McGinley |
| West barely dents Soviet's phone woes; Comstar venture persists; so do wrong numbers. | Business, general | Laurie Hays |
| Western Digital and bankers plan to revamp debt. | Business, general | Earl C. Gottschalk Jr. |
| Western Digital has negotiations to rearrange debt. | Business, general | Earl C. Cottschalk Jr. |
| Western Digital taps George Bragg for vice chairman. | Business, general | Earl C. Gottschalk |
| What publishers call quoting, computer firms call piracy as industries face off on Capital Hill. (the computer software industry and copyright laws) | Business, general | James M. Perry |
| Wish list: Why can't programmers design software that's truly useful? Like these. (fanciful software ideas for busy executives)(Essay) (Technology supplement) | Business, general | Gil Schwartz |
| Xerox Corp. warns of earnings drop on '91 operations. | Business, general | Suein L. Hwang |
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