The Wall Street Journal Western Edition 1993 - Abstracts

The Wall Street Journal Western Edition 1993
TitleSubjectAuthors
3Com's shares plunge 30% after firm discloses 4th-period shortfalls.Business, generalBill Richards
Alliance talks cool at EDS, British Telecom. (Electronic Data Systems Corp., British Telecommunications PLC)Business, generalJoseph B. White, John J. Keller
An anti-virus crusader gets infected. (McAfee Associates)(OTC Focus)Business, generalWilliam Power
Apple picks Spindler as chief for rough days ahead. (Michael Spindler)Business, generalKen Yamada, G. Pascal Zacharay
Apple's failure to win Japanese order reflects barriers for computer makers.Business, generalDavid P. Hamilton, Yumiko Ono
As Blyth continues transformation to software firm, investors take notice. (Blyth Holdings Inc.)Business, generalLaurie Delater Weeks
As IBM's woes grew, its accounting tactics got less conservative; firm aggressively recorded shipments as sales, used rare leasing 'insurance;' company defends its moves.Business, generalMichael W. Miller, Lee Berton
As its borrowing expenses grow, IBM plans new measures to raise, save cash. (Heard on the Street) (Column)Business, generalLaura Jereski
Ask Group results trailed estimates in its 3rd period.Business, generalMichael J. Ybarra
Atmel harnesses cash, skill to battle big chip makers; tiny start-up caters to the portable market and avoids red ink. (Company Profile)Business, generalTimothy L. O'Brien
AT&T, China set broad pact on phones, gear: firm's role of outsider, tied to 1989 ban, ends; rivals are formidable.Business, generalJohn J. Keller, James McGregor
AT&T's Kahn quits as chief of card unit. (Paul G. Kahn, chief executive officer of AT and T Universal Card Services)Business, generalPeter Pae
Bangalore takes on tasks a world away; foreign companies flock to India's high-tech capital.Business, generalMarcus W. Brauchli
Bell Atlantic Corp. is expected buy TCI in move valued at over $16 billion; announcement seen today; purchase would link Baby Bell, cable power. (Tele-Communications Inc.)Business, general 
Britain's plan to sell BT stake faces hurdles; British Telecom is meeting growing competition, toughened regulation.Business, generalShoba Purushothaman
Bull's Zenith to buy 19.9% of Packard Bell. (Zenith Data Systems)Business, generalBob Ortega
Canon unveils product 'seeds' in bid to grab a piece of computer market. (new technologies revealed)Business, generalNeela Banerjee
Century, cable, cellular firm, sees advances. (Century Communications Corp.)Business, generalRobin Goldwyn Blumenthal
Childish pursuits pay at Broderbund, home of Carmen Sandiego. (Small Software Companies Crack the Educational Market)(Broderbund Software Inc.) (Company Profile)Business, generalCarrie Dolan
Chip maker Cyrix, Intel rival, plans $25.4 million IPO. (initial public offering)Business, generalMichael Totty
Chips become big black-market item.Business, generalEnrique J. Gonzales
Clinton plans expanded role on technology: U.S. would shift funds from defense research, back specific projects.Business, generalBob Davis, Michael K. Frisby
Clones besiege profit margins of Sound Blaster's parent; Singapore's Creative Technology faces fight for PC sound-card crown.Business, generalG. Pierre Goad
Comdisco follows industry fancy in computer choice: lessor plots shift to smaller machines and networks from IBM mainframes. (Company Profile)Business, generalJames P. Miller
Compaq says computer market in North America faces slowdown.Business, generalKyle Pope, David Hamilton P.
Composite index rises 8.92 points to set a record. (Nasdaq composite index) (OTC Focus) (Column)Business, generalDave Pettit
Computer message prompts libel suit. (Legal Beat) (Column)Business, generalArthur S. Hayes
Creative destruction at IBM. (Column)Business, generalMark Stahlman
Cyberspace clash: computer users battle high-tech marketers over soul of Internet; firms believe there is room for ads on vast network, but risk being 'flamed'; Gore's Superhighway project.Business, generalSteve Stecklow
Database linking law firms and clients may slash fees. (Counsel Collect online information service from Counsel Connect Inc.) (Legal Beat)(Column) (Product Announcement)Business, generalJunda Woo
Dell Computer chops prices on products, indicating that PC war isn't over yet.Business, generalScott McCartney
Dell Computer drops planned share offering. (Company Profile)Business, generalMichael Siconolfi, Michael Allen
Dell programs new products, sales strategy. (Dell Computer Corp.)Business, generalScott McCartney
Dell stock loses a quarter of its value on drop in fiscal first-quarter profit. (Dell Computer Corp.)Business, generalMichael Totty
Digital, Mitsubishi negotiate accord to make U.S. company's Alpha chip. (DEC, Mitsubishi Electric Corp.)Business, generalRon Suskind
Digital to abandon red brick complex in Maynard, Mass. (Digital Equipment Corp.)Business, generalJoseph Pereira
Dumping case against semiconductors from South Korea holds list of lessons.Business, generalRobert Keatley
Eastman Kodak may pick chief in six weeks.Business, generalJoan E. Rigdon
Electroglas plans to sell shares in public offer; General Signal subsidiary sets program in motion despite drop in results.Business, generalUdayan Gupta
Ericsson doubles profit for quarter; cites cellular gear. (Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson)Business, generalStephen D. Moore
Europe's telecom monopolies transform; new rivals and technology spur fight for customers. (Post Telephone & Telegraph Administrations, or PTTs) (International)Business, generalBob Hagerty
Export controls on computers to be relaxed; decision by Clinton is part of an effort to revamp cold war-era controls.Business, generalAndy Pasztor, John J. Fialka
Federal Express, UPS face off on computers. (United Parcel Service)Business, generalLaurie M. Grossman
FileNet to post surprise loss for 4th period.Business, generalFrederick Rose
FileNet to switch strategy in wake of 4th-period woes; computer firm must 'reinvent' itself after changes in industry it founded. (Corporate Focus) (Company Profile)Business, generalFrederick Rose
Firm develops superconductor chips for PCs. (experimental data-storage chip from Conductus Inc.)Business, generalDavid Stipp
For Intel, tide is abruptly turning as analysts question whether it can retain profit margin. (Heard on the Street) (Column)Business, generalSusan Pulliam
Franklin Electric pins hope on digital book systems. (Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc.) (Company Profile)Business, generalLourdes Lee Valeriano
Gerstner tries to stem flight of top talent as he seeks to achieve an IBM turnaround. (IBM chief executive officer Louis V. Gerstner)Business, general 
Growing pains: house of Microsoft has many Windows. (Personal Technology) (Column)Business, generalWalter B. Mossberg
GTE slow to join telephone industry refinancing rush: cost of calling its many small bonds often outweighs interest savings. (GTE Corp.)( Corporate Focus)Business, generalFred R. Bleakley
High-tech connection between schools and science expeditions enlivens classes. (adventure learning)Business, generalNeil Ulman
High-tech industry's infatuation with Clinton turns to frustration over unkept vows, inaction.Business, generalAsra Q. Nomani
IBM appoints Chrysler's York as finance chief. (Jerome York)Business, generalMichael W. Miller, Douglas Lavin
IBM gets warm reception for $1.8 billion issue, but loss of top rating forces higher yields. (notes and bonds) (Credit Markets)Business, generalThomas T. Vogel Jr., Leslie Scism
IBM's Gerstner holds back from sales force shake-up. (CEO Louis V. Gerstner)Business, generalLaurie Hyas
IBM's OS/2/2.1 debut is modest success, but launch of rival Windows NT looms.Business, generalLaurie Hays, Michael Wofsey
IBM's pick is talented but some see flaws in his record at RJR. (new Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Louis Gerstner Jr., formerly of RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp.)Business, generalGeorge Anders, Michael W. Miller, Laurence Hooper, Eben Shapiro
IBM won't get two key aides of Gerstner's. (new CEO Louis V. Gerstner Jr,; Karl von der Heyden and Lawrence Ricciardi)Business, generalGeorge Anders, Michael W. Miller
In making CD-ROMs, technology proves easy compared with rights negotiations. (compact disc-read only memory) (Multimedia)Business, generalMeg Cox
Intel challenges Microsoft as its stock leaps 8.4%Business, generalCraig Torres, Sara Calian
Intel factory to grow at cost of $1 billion.Business, generalMichael J. Ybarra
Intel's success hasn't taken its mind off Washington. (Business World) (Column)Business, generalTim W. Ferguson
Internet becomes road more travelled as E-mail users discover no usage fees. (nonprofit global network)Business, generalSteve Stecklow
Italy's Olivetti plans big increase in capital, indicates wider loss. (Ing. C. Olivetti and C. SpA)Business, generalMaureen Kline
JWP to shed information services line, stress its core subcontracting business.Business, generalAnne Newman
Korean computer chip makers receive light duties in U.S. dumping ruling.Business, generalAsra Q. Nomani
LDDS joins Metromedia, Resurgens deal. (Resurgens Communications Corp., LDDS Communications Inc and Metromedia Co.'s long-distance unit plan merger)Business, generalRobert J. Brennan
LDI expects 1st-half results to slide as clients postpone leasing computers.Business, generalRalph E. Winter
Love affairs bloom amid bits and bytes of home computers; Cupid's electronic arrows hit many plugged-in seniors; just call it dial-up-a-date.Business, generalClare Ansberry
Many stocks labeled the 'next Microsoft' haven't measured up to the hype.... (Heard on the Street) (Column)Business, generalWilliam Power
McDonnell Douglas Corp. agrees to sell international computer data division. (McDonnell Douglas Information Systems International)Business, generalRhonda J. Rundle
Micrografx expects fourth-period loss, discloses possible criminal acts at unit.Business, generalAndrea Gerlin
Microsoft Corp. to buy half of Continuum. (Continuum Productions Corp.)Business, generalBill Richards
Microsoft offers software to link office machines. (Microsoft At Work office automation software) (Technology) (Product Announcement)Business, generalSharon Massey
Microsoft targets software piracy by Japan PC users.Business, generalDavid P. Hamilton, Jacob M. Schlesinger
More big blues as Microsoft's stock-market value could soon pass lead of humbled giant IBM.Business, generalSara Calian, Douglas R. Sease
Nikon outlook is blurry as chip makers lose flash. (demand for key product is off) (Company Profile)Business, generalMasayoshi Kanabayashi
Novell's strategy for its Unix system is turned down by two major players. (Santa Cruz Operation and Sun Microsystems Inc.)Business, general 
NTT's cutbacks signal uncertain transition in Japan. (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Co.) (Company Profile)Business, generalDavid P. Hamilton, Jacob M. Schlesinger
Off to South Africa: as U.S. firms return to land of apartheid, Lotus feels its way; business there isn't as usual, but Digital Equipment joins rush to invest, too: barring guns at the office. (Lotus Development Corp.)Business, generalBrett Pulley
PCs trudge out of the Valley of Death. (the computer industry in transition) (Manager's Journal) (Column)Business, generalAndrew S. Grove
PDA devices stage trade-show debut; Apple's Newton maintains a low profile. (personal digital assistants; Consumer Electronics Show)Business, generalPatrick M. Reilly
Personal assistants lend users a hand at stroke of a pen. (Personal Technology) (Column)Business, generalWalter S. Moessberg
Phone firms likely to post quarterly gains. (second quarter 1993)Business, generalGutam Naik
Poems by the byte: a hacker's garden of verse. (Leisure & Arts)(Chadwyck-Healey's English Poetry Full-Text Database) (Product Announcement)Business, generalAmy Gamerman
Policy Management tries to recover from stock plunge; software company is hurt by possibility of health-care reforms. (Policy Management Systems Corp.) (Company Profile)Business, generalMartha Brannigan
Privatization of telecommunications clears political roadblock in Turkey.Business, generalJames M. Dorsey
Prodigy Services, Times Mirror set computer venture.Business, generalSarah Lubman
Publishers design electronic newspapers to keep control of information delivery.Business, generalPatrick M. Reilly
Red flags fly over one-product tech companies. (Heard on the Street) (Column)Business, generalCraig Torres
Return of the natives: Asia's developing economies lure home high-tech pioneers trained in the U.S. (Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan) (Technology: Finding and Feeding)(The Wall Street Journal Reports)Business, generalLaurence Zuckerman
Small software firms crack the educational market; gamelike look, feel make learning easier for kids to swallow.Business, generalMichael Selz
SoftKey will acquire Spinnaker, WordStar in a 3-way stock swap. (SoftKey Software Products Inc., WordStar International Inc., Spinnaker Software Corp.; deal will create $244 consumer software firm, may result in large-scale layoffs)Business, generalJohn B. Wilke
Software finds alternative legal shields. (problems with copyright protection) (Legal Beat) (Column)Business, generalJonathan M. Moses
Storage Tek stock jumps on firm's plans to buy Amperif and ship Iceberg system.Business, generalAndrea Gerlin
Sun Microsystems' future may be headed for the dusk. (Heard on the Street) (Column)Business, generalSusan Pulliam
Tandy bucks retail trend, thinks small. (opening smaller stores)Business, generalLaura Johannes
Techies of White House plug in the president and want to attach the cable's other end to you.Business, generalJames M. Perry
Technologies keep parents tied to school.Business, generalSarah Lubman
Technology threatens to shatter the world of college textbooks; CD-ROM, interactivity, PCs spread while publishers mostly just wait and see; libraries that print to order.Business, generalMeg Cox
The day Bill Gates overthrew Big Blue. (Microsoft Chmn Bill Gates, IBM)Business, generalPaul Carroll
The lessons of AT&T's cellular move. (purchase of McCaw Cellular Communications Co.)Business, generalPeter Huber
TI is spending up to $1 billion on chip facility; resurgent company moves to meet new demand, shorter product cycles. (Texas Instruments Inc.)Business, generalHal Lancaster
Time Warner plans electronic 'superhighway'.Business, generalJohnnie L. Roberts, Mary Lu Carnevale
Time Warner sees synergy in partnership. (cable-phone link is promising gamble) (Time Warner joins with US West)Business, generalRandall Smith, Johnnie L. Roberts, Laura Landro
U.S. duties on Korean semiconductors raise double-edged sword to dumping. (World Economy)Business, generalRobert Keatley
U.S. to launch another inquiry of Microsoft; while FTC drops its probe, Justice Department sets antitrust investigation. (Federal Trade Commission)Business, generalPaul M. Barrett
U S West and Time Warner to form strategic alliance: Baby Bell to pay $2.5 billion for stake and a partner in technology footrace.Business, generalLaura Landro, Mary Lu Carnevale, Johnnie Roberts
Virtual reality' isn't a fantasy for surgeons. (research into computer simulation for brain surgeons) (In the Lab)Business, generalAmal Kumar Naj
Wang's reorganization plan would let company leave Chapter 11 by Sept. 30. (Wang Laboratories Inc.)Business, generalSuzanne Alexander
Wang submits plan to become smaller concern. (Wang Laboratories Inc.)Business, generalRon Suskind
Wanted: genius: First, companies identify the creative leaders of tomorrow. Then they woo them. (Technology: Finding and Feeding)(The Wall Street Journal Reports)Business, generalThomas E. Weber
Wide group of companies join project to develop superfast computer network.Business, generalBarbara Rosewicz
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