The Wall Street Journal Western Edition 1995 - Abstracts

The Wall Street Journal Western Edition 1995
TitleSubjectAuthors
3Com to buy Chipcom for $775 million; stock deal is part of trend toward consolidation in hot network market.Business, generalG. Christian Hill, William M. Bulkelet
A '90s espionage tale stars software rivals, E-mail spy. (Performix Inc sues Mercury Interactive Corp for copyright infringement) (Industry Legal Issue)Business, generalGlenn R. Simpson
A chip comes in from the cold: tales of high-tech spying; did French moles steal secrets from Texas Instruments, or is the story just Bull? (French computer firm Cie. des Machines Bull and TI settle chip patent suit)Business, generalWilliam M. Carley
Adobe gets lift in bid to set standard for sending documents over Internet.Business, generalLindley H. Clark
A newspaperman surfs the Internet. (William Burleigh's views on technology, president of E.W. Scrips)Business, generalTim W. Ferguson
Anonymity on-line? It depends who's asking. (America Online hands over subscriber information in civil suit) (Industry Legal Issue)Business, generalConstance Johnson
An open letter to Gates and Manzi. (letter from Borland's Phillippe Kahn to Microsoft's Bill Gates and Lotus' Jim Manzi)(Letter to the Editor)Business, generalPhilippe Kahn
Apple Computer targets Asia to increase brand recognition, localize products.Business, generalJeremy Mark
Arafat's operators; unlikely Paris duo advises Palestinians on development deals; mixed-up Gaza phone plans stir anger and confusion over outsiders' power; AT&T gets busy signals. (Palestinian National Authority awards International Technologies Inc with contract)Business, generalRobert S. Greenberger, Amy Dockser Marcus
A tale of two chips: Amdahl decides it's better to be cool. (slower, less expensive cool chip technology)Business, generalThomas Petzinger Jr.
AT&T accuses Ameritech of charging unfair prices to resell local services. (Company Business and Marketing)Business, generalThomas E. Weber
AT & T begins slicing computer unit, plans $1.2 billion third-quarter charge; as many as 10,000 workers, over 20% of GIS staff, are facing dismissal. (AT and T restructures its Global Information Solutions unit)Business, generalJohn Keller
AT&T, Bombay company plan to bid jointly to provide services in India. (Aditya V. Birla Group)Business, generalSuman Dubey
AT&T officials hang up on some stock. (executives exercise stock options) (Company Financial Information)Business, generalBridget O'Brian
AT&T, Sprint holding talks with Kodak: phone firms studying use of technology to send images via phone lines.Business, generalWendy Bounds, John J. Keller
AT&T weighs investment in Time Warner cable unit: infusion of up to $4 billion would help cut debt, improve current system. (Company Business and Marketing)Business, generalJohn J. Keller, Eben Shapiro
Bad data you can't blame on Intel.Business, generalLeonard M. Fuld
Battle looms for PC buyers in Asian homes; companies slash prices, offer special features as standard equipment. (competition in Asian home PC market)Business, generalFara Warner
Brokerage firms are moving into cyberspace. (online trading via PC)Business, generalVanessa R. O'Connell
Carnegie Mellon, Visa plan to offer payment system for data from Internet. (Carnegie Mellon University and Visa International to offer NetBill Internet service)Business, generalWendy Bounds, Jared Sandberg
Catching up: computer sales sizzle as developing nations try to shrink PC gap; wine makers in Chile, banks in Brazil find technology is key to their survival; the benefits of starting late.Business, generalScott McCartney, Jonathan Friedland
CD-ROM industry in Europe struggles with niche market; U.S. rivals have designed for mass audiences, lead in global product sales.Business, generalMark M. Nelson
Centers spring up to help firms profit from Internet; new services offer classes, hook up users and even design Web pages.Business, generalStephanie N. Mehta
Chip executives are cashing in as shares soar. (semiconductors)Business, generalMichael Gonzalez
Cirrus Logic's poor outlook sends stock tumbling, clouds industry. (3rd fiscal qtr results) (Company Financial Information)Business, generalQuentin Hardy
Clients second-guess legal fees on-line. (law firms offer on-line access to billing systems)Business, generalAmy Stevens
Computer firms likely to report 4th-period gains.Business, generalSteve Stecklow
Computer makers defend 'vaporware'.Business, generalStephen Kreider Yoder
Computer-networking firms expected to post strong fourth-quarter results.Business, generalMark Boslet
Computers keep tabs on dirty money; Chinese puzzle uncovered by Australian team's software.Business, generalJohn J. Fialka
Computer titans focus on design as small firms do actual output. (SCI Systems leads electronic manufacturing service industry)Business, generalEduardo Lachica
Did IBM unit bribe officials in Argentina to land a contract? Scandal claims top members of Menem government, 3 Big Blue executives; millions for a rugby coach. (IBM Argentina, Banco de la Nacion Argentina under investigation) (Industry Legal Issue)Business, generalJonathon Friedland
E-Mail among officials may be against the law.Business, generalLouise Lee
Employers sabotage office computer games. (many companies cracking down on employees' use of computer games)Business, generalAlex Markels
For Microsoft, nothing succeeds like excess. (Microsoft Corp's Windows 95 operating system first-day sales)Business, general 
From her lips to a thousand ears: a voice-mail tale. (circulating voice-mail meassages)Business, generalDennis Kneale
Future shop: 'No Cash Accepted; Microchip-Card Purchases Only.' (Mondex's Mondex, an electronic cash card)Business, generalNicholas Bray
Gates invests a byte of money for cache of Hollywood stars; Microsoft sees DreamWorks as ally providing access to family-fun products. (Microsoft CEO Bill Gates)Business, generalDon Clark, Thomas R. King
Hewlett-Packard posts 64% profit jump for first quarter on 29% revenue rise.Business, generalStephen Kreider Yoder
How Citicorp system was raided and funds moved around the world; accounts were vulnerable to international plotters with passwords and more; is there a mole at Citibank?Business, generalWilliam M. Carley, Timothy L. O'Brien
How to pick up job tips strewn along the Infobahn.(Managing Your Career)(Column)Business, generalHal Lancaster
IBM to sell assets left over from its past. (corporate art collection for sale as bottom line is strengthened)Business, generalAlexandra Peers
IE is accused in ex-employee's suit, recently unsealed, of improprieties. (Intelligent Electronics Inc)Business, generalRaju Narisetti
In new space race, companies are seeking dollars from heaven; satellite transmission of data and images spark fight for piece of sky's pie; 'that's where the money is'.Business, generalJeff Cole
Intel-Advanced Micro case stirs debate over arbitrators' powers.Business, generalMargaret A. Jacobs
Intel challenges Taiwan on its own turf; semiconductor leader takes on the motherboard market. (Company Business and Marketing)Business, generalLeslie Chang
Intel introduces a faster Pentium chip that could help maintain firm's lead. (120MHz chip also 40% smaller)(Product Announcement)Business, generalRalph T. King Jr.
Internet users spooked about spies' new role. (Network Solutions involvement with Science Applications International Corp)Business, generalGlenn Simpson
Is office voice mail private? Don't bet on it.Business, generalFrances A. McMorris
Japanese firm to buy Comdex computer show; Softbank's purchase price of $800 million includes 16 smaller exhibitions.Business, generalWilliam M. Bulkeley, Jim Carlton, Norihko Shirouzu
Little-town blues; rural phone companies face a tough choice: spend a lot of money or get out of the business.Business, generalBill Richards
MCA in pact with company planning new interactive entertainment service. (Enter Television Inc)Business, generalRichard Turner
McDonald's joins America Online to send information to PC users. (McFamily online site) (Advertising)(Column)Business, generalKevin Goldman
MCI agrees to inject as much as $2 billion in News Corp. in data highway venture; investment over four years to create, distribute digital network products.Business, generalLaura Landro, John J. Keller
Members of Samsung's founding family said to plan investment in DreamWorks. (DreamWorks SKG entertainment/software start up)Business, generalThomas R. King
Microsoft Corp. broadly attacks antitrust unit. (challenges Dept of Justice on Microsoft Network investigation)Business, generalDon Clark, Viveka Novak
Microsoft's appeal wanes until Windows 95 appears. (Heard on the Street)Business, generalDon Clark, Susan Pulliam
Microsoft savors major victory as pact on antitrust is reinstated by judges. (includes related article on prohibited practices)Business, generalDon Clark, Vivica Novak
Microsoft signs 50 major vendors for its on-line computer service; rivals including Borland and Lotus join service; Apple, IBM on sidelines.Business, generalRalph T. King Jr.
'Mom, it's Mugsy;' phone firms wrestle for prisoners' business in hot growth market; big companies dangle cash, add antifraud devices, to entice jail officials; callers who hate to wait.Business, generalAlix M. Freedman
Mortal Kombat spins off army of tamer stuff. (popularity of WMS Industries Inc's Mortal Kombat video game causing toy and movie makers to market tie-in products)Business, generalDavid J. Jefferson
Net cruisers beware: I brake for all career services. (career services available on the Internet)Business, generalHal Lancaster
Netscape, a hot developer of software tied to Internet, plans initial offering. (Netscape Communications Corp)Business, generalQuentin Hardy
New York judge rules Prodigy responsible for on-line content. (Legal Beat)Business, generalMilo Geyelin
Nibbling at the edges; hundreds of small companies now offer long-distance services - and they're taking some business away from the Big Three. (competition against MCI, Sprint and AT&T)Business, generalEmory Thomas Jr.
Nielson, I/Pro form joint venture to measure the Internet's activity. (Nielson Media Research, Internet Profiles) (Advertising)(Column)Business, generalKevin Goldman
NTT doesn't see speedup in sale of Japanese government's share. (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone)Business, general 
Olivetti to lay off 5,000 and increase capital. (PC division)Business, generalMaureen Kline
On-line banking has bankers fretting PCs may replace branches; although danger is far off, Microsoft and Intuit are still an aggressive threat; insecure about the Internet. (Industry Trend or Event)Business, generalTimothy L. O'Brien
On-line new year's resolutions. (guidelines for on-line information service investors)Business, generalDeborah Lohse
On-line services try to define their identities.Business, generalFara Warner
Packard Bell's woes reflect a bad bet, not a marketwide drop in PC demand. (Company Financial Information)Business, generalRalph T. Jr. King
Phone companies find an ear at FTC; proposed merger of Turner and Time Warner echo fears raised by agency. (Federal Trade Commission) (Government Activity)Business, generalBryan Gruley
Picture perfect: book explores Vietnam through camera's eye. (Passage to Vietnam electronic book) (Personal Technology)(Column)Business, generalWalter Mossberg
Rent-a-techs: hiring outside firms to run computers isn't always a bargain; rail cars didn't connect after Southern Pacific turned to IBM for help; breaking up is hard to do.Business, generalLouise Lee
SCI moves from computer war's backstage to center; assembling machines with familiar names, firm increasingly prospers. (SCI Systems Inc)Business, generalGlenn Ruffenach
SEC and exchanges are investigating trading ahead of IBM's bid for Lotus.Business, generalAnita Raghavan
Semiconductor makers are expected to post strong results for the quarter.(Intel, Texas Instruments, AMD)Business, generalCarmen Fleetwood
Silicon duel: Koreans move to grab memory-chip market from Japanese; their strategy should sound familiar to Asian rival: out-invest, hire the best; next target: laptop screens.Business, generalDavid P. Hamilton, Steve Glain
SoftKey sweetens bid for Learning Co.; step could be fatal to Broderbund pact. (SoftKey International Inc) (Company Business and Marketing)Business, generalWilliam M. Bulkeley, Laura Johannes
Software companies, entertainment firms welcome agreement; U.S. concerns see the accord as step that opens route to huge, new audience. (copyright piracy agreement between China and US)Business, generalG. Pascal Zachary, Patrick M. Reilly, Frederick Rose, Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg
Software may dry up money laundering. (use of artificial intelligence software to combat money laundering)Business, generalMargaret A. Jacobs
Stock prices end mostly higher, despite rout in technology issues. (Abreast of the Market)Business, generalMichael Gonzalez
Strong book-to-bill figures bode well for semiconductor issues in 1st quarter.Business, generalRobert O'Brien, Warren Getler
Taking on Telmex; foreign companies are poised to enter the Mexican market. First, they want to know the rules.Business, generalPaul B. Carroll
Taking the grand tour of world art on CD-ROM. (Uffizi Gallery CD-ROM, Microsoft Art Gallery CD-ROM, London National Gallery's Great Artists and Luna Imaging Inc's Frank Lloyd Wright Archive)Business, generalLee Rosenbaum
Technology IPO feeding frenzy sends prices of new issues soaring. (technology stocks)Business, generalMolly Baker
Technology's hot streak rekindles debate over the sector's pattern of boom and bust. (Stocks)Business, generalSusan Pulliam
Telecommunications firms battle for a stake in the cabling of Italy.Business, generalMaureen Kline
Telekom workers to reap stock windfall. (Company Financial Information)Business, generalMichael R. Sesit, Greg Steinmetz
The movie was a hit, the CD-ROM a dud; software bites Disney; 'Lion King' glitches show just how far Hollywood is from Silicon Valley; crestfallen on Christmas day.Business, generalFrederick Rose, Richard Turner
Universal service: the fairy tale continues. (Congress plans to deregulate telecommunications)Business, generalAdam D. Thierer
U.S. and SEC charge 17 in AT&T tip-trading case; gains totalling $2.6 million said to be made on plans of company takeovers.Business, generalJohn J. Keller, Jeffrey Taylor
U.S. to propose data-highway agency. (information superhighway) (Legal Beat)Business, generalJoseph Pereira, John J. Fialka
Vigilant copyright holders patrol the Internet. (Industry Legal Issue)Business, generalRoss Kerber
Wavelet theory spiffs up video in computers. (Houston Advanced Research Center's HARC-C video compression software)Business, generalScott Ritter
What would Murdoch buy with MCI's cash? (News Corp's owner Rupert Murdoch)Business, generalLaura Landro, Elizabeth Jensen
Will regulators and rivals hinder Microsoft.Business, generalDon nClark
Windows 95 is easy to use, 450 books say.Business, generalAlessandra Galloni
Wired? (Editorial)Business, general 
Your home computer will soon be your banker and broker. (Intuit's announced online banking plans)(Editorial)Business, generalJames R. Barth, R. Dan Brumbaugh Jr.
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