| The Wall Street Journal Western Edition 1996 |
| Title | Subject | Authors |
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| Accounting inquiry at Olivetti widens to include De Benedetti, major sales. (investigation focuses on former Chmn Carlo De Benedetti and transactions with major customers) (Company Operations) | Business, general | Richard L. Hudson, Maria Sturani |
| Across the gap; traditional publisher meets Internet upstart: can marriage survive? It's remarkable how little they have in common--except needing the other; looking for word: 'stupid'. (Harte-Hanks Communications' investment in SiteSpecific Inc proves difficult) (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | Wendy Bounds |
| A morality tale from the wild world of the Internet. (The Front Lines) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information) | Business, general | Thomas Petzinger Jr. |
| AOL fights to keep its customers on-line. (America Online suffers blackout) (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | Thomas E. Weber, Jared Sandberg, Alix M. Freedman |
| Apple still troubled after write-downs; company has fewer resources for crucial research. (anticipated $700 million loss) (Company Financial Information) | Business, general | Jim Carlton, E.S. Browning |
| Are my kids safe? (Who, What, Why, Frequently Asked Questions about the Internet) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information) | Business, general | Carlos Tejada |
| At a high-tech firm, the daily stock price is everyone's business. (drop in stock prices affects high-technology employees' stock options) (Industry Trend or Event) | Business, general | Laura Jereski |
| AT&T results hit by cost of changing marketplace; long-distance rivalries, higher capital outlays cut 3rd-period earnings. (Company Financial Information) | Business, general | John J Keller |
| AT&T's heir apparent jumps to a tiny firm that offers huge pay; Mandl faced a long wait for top job, saw others who left get rich fast; A $20 million signing bonus. (AT&T Pres Alex J. Mandl leaves to join Associated Communications LLC) (Company Operations) | Business, general | Gautam Naik, Dennis Kneale, Bart Ziegler |
| Baby Bells rattle small long-distance phone concerns; jittery resellers prepare to tap new niches to counter the looming threat. (Industry Trend or Event) | Business, general | Michael Selz |
| Behind the wheel; at Ford Motor, international product development will no longer need travel agents; just computers.(Technology Supplement: The Corporate Connection) (Company Operations) | Business, general | Oscar Suris |
| Bell Atlantic and NYNEX revive talks on $22 billion-plus merger; accord could come as early as Monday; price remains an issue. (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | Steven Lipin, Lesley Cauley |
| Bell Atlantic gets hung up in Mexico; regulatory feud casts doubts on $1 billion investment. (Government Activity) | Business, general | Joel Millman |
| Bets are on for Teradyne as Intel brings its chips back; testing-equipment maker forecasts profit surge tied to important client. (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | Ross Kerber |
| Cable ruling may portend Internet curbs. (1992 law against 'indecent' programming struck down) (Government Activity) | Business, general | Paul M. Barrett |
| California measure causes silence in Silicon Valley. (Proposition 211) (Heard on the Street) (Industry Trend or Event) | Business, general | Patrick McGeehan |
| Cerfing the Web. (father of the Internet Vinton Cerf) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)(Interview) | Business, general | C. Christian Hill |
| Chinese firewall; Beijing seeks to build version of the Internet that can be censored; crackdown on outside views also includes satellite TV and financial news wires; rule of 'throat and tongue.' (Government Activity) | Business, general | Kathy Chen, Marcus W. Brauchli, Joseph Kahn |
| Chip slowdown, other woes still press Philips Electronics, despite cost-cutting. (Company Financial Information) | Business, general | Martin du Bois |
| Clinton to get a warm Silicon Valley welcome after techies play hardball politics and win. (Industry Trend or Event) | Business, general | Michael K. Frisby |
| CNBC will air a show owned, vetted by IBM. ("Scan" cable show) (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | Sally Goll Beatty |
| Cognos trumpets role in business-software industry; Canadian concern sets its sights on becoming dominant in the market. (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | John Urquhart |
| Companies split on warnings for keyboards. (Industry Trend or Event) | Business, general | Laura Johannes, Jon Auerbach |
| Compaq's numbers bolster tech stocks; firm's 8.8% earnings gain exceeds expectations, soothes nervous market. (Company Financial Information) | Business, general | Scott McCartney |
| CompuServe posts big quarterly loss; on-line pioneer to retreat from consumer market and end family service. (Company Financial Information) | Business, general | James P. Miller, Jared Sandberg |
| Count me in. (electronic commerce and the Web)(The Wall Street Journal Reports: Technology) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)(Editorial) | Business, general | Robert J. Toth |
| Cracking the code; what is cellular, anyway? (mobile network customers face confusing acronyms and technical jargon)(The Wall Street Journal Reports: Telecommunications) (Technology Information) | Business, general | Wayne Arnold |
| Cutting-edge EMC sells the old-fashioned way: Hard; revenue from its costly computer data-storage system expected to soar. (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | Jon G. Auerbach |
| Cyberspace war rages over Diana Corp.'s Technology; stock sinks amid Internet criticism that switching device is unproved. (Internet/Web/Online Service Information) | Business, general | Richard Gibson, Drew Ward |
| Dearest Mom, greetings from my CD-ROM. (Hallmark Cards and American Greetings Corp CD-ROMs enable customers to customize greeting cards) (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | Emily Nelson |
| DEC loses $5.3 million jury verdict. (absence of warnings regarding repetitive typing) (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | Laura Johannes, Jon Auerbach |
| Deutsche Telekom gets off to fast start; Europe's biggest IPO makes investors 19% in an hour in trading in Frankfurt. (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | Silvia Ascarelli |
| Electronic vandals tamper with Web pages. (Internet/Web/Online Service Information) | Business, general | Sewall Chan |
| France reneges on plan to sell Thomson; privatization panel deals blow to Daewoo's bid to lead in electronics. (cancelled sale of Thomson SA to Lagardere Groupe and Daewoo Group) (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | Thomas Kamm, Douglas Lavin |
| Getting in gear; truck makers, once averse to high technology, are integrating computers into all their operations. (Freightliner Corp develops network)(Technology Supplement: The Corporate Connection) (Company Operations) | Business, general | Aaron Lucchetti |
| High-tech chiefs keep one eye on the door. (high-tech companies replace CEOs faster than most other industries) (Industry Trend or Event) | Business, general | Joann S. Lublin |
| How can you make money from the Web? (Who, What, Why, Frequently Asked Questions about the Internet) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information) | Business, general | William B. Bulkeley |
| H&R Block plans spinoff of its CompuServe unit; attempt to 'unlock' value might be a little late, some analysts contend. (Online Service Information) | Business, general | James P. Miller, Jared Sandberg |
| IBM, Siemens plan system for utilities to trade capacity. (Power Systems Control services) (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | Benjamin A. Holden |
| IBM's net income soared 41% in the fourth quarter; stock climbs 9.8%, lifting industrial average; news is a relief to investors. (Company Financial Information) | Business, general | Laurie Hays |
| Intel confirms it overstated speed of Pentium chips. (Product Information) | Business, general | Ralph T. Jr. King |
| Intel sees significant revenue rise. (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | Dean Takahashi, Ralph T. King Jr. |
| Intel to unveil video-conference gear that cuts costs of multiple-site service. (ProShare Video System videoconferencing equipment)(Product Announcement) | Business, general | Paul B. Carrol |
| In the dark. (firms have no idea how many potential customers they have online)(The Wall Street Journal Reports: Technology) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information) | Business, general | G. Christian Hill, Molly Baker |
| Is being on-line going to get easier?(Who, What, Why, Frequently Asked Questions About the Internet) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information) | Business, general | Robin Frost |
| Keeping it simple is not an easy task for technology firms. (products with simple designs become complicated when customer support is lacking) (Personal Technology) (Technology Information)(Column) | Business, general | Rich Jaroslovsky |
| Kodak, in pact with Microsoft, to offer faster way to send images by camera. (Nifty imaging technology) (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | Wendy Bounds |
| Laptops: little, light - and easy to filch. (Industry Trend or Event) | Business, general | Jeff Zeleny |
| LSI Logic sees net trailing forecasts; stock drops 11%. (1st qtr 1996) (Company Financial Information) | Business, general | Paul B Carroll |
| Merisel Inc., strapped for cash, can't bury its troubles; sale of overseas units does little to relieve computer wholesaler's debt. (Company Financial Information) | Business, general | Frederick Rose |
| Microsoft puts newspapers in highanxiety.com. (online service to provide community news and advertising) (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | G. Bruce Knecht |
| Mitsubishi sees more weakness for chip prices. (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | |
| Mixed 1st-period results are expected for telecommunications-gear makers. (1st qtr 1996) (Industry Trend or Event) | Business, general | Jane J. Kim |
| More holiday shoppers forsake malls for the Net despite security worries. (Internet/Web/Online Service Information) | Business, general | Carmen Fleetwood, Phyllis Plitch |
| Next task at Apple: first order, then orders. (new CEO and Chmn Gilbert Amelio) (Company Operations) | Business, general | Jim Carlton, Paul Carroll, Joan Rigdon |
| Olivetti chairman De Benedetti quits; CEO to lead firm out of PC business. (Company Operations) | Business, general | Maureen Kline |
| Olivetti will sell some of its assets to pay off debt. (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | Richard L. Hudson, Maria Sturani |
| Opening lines; China's grudging nod toward deregulation has prompted a flurry of joint ventures between foreign and local firms. (telecommunications industry)(The Wall Street Journal Reports: Telecommunications) (Industry Trend or Event) | Business, general | Craig S. Smith |
| Overhaul; Colgate is making a huge bet on controversial new software; if it works, no corner of its business will go untouched. (Colgate-Palmolive employs SAG AG's R/3 software)(Technology Supplement: The Corporate Connection) (Company Operations) | Business, general | Lisa Brownlee |
| Packard Bell reaches $650 million accord with Bull, NEC for much-needed cash; PC firm to get Zenith Data in pact likely to propel it past no. 1 Compaq. (Compagnie des Machines Bull) (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | David P. Hamilton, Jim Carlton, Steve Lipin, Douglas Lavin |
| Phone-equipment firms are likely to post firm net. (2nd qtr 1996) (Industry Trend or Event) | Business, general | Jane J. Kim |
| Poised for takeoff; the travel industry is a natural when it comes to cyberspace sales. But the telephone is going to be tough to replace.(The Wall Street Journal Reports: Technology.) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information) | Business, general | Scott McCartney |
| Probe starts at Olivetti; trading halts. (possible financial irregularities under investigation) (Company Financial Information) | Business, general | Maureen Kline |
| Quicken program can now help you dig out of debt. (Intuit Corp's Quicken, and Microsoft Corp's Money, personal finance software) (Software Review)(Evaluation) | Business, general | Sue Shellenbarger |
| Red ink. (publishers struggle to make money on the Web)(The Wall Street Journal Reports: Technology) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information) | Business, general | Patrick Reilly |
| Resistance surfaces to NBC's proposal for all-news channel with Microsoft. (MSNBC to replace America's Talking channel) (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | John Lippman, Mark Robichaux |
| Sacramento takes on a new high-tech look. (Industry Trend or Event) | Business, general | Rick Wartzman |
| Short circuit; how Philips flubbed its U.S. introduction of electronic product; launching CD-Interactive, Dutch giant showed it didn't know the market; a half-hour demonstration. (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg |
| Silicon volley; high-tech firms rush to fund a pet cause: chill all the lawyers; a former Intuit ace leads California battle to curb lawsuits and huge fees; finding rewards in politics. (Industry Trend or Event) | Business, general | G. Pascal Zachary, Jill Abramson |
| Softbank to buy memory board maker; Japanese firm makes bet on PC hardware sector with $1.5 billion deal. (to purchase 80% of Kingston Technology Corp) (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | David P. Hamilton, Norihiko Shirouzu |
| Software buyers forsake the mall for megastores. (mass-merchandise stores squeeze out small software and video-game retailers) (Industry Trend or Event) | Business, general | Carlos Tejada |
| Stock answer; buying and trading securities on the Web could revolutionize the relationship between investors and brokerage firms.(The Wall Street Journal Reports: Technology.) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information) | Business, general | Vanessa O'Connell |
| Suit involving Internet site is dismissed. (trademark-infringement ruling) (Industry Legal Issue) | Business, general | Paul M. Barrett |
| Taiwan opens up sizzling market for mobile phones. (Industry Trend or Event) | Business, general | Leslie Chang |
| Taiwan's chip makers forge ahead, prepared to wait out slump in prices. (Industry Trend or Event) | Business, general | Leslie Chang |
| Texas Instruments selects Engibous as its chief. (CEO and president Thomas J. Engibous) (Company Operations) | Business, general | Karen Blumenthal, Louise Lee |
| The company we don't keep; computer networks make the 'virtual corporation' possible; but making the idea work in practice can take a lot more than just the nuts and bolts of technology. (Oy Nokia employs technology to break into US computer monitor market)(Technology Supplement: The Corporate Connection) (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | Ralph T. King Jr. |
| The money men. (interviews with venture capitalists Don Valentine and Michael Moritz of Sequoia Capital) (Company Business and Marketing)(Interview) | Business, general | |
| Tidal wave of global telecom offerings builds; but will there be enough capital to fund flood of privatizations? (Industry Trend or Event) | Business, general | Gautam Naik, Anita Raghavan, Sara Webb, Douglas Lavin |
| Times Mirror tries to lock in its gain on stake in Netscape by offering 'Peps'. (Netscape Communications; premium equity participating securities) (Company Financial Information) | Business, general | Frederick Rose |
| Tricky talks; how Intuit navigated takeover-wary Japan to buy software firm; sale of business to foreigners once meant a disgrace, but now, deals multiply; workers love stock options. (Intuit Software's acquisition of Japanese software firm Milky Way Co) (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | Robert Steiner |
| U.S. personal-computer market faces inroads by Japan; Toshiba to offer desktop systems world-wide, Sony several models. (Industry Trend or Event) | Business, general | David Hamilton |
| U.S strategy should promote computer codes; panel says a free market is best policy, urges easing of exports. (National Research Council report on data security) (Government Activity) | Business, general | John J. Fialka |
| UUNet options sales before pact are studied. (Chicago Board Options Exchange questions suspicious trading) (Industry Legal Issue) | Business, general | Jared Sandberg, Jeffrey Taylor |
| What does it cost? (Who, What, Why, Frequently Asked Questions about the Internet) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information) | Business, general | Robin Frost |
| What went wrong for William Razzouk at AOL. (former America Online chief operating officer) (Company Operations) | Business, general | Thomas E. Weber, Jared Sandberg, Alix M. Freedman |
| When a TV joins a PC, will anybody be watching? (Web-compatible TVs) (Industry Trend or Event) | Business, general | G. Christian Hill, Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg |
| Writing the rules; will competition arrive smoothly? That's largely up to state regulators. (telecommunications industry deregulation)(The Wall Street Journal Reports: Telecommunications) (Government Activity) | Business, general | Michael Totty |
| Yahoo!: hype builds for Wall Street event. (Internet-directory company's IPO) (Company Financial Information) | Business, general | Deborah Lohse |
| Yahoo offering means millions for founders. (IPO) (Company Financial Information) | Business, general | Deborah Lohse |
| Zenith shares soar following news of Internet device. (May 6, 1996 rise of 45%) (Company Financial Information) | Business, general | Patrick McGeehan, Robert Steiner |
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