Palm Inc. gets ready for new hands

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Palm Inc. is planning on going public this week that may garner the maker of hand-held organizers more market value than the company that owns Palm, 3Com. With the departure of Jeff Hawkins and Donna Dubinsky, Carl Yankowski is left to navigate the future of the company, which should top $1 billion in sales by May.

Securities issued, listed, Planning, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Going public (Securities), Initial public offerings, Hawkins, Jeff, Dubinsky, Donna, Yankowski, Carl, Palm Inc., PALM

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Leading the PC pack: lots of computer companies offer services on the Web. Why does Dell stand out

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Dell Computer, already hugely successful at direct selling, is emerging as an industry leader in electronic commerce on the Internet. Dell says its 'Web-generated' sales already amount to $10 million a day, although only about 30% of the sales are actually completed using the Internet. The rest typically involve browsing on line but ordering by telephone or fax. Dell is placing heavy emphasis on its Internet strategy. For example, the company's Web site is configured to permit customers to track orders and retrieve service information. Dell's competitors on the Net include Compaq, Gateway and IBM. Gateway and IBM are hosting private areas for large customers on their sites.

Analog & Hybrid Computers, Marketing procedures, Microcomputers, Marketing, Internet services, Electronic commerce, E-commerce, Dell Inc., DELL, Company internet strategy, Company marketing practices

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The rocket under the tech boom: heavy spending by basic industries

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The rise in the stock prices of computer makers, software concerns and peripherals industry has been fueled by U.S. industrial increased purchases of high technology. Annual spending on technology investments by U.S. industries has risen by double digits since 1991 and taken a significant jump since 1994 and is thought by some analysts to represent a major reworking of the U.S. economy.

Prepackaged software, Computer Software, Software Publishers, Computer peripheral equipment, not elsewhere classified, Computer Auxiliary Equip, Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing, Purchasing, Computer software industry, Software industry, Software, Digital computers, Computer peripherals industry, Computer peripherals, Automation, Industrial productivity, Computer supply, Computer supplies

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