Apple tries to regroup just in time for Macworld Expo

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The Macworld Expo could be the venue for announcing new product developments from Apple Computer. Apple CEO Steven Jobs is expected to announce a new laptop code named Mercury, faster Power Mac models and the Mac OS X, the latest Macintosh operating system with rotating graphics and translucent drop-down menus. Industry analysts say that Apple better announce something dramatic at MacWorld as it had a lackluster year in 2000. Apple will report a loss of $225 to $250 million for 4th qtr 2000, its first money-losing quarter since Jobs took helm of the company.

Product introduction, Microcomputers, Apple Inc.

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Former Oracle leader now working with venture capital firm

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Former Oracle Pres Ray Lane has announced on Aug 23, 2000, that he has become a general partner of influential venture capital company Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers. Lane had been agressively courted by Hewlett- Packard, Compaq Computer and Novell while he was at Oracle. He said his decision to leave Oracle was prompted by a desire to have more time with his young family, and this decision was further accelerated by his prickly relationship with Oracle founder Larry Ellison.

Miscellaneous Intermediation, Executive changes & profiles, Venture Capital Companies, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers

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Another thumbs down for H-P deal

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More doubt has been cast on the merger of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computer, due to another negative vote, this one from David W. Packard. The future of H-P chief, Carly Fiorina, is also uncertain.

Electronic computers, Electronic Computer Manufacturing, Asset sales & divestitures, Acquisitions & mergers, Computers & Auxiliary Equip, Compaq Computer Corp., CPQ, Abstract, Hewlett-Packard Co., HWP

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