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Reports on the search of BellSouth Corp. for a merger.

Reports on the decision of United Technologies Corp. to change its business strategy after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. Products of the company; Total market value of the company; Value of the company's shares after the September 11 event.

Reports on the competition between IBM and Sun Microsystems regarding their computer servers. Strategy of IBM to compete with the servers of Sun Microsystems; Comparison on the prices of the servers of the two companies; Reason of IBM for reducing the prices of its servers.

Discusses the downward trend of the United States economy following the September 2001 terrorist attacks. Impact of the trend on food and health care stocks; Risk facing biotechnology companies with weak business; Role of financial services sector on the economic condition.

Focuses on the pressure on Amazon.com Inc. to earn profits in its business deals in the United States. Target operating profit of the company by the fourth quarter of 2001; Business deal of Amazon.com with Target Corp.; Companies which have made partnership deals with Amazon.com Inc.

Reports on the bankruptcy of TiVo, a producer of personal video television recorders in 2001. Reduction in the marketing budget of TiVo for 2002; Difficulty of increasing the number of TiVo's customers; Lay-off of employees at the company.

Presents an update on Gateway Inc. as of October 8, 2001. Plans of cutting the number of employees; Shut down of operations in various countries; Percentage of decrease in sales per year.

Focuses on the competition between Nokia Corp. and Ericsson in the mobile phone industry as of October 1, 2001. Purpose of the partnerships of Ericsson with Sony and Microsoft; Fluctuations experienced by Nokia regarding its share prices; Weakness in the market for Nokia's products.

Reports on the globalization of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. as of September 17, 2001. Basis of the company's stock price and culture; When the company's international success began; Obstacles in the company's globalization.

Reports on the preparations of MusicNet and pressplay to replace Napster in the online music industry as of September 2001. Sponsors of the Internet music services; Problems associated with the services offered; Pressure from music composers and publishers with regard to music distribution.

Reports on the losses suffered by the airline industry due to decline in business travels as of September 2001.

Reports on the impact of the economic decline in the United States on Dell Computer and Hewlett-Packard Co. as of August 2001. Forecast of Hewlett-Packard on the demand for computer and printer-related products for the third quarter of 2001; Amount of the losses reported by Dell for the second quarter o 2001; Plan of Hewlett-Packard to eliminate a number of jobs.

Reports on the impact of the back-to-school shopping season in 2001 on retail stores in the United States. Percentage of consumer spending attributed to back-to-school sales; Reasons for the optimism of retail investors; School items that are in demand.

Reports on the drop in the number of Internet surfers in the United States in June 2001. Impact of the lawsuits involving online music sharing service Napster on the condition; Forecast on the increase in availability of high-speed access; Decline in the revenue of Amazon.com Inc.

Reports on the poor market performance of GlaxoSmithKline PLC compared with Pfizer's as of August 6, 2001. Expectation of market analysts on GlaxoSmithKline; Reason for Pfizer's good performance; Information on GlaxoSmithKline.

Talks about the failure of business of Webvan Group Inc. Financiers of Webvan; Factors that contributed to the failure of business; Several grocery chains that are making money from their online businesses.

Reports that warehouse club retailers in the United States have seen an increase in their customers despite a weak economy in 2001. Average increase in store sales; Details on the expansion of Sam's Club and Costco company; Projected increase in the number of club stores in the country.

Reports on the need of Campbell Soup Co. to boost its product sales. Campbell's top competitor; How Campbell can improve its product line; How can the company create a turnaround.

Reports on the surplus in the inventories of semiconductor producers in the United States (U.S.). Role technology-focused companies in the inventory surplus of semiconductor firms; Factors contributing to the waning consumer demand for semiconductor chips; Sales of the U.S. semiconductor industry.

Reports on the improvement of the stock performance of some media companies in the United States despite the slowdown in the advertising market. Stock returns of AOL Time Warner; Share price of Viacom; Status of the stocks of pure-play media firms.

Argues that the success of the initial public offering of Kraft, a food company, is dependent on its market share outside the United States (U.S.). Rate of its revenue that comes from outside the U.S.; Factors that helped the company increase its earnings in 2000; Potential impact of the company's acquisition of Nabisco Group Holdings Corp. on its sales growth.

Reports on the growth of venture capital (VC) funding in the first quarter of 2001 in the United States. Decrease in VC investing and average cost for start-up financing in the first quarter of 2000 and 2001; Statistics on investors that were still interested in Internet-related companies; Total spending on wireless services and equipment ventures from the fourth quarter of 2000 to the first quarter of 2001.

Focuses on the possible acquisition of the DirecTV satellite service by News Corp. which is owned by Rupert Murdoch. Actions taken by several cable television companies in anticipation of the entry of Murdoch in the satellite television business in the United States; Effect of the acquisition on cable companies; Impact of the possible acquisition on the stock price of News Corp.

Focuses on the management plans of Miller Brewing Co., the brewing company of Phillip Morris, amidst a decline in the market share as of May 21, 2001 in the United States. Decline in the company's income; Concept of advertisement for Miller; Advertising budget of the company.

Reports on the initial public offerings (IPO) of energy companies. Amount raised by Reliant Resources in its IPO; Impact of high energy prices on stock prices of energy companies; Results of the IPO of Aquila Inc.; Reasons behind the growing interest of stock investors in energy companies.

Discusses the trend of mergers in the banking industry. Skepticism about the trend; Case of several mergers; Discussion on premiums of the deals.

Focuses on the expansion of California wine producer E&J Gallo Winery in France. Information on the French's wine consumption; Comparison of France and the United States' wine trade export; Significance of the move.

Focuses on the delay of the merger between General Electric and Honeywell International. Reason for the delay; Effects of the delay on the growth of Honeywell; Information on the plan of GE to boost the performance of Honeywell.

Reports on the plan of Calpine Corp. to create an environmentally friendly power utility. Value of the company's plan to build dozens of environmentally friendly power plants; Reason behind the company's plan; Problem encountered by Calpine with its plan.

Reports that Free Internet service providers in the United States have changed their strategies, from free customers to fee-based service, in an attempt to gain profits. Information on the ad-free access plan of NetZero and Juno; Details on the service plan of Bluelight.com.

Discusses the impact of the slowing economy of the United States and the failure of the technology sector on consulting firms. Challenges faced by technology consulting firms; Views on the consulting industry; Reasons for the apparent effects of the economic slowdown.

Deals with the problem facing online retailers regarding pricing strategies. Advantages the Internet was supposed to give online retailers; Reaction of Amazon.com Inc. customers to the marketing test launched that offered varied prices to gauge the effect on demand; Solution to the Internet pricing problem.

Reports on the growing popularity of the avatar technology, a three-dimensional (3-D) representation of a person on the Web. Users of 3-D Web sites; Amount of money paid by Worlds.com to Giant Studios Inc. to help create Aerosmith's avatars; Revenue generation of 3-D sites.

Presents information on the status of the magazine industry in the United States as of February 12, 2001. Report on the advertising revenue of several publishing companies; Provision for increase on advertising costs; Magazines which suffered business loss for the year 2000.

Provides information on the fiber-optic networks industry. Impact of the decrease in Internet use of consumers on the industry; Decline in the prices for broadband; Significance of adopting high-bandwidth applications such as Napster in pushing the demand of bandwidth to the projected supply of the industry.

Reports on the status of the laser eye surgery market in the United States as of January 29, 2001. Earnings projection of Bausch & Lomb Inc. for the fourth quarter of 2000; Effect of crowding on the condition of the industry; Reduction in the per-eye loyalty rate of Visx Inc. in February 2000.

Offers a look at the implications of the application of drive-by-wire technology for the automobile industry. Automobile companies which initiated such technology; Concerns regarding the technology; Results of tests conducted on the technology.

Deals with the competition among brand-name drug companies. Reason for the low prices of generic drugs; How brand-name drug companies may try and protect themselves from competition.

Reports that entrepreneurs sell their businesses for consolidators' stock. Examples of companies that experienced zero growth; Concern of consolidators on consolidations; Reason for a drop in stock price of consolidation companies.

Focuses on the development of mobile commerce. Year when Europe began offering the wireless Web; Factor for the lack of mobile Internet use; Description of the generations of mobile phones.

Presents updates on electronic commerce in the last quarter of 2000. Estimated value of sales that will be generated by the industry for November and December, according to Jupiter Media Matrix, an Internet research company; Information on the spendings of Send.com for advertising; Impact of competition among companies in the industry on consumers.

Provides information on how to choose an investment strategy. Discussion on considering an actively managed portfolio; Information on R-Squared, a statistic that measures the correlation between a portfolio and its benchmark; Reason active funds are related to index funds.

Focuses on the decline of the high-technology stock market as of November 2000. Implication of the market trend; Companies affected by the result of the market; Performance of concept stocks.

Reports on the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) among large companies in the United States. Reason for the disappointment of acquirers and shareholders on the deals; Analysis of the transactions; Statistics on M&A in 2000; Result of the merger between Daimler-Benz and Chrysler.

Explains the concerns of the United States Securities and Exchange Commissions regarding the orders-for-options deals of technology-based start-up companies. Details on the deals; Practice of other investors; Reason behind the practice of start-ups.

Reports on the difficulties in reentering the market faced by companies that have filed for initial public offering (IPO) and were forced to delay the offering. Examples of delayed IPOs; Comparison of the number of IPOs completed between 1999 and 2000; Largest problem that delayed IPOs face.

Reports on the condition of technology stocks in the United States as of October 16, 2000. Reason for the low capital cost for Internet companies; Implication of the Internet companies' low error margin; Economic status of equipment and service suppliers and retailers.

Provides information on the use of stock splits in companies. Definition of a stock split; Advantages and disadvantages of splits; How a split can affect the bid-ask spread; Information on small companies that announced stock splits; Impact of stock splits on the United States stock market.

Reports the increase in the number of adult consumers who access online music sites in the United States in June 2000. Details on the figures from Media Metrix; Comparison between adult and young visitors of online music sites; Music channels offered by NetRadio Corp.

Focuses on the pre-initial public offering (IPO) convertible issues in the optical networking industry. Purpose of pre-IPO funding; Details on the pre-IPO convertible issuers.