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MARC J. SHAPIRO's incandescent rise in banking began here in his hometown 21 years ago, when the top graduate from Stanford Business School started designing systems for budgeting and profit […]

Oil prices tumbled yesterday to the lowest level since before the Persian Gulf war 30 months ago as traders, reacting to comments by an American official, speculated that a ban […]

Packard Bell Electronics Inc. and the Zenith Data Systems Corporation, two companies thriving in differing niches of the personal computer industry but struggling in broader competition, said yesterday that they […]

STOCKS of many major oil companies have lost a little ground since trading at or near their all-time highs in April and May. And if the discord at OPEC's Geneva […]

THE pact that Dresser Industries signed a few months ago to build gas turbines and compressors in Russia was a classic example of how John J. Murphy has reshaped the […]

The Tandy Corporation said today that it had scrapped plans announced in January to spin off its manufacturing subsidiary, TE Electronics Inc., and that AST Research Inc. had agreed to […]

The Dell Computer Corporation today reported a stunning setback in its notebook-computer operations and an unexpected drop of more than 48 percent in its first-quarter profits, to $10.2 million -- […]

THE Tandy Corporation, having decided to bet its future on Radio Shack, Computer City and other electronics retailers, will soon part ways with the huge manufacturing division that makes its […]

THE year-old party in natural gas stocks has carried share prices for independent production companies up an average 54 percent in the United States since the end of April 1992. […]

The General Motors Corporation said today that it had asked German law-enforcement officials to take criminal action against the former head of its global purchasing operations, Jose Ignacio Lopez de […]

The age of Pentium, the newest and fastest microprocessor created by the Intel Corporation, formally begins today when more than two dozen companies will announce a wide variety of products […]

The Dell Computer Corporation named Joel J. Kocher president of worldwide sales, marketing and service operations today, creating a second-in-command to the 27-year-old chairman and chief executive, Michael S. Dell. […]

SO many traders have swarmed into the natural gas futures pit in the last few months that the New York Mercantile Exchange is about to move them into a remodeled, […]

In contrast to many other oil companies, the Mobil Corporation reported today that its European and Asian refining and marketing operations were profitable despite the sluggish global economy, helping Mobil […]

In a technique reminiscent of President Ronald Reagan in the first months of his Administration, Ross Perot issued an appeal tonight for Americans to flood the White House and Congress […]

Much of this small Interstate-hugging town had been reduced to piles of tangled metal, snapped wood and scattered debris today as state troopers sealed off roads to prevent looting and […]

Officials at the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's office confirmed tonight that at least two members of the Branch Davidian cult had died from bullet wounds. The two had both been […]

As a savage industry price war intensifies, the Compaq Computer Corporation provided fresh evidence today that it stands tall, reporting that its net income and sales more than doubled in […]

John V. Roach, the chairman and chief executive of the Tandy Corporation, is tightening his grasp on operations at the company's flagship, the nationwide chain of Radio Shack consumer electronics […]

HOME builders usually are hard at work when a teetering economy has begun to recover, and that is happening now in many parts of the nation. Wood frames for single-family […]

Showing that it had recouped some lost glory in computer chips, Texas Instruments Inc. reported today that net income more than doubled in the first quarter, to the highest level […]

Two powerhouses in the personal computer industry, the Compaq Computer Corporation and the Microsoft Corporation, today announced an alliance to develop innovations intended to keep their momentum going. The companies […]

The Tandy Corporation provided investors today with a financial profile of its electronics manufacturing operations for the first time, and the picture was not inspiring. The unit, which Tandy plans […]

The precarious financial condition of Mesa Inc. took another bad turn today, when the big natural-gas company headed by T. Boone Pickens said it might not be able to make […]

In a surprise announcement, the Compaq Computer Corporation said today that the senior vice president of its personal computer division had resigned. H. Douglas Johns, 44, was the hands-on leader […]

Gregory E. Herrick believes he is doing all he can to survive the costly war in prices and customer services that has roiled the personal computer industry since last June, […]

The health of Norman E. Brinker has improved so rapidly that the former chairman and chief executive of Brinker International Inc. has told employees that he hopes to return to […]

The jarring pricing and marketing wars in the personal computing industry added a new casualty today -- the retailing arm of the Compuadd Computer Corporation. Compuadd, a privately held maker […]

THE rig count is a key barometer of oil-and-gas drilling in the United States. When it plunges, stocks of oilfield service companies usually fall, too. But not so far this […]

The Dell Computer Corporation reported today that its spectacular pace of growth continued in the fourth quarter, with sales and net income more than doubling from levels a year earlier. […]

The Compaq Computer Corporation intends to announce several new desktop and notebook-size computers on Monday, each with more features and in some cases at prices lower than those on previous […]

The energy tax that President Clinton proposed last week would ripple through various industries in different ways. And from Maine to Washington State, executives are beginning to contemplate how to […]

The stock of the Dell Computer Corporation plummeted nearly 17 percent today after analysts said an earnings projection for the current fiscal year raised worries that the fast-growing maker of […]

Energy analysts and industry officials said today that the new tax that President Clinton has proposed on the heat content of most fuels would alter costs unevenly among producers in […]

The Saudi Arabian oil minister, Hisham M. Nazer, made an indirect but strong plea today for the Clinton Administration not to impose taxes aimed at reducing oil consumption and imports. […]

THE Dallas Semiconductor Corporation has ridden the same wave since October that has carried several semiconductor stocks to new highs, or their highest price levels in years. Yet this is […]

The Mobil Corporation said yesterday that it had named Lucio A. Noto president and chief operating officer. Analysts said the promotion was a signal that he was ahead in the […]

The chairman of Tenneco Inc. today provided his first medical update since announcing Jan. 19 that he had been diagnosed with brain cancer. Speaking before 120 Wall Street analysts in […]

The Dell Computer Corporation said today that foreign-exchange trading activities during the last 23 months would have produced a net gain of $1 million if the transactions had been listed […]

Everyone knew that this Texas outfit was damaged goods by early 1989. A brash innovator, perennial leader and occasionally dominant force for 20 years, it had lost its way and […]

Michael H. Walsh, a high-profile executive who has led the nation's 25th-largest industrial company, Tenneco Inc., into a profitable recovery, said today that he was suffering from brain cancer. But […]

When John F. Akers announced last month that the International Business Machines Corporation would cut 25,000 more jobs in 1993, he acknowledged what management experts say is the biggest conundrum […]

When Ross Perot heaped scorn on Arkansas last fall as a state of low-tech chicken-pluckers, it was Don Tyson who should have been offended more than Bill Clinton. Low-tech? Hardly. […]

The surging stock prices of dozens of technology companies since October is a declaration by investors of a changing of the guard among companies dominating the world of computing. The […]

Is this some big Buy America anniversary? A coordinated salute to booming Christmas sales at Wal-Mart? Readers of perhaps dozens of newspapers may have been wondering the last few days. […]

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. yesterday rejected accusations that some of its Asian suppliers had used illegal child labor, but it acknowledged that imported clothing had been displayed as domestic merchandise in […]

The Halliburton Company said today that it had agreed to acquire a specialized oilwell drillng unit from Smith International Inc. for $240 million in stock. Analysts estimated that the directional […]

The DSC Communications Corporation today announced a contract extension worth more than $250 million over three years with its largest customer, the MCI Communications Corporation. DSC, a supplier of telephone […]