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...technology. I believe in the Internet. It's insane not to have some of your money invested there. But no stock group is truly bulletproof. Since late '98, rising interest rates have toppled one after another--utilities, then banks, then industrials. Now some established tech leaders like Microsoft and Lucent are under pressure. Next and last on the ladder of interest-rate vulnerability are the new-economy darlings. Can they stand firm? Given the money flowing their way, maybe...
...shows, hurdles are there to be leaped. Along with the German automaker last year, Ikea, Nestle, Caterpillar, Lucent Technologies, Ford Motor Co., Gillette and Philip Morris quietly added to their investments--nearly all built production plants with local partners, pouring more than half a billion dollars in direct foreign investment into Russia. In all cases, investors have developed a range of protection plans to help ensure that they prosper, even if that word is somewhat loosely defined...
...recognized group since 1974 21. Jockey's handful 23. Loop trains 24. __ Lanka 26. Yodeler's perch 27. 30-Across's "__ right-wing conspiracy" 28. "Early __ ads" (soft-money purchases) 29. Go hungry 30. Ex-candidate Forbes campaign manager Bill Dal __ 31. Made "it" 32. High-tech firm Lucent has agreed to buy 33. Execute perfectly 35. Candidate who dove into a mosh pit 38. Ancient Iranian 41. Bush supporter __ Bailey Hutchison 42. Layoff, to a govt. worker 43. __, amas, amat 44. All Things Considered network...
...investors, this is a good time to contemplate such a turn. Tech stocks have repaired their millennial meltdown, giving you another chance to sell high, and you've seen that a "diversified" portfolio of Intel, Microsoft, Cisco, Lucent and Yahoo doesn't offer much panic protection. Tech remains a great place to be long term--but not exclusively...
...that Cisco wants to be successful in its other bold strategy: a march into the telecom business, where it will face a whole new level of well-entrenched competition. The $250 billion-a-year telephone-equipment business is where giants like AT&T's equipment-making spin-off, Lucent, and Canadian counterpart Nortel have built powerful, decades-long relationships with telephone companies and service providers. As voice and data networks converge--and data come to account for more than 90% of network traffic--Cisco has boasted that its networks, which are predominantly data or IP (Internet protocol) networks, will also...