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...March 2000, the height of the technology bubble, and Ulrich Schumacher wanted to drive a point home to the world's investors. His semiconductor company, Infineon Technologies, was about to start trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Like another Schumacher - Formula One star Michael - the CEO is serious about racing, so he cruised down Wall Street in a F-1 car. Infineon's stock sped out of the starting blocks on March 13, 2000 and hit a high on the Frankfurt exchange of €92.50 in June. Then demand for semiconductors slumped, and Infineon hit a slick...
...semiconductor industry will not succeed in achieving the growth rates observed in the past just with faster processors and more money. - ULRICH SCHUMACHER, CEO, Infineon technologies
Asian economies would follow, though Bowers says he would avoid Japan. Among his favorites: Hong Kong, South Korea and China--despite the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome. Consider cyclical blue chips like China Telecom, Hyundai Motor, Samsung and Taiwan Semiconductor. These moves may not feel right with the economy slow and the dollar weak. For now, just think of them as accident insurance...
CAPITAL GOODS Tech will draw a lot of attention as companies invest in productivity. Computer chip--makers like Taiwan Semiconductor and Intel should benefit. And so should industrials like General Electric and DuPont...
...country single-mindedly set out to achieve that goal. Government bureaucracies picked favored industries, giving companies in those fields the incentives and market protection they needed to improve quality until they were ready to compete with the world's best. And thus Japan's textile, steel, automobile and finally, semiconductor and computer industries were born...