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MONEY MATTERS
Fed Keeps Rates Steady, but Door Open
By GLENN SOMERVILLE
Federal Reserve policymakers on Tuesday kept U.S. interest rates steady at 1961 lows but warned of a possible "unwelcome substantial fall in inflation," saying this meant the economy was in danger of weakness ahead.
Venture Capital Outlook Remains Bleak
By NICHOLAS JOHNSTON
Every spring, venture capitalists have their annual meeting with their investors. The meetings are typically small, sometimes in a private room of a fine restaurant, and generally chummy.
MARKETPLACE
Canada has real deals on cars - Same cars can cost oodles less
By EARLE ELDRIDGE
Odds are that new car you bought in the USA is being sold for less money — maybe thousands less — in Canada. Whether it's a plain Ford or a rare Cadillac, cars and trucks sold in the USA by most automakers are priced higher than virtually identical vehicles sold in Canada.
Low prices drive March PC sales
By John G. Spooner
Although overall unit sales held up at retail stores in the United States during March, despite the start of the war in Iraq, average selling prices for both desktop and notebook PCs stayed near all-time lows set in February, according to new data from NPD Techworld.
TECHNOLOGY
Mitsubishi Electric Announces Two New LCD Technologies
PRESS RELEASE
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (President and CEO: Tamotsu Nomakuchi) announced that they have developed a new Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) which incorporates two new technologies. The first is called "Compression Feed-forward Driving" (cFFD), a technology that produces a clear, moving picture display. The other is called "Natural Color Matrix" (NCM), a color management technology.
Dell Computer wants to be just Dell
By JOHN G. SPOONER
In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, Dell Computer's board of directors revealed that it wants to change the company's name.
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BUSINESS REPORT
Gates Lays Out Reasons To Buy IT Again
By JOHN FOLEY
He talked about everything from a more-affordable Microsoft's Windows CE to an ambitious plan for data-center automation that could take five years to realize.
Verizon Rate Cut Could Launch Broadband Price War
REUTERS
A move by Verizon Communication to cut the price of its high-speed Internet services could be the opening shot in a price war in which cable and telephone companies are forced to sacrifice profits to lure customers who want faster Web connections.
ENVIRONMENT FOCUS
The Worst of Times for New MBAs
By KATE HAZELWOOD
When the MBA Class of 2003 was painstakingly pondering essays and gathering recommendations for their B-school applications at the end of 2000, the economy was booming, jobs were plentiful, and an MBA degree was akin to a golden ticket. By the time acceptance letters arrived, however, the economy was starting to go into freefall -- with tech nosediving in spring 2001, the stock market spiraling downward, and scads of MBAs getting laid off.
Tech job market to stay bleak, study says
By The Associated Press
Demand for information technology positions ranging from software programmers to network engineers will hold steady or decline in the next 12 months, according to a telephone poll of 400 hiring managers by the Arlington, Va.-based Information Technology Association of America.
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