Leimberg to Speak on Estate Planning Seminar in Cleveland
Stephan R. Leimberg, noted financial services speaker and author, will headline an American Cancer Society seminar in Cleveland on September 16 at Windows on the River The Powerhouse in The Fall. The half day program costs 85 dollars with advance registration 95 dollars at the door and offers CE credits, a book, and breakfast. Leimberg leads Leimberg and LeClair Inc and Leimberg Associates and teaches at Temple University Law. For registration, call Jennifer Cappaert at the American Cancer Society. Carolina Power & Light to acquire Florida Progress Corp in a 5.3 billion dollar cash and stock deal creating a major U.S. electric utility.
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Florida Progress Corp
What is a long bond and Nasdaq ticker endings
An explanation of the 30 year U.S. government long bond and its yield versus shorter Treasury notes and bills. It notes stocks generally outperform bonds over decades and cites historical return figures. It also explains that a Nasdaq ticker ending in a fifth letter signals special status such as foreign company or bankruptcy proceedings.
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Treasury
Jeremy Siegel
McGraw-Hill
Fool.com
R.Q
Elkhart, Ind
Securities and Exchange Commission
Caller ID transforms how consumers handle incoming calls
A study shows Caller ID usage has quadrupled in four years as millions screen calls before answering. Bell South reports over 40 percent adoption and 35 percent using Call Return. Southwestern Bell tops with 70 percent in Laredo. Bell Atlantic launches Call 54 to reveal names and addresses for dialed numbers for a 75 cent fee.
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Terry Yarbrough
Bell South
SBC Communications
Southwestern Bell
Texas
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Laredo
Bell Atlantic
Dow hits record as investors bet on Fed pause
The Dow Jones industrial average climbs 199.15 to 11,299.76, a record close, with S&P 500 at 1,360.22 and Nasdaq 2,719.57. Broad gains lift Internet and drug stocks as traders await the Fed rate decision and eye cooling inflation.
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My Dumbest Investment: Pudgie's Chicken Fallout
A San Diego reader recalls investing 3000 Pudgie's Chicken shares at 31.50 after a friend promised stock options and promotion. The company later reorganized and went bankrupt, the stock collapsed to pennies, and friends and family faced losses. The note urges due diligence before investing in familiar names.
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Pudgie’s
Thomas Gillette
San Diego
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Day trading versus investing: risks and realities
A contrast of investor focus and day trader tactics highlights that most day traders fail quickly. Studies show around 11.5 percent profit, while about 90 percent are washed out within three months and 95 percent within two years. Regulators scrutinize the industry as firms profit from high volumes.
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Washington Post Magazine
David Shellenberger
Massachusetts Securities Division
Securities and Exchange Commission
Arthur Levitt
Birth of a Parcel Carrier Turns Global Giant
Founded in 1907 in Seattle to deliver messages before telephones, the company grew into the world’s largest package distribution enterprise. Based in Atlanta, it serves 200 countries with 157,000 vehicles, 500 aircraft, 1,700 facilities and 216,000 PCs. Its U.S. air hub is Louisville with about 1,500 daily flights, employing nearly 270,000 people, and it recently announced plans to go public.
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Adobe Systems named in trivia question
Last week’s trivia answers point to Adobe Systems. The company developed the LaserWriter software and helped drive desktop publishing. It acquired Aldus in 1994, avoided a 1998 hostile takeover, went public in 1986, and its stock rose about sixfold in the last decade. It funds new tech via venture capital investments.
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Motley Fool’s Elizabethan Pitch on Honest Investing
The Motley Fool frames investing advice with a Shakespearean flourish and crown imagery. It promises candid insights aimed at helping readers grow wealth while entertaining them with a playful, literary voice.
Best Foods Shows Steady Growth Amid International Headwinds
Bestfoods demonstrates consistent profit growth with operating income rising 10.6 percent annually from 1988 to 1998 and margins expanding to 46 percent gross and 14.6 percent operating. Latin America volatility and North American pricing pressures limit revenue growth. management expects new products and better international margins to drive future gains. The stock trades under 20 times 1999 earnings with a dividend yield above 2 percent.
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Mazda
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Entenmann
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