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Image problem?
American television viewers may remember an advertising campaign a few years back starring tennis great Andre Agassi. In the ads...
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Dot-bomb hangover
Shareholders know that many of the companies they invest in pass out stock options like candy on Halloween. They know management...
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Futurescape
The date was December 3, 1998. After trading in Standard & Poor's popular 'e-mini' futures ended, Chicago Mercantile Exchange...
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You've got jail
Fraud detectors at the US Securities and Exchange Commission knew him as 'The Phantom'. His real name was Roland Baughman of...
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Heard it on TheStreet.com
You know that old saying about death and taxes, the two ironclad certainties in life? We might have to add a third about internet...
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Generation X
You've heard it all before. A young company – an internet start-up, for example, or a computer maker – roars out of the gate like...
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Three's a company?
When Lycos Inc chief executive Robert Davis walked into his offices at the company's Waltham, Massachusetts headquarters last...
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Paying for exposure
When Questar Corporation went looking to drum up market support for its $2 bn capital improvement program, the Salt Lake City...
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Cruising convertibles
No, I’m not talking about the little soft-top variety (although they make for better pictures). I’m talking about those chameleon...
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