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Abstracts: 100,000 scooters recalled; handles blamed in crashes. Century recalls kids' convertible strollers. Suffering in silence
Abstracts: 10,000 jobs to be cut by I.B.M.; no layoffs planned; $2.3 billion charge set against earnings. Earnings fall 74.8% at I.B.M.; $2.4 billion charge cut 4th-quarter net
Abstracts: 10,000 jobs to be cut by Unisys; computer company reports huge loss for second quarter. Toward the voice-literate computer; leading Japan into a keyboardless future where PCs multiply (Technology) (column)
Abstracts: 100 Cyclists Are Arrested As Thousands Ride in Protest. Judge Rejects One Bid for a Central Park Protest. Anarchists Emerge as the Convention's Wild Card
Abstracts: 100 years ago, May 25, 1901. My father's Australia. Storyteller fella
Abstracts: 10 common myths about mutual funds. Financial planning guide. Asset allocation and balanced funds
Abstracts: 10 computers introduced by Amdahl. Disk drive is introduced by Hewlett: device is said to be the world's smallest
Abstracts: 10 million dangerous playpens recalled. Ford vows cleaner trucks. 1.4 million minivans recalled for fuel leaks
Abstracts: 10 technologies that deserve to die. Toil and trouble. Cricket tragic
Abstracts: 10 technologies that refuse to die. Theatre of the displaced. Mental arithmetic
Abstracts: 10 Voters on Panel Backing Pain Pills Had Industry Ties. Pfizer Warns of Risks From Its Painkiller. For Merck, Defense of a Drug Crumbles at a Difficult Time
Abstracts: 14,000 walk Verizon picket lines as talks grow testy. Verizon feels pain of change. AT&T falters at Net gate
Abstracts: $1.4-billion bid to take DuPont Canada private meets resistance. U.S. networks were compelling but were often inaccurate
Abstracts: 14Whiff of Whitlamism. Pampering over the cracks. Crean and credibility
Abstracts: 1,500 hospital nurses strike in Minneapolis. Delphi sets stage for parts business. Business markets hockey team that doesn't exist - yet
Abstracts: 150 Million Pieces of Toy Jewelry Are Cited for Lead Content in Largest Government Recall. Senate Votes To Restore Media Limits
Abstracts: 168 Years Later, a New Night at This Opera. For Two Boys, One Final Goal of Individual Lives. NEW YORK HOPES TO WIN OLYMPICS BY DIVIDING VOTES
Abstracts: $170-million windfall for CEO. How Nortel lost the race to redemption. Telus chief's total compensation rose
Abstracts: 178 Boston Markets close. Jumpin' jelly! Doughnuts dominate dining growth. Disney orders McDonald's burger joint for new park
Abstracts: $1.7B could settle accusations that MetLife misled customers. Congress grills Ford, Firestone, NHTSA
Abstracts: 18 Shopping Bags and 3 Empty Wallets. As American markets become saturated, Internet retailers are looking abroad
Abstracts: '1984' again: GlobalPC tries PC for the masses. Soft ad sales sign off NBC Internet. Some analysts antsy about 'A Bug's Life'
Abstracts: 1996: the year in review. At home with a racist guru: William Pierce anticipated the Oklahoma bomb. A quiet revolutionary
Abstracts: 1998 proposals pitched Videotron-Rogers deals. Analysts urge Bell to buy western rival Telus. Rogers buys stake in local phone service provider
Abstracts: 1998 proposals pitched Videotron-Rogers deals. Rival Videotron bidders in talks. Videotron board formally rejects Quebecor bid
Abstracts: 19th century telephone tax ripe for repeal. Fight begins over HMO bills. Patient's rights bill passes
Abstracts: $1-billion tobacco lawsuit thrown out. Smuggling meant gains for tobacco company. B.C. bid to sue tobacco firms thrown out
Abstracts: 200,000 illegal immigrants toiling in Canada's underground economy. Stelco now paying for '96 pension holiday
Abstracts: 2000: a cyberspace odyssey. At your service. The view from high
Abstracts: 2000 box office take rises, but industry holds its applause. Disney wins earnings, Time Warner battles
Abstracts: 2000 models: waiting on drivers hand, foot. Car sales surprisingly strong. Truly distinctive transportation
Abstracts: 2005 outlook. Look who's quitting. The cable spy
Abstracts: 20/20 visions. A Disorder Peculiar to the Country. Lanzarote
Abstracts: 20th-century vampires: AIDS has given rise to a controversial industry. Towering profits: why bank earnings are setting new records
Abstracts: 21st century ploys. The bear necessities. Child's play
Abstracts: 21st century ploys. What goes up, can come down. Emotional breakdown
Abstracts: 24 heaven: Why God never closes for business. Education. Pillars of society
Abstracts: 2 Baby Bells' profits drop; third is flat. 9,900 jobs to be cut by Nynex; $550 million charge will cause big loss
Abstracts: 2 Big Players Consider Field Buyout Firms Usually Shun. Swiss holding firm acquires Meridian. Don't Believe the Hype. A Hip-Hop Mogul Says It's Propaganda
Abstracts: 2 Carmakers Trim Prices, But Rebates May Shrink. Drawing the Line on Energy. Toyota Hopes to Push Its Hybrids Beyond the Niche
Abstracts: 2 companies confirm venture in video games. A rush to stake claims on the multimedia frontier. New venture for Compaq called near
Abstracts: 2 computer companies post profits. A further reduction for Unisys: computer maker plans a stock offering to sell its military business
Abstracts: 2 expected to leave I.B.M. board. From Gates, a cheer for I.B.M. Ex-I.B.M. head gives $25 million to Brown University endowment
Abstracts: 2 Fund Managers to Pay $80 Million Settlements. Mortgage crisis: should the federal government impose stricter rules on the mortgage industry?
Abstracts: 2 men and a microscope spell 'I.B.M.' in atoms. Bridging a gap for blind PC users. Photo fakery in the computer age: a $200 program could put the Eiffel Tower in Times Square
Abstracts: 2 MUTUAL FUNDS MOVE TO ASSURE WARY INVESTORS. A Raft of Defendants, Thousands of Victims. Tyson Penalized Over Benefits To Ex-Chairman
Abstracts: 2 MUTUAL FUNDS MOVE TO ASSURE WARY INVESTORS. Inside Putnam: Reform or Damage Control? Mutual Fund Accused of Fraud In Rapid Trading by Managers
Abstracts: 2nd Member Of Board Resigns At Disney. After Eisner, the Disney Board Faces Its Own Deluge. Much Ado About What's in a Disney Book
Abstracts: 2 Senate Committees Interrogate Wary Oil Company Executives. Laissez-Faire My Gas Guzzler, Already
Abstracts: $3,000 gadget might be globe-trotters' best friend. Electronic inc makes real-world debut. New site promises computer guidance
Abstracts: 300 model missives to help sell anything. Taking the easy route to a map. Saving the planet isn't always so easy
Abstracts: $3.4B deal forms No.3 radio owner. Time Warner's 2-for-1 split sends stock soaring. CNNfn leads Time Warner's charge to Internet
Abstracts: 360-degree video camera could create bubble of enthusiasm. Video transmission without the fiber. Electronic book not yet as fit as print
Abstracts: 360networks, Alcatel to link cable network to Japan. 360networks buoyed by word of Alcatel plan. Alcatel close to deal to buy Lucent
Abstracts: 360networks doing a 180. 360networks, SingTel forge network deal. 360net's Maffei facing long odds
Abstracts: 360networks' IPO a success. 360net's debt raises worries again. 360net investors may lose out
Abstracts: 360networks' IPO to test market. 360networks' IPO a success. 360networks posts record sales
Abstracts: 360networks moves to quell fears. 360networks posts record sales. 360networks CEO sees no quick fix
Abstracts: 360networks stock dives 37%. 360networks delays key bond payment. 360networks, SingTel forge network deal
Abstracts: $375 million contract given to MCI by U.S. Government to suspend U S Sprint's Navy contract. A.T.& T. in a deal in Japan; first sale of gear to Nippon Phone
Abstracts: 38 million Hispanics worth wooing: More companies are pursuing America's booming Latino market. AECL's Candu repair business booming
Abstracts: 3 Americans Slain in Blast In Gaza Strip. Deaths in Iraq Take a Steady Toll at Home. Captives' 52 Hours of Horror: Heat, Hunger, and Then Death
Abstracts: 3 arrests show global threat to computers. Computer intruder gets probation and fine but avoids prison term. Drive to counter computer crime aims at invaders; legitimate users voice worries over rights
Abstracts: 3 Bell units post gains in profits. 2 baby Bells report dips in profit; shares of Pactel and Bell Atlantic fall
Abstracts: 3 bids for Mexico phone company. Phone workers in New York agree to pact to end strike. Mexico set to sell its phone unit
Abstracts: $3 billion acquisition by Sprint; Centel purchase set through stock deal. Rochester Telephone in deal with Centel
Abstracts: 3CDC investing $8M to put new life into old homes. Western Management Experts Descend on an Eager China. New Boomtowns Change Path of China's Growth
Abstracts: 3 chip makers lower profit estimates; slowing demand and growing inventories are key factors. Intel joins industry dirge as it lowers its financial projections
Abstracts: 3Com drops modem line to focus on Internet. Hurry up and wait: Net access is sluggish. Online bank targets tech workers
Abstracts: 3Com says its losses will exceed expectations; shares drop; turmoil in the telecommunications industry hurts equipment maker
Abstracts: 3d fiber-optic phone link in Manhattan. A.T.&T. might shift cable ships abroad. New fiber-optic cable will expand calls abroad, and defy sharks
Abstracts: 3 jailed for tax evasion on mine deals. Agnico-Eagle's LaRonde Mine falls short of firm's expectations. Will gold miner's latest venture pan out?
Abstracts: 3 Morgan Stanley Dissidents Met Directors. It's Cleanup Time at Citi. Memo Shows MFS Funds Let Favored Clients Trade When Others Couldn't
Abstracts: 3 Music Companies Will Use Online File-Sharing Service. Groups Expanding Background Checks. Tom Ford Is Moving From Designer to Brand
Abstracts: 3 of 4 Bell companies post drop in earnings. S.E.C. Brings Fraud Suit Against Ex-Qwest Officials. Rising woes cast doubt on Globalstar survival
Abstracts: 3 studies confirm diet drug, heart link. FAA warns pilots: Cool your jets if taking Viagra before flying. Compaq recalls computer batteries
Abstracts: 3 Western allies seek end to a high-tech export ban. Supercomputer tensions rise. Soviet computer people attend an American convention
Abstracts: 3 Western Union units being sold; A.T.&T. in accord to pay $180 million in cash transaction. British plan new phone decontrol
Abstracts: 401(k) switcharoos on the rise. Pension partisans fight for retirement security. Feds crack down on 401(k) fees that aren't legit
Abstracts: 40% of share owners have all holdings in RRSPs: TSE survey. Brokerage profits tumble. Music industry struggling to tune in on-line profits
Abstracts: 41% call higher gas prices a 'hardship'. Gas may cost less by August. Cheaper gas on the way
Abstracts: 42,000 new jobs created last month. Inflation hits 9-year high of 3.6% on 'smokes and gas'. Economy ekes out small gain in May
Abstracts: 42,000 new jobs created last month. Trade surplus climbs 1.4% in November. E-commerce survey slated for August
Abstracts: $441-million 'boondoggle' leaves Alberta on hook. Hundreds of new specialty TV channels pitched to CRTC. Japanese rebuff bid to rescind beef ban
Abstracts: 4 giants set to embrace electronic publishing. Internet music start-up to obtain licenses. Universal's Second Chance to Make Video Pay
Abstracts: 4 major phone companies report increased profits. United Telecom falls 55% and stock plunges; GTE gains. GTE profits up 20.2 percent; United Telecom down
Abstracts: 4 of 5 HealthSouth Executives Spared Prison Terms. Race, Religion and the HealthSouth Founder's Trial. When the Top Seat Is the Hot Seat
Abstracts: 4 partners sign on to support new wireless data standard. (from Atheros Communications). Bluetooth defies obituaries
Abstracts: 50 and Ready for Colonoscopy? Doctors Say Wait Is Often Long. New Drug Regimen Greatly Cuts Risk of Recurring Breast Cancer
Abstracts: 50 and Ready for Colonoscopy? Doctors Say Wait Is Often Long. part 2 Health and Money Issues Arise Over Who Pays for Weight Loss
Abstracts: $50 billion for German wireless licenses; next-generation technology rights sold in richest global auction. Sensing the presence of potential problems
Abstracts: $56 million loss at Texas Instruments. Chip maker has big rise in earnings; market growth cited by Texas Instruments
Abstracts: $58 BILLION DEAL TO UNITE 2 GIANTS OF U.S. BANKING. Dow Jones Is Said to Agree To a Deal to Buy MarketWatch. Federated Shows Renewed Interest In a Deal for May
Abstracts: 5 departures called sign software link is near. Challenge to Microsoft advancing. Microsoft as arbiter of 'paperless office.' (Emerging Battlefronts in Software Strategy Wars)
Abstracts: 60's fitness boom. The benfits of fitness. Early fitness booms
Abstracts: $680.4 million loss for 1989 is reported by Control Data. Digital net drops 83%, Apple profits fall 39%. NCR's profit dips 12%; A.T.&T. gets just 4 seats
Abstracts: $6 billion in I.B.M. stock goes poof in 2 days. After I.B.M.'s fall - Microsoft? Price data, IBM drop Dow by 62.13
Abstracts: 6th quarterly loss in row for Texas Instruments, but cost-cutting is beginning to work, analysts say. Bush to let Japanese buy concern vital to chip race
Abstracts: 745 Atlantic expected to fetch $56M. Scaffolding builds an advertiser's message. Pacificorp delays rate increase
Abstracts: 745(Boylston Street)(composer-contributor David Schiff)(Editorial)(Interview) The Jerusalem syndrome: each year a number of travelers to Jerusalem become convinced that they themselves are the Messiah or the Virgin or King David or God or Satan
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