Buyside back issues from October 2001:
Numerical Technologies, Inc.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 01, 2001; ... (NMTC: NASDAQ) RATING: STRONG BUY Company Description Numerical Technologies, Inc. is the leader in subwavelength design to manufacturing solutions. The company develops and markets proprietary technology, software tools and services that enable the ...
FLETCHER CHALLENGE FORESTS LIMITED.(Brief Article)
Oct 01, 2001 ... Country: New Zealand Exchange: NYSE Ticker: FFS CUSIP: 339324402 Ratio (Ords to ADRs): 10:1 Fletcher Challenge Forests Limited (www.fcf.co.nz) is an internationally focussed forest and wood products company based in New ...
KOREA TELECOM CORPORATION.(Brief Article)
Oct 01, 2001 ... Country: Korea Exchange: NYSE Ticker: KTC CUSIP: 50063P103 Ratio (Ords to ADRs): 1:2 Korea Telecom is the leading provider of telecommunications services in Korea offering fixed line services, business and data ...
KPN ROYAL DUTCH TELECOM.(Brief Article)
Oct 01, 2001 ... Country: Netherlands Exchange: NYSE Ticker: KPN CUSIP: 780641205 Ratio (Ords to ADRs): 1:1 KPN Royal Dutch Telecom (KPN) is the leading telecommunications company in the Netherlands. It supplies the whole range of ...
PIONEER CORPORATION.(Brief Article)
Oct 01, 2001 ... Country: Japan Exchange: NYSE Ticker: P10 CUSIP: 723646105 Ratio (Ords to ADRs): 1 to 1 Pioneer Corporation is a world leader in electronics products tar the home, commerce and industry. The Company is respected for its ...
SADIA.(Brief Article)
Oct 01, 2001 ... Country: Brazil Exchange: NYSE Ticker: SDA CUSIP: 786326108 Ratio (Ords to ADRs): 30:1 Sadia was founded 55 years ago in Concordia-SC. Sadia is the largest player in the Brazilian processed food industry, manufacturing a ...
SK TELECOM CO., LTD.(Brief Article)
Oct 01, 2001 ... Country: Korea Exchange: NYSE Ticker: SKM CUSIP: 78440P108 Ratio (Ords to ADRs): 1:9 SK Telecom is Koreo's leading wireless telecommunications operator, serving about 11 million cellular subscribers. The Company received ...
SONERA CORPORATION.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 01, 2001 ... Country: Finland Exchange: NASDAQ Ticker: SNRA CUSIP: 835433202 Ratio (Ords to ADRs): 1:1 Sonera is an international forerunner in mobile communications and mobile-based services and applications. By combining its ...
TELECOM CORPORATION OF NEW ZEALAND LIMITED.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 01, 2001 ... Country: New Zealand Exchange: NYSE Ticker: TELZ CUSIP: 879278208 Ratio (Ords to ADRs): 8:1 Telecom New Zealand sells bandwidth and access to skills and expertise in the rapidly converging telecommunications and IT ...
Through Thick & Thin.
Oct 01, 2001 ... If you've ever driven along a highway or back road in Sonoma County, you may have noticed little markers here and there along vine-covered fences, sometimes with flowers, sometimes with wooden crosses. They are memorials for people who've died on the highway, and I have to admit that ...
Making the Grade.(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 01, 2001; ... BUYSIDE'S WHO'S-WHO OF STOCKS THAT MADE THE GRADE WITH A RECOMMENDATION UPGRADE OR INITIATION TO 'STRONG BUY' ELECTRONICS APW (APW) BASIS FOR STRONG BUY: As one of the few remaining "pure-play" enclosure providers, APW is on the radar screen of many ...
NEEDED ENERGY.(Brief Article)
Oct 01, 2001; ... AMONG JULY'S OFFERINGS, SOME TECH PLAYS AND A NEW ENERGY CONCERN SHOW STRENGTH Prior to the September 11 attack on America, Wall Street had hope that its debilitated IPO market would soon pick up the speed for which it was so famous last year. Yet while the market ...
TRIBUTES.(Brief Article)
Oct 01, 2001 ... SANDLER O'NEILL employees are operating with an unprecedented energy and zeal, and wanted to respond to the community's outpouring. They asked that we share these comments, and information about their relief fund. Last week's tragedy has struck a devastating blow to Sandler O'Neill. Many ...
Buyside On The Buy Side.(Multiple articles included.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 01, 2001 ... Tracks and Treks of Fund Managers and Analysts Elco Management Co. plans to launch the Elco Energy Select Fund in December 2001. The hedge fund will trade in a similar fashion to the Elco Energy Fund, except that it may take short positions and use leverage. Friends ...
SELL SIDE KUDOS.(includes brief articles)(Brief Article)
Oct 01, 2001; ... ABN AMRO has appointed John Smith, a former senior equities executive with DLJ, Deutsche and UBS, as global head of equities. He succeeds Nick Bannister, whose appointment as head of the bank's wholesale banking activities in the U.S. was announced last month. Smith will be responsible for ...
A CALCULATED RETURN.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 01, 2001; ... MEASURING FUND PERFORMANCE IN LIGHT OF NEW SEC TAX The U.S. mutual fund industry has experienced unprecedented growth during the past two decades. According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, assets under management rose from $134.8 billion in 1979 to $6.8 trillion in ...
Mind Over Matter.(Laurie J. Burstein, Oakwood Capital Management)(Column)(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 01, 2001; ... Laurie J. Burstein Oakwood Capital Management It isn't really fair. When CEOs and CFOs of public companies step up to discuss their company's status they should consider themselves under polygraph when they speak with Laurie J. Burstein of Oakwood Capital Management. Like the ...
Banking On It.(Federal Reserve Board)(Panel Discussion)
Oct 01, 2001; ... The Federal Reserve Board Comes Under Fire In A Cold Year. What Exactly Is Its Job, And How Well Is It Doing? It has been a year of many issues swirling in the markets: recovery or recession, economically and in stocks; sector rotation, as investors sought the newest safe ...
The Price of Freedom.(market's response to September 11, 2001, attack)(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 01, 2001; ... OUR NATION RISES TO A CHALLENGE IN THE WAKE OF THE TRAGEDY. HOW WILL THE MARKETS RESPOND? September 11, 2001. A date of indescribable tragedy, not only for the families and loved ones of the thousands of people lost in the terrorist attacks, but for the nation as a whole ....
Frozen Pipes.(outlook for natural gas industry)(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 01, 2001; ... STINGY SNOW AND TEMPORARY COMMODITY LOWS ASIDE, NATURAL GAS DEMAND IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AND KEY STOCKS SHOULD RISE Blame it on Jack Frost. You know, that guy who comes around every year and makes us turn up the thermostat. He was a no show last winter. And for the natural gas ...
QUESTAR: AT THE HUB OF WESTERN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 01, 2001 ... It seems like there's something akin to a new gold rush in the Rocky Mountains these days -- it's companies trying to mine the prolific natural gas resources. The region is being counted on to supply a growing percentage of the country's energy supplies over the next 20 years. We've been a ...
Anadarko.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 01, 2001 ... Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) is the world's largest independent oil and gas exploration and production company, with proved reserves of more than 2 billion barrels of oil equivalent and daily production exceeding 550,000 barrels equivalent. In North America, we have the best ...
THE HOUSTON EXPLORATION COMPANY.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 01, 2001 ... THE HOUSTON EXPLORATION COMPANY (NYSE: THX), headquartered in Houston, Texas was founded in 1986 as an exploration and production company focused principally on the offshore Gulf of Mexico region. Today, Houston Exploration explores and produces primarily in the Gulf of Mexico and the Lobo ...
Brave New Funds.(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 01, 2001; ... THESE 'QUANT JOCKS' MELD MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY AND BRAVE NEW WORLD INTO MEGA RETURNS. Move over Big Blue. Government scientists have created the world's newest supercomputer. With the power of 50,000 laptops, this technological wonder can rip off 12.3 trillion calculations per ...
AVAYA communication.(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 01, 2001 ... A leading global provider of communications infrastructure, applications and services for the enterprise Profile With nearly one million customers worldwide, Avaya is a leading global provider of enterprise communications infrastructure, applications and services ...
Tracking Satellites.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 01, 2001 ... David B. Kestenbaum covers the satellite industry for ABN AMRO. The different segments of the satellite industry, he says, "have varied widely in performance." What he thinks is positioned at this point to do well is the government communications and the defense space. He ...
Power Lunch.(buy back programs)(Column)(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 01, 2001; ... COMPANIES STEP UP TO THE PLATE WITH BUY BACK PROGRAMS, FOR A SYMBOLISM AND STRATEGY SPICED TASTE OF HOME COOKING During turbulent times, we all want a higher level of comfort. And, as institutional investors have shared, most notably in Rebecca McReynolds' September story, ...
As You Like It.(media industry)(Brief Article)
Oct 01, 2001; ... FROM BUSINESS TO PLEASURE, BROADCAST AND NEW MEDIA STARS LIGHT THE STAGE FOR MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT STOCKS. Remember Shakespeare's words: "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." And which players will fare the best on the entertainment and ...
Paper Trail.(paper industry forecast)(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 01, 2001; ... CAN'T SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES IN THE PAPER PRODUCTS SECTOR? IT COULD LEAD THE MARKET OUT OF THE DARK. Everything we thought about the stock market changed on September 11, the day terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center and crashed into the Pentagon. It was as if the ...
Boston Un-Commons.(investment bank Adams Harkness & Hill)(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 01, 2001; ... ADAMS, HARKNESS & HILL IS THE BEGINNING OF THE FREEDOM TRAIL FOR ITS TOP-NOTCH AND INDEPENDENT ANALYSTS An interview with Matt Patsky, the managing director of equity research for Adams, Harkness & Hill, is a study in working hard as well as playing hard. Patsky speaks from his ...
West Marine, Inc.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 01, 2001 ... (WMAR: NASDAQ) RATING: STRONG BUY LIFESTYLE/LEISURE Laura Richardson (617) 371-3900 lrichardson@ahh.com Company Description West Marine, Inc. is the U.S.'s leading specialty retailer of products for the boating aftermarket. The company's three ...
Thanksgiving Day.(Statistical Data Included)(Editorial)
Oct 01, 2001; ... The holiday is just past as I write this, and it was noticeably quieter this year. But, as Chad Skelton of the Vancouver Sun noted, while people are more reflective, they are also more mindful of that for which we may be thankful. The economy may be changing. It may be shifting ...
Globe & Mail.(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 01, 2001; ... Michael Smedley Morgan Meighen & Associates The shortest distance between two points may well be a straight line, but don't tell that to Michael Smedley. Smedley, who serves as chief portfolio officer and CEO as well as president of funds for Toronto's Morgan Meighen & ...
Change in the Weather.(U.S. natural gas stocks are discussed)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 01, 2001; ... Though Industrial Demand is Down, Natural Gas Stocks Should Benefit From Increasing U.S. Consumption Demand. Ken Page of RBC Dominion Securities is practically a part-time meteorologist as he scans weather charts for hints on the coming heating season. With a cold Canadian ...
Defining Discipline.(Forest products industry)
Oct 01, 2001; ... FOREST PRODUCTS COMPANIES LEARN TO MARSHALL THEIR RESOURCES The key word describing today's forest products sector is discipline, an expression used by analysts to describe the industry's restraint on the construction of new capacity. This discipline has allowed value to be ...
A Nest in the West.(Terry Salman of Salman Partners)
Oct 01, 2001; ... A LOVE OF RESEARCH LEADS TO ENTREPRENEURIAL BLISS AND AN INDEPENDENT PERCH After reaching his peak as a professional analyst for a top brokerage firm, Terry Salman decided to take his entrepreneurial spirit out West. And so it was out West where he opened Salman Partners, a ...
Vermilion Resources Ltd. (VRM: TSE) Buy.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 01, 2001 ... Company Description: Vermilion Resources Ltd. is a mid-sized international oil and gas company with a history of delivering high growth and outstanding value. The company operates in Alberta and France, where it is the third largest producer. Through its 45.6% stake in Aventura, ...
All Energy Focus.(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 01, 2001; ... ONE OF CANADA'S LARGEST ENERGY RESEARCH FIRMS, FIRSTENERGY'S COVERAGE AND SKILLS MATCH THOSE OF THE SECTOR In 1993, FirstEnergy Capital Corp. was formed in the Canadian city of Calgary with the intention of focusing on oil and gas producers. Since then. FirstEnergy has widened ...
Thunder Energy Inc.(Brief Article)
Oct 01, 2001 ... Jill T. Angevine 10/11/01 RECOMMENDATION: BUY (THY: TSE) COMPANY DESCRIPTION: Thunder Energy Inc. is a fast-growing natural gas-weighted junior oil and gas company based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The company is derived of 75% ...
Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund.(Brief Article)
Oct 01, 2001 ... Dennis Lawrence 8/21/01 (GLH.UN: TSE) RECOMMENDATION: BUY Dennis Lawrence COMPANY DESCRIPTION: The Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund is an unincorporated open-ended trust that indirectly owns, operates and manages two ...
Vermilion Resources Ltd.(Brief Article)
Oct 01, 2001 ... Martin Molyneaux 9/16/01 VRM: TSE RECOMMENDATION: BUY COMPANY DESCRIPTION: Vermilion Resources Ltd. is a mid-sized international oil and gas company with a consistent history of delivering high-growth and outstanding value. The ...