The Motley Fool: The Evening News -- 1998 Archive

December

12/31/98 -- Northwest Airlines Strikes Out
12/30/98 -- PC-related Merchandise Computes a Gain
12/29/98 -- Barnes & Noble Books a Gain
12/28/98 -- E*Trade Reaches Its Destination
12/25/98 -- Holiday
12/24/98 -- Internet Companies Give Back Gains
12/23/98 -- Online Auctioneers Bid Up
12/22/98 -- BankAmerica Buys Big
12/21/98 -- Internet Stocks Continue to Click
12/18/98 -- Semiconductor Equipment Cos. Rally
12/17/98 -- CMG Up On Fund Closing
12/16/98 -- Quintiles Seeks Envoy, Dominance
12/15/98 -- Best Buy's Electric Estimates
12/14/98 -- Turning Point for 3Dfx
12/11/98 -- American Airlines Parent AMR Descends
12/10/98 -- Internet IPO Winning Streak
12/09/98 -- Xoom.com Zooms On IPO
12/08/98 -- Starwood Misses the Boat
12/07/98 -- Animator Pixar Slips
12/04/98 -- Piercing Pagoda Punctured
12/03/98 -- Ticketmaster Online Surges on IPO
12/02/98 -- Boeing Shares Dive
12/01/98 -- E-Commerce Converts

November

11/30/98 -- PC Makers Take a Hit
11/27/98 -- Exxon & Mobil Talk Merger
11/26/98 -- Holiday
11/25/98 -- E-Commerce Heats Up
11/24/98 -- Paper Companies Deliver Gains
11/23/98 -- Internet Retailers Rise With Holiday Spirit
11/20/98 -- Internet Stocks and Valuation
11/19/98 -- Microsoft Divestiture Hurts RealNetworks
11/18/98 -- Potential Internet Partnership
11/17/98 -- Financial Services Up on Rate Cut
11/16/98 -- Oil Companies Slip
11/13/98 -- Down on Dell
11/12/98 -- Dell Tops Estimates
11/11/98 -- Fox's IPO Success
11/10/98 -- CompUSA Cautious
11/09/98 -- Airlines Lose Altitude
11/06/98 -- Barnes & Noble Buys Big
11/05/98 -- Timeshares Clock Gains
11/04/98 -- Disk Drive Sector Revives
11/03/98 -- K-tel and Playboy Hook Up
11/02/98 -- Citigroup In Turmoil?

October

10/30/98 -- Amazon Is a Treat
10/29/98 -- CBS EYES NEW CEO
10/28/98 -- Acquisition Agreement Dogs IJL
10/27/98 -- Estee Lauder Outperforms Industry
10/26/98 -- Online Auctioneer eBay Bid Up
10/23/98 -- Gangway for Gateway
10/22/98 -- Callaway in the Rough
10/21/98 -- Microsoft Tops Estimates
10/20/98 -- Sunbeam Rises
10/19/98 -- Shiva Surges
10/16/98 -- Growing Pains for Applied Graphics
10/15/98 -- Big Banks Rally
10/14/98 -- Pfizer Perks Up
10/13/98 -- Breakup Hard for Monsanto
10/12/98 -- Novellus Conducts a Surprise
10/09/98 -- Dollar General Marked Down
10/08/98 -- An Inflated Look at Deflationary Recession
10/07/98 -- A Boston Chicken Autopsy
10/06/98 -- Sports Authority Fouled... Again
10/05/98 -- Cisco Gets Slammed
10/02/98 -- Revlon Gets Creamed
10/01/98 -- Gold Companies Strike it Rich

September

09/30/98 -- Russian Woes Smoke RJR
09/29/98 -- Lockheed Martin Flying High
09/28/98 -- Hasbro to Acquire Galoob
09/25/98 -- Merrill Pros Lose to Individuals
09/24/98 -- Investors Sold on eBay
09/23/98 -- The Downside of Disney
09/22/98 -- Crown Cork & Seal Capped
09/21/98 -- A Single Chip Boosts Broadcom
09/18/98 -- Nike Has a Strong Finish
09/17/98 -- Gulfstream Flies
09/16/98 -- Gillette Cut By International Markets
09/15/98 -- Butterfat Prices Slam Suiza
09/14/98 -- AMP Ramps Up
09/11/98 -- Three Cheers for Intel!
09/10/98 -- Globalstar's Crash Course
09/09/98 -- Surfs Up, Dude! And So is Quiksilver
09/08/98 -- Bank Investors Loving Greenspan
09/07/98 -- Holiday
09/04/98 -- On Investing and Speculation
09/03/98 -- Costco Charges Ahead
09/02/98 -- Short Sellers Make Free Markets
09/01/98 -- Boeing's Flight Plan

August

08/31/98 -- Starwood Restructures
08/28/98 -- Market Jam
08/27/98 -- The Speed Way, Pt. 2
08/26/98 -- Perelman's Sunbeam
08/25/98 -- The Speed Way, Pt. 1
08/24/98 -- Rats
08/21/98 -- ROE, ROE, ROE Your Boat (Pt. 4)
08/20/98 -- ROE, ROE, ROE Your Boat (Pt. 3)
08/19/98 -- ROE, ROE, ROE Your Boat (Pt. 2)
08/18/98 -- ROE, ROE, ROE Your Boat (Pt. 1)
08/17/98 -- Tiffany Sparkles
08/14/98 -- Banking Bargains
08/13/98 -- Athletic Shoe Sector Still Stumbling
08/12/98 -- Scuttlebutt -- An Investor's Edge
08/11/98 -- How Do You Like Them Apples?
08/10/98 -- Credo... I Believe
08/07/98 -- A Look at EVA
08/06/98 -- Sunbeam's Cloudy Future
08/05/98 -- The New Nifty Fifty Correction?
08/04/98 -- Compromise ROIC
08/03/98 -- Fat Albertson's

July

07/31/98 -- Two Scoops of Competition
07/30/98 -- Macromedia: The Turnaround Plays On
07/29/98 -- Is OnSale on Sale?
07/28/98 -- Starbucks Brew-Ha-Ha
07/27/98 -- Why Ally?
07/24/98 -- Hutchinson: What's Not in the Press Release
07/23/98 -- Return on Invested Capital (Part 5)
07/22/98 -- Return on Invested Capital (Part 4)
07/21/98 -- Return on Invested Capital (Part 3)
07/20/98 -- Return on Invested Capital (Part 2)
07/17/98 -- Return on Invested Capital (Part 1)
07/16/98 -- CAPacious Investing
07/15/98 -- Egghead and the Trader
07/14/98 -- Cendant the Defendant
07/13/98 -- Invest Like Gillette
07/10/98 -- Internet Insanity Redux
07/09/98 -- Why Share Buybacks Matter
07/08/98 -- Time to Sell Amazon.com?
07/07/98 -- Revenge of the Dollar Machine
07/06/98 -- Merger Synergies
07/02/98 -- Be a Buyer
07/01/98 -- AOL and Digital Courier

June

06/30/98 -- SunTrust Keeps on Shining
06/29/98 -- Merger Mania
06/26/98 -- FBR Growing Into Price
06/25/98 -- The Dynamic Duo: Software and the Net
06/24/98 -- Cable Up; Baby Bells Down
06/23/98 -- Microsoft 1 Others 0
06/22/98 -- CompUSA to Buy Rival
06/19/98 -- Berkshire to Acquire General Re
06/18/98 -- Tobacco Bill Smoked
06/17/98 -- 3Dfx Down, But Why?
06/16/98 -- Time Warner Surges
06/15/98 -- Bay Networks to Merge
06/12/98 -- Return on Marginal Capital
06/11/98 -- MCI Being Sued
06/10/98 -- Western Dig Smashed
06/09/98 -- Search Engines Surge
06/08/98 -- More on Wells Fargo
06/05/98 -- Motorola Restructures
06/04/98 -- DSC Surges
06/03/98 -- Tellabs Rings Up Ciena
06/02/98 -- Abercrombie Crys Copy Cat
06/01/98 -- American Home Gets Seedy

May

05/29/98 -- Good and Good & Cheap
05/28/98 -- The Price of Managed Care
05/27/98 -- Shareowners Rule
05/26/98 -- Godzilla Not a Monster for Sony
05/25/98 -- Holiday
05/22/98 -- Quality is Job One
05/21/98 -- Vlasic in a Pickle
05/20/98 -- Home Depot Keeps Building
05/19/98 -- Boston Chicken Fried
05/18/98 -- Microsoft Sued
05/15/98 -- Intel Axed
05/14/98 -- Microsoft, DOJ Talking
05/13/98 -- Oakley vs. Nike
05/12/98 -- Ben Graham Revived
05/11/98 -- Monsanto Growing
05/08/98 -- Ben Graham is Dead
05/07/98 -- Sometimes Debt is Good
05/06/98 -- A Spin on K-tel
05/05/98 -- Amazon on My Mind
05/04/98 -- Echlin's White Knight
05/01/98 -- Valuing Hypergrowth

April

04/30/98 -- Simula Beats Expectations
04/29/98 -- CalPERS vs. AMD
04/28/98 -- Amazon Posts Good Results
04/27/98 -- Airline Alliances
04/24/98 -- American Express Analysis
04/23/98 -- Prison Mgmt. Lock-Down
04/22/98 -- Hunting Gorillas
04/21/98 -- Feels Like '96
04/20/98 -- Caterpillar -- Digging Up Value
04/17/98 -- More on Cendant
04/16/98 -- D-Cendant
04/15/98 -- Intel KO'd? Not Really
04/14/98 -- Markets & Media
04/13/98 -- A Look at Fed Ex
04/10/98 -- Good Friday Holiday
04/09/98 -- A Market-Timing Lesson
04/08/98 -- More on Citigroup
04/07/98 -- Citigroup Aftermath
04/06/98 -- Know the Board
04/03/98 -- Non-Random Results
04/02/98 -- Sustainable Growth?
04/01/98 -- Keeping A-float

March

03/31/98 -- More on Share Buybacks
03/30/98 -- The State of Apple
03/27/98 -- Why Share Buybacks Matter
03/26/98 -- Toys R Us Not Kidding
03/25/98 -- Dangers of the OTC BB
03/24/98 -- "Light" Business
03/23/98 -- Rupert & The Dodgers
03/20/98 -- Iomega's Downside Risk
03/19/98 -- Cablevision Buys Big Apple
03/18/98 -- More on Berkshire Value
03/17/98 -- How Berkshire Creates Value
03/16/98 -- Clinton and the Market
03/13/98 -- A Trip to Sotheby's
03/12/98 -- Market Merger
03/11/98 -- Computer Learning De-Centered
03/10/98 -- Merger in Jeopardy
03/09/98 -- A Look at American Express, Part 2
03/06/98 -- AmEx Hits All-Time High
03/05/98 -- The Bellwether Beta
03/04/98 -- When the SEC Attacks
03/03/98 -- What's a Conference Call?
03/02/98 -- Callaway Yells "Fore!"

February

02/27/98 -- Assessing Business Quality
02/26/98 -- Dow Jones Out; Bloomberg In
02/25/98 -- Intuit-ing the Internet
02/24/98 -- Can Morgan Go It Alone?
02/23/98 -- Beware of Margin!
02/20/98 -- Steelcase Looks Strong
02/19/98 -- Ziff-Davis Flying Solo
02/18/98 -- Quigley's Cold-Eeze Warms Up
02/17/98 -- Cheap Money
02/16/98 -- Holiday
02/13/98 -- CSC Seeks White Knight
02/12/98 -- The Semiconductor Scene
02/11/98 -- The Learning Co. is Learning
02/10/98 -- Research What You Know
02/09/98 -- Pixar Profits
02/06/98 -- The Netscape Suitors
02/05/98 -- Talking Trash
02/04/98 -- Up in Smoke?
02/03/98 -- Paired-Share Shenanigans
02/02/98 -- IPOs Are Nothin' But Speculation

January

01/30/98 -- Randy's Swan Song
01/29/98 -- Security Analysis Part 5
01/28/98 -- Security Analysis Part 4
01/27/98 -- Security Analysis Part 3
01/26/98 -- Security Analysis Part 2
01/23/98 -- Lessons in Security Analysis
01/22/98 -- Investing Information
01/21/98 -- New Earnings Per Share
01/20/98 -- Merrill Lynch Down, But Not Out
01/16/98 -- Spiders Man!
01/15/98 -- Ethan Allen Furnishes Profits
01/14/98 -- Cherokee Dividend Confusion
01/13/98 -- Scrambling for Pigskin
01/12/98 -- Fools Beware! This info. is stale!
01/09/98 -- Index Funds vs. Mutual Funds
01/08/98 -- Illuminating Index Funds
01/07/98 -- Sony Connects with NextLevel
01/06/98 -- Revenge of the Sub-$1000 PCs
01/05/98 -- SBC Consumes Another
01/02/98 -- Can Sybase Turn It Around?
01/01/98 -- New Year's Day Holiday