Optical Dis-Illusion.(John Roth at Nortel Networks)(Company Profile)(Interview) From: Chief Executive (U.S.) | Date: November 1, 2000| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2000 Chief Executive Publishing. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

For Nortel Networks' John Roth, Halloween came early this year. On a single day in mid-October the CEO saw his company's stock lose a whopping $55 billion in market valuation. Bruised but unbowed, Roth is charging ahead--and plotting a battle with the mighty Cisco.

John Chambers' worst nightmare--Nortel Networks' John Roth--recently had a nightmare of his own. Until October 24, when a third quarter earnings report sent its stock into freefall, the maker of fiber optics communications gear--and the fiber optics industry as a whole--had largely escaped the great 2000 Nasdaq ...

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