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Zytec Corp
Zytec Corporation 7575 Market Place DriveEden Prairie, Minnesota 55344U.S.A.(612) 941-1100Fax: (612) 829-1837Web site: http://www.zytec.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1984Employees: 2,300Sales: $228 million (1996)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQSICs: 3679 Electronic Components, Not Elsewhere... Read more |
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Johannes Georg Bednorz
Johannes Georg Bednorz , 1950-, German physicist. After earning his doctorate from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, he began (1982) work at the IBM Zürich Research Laboratory with Karl Alex Müller . In 1983 they discovered superconductivity in a ceramic fragment at temperatures... Read more |
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David Filo
FILO, DAVID David Filo co-founded Yahoo! Inc. with fellow Stanford University doctoral student Jerry Yang in March of 1995. Initially a search tool for the World Wide Web, Yahoo! grew into the leading Internet portal with more than 100 million surfers using the site every month by the year 2000.... Read more |
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Paul Goodman
GOODMAN, PAUL (1911–1972) Social and educational critic Paul Goodman was referred to by his biographer, Taylor Stoehr, as a "prophet." Revered by the youth movement in the 1960s, his ideas on education and youth were extremely appealing to many people on the political left. Goodman was... Read more |
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Loch Earn
Loch Earn , lake, 7 mi (11.2 km) long and 1 mi (1.6 km) wide, Perth and Kinross and Stirling, central Scotland. Ardvorlich House, on its shore, is the Darlinvarach of Sir Walter Scott 's Legend of Montrose. Earn River (46 mi/74 km long), the lake's outlet, flows eastward through Strathearn past... Read more |
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PriceEarnings (PE) Ratio
Price/Earnings (P/E) Ratio The price/earnings ratio (P/E ratio) is one of a number of measures used to assess the value of a company. The "price" component of the ratio is the stock price of the company. The "earnings" portion is the net income (income after tax) reported by the company per share.... Read more |
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Term limits
Term Limits BIBLIOGRAPHY A “term limit” is a rule that prevents government officials from serving for more than a specified number of terms. More than a technical electoral regulation, a term limit reflects the manner in which citizens envision their leaders: Should politicians... Read more |
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Richard Smith
Richard Smith 1957— Firearms analyst Richard Smith is an expert firearms analyst for the Los Angeles Police Department's Scientific Investigation Division. Possessing an uncanny ability to remember microscopic detail, keen eyesight, patience, and tenacity, Smith helps the department... Read more |
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Nikki McCray
Nikki McCray 1971- American basketball player Power guard and forward Nikki McCray has played basketball with the WNBA's Washington Mystics and Indiana Fever, and the ABL's Columbus Quest. Earning multiple MVP awards, starter for the WNBA East All-Star team, and gold medals in two Olympics with... Read more |
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Guion S. Bluford
Guy Bluford 1942– Astronaut, aeronautics engineer, pilot Early Years in Philadelphia Fighter Pilot in Vietnam Flew Space Shuttle Missions Retired But Still Involved “The Right Stuff” Knows No Color Sources Distinguished pilot and aeronautics engineer Guy Bluford was the first... Read more |
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SeaChange, Concurrent slide, despite rising revenues....
...Concurrent Computer Corp. both posted...respective earnings announcements...up Insight Communications Co.'s server...Diva Systems Corp. Shares in...Delaware, nCUBE Corp. won $2 million...Concurrent said its technology has been or... |
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Ascend communications to acquire Stratus Corp. for 23.5 times earnings
The Deal: Ascend Communications has agreed to acquire Stratus Computer in a stock swap valued...larger rivals such as Lucent Technologies, who also markets networking...voice, video and data communications, and will be delivered... |
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Tech firms retool ad plans as sector's slump persists.(Dell Computer...
...business, Dell Computer Corp. has begun...Baker, VP-technology products research...sales, weak earnings and a growing...Compaq Computer Corp. has so far...Gateway and IBM Corp. don't give...True North Communications' Temerlin... |
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Online Resources' home banking patent hits hot buttons throughout industry....
...Online Resources and Communications Corp., a supplier...patent system to new computer and communications technologies. Online may not...shortly after earning an MBA from Harvard...such as a personal computer, television... |
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New Executive: Homeland advantage; Loral vet unretires to lock up L-3's stake...
...was planes, computers and high-level intelligence communication that really...based L-3 Communications Corp., a leading...engineering After earning electrical...Loral Space & Communications. As senior vice president of technology for Loral...Communications Corp. ... |
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Grace under pressure.(profile of EchoStar Communication Corp.'s VP Mark Jackson)
...gap between technology and business...early. While earning a bachelor...EchoStar Communications Corp., Littleton...Franklin Computers, Pennsauken...engineer, Tandon Corp., Moorpark...design, Tandon Corp., Moorpark... |
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Veritas Acquiring DynCorp Service Units From CSC.(Computer Sciences...
...services from Computer Sciences Corp. [CSC...information technology (IT...information technology, which made...information technology services...projected earnings per share...to L-3 Communications [LLL] a... |
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Ergen Enigma: What's Next.(EchoStar Communications Corp's Charlie Ergen )
...Options EchoStar Communications chairman Charlie...on their laptop computers while away from...Internet access technology while creating...billion, and earnings rose 32% to...splitting off its technology and retail units...heap debt on the technology company to develop...properties ... |
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Maturing along with MIS: Morino has exploited CA-Uccel merger by hiring Uccel...
...kicked off when Computer Associates bought Uccel Corp. in 1987...well. "The Computer Associates...of corporate communications, and Michael...exposure to computers came in the...development of computer costing, chargeback...Pace Applied Technology in the early...half of 1988. ... |
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Computer Associates Acquires Niku Corp.
...YORKSoftware company Computer Associates International...acquire Niku Corp., a maker of information technology management and...acquisition will give Computer Associates...transaction, Computer Associates said...recently Concord Communications in March for...lower fiscal 2006 ... |