[MyAppleMenu] Oct 19, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

== AppleSurf (News) ===============

Apple Cuts Peripheral Prices (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=3682>

Analysts Split On Apple's Future (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=3685>

Analyst Sees Apple Moving Lower (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=10111>

OK Mac, What's So Special Now? (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,47710,00.html>
Apple needs only to scribble a note to reporters and, immediately, there are rumblings about something big afoot.

== The Wintel Empire (Top Stories) ===============

Microsofft's Profit Report Beats Wall St. Estimates (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/19/technology/19SOFT.html>
Microsoft reported quarterly profits yesterday that surpassed Wall Street's expectations -- ignoring, as most securities analysts do, a big charge for bad investments in telecommunications and cable-television companies.

== The Wintel Empire (News) ===============

Microsofft's Profit Report Beats Wall St. Estimates (New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/19/technology/19SOFT.html>
Microsoft reported quarterly profits yesterday that surpassed Wall Street's expectations -- ignoring, as most securities analysts do, a big charge for bad investments in telecommunications and cable-television companies.

== SingaporeSurf (Top Stories) ===============

Election: All Eyes On Single-Ward Nee Soon East (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/011019/5/1ktjp.html>
At least three Opposition parties, and mayb e even a fourth, have expressed interest in the ward.

== SingaporeSurf (News) ===============

SIC Says DBS-Goldman Conduct Inappropriate (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/reuters/asia-75967.html>
Singapore's Securities Industry Council said on Friday DBS Bank and its adviser Goldman Sachs had conducted themselves inappropriately in the Overseas Union Bank takeover debacle.

Election: All Eyes On Single-Ward Nee Soon East (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/011019/5/1ktjp.html>
At least three Opposition parties, and mayb e even a fourth, have expressed interest in the ward.

Singapore Government Woos Voters As Opposition Fumes (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/reuters/asia-75918.html>
Opposition parties often complain the system is unfair but have long had problems mounting a credible challenge to a government that has delivered vast improvements to Singapore's standard of living over the past 36 years.

Election: Opposition Parties' Manifestos Released Even Before GE Announcement (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/011019/5/1ktjm.html>

PAP Promises Voters More Spending (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/reuters/asia-75877.html>
Singapore's ruling People's Action Party sought to woo voters on Friday with promises of more spending after last week's S$11.3 billion stimulus package to help the recession-hit economy.

Singapore Warns Parties To Adhere To Internet Campaigning Rules (AFP)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/011019/1/1kry0.html>
The rules ban non-party political websites registered with the industry regulator Singapore Broadcast Authority from carrying items which constitute campaigning for any political party or candidate.

Election: PAP Introduces Eric Low, A Likely Candidate In Hougang (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/011019/5/1ksk9.html>