BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : APRIL 24, 2000 ISSUE
GOVERNMENT Whatever Techies Want WHAT THEY'VE WON IMMIGRATION More visas for foreign high-tech workers INVESTOR LAWSUITS Tighter limits on when shareholders can sue after stock prices plunge INTERNET TAXES A three-year ban on taxes Y2K LAWSUITS Curbs on corporate liability for Year 2000 computer glitches EXPORT CONTROLS Relaxation of restraints on exports of computers and encryption technology to politically sensitive nations R&D TAX BREAK Five-year extension of the tax credit for research and development ONLINE COPYRIGHTS Piracy protection for software, music, and literary works on the Internet WHAT THEY'RE AFTER CHINA TRADE Permanent Normal Trade Relations with Beijing IMMIGRATION Yet another hike in the number of visas for foreign high-tech workers ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES A national standard for the electronic equivalent of written signatures EXPORT CONTROLS Limiting the time Congress may review any easing of curbs from six months to 30 days ONLINE PRIVACY Defeat of legislation to protect consumer information on the Internet ACCOUNTING RULES Preservation of ''pooling of interests'' rules that make it more advantageous for tech companies to merge STOCK OPTIONS Defeat of a proposal to make repricing of stock options an accounting expense _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP					RELATED ITEMS Tech: The Virtual Third Party CHART: High Tech Discovers That Money Talks TABLE: The Digital Dozen TABLE: Whatever Techies Want High-Tech Hero, Rust-Belt Race Commentary: Breaks for High Tech: Pork Is Pork INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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