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BusinessWeek: January 17, 2000 |
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In Business This Week: Headliner
Steve Jobs: Apple's Core Employee That was just the warmup for the most crowd-pleasing news of all: Two-and-a-half years after returning to Apple as interim chief executive, Jobs finally made official what most people assumed long ago: He will stay on as full-time CEO. Jobs says his performance has quelled concerns that he could not run Apple and preside over Pixar Animation Studios, too. "I just thought it was time," says Jobs. "The reality is that I am CEO of Apple, so my title might as well reflect it." So will his pay--which will move up from the $1 annual salary he got as interim CEO. Return to top  In the Mail: GM Car Coupons Well, it worked before....General Motors announced on Jan. 4 that it would mail $500 coupons to millions of U.S. customers, a ploy it used successfully to induce sales in 1998. The next day, the auto industry announced that it had hit a new sales record--16.9 million cars and light trucks in 1999. But GM's sales of 5 million vehicles failed to break its 1978 record and left it with a disappointing 29% share--down from 35% in 1990. GM hopes the "loyalty coupons" will help get it back over 30%. Trouble is, three can play at this game. Two years ago, Ford and Chrysler responded with coupons of their own, and even accepted GM coupons at their dealerships. Return to top Sayonara to the Net's "Tokyo Joe"? The Securities & Exchange Commission on Jan. 5 sued Yun Soo Oh Park--better known by his nom du Web, "Tokyo Joe"--charging that he defrauded investors who subscribed to his Web- and e-mail stockpicking alerts. The SEC alleges that Park would repeatedly buy shares in a company, recommend the stock to subscribers, then sell his own stock as the price rose. The complaint also charges Park "touted" the shares of cigar importer DCGR International Holdings, not revealing that the company gave him 100,000 shares. Park's attorney says he'll fight the charges. Return to top Customizing Compaq For years, Compaq Computer has struggled to build the internal capability to match Dell Computer and Gateway's success at building personal computers to customers' specifications, with little luck. On Jan. 4, the PC giant decided to purchase the skills it lacks. The Houston computer maker agreed to pay $370 million in cash for the custom-assembly operations of distributor Inacom. The deal, which adds 2,500 employees to Compaq's rolls, also gives it the ability to track orders online. Return to top Techies Get Their Own News Radio Will radio listeners tune in to technology news as readily as they do talk shows and traffic reports? CNET, which operates the Web's most popular technology news site, is betting that they will. On Jan. 3, it announced a deal with radio broadcaster AMFM to create all-tech radio shows featuring product reviews and interviews with industry leaders. It will start at one San Francisco station this month and roll out to the rest of AMFM's 440 stations later this year. Following an alliance with General Electric's NBC unit, it's CNET's latest bid to expand into other media. Return to top | |
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A Cable Reprise for US West U S West will announce a major effort to return to the cable-TV business within several weeks, sources say. The company, which spun off its MediaOne cable subsidiary in June, 1998, will soon offer a combination of cable TV, local phone service, and high-speed Internet access over upgraded digital phone lines in cities across its 14-state Western region. It first introduced the service last year in parts of Phoenix, where it has signed 15,000 homes. The company is said to be considering Seattle, Minneapolis, and other cities for its expansion. The plan puts US West in competition with AT&T, which is now buying MediaOne and rolling out similar services over cable TV lines. US West is expected to begin offering the service in more markets later this year. Return to top Et Cetera... -- The tough times at Disney mean CEO Michael Eisner will get no cash bonus for 1999. -- AMD's new 800-MHz Athlon chip evens the score with Intel's fastest offering. -- Carl Ware, Coca-Cola's top black exec, will become its first global affairs chief. -- The Labor Dept. scrapped a notice extending OSHA safety regs to telecommuters. Return to top Fox Knocks Cox Did Fox put a pox on Cox? Shares in Cox Communications plunged 9%, to 44 1/2, on Jan. 5 after Morgan Stanley Dean Witter cut Atlanta-based Cox to neutral from strong buy, citing the company's high valuation. The drop came just two days after Fox TV barred Cox systems, serving 400,000 homes in three states, from carrying its programs, including NFL football and Ally McBeal, because the cable operator won't carry two Fox specialty channels on its new digital systems. Return to top  Return to top |
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