| 04/16/2001 Jim Landers: Energy trouble requires difficult decisions
WASHINGTON – If there's an energy crisis in America, it's not because there are shortages of oil, natural gas, coal or other fuels. The crisis – or, if you prefer, the critical situation – is an inability to make hard choices. Pamela Yip: Taxpayers lacking funds have options
If you find yourself today hunkering down to complete your individual federal income tax return and meet the midnight deadline, you're not alone. "About 25 percent of all tax returns are filed on the last day, and most of those are people who owe tax and they're making decisions that day on how they're going to pay for it," said Phil Beasley, spokesman for the Internal Revenue Service in Dallas. Robert Miller: Sills to be high note at arts gala
Beverly Sills, who conquered the world of performing arts both as an opera diva and a no-nonsense administrator, will help launch a Campaign to Construct the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts at a gala March 4 at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center. Chet Currier: Testosterone Trap can snare any man
NEW YORK – In an era when the sky is practically raining investment books for women, somebody needs to speak up for their fathers, brothers and sons. The financial plight of men has never been properly appreciated. By temperament and biological makeup, they face severe disadvantages compared with women when it comes to managing money. 04/15/2001 Cheryl Hall: Fashion forward
California jewelry designer Cathy Waterman was caught off guard the first time she actually saw Ylang-Ylang, the only Dallas retailer allowed to sell her exclusive line of necklaces, earrings and bracelets. Ms. Waterman hadn't quite understood that her fashionable extravagances – donned by Hollywood superstars and featured on fashion magazine covers – were being sold in a tiny, glass-enclosed pavilion in the middle of a walkway at the Dallas Galleria. Scott Burns: Ebb, flow of money in markets
Ask most people where their money is going, and they'll come up with a quick answer: "Down the drain." I suppose we could call that witty in a fiduciary noir sort of way. But it isn't very informative. In fact, we might learn some important lessons if we had a window on our collective investment decisions. Fortunately, we do. Robert Miller: Gift to fund research into oxygen treatment
Dallas philanthropist Louise Gartner compares her four-year quest to fund a hyperbaric oxygen research project to the Israelites' 40-year journey in the desert before reaching the Promised Land. Her Promised Land turned out to be Baylor University Medical Center. Ms. Gartner has given $1 million toward a $2 million-plus center to conduct research on patients treated with hyperbaric chambers. 04/14/2001 Alm: Mavs' playoffs mean payoffs
The Mavericks are doing better on the revenue side this season. With one home game remaining next week, the team has sold out 19 games in 18,000-seat Reunion Arena, the most since 1994-95. Paid attendance is running 37 percent ahead of last year. 04/13/2001 Robert Miller: Annual gala to aid African American Museum
Political and fund-raising consultant Carol Reed will serve as chairwoman and Dallas attorney Del Williams will co-chair the gala and auction May 5 benefiting the African American Museum at Fair Park. Steve Brown: New-home sales, starts increase
The pre-owned home market is showing signs of a slowdown, but there's no stopping the residential building sector – so far. New-home sales in the Dallas-Fort Worth area were up about 1 percent in the first quarter of 2001 compared with a year ago. And new-home starts rose by more than 3 percent. 04/12/2001 Robert Miller: SAVVY Awards honor three who make a difference
Foley's and The Dallas Morning News have chosen Nancy Underwood Ippolito, Dr. Martin L. Lazar and Alice Ruff to receive this year's SAVVY Awards. The award recognizes "contributions and dedication to the betterment of life in the Dallas community." Scott Burns: Tax may be due with mutual loss
Most investors have great difficulty understanding that their income and capital gains distributions are not directly related to what has happened to their particular investment in the last year. 04/11/2001 Alan Goldstein: ImOutdoors.com hopes plan reels in profits
SHERMAN – A yellow Labrador wanders the offices of ImOutdoors .com, an Internet start-up that's a long drive up U.S. 75 from the spiritual home of Dallas' dot.com community in Deep Ellum. 04/10/2001 Robert Miller: Perots to receive Strauss award
Stanley Korshak and Family Gateway will present the annual Annette G. Strauss Humanitarian Award on Tuesday to Dallas philanthropists and civic leaders Margot and Ross Perot. Scott Burns: Analyst says bull market 80% intact
James Bianco says we're not in a bear market. In spite of that, he is located on this planet. Mr. Bianco spends his time at Arbor Trading in Chicago and works with the Leuthold Group in Minneapolis. Indeed, it's his market analysis work that brings him to the conclusion that we're not in a bear market. 04/09/2001 Pamela Yip: Funding facts
Max out contributions to your employer's 401(k) retirement savings plan. Great advice. However, if you're not careful about your method of maxing out, you could cheat yourself out of lots of money, especially if your employer matches your contribution. Robert Dodge: Is paying down debt a bad idea?
WASHINGTON – During the era of big budget deficits, political leaders frequently spoke out about the horrors of the growing federal debt. No one could have imagined how quickly the booming economy of the 1990s would change things. With the federal surplus projected to grow every year, paying down the $3.4 trillion of public debt is possible. Now there are concerns that might not be such a great idea. Robert Miller: Ad mogul, TXU slated for volunteer honors
The Volunteer Center of Dallas County will present its annual Servant Leader Award to advertising mogul Liener Temerlin and its Community Shareholder Award to TXU Electric & Gas at the Outstanding Volunteer of the Year Awards Celebration on April 23. 04/05/2001 Robert Miller: Gifts will further medical center's mission
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and the St. Paul Foundation, which funnels its funds to St. Paul Medical Center, now a unit of UT Southwestern, both recently announced $1 million gifts. Scott Burns: House-hunter should first get necessary cash
The way most people get into a house with minimum cash outlay and no mortgage insurance expense is called an 80-15-5 where they get an 80 percent first mortgage, a 15 percent second mortgage (usually for a period of 15 years) and make a 5 percent down payment. 04/04/2001 Robert Miller: Macy's to honor cancer crusaders
Macy's will honor 11 local people Wednesday evening with its first "Heart and Soul" Awards, which recognize "leadership and passion in the fight against breast cancer." Alan Goldstein: Online grocer shopping for right business model
GroceryWorks.com Inc. may have beaten back its most formidable rival when Webvan Group Inc. pulled out of the Dallas market, but the online grocer isn't ready to celebrate just yet. 03/29/2001 Scott Burns: Try to trim dangerous margin debt
In a stock market this volatile, margin debt can be deadly. The Nasdaq 100 index, for instance, was recently down nearly 25 percent year-to-date, an amount that could bring margin calls. Many people with margin accounts like to look at the big number for the size of their account, forgetting that it is the net number that counts. Robert Miller: Evergreen Gala to aid cancer fight
The 10th annual French Impressions Evergreen Gala benefiting the American Cancer Society is Saturday at the Doubletree Hotel Lincoln Centre. 03/28/2001 Robert Miller: A little 'Heart and Soul' for St. Paul
St. Paul Medical Center's Heart and Lung Program is once again the beneficiary of the annual Legends black-tie gala, which will be hosted Saturday by the St. Paul Medical Center Foundation at the Hotel Inter-Continental. Alan Goldstein: Lackluster tech sector dulls Internet's image
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – The bursting of the tech-stock bubble has also sucked a lot of hot air out of discussions about the impact of the Internet on business. 03/22/2001 Robert Miller: TITAS will bring out the stars
The seventh annual TITAS Command Performance of International Ballet, Friday evening in the Music Hall at Fair Park, will feature top international stars. Scott Burns: Credit card is best of three options for home-improvement money
Let's start by recognizing that money managers are always between a rock and a hard place. If they decide that stocks are overpriced and move to cash, professional financial advisers will chide them because they aren't picking stocks. Others will say that they don't want to pay them for sitting on cash. Still others will say they don't want to lose exposure to opportunity. The punishment can be terrible. 03/21/2001 Robert Miller: Cisneros to evaluate influence of Hispanic population
There are political, economic and sociological ramifications of the new U.S. Census numbers that show a spectacular increase in the Hispanic population in Dallas, in Texas and across the nation. Alan Goldstein: Start-ups put dreams of IPO riches on hold
Entrepreneurs at privately held start-ups with dreams of IPO riches have to focus instead on conserving cash to keep their businesses afloat. Not only has the flow of initial public offerings slowed to a trickle, but the few that have gone forward since November are generally trading well below their offering prices. 03/20/2001 Robert Miller: Canadian envoy speaking to U.S.-Mexico chamber
Mexico is the No. 1 importer of Texas products and services, and Canada is No. 2, so it's appropriate that Michael Kergin, Canada's ambassador to the United States, address the Southwestern chapter of the U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce Friday. Scott Burns: Awaiting the next stop on market's wild ride
When will it end? That's question No. 1, on Main Street or Wall Street. So try this answer: Stocks will bottom on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 15, after a market panic induced by flat-tire blackouts (as opposed to the rolling kind) in California. |
