Message-ID: <1739585.1075846360744.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 23:21:00 -0800 (PST) From: insider@newsletters.businessweek.com To: skean@enron.com Subject: BusinessWeek Online Insider Dec. 8 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Insider@newsletters.businessweek.com X-To: skean@enron.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Steven_Kean_Dec2000_1\Notes Folders\Notes inbox X-Origin: KEAN-S X-FileName: skean.nsf Tough Times in Tech...Best Products...A Tough Road for Bush? HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE DECEMBER 18, 2000, ISSUE OF BUSINESS WEEK* ********************************ADVERTISEMENT******************************* Are you having problems getting your E-Business Initiative up and running? Do you have Enterprise Applications like Siebel, Clarify or SAP that need to be integrated with your documents, presentations and databases and presented easily through a personalized browser interface? 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