Message-ID: <27839338.1075845452145.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 02:06:00 -0800 (PST) From: insider@newsletters.businessweek.com To: gwhalle@enron.com Subject: BusinessWeek Online Insider Dec. 15 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Insider@newsletters.businessweek.com X-To: gwhalle@enron.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Greg_Whalley_Oct2001\Notes Folders\Connect deletes X-Origin: WHALLEY-G X-FileName: gwhalley.nsf Our 2001 Investment Guide...Bush: Conciliator In Chief?...More Pink Slips HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE DECEMBER 25, 2000/JANUARY 1, 2001, ISSUE OF BUSINESS WEEK* ********************************ADVERTISEMENT******************************* SPENDING MILLIONS ON TECHNOLOGY AND STILL NOT A DIGITAL BUSINESS? The authors of The Profit Zone tell you how to create entirely new, profitable and unique value propositions using technology. 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