ACROSS THE BOARD : THE WEEK AHEAD.TUESDAY: The Conference Board reports leading indicators for March. - General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. release their April sales figures sales figures npl → cifras fpl de ventas . WEDNESDAY: Federal Reserve releases its beige book Beige Book A commonly used name for the Fed report entitled "Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District." It is published just before the FOMC meeting on interest rates and is used to inform the members on changes in the economy since the last , a survey of regional economies. SITE OF THE WEEK WHAT'S COOL: The Cool Site of the Day Web site is a great way to begin a daily surf. It's self-explanatory. Visitors to www.coolsiteofday.com/, are pointed to cool new pages on the Net. Oh, but there's more. Visitors can surf past cool sites that are ``still cool'' according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the page. They then can vote on the featured sites and add Cool-O-Meterrating. To really be blown away, follow the link to the Cool Site of the Year. BIZ BYTES HELLO, HIGH PRICES: Although prices vary widely, cellular phone service appears to be least expensive in the East and most expensive in California, according to a new survey by International Data Corp. The study, which looked at 22 cellular phone markets, shows a wide range of prices for ``megaminute'' calling plans, in which customers pay a flat monthly fee for a maximum number of local calling minutes. According to IDC, AT&T offered customers in Atlanta 2,000 minutes for $99 a month, while MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. charged people in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. $358 for 1,100 minutes. Miami customers could get 1,000 minutes for $95 from Primeco, but people in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. had to pay Air Touch $300 for the same number of minutes. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (Color) no caption (Cellular phone) |
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