ACROSS THE BOARD : THE WEEK AHEAD.MONDAY Commerce Department releases personal incomes for January. Commerce Department releases construction spending Construction Spending An economic indicator that measures the amount of spending towards new construction. Released monthly by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Census Bureau, it looks at residential and non-residential construction in the private sector, and state and federal at for January. Treasury bill auction. LinuxWorld conference devoted to upstart operating system for business computers opens in San Jose, runs through Thursday. TUESDAY: Commerce Department releases new home sales New Home Sales An economic indicator that measures sales of newly built homes. Released by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Census Bureau, it includes both quantity and price statistics. for January. Opening of $1 billion, 3,700-room Mandalay Bay resort in Las Vegas. THURSDAY: Labor Department The Department of Labor (DOL) administers federal labor laws for the Executive Branch of the federal government. Its mission is "to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve their working releases unemployment claims. Commerce Department releases factory orders for January. Freddie Mac Freddie Mac: see Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. releases weekly mortgage rates. BIZ BYTES BUSTED DOT COM: A federal judge has ordered two South Texas men to turn over 11 Internet domain names to Microsoft Corp. Among the Internet domain names registered by the men: microsoftwindows.com (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. and microsoftoffice.com.``The main lesson to be learned is that the trade names that are important to Microsoft and others have been recognized as valuable and cannot be taken and misappropriated mis·ap·pro·pri·ate tr.v. mis·ap·pro·pri·at·ed, mis·ap·pro·pri·at·ing, mis·ap·pro·pri·ates 1. a. To appropriate wrongly: misappropriating the theories of social science. by others,'' said Ronald Secrest, Microsoft's Houston attorney.Said the lawyer for one of the cyber-squatters: ``We were just glad to conclude the problem and get on with our lives. It's not a lot of fun fighting Microsoft, as the U.S. government will tell you.'' - Associated Press SITE OF THE WEEK THE BEST SITE EVER: Not to toot our own horns (HONK, HONK) but the Daily News has officially gone digital, with today's launch of DailyNews.com. All the paper's news, sports, arts and entertainment coverage is there, plus a free, searchable archive of past stories. Classified advertising can likewise be browsed. The site can be found at www.dailynews.com. - Daily News |
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