| Show Business Standard-Examine- r I he - SAN FRANCISCO i took his Digital well-tattoo- ss e high: 11722 98 Jan 18 2000 4100 1100 71 00 101 00 12 months Daily S&P 500 S&P rinses r - - 500 JO 3 ISU -- - 131523 - 26 54 J fcy the week ending Friday Dec 1 2000 too 'ISO JU0 50 i )0 jj t e high: 527 46 March 24 2000 ) 0 1 i The Associated 4 i 1100 I i 4100 Savage stand coming shows The Internet also oilers an alhouse ternative a of sorts for artists who get reiect-e- d by increasingly monolithic corporate-owne- d recording companies lindall J J a Chicago-base- i i 7'1 00 ' i r Th OL 10 100 AP three-secon- You can bypass the Irustrating powers that be I'm not making a living oil being online I am sustaining m work and my life" want the control" he said have no one to tell me 'No' as well as Online gatekeepers such as MP3com and Raveworld net allow Iree downloads music lor sale "1 tech sector Hut investors were already nervous about growing evidence that the economy is slowing at an uncomfortably rapid pace and the new- that American-- persona! incomes fell lor the brst time in neatly two years and that consume! confidence had reached its lowest level in mote than a vear intensified I hut ’Jay's selling Helped by tentative bargain hunters the Nasdaq recovered some ot its losses Inday closing up 4726 at 2645 29 Hut H was still down 259 09 or 9 percent for the week and a selloll is still a possibility m the coming sessions il as expected more companies issue new profit warnings or repo't results short ol expectations "1 rn not suic we vc lound a hi ttom but it appears we're erijoying a short rally" said Alan Acnerman executive vice president ol ahnestock A Co on I ridav "Sustainability is the real OR Is I he stock tumble this past on bad earnings news and more signs ol u rapid economic slowdown has Wall Street wondering lust how low the Nasdaq can go At the very least the market's slide has investors and market prplessionals pretty exaspeiated "Any more weeks like this and we'll be out of business” said Arthur Hogan chief market analyst lor Jelieries & Co seatchtng lor a bottom lor the Nasdaq composite index since September Wall Stieet hopes high-tec- h issues found it I hursday when the Nasdaq readied the point where it had lost half its value since setting a closing hih record ol 5048 62 on Maich 10 he Nasdaq also dav ever in' had its second-busieterms of volume with 2 7 billion shares traded ITiursday "was the day we have been looking lor It had very heavy volume with evervbody throwing in the towel That is typically what signifies the bottom” Hogan said "The good news after a week like this is that the worst is probably over ” A warning ol' poor hohdav sales late Wednesday from P( maker Gateway set oil the latest round ol selling in the battered W ' 1 From IF afraid to look stupid or dumb in front of people” Young believes in treating people right That includes customers and employees "One of my salespeople came in depressed one day So I polished his shoes and it perked him up” Young said “Fie was surprised the CEO would do that" Young also believes in the rule "When you d walk into a store you have to have the flow We make sure we greet customers within three seconds of the time they enter the store” he said Of Elite's 22 employees half are technicians and half are salespeople “This way we can back up our sales w ith service” Young said Realizing that laptops should be tailored to the needs and wants of the customer Young says his salespeople are trained to first hold intelligent rock musician got tired of hearing that his hooks weren't memo-inbl- e and that his songs didn't get to the point fast enough so he created a Web site where he sells his music and poetry "1 d st Laptop Prss Haily Marys band members (from left) Debbie Torrey Cat Barber Jackie Strano and Veronica in front of their music studio in downtown San Francisco The group sells its music on a Web site WEB DOLLARS: Nl for ttie week ending Fnday Dec 1 2000 consultations before making purchasing suggestions The company offers numerous models ranging in price from S t 400 to S5000 Young acknowledges his unconventional approach to business catches some of1 guard "W'e have two maor characteristics First we want to serve God and the community and second we're psychotic and out of control Kind of the baking soda and vinegar effect" he said In several ads Young teamed friend Dell with long-tim- e Schane owner of Totally Awesome Computers Sshane is also opening a branch next to Young's Riverdale store al 4068 W Riverdale RJ “Young specializes in laptops and we specialize in desktops” said Chris Alvord manager of the Layton Totally Awesome Computers store Alvord with a bachelor’s degree in marketing trom W eber State University understands the need to diflerentiaie yourself y ear "It wasn't outstanding" The Associated Ptess 96 69 a 1 Has the Nasdaq bottomed out? Jones FTl 037354 V lor Hook4goll com a site that lets goiters hook their tee times online gave mountain climber to Hen Webster $75000 reserve a tee time from base v crest because camp on Ml it tit with its slogan of ' hooking anywhere anytime" So did these companies get decent returns on their investments m these stunts? WEEKLY WALL STREET 12 months Daily Dow Jones cIosps t Internet band-membe- Dow t Halfway More traditional musicians Markets roundup P Half com paid tiny Ore to rename itself site A alter the man legally changed his name to DotComGuy and got companies to sponsor him on his quest to live off the December computerspro-gramme- d have found that a Web presence can help them avoid more frustrating paths - such as spending 10 years playing in clubs in hopes of getting noticed by a major record label “Now maybe there can be this existence kind of middle-clas- s You’re not going to be riding around in limos every day but maybe you're going to make a pretty decent income by selling your own music” said Jackie Strano lead singer of The Mail Marys a San Francisco-base- d rock band that has sold 4000 CDs at $10-- $ 15 apiece solely through Web site orders The Flail Marys' Web site has details of upcoming shows biographies and pictures of the and samples of their latest songs The global reach and immediacy of the Internet have made it the perfect tool lor distributing music and growing a Ian base -efforts that once relied on methods such as sending postcards to mailing lists to announce new releases and up elec-troni- i auention in the crowded Internet space In 303infinity in July 1999 Fair has made $160000 the starmaker machinery that has long controlled the music busi-- ij ness but it has launched a revo-- 4 lution of sorts for working musi- cians who might otherwise have thrown in their guitar picks and synthesizers Selling their songs online some bands have gained fans well beyond their local markets Others have reinvigorated ca-- t reers while still others spumed by the labels are feeling vindicat-e- d by then- ability to find sympathetic ears Mike Fair 26 of Houston was even able to quit his day job A technical supervisor at Compaq Computer Corp Fair couldn’t sell his homemade anywhere - until he posted a few of his songs on MP3com which pays artists roy- alties when songs are downloaded or CDs sold “Every single time I ever took a song to a label 1 got rejected” he said “It hurts to get turned down and have security take you out by the collar which happened to me a lot” Fair was hoping to augment his $40000 annual salary Since i From IF vied lor drum machine-drive- n music online under the name distribution may not dismantle i Date rockers find profits on the Web Small-tim- e Tib Associated Press a Sunday December 3 2000 3F 1 question” A big reason why it's hard to determine whether the Nasdaq has bottomed is that investors worrying about earmnus and inflation have lew reasons to buy slocks Much ol the past week's se'lme could be attributed to wcaty investors givinu up Some tax W'Te taking II definitely room in Riverdale lor another computer store His company lotuses more on service and maintenance than on computer sales Inc Systems' other stores are v5 S Sa'e S' m Orem 9009 s S ate s' n Sandy and 325 quo south m Salt I ale City The online arm of I lite Systems can be accessed at www pGupiops corn 1 i a 1 You t t an mu h hum m knru k k h r parnr ( ailn 2 nr af a aaihlard nel 62-42- SAFETY RECOGNITION Ogden plant is s pleased to announce that since March of 1989 was made aware of an Steve Recently a in specific procedure for inconsistency of equipment with the cce out ap locking Ogden Plant's equipment lockout policy Steve made sure that the procedure was revised and immediately employees that use that piece of equipment on the corrected lockout procedure He then took the initiative to review and revise the training package for that equ'pment so that all future training would reflect the updated procedure Thanks to Steve's efforts Kimberly-Clark'- s Ogden Plant is a sa‘er to work place I I I t I I i r r i t b n 'i c rtny-Ca'- k couPt' with a Folure Kz'ir Sen' 100 n I xclusivc I ndirwriting Irani Edward Junes i t it ii i' I' ' t s I Monthly Interest Checks I Government Sponsored Enterprise Call or stop by today! 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