On the Beam
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New laser computer printers are being introduced at competitive prices. Lasers are expected to take an important share of the daisy wheel and dot-matrix printer industries. The laser's high performance should make it popular in the office equipment market. Xerox Corp. plans to be very active in every segment of the laser business. The company is one of the first developers of such equipment. The market is expected to show great growth and profit. Many other companies and countries are expected to enter the market. Opportunities are opening up for small companies to develop the software to enable non-impact and dot-matrix printers to perform graphics.
Publication Name: Barron's
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 1077-8039
Year: 1984
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Exotic Materials
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Materials science is becoming one of technology's most glamorous fields. Federal support of basic research in materials is growing rapidly. Many private companies are spending large amounts of money in this field as well. The Japanese appear to be holding the lead right now in advanced materials research. The areas of greatest promise in this field include ceramics, electronics materials and polymer composites and catalysts. Industry is embracing plastic composites. A national advantage is trying to be developed in the material sciences.
Publication Name: Barron's
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 1077-8039
Year: 1984
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In for the Long Term
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Tommy Dorsey teaches an investment course at the Virginia State Penitentiary. Tommy Walker and Joe Battle are two criminals who became his star pupils. Each man researches stock with back issues of reports. They plan to begin writing a newsletter. The two men do fundamental and technical analysis. Prison authorities are unwilling to support a newsletter, fearing lawsuits if the stock picks went sour. The two men are currently involved in trying to set up an investment club.
Publication Name: Barron's
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 1077-8039
Year: 1984
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