Humbled in Atlanta, I.B.M. hopes to rebound in Sydney

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With its 40-year technology-supply contract with the Olympics to end in Dec. 2000, IBM is aggressively marketing its role as head provider of 2000 Olympics information technology. IBM is planning to use the Internet and TV to advertise its services to the Olympics. The company will also be entertaining 1,000 or so customers in Sydney, Australia during the Olympics and hopes to impress them with its performance under pressure of immovable deadlines, helping them to see the business problems IBM may be able to solve for them.

Australia, Electronic computers, Computers, Electronic Computer Manufacturing, Marketing procedures, Computer industry, Marketing, International Business Machines Corp., IBM, Telecommunications systems, Olympics

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Shortage of technology parts is still dampening results; companies pay higher prices for needed components

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A shortage of electronic components has hindered the quarterly earnings of companies like Ericsson, Sun Microsystems and IBM. Electronic component makers have plans to expand production capacity, but the current shortages will continue to hinder big businesses in the world's information technology and global communications areas.

Production management, Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing, Electronic Components and Accessories, Electronic Components, Product information, Electronic components industry, Distribution, Product distribution

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Ebbers Is Gone, And Forgotten, In Hometown

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Many Mississippians near Bernard J. Ebber's adopted hometown don't care that deeply about the former MCI head's fraud trial.

Legal issues & crime, Financial management, Communications, Broadcasting and Telecommunications, Telephone Communication, Mississippi, Executive changes & profiles, Public affairs, Police Protection, Legal/Government Regulation, Fraud, Officials and employees, Company legal issue, Cases, Finance, Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, Communications industry, Public relations, MCI Inc., Company financing, Ebbers, Bernard J., MCIP

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