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CNBC 1/3/00 - 6:20:15 PM .....instead of
2000, or 2001. >> In fact, merrill budgets
likely to grow at slower pays this year than
Companies, compared to 10 those service
backbone of internet. 44% Of companies
plan to accelerate spending growth on servers, 36%, plan to boost
spending growth on computer storage, a much more modest 13% plan to
focus on personal computers. Dell grabbing much of that business, so,
merrill lynch says hewlett-packard, and compaq pair losers in the spending
survey. It departments told merrill they plan to spend most this year with
ibm microsoft, sun microsystems, and cisco systems. >> Ibm is company
that really got the street worried about a y2k spending slowdown, in late
october in late october it warned of revenue trouble, especially in large
servers as well in services and software, and said y2k effects would linger
into this year. Now, ibm is saying spending should return to normal in the
second quarter. And that the year as a whole should be a good one for big
blue. It's certainly possible ibm Sears, a major ibm customer, had been
planning to keep a freeze in place on new technology projects until april,
but now may release spending much earlier, o y2k bug. Bill? Bill: Thanks,
allan. Allan chre on where companies inten Hul anna parting with workers
compensation med kae supplemental businesses to focus on core
business and reduce debt the hmo says it plans to take up to 500 million
dollar charge against 1999 fourth-quarter earnings as a result, folks
america holding will buy humana pca property casualty .....
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