JDSU--"The Powerize 50" for Week of May 1: Technology Companies Hold On
BUSINESS WIRE - May 03, 2000 08:06
RESTON, Va., May 3, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Technology companies demonstrated several shifts in rank but continued to dominate this week's Powerize 50. The weekly list of companies being watched by individual investors and business researchers at www.powerize.com is derived by tracking the search requests of more than 500,000 Powerize.com members.
Pharmaceutical companies lost ground, as Pfizer (37) and Merck (46) sank down the chart. Wireless companies and telecommunications providers maintained their strength: Nokia surged into second, MCI WorldCom rose to ninth, and AT&T (21) jumped into the Top 25. Palm (20) and Handspring (28) continued to climb the chart. Cisco Systems maintained the top spot for the third consecutive week while Ariba dropped to fifth, falling several notches for the first time in over a month.
The rest of this week's top ten most searched-for companies at Powerize.com: Microsoft (3), JDS Uniphase (4), America Online (6), Lucent Technologies (7), Pacific Century Cyberworks (8), and Cheap Tickets (10).
The Powerize 50 for Week of May 1, 2000
Rank Company Last Wk Rank Company Last Wk
1 Cisco Systems 1 26 Corning 17
2 Nokia 6 27 Ericsson 30
3 Microsoft 5 28 Handspring 41
4 JDS Uniphase 3 29 IBM 11
5 Ariba 2 30 Razorfish 38
6 America Online 12 31 Advanced Micro Devices 26
7 Lucent Technologies 4 32 Ciena 21
8 Pacific Century 33 Hughes Electronics -
Cyberworks 7 34 Rambus 36
9 MCI WorldCom 19 35 SanDisk 50
10 Cheap Tickets 9 36 PeopleSoft 47
11 Phone.com 11 37 Pfizer 27
12 CMGI 20 38 Broadcom Corporation -
13 Coca-Cola 10 39 Apple Computer -
14 Puma Technology 14 40 Net2phone 32
15 Optical Networks 25 41 Citigroup 43
16 Dragon Systems 13 42 Commerce One 31
17 Amgen 24 43 ADC Communications -
18 Qwest 16 44 Lernout & Hauspie 28
19 EMC 15 45 Vodafone AirTouch -
20 Palm 33 46 Merck 29
21 AT&T 49 47 Bank One 40
22 Motorola 18 48 Boeing 22
23 i2 Technologies 23 49 Intel -
24 Exodus Communications 37 50 Wal-Mart -
25 Oracle 39
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