2:00 a.m. April 15, 2002 PDT
Five years ago, Flag Telecom was one of the leaders of the telecommunications revolution. The company -- which filed for bankruptcy last Friday -- had just completed one of the largest undersea fiber-optic construction projects ever undertaken.

A Fiber Pioneer Restructures

April 11, 2002 | The thing that amazes me isn't that I
lost a million dollars, but that I had it to begin with. My career
path looked more likely to lead to a night manager's job at
Border's than to financial success. I racked up a solid C
average as an English major, then temped at law firms,
proofread, taught English in Prague and reported for a small
newswire service.

Make a million, lose a million, who cares?

MONTREAL (Reuters) - He may be the world's richest man, but that didn't
prevent Bill Gates (news - web sites) from falling for an April Fool's Day
joke by two Quebec radio comics pretending to be Canadian Prime
Minister Jean Chretien.

Bill Gates April Fooled by Radio Station

BROOKSVILLE, Fla. (Reuters) - A murder suspect
who hanged herself in a Florida jail left a suicide note
asking her lawyer to sue the jail for failing to prevent
her from killing herself, authorities said.

Woman Hangs Self in Jail, Wants to Sue

Their solution: to make it more financially worthwhile for the Baby Bells to spend the billions
in new investments needed to extend broadband availability to all Americans at affordable prices.
...
"Old fiber, old rules. New fiber, new rules," summed up Robert Holleyman, president of the Business
Software Alliance.

Tech industries press FCC on Internet

A California company has quietly attached its software to millions of
downloads of the popular Kazaa file-trading program and plans to
remotely "turn on" people's PCs, welding them into a new network
of its own.

Stealth P2P network hides inside Kazaa

Enuff said, watch a couple of the trailers and
make up your own mind.

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

NEW YORK, March 11 - The lights are going out on Enron Corp.'s
once-prized broadband network. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Arthur Gonzalez, who is presiding over Enron's case, ruled
Monday that Enron can shut down the remains of its
18,000-mile, fiber-optic data network and sell 18 existing
contracts to third parties for more than $491,000.
contracts to third parties for more than $491,000.

Federal judge allows shutdown of Enron's broadband network

OMAHA, Neb. (CBS.MW) -- Full year income for Berkshire Hathaway plunged 76 percent as the holding company run
by famed investor Warren Buffett recorded $2.4 billion in claims related to the terrorist attacks of Sept.11.

What does Warren Buffett think?

Two years after the market peaked on March 10, 2000 at 5,048.62, the
boom times have become a dim memory -- faded to a point that
investors are now finally starting to recover their nerve and buy again.

Are you a Bull or a Bear?