In this issue:

An Unusual Decade for Dividends
In the Limelight
Market Measures
STARS Status
Research & Development Pays Off
The Market in the Last Two Weeks
Recommended Issues With High R&D Spending
Master List Stocks Update
S&P Sector Scorecard

Some of the Companies Featured:

P.F. Chang'S China Bistro, ST. Jude Medical, Trizec Properties, Alcoa Inc., Activision Inc., AK Steel Holding, Allstate Corp., Adobe Systems Inc., McAfee Inc., Mentor Graphics Corp., National Semiconductor, Constellation Brands Inc., Lennar Corp., Varian Medical
Systems Inc.

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