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[Many players are convinced that owners are attempting to divide the NHLPA. The owners' latest proposal called for players making less than $800,000 to maintain their current salaries while players making more than $5 million cut their salaries by 35 percent. If owners want to splinter the union, they're not going to be successful, Brendan Shanahan said.] The hockey mentality is that when we're challenged, we grow tighter together... One player or two might speak out and it might reflect (poorly) on the union, but 99 percent of the union will band together. - Brendan Shanahan

[Investing during a downturn isn't a new strategy, but it's a bold maneuver nonetheless, given that TI isn't exactly flying high right now. Its revenues for the first half of 2002 were down to $3.89 billion, a 13 percent drop year over year.] Cutting R&D budgets can be tempting for managers during tough times... It's seen as a soft cost, like marketing. - Rob Enderle

[IATSE] opened a local, and they're attempting to secure technicians to join them. - Brian Baker

[But industry observers are reining in the optimism.] I think it's a cheap stock, but it's cheap for a reason... The company's core market has changed and it's attempting to change with it in order to keep up. But it's a real uphill battle. - Eric Bosshard