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This 5 page paper looks at Lucent Technologies Inc. (LU) form an investor's point of view. A description of the company, inclusive of future plans, is provided. Financial data is analyzed and recommendations are made in light of industry trends. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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and related products (PG) . The company operates in the form of three business segments which include Service Provider Networks, Enterprise Networks, and Microelectronics/Communications Technologies (PG). Although the company has
had its share of problems in the past, it has been doing well and even updated its logo not too long ago in order to enhance its current image. Although
the company is doing rather well financially, it has had setbacks and even in recent years has endured embarrassing lawsuits. For example, the company was the target of a
Y2K class-action lawsuit that alleges they should have known that their office communications products would be vulnerable to the year 2000 computer bug (Lavelle B01). For a company involved
in creating software, such a charge is difficult to shake, especially due to the competitive nature of the industry. II. Performance Lucent Technologies Inc. trades on the
New York Stock Exchange and competes with other well known firms. Nortel Networks Corporation for example is one of the worlds largest communications equipment makers and in early January,
2000 shined as compared with Lucent (Taylor PG). It was a bad time for Lucent then, as its shares went as low as 15-14/16 on one day in January
only to end at 53-3/16 later on (PG). Of course, a bad day in January is not representative of the companys overall experience. However, the example does provide proof of
its volatile nature. Lucent is doing quite well now. On June 6, 2000, for example, at one point during the day, the stock was trading at 64 (Lucent Technologies
Inc (LU) PG). That is not bad considering its shaky presence at the beginning of the year. Cisco is another one of Lucents competitors and is the largest maker of
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