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Investment Recommendations

As "top buy's" for the long haul, we recommend timesizing companies like Nucor Steel, and Lincoln Electric. They have the most flexible corporate design and they'll be the last to go under.
For additional super-ethical investing, check out the companies on our ‘glimmers of timesizing’ pages. These are companies that are short-term as well as long-term ecological. They value their employees and skillset so much here and now that they don't do the mass layoffs and spread the job fears that drive anxious job-holders to clearcut our forests, dragnet our fisheries, pump dry our aquifers and Franken-ize our foods. For a selection of timesizing companies, see our most recent timesizing cases and explore other cases from links at the bottom of that page.

Here are a couple of companies from one of our most dramatic single days for timesizing stories in the news, March 15, which appeared on our Timesizing log the following day, 3/16/2001 -

Technitrol warns of lower Q1 earnings on sector downturn, Reuters 17:05 03-15-01 via AOLNews.
PHILADELPHIA...- [The] electronics parts maker...expects to see first quarter earnings of 54-56 cents per diluted share, falling short of analysts' estimates, becaues of a downturn in the electronics sector.... Chief executive James Papada said the company has terminated all temporary employees, instituted a hiring freeze, shorter workweeks and rolling plant shutdowns [probably rotating weeklong plant idlings], as well as cut back on travel and outside consulting.
[No permanent employees were laid off.]

Flexsteel Industries, Inc. announces revised expectations for third quarter operating results, Business Wire BW2567 MAR 15,2001 21:00 EASTERN via AOLNews.
DUBUQUE, Iowa...- Flexsteel Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq:FLXS) announced today that it...anticipates revenue to be approximately 10% less than [its] record March 2000 quarter of $75m..\.."due to the continuing lower sales in our vehicle seating business, and during the last 45 days there has been a slow down in both our residential and commercial incoming orders," said Flexsteel President and Chief Executive Officer, K. Bruce Lauritsen.... In addition to identifying additional sales growth areas, the Company is focusing on inventory management, minimizing capital expenditures, reviewing credit exposure and has implemented reduced work hours in an effort to retain the team that performed well to produce the record sales and profits of the prior year....
CONTACT: Flexsteel Industries, Inc., Dubuque; Timothy E. Hall, 319/556-7730 x392; KEYWORD: IOWA.

For more details, our laypersons' handbook Timesizing, Not Downsizing is available at bookstores in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass. or from *Amazon.com online.

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