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By Kent Larsen
MSI: EarthShell Up Again, Drives Mormon Stock Index Up
NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- Tiny startup EarthShell jumped another 50% last
week, making a significant contribution to the nearly 7% rise in the
Mormon Stock Index last week. The index again outperformed the New
York Stock Exchange and Dow Jones Industrials but fell short of the
more than 10% rise in the NASDAQ. The increase put the MSI at 121.73,
near a historic high.
The runup in EarthShell's stock price last week is just the latest
increase driven by the success of the company's
environmentally-friendly packaging. Recently, McDonalds approved
using EarthShell's new clamshell package for its Big Mac sandwiches.
Then chemical company Dupont cut a deal with EarthShell allowing the
company to use Dupont's coatings in its products. EarthShell's
packaging was also chose by the US Department of the Interior for use
in the nation's National Parks. Then, last week, EarthShell's
products were given the green seal, signifying the environmental
safety of the products.
The Mormon Stock Index was also helped last week by increases from
Dell Computer and Marriott Hotels. Independent industry data firm IDC
reported last week that Dell had passed Compaq to become the largest
manufacturer of personal computers in the World.
| Mormon Stock Index | | | 121.7298 | up 7.6784 |
| Company | Symbol | LDS Executive | Closing Price | Change |
| AES Corp. | AES | Roger W. Sant, Chairman | 49.65 | up 0.25 |
| Black &Decker | BDK | Nolan D. Archbald, CEO | 40.02 | up 1.59 |
| Bay View Capital Corp | BVC | Matt Carpenter, COO | 5.91 | up 0.29 |
| Cadence Design | CDN | Raymond Bingham, President &CEO | 21.00 | up 1.70 |
| Computerized Thermal Imaging | CIO | David A. Packer, President and COO | 2.72 | up 0.20 |
| Corvis Corporation | CORV | David Huber, CEO | 9.7000 | up 1.5000 |
| 1-800-Contacts | CTAC | Jonathan C. Coon, President &CEO | 19.5100 | down 2.8600 |
| Dell Computer | DELL | Kevin B. Rollins, Vice Chairman | 30.1200 | up 2.2000 |
| EarthShell | ERTH | Simon K. Hodson, CEO | 3.56 | up 1.24 |
| Franklin Covey | FC | Stephen R. Covey, Chairman | 7.02 | up 0.16 |
| Hillenbrand Industries | HB | Frederick Rockwood, President &CEO | 46.95 | down 0.20 |
| Hollywood Entertainment | HLYW | Mark J. Wattles, CEO | 2.1900 | up 0.0800 |
| Host Marriott | HMT | Richard Marriott, Chairman | 12.48 | up 1.03 |
| Iomega | IOM | David J. Dunn, Chairman | 3.42 | down 0.21 |
| JP Realty | JPR | Several members of management team | 19.97 | up 0.92 |
| Knight Transportation | KNGT | Keith, Gary and Kevin Knight | 25.50 | up 0.63 |
| Marriott International | MAR | J.W. Marriott, Jr., Chairman | 44.60 | up 4.53 |
| Micrel Semiconductors | MCRL | Ray Zinn, Chairman and CEO | 36.54 | up 2.40 |
| Myriad Genetics | MYGN | Christopher L. Wight, VP, General Counsel | 47.80 | up 2.30 |
| Novell | NOVL | Stewart Nelson, COO | 4.72 | up 0.44 |
| NuSkin | NUS | Most of Management is LDS, including Chairman and CEO | 7.28 | down 0.17 |
| Oakley, Inc. | OO | Jim Jannard, Chairman &CEO | 20.15 | up 2.23 |
| Ryder Systems | R | Tony Burns, Chairman | 19.16 | up 1.36 |
| Cornerstone REIT | TCR | Glade M. Knight, Chairman &CEO | 10.50 | down 0.13 |
| Washington Group Int'l | WNG | Stephen Hanks, President &CEO | 1.30 | down 0.25 |
| Zions Bancorp | ZION | Harris Simmons, Chairman | 54.35 | up 1.15 |
Please Help Us Confirm Other Mormon Companies:
Mormon News' research confirms that there are probably other
companies with Mormon management that we currently don't know about.
Our research uncovered several Utah companies which may have Mormon
executives, but which we were unable to confirm as of yet. If you
have any confirming information about the following companies, please
let me know:
- FX Energy
- Gertner Communications
- Headwaters, Inc.
- Nature's Sunshine
- NPS Pharmaceuticals
- Questar
- SkyWest, Inc.
- Sonic Innovations
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