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To: ms.smartest.person who wrote (292)	8/18/2000 8:17:06 PM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (2) of 620

RE: . That's great to hear, but frankly, we'd take it with a grain of salt in light of Agilent's misguided guidance for Q3. Although the Q4 and FY01 guidance will sell well today, Agilent will need to do a better job of forecasting its earnings if it wants to retain the trust of long-term investors.-- Patrick J. O'Hare what was annoying to me was the market punished for saying it would miss a quarter but meet or exceed the next quarter. Longer than a few weeks term, like Q4, quidance remained the same - meet or beat 39¢. Agilent DID up revenue growth from 15% to 20% for 2001 and said margins would improve to 8% but I've been using those numbers in my model already. Perhaps the companies SHOULD whip-saw the analysts on a more regular basis so they stop looking at the next week and concentrate on the longer term? Tell us who will be making money 2 years from now! Wishful thinking... Kirk out

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