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Technology Stocks : Comdisco, Inc. (NYSE: CDO)

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To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (657)5/1/2001 8:52:34 PM
From: SOROS  Read Replies (1) of 689
 
And here is the reason why (below quote is from Nov. 2000) -- Now, can Blake undo this jerk's mistakes (although in all fairness, who wasn't betting the farm on this area during the 1st quarter of 2000)? He better. I can only bet that Blake knows what has been done, knows what needs to be done, knows the odds of success, and based on all of this information -- he took the job!

"During the past year, Nicholas Pontikes, Comdisco's president and chief executive, has drastically shifted the company's focus, with mixed results.

Abandoning Comdisco's traditional business of leasing mainframe computers, Pontikes pushed the company to invest in early-stage technology ventures, built investment alliances with other companies and rolled out a new branding effort. "
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