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Technology Stocks : VIAB (Viacom Class B shares) formerly CBS
VIA 50.96+0.9%2:22 PM EST

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To: John M Connolly who wrote (2568)9/22/1998 8:24:00 AM
From: Hollywood  Read Replies (2) of 4613
 
John,

Just a couple of comments on what you wrote. To the best of my knowledge CBS did not say that 3rd qtr earnings would beat estimates. If you refer to the following excerpt, Mel said they would be better than last year. Well, last year they lost three cents. Estimates for this year are for .00 so they could still miss estimates and be better than last year. For fourth quarter, Mel said it would be 'a lot better' than third quarter. I don't know how much better, but Zack's has estimates of six cents.

Excerpt from biz.yahoo.com
CBS Corp (NYSE:CBS - news) President Mel Karmazin said
Wednesday that he expected the company's third-quarter results to exceed year-ago levels, while fourth-quarter results would be ''a lot better'' than the third quarter.


My point is that the estimates would indicate that the Street is already expecting at least the level of performance to which Mel alludes.

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Regarding television ratings:

Tuesday September 22, 3:02 am Eastern Time
PRESS DIGEST - Daily Variety - Sept. 22

* CBS (NYSE:CBS - news) dominated Nielsen metered-market results for Sunday, the last night before the formal start of the 1997-98 primetime season.

biz.yahoo.com

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