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To: Ted David who wrote (3046)	6/23/1999 11:01:00 AM
From: Carolyn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17683

LOL. But we don't have cameras around! FWIW, "comfort" is my middle name, so I understand. (I used to wear a nightgown to my Saturday morning speech class in college.)

To: Ted David who wrote (3046)	6/23/1999 1:11:00 PM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17683

You're looking for a name for your soft ball team? How about "Sticks and Stocks" ? Not so great, huh? I'll think some more, and try to come up with a better one. R

To: Ted David who wrote (3046)	6/23/1999 3:10:00 PM
From: Blue Snowshoe	Respond to of 17683

Ted, I beg to differ. I'm looking at Maria right now with the Mid Day Call. Here is the call, Maria is in a smart light blue suit with the cute little lace thingie hanging out the jacket pocket. Very nice to look at. Also Bonnie looks great and we need to have her do something other than tell us the news. Why not have Bonnie and Maria host Squack Box and call it the Bonnie and Maria Show? Your pal, BLUE

To: Ted David who wrote (3046)	6/23/1999 4:16:00 PM
From: Gorak Shep	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 17683

Tom Costello keeps talking about some guy who has lost $500K on streamline.com and the guy blames it on the underwriter mispricing the IPO. He wants NationsBank Montgomery to pull the offering saving his butt and redoing the offering. Did NB Montgomery force him to buy the IPO? Or is he of that school that believes that any winning trade is yours to keep and any losing trade should be busted so you cannot lose? What a cretin! Why doesn't Tom point out what foolishness this is? No wonder the guy doesn't want his name used. He'd be laughed out of the business.

To: Ted David who wrote (3046)	6/24/1999 12:48:00 AM
From: capitalistbeatnik	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17683

Ted...check out this name for the team: The Irrational Exuberants.....

To: Ted David who wrote (3046)	6/24/1999 10:11:00 AM
From: Carolyn	Respond to of 17683

Team name? The only one, of course... The 909s

To: Ted David who wrote (3046)	6/24/1999 3:26:00 PM
From: capitalistbeatnik	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17683

More Mossberg (great bar code gadget!) , less interest rate jawboning please. Every other day there's a different spin on this and I've learned to tune it out. Although I do like Kathleen Hays. This morning's Liz Clayman desktop rap with Joe Kernan was further confirmation that she is the Sue Ellen Niven of CNBC. What a dig into Faber! Meow!! Hiss!!

To: Ted David who wrote (3046)	6/25/1999 7:21:00 PM
From: capitalistbeatnik	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17683

Amanda Grove's report on Laser Vision correction was the most superficial biased piece of garbage I have ever seen. Oooh, the patent disputes, etc...you might want to mention that on June 4 Judge Levin threw out the #388 patent challenge in VISX has since taken off 35 points, but I guess that really isn't too important. The FTC filing is going nowhere in the opinion of most analysts but you didn't bother to report that. Then you get an analyst who is long BEAM and hold VISX despite the fact the BEAM would be hurt in a patent challenge as well. Don't go out and interview Wade Cook or anything who was bullish and right for the past several weeks. Did you guys even read the patent complaint? Who is doing the research for these reports? CNBC has descended to the level of Hard Copy with a ticker on the bottom of the screen. I'm watching Bloomberg. There is no way you are capable of covering a story with any nuance or complexity. Biased alarmist crap.

To: Ted David who wrote (3046)	6/26/1999 12:28:00 PM
From: capitalistbeatnik	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17683

I guess CNBC didn't consider it important to mention this in their Laser Vision report: The Federal Trade Commission said administrative law judge Stuart Levin dismissed FTC charges that Visx (VISX: news, msgs), one of the first companies to develop laser eye surgery equipment and technology known as photorefractive keratectomy, acquired a key patent by inequitable conduct and fraud by omission. The charges against Visx stem from a March 1998 complaint that alleged Summit Technology, Inc.(BEAM: news, msgs) and Visx, the only two companies legally able to market equipment for photorefractive keratectomy, placed their competing patents in a patent pool and shared the proceeds each time a Summit or Visx laser was used, violating antitrust laws, the FTC also said. Levin's initial decision ordering the dismissal of the remaining charges against Visx said that the FTC failed to make a case against those patents. See text of decision. Instead, it was something about looming concerns about enforceability of patents. Nice going CNBC. This is the state of American financial journalism. Somebody there should get run.