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To: Ga Bard who wrote (9830)	6/28/1999 9:16:00 AM
From: marketmover	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108040

And that's why you will be managing $10,000 for the rest of your investment career.

To: Ga Bard who wrote (9830)	6/28/1999 9:31:00 AM
From: bruceski	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108040

For those that trade higher priced stocks. I work in the water treatment undustry and alot of consolidation has been going on the last couple of years. Betz bought Dearborn then Hercules bought Betz Dearborn. Several weeks ago a french company announced they were buying Calgon (CCC) and today it's been released that they are also buying Nalco (NLC). Here is a clip from Marketwatch: Water treatment specialist Nalco Chemical (NLC: news, msgs) is being bought by French utilities giant Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux SA for about $4.1 billion. Suez Lyonnaise bought Calgon Corp. (CCC: news, msgs) earlier this month. Shares of Nalco gained 1 5/8 to 42 1/2 on Friday. Calgon dipped 1/16 to 5 15/16. There are only two other large water treatment companies that have not been merged or bought out in last couple years. Chemtreat is privately held and the other is Drew Industrial which is owned by Ashland Chemical. Drew may be a primary buyout candidate. WHen each of these companies were bought, they fetched about 2 times the recent shares price. (Betz from about $35 to $72, Calgon bid calculates to about $11 per share (for some reason not yet reflected - also not on most major wires), Nalco for $53 was low $30's when rumors started.) Just wanted to provide some info from an area I am very familiar with.

To: Ga Bard who wrote (9830)	6/28/1999 9:35:00 AM
From: Jim B	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108040

SCKT level 2 shows 4 MMs on bid at 1.21 ; no 2 MMs gathered at any spot between 1.25 and 1.625 on ask execpt for the 2 MMs at 1.40 this one looks ready to run on the open.. adding more right at the open if I can get a good price... AOXY spread is better now.. .06 x .08 instead of .06 x .10 ; man was that a ridiculous spread last friday.. HILL appears to be done covering.. just a question if NITE still has shares to sell/short. only 1 MM on bid/ask on AOXY. SYCD still brining in attention a little at a time and AIGI looks to open flat around 20cents.. also going to watch the NETs this week..AOL/ATHM/YHOO/SEEK/etc.. to see if they have a 10% correction. jim